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Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency adminis-
trative performance, and other factors as specified by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection 
with the use of funds made available under this paragraph 
(except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding 
by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative require-
ments are necessary for the effective delivery and administra-
tion of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That assist-
ance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 
remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over. 
(7) $30,000,000 for incremental vouchers under section 8 
of the Act for nonelderly disabled families: Provided, That 
assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue 
to remain available for the same population upon turnover: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, notwith-
standing section 204 (competition provision) of this title, to 
entities with demonstrated experience and resources for sup-
portive services. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the heading 
‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ and the heading 
‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal year 2009 and prior 
years may be used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 
project-based contracts and for performance-based contract adminis-
trators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were 
appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated 
shall be cancelled. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as 
authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,450,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2012: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2009 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate 
to any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and 
the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 
under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the 
time periods under such section: Provided further, That for purposes 
of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to 
amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement
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that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
up to $10,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under section 
9(h) of such Act; not to exceed $14,577,000 may be transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund; and up to $15,345,000 shall be 
to support the ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical 
Assessment activities of the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC): 
Provided further, That no funds may be used under this heading 
for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the Act: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make grants, 
notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies 
for emergency capital needs including safety and security measures 
necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well as 
needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and 
natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared disasters occur-
ring in fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be for supportive 
services, service coordinators and congregate services as authorized 
by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading up to $8,820,000 is to support the 
costs of administrative and judicial receiverships: Provided further, 
That from the funds made available under this heading, the Sec-
retary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2009 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high performers. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2009 payments to public housing agencies for the operation 
and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), 
$4,455,000,000; of which $5,940,000 shall be for competitive grants 
and contracts to third parties for the provision of technical assist-
ance to public housing agencies related to the transition and 
implementation of asset-based management in public housing: Pro-
vided, That, in fiscal year 2009 and all fiscal years hereafter, 
no amounts under this heading in any appropriations Act may 
be used for payments to public housing agencies for the costs 
of operation and management of public housing for any year prior 
to the current year of such Act: Provided further, That no funds 
may be used under this heading for the purposes specified in 
section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. 
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI) 
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site 
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance 
grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), $120,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010, of which the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall use $2,400,000 for technical 
assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly or 
indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, including 
training and cost of necessary travel for participants in such 
training, by or to officials and employees of the department and 
of public housing agencies and to residents: Provided, That none
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of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting 
competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judg-
ments, unless expressly permitted herein. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 
et seq.), $645,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount of 
the allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the 
Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such Act 
with the need component based on single-race Census data and 
with the need component based on multi-race Census data, and 
the amount of the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the 
greater of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, $3,500,000 
shall be contracted for assistance for a national organization rep-
resenting Native American housing interests for providing training 
and technical assistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally 
designated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA; and 
$4,250,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing 
units, contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the 
training, oversight, and management of such Indian housing and 
tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes 
and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: 
Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 
such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin-
cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,000,000. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as 
authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of this amount, $299,211 shall be for training and technical assist-
ance activities, including up to $100,000 for related travel by 
Hawaii-based HUD employees. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $9,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $420,000,000: Provided further, That up to $750,000 shall