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Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of this title, 
to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical 
Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical 
need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
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) $10,000,000 shall be made available for new incremental 
voucher assistance through the family unification program as 
authorized by section 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the assist-
ance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 
remain available for family unification upon turnover: Provided 
further, That for any public housing agency administering 
voucher assistance appropriated in a prior Act under the family 
unification program that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turnover, such agency 
shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture 
such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to any other 
public housing agency or agencies based on need for voucher 
assistance in connection with such program; and 
(8) the Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
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 2017 and prior years may be 
used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based con-
tracts and for performance-based contract administrators, notwith-
standing 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 
rescinded: Provided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, 
or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 project- 
based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal
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year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby 
appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the purposes 
set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
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’’) $1,941,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2017, 
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 
that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided 
further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public 
housing financial and physical assessment activities: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of adminis-
trative and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed $21,500,000 
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 disas-
ters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and natural 
disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2017: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available under the 
previous proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and 
security measures: Provided further, That in addition to the amount 
in the previous proviso for such safety and security measures, 
any amounts that remain available, after all applications received 
on or before September 30, 2018, for emergency capital needs have 
been processed, shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
such safety and security measures: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be 
for supportive services, service coordinator and congregate services 
as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, $15,000,000 
shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus 
demonstration: Provided further, That the funding provided under 
the previous proviso shall provide competitive grants to partner-
ships between public housing authorities, local workforce invest-
ment boards established under section 117 of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations that provide 
support to help public housing residents obtain employment and
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increase earnings: Provided further, That applicants must dem-
onstrate the ability to provide services to residents, partner with 
workforce investment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to 
request exemptions from rent and income limitation requirements 
under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by 
the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
are necessary for the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus 
initiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 
any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding 
proviso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 
notice: Provided further, That for funds provided under this heading, 
the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation 
in the previous proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund 
activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 
requesting waivers under the previous proviso if the request is 
approved or denied within 14 days of submitting the request: Pro-
vided further, That from the funds made available under this 
heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2017 to public housing agencies that are designated high per-
formers: Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 
housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be available for 
competitive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce 
lead-based paint hazards in public housing by carrying out the 
activities of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls (as 
those terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential Lead- 
Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)): 
Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, a 
grant under the previous proviso shall be considered funds for 
projects or activities under title I of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations 
implementing such section. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2017 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)), 
$4,400,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initia-
tive (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this 
heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement 
housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to 
transform neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable 
mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, 
public assets, transportation and access to jobs, $137,500,000, to
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remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That grant 
funds may be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the community, and 
for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 
housing: Provided further, That the use of funds made available 
under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing not-
withstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 
grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter-
mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, 
That grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal 
or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may include local 
governments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and non-
profits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may apply 
jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes 
of environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 
housing agency under section 26 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under this heading 
shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to imple-
ment such section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, 
not less than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agen-
cies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create partnerships 
with other local organizations including assisted housing owners, 
service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Com-
merce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appro-
priate Federal resources: Provided further, That no more than 
$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be 
provided as grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis-
tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior 
fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family self- 
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, to promote the development of local strategies 
to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8(o) and 9 of 
such Act with public and private resources, and enable eligible 
families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive 
or specify alternative requirements under sections b(3), b(4), b(5), 
or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate the operation 
of a unified self-sufficiency program for individuals receiving assist-
ance under different provisions of the Act, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a privately owned multi-
family property with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make 
a Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants 
of such property in accordance with procedures established by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures established 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit participating tenants