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Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist-
ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund-
ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 
Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare- 
to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to 
$8,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 
project and technical assistance: Provided further, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, not 
to exceed $2,675,000 may be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund: Provided further, That $3,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 
conduct research on homeless issues, including homeless 
prevention and youth homelessness: Provided further, That 
all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously 
funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and 
transferred to this account shall be available, if recap-
tured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in fiscal year 2009: 
Provided further, That this heading in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 
2008 is amended by inserting the following new proviso 
after the third proviso: ‘‘Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may renew grants made under this demonstration 
program and may treat such original grants and any such 
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renewal grants as if these grants were made under the 
supportive housing program:’’. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 
Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $7,100,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available on Octo-
ber 1, 2008, and $400,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available on October 1, 2009: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows: 
(1) $6,868,000,000 shall be available for expir-
ing or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilita-
tion contracts), for amendments to section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 mod-
erate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 
into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for re-
newal of section 8 contracts for units in projects 
that are subject to approved plans of action under 
the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 
Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preserva-
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tion and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and 
for administrative and other expenses associated 
with project-based activities and assistance funded 
under this paragraph. 
(2) Up to $232,000,000 shall be available for 
performance-based contract administrators for sec-
tion 8 project-based assistance: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
also use such amounts for performance-based con-
tract administrators for the administration of: inter-
est reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental as-
sistance 
payments 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1715z–1(f)(2)); 
project rental assistance contracts for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance con-
tracts for supportive housing for persons with dis-
abilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pur-
suant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under 
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section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 
86–372; 73 Stat. 667). 
(3) Not to exceed $10,000,000 provided under 
this heading may be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund. 
(4) Amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 
may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec-
tion 8 project-based contracts or for performance- 
based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend-
ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex-
piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 
term, and for supportive services associated with the hous-
ing, $765,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2012, of which up to $626,400,000 shall be for capital 
advance and project-based rental assistance awards: Pro-
vided, That, of the amount provided under this heading, 
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