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exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of units
under contract;
(2) $163,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance for reloca-
tion and replacement of housing units that are demolished
or disposed of pursuant to the Omnibus Consolidated Rescis-
sions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134),
conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section
8, the family unification program under section 8(x) of the
Act, relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat
crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such assistance
under section 8(t) of the Act, and tenant protection assistance,
including replacement and relocation assistance;
(3) $46,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coordinators
under section 23 of the Act;
(4) $2,904,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund; and
(5) $1,210,107,000 for administrative and other expenses
of public housing agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-
based rental assistance program, of which up to $25,000,000
shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to public housing
agencies that need additional funds to administer their section
8 programs: Provided, That $1,185,107,000 of the amount pro-
vided in this paragraph shall be allocated for the calendar
year 2005 funding cycle on a pro rata basis to public housing
agencies based on the amount public housing agencies were
eligible to receive in calendar year 2004: Provided further,
That all amounts provided under this paragraph shall be only
for activities related to the provision of tenant-based rental
assistance authorized under section 8, including related
development activities.
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,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise
provided for, $5,341,000,000 to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading
are provided as follows:
(1) $5,237,100,000 for expiring or terminating section 8
project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate
rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-
based 
subsidy 
contracts 
(including 
section 
moderate
rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant
to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in projects
that are subject to approved plans of action under the Emer-
gency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the
Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeowner-
ship Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses
associated with project-based activities and assistance funded
under this paragraph.
(2) $101,900,000 for performance-based contract adminis-
trators for section 8 project-based assistance.
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(3) $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund.
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, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,600,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal
year 2005, the Secretary 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 of
the total amount provided under this heading, up to $38,700,000
shall be for carrying out activities under section 9(h) of such Act,
of which $12,500,000 shall be for the provision of remediation
services to public housing agencies identified as ‘‘troubled’’ under
the Section 8 Management Assessment Program and for surveys
used to calculate local Fair Market Rents and assess housing condi-
tions in connection with rental assistance under section 8 of the
Act: Provided further, That $10,150,000 shall be transferred to
the Working Capital Fund: 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, as amended: Provided
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
up to $30,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development to make grants, notwithstanding section
205 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital
needs resulting from unforeseen emergencies and natural disasters
occurring in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That of the total
amount provided under this heading, $53,500,000 shall be for sup-
portive services, service coordinators and congregate services as
authorized by section 34 of the Act and the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided
further, That up to $3,000,000 is to support the costs of administra-
tive and judicial receiverships in effect prior to date of enactment
of this Act: Provided further, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for Neighborhood Networks
grants for activities authorized in section 9(d)(1)(E) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, of which up to $1,000,000
may be used for technical assistance in connection with such grants
as authorized in section 9(h)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made available
in the previous proviso shall be awarded to public housing agencies
on a competitive basis: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 9(d)(1)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, any
Neighborhood Networks computer center established with funding
made available under this heading in this or any other Act, shall
be available for use by residents of public housing and residents