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reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and other 
expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this heading; 
(5) $60,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 
for use through a supported housing program administered 
in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 
authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing 
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; and 
(6) 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 2016 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 
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.
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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’’) $1,900,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2016, 
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 $3,000,000 shall be to support ongoing Public 
Housing Financial and Physical Assessment activities: Provided 
further, That up to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of 
administrative 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 disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and 
natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 
2016: 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 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 Amer-
ican 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: Pro-
vided further, That the funding provided under the previous proviso 
shall provide competitive grants to partnerships between public 
housing authorities, local workforce investment boards established 
under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and 
other agencies and organizations that provide support to help public 
housing residents obtain employment and increase earnings: Pro-
vided further, That applicants must demonstrate 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 Sec-
retary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers
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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: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this heading, the Secretary shall pro-
vide bonus awards in fiscal year 2016 to public housing agencies 
that are designated high performers: Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify public housing agencies of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2016 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)), 
$4,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
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, $125,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2018: 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 undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community, and 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 nonprofits: 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 implement such section: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided, not less than $75,000,000 shall be 
awarded to public housing agencies: 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
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with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health 
and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney 
General, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal 
resources: Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds 
made available under this heading may be provided to assist 
communities in developing comprehensive strategies for imple-
menting this program or implementing other revitalization efforts 
in conjunction with community notice and input: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the 
use of such competitive funds, including but not limited to eligible 
activities, program requirements, and performance metrics: Pro-
vided further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, 
remaining from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revitaliza-
tion of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal 
year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under 
this heading, notwithstanding 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, 2017: 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 
to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) and 
shall allow owners to use funding from residual receipt accounts 
to hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency program. 
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.), $650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That, notwithstanding the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to deter-
mine 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