under this paragraph), prorate each public housing 
agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to 
this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 
provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 
specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 
modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated to 
the public housing agencies based on the allocation 
and pro rata method described above, and the Sec-
retary shall notify public housing agencies of their 
annual budget by the later of 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act or March 1, 2018: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may extend the notification pe-
riod with the prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating 
in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 
to their MTW agreements and in accordance with 
the requirements of the MTW program and shall be 
subject to the same pro rata adjustments under the 
previous provisos: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may offset public housing agencies’ calendar 
year 2018 allocations based on the excess amounts 
of public housing agencies’ net restricted assets ac-
counts, including HUD held programmatic reserves 
(in accordance with VMS data in calendar year 2017 
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that is verifiable and complete), as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 
shall also be subject to the offset, as determined by 
the Secretary from the agencies’ calendar year 2018 
MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre-
vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam-
ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
further, That up to $100,000,000 shall be available 
only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
housing agencies, after application for an adjust-
ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 
significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore-
seen circumstances or from portability under section 
8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use 
during the previous 12-month period in order to be 
available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 
8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs as-
sociated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public 
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housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost 
savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, 
would otherwise be required to terminate rental as-
sistance for families as a result of insufficient fund-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo-
cate amounts under the previous proviso based on 
need, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $60,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, 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 pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 
vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 
tenant protection assistance including replacement 
and relocation assistance or for project-based assist-
ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder-
ly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop-
erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi-
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nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this 
Act: Provided, That when a public housing develop-
ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro-
vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-
vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu-
pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 
available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 
areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 
30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) 
the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or sec-
tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira-
tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 
tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten-
ant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) 
the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
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panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
tenant protection assistance made available under 
the previous proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That any tenant protec-
tion voucher made available from amounts under 
this paragraph shall not be reissued by any public 
housing agency, except the replacement vouchers as 
defined by the Secretary by notice, when the initial 
family that received any such voucher no longer re-
ceives such voucher, and the authority for any public 
housing agency to issue any such voucher shall cease 
to exist: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 
made available under this paragraph for units as-
sisted under a project-based subsidy contract funded 
under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ head-
ing under this title where the owner has received a 
Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy con-
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tract associated with such units to another project 
or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse 
amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the preceding proviso; 
(3) $1,550,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 
other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-
vided, That no less than $1,540,000,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
2018 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 
(and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef-
fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 
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amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent-
age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts deter-
mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re-
maining from funds appropriated to the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 
purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That all public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their MTW agreements, and in accord-
ance with the requirements of the MTW program 
and shall be subject to the same uniform percentage 
decrease as under the previous proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts provided under this paragraph 
shall be only for activities related to the provision of 
tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec-
tion 8, including related development activities; 
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(4) $150,000,000 for the renewal of tenant- 
based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the special purpose vouchers in this para-
graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 
subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per-
cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 
to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this heading: Provided further, That any amounts 
provided under this paragraph in this Act or prior 
Acts, remaining available after funding renewals and 
administrative expenses under this paragraph, shall 
be available for incremental tenant-based assistance 
contracts under such section 811, including nec-
essary administrative expenses; 
(5) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading, in-
cluding the renewal, from amounts provided under 
paragraph (1) under this heading, of HUD–VASH 
vouchers, funded under this heading in prior Acts to 
address veterans’ homelessness, of no less than 
$577,000,000; 
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(6) $7,000,000 shall be for renewal grants, in-
cluding rental assistance and associated administra-
tive fees for Tribal HUD–VA Supportive Housing to 
serve Native American veterans that are homeless or 
at-risk of homelessness living on or near a reserva-
tion or Indian areas: Provided, That such amount 
shall be made available for renewal grants to the re-
cipients that received assistance under the rental as-
sistance and supportive housing demonstration pro-
gram for Native American veterans authorized under 
the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ in 
title II of division K of the Consolidated and Fur-
ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public 
Law 113–235, 128 Stat. 2733): Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall be authorized to specify cri-
teria for renewal grants, including data on the utili-
zation of assistance reported by grant recipients 
under the demonstration program: Provided further, 
That renewal grants under this paragraph shall be 
administered by block grant recipients in accordance 
with program requirements under the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996: Provided further, That assistance under 
this paragraph shall be modeled after, with nec-
essary and appropriate adjustments for Native 
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American grant recipients and veterans, the rental 
assistance and supportive housing program known 
as HUD–VASH program, including administration 
in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs and overall implementation of section 8(o)(19) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive, or specify alternative re-
quirements for any provision of any statute or regu-
lation that the Secretary administers in connection 
with the use of funds made available under this 
paragraph (except requirements related to fair hous-
ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the en-
vironment), upon a finding by the Secretary that 
any such waiver or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
prescribed by the Secretary and; 
(7) $10,000,000 shall be available to support 
modernization of public housing agency (PHA) in-
formation technology systems with respect to admin-
istration of program data and funding provided 
under this heading, including related expenses; Pro-
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vided, That the Secretary may transfer up to 
$10,000,000 of the amounts provided under this 
paragraph to the ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ 
heading under this title to support modernization of 
PHA information technology systems with respect to 
administration of program data and funding under 
such heading, including related expenses. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2018 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, 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 rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
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tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded 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’’) $1,850,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2018, 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 peri-
ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses 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 $8,300,000 
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 administra-
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tive and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this Act, to 
public housing agencies for emergency capital needs in-
cluding safety and security measures necessary to address 
crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting 
from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat-
ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer-
gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2018: 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 pro-
vided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be for sup-
portive services, service coordinator and congregate serv-
ices 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, up to $15,000,000 shall be 
for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus 
demonstration: Provided further, That funding provided 
under the previous proviso shall be available for competi-
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tive grants to partnerships between public housing au-
thorities, 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 employ-
ment and increase earnings: Provided further, That appli-
cants must demonstrate the ability to provide services to 
residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and 
leverage service dollars: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may allow public housing agencies to request ex-
emptions 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 ap-
prove upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waiv-
ers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effec-
tive implementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a vol-
untary 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 effec-
tive 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 pre-
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vious proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund ac-
tivities 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 provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2018 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 2018 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized 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, 2019. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (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, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
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poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation and access to jobs, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020: 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 notwithstanding sec-
tion 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: Pro-
vided further, That grantees shall provide a match in 
State, local, other Federal or private funds: Provided fur-
ther, That grantees may include local governments, tribal 
entities, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Pro-
vided 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 regula-
tions issued by the Secretary to implement such section: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided, not less 
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than $10,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga-
nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall con-
sult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transpor-
tation, 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 $1,000,000 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 ‘‘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 pur-
poses 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 devel-
opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist-
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ance 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, 
2019: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg-
ister 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 pri-
vately owned multifamily property with a section 8 con-
tract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such property 
in accordance with procedures established by the Sec-
retary: 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 resid-
ual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 
Family Self-Sufficiency program. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
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(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $654,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, 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 national 
or regional organizations representing Native American 
housing interests for providing training and technical as-
sistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des-
ignated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
made available for a national organization as authorized 
under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $3,500,000 shall be to support the inspection 
of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and 
technical assistance related to funding provided under this 
heading and other headings under this Act for the needs 
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of Native American families and Indian country: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran-
teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 
of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obliga-
tions, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional 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 $17,391,304: 
Provided further, That the Department will notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on the date of 
enactment of this Act, a recipient’s total amount of 
undisbursed block grant funds in the Department’s line 
of credit control system is greater than the sum of its prior 
3 years’ initial formula allocation calculations, the Sec-
retary shall adjust that recipient’s formula allocation that 
it would otherwise receive down by the difference between 
its total amount of undisbursed block grant funds in the 
Department’s line of credit control system on the date of 
enactment of this Act, and the sum of its prior 3 years’ 
initial formula allocation calculations: Provided further, 
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That grant amounts not allocated to a recipient pursuant 
to the previous proviso shall be allocated under the need 
component of the formula proportionately among all other 
Indian tribes not subject to an adjustment under such pro-
viso: Provided further, That the second proviso shall not 
apply to any Indian tribe that would otherwise receive a 
formula allocation of less than $5,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That to take effect, the three previous provisos do 
not require issuance or amendment of any regulation, shall 
not be subject to a formula challenge by an Indian tribe, 
and shall not be construed to confer hearing rights under 
any section of NAHASDA or its implementing regula-
tions. 
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), $5,500,000, to re-
main 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 $1,486,486,486, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That up to $750,000 of 
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this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 
including management processes and systems to carry out 
the loan guarantee program: Provided further, That an ad-
ditional $1,727,000 shall be available until expended for 
such costs of guaranteed loans authorized under such sec-
tion 184 issued to tribes and Indian housing authorities 
for the construction of rental housing for law enforcement, 
healthcare, educational, technical and other skilled work-
ers: Provided further, That the funds specified in the pre-
vious proviso are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to $466,756,757 
to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may specify any additional program require-
ments with respect to the previous two provisos through 
publication of a Mortgagee Letter or Notice. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$356,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
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all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 
Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 
requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 
under such section: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with-
in 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
development 
activities, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes, 
$2,960,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
total amount provided, $2,900,000,000 is for carrying out 
the community development block grant program under 
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, as amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided 
for under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be expended for planning and management develop-
ment and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local govern-
ment, or Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indi-
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rectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 
trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 
funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 
funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use 
such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) 
of the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be 
provided to a for-profit entity for an economic develop-
ment project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project 
has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guide-
lines required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided fur-
ther, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian 
tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be 
used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2018, commitments to 
guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 
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Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), 
any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 
principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any 
aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaran-
teed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith-
standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 
a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 
and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 
section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 
Affordable 
Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended, 
$850,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 
available under this heading, the threshold reduction re-
quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 
shall not apply to allocations of such amount: Provided 
further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 
6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such re-
quirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any 
project to which funds were committed on or after August 
23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by 
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the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships 
Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Up-
dating Property Standards’’ which became effective on 
such date: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended, $45,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 
Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 
the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 
as amended: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $30,000,000 shall be made 
available for the second, third, and fourth capacity build-
ing activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD 
Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of 
which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
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$5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building 
by national rural housing organizations with experience 
assessing national rural conditions and providing financ-
ing, training, technical assistance, information, and re-
search to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian 
Tribes serving high need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the Con-
tinuum of Care program as authorized under subtitle C 
of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability 
Assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
IV of such Act, $2,383,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That any rental assistance 
amounts that are recaptured under such Continuum of 
Care program shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $270,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for such Emergency Solutions Grants program: Provided 
further, That not less than $2,106,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 
Continuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability Assist-
ance programs: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
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available for the national homeless data analysis project: 
Provided further, That all funds awarded for supportive 
services under the Continuum of Care program and the 
Rural Housing Stability Assistance program shall be 
matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind 
by each grantee: Provided further, That for all match re-
quirements applicable to funds made available under this 
heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may 
use (or could have used) as a source of match funds other 
funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal 
agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohi-
bition on any such use of any such funds: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall collect system performance meas-
ures for each continuum of care, and that relative to fiscal 
year 2015, under the Continuum of Care competition with 
respect to funds made available under this heading, the 
Secretary shall base an increasing share of the score on 
performance criteria: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be available to 
provide funding for new projects, except for projects cre-
ated through reallocation, unless the Secretary determines 
that the continuum of care has demonstrated that projects 
are evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which 
they improve the continuum of care’s system performance: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize fund-
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