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that have obligated all assistance for the agency for fiscal 
years 2001 and 2002 made available under this same 
heading in accordance with the requirements under para-
graphs (1) and (2) of section 9(j) of such Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or regulation, during fiscal year 2004, the Secretary may 
not delegate to any Department official other than the 
Deputy Secretary any authority under paragraph (2) of 
such section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
ods under such section for obligation of amounts made 
available for fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 
2003, or 2004: Provided further, That with respect to any 
amounts made available under the Public Housing Capital 
Fund for fiscal year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, or 
2004 that remain unobligated in violation of paragraph 
(1) of such section 9(j) or unexpended in violation of para-
graph (5)(A) of such section 9(j), the Secretary shall re-
capture any such amounts and reallocate such amounts 
among public housing agencies determined under section 
6(j) of the Act to be high-performing: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this heading, 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 if the 
Secretary issues a regulation for effect implementing sec-
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tion 9(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(j)), the first and third provisos under this 
heading shall cease to be effective: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 
$51,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under sec-
tion 9(h) of such Act, of which $13,000,000 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 
conditions in connection with rental assistance under sec-
tion 8 of the Act: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, up to $500,000 shall 
be for lease adjustments to section 23 projects, and no 
less than $10,610,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund for the development of and modifications to 
information technology systems which serve programs or 
activities under ‘‘Public and Indian housing’’: 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 fur-
ther, That of the total amount provided under this head-
ing, up to $40,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to 
public housing agencies for emergency capital needs re-
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sulting from emergencies and natural disasters in fiscal 
year 2004: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $55,000,000 shall be for sup-
portive services, service coordinators and congregate serv-
ices as authorized by section 34 of the Act and the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996. 
The first proviso under this heading in the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2003, is amended by striking ‘‘1998, 1999’’. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2004 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, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,600,000,000: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $10,000,000 shall be for programs, as deter-
mined appropriate by the Attorney General, which assist 
in the investigation, prosecution, and prevention of violent 
crimes and drug offenses in public and federally-assisted 
low-income housing, including Indian housing, which shall 
be administered by the Department of Justice through a 
reimbursable agreement with the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development: Provided further, That no funds 
may be used under this heading for the purposes specified
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in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as amended: Provided further, That in 2004 and hereafter, 
no amounts provided under this heading may be used for 
payments to public housing agencies for the costs of oper-
ation and management of public housing in any year prior 
to the current year. 
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC 
HOUSING (HOPE VI) 
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 
site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2005, of which the Secretary may use up to $500,000 (in-
creased by $4,500,000) for technical assistance and con-
tract expertise, to be provided directly or indirectly by 
grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, including 
training and cost of necessary travel for participants in 
such training, by or to officials and employees of the de-
partment and of public housing agencies and to residents: 
Provided, That none of such funds shall be used directly 
or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in awards 
to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly per-
mitted herein.
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NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $661,600,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $2,200,000 shall 
be contracted through the Secretary as technical assist-
ance and capacity building to be used by the National 
American Indian Housing Council in support of the imple-
mentation of NAHASDA; of which $5,000,000 shall be 
to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 
expertise, training, and technical assistance in the train-
ing, oversight, and management of Indian housing and 
tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for re-
lated travel; and of which no less than $2,720,000 shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for develop-
ment of and modifications to information technology sys-
tems which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Public and 
Indian housing’’: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made available 
for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as 
authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, 
That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 
notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
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ed: Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 
obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
exceed $8,049,000: Provided further, That for administra-
tive expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 
up to $150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only for the ad-
ministrative costs of these guarantees. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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), $5,300,000, 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, as amended: Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $197,243,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from 
amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and