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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5482
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing
and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 18, 2000
Mr. WALSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Af-
fairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sun-
dry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corpora-
tions, and offices for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and for sundry independent agencies,
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis-
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cal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on
behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex-
aminations as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters
11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or
on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C.
chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur-
ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay,
adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre-
miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran-
teed under the provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’
and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and
for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107,
1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61;
50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735;
76 Stat. 1198), $22,766,276,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $17,419,000
of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen-
eral operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary
expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in
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the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters
51, 53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifi-
cally provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appro-
priation: Provided further, That such sums as may be
earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reim-
bursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolving fund’’ to augment
the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing
home care provided to pensioners as authorized.
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38
U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55,
and 61, $1,634,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation pro-
gram services and assistance which the Secretary is au-
thorized to provide under section 3104(a) of title 38,
United States Code, other than under subsection (a)(1),
(2), (5) and (11) of that section, shall be charged to the
account: Provided further, That funds shall be available
to pay any court order, court award or any compromise
settlement arising from litigation involving the vocational
training program authorized by section 18 of Public Law
98–77, as amended.
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES
For military and naval insurance, national service life
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
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chapter V, as amended, $532,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General
operating expenses’’.
GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR
HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated
by this Act for ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Med-
ical care’’ may be expended for the administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program author-
ized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter VI.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CARE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili-
ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and
outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treat-
ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the depart-
ment; and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and
equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental
thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in the department;
administrative expenses in support of planning, design,
project management, real property acquisition and disposi-
tion, construction and renovation of any facility under the
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jurisdiction or for the use of the department; oversight,
engineering and architectural activities not charged to
project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing fa-
cilities in the several hospitals and homes under the juris-
diction of the department, not otherwise provided for, ei-
ther by contract or by the hire of temporary employees
and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; aid to State
homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative
and legal expenses of the department for collecting and
recovering amounts owed the department as authorized
under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical
Care 
Recovery 
Act, 
U.S.C. 
2651 
et 
seq.,
$20,281,587,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of
the 
funds 
made 
available 
under 
this 
heading,
$900,000,000 is for the equipment and land and struc-
tures object classifications only, which amount shall not
become available for obligation until August 1, 2001, and
shall remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, not to exceed $500,000,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading, not to exceed
$28,134,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’: Provided
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further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall con-
duct by contract a program of recovery audits for the fee
basis and other medical services contracts with respect to
payments for hospital care; and, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise,
as the result of such audits shall be available, without fis-
cal year limitation, for the purposes for which funds are
appropriated under this heading and the purposes of pay-
ing a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a
result of an audit carried out by the contractor: Provided
further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding
proviso with respect to a designated health care region (as
that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be
allocated, net of payments to the contractor, to that re-
gion.
In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105–
33 establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Med-
ical Care Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited
to such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be trans-
ferred to this account, to remain available until expended
for the purposes of this account.
None of the foregoing funds may be transferred to
the Department of Justice for the purposes of supporting
tobacco litigation.
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MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of
medical and prosthetic research and development as au-
thorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until
September 30, 2002, $351,000,000, plus reimbursements.
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in the administration of the
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi-
ties, $62,000,000 plus reimbursements: Provided, That
technical and consulting services offered by the Facilities
Management Field Service, including project management
and real property administration (including leases, site ac-
quisition and disposal activities directly supporting
projects), shall be provided to Department of Veterans Af-
fairs components only on a reimbursable basis, and such
amounts will remain available until September 30, 2001.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary operating expenses of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including
uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General
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Services Administration for security guard services, and
the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas em-
ployee mail, $1,050,000,000: Provided, That expenses for
services and assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C.
3104(a)(1), (2), (5) and (11) that the Secretary deter-
mines are necessary to enable entitled veterans (1) to the
maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to ob-
tain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve
maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged
to this account: Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading, not to exceed $45,000,000
shall be available until September 30, 2002: Provided fur-
ther, That funds under this heading shall be available to
administer the Service Members Occupational Conversion
and Training Act.
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of the National Cemetery Administration, not oth-
erwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances
therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; pur-
chase of two passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial
operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$109,889,000: Provided, That travel expenses shall not ex-
ceed $1,125,000: Provided further, That of the amount
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made available under this heading, not to exceed $125,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $46,464,000: Provided, That of the amount
made available under this heading, not to exceed $28,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102,
8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38,
United States Code, including planning, architectural and
engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period
services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro-
vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and
site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is
$4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were
made available in a previous major project appropriation,
$66,040,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That except for advance planning of projects (in-
cluding market-based assessments of health care needs
which may or may not lead to capital investments) funded
through the advance planning fund and the design of
projects funded through the design fund, none of these
funds shall be used for any project which has not been
considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary
process: Provided further, That funds provided in this ap-
propriation for fiscal year 2001, for each approved project
shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction
documents contract by September 30, 2001; and (2) by
the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,
2002: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly
report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any
approved major construction project in which obligations
are not incurred within the time limitations established
above: Provided further, That no funds from any other ac-
count except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obli-
gated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving
a project which was approved in the budget process and
funded in this account until one year after substantial
completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department
of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with
respect to that part only.
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CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan-
ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance
or guarantee period services costs associated with equip-
ment guarantees provided under the project, services of
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system
construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102,
8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title
38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a
project is less than $4,000,000, $162,000,000, to remain
available until expended, along with unobligated balances
of previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations
which are hereby made available for any project where the
estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: Provided, That
funds in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs
to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction
or for the use of the department which are necessary be-
cause of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster
or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to
prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.
PARKING REVOLVING FUND
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 8109, income from fees collected, to remain avail-
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able until expended, which shall be available for all author-
ized expenses except operations and maintenance costs,
which will be funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE
FACILITIES
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care
to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131–8137,
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS
CEMETERIES
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,
or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by
38 U.S.C. 2408, $25,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2001 for
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’,
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations.
SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 for salaries
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and expenses shall be available for services authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations
for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be
available for the purchase of any site for or toward the
construction of any new hospital or home.
SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits
to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under
5 U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless re-
imbursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical care’’ ac-
count at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 for ‘‘Com-
pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and
‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be available
for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to
be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2000.
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SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 shall
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X
of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law
100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust
fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation
and pensions’’.
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance
Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insur-
ance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Gov-
ernment Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reim-
burse the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account for the
cost of administration of the insurance programs financed
through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement
shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated
in an insurance program in fiscal year 2001, that are
available for dividends in that program after claims have
been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been
set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administra-
tion of an insurance program exceeds the amount of sur-
plus earnings accumulated in that program, reimburse-
ment shall be made only to the extent of such surplus
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earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary shall deter-
mine the cost of administration for fiscal year 2001, which
is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance pro-
gram and to the provision of any total disability income
insurance included in such insurance program.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, collections authorized by the Veterans Millennium
Health Care and Benefits Act (Public Law 106–117) and
credited to the appropriate Department of Veterans Af-
fairs accounts in fiscal year 2001, shall not be available
for obligation or expenditure unless appropriation lan-
guage making such funds available is enacted.
SEC. 109. In accordance with section 1557 of title
31, United States Code, the following obligated balance
shall be exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such
title and shall remain available for expenditure until Sep-
tember 30, 2003: funds obligated by the Department of
Veterans Affairs for a contract with the Institute for Clin-
ical Research to study the application of artificial neural
networks to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate can-
cer through the Cooperative DoD/VA Medical Research
program from funds made available to the Department of
Veterans Affairs by the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–335) under the
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heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide’’.
SEC. 110. As HR LINK$ will not be part of the
Franchise Fund in fiscal year 2001, funds budgeted in
customer accounts to purchase HR LINK$ services from
the Franchise Fund shall be transferred to the General
Administration portion of the ‘‘General operating ex-
penses’’ appropriation in the following amounts: $78,000
from the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, $358,000 from
the ‘‘National cemetery administration’’, $1,106,000 from
‘‘Medical care’’, $84,000 from ‘‘Medical administration
and miscellaneous operating expenses’’, and $38,000 shall
be reprogrammed within the ‘‘General operating ex-
penses’’ appropriation from the Veterans Benefits Admin-
istration to General Administration for the same purpose.
SEC. 111. Not to exceed $1,600,000 from the ‘‘Med-
ical care’’ appropriation shall be transferred to the ‘‘Gen-
eral operating expenses’’ appropriation to fund personnel
services costs of employees providing legal services and ad-
ministrative support for the Office of General Counsel.
SEC. 112. Not to exceed $1,200,000 may be trans-
ferred from the ‘‘Medical care’’ appropriation to the ‘‘Gen-
eral operating expenses’’ appropriation to fund contracts
and services in support of the Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’s Benefits Delivery Center, Systems Development
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Center, and Finance Center, located at the Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Hines, Illinois.
SEC. 113. Not to exceed $4,500,000 from the ‘‘Con-
struction, minor projects’’ appropriation and not to exceed
$2,000,000 from the ‘‘Medical care’’ appropriation may
be transferred to and merged with the Parking Revolving
Fund for surface parking lot projects.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this Act for ‘‘Medical care’’ appropria-
tions of the Department of Veterans Affairs may be obli-
gated for the realignment of the health care delivery sys-
tem in Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN
12) until 60 days after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
certifies that the Department has: (1) consulted with vet-
erans organizations, medical school affiliates, employee
representatives, State veterans and health associations,
and other interested parties with respect to the realign-
ment plan to be implemented; and (2) made available to
the Congress and the public information from the con-
sultations regarding possible impacts on the accessibility
of veterans health care services to affected veterans.
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TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance to prevent the involun-
tary displacement of low-income families, the elderly and
the disabled because of the loss of affordable housing
stock, expiration of subsidy contracts (other than con-
tracts for which amounts are provided under another
heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or
other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for
other purposes, $13,940,907,000 and amounts that are
recaptured in this account to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the total amount provided
under 
this 
heading, 
$13,430,000,000, 
of 
which
$9,230,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2000 and
$4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2001,
shall be for assistance under the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437): Pro-
vided further, That the foregoing amounts shall be for use
in connection with expiring or terminating section 8 sub-
sidy contracts, for amendments to section 8 subsidy con-
tracts, for enhanced vouchers (including amendments and
renewals) under any provision of law authorizing such as-
sistance under section 8(t) of the United States Housing
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Act of 1937 (47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), contract administra-
tors, and contracts entered into pursuant to section 441
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act:
Provided further, That amounts available under the first
proviso under this heading shall be available for section
8 rental assistance under the Act: (1) for the relocation
and replacement of housing units that are demolished or
disposed of pursuant to section 24 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 or to other authority for the revital-
ization of severely distressed public housing, as set forth
in the Appropriations Acts for the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies for fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995,
and 1997, and in the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions
and Appropriations Act of 1996; (2) for the conversion
of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8; (3)
for funds to carry out the family unification program; (4)
for the 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 agen-
cy; (5) for tenant protection assistance, including replace-
ment and relocation assistance; and (6) for the 1-year re-
newal of section 8 contracts for units in a project that
is subject to an approved plan of action under the Emer-
gency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or
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the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident
Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided further, That of the
total amount provided under this heading, $11,000,000
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the
development and maintenance of information technology
systems: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be made
available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the
designation of a public housing development under section
7 of the Act, the establishment of preferences in accord-
ance with section 651 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restric-
tion of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with
section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the Secretary
determines that such amount is not needed to fund appli-
cations for such affected families, to other nonelderly dis-
abled families: Provided further, That of the total amount
provided under this heading, $452,907,000 shall be made
available for incremental vouchers under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 on a fair share basis
and administered by public housing agencies: Provided
further, That of the total amount provided under this
heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be made available for the
completion of the Jobs Plus Demonstration: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts available under this heading may be
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made available for administrative fees and other expenses
to cover the cost of administering rental assistance pro-
grams under section 8 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937: Provided further, That the fee otherwise author-
ized under section 8(q) of such Act shall be determined
in accordance with section 8(q), as in effect immediately
before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work
Responsibility Act of 1998: Provided further, That
$1,833,000,000 is rescinded from unobligated balances re-
maining from funds appropriated to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development under this heading or
the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’
or any other heading for fiscal year 2000 and prior years:
Provided further, That any such balances governed by re-
allocation provisions under the statute authorizing the
program for which the funds were originally appropriated
shall not be available for this rescission: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall have until September 30, 2001,
to meet the rescission in the proviso preceding the imme-
diately preceding proviso: Provided further, That any obli-
gated balances of contract authority that have been termi-
nated shall be canceled.
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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. 1437), $3,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be for car-
rying out activities under section 9(h) of such Act, for
lease adjustments to section 23 projects and $43,000,000
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the
development and maintenance of information technology
systems: Provided, 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: Provided further,
That of the total amount, up to $75,000,000 shall be
available for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment to make grants to public housing agencies for
emergency capital needs resulting from emergencies and
natural disasters in fiscal year 2001.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
For payments to public housing agencies for the oper-
ation and management of public housing, as authorized
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), $3,242,000,000, to re-
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main available until expended: Provided, 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.
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For grants to public housing agencies and Indian
tribes and their tribally designated housing entities for use
in eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized
by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, for grants for federally as-
sisted low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909,
and for drug information clearinghouse services author-
ized by 42 U.S.C. 11921–11925, $310,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000
shall be solely for technical assistance, technical assistance
grants, training, and program assessment for or on behalf
of public housing agencies, resident organizations, and In-
dian tribes and their tribally designated housing entities
(including up to $150,000 for the cost of necessary travel
for participants in such training) for oversight, training
and improved management of this program, $2,000,000
shall be available to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America
for the operating and start-up costs of clubs located in
or near, and primarily serving residents of, public housing
and housing assisted under the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and
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$10,000,000 shall be used in connection with efforts to
combat violent crime in public and assisted housing under
the Operation Safe Home Program administered by the
Inspector General of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development: Provided further, That of the amount
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be provided to the
Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount under this heading,
$20,000,000 shall be available for the New Approach
Anti-Drug program which will provide competitive grants
to entities managing or operating public housing develop-
ments, federally assisted multifamily housing develop-
ments, or other multifamily housing developments for low-
income families supported by non-Federal governmental
entities or similar housing developments supported by non-
profit private sources in order to provide or augment secu-
rity (including personnel costs), to assist in the investiga-
tion and/or prosecution of drug-related criminal activity
in and around such developments, and to provide assist-
ance for the development of capital improvements at such
developments directly relating to the security of such de-
velopments: Provided further, That grants for the New Ap-
proach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competitive
basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
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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, $575,000,000
to remain available until expended, of which the Secretary
may use up to $10,000,000 for technical assistance and
contract 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.
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) (Public Law 104–330), $650,000,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $6,000,000 shall
be to support the inspection of Indian housing units, con-
tract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the
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training, oversight, and management of Indian housing
and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for
related travel: Provided, That of the amount provided
under this heading, $6,000,000 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-
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 $54,600,000: Provided further, That for adminis-
trative 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: Provided further,
That of the amount provided in this heading, $2,000,000
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for de-
velopment and maintaining information technology sys-
tems.
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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 (106 Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined 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 $71,956,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 from
amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and
expenses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of
these guarantees.
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),
$258,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring con-
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tracts that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such
Act that meet all program requirements before awarding
funds for new contracts and activities authorized under
this section: Provided further, That the Secretary may use
up to 1 percent of the funds under this heading for train-
ing, oversight, and technical assistance activities.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De-
velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, $25,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, which amount shall be awarded by June 1, 2001,
to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State
community and/or economic development agencies, local
rural nonprofits and community development corporations
to support innovative housing and economic development
activities in rural areas: Provided, That all grants shall
be awarded on a competitive basis as specified in section
102 of the HUD Reform Act.
EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES
For grants in connection with a second round of em-
powerment 
zones 
and 
enterprise 
communities,
$90,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $75,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for ‘‘Urban
Empowerment Zones’’, as authorized in the Taxpayer Re-
lief Act of 1997, including $5,000,000 for each empower-
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ment zone for use in conjunction with economic develop-
ment activities consistent with the strategic plan of each
empowerment zone: Provided further, That $15,000,000
shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for
grants for designated empowerment zones in rural areas
and for grants for designated rural enterprise commu-
nities.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community
development 
activities, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes,
$5,057,550,000: Provided, That of the amount provided,
$4,409,000,000 is for carrying out the community devel-
opment 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), to remain available
until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That
$71,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwith-
standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall
be available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council,
$2,600,000 shall be available as a grant to the National
American Indian Housing Council, $10,000,000 shall be
available as a grant to the National Housing Development
Corporation, for operating expenses not to exceed
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$2,000,000 and for a program of affordable housing ac-
quisition and rehabilitation, and $45,500,000 shall be for
grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act of which
$3,000,000 shall be made available to support Alaska Na-
tive serving institutions and native Hawaiian serving insti-
tutions, as defined under the Higher Education Act, as
amended, and of which $3,000,000 shall be made available
to tribal colleges and universities to build, expand, ren-
ovate, and equip their facilities: Provided further, That not
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro-
priated herein (other than a grant made available in this
paragraph to the Housing Assistance Council or the Na-
tional American Indian Housing Council, or a grant using
funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1974, as amended) shall be
expended for ‘‘Planning and Management Development’’
and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in regulations promul-
gated by the department: Provided further, That
$15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund for the development and maintenance of information
technology systems: Provided further, That $20,000,000
shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help Housing Op-
portunity Program.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$28,450,000 shall be made available for capacity building,
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of which $25,000,000 shall be made available for ‘‘Capac-
ity Building for Community Development and Affordable
Housing’’, for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for
activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Dem-
onstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120), as in effect
immediately before June 12, 1997, of which not less than
$5,000,000 of the funding shall be used in rural areas,
including tribal areas, and of which $3,450,000 shall be
made available for capacity building activities adminis-
tered by Habitat for Humanity International.
Of the amount made available under this heading, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use
up to $55,000,000 for supportive services for public hous-
ing residents, as authorized by section 34 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and for resi-
dents of housing assisted under the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
(NAHASDA) and for grants for service coordinators and
congregate services for the elderly and disabled residents
of public and assisted housing and housing assisted under
NAHASDA.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$44,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed
and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest-
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ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza-
tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating
or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous-
ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare
reform initiatives: Provided, that any unobligated balances
of amounts set aside for neighborhood initiatives in fiscal
years 1998, 1999, and 2000 may be utilized for any of
the foregoing purposes: Provided further, That these
grants shall be provided in accord with the terms and con-
ditions specified in the statement of managers accom-
panying this conference report.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $60,000,000
shall be available for YouthBuild program activities au-
thorized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such
activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any
funds made available under this heading: Provided, That
local YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to
leverage private and nonprofit funding shall be given a pri-
ority for YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That no
more than ten percent of any grant award may be used
for administrative costs: Provided further, That not less
than $10,000,000 shall be available for grants to establish
YouthBuild programs in underserved and rural areas: Pro-
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vided further, That of the amount provided under this
paragraph, $4,000,000 shall be set aside and made avail-
able for a grant to Youthbuild USA for capacity building
for community development and affordable housing activi-
ties as specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration
Act of 1993, as amended.
Of the amounts made available under this heading,
$2,000,000 shall be available to the Utah Housing Fi-
nance Agency for the temporary use of relocatable housing
during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games provided such
housing is targeted to the housing needs of low-income
families after the Games.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$292,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco-
nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety
of targeted economic investments in accordance with the
terms and conditions specified in the statement of man-
agers accompanying this conference report.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as au-
thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined 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
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which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000,
notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding
obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition, for administrative expenses to carry
out the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘Salaries and expenses’’.
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by
section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields redevelop-
ment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall make these grants available on
a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act
of 1989.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 
Affordable 
Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended,
$1,800,000,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That up to $20,000,000 of these funds shall be
available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of the
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Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided
further, That $17,000,000 shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund for the development and mainte-
nance of information technology systems.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the emergency shelter grants program (as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the
supportive housing program (as authorized under subtitle
C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate rehabili-
tation single room occupancy program (as authorized
under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend-
ed) to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and
the shelter plus care program (as authorized under sub-
title F of title IV of such Act), $1,025,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not less than 30
percent of these funds shall be used for permanent hous-
ing, and all funding for services must be matched by 25
percent in funding by each grantee: Provided further, That
all awards of assistance under this heading shall be re-
quired to coordinate and integrate homeless programs
with other mainstream health, social services, and employ-
ment programs for which homeless populations may be eli-
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gible, including Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insur-
ance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,
Food Stamps, and services funding through the Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce In-
vestment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program:
Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading is transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund to be used for technical assistance for
management information systems and to develop an auto-
mated, client-level Annual Performance Report System:
Provided further, That $500,000 shall be made available
to the Interagency Council on the Homeless for adminis-
trative needs.
SHELTER PLUS CARE RENEWALS
For the renewal on an annual basis of contracts ex-
piring during fiscal years 2001 and 2002 under the Shel-
ter Plus Care program, as authorized under subtitle F of
title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act, as amended, $100,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That each Shelter Plus Care project
with an expiring contract shall be eligible for renewal only
if the project is determined to be needed under the appli-
cable continuum of care and meets appropriate program
requirements and financial standards, as determined by
the Secretary.
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HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acqui-
sition, or development of additional public and subsidized
housing units for low income families not otherwise pro-
vided for, $996,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That $779,000,000 shall be for capital
advances, including amendments to capital advance con-
tracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for
project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for
project rental assistance, for the elderly under such section
202(c)(2), and for supportive services associated with the
housing, of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service
coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate
service grants for residents of assisted housing projects
and of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for grants
under section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q–2) for conversion of eligible projects under such
section to assisted living or related use: Provided further,
That of the amount under this heading, $217,000,000
shall be for capital advances, including amendments to
capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for per-
sons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the
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Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for
project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts for
project rental assistance, and supportive services associ-
ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au-
thorized by section 811 of such Act: Provided further, That
$1,000,000, to be divided evenly between the appropria-
tions for the section 202 and section 811 programs, shall
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the devel-
opment and maintenance of information technology sys-
tems: Provided further, That the Secretary may designate
up to 25 percent of the amounts earmarked under this
paragraph for section 811 of such Act for tenant-based
assistance, as authorized under that section, including
such authority as may be waived under the next proviso,
which assistance is 5 years in duration: Provided further,
That the Secretary may waive any provision of such sec-
tion 202 and such section 811 (including the provisions
governing the terms and conditions of project rental as-
sistance and tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary
determines is not necessary to achieve the objectives of
these programs, or that otherwise impedes the ability to
develop, operate, or administer projects assisted under
these programs, and may make provision for alternative
conditions or terms where appropriate.
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FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un-
committed balances of excess rental charges as of Sep-
tember 30, 2000, and any collections made during fiscal
year 2001, shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy
Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National
Housing Act, as amended.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 2001, commitments to guarantee
loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the
National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan
principal of $160,000,000,000.
During fiscal year 2001, obligations to make direct
loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the
National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed
$250,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall
be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con-
nection with sales of single family real properties owned
by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual
Mortgage Insurance Fund.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out
the guaranteed and direct loan program, $330,888,000,
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of which not to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred
to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not
to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appro-
priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for
administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000, of which
$96,500,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund for the development and maintenance of information
technology systems: Provided, That to the extent guaran-
teed loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or be-
fore April 1, 2001 an additional $1,400 for administrative
contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000
in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a
pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but
in no case shall funds made available by this proviso ex-
ceed $16,000,000.
FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by
sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan
guarantee modifications (as that term is defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
ed), $101,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize total
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of
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up to $21,000,000,000: Provided further, That any
amounts made available in any prior appropriations Act
for the cost (as such term is defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed
loans that are obligations of the funds established under
section 238 or 519 of the National Housing Act that have
not been obligated or that are deobligated shall be avail-
able to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
in connection with the making of such guarantees and
shall remain available until expended, notwithstanding the
expiration of any period of availability otherwise applicable
to such amounts.
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and
519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed
$50,000,000; of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be
for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi-
family real properties owned by the Secretary and for-
merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed
$20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern-
mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family
real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in-
sured under such Act.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,
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$211,455,000, of which $193,134,000, shall be trans-
ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’;
and of which $18,321,000 shall be transferred to the ap-
propriation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition,
for administrative contract expenses necessary to carry
out 
the 
guaranteed 
and 
direct 
loan 
programs,
$144,000,000, of which $33,500,000 shall be transferred
to the Working Capital Fund for the development and
maintenance of information technology systems: Provided,
That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed
$8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 2001, an additional
$19,800,000 for administrative contract expenses shall be
available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed
loan commitments over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro
rata amount for any increment below $1,000,000), but in
no case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed
$14,400,000.
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out
the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act,
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed
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$200,000,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2002.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out
the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,
$9,383,000 to be derived from the GNMA guarantees of
mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac-
count, of which not to exceed $9,383,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act
of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ-
ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec-
tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,
$53,500,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $10,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for Ad-
vancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: Pro-
vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be for program eval-
uation to support strategic planning, performance meas-
urement, and their coordination with the Department’s
budget process: Provided further, That $500,000, to re-
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main available until expended, shall be for a commission
as established under section 525 of Preserving Affordable
Housing for Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st
Century Act.
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,
$46,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002, of which $24,000,000 shall be to carry out activities
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds
made available under this heading shall be used to lobby
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Gov-
ernment in connection with a specific contract, grant or
loan.
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-
Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $100,000,000 to
remain available until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall
be for CLEARCorps and $10,000,000 shall be for the
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Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and
502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970
that shall include research, studies, testing, and dem-
onstration efforts, including education and outreach con-
cerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-re-
lated environmental diseases and hazards.
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary administrative and non-administrative
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, not otherwise provided for, including not to ex-
ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $1,072,000,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing
Administration, $9,383,000 shall be provided from funds
of the Government National Mortgage Association,
$1,000,000 shall be provided from the ‘‘Community devel-
opment fund’’ account, $150,000 shall be provided by
transfer from the ‘‘Title VI Indian federal guarantees pro-
gram’’ account, and $200,000 shall be provided by trans-
fer from the ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund pro-
gram’’ account: Provided, That the Secretary is prohibited
from using any funds under this heading or any other
heading in this Act from employing more than 77 schedule
C and 20 noncareer Senior Executive Service employees:
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Provided further, That not more than $758,000,000 shall
be made available to the personal services object class:
Provided further, That no less than $100,000,000 shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the develop-
ment and maintenance of Information Technology Sys-
tems: Provided further, That the Secretary shall fill 7 out
of 10 vacancies at the GS–14 and GS–15 levels until the
total number of GS–14 and GS–15 positions in the De-
partment has been reduced from the number of GS–14
and GS–15 positions on the date of enactment of this pro-
vision by two and one-half percent: Provided further, That
the Secretary shall submit a staffing plan for the Depart-
ment by May 15, 2001: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is prohibited from using funds under this heading
or any other heading in this Act to employ more than 14
employees in the Office of Public Affairs or in any position
in the Department where the employee reports to an em-
ployee of the Office of Public Affairs.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $85,000,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing
Administration and $10,000,000 shall be provided from
the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the
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appropriation for ‘‘Drug elimination grants for low-income
housing’’: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have
independent authority over all personnel issues within the
Office of Inspector General.
OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi-
nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not
to exceed $500 for official reception and representation
expenses, $22,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter-
prise Oversight Fund: Provided, That not to exceed such
amount shall be available from the General Fund of the
Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and
make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the
Fund: Provided further, That the General Fund amount
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fis-
cal year so as to result in a final appropriation from the
General Fund estimated at not more than $0.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
FINANCING ADJUSTMENT FACTORS
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured
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from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of
1988 (Public Law 100–628; 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall
be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to
the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or
cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the
Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies
or local governments or local housing agencies with
projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development for which settlement occurred after January
1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding
the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15
percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and
not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide
project owners with incentives to refinance their project
at a lower interest rate.
FAIR HOUSING AND FREE SPEECH
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2001 to investigate
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac-
tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving
or preventing action by a Government official or entity,
or a court of competent jurisdiction.
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HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
GRANTS
SEC. 203. (a) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 854(c)(1)(A) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act
(42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made
available under this title for fiscal year 2001 that are allo-
cated under such section, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall allocate and make a grant, in
the amount determined under subsection (b), for any
State that—
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year
under clause (ii) of such section; and
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for
fiscal year 2001 under such clause (ii) because the
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis-
tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year
2001 do not have the number of cases of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome required under such
clause.
(b) AMOUNT.—The amount of the allocation and
grant for any State described in subsection (a) shall be
an amount based on the cumulative number of AIDS cases
in the areas of that State that are outside of metropolitan
statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) of such sec-
tion 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2001, in proportion to
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AIDS cases among cities and States that qualify under
clauses (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligi-
ble under subsection (a).
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—Section 856 of the
Act is amended by adding the following new subsection
at the end:
‘‘(h) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For purposes of
environmental review, a grant under this subtitle shall be
treated as assistance for a special project that is subject
to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property
Disposition Reform Act of 1994, and shall be subject to
the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such
section.’’.
ENHANCED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY
SEC. 204. Section 204 of the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, is
amended by striking ‘‘and 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2000,
and thereafter’’.
MAXIMUM PAYMENT STANDARD FOR ENHANCED
VOUCHERS
SEC. 205. Section 8(t)(1)(B) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 is amended by inserting ‘‘and any
other reasonable limit prescribed by the Secretary’’ imme-
diately before the semicolon.
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DUE PROCESS FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
SEC. 206. None of the funds appropriated under this
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development to prohibit or debar or in any
way diminish the responsibilities of any entity (and the
individuals comprising that entity) that is responsible for
convening and managing a continuum of care process
(convenor) in a community for purposes of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act from participating
in that capacity unless the Secretary has published in the
Federal Register a description of all circumstances that
would be grounds for prohibiting or debarring a convenor
from administering a continuum of care process and the
procedures for a prohibition or debarment: Provided, That
these procedures shall include a requirement that a
convenor shall be provided with timely notice of a proposed
prohibition or debarment, an identification of the cir-
cumstances that could result in the prohibition or debar-
ment, an opportunity to respond to or remedy these cir-
cumstances, and the right for judicial review of any deci-
sion of the Secretary that results in a prohibition or debar-
ment.
HUD REFORM ACT COMPLIANCE
SEC. 207. Except as explicitly provided in legislation,
any grant or assistance made pursuant to Title II of this
Act shall be made in accordance with section 102 of the
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Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform
Act of 1989 on a competitive basis.
EXPANSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSUMPTION
AUTHORITY FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
SEC. 208. Section 443 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 443. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
‘‘For purposes of environmental review, assistance
and projects under this title shall be treated as assistance
for special projects that are subject to section 305(c) of
the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act
of 1994, and shall be subject to the regulations issued by
the Secretary to implement such section.’’.
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE
NATIONAL HOUSING ACT
SEC. 209. (a) SECTION 203 SUBSECTION DESIGNA-
TIONS.—Section 203 of the National Housing Act is
amended by—
(1) redesignating subsection (t) as subsection
(u);
(2) redesignating subsection (s), as added by
section 329 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act, as subsection (t); and
(3) redesignating subsection (v), as added by
section 504 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1992, as subsection (w).
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(b) MORTGAGE AUCTIONS.—The first sentence of
section 221(g)(4)(C)(viii) of the National Housing Act is
amended by inserting after ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except that this subparagraph shall continue to
apply if the Secretary receives a mortgagee’s written no-
tice of intent to assign its mortgage to the Secretary on
or before such date’’.
(c) MORTGAGEE REVIEW BOARD.—Section 202(c)(2)
of the National Housing Act is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’;
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or their
designees.’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’;
(3) by adding the following new subparagraph
at the end:
‘‘(G) the Director of the Enforcement Cen-
ter; or their designees.’’.
INDIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
SEC. 210. Section 201(b) of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (5) and (6) respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), a recipient may provide
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housing or housing assistance provided through af-
fordable housing activities assisted with grant
amounts under this Act to a law enforcement officer
on the reservation or other Indian area, who is em-
ployed full-time by a Federal, state, county or tribal
government, and in implementing such full-time em-
ployment is sworn to uphold, and make arrests for
violations of Federal, state, county or tribal law, if
the recipient determines that the presence of the law
enforcement officer on the Indian reservation or
other Indian area may deter crime.’’.
PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IN
SUPPORT OF THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development to provide any grant or other as-
sistance to construct, operate, or otherwise benefit a facil-
ity, or facility with a designated portion of that facility,
which sells, or intends to sell, predominantly cigarettes or
other tobacco products. For the purposes of this provision,
predominant sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products
means cigarette or tobacco sales representing more than
35 percent of the annual total in-store, non-fuel, sales.
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PROHIBITION
ON
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
PUERTO
RICO
PUBLIC
HOUSING
ADMINISTRATION
SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT
SEC. 212. No funds may be used to implement the
agreement between the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration, and the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, dated June
7, 2000, related to the allocation of operating subsidies
for the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration unless
the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development submit
by December 31, 2000 a schedule of benchmarks and
measurable goals to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations designed to address issues of mismanage-
ment and safeguards against fraud and abuse.
HOPE VI GRANT FOR HOLLANDER RIDGE
SEC. 213. The Housing Authority of Baltimore City
may use the grant award of $20,000,000 made to such
authority for development efforts at Hollander Ridge in
Baltimore, Maryland with funds appropriated for fiscal
year 1996 under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Demolition,
Site Revitalization, and Replacement Housing Grants’’ for
use, as approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development—
(1) for activities related to the revitalization of
the Hollander Ridge site; and
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(2) in accordance with section 24 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937.
COMPUTER ACCESS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS
SEC. 214. (a) USE OF PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL
AND OPERATING FUNDS.—Section 9 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by inserting before
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including the estab-
lishment and initial operation of computer centers in
and around public housing through a Neighborhood
Networks initiative, for the purpose of enhancing the
self-sufficiency, employability, and economic self-reli-
ance of public housing residents by providing them
with onsite computer access and training resources’’;
(2) in subsection (e)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking the
word ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding after subparagraph (J) the
following:
‘‘(K) the costs of operating computer cen-
ters in public housing through a Neighborhood
Networks initiative described in subsection
(d)(1)(E), and of activities related to that ini-
tiative.’’; and
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(3) in subsection (h)—
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking the word
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the
following:
‘‘(8) assistance in connection with the establish-
ment and operation of computer centers in public
housing through a Neighborhood Networks initiative
described in subsection (d)(1)(E).’’.
(b) DEMOLITION, SITE REVITALIZATION, REPLACE-
MENT
HOUSING, 
AND
TENANT-BASED
ASSISTANCE
GRANTS FOR PROJECTS.—Section 24 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(G), by inserting before
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including a Neighbor-
hood Networks initiative for the establishment and
operation of computer centers in public housing for
the purpose of enhancing the self-sufficiency, em-
ployability, an economic self-reliance of public hous-
ing residents by providing them with onsite com-
puter access and training resources’’; and
(2) in subsection (m)(2), in the first sentence,
by inserting before the period the following ‘‘, in-
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cluding assistance in connection with the establish-
ment and operation of computer centers in public
housing through the Neighborhoods Networks initia-
tive described in subsection (d)(1)(G)’’.
MARK-TO-MARKET REFORM
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the properties known as the Hawthornes in Independ-
ence, Missouri shall be considered eligible multifamily
housing projects for purposes of participating in the multi-
family housing restructuring program pursuant to title V
of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–65).
SECTION 236 EXCESS INCOME
SEC. 216. Section 236(g)(3)(A) of the National
Housing Act is amended by striking out ‘‘fiscal year
2000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal years 2000 and
2001’’.
CDBG ELIGIBILITY
SEC. 217. Section 102(a)(6)(D) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by—
(1) in clause (v), striking out the ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(2) in clause (vi), striking the period at the end;
and
(3) adding at the end the following new clause:
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‘‘(vii)(I) has consolidated its government with one or
more municipal governments, such that within the county
boundaries there are no unincorporated areas, (II) has a
population of not less than 650,000, (III) for more than
10 years, has been classified as a metropolitan city for
purposes of allocating and distributing funds under sec-
tion 106, and (IV) as of the date of enactment of this
clause, has over 90 percent of the county’s population
within the jurisdiction of the consolidated government; or
‘‘(viii) notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, any county that was classified as an urban county
pursuant to subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 1999, at the
option of the county, may hereafter remain classified as
an urban county for purposes of this Act.’’.
EXEMPTION FOR ALASKA AND MISSISSIPPI FROM
REQUIREMENT OF RESIDENT ON BOARD OF PHA
SEC. 218. Public housing agencies in the States of
Alaska and Mississippi shall not be required to comply
with section 2(b) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended, during fiscal year 2001.
USE OF MODERATE REHABILITATION FUNDS FOR HOME
SEC. 219. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall 
make 
the 
funds 
available 
under 
contracts
NY36K113004 and NY36K113005 of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development available for use under
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the HOME Investment Partnerships Act and shall allocate
such funds to the City of New Rochelle, New York.
LOMA LINDA REPROGRAMMING
SEC. 220. Of the amounts made available under the
sixth undesignated paragraph under the heading ‘‘Com-
munity Planning and Development—Community Develop-
ment Block Grants’’ in title II of the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105–276) for the Economic Development Initiative
(EDI) for grants for targeted economic investments, the
$1,000,000 to be made available (pursuant to the related
provisions of the joint explanatory statement in the con-
ference report to accompany such Act (House Report 105–
769)) to the City of Loma Linda, California, for infra-
structure improvements at Redlands Boulevard and Cali-
fornia Streets shall, notwithstanding such provisions, be
made available to the City for infrastructure improve-
ments related to the Mountain View Bridge.
NATIVE AMERICAN ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ROSS PROGRAM
SEC. 221. (a) Section 34 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PUBLIC
HOUSING’’ and inserting ‘‘PUBLIC AND IN-
DIAN HOUSING’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by inserting after ‘‘residents,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘recipients under the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (notwithstanding section 502 of such
Act) on behalf of residents of housing assisted
under such Act,’’ and
(B) by inserting after ‘‘public housing resi-
dents’’ the second place it appears the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and residents of housing assisted
under such Act’’,
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘project’’ the first
place it appears the following: ‘‘or the property
of a recipient under such Act or housing as-
sisted under such Act’’;
(B) by inserting after ‘‘public housing resi-
dents’’ the following: ‘‘or residents of housing
assisted under such Act’’; and
(C) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after
‘‘public housing project’’ the following: ‘‘or resi-
dents of housing assisted under such Act’’; and
(4) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘State or
local’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, or tribal’’.
(b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Section 538(b)(1)
of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of
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1998 is amended by inserting after ‘‘public housing’’ the
following: ‘‘and housing assisted under the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of
1996’’.
TREATMENT OF EXPIRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE GRANTS
SEC. 222. (a) AVAILABILITY.—Section 220(a) of the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–74; 113 Stat. 1075) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘September 30, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2001’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary of the Treasury
and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall take such actions as may be necessary to carry out
such section 220 (as amended by this subsection (a) of
this section) notwithstanding any actions taken previously
pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code.
HOME PROGRAM DISASTER FUNDING FOR ELDERLY
HOUSING
SEC. 223. Of the amounts made available under
Chapter IX of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of
1993 for assistance under the HOME investment partner-
ships program to the city of Homestead, Florida (Public
Law 103–50; 107 Stat. 262), up to $583,926.70 shall be
made available to Dade County, Florida, for use only for
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rehabilitating housing for low-income elderly persons, and
such amount shall not be subject to the requirements of
such program, except for section 288 of the HOME In-
vestment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12838).
CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CAP
SEC. 224. Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘1993’’ and all that follows through ‘‘City of Los An-
geles’’ and inserting ‘‘1993 through 2001 to the City of
Los Angeles’’.
EXTENSION OF APPLICABILITY OF DOWNPAYMENT
SIMPLIFICATION PROVISIONS
SEC. 225. Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(10)
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(10)(A))
is amended, in the matter that precedes clause (i), by
striking ‘‘mortgage’’ and all that follows through ‘‘involv-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘mortgage closed on or before Decem-
ber 31, 2002, involving’’.
USE OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM FUNDS FOR
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SEC. 226. Section 423 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act is amended under subsection (a)
by adding the following paragraph:
‘‘(7) MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.—A
grant for the costs of implementing and operating
management information systems for purposes of
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collecting unduplicated counts of homeless people
and analyzing patterns of use of assistance funded
under this Act.’’.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE REFORM
SEC. 227. Section 184 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or as a result
of a lack of access to private financial markets’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘refi-
nance,’’ after ‘‘acquire,’’.
USE OF SECTION 8 VOUCHERS FOR OPT-OUTS
SEC. 228. Section 8(t)(2) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 is amended by inserting after ‘‘contract
for rental assistance under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 for such housing project’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(including any such termination or expiration
during fiscal years after fiscal year 1996 prior to the effec-
tive date of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2001)’’.
HOMELESS DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY
SEC. 229. (a) DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY.—
Subtitle A of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Home-
less Assistance Act is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 402. DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY.
‘‘The Secretary may not provide a grant under this
title for any governmental entity serving as an applicant
unless the applicant agrees to develop and implement, to
the maximum extent practicable and where appropriate,
policies and protocols for the discharge of persons from
publicly funded institutions or systems of care (such as
health care facilities, foster care or other youth facilities,
or correction programs and institutions) in order to pre-
vent such discharge from immediately resulting in home-
lessness for such persons.’’.
(b) ASSISTANCE
UNDER
EMERGENCY
SHELTER
GRANTS PROGRAM.—Section 414(a)(4) of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by inserting a comma after ‘‘homelessness’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Not’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Activities that are eligible for assistance
under this paragraph shall include assistance to very
low-income families who are discharged from pub-
licly funded institutions or systems of care (such as
health care facilities, foster care or other youth fa-
cilities, or correction programs and institutions).
Not’’.
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TECHNICAL CHANGE TO SENIORS HOUSING COMMISSION
SEC. 230. Section 525 of the Preserving Affordable
Housing for Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st
Century Act’’ (42 U.S.C. 12701 note) is amended in sub-
section (a) by striking ‘‘Commission on Affordable Hous-
ing and Health Care Facility Needs in the 21st Century’’
and inserting ‘‘Commission on Affordable Housing and
Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century’’.
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS REFORMS
SEC. 231. Title II of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act is amended—
(1) in section 202, under subsection (b) by in-
serting after the period the following: ‘‘The positions
of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall rotate
among its members on an annual basis.’’; and
(2) in section 209 by striking ‘‘1994’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2005’’.
SECTION 8 PHA PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE
SEC. 232. (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (13) of sec-
tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(13) PHA PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A public housing
agency may use amounts provided under an an-
nual contributions contract under this sub-
section to enter into a housing assistance pay-
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ment contract with respect to an existing, newly
constructed, or rehabilitated structure, that is
attached to the structure, subject to the limita-
tions and requirements of this paragraph.
‘‘(B) 
PERCENTAGE
LIMITATION.—Not
more than 20 percent of the funding available
for tenant-based assistance under this section
that is administered by the agency may be at-
tached to structures pursuant to this para-
graph.
‘‘(C) CONSISTENCY WITH PHA PLAN AND
OTHER GOALS.—A public housing agency may
approve a housing assistance payment contract
pursuant to this paragraph only if the contract
is consistent with—
‘‘(i) the public housing agency plan
for the agency approved under section 5A;
and
‘‘(ii) the goal of deconcentrating pov-
erty and expanding housing and economic
opportunities.
‘‘(D) INCOME MIXING REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 25
percent of the dwelling units in any build-
ing may be assisted under a housing as-
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sistance payment contract for project-
based assistance pursuant to this para-
graph.
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTIONS.—The 
limitation
under clause (i) shall not apply in the case
of assistance under a contract for housing
consisting of single family properties or for
dwelling units that are specifically made
available for households comprised of el-
derly families, disabled families, and fami-
lies receiving supportive services.
‘‘(E) RESIDENT CHOICE REQUIREMENT.—
A housing assistance payment contract pursu-
ant to this paragraph shall provide as follows:
‘‘(i) 
MOBILITY.—Each 
low-income
family occupying a dwelling unit assisted
under the contract may move from the
housing at any time after the family has
occupied the dwelling unit for 12 months.
‘‘(ii) CONTINUED ASSISTANCE.—Upon
such a move, the public housing agency
shall provide the low-income family with
tenant-based rental assistance under this
section or such other tenant-based rental
assistance that is subject to comparable in-
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come, assistance, rent contribution, afford-
ability, and other requirements, as the Sec-
retary shall provide by regulation. If such
rental assistance is not immediately avail-
able to fulfill the requirement under the
preceding sentence with respect to a low-
income family, such requirement may be
met by providing the family priority to re-
ceive the next voucher or other tenant-
based rental assistance amounts that be-
come available under the program used to
fulfill such requirement.
‘‘(F) CONTRACT TERM.—A housing assist-
ance payment contract pursuant to this para-
graph between a public housing agency and the
owner of a structure may have a term of up to
10 years, subject to the availability of sufficient
appropriated funds for the purpose of renewing
expiring contracts for assistance payments, as
provided in appropriations Acts and in the
agency’s annual contributions contract with the
Secretary, and to annual compliance with the
inspection requirements under paragraph (8),
except that the agency shall not be required to
make annual inspections of each assisted unit
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in the development. The contract may specify
additional conditions for its continuation. If the
units covered by the contract are owned by the
agency, the term of the contract shall be agreed
upon by the agency and the unit of general
local government or other entity approved by
the Secretary in the manner provided under
paragraph (11).
‘‘(G) EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TERM.—A
public housing agency may enter into a contract
with the owner of a structure assisted under a
housing assistance payment contract pursuant
to this paragraph to extend the term of the un-
derlying housing assistance payment contract
for such period as the agency determines to be
appropriate to achieve long-term affordability of
the housing or to expand housing opportunities.
Such a contract shall provide that the extension
of such term shall be contingent upon the fu-
ture availability of appropriated funds for the
purpose of renewing expiring contracts for as-
sistance payments, as provided in appropria-
tions Acts, and may obligate the owner to have
such extensions of the underlying housing as-
sistance payment contract accepted by the
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owner and the successors in interest of the
owner.
‘‘(H) RENT CALCULATION.—A housing as-
sistance payment contract pursuant to this
paragraph shall establish rents for each unit as-
sisted in an amount that does not exceed 110
percent of the applicable fair market rental (or
any exception payment standard approved by
the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1)(D)),
except that if a contract covers a dwelling unit
that has been allocated low-income housing tax
credits pursuant to section 42 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 42) and is
not located in a qualified census tract (as such
term is defined in subsection (d) of such section
42), the rent for such unit may be established
at any level that does not exceed the rent
charged for comparable units in the building
that also receive the low-income housing tax
credit but do not have additional rental assist-
ance. The rents established by housing assist-
ance payment contracts pursuant to this para-
graph may vary from the payment standards
established by the public housing agency pursu-
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ant to paragraph (1)(B), but shall be subject
to paragraph (10)(A).
‘‘(I) RENT ADJUSTMENTS.—A housing as-
sistance payments contract pursuant to this
paragraph shall provide for rent adjustments,
except that—
‘‘(i) the adjusted rent for any unit as-
sisted shall be reasonable in comparison
with rents charged for comparable dwelling
units in the private, unassisted, local mar-
ket and may not exceed the maximum rent
permitted under subparagraph (H); and
‘‘(ii) the provisions of subsection
(c)(2)(C) shall not apply.
‘‘(J) TENANT SELECTION.—A public hous-
ing agency shall select families to receive
project-based assistance pursuant to this para-
graph from its waiting list for assistance under
this subsection. Eligibility for such project-
based assistance shall be subject to the provi-
sions of section 16(b) that apply to tenant-
based assistance. The agency may establish
preferences or criteria for selection for a unit
assisted under this paragraph that are con-
sistent with the public housing agency plan for
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the agency approved under section 5A. Any
family that rejects an offer of project-based as-
sistance under this paragraph or that is re-
jected for admission to a structure by the owner
or manager of a structure assisted under this
paragraph shall retain its place on the waiting
list as if the offer had not been made. The
owner or manager of a structure assisted under
this paragraph shall not admit any family to a
dwelling unit assisted under a contract pursu-
ant to this paragraph other than a family re-
ferred by the public housing agency from its
waiting list. Subject to its waiting list policies
and selection preferences, a public housing
agency may place on its waiting list a family re-
ferred by the owner or manager of a structure
and may maintain a separate waiting list for
assistance under this paragraph, but only if all
families on the agency’s waiting list for assist-
ance under this subsection are permitted to
place their names on the separate list.
‘‘(K) VACATED
UNITS.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (9), a housing assistance payment
contract pursuant to this paragraph may pro-
vide as follows:
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‘‘(i) PAYMENT FOR VACANT UNITS.—
That the public housing agency may, in its
discretion, continue to provide assistance
under the contract, for a reasonable period
not exceeding 60 days, for a dwelling unit
that becomes vacant, but only (I) if the va-
cancy was not the fault of the owner of the
dwelling unit, and (II) the agency and the
owner take every reasonable action to min-
imize the likelihood and extent of any such
vacancy. Rental assistance may not be pro-
vided for a vacant unit after the expiration
of such period.
‘‘(ii) REDUCTION
OF
CONTRACT.—
That, if despite reasonable efforts of the
agency and the owner to fill a vacant unit,
no eligible family has agreed to rent the
unit within 120 days after the owner has
notified the agency of the vacancy, the
agency may reduce its housing assistance
payments contract with the owner by the
amount 
equivalent 
to 
the 
remaining
months of subsidy attributable to the va-
cant unit. Amounts deobligated pursuant
to such a contract provision shall be avail-
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able to the agency to provide assistance
under this subsection.
Eligible applicants for assistance under this
subsection may enforce provisions authorized by
this subparagraph.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—In the case of any dwelling unit
that, upon the date of the enactment of this Act, is as-
sisted under a housing assistance payment contract under
section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) as in effect before such enact-
ment, such assistance may be extended or renewed not-
withstanding the requirements under subparagraphs (C),
(D), and (E) of such section 8(o)(13), as amended by sub-
section (a).
DISPOSITION
OF
HUD-HELD
AND
HUD-OWNED
MULTI-
FAMILY PROJECTS FOR THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED
SEC. 233. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, in managing and disposing of any multifamily prop-
erty that is owned or held by the Secretary and is occupied
primarily by elderly or disabled families, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall maintain any rent-
al assistance payments under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 that are attached to any
dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary
determines that such a multifamily property owned or held
by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-
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ance payments under such section 8, the Secretary may,
in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract
for project-based rental assistance payments with an
owner or owners of other existing housing properties or
provide other rental assistance.
FAMILY UNIFICATION PROGRAM
SEC. 234. Section 8(x)(2) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C 1437f(x)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘any family (A) who is other-
wise eligible for such assistance, and (B)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A) any family (i) who is otherwise eligible
for such assistance, and (ii)’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘and (B) for a period not to exceed 18
months, otherwise eligible youths who have attained
at least 18 years of age and not more than 21 years
of age and who have left foster care at age 16 or
older’’.
PERMANENT EXTENSION OF FHA MULTIFAMILY
MORTGAGE CREDIT DEMONSTRATIONS
SEC. 235. Section 542 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘dem-
onstrate the effectiveness of providing’’ and in-
serting ‘‘provide’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘demonstration’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘deter-
mine the effectiveness of’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
vide’’; and
(B) by striking paragraph (5), and insert-
ing the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) INSURANCE AUTHORITY.—Using any au-
thority provided in appropriation Acts to insure
mortgages under the National Housing Act, the Sec-
retary may enter into commitments under this sub-
section for risk-sharing units.’’;
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘test the
effectiveness of’’ and inserting ‘‘provide’’; and
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) INSURANCE AUTHORITY.—Using any au-
thority provided in appropriation Acts to insure
mortgages under the National Housing Act, the Sec-