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transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes
for which they were originally appropriated.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
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), $2,900,000,000, to remain
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, as in effect
immediately before enactment of this Act.
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
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 assisted
low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for
drug information clearinghouse services authorized 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 $5,000,000 shall be solely for tech-
nical assistance, training, and program assessment for or
on behalf of public housing agencies, resident organizations,
and Indian tribes and their tribally designated housing en-
tities (including up to $250,000 for the cost of necessary
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travel for participants in such training): Provided further,
That of the amount provided under this heading,
$10,000,000 shall be used in connection with efforts to com-
bat violent crime in public and assisted housing under the
Operation Safe Home Program administered by the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment: Provided further, That of the amount under this
heading, $10,000,000 shall be provided to the Office of In-
spector General for Operation Safe Home: Provided further,
That of the amount under this heading, $20,000,000 shall
be available for a program named the New Approach Anti-
Drug program which will provide competitive grants to en-
tities managing or operating public housing developments,
federally assisted multifamily housing developments, or
other multifamily housing developments for low-income
families supported by non-Federal governmental entities or
similar housing developments supported by nonprofit pri-
vate sources in order to provide or augment security (in-
cluding personnel costs), to assist in the investigation and/
or prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and
around such developments, and to provide assistance for the
development of capital improvements at such developments
directly relating to the security of such developments: Pro-
vided further, That grants for the New Approach Anti-Drug
program shall be made on a competitive basis as specified
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in section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided further, That
the term ‘‘drug-related crime’’, as defined in 42 U.S.C.
11905(2), shall also include other types of crime as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That none of the
funds under this heading may be awarded pursuant to a
Notice of Funding Availability which contains substantive
program changes unless such program changes have been
subject to review under notice and comment rulemaking:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 5130(c) of
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), the
Secretary may determine not to use any such funds to pro-
vide public housing youth sports grants.
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, $500,000,000 to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That for purposes
of environmental review pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969, a grant under this heading or
under prior appropriations Acts for use for the purposes
under this heading shall be treated as assistance under title
I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and shall be
subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to imple-
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ment section 26 of such Act: Provided further, 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 permitted herein.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
(NAHASDA) (Public Law 104–330), $620,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall
be used by the National American Indian Housing Council
and up to $2,000,000 by the Secretary to support the in-
spection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, train-
ing, and technical assistance in the oversight and manage-
ment of Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, in-
cluding 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: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the costs of modi-
fying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize 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 ad-
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ministrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro-
gram, up to $200,000 from amounts in the first proviso,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for departmental salaries and expenses, to be used
only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 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, including the
costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed,
not to exceed $71,956,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts
in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries
and expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs
of these guarantees.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
For an Office of Rural Housing and Economic Devel-
opment to be established in the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, $25,000,000, to remain available until
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expended: Provided, That of the amount under this heading,
up to $3,000,000 shall be used to develop capacity at the
State and local level for developing rural housing and for
rural economic development and for maintaining a clear-
inghouse of ideas for innovative strategies for rural housing
and economic development and revitalization: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount under this heading, at least
$22,000,000 which amount shall be awarded by June 1,
2000 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 further, That all grants
shall be awarded on a competitive basis as specified in sec-
tion 102 of the HUD Reform Act.
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 Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), $232,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the funds under this
heading shall be awarded on a priority basis to renew and
maintain existing programs funded under this heading:
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Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 1 per-
cent of the funds under this heading for technical assistance.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For grants to States and units of general local govern-
ment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to carry out a community development grants program as
authorized by title I of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42
U.S.C. 5301), $4,800,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002: Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be
for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section
106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall be available as a
grant to the Housing Assistance Council, $2,000,000 shall
be available to support Alaska Native serving institutions
and native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under
the Higher Education Act, as amended, $1,800,000 shall be
available as a grant to the National American Indian
Housing Council, and $45,500,000 shall be for grants pur-
suant to section 107 of the Act: Provided further, That all
funding decisions under section 107 except as specified here-
in shall be subject to a reprogramming request unless other-
wise specified in accordance with the terms and conditions
specified in the committee report accompanying this Act:
Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant
made with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant
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made available in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance
Council or the National American Indian Housing Council,
or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended)
shall be expended for ‘‘Planning and Management Develop-
ment’’ and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in regulations pro-
mulgated by the Department: Provided further, That all
balances for the Economic Development Initiative grants
program, the John Heinz Neighborhood Development pro-
gram, grants to Self Help Housing Opportunity program,
and the Moving to Work Demonstration program previously
funded within the ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted
Housing’’ account shall be transferred to this account, to
be available for the purposes for which they were originally
appropriated.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$25,000,000 shall be made available for ‘‘Capacity Building
for Community Development and Affordable Housing,’’ for
LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities as au-
thorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of
1993 (Public Law 103–120), as in effect immediately before
June 12, 1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding
to be used in rural areas, including tribal areas.
Of the amount made available under this heading, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use up
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to $45,000,000 for supportive services for public housing
residents, as authorized by section 34 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and not less than
$10,000,000 for grants for service coordinators and con-
gregate services for the elderly and disabled residents of pub-
lic and assisted housing: Provided further, That amounts
made available for congregate services and service coordina-
tors for the elderly and disabled under this heading and
in prior fiscal years may be used by grantees to reimburse
themselves for costs incurred in connection with providing
service coordinators previously advanced by grantees out of
other funds due to delays in the granting by or receipt of
funds from the Secretary, and the funds so made available
to grantees for congregate services or service coordinators
under this heading or in prior years shall be considered
as expended by the grantees upon such reimbursement. The
Secretary shall not condition the availability of funding
made available under this heading or in prior years for
congregate services or service coordinators upon any grant-
ee’s obligation or expenditure of any prior funding.
Of the amount made available under this heading, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, $42,500,000 shall
be available for YouthBuild program activities authorized
by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities
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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 lever-
age private and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority
for YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That up to
$2,500,000 may be used for capacity buildings efforts.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$110,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic
Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of eco-
nomic development efforts, including $95,000,000 for mak-
ing individual grants for targeted economic investments in
accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such
grants in the committee report accompanying this Act.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as au-
thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 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 $1,261,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga-
tions guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That
in addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
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guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for depart-
mental salaries and expenses.
The Secretary is directed to transfer the administra-
tion of the small cities component of the Community Devel-
opment Block Grant Program for fiscal year 2000 and all
fiscal years thereafter to the State of New York. No funds
under this heading may be made available to grantees until
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development transfers
the administration of the Small Cities component of the
Community Development Block Grants program to the
State of New York.
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by
section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment
projects, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall make these grants available on a competitive
basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as amended,
$1,600,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That up to $20,000,000 of these funds shall be avail-
able for Housing Counseling under section 106 of the Hous-
ing and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided further,
That all Housing Counseling program balances previously
appropriated in the ‘‘Housing Counseling Assistance’’ ac-
count shall be transferred to this account, to be available
for the purposes for which they were originally appro-
priated.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For the emergency shelter grants program (as author-
ized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the supportive hous-
ing program (as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of
such Act); the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room
occupancy program (as authorized under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless indi-
viduals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program
(as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act),
$1,020,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not less than 30 percent of these funds shall
be used for permanent housing, and all funding for services
must be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall conduct a review of any balances of
amounts provided under this heading in this or any pre-
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vious appropriations Act that have been obligated but re-
main unexpended and shall deobligate any such amounts
that the Secretary determines were obligated for contracts
that are unlikely to be performed and award such amounts
during this fiscal year: Provided further, That up to 1 per-
cent of the funds appropriated under this heading may be
used for technical assistance: Provided further, That all bal-
ances previously appropriated in the ‘‘Emergency Shelter
Grants,’’ ‘‘Supportive Housing,’’ ‘‘Supplemental Assistance
for Facilities to Assist the Homeless,’’ ‘‘Shelter Plus Care,’’
‘‘Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occu-
pancy,’’ and ‘‘Innovative Homeless Initiatives Demonstra-
tion’’ accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this
account, to be available for any authorized purpose under
this heading.
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisi-
tion, or development of additional public and subsidized
housing units for low income families not otherwise pro-
vided for, $911,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That $710,000,000 shall be for capital advances,
including amendments to capital advance contracts, for
housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental