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(including section 205 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used
for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and
safety; $3,300,000 shall be for a grant to the Housing Assistance
Council; $2,400,000 shall be for a grant to the National American
Indian Housing Council; $4,800,000 shall be available as a grant
to the National Housing Development Corporation, for operating
expenses not to exceed $2,000,000 and for a program of affordable
housing acquisition and rehabilitation; $4,800,000 shall be available
as a grant to the Raza Development Fund of La Raza for the
HOPE Fund, of which $500,000 is for technical assistance and
fund management, and $4,300,000 is for investments in the HOPE
Fund and financing to affiliated organizations; $43,700,000 shall
be for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act, of which $9,000,000
shall be for the Native Hawaiian block grant authorized under
title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996, to remain available until expended,
of which $500,000 shall be for training and technical assistance;
$3,465,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund;
$25,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help
Homeownership Opportunity Program; $34,500,000 shall be for
capacity building, of which $30,000,000 shall be for Capacity
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing for
LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities as authorized
by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
9816 note), 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, and of which $4,500,000 shall be for capacity
building activities administered by Habitat for Humanity Inter-
national; $2,000,000 shall be for the Special Olympics National
Games Organizing Committee for planning, equipment, and oper-
ational expenses associated with the 2006 games in Ames, Iowa;
$62,000,000 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
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 priority for YouthBuild funding: Provided further,
That no more than 10 percent of any grant award under the
YouthBuild program may be used for administrative costs: Provided
further, That of the amount made available for YouthBuild not
less than $9,000,000 is for grants to establish YouthBuild programs
in underserved and rural areas and $2,000,000 is to be made
available for a grant to YouthBuild USA for capacity building
for community development and affordable housing activities as
specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993,
as amended.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $42,000,000
shall be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized
to improve the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and
neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, economic diversification,
and community revitalization in areas with population outmigration
or a stagnating or declining economic base, or to determine whether
housing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare
reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available under
this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with the terms
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and conditions specified in the statement of managers accompanying
this Act.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $262,000,000
shall be available for grants for the Economic Development Initia-
tive (EDI) to finance a variety of targeted economic investments
in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the state-
ment of managers accompanying this Act: Provided, That none
of the funds provided under this paragraph may be used for program
operations.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 2 with respect to amounts made available for the
City of Boaz, Alabama by striking ‘‘facilities renovation and expan-
sion’’ and inserting ‘‘construction of a new library’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 740 by striking ‘‘facilities renovation and construction’’
and inserting ‘‘an economic development planning study’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 254 by striking ‘‘Greater Community Council in Louis-
ville, Kentucky for construction of a facility for low-income, disabled
persons’’ and inserting ‘‘Portland Promise, Inc., in Louisville, Ken-
tucky for a multi-purpose facility’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 10 with respect to amounts made available to the
St. Stephen Family Life Center in Louisville, Kentucky by striking
‘‘renovation’’ and inserting ‘‘construction’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 584 with respect to amounts made available for
Queens Borough Public Library in Queens, New York by striking
‘‘for facilities rehabilitation and expansion of the Parsons Boulevard
complex’’ and inserting ‘‘for facilities construction and renovations’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended with respect
to item number 198 by striking ‘‘$160,000 for the Pine Mountain
Beautification and Economic Development project in Harris County,
Georgia for streetscape improvements’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000 for
the Beautification and Economic Development project in Harris
County, Georgia for construction; and $100,000 for the Beautifi-
cation and Economic Development project in the Town of Pine
Mountain, Georgia for streetscape improvements’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended with respect
to item number 96 with respect to amounts made available for
the City of Corona, California by striking ‘‘construction’’ and
inserting ‘‘rehabilitation and conversion’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended with respect
to item number 257 with respect to amounts made available for
Fort Dodge, Iowa by inserting ‘‘planning, design and’’ before the
word ‘‘facilities’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended with respect
to item number 776 with respect to amounts made available for