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INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That an additional 
$400,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available 
for administrative contract expenses including management proc-
esses to carry out the loan guarantee program: Provided further, 
That amounts made available in this and prior Acts for the cost 
of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), 
that are unobligated, including recaptures and carryover, may be 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,800,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian housing block grant program, as 
authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), 
$22,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Depart-
ment of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts 
made available under this heading in investment securities and 
other obligations: Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this heading in this and prior fiscal years may be used 
to provide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families 
both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading may be for 
training and technical assistance related to amounts made available 
under this heading and other headings in this Act for the needs 
of Native Hawaiians and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by section 
184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
shall not exceed $28,000,000 in total loan principal, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Secretary 
may enter into commitments to guarantee loans used for refi-
nancing. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the housing opportunities for persons with 
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $529,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2029: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
or replace all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing
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that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from 
funds made available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and 
prior fiscal years that meet all program requirements before 
awarding funds for new contracts under such section: Provided 
further, That the process for submitting amendments and approving 
replacement contracts shall be established by the Secretary in a 
notice: Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to States and units of general local government, 
and other entities, for economic and community development activi-
ties, and other purposes, $6,995,244,120, to remain available until 
September 30, 2029: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for carrying out the 
community development block grant program under title I of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): 
Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made 
with funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
expended for planning and management development and 
administration: Provided further, That a metropolitan city, 
urban county, unit of general local government, or insular 
area that directly or indirectly receives funds under this para-
graph may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or any 
portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange for 
any other funds, credits, or non-Federal considerations, but 
shall use such funds for activities eligible under title I of 
the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds made available under this para-
graph may be provided to a for-profit entity for an economic 
development project under section 105(a)(17) unless such 
project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with 
guidelines required under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 
(2) $50,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to award 
grants on a competitive basis to State and local governments, 
metropolitan planning organizations, and multijurisdictional 
entities for additional activities under title I of the Act for 
the identification and removal of barriers to affordable housing 
production and preservation, including new housing construc-
tion: Provided, That eligible uses of such grants include activi-
ties to further develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy 
plans, improve housing strategies, and facilitate affordable 
housing production and preservation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall select applicants that (A) have enacted 
or implemented (or caused another entity to enact or imple-
ment) less restrictive zoning, land use, or permitting laws and 
regulations, that are reasonably expected to preserve or produce 
new housing units; and (B) can demonstrate an acute need 
for housing affordable to households with incomes below 100 
percent of the area median income: Provided further, That 
grantees shall report to the Secretary on their activities and 
housing supply outcomes: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall analyze observable housing production, preservation, and
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cost trends in the participating jurisdictions or geographic 
areas: Provided further, That the Secretary shall annually 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
and make publicly available, a summary of the information 
collected in the preceding two provisos: Provided further, That 
funds allocated for such grants shall not adversely affect the 
amount of any formula assistance received by a jurisdiction 
under paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, That 
in administering such amounts the Secretary may waive or 
specify alternative requirements for any provision of title I 
of the Act except for requirements related to fair housing, 
nondiscrimination, labor standards, the environment, and 
requirements that activities benefit persons of low- and mod-
erate-income, upon a finding that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary to expedite or facilitate the 
use of such amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall issue a notice of funding opportunity not later than 120 
days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities authorized 
under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Commu-
nities Act (Public Law 115–271): Provided, That funds allocated 
pursuant to this paragraph shall not adversely affect the 
amount of any formula assistance received by a State under 
paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall allocate the funds for such activities based on 
the notice establishing the funding formula published in 84 
FR 16027 (April 17, 2019) except that the formula shall use 
age-adjusted rates of drug overdose deaths for 2023 based on 
data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 
and 
(4) $3,615,244,120 shall be available for grants for the 
economic development initiative (EDI) for the purposes, and 
in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 
for this division in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That amounts made available under this para-
graph for such purposes shall not diminish or prejudice any 
application or geographic region for other discretionary grant 
or loan awards made by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That eligible expenses of such 
grants in this and prior Acts may include administrative, plan-
ning, operations and maintenance, and other costs: Provided 
further, That such grants for the EDI shall be available for 
reimbursement of otherwise eligible expenses incurred on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act and prior to the date 
of grant execution: Provided further, That none of the amounts 
made available under this paragraph for grants for the EDI 
shall be used for reimbursement of expenses incurred prior 
to the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under para-
graphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2026, commitments to guarantee 
loans under section 108 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, 
shall not exceed a total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations 
guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding 
subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy 
cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall 
be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commitment 
authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, or make commit-
ments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any State 
on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in accordance 
with the requirements of such section 108: Provided further, That 
any State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the 
preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such guar-
antee to the units of general local government in non-entitlement 
areas that received the commitment. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.), $1,250,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2029: Provided, That the threshold 
reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12746(10), 12747(b)(4)) shall not apply to the 
amounts made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)), 
all unobligated balances remaining from amounts recaptured pursu-
ant to such section that remain available until expended shall 
be combined with amounts made available under this heading and 
allocated in accordance with the formula under section 217(b)(1)(A) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)): Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocations within 
60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That section 
218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with respect 
to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME Invest-
ment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire in any 
calendar year from 2020 through 2028 under that section: Provided 
further, That section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall 
not apply to any uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted 
or would be deducted from the line of credit in the participating 
jurisdiction’s HOME Investment Trust Fund in any calendar year 
from 2020 through 2028 under that section. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity pro-
gram, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note), and for 
related activities and assistance, $65,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading—