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amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,750,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2001: 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, $3,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Organizing Committee for the 1999 Special Olympics
Summer Games to be used in support of related activities in the
Triangle Area of North Carolina, $1,800,000 shall be available
as a grant to the National American Indian Housing Council,
$50,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of the
Act: Provided further, That all funding decisions under section
107 except as specified herein shall be subject to a reprogramming
request unless otherwise specified in accordance with the terms
and conditions specified in the joint explanatory statement of the
committee of conference accompanying this Act (H.R. 4194): Pro-
vided further, That $27,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to
the Self Help Housing Opportunity program, subject to authoriza-
tion, of which $7,500,000 shall be for capacity building efforts:
Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made
with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant 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 Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974, as amended) shall be expended for ‘‘Planning and Manage-
ment Development’’ and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in regulations
promulgated by the Department.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $15,000,000
shall be made available 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 (Public Law 103–120), as in effect imme-
diately 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, $12,000,000
is for the City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for a revolving loan
pool that shall be subject to the following requirements and condi-
tions: (1) amounts in the pool shall be available only for the purposes
of making loans to carry out economic development activities that
primarily benefit the area in Oklahoma City bounded on the south
by Robert S. Kerr Avenue, on the north by North 13th Street,
on the east by Oklahoma Avenue, and on the west by Shartel
Avenue, and covering costs involved in administering the loan pool;
(2) amounts provided under this paragraph shall be available for
use from the loan pool only to the extent that the amounts contrib-
uted to the loan pool (or committed to be contributed) from non-
Federal sources equal or exceed two times the amounts provided
under this paragraph; (3) any repayments of principal and interest
from loans made by the pool shall be deposited in the pool and
available for use for loans in accordance with this paragraph; (4)
amounts in the pool may not be used to provide loans to any
agency or entity of the Federal Government or any State govern-
ment or unit of general local government; (5) amounts provided
under this paragraph shall be available for use from the loan
pool only if the City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma agrees (to the
satisfaction of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)
to deposit in the pool (for use for loans in accordance with this
paragraph) the net proceeds from any amounts that are repaid
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to the City under loans made by the City using amounts provided
under this same heading under chapter III of title III of Public
Law 104–19 (109 Stat. 253).
Of the amount provided under this heading, the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development may use up to $55,000,000
for a public and assisted housing self-sufficiency program, of which
up to $5,000,000 may be used for the Moving to Work Demonstra-
tion, and at least $20,000,000 shall be used for grants for service
coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and disabled:
Provided, That for self-sufficiency activities, the Secretary may
make grants to public housing agencies (including Indian tribes
and their tribally designated housing entities), nonprofit corpora-
tions, and other appropriate entities for a supportive services pro-
gram to assist residents of public and assisted housing, former
residents of such housing receiving tenant-based assistance under
section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), and other low-income
families and individuals: Provided further, That the program shall
provide supportive services, principally for the benefit of public
housing residents, to the elderly and the disabled, and to families
with children where the head of household would benefit from
the receipt of supportive services and is working, seeking work,
or is preparing for work by participating in job training or edu-
cational programs: Provided further, That the supportive services
may include congregate services for the elderly and disabled, service
coordinators, and coordinated education, training, and other
supportive services, including case management skills training, job
search assistance, assistance related to retaining employment, voca-
tional and entrepreneurship development and support programs,
such as transportation, and child care: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall require applications to demonstrate firm commit-
ments of funding or services from other sources: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall select public and Indian housing agencies
to receive assistance under this heading on a competitive basis,
taking into account the quality of the proposed program, including
any innovative approaches, the extent of the proposed coordination
of supportive services, the extent of commitments of funding or
services from other sources, the extent to which the proposed pro-
gram includes reasonably achievable, quantifiable goals for measur-
ing performance under the program over a three-year period, the
extent of success an agency has had in carrying out other com-
parable initiatives, and other appropriate criteria established by
the Secretary (except that this proviso shall not apply to renewal
of grants for service coordinators and congregate services for the
elderly and disabled).
Of the amount made available under this heading, notwith-
standing 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 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 up to $2,500,000
may be used for capacity buildings efforts.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $225,000,000
shall be available for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI)
to finance a variety of efforts, including $190,000,000 for making
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grants for targeted economic investments in accordance with the
terms and conditions specified for such grants in the joint explana-
tory statement of the committee of conference accompanying this
Act.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000
shall be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized
to improve the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and
neighborhoods, and to determine whether housing benefits can be
integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized
by section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974: 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, 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 obligations
guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974: Provided further, 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 departmental salaries and expenses.
For any fiscal year, of the amounts made available as emer-
gency funds under the heading ‘‘Community Development Block
Grants Fund’’ and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
not more than $250,000 may be used for the non-Federal cost-
share of any project funded by the Secretary of the Army through
the Corps of Engineers.
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 Development shall make these grants avail-
able on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Depart-
ment of Housing 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: Provided, That up to $7,000,000 of these
funds shall be available for the development and operation of
integrated community development management information sys-
tems: Provided further, That up to $17,500,000 of these funds
shall be available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized under
subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act, as amended); the supportive housing program (as author-
ized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate
rehabilitation single room occupancy program (as authorized under
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the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist
homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care pro-
gram (as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act),
$975,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 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
previous appropriations Act that have been obligated but remain
unexpended and shall deobligate any such amounts that the Sec-
retary 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 percent of the funds appropriated
under this heading may be used for technical assistance and track-
ing systems needed to carry out the directives provided in House
Report 105–610.
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, or
development of additional public and subsidized housing units for
low income families not otherwise provided for, $854,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount
provided under this heading, $660,000,000 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 assistance, and
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for the
elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959, and
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housing; 
and
$194,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including amendments
to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons
with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for project rental assist-
ance, for amendments to contracts for project rental assistance,
and supportive services associated with the housing for persons
with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act: 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 five years in duration: Provided
further, That the Secretary may waive any provision of section
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 and section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (including the provisions
governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance
and tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is not
necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs, or that other-
wise impedes the ability to develop, operate or administer projects
assisted under these programs, and may make provision for alter-
native conditions or terms where appropriate.