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(C) for service coordinators; 
(2) $7,500,000, to provide technical assistance 
to support State-level efforts to improve the design 
and delivery of voluntary supportive services for resi-
dents of any housing assisted under the Act and 
other housing supporting low-income older adults, in 
order to support residents to age-in-place and avoid 
institutional care, as well as to assist applicants and 
potential applicants with project-specific design, and 
the Secretary may use amounts made available 
under this paragraph to increase prior awards to ex-
isting technical assistance providers to provide an 
immediate increase in capacity building and tech-
nical assistance; and 
(3) $42,500,000 for the costs to the Secretary 
of administering and overseeing the implementation 
of this section and the Supportive Housing for the 
Elderly program generally, including information 
technology, financial reporting, research and evalua-
tion, other cross-program costs in support of pro-
grams administered by the Secretary in this title, 
and other costs. 
Amounts appropriated by this section shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2031. 
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(b) LIMITATION ON COSTS.—When awarding grants 
under paragraph (1) of subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
establish and assess reasonable development cost limita-
tions by market area for various types and sizes of sup-
portive housing for the elderly. The Secretary shall not 
count owner or sponsor contributions of other funding or 
assistance against the overall cost of a project. 
(c) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive or specify 
alternative requirements for any provision of subsection 
(c) or (bb) of section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f (c), 1437f(bb)) upon a finding 
that the waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to 
facilitate the use of amounts made available under this 
section. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall have au-
thority to issue such regulations, notices, or other guid-
ance, forms, instructions, and publications to carry out the 
programs, projects, or activities authorized under this sec-
tion to ensure that such programs, projects, or activities 
are completed in a timely and effective manner. 
SEC. 40006. IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY OR WATER 
EFFICIENCY OR CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF AF-
FORDABLE HOUSING. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
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Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) $1,770,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for the cost of providing direct 
loans, including the costs of modifying such loans, 
and for grants, as provided for and subject to terms 
and conditions in subsection (b), including to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans, not to exceed $4,000,000,000, to fund 
projects that improve the energy or water efficiency, 
indoor air quality and sustainability improvements, 
implement low-emission technologies, materials, or 
processes, including zero-emission electricity genera-
tion, energy storage, or building electrification, elec-
tric car charging station installations, or address cli-
mate resilience of multifamily properties; 
(2) $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030, for the costs to the Secretary of 
administering and overseeing the implementation of 
this section, including information technology, finan-
cial reporting, research and evaluation, other cross- 
program costs in support of programs administered 
by the Secretary in this title, and other costs; 
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(3) $120,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2029, for expenses of contracts ad-
ministered by the Secretary, including to carry out 
property climate risk, energy, or water assessments, 
due diligence, and underwriting functions for such 
grant and direct loan program; and 
(4) $85,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 
30, 
2028, 
for 
energy 
and 
water 
benchmarking of properties eligible to receive grants 
or loans under this section, regardless of whether 
they actually received such grants, along with associ-
ated data analysis and evaluation at the property 
and portfolio level, including the development of in-
formation technology systems necessary for the col-
lection, evaluation, and analysis of such data. 
(b) LOAN AND GRANT TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
Amounts made available under this section shall be for 
direct loans, grants, and direct loans that can be converted 
to grants to eligible recipients that agree to an extended 
period of affordability for the property. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘eligible recipient’’ means any 
owner or sponsor of an eligible property; and 
(2) the term ‘‘eligible property’’ means a prop-
erty receiving project-based assistance pursuant to— 
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(A) section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 
(B) section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013); or 
(C) section 8(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)) 
(d) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive or specify al-
ternative requirements for any provision of subsection (c) 
or (bb) of section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c), 1437f(bb)) upon a finding that 
the waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to facili-
tate the use of amounts made available under this section. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall have au-
thority to issue such regulations, notices, or other guid-
ance, forms, instructions, and publications to carry out the 
programs, projects, or activities authorized under this sec-
tion to ensure that such programs, projects, or activities 
are completed in a timely and effective manner. 
SEC. 
40007. 
REVITALIZATION 
OF 
DISTRESSED 
MULTI-
FAMILY PROPERTIES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred 
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to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) $1,550,000,000 for providing direct loans, 
which may be forgivable, to owners of distressed 
properties for the purpose of making necessary phys-
ical improvements, including to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans not 
to exceed $6,000,000,000, subject to the terms and 
conditions in subsection (b); and 
(2) $50,000,000 for the costs to the Secretary 
of administering and overseeing the implementation 
of this section and the Office of Housing programs 
generally, including information technology, financial 
reporting, research and evaluations, other cross-pro-
gram costs in support of programs administered by 
the Secretary in this title, and other costs. 
Amounts appropriated by this section shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2029. 
(b) LOAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Owners or sponsors of multi-
family housing projects who meet each of the fol-
lowing requirements shall be eligible for loan assist-
ance under this section: 
(A) The multifamily housing project, in-
cluding any project from which assistance has 
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been approved to be transferred has deficiencies 
that cause the project to be at risk of physical 
obsolescence or economic non-viability. 
(B) The actual rents received by the owner 
or sponsor of the distressed property would not 
adequately sustain the debt needed to make 
necessary physical improvements. 
(C) The owner or sponsor meets any such 
additional eligibility criteria as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate, considering fac-
tors that contributed to the project’s defi-
ciencies. 
(2) USE OF LOAN FUNDS.—Each recipient of 
loan assistance under this section may only use such 
loan assistance to make necessary physical improve-
ments. 
(3) LOAN AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 
only provide loan assistance to an owner or sponsor 
of a multifamily housing project when such assist-
ance, considered with other financial resources avail-
able to the owner or sponsor, is needed to make the 
necessary physical improvements. 
(4) INTEREST
RATES
AND
LENGTH.—Loans 
provided under this section shall bear interest at 1 
percent, and at origination shall have a repayment 
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period coterminous with the affordability period es-
tablished under paragraph (6), with the frequency 
and amount of repayments to be determined by re-
quirements established by the Secretary. 
(5) LOAN MODIFICATIONS OR FORGIVENESS.— 
With respect to loans provided under this section, 
the Secretary may take any of the following actions 
if the Secretary determines that doing so will pre-
serve affordability of the project: 
(A) Waive any due on sale or due on refi-
nancing restriction. 
(B) Consent to the terms of new debt to 
which the loans may be subordinate, even if 
such new debt would impact the repayment of 
the loans. 
(C) Extend the term of the loan. 
(D) Forgive the loan in whole or in part. 
(6) EXTENDED AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.—Each 
recipient of loan assistance under this section shall 
agree to an extended affordability period for the 
project that is subject to the loan by extending any 
existing affordable housing use agreements for an 
additional 30 years or, if the project is not currently 
subject to a use agreement establishing affordability 
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requirements, by establishing a use agreement for 
30 years. 
(7) MATCHING CONTRIBUTION.—Each recipient 
of loan assistance under this section shall secure at 
least 20 percent of the total cost needed to make the 
necessary physical improvements from non-Federal 
sources, except in cases where the Secretary deter-
mines that a lack of financial resources qualifies a 
loan recipient for— 
(A) a reduced contribution below 20 per-
cent; or 
(B) an exemption to the matching con-
tribution requirement. 
(8) ADDITIONAL LOAN CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may establish additional conditions for loan 
eligibility provided under this section as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate. 
(9) PROPERTIES
INSURED
BY
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—In the case of any property with respect 
to which assistance is provided under this section 
that has a mortgage insured by the Secretary, the 
Secretary may use funds available under this section 
as necessary to pay for the costs of modifying such 
loan. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means a project consisting of five or more dwelling 
units assisted or approved to receive a transfer of 
assistance, insured, or with a loan held by the Sec-
retary or a State or State agency in part or in whole 
pursuant to— 
(A) section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), not including 
subsection (o)(13) of such section; 
(B) section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as amended by section 
801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act; 
(C) section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (former 12 U.S.C. 1701q), as such section 
existed before the enactment of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; 
(D) section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013); or 
(E) section 236 of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1); and 
(2) the term ‘‘necessary physical improve-
ments’’ means new construction or capital improve-
ments to an existing multifamily housing project 
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that the Secretary determines are necessary to ad-
dress the deficiencies or that rise to such a level that 
delaying physical improvements to the project would 
be detrimental to the longevity of the project as suit-
able housing for occupancy. 
(d) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive or specify al-
ternative requirements for any provision of subsection (c) 
or (bb) of section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c), 1437f(bb)) upon a finding that 
the waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to facili-
tate the use of amounts made available under this section. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall have the 
authority to issue such regulations, notices, or other guid-
ance, forms, instructions, and publications to carry out the 
programs, projects, or activities authorized under this sec-
tion to ensure that such programs, projects, or activities 
are completed in a timely and effective manner. 
SEC. 40008. INVESTMENTS IN RURAL RENTAL HOUSING. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Rural Housing 
Service of the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 
2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated— 
(1) $1,800,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2029, for the Administrator of the 
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Rural Housing Service for making loans and grants 
for new construction, improvements to energy and 
water efficiency or climate resilience, the removal of 
health and safety hazards, and the preservation and 
revitalization of housing for other purposes described 
under section 514 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1484), subsections (a)(1) through (a)(2), 
(b)(1) through (b)(3), (b)(5) through (aa)(2)(A), 
and (aa)(4) of section 515 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1485(a)(1)-42 
U.S.C. 
1485(a)(2), 
U.S.C. 
1485(b)(1)-(b)(3), 42 U.S.C. 1485(b)(5)-42 U.S.C. 
1485(aa)(2)(A), 42 U.S.C. 1485(aa)(4)), and 516 of 
such act (42 U.S.C. 1486), subject to the terms and 
conditions in subsection (b); 
(2) $100,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2029, to provide continued assistance 
pursuant to section 3203 of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021; and 
(3) $100,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2030, for the costs to the Rural 
Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture of 
administering and overseeing the implementation of 
this section, including information technology, finan-
cial reporting, research and evaluations, other cross- 
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program costs in support of programs administered 
by the Secretary in this title, and other costs. 
(b) PRESERVATION
AND REVITALIZATION TERMS 
AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) LOANS AND GRANTS AND OTHER ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Administrator of the Rural Housing 
Service of the Department of Agriculture shall pro-
vide direct loans and grants, including the cost of 
modifying loans, to restructure existing Department 
of Agriculture multi-family housing loans expressly 
for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi-
cient resources to preserve the project for the pur-
pose of providing safe and affordable housing for 
low-income residents and farm laborers, including— 
(A) reducing or eliminating interest; 
(B) deferring loan payments; 
(C) subordinating, reducing, or re-amor-
tizing loan debt; and 
(D) providing other financial assistance, 
including advances, payments, and incentives 
(including the ability of owners to obtain rea-
sonable returns on investment) required by the 
Secretary, including such assistance to non- 
profit entities and public housing authorities. 
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(2) RESTRICTIVE USE AGREEMENT.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Rural Housing Service of the De-
partment of Agriculture shall as part of the preser-
vation and revitalization agreement obtain a restric-
tive use agreement consistent with the terms of the 
restructuring. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator of the 
Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture 
shall have authority to issue such regulations, notices, or 
other guidance, forms, instructions, and publications to 
carry out the programs, projects, or activities authorized 
under this section to ensure that such programs, projects, 
or activities are completed in a timely and effective man-
ner. 
SEC. 40009. HOUSING VOUCHERS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) $15,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2029, for— 
(A) incremental tenant-based rental assist-
ance for extremely low-income families under 
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section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)); 
(B) renewals of such tenant-based rental 
assistance; and 
(C) fees for the costs of administering ten-
ant-based rental assistance and other expenses 
related to the utilization of voucher assistance 
under subparagraph (A), which may include the 
cost of facilitating the use of voucher assistance 
provided under paragraph (5); 
(2) $7,100,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2029, for— 
(A) incremental tenant-based rental assist-
ance under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for 
households experiencing or at risk of homeless-
ness, survivors of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking, and sur-
vivors of trafficking; 
(B) renewals of such tenant-based rental 
assistance; and 
(C) fees for the costs of administering ten-
ant-based rental assistance and other expenses 
related to the utilization of voucher assistance 
under subparagraph (A), which may include the 
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cost of facilitating the use of voucher assistance 
provided under paragraph (5); 
(3) $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2031, for— 
(A) tenant protection vouchers for reloca-
tion and replacement of public housing units 
demolished or disposed as part of a public hous-
ing preservation or project-based replacement 
transaction using funds made available under 
this title; 
(B) renewals of such tenant-based rental 
assistance; and 
(C) fees for the costs of administering ten-
ant-based rental assistance and other expenses 
related to the utilization of voucher assistance 
under subparagraph (A), which may include the 
cost of facilitating the use of voucher assistance 
provided under paragraph (5); 
(4) $300,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2031, for competitive grants, subject 
to terms and conditions determined by the Sec-
retary, to public housing agencies for mobility-re-
lated services for voucher families, including families 
with children, and service coordination; 
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(5) $230,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2031, for eligible expenses to facili-
tate the use of voucher assistance under this section 
and for other voucher assistance under section 8(o) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, in addition to amounts oth-
erwise available for such expenses, including prop-
erty owner outreach and retention activities such as 
incentive payments, security deposit payments and 
loss reserves, landlord liaisons, and other uses of 
funds designed primarily— 
(A) to recruit owners of dwelling units, 
particularly dwelling units in census tracts with 
a poverty rate of less than 20 percent, to enter 
into housing assistance payment contracts; and 
(B) to encourage owners that enter into 
housing assistance payment contracts as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) to continue to 
lease their dwelling units to tenants assisted 
under section 8(o) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937; 
(6) $300,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2031, for the costs to the Secretary 
of administering and overseeing the implementation 
of this section and the Housing Choice Voucher pro-
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gram generally, including information technology, fi-
nancial reporting, research and evaluations, other 
cross-program costs in support of programs adminis-
tered by the Secretary in this title, and other costs; 
and 
(7) $70,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2031, for making new awards or increas-
ing prior awards to existing technical assistance pro-
viders to provide an increase in capacity building 
and technical assistance available to public housing 
agencies. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall allocate 
initial incremental assistance provided for rental as-
sistance under subsection (a)(1) and (2) in each fis-
cal year commencing in 2022 and ending in 2026 in 
accordance with a formula or formulas that include 
measures of severe housing need among extremely 
low-income renters and public housing agency capac-
ity, and ensures geographic diversity among public 
housing agencies administering the Housing Choice 
Voucher program. 
(2) ELECTION TO ADMINISTER.—The Secretary 
shall establish a procedure for public housing agen-
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cies to accept or decline the incremental vouchers 
made available under this section. 
(3) FAILURE TO USE VOUCHERS PROMPTLY.— 
If a public housing agency fails to lease the author-
ized vouchers it has received under this subsection 
on behalf of eligible families within a reasonable pe-
riod of time, the Secretary may offset the agency’s 
voucher renewal allocations and may revoke and re-
distribute any unleased vouchers and associated 
funds, which may include administrative fees and 
amounts allocated under subsections (a)(3) and 
(a)(4), to other public housing agencies. 
(4) LIMITATION OF USE OF FUNDS.— Public 
housing agencies may use funds received under this 
section only for the activities listed in subsection (a) 
for which the funds were provided to such agency. 
(5) CAP
ON
PROJECT-BASED
VOUCHERS
FOR 
VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS.—Upon request by a 
public housing agency, the Secretary may designate 
a number of the public housing agency’s vouchers al-
located under this section as excepted units that do 
not count against the percentage limitation on the 
number of authorized units a public housing agency 
may project-base under section 8(o)(13)(B) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, in accordance 
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with the conditions established by the Secretary. 
This paragraph may not be construed to waive, 
limit, or specify alternative requirements, or permit 
such waivers, limitations, or alternative require-
ments, related to fair housing and nondiscrimina-
tion, including the requirement to provide housing 
and services to individuals with disabilities in inte-
grated settings. 
(6) HOMELESS WAIVER AUTHORITY.— In ad-
ministering the voucher assistance targeted for 
households experiencing or at risk of homelessness, 
survivors of domestic violence, dating violence sexual 
assault, and stalking, and survivors of trafficking 
under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary may, upon a 
finding that a waiver or alternative requirement is 
necessary to facilitate the use of such assistance, 
waive or specify alternative requirements for— 
(A) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(6)(A)) and regulatory provisions re-
lated to the administration of waiting lists and 
local preferences; 
(B) section 214(d)(2) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 1436a(d)(2)), section 576(a), (b), and 
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(c) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsi-
bility Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 13661(a), (b),and 
(c)), and regulatory provisions related to the 
verification of eligibility, eligibility require-
ments, and the admissions process; 
(C) section 8(o)((7)(A) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(7)(A)) and regulatory provisions re-
lated to the initial lease term; 
(D) section 8(r)(B)(i) of the United States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437f(r)(B)(i)) and regulatory provisions re-
lated to portability moves by non-resident appli-
cants; and 
(E) regulatory provisions related to the es-
tablishment of payment standards. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall have au-
thority to issue such regulations, notices, or other guid-
ance, forms, instructions, and publications to carry out the 
programs, projects, or activities authorized under this sec-
tion to ensure that such programs, projects, or activities 
are completed in a timely and effective manner. 
SEC. 40010. PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
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Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) $880,000,000 for the project-based rental 
assistance program, as authorized under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(b)), (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Act’’), subject to the terms and conditions of sub-
section (b) of this section; 
(2) $20,000,000 for providing technical assist-
ance to recipients of or applicants for project-based 
rental assistance or to States allocating the project- 
based rental assistance; and 
(3) $100,000,000 for the costs to the Secretary 
of administering and overseeing the implementation 
of this section and the section 8 project-based rental 
assistance program generally, including information 
technology, financial reporting, research and evalua-
tions, other cross-program costs in support of pro-
grams administered by the Secretary in this title, 
and other costs. 
Amounts appropriated by this section shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2031. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
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section, the Secretary shall give priority to owners or 
prospective owners of multifamily housing projects 
located or to be located in areas of high opportunity, 
as defined by the Secretary, in areas experiencing 
economic growth or rising housing prices to prevent 
displacement or secure affordable housing for low-in-
come households, or that serve people at risk of 
homelessness or that integrate additional units that 
are accessible for persons with mobility impairments 
and persons with hearing or visual impairments be-
yond those required by applicable Federal accessi-
bility standards. 
(3) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall make 
awards with amounts made available under this sec-
tion using the following mechanisms, alone or in 
combination: 
(A) A competitive process, which the Sec-
retary may carry out in multiple rounds of com-
petition, each of which may have its own selec-
tion, performance, and reporting criteria as es-
tablished by the Secretary. 
(B) Selecting proposals submitted through 
FHA loan applications that meet specified cri-
teria. 
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(C) Delegating to States the awarding of 
contracts, including related determinations such 
as the maximum monthly rent, subject to the 
requirements of section 8 of the Act, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(4) CONTRACT
TERM, RENT
SETTING, AND 
RENT ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may set the 
terms of the contract, including the duration and 
provisions regarding rent setting and rent adjust-
ments. 
(c) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive or specify 
alternative requirements for any provision of subsection 
(c) or (bb) of section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c), 1437f(bb)) upon a finding 
that the waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to 
facilitate the use of amounts made available under this 
section. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall have the 
authority to issue such regulations, notices, or other guid-
ance, forms, instructions, and publications to carry out the 
programs, projects, or activities authorized under this sec-
tion to ensure that such programs, projects, or activities 
are completed in a timely and effective manner. 
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SEC. 40011. INVESTMENTS IN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMU-
NITIES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) $277,500,000 for formula grants for eligible 
affordable housing activities described in section 202 
of the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 4132), which 
shall be distributed according to the most recent fis-
cal year funding formula for the Indian Housing 
Block Grant; 
(2) $200,000,000 for— 
(A) affordable housing activities authorized 
under section 810(a) of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 
4229); 
(B) community-wide infrastructure and in-
frastructure improvement projects carried out 
on Hawaiian Home Lands pursuant to section 
810(b)(5) 
of 
NAHASDA 
(25 
U.S.C. 
4229(b)(5)); and 
(C) rental assistance to Native Hawaiians 
(as defined in section 801 of NAHASDA (25 
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U.S.C. 4221)) on and off Hawaiian Home 
Lands; 
(3) $277,500,000 for competitive grants for eli-
gible affordable housing activities described in sec-
tion 202 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4132); 
(4) $200,000,000 for— 
(A) competitive single-purpose Indian com-
munity development block grants for Indian 
tribes; and 
(B) imminent threat Indian community de-
velopment block grants, including for long-term 
environmental threats and relocation, for Indian 
tribes, or a tribal organization, governmental 
entity, or nonprofit organization designated by 
the Indian tribe to apply for a grant on its be-
half; 
(5) $25,000,000 for the costs to the Secretary 
of administering and overseeing the implementation 
of this section and Indian and Native Hawaiian pro-
grams administered by the Secretary, including in-
formation technology, financial reporting, research 
and evaluations, other cross-program costs in sup-
port of programs administered by the Secretary in 
this title, and other costs; and 
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(6) $20,000,000 to make new awards or in-
crease prior awards to technical assistance providers 
to provide an immediate increase in capacity build-
ing and technical assistance to grantees. 
Amounts appropriated by this section shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2031. 
(b) REALLOCATION.—Amounts made available under 
subsection (a)(1) that are not accepted within a time spec-
ified by the Secretary, are voluntarily returned, or are oth-
erwise recaptured for any reason shall be used to fund 
grants under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a). 
(c) UNDISBURSED FUNDS.—Amounts provided under 
this Act that remain undisbursed may not be used as a 
basis to reduce any grant allocation under section 302 of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152) to an Indian tribe in any 
fiscal year. 
(d) 
PROHIBITION
ON
INVESTMENTS.—Amounts 
made available under this section may not be invested in 
investment securities and other obligations. 
(e) WAIVERS.—With respect to amounts made avail-
able under this section, the Secretary may, upon a finding 
that a waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to 
facilitate the use of such amounts, waive or specify alter-
native requirements for any Indian housing block grants, 
Native Hawaiian housing block grants, or Indian commu-
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