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in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 
1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 
106–569, as amended or under the authority as pro-
vided under this Act: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall provide replacement vouchers for all units that 
were occupied within the previous 24 months that 
cease to be available as assisted housing, subject 
only to the availability of funds. 
(3) Not to exceed $7,929,000 provided under 
this heading may be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund: Provided, That funding made avail-
able under this section shall not be transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund until the voucher man-
agement system leasing and cost data is made avail-
able to the public on the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development website. 
(4) $1,500,000,000 for administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 
program and which up to $50,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
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Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 
other incremental vouchers: Provided, That no less 
than $1,400,000,000 of the amount provided in this 
paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agen-
cies for the calendar year 2009 funding cycle based 
on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropria-
tion Act provisions) as in effect immediately before 
the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Pro-
vided further, That if the amounts made available 
under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 
may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment under this heading, for fiscal year 2008 and 
prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That amounts provided under this para-
graph shall be only for activities related to the provi-
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sion of tenant-based rental assistance authorized 
under section 8, including related development ac-
tivities: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this paragraph, $50,000,000 shall be 
made available for family self-sufficiency coordina-
tors under section 23 of the Act. 
(5) $20,000,000 for incremental voucher assist-
ance through the Family Unification Program: Pro-
vided, That the assistance made available under this 
paragraph shall continue to remain available for 
family unification upon turnover: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall make such funding available, notwith-
standing section 204 (competition provision) of this 
title, to entities with demonstrated experience and 
resources for supportive services. 
(6) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
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with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for (in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail-
able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
available for homeless veterans upon turn-over. 
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