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funding under the Continuum of Care program to continuums of 
care that have demonstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from 
lower performing projects to higher performing projects: Provided 
further, That all awards of assistance under this heading shall 
be required to coordinate and integrate homeless programs with 
other mainstream health, social services, and employment programs 
for which homeless populations may be eligible: Provided further, 
That with respect to funds provided under this heading for the 
Continuum of Care program for fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, 
and 2016 provision of permanent housing rental assistance may 
be administered by private nonprofit organizations: Provided fur-
ther, That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds appro-
priated under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years 
for project-based rental assistance for rehabilitation projects with 
10-year grant terms may be used for purposes under this heading, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care 
renewals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal 
account and transferred to this account shall be available, if recap-
tured, for Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2016: Provided 
further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula 
allocation from amounts allocated (which may represent initial or 
final amounts allocated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant pro-
gram within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That up to $33,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be to implement projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive 
approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up 
to 10 communities, including at least four rural communities, can 
dramatically reduce youth homelessness: Provided further, That 
such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the Continuum 
of Care program subject to the same terms and conditions as 
other renewal applicants: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
to provide technical assistance on youth homelessness, and collec-
tion, analysis, and reporting of data and performance measures 
under the comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in 
addition to and in coordination with other technical assistance 
funds provided under this title: Provided further, That youth aged 
24 and under seeking assistance under this heading shall not be 
required to provide third party documentation to establish their 
eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Pro-
vided further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or 
families headed by youth aged 24 and under who are living in 
unsafe situations may be served by youth-serving providers funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
amounts made available under this heading for the Continuum 
of Care program to renew a grant originally awarded pursuant 
to the matter under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Permanent Supportive Housing’’ in chapter 
6 of title III of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public 
Law 110–252; 122 Stat. 2351) for assistance under subtitle F of 
title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11403 et seq.): Provided further, That such renewal grant shall 
be awarded to the same grantee and be subject to the provisions 
of such Continuum of Care program except that the funds may 
be used outside the geographic area of the continuum of care.
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HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 
$10,220,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2015 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2015), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2016: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for expiring 
or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to 
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 mod-
erate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant 
to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 
in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 
the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 
the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeowner-
ship Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses associ-
ated with project-based activities and assistance funded under this 
paragraph: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $215,000,000 shall be available 
for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 project- 
based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
also use such amounts in the previous proviso for performance- 
based contract administrators for the administration of: interest 
reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments 
pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 
payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance con-
tracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant 
to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86– 
372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, 
That amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Cer-
tificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to 
section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based contract 
administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, upon the request of the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 
8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that author-
izes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require that surplus 
project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts 
account and that are in excess of an amount to be determined
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by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited 
in this account, to be available until expended: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
be available in addition to the amount otherwise provided by this 
heading for uses authorized under this heading. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For 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 for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to con-
tracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preservation 
rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as authorized by 
section 811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Opportunity 
Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services associated 
with the housing, $432,700,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
up to $77,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continu-
ation of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center 
inspections and inspection-related activities associated with section 
202 projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the 
provisions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of 
project rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for 
such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided 
further, That upon request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, project funds that are held in residual receipts 
accounts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 
assistance contract, and that upon termination of such contract 
are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 
to be available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available, in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
by this heading, for amendments and renewals: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for amendments and renewals notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds originally were appro-
priated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For 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 (42 
U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act 
and for project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 
of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 
for project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and 
other appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, and for supportive
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services associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 
as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $150,600,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate 
Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 
this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual 
receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 811 project 
rental assistance contract and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 
to be available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
by this heading for amendments and renewals: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading shall be used for amendments and renewals notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds originally were appro-
priated. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, 
as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1968, as amended, $47,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, including up to $4,500,000 for administra-
tive contract services: Provided, That grants made available from 
amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded within 
180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds 
shall be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 
homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to property 
maintenance, financial management/literacy, and such other mat-
ters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing 
conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the respon-
sibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; 
and for housing counselor training: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of providing such grants from amounts provided under this 
heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements as 
appropriate, subject to the availability of annual appropriations. 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State- 
aided, noninsured rental housing projects, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount, together 
with unobligated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 
prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under such 
sections of law, and any unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under this 
heading after fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions 
of up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections of 
law.