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the Department of Veterans Affairs for lease number 757–084B–
001–91 from funds made available in the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–389) under
the heading ‘‘Medical care’’.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled
because of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy
contracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided
under another heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions,
or other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other
purposes, $9,373,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$8,180,000,000 shall be for assistance under the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with
expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced
vouchers as provided under the ‘‘Preserving Existing Housing
Investment’’ account in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–204), and contracts entered
into pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may determine
not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of the Act to housing vouchers during
fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, $850,000,000 shall be for amendments to section
8 contracts other than contracts for projects developed under section
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended: Provided further,
That of the total amount provided under this heading, $343,000,000
shall be for section 8 rental assistance under the United States
Housing Act of 1937 including assistance to relocate residents of
properties: (1) that are owned by the Secretary and being disposed
of; or (2) that are discontinuing section 8 project-based assistance;
for the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section
8; for funds to carry out the family unification program; and for
the relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat
crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from
a law enforcement or prosecution agency: Provided further, That
of the total amount made available in the preceding proviso,
$40,000,000 shall be made available to nonelderly disabled families
affected by the designation of a public housing development under
section 7 of such Act, the establishment of preferences in accordance
with section 651 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of occupancy to elderly
families in accordance with section 658 of such Act, and to the
extent the Secretary determines that such amount is not needed
to fund applications for such affected families, to other nonelderly
disabled families: Provided further, That the amount made available
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under the fifth proviso under the heading ‘‘Prevention of Resident
Displacement’’ in title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104–204, shall also be made
available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the restriction
of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 658
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992: Provided
further, That to the extent the Secretary determines that the
amount made available under the fifth proviso under the heading
‘‘Prevention of Resident Displacement’’ in title II of the Departments
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104–
204, is not needed to fund applications for affected families
described in the fifth proviso, or in the preceding proviso under
this heading in this Act, the amount not needed shall be made
available to other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further,
That all balances, as of September 30, 1997, remaining in the
‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ account and the
‘‘Prevention of Resident Displacement’’ account for use in connection
with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts and for
amendments to section 8 contracts other than contracts for projects
developed under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amend-
ed, shall be transferred to and merged with the amounts provided
for those purposes under this heading.
SECTION 8 RESERVE PRESERVATION ACCOUNT
The amounts recaptured during fiscal year 1998 that were
heretofore made available to public housing agencies for tenant-
based assistance under the section 8 existing housing certificate
and housing voucher programs from the Annual Contributions for
Assisted Housing account shall be collected in the account under
this heading, for use as provided for under this heading, as set
forth under the Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing heading
in chapter 11 of Public Law 105–18, approved June 12, 1997.
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts
recaptured under this heading during fiscal year 1998 and prior
years, $550,000,000, heretofore maintained as section 8 reserves
made available to housing agencies for tenant-based assistance
under the section 8 existing housing certificate and housing voucher
programs, are rescinded.
All balances outstanding as of September 30, 1997, in the
Preserving Existing Housing Investment Account for the Preserva-
tion program shall be transferred to and merged with the amounts
previously provided for those purposes under this heading.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program for moderniza-
tion of existing public housing projects as authorized under section
14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42
U.S.C. 1437), $2,500,000,000, to remain available until expended:
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Provided, That of the total amount, $30,000,000 shall be for carrying
out activities under section 6(j) of such Act and technical assistance
for the inspection of public housing units, contract expertise, and
training and technical assistance directly or indirectly, under
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to assist in the
oversight and management of public housing (whether or not the
housing is being modernized with assistance under this proviso)
or tenant-based assistance, including, but not limited to, an annual
resident survey, data collection and analysis, training and technical
assistance by or to officials and employees of the Department and
of public housing agencies and to residents in connection with
the public housing program and for lease adjustments to section
23 projects: Provided further, That of the amount available under
this heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be for the Tenant Opportunity
Program: Provided further, That all balances, as of September 30,
1997, of funds heretofore provided (other than for Indian families)
for the development or acquisition costs of public housing, for mod-
ernization of existing public housing projects, for public housing
amendments, for public housing modernization and development
technical assistance, for lease adjustments under the section 23
program, and for the Family Investment Centers program, shall
be transferred to and merged with amounts made available under
this heading.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payments to public housing agencies for operating subsidies
for low-income housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g),
$2,900,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
all balances outstanding, as of September 30, 1997, of funds here-
tofore provided (other than for Indian families) for payments to
public housing agencies for operating subsidies for low-income hous-
ing projects, shall be transferred to and merged with amounts
made available under this heading.
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For grants to public housing agencies and tribally designated
housing entities for use in eliminating crime in public housing
projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, for grants for
federally assisted low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C.
11909, and for drug information clearinghouse services authorized
by 42 U.S.C. 11921–11925, $310,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants, technical assist-
ance, contracts and other assistance, training, and program assess-
ment and execution for or on behalf of public housing agencies,
resident organizations, and Indian tribes and their tribally des-
ignated housing entities (including the cost of necessary travel
for participants in such training); $10,000,000 shall be used in
connection with efforts to combat violent crime in public and
assisted housing under the Operation Safe Home program adminis-
tered by the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development; $10,000,000 shall be provided to the Office
of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home; and $20,000,000
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shall be available for a program named the New Approach Anti-
Drug program which will provide competitive grants to entities
managing or operating public housing developments, federally
assisted multifamily housing developments, or other multifamily
housing developments for low-income families supported by
non-Federal governmental entities or similar housing developments
supported by nonprofit private sources in order to provide or aug-
ment security (including personnel costs), to assist in the investiga-
tion and/or prosecution of drug-related criminal activity in and
around such developments, and to provide assistance for the devel-
opment of capital improvements at such developments directly relat-
ing to the security of such developments: Provided, That grants
for the New Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a
competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided
further, That the term ‘‘drug-related crime’’, as defined in 42 U.S.C.
11905(2), shall also include other types of crime as determined
by the Secretary: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section
5130(c) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)),
the Secretary may determine not to use any such funds to provide
public housing youth sports grants.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)
For grants to public housing agencies for assisting in the demo-
lition of obsolete public housing projects or portions thereof, the
revitalization (where appropriate) of sites (including remaining pub-
lic housing units) on which such projects are located, replacement
housing which will avoid or lessen concentrations of very low-
income families, and tenant-based assistance in accordance with
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and for providing
replacement housing and assisting tenants displaced by the demoli-
tion, $550,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for technical assistance
and contract expertise, to be provided directly or indirectly by
grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, including training and
cost of necessary travel for participants in such training, by or
to officials and employees of the Department and of public housing
agencies and to residents: Provided, That of the amount made
available under this heading, $26,000,000 shall be made available,
including up to $10,000,000 for Heritage House in Kansas City,
Missouri, for the demolition of obsolete elderly public housing
projects and the replacement, where appropriate, and revitalization
of the elderly public housing as new communities for the elderly
designed to meet the special needs and physical requirements of
the elderly: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under
this heading shall be used for any purpose that is not provided
for herein, in the United States Housing Act of 1937, in the Appro-
priations Acts for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies, for the fiscal
years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and the Omnibus Consolidated
Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996: Provided further, That
none of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting
competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judg-
ments, unless expressly permitted herein.