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heading under title III: Provided further, That any such 
balances governed by reallocation provisions under the stat-
ute authorizing the program for which the funds were origi-
nally appropriated shall be available for the rescission: Pro-
vided further, That any obligated balances of contract au-
thority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been ter-
minated shall be cancelled: Provided further, That no 
amounts recaptured from amounts appropriated in prior 
years under this heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contribu-
tions for assisted housing’’ and no carryover of such appro-
priated amounts for project-based assistance shall be avail-
able for the calendar year 2006 funding cycle for activities 
provided for under the heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assist-
ance’’. 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
(‘‘the 
Act’’ 
herein), 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for, 
$5,072,100,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this heading 
are provided as follows: 
(1) $4,918,100,000 for expiring or terminating 
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for
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amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con-
tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to sec-
tion 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 
projects that are subject to approved plans of action 
under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preserva-
tion Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preser-
vation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and 
for administrative and other expenses associated with 
project-based activities and assistance funded under 
this paragraph. 
(2) up to $147,200,000 for performance-based 
contract administrators for section 8 project-based as-
sistance with any unused funds available to preserve 
section 8 housing. 
(3) $1,800,000 shall be transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That amounts 
recaptured under this heading, the heading, ‘‘Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading, 
‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, for project-based section 
8 activities may be used for renewals of or amend-
ments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts or 
for performance-based contract administrators, not-
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withstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated. 
(4) amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ may 
be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 
project-based contracts, notwithstanding the purposes 
for which such amounts were appropriated. 
(5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Afford-
able Housing and Economic Development Technical 
Assistance Board. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,327,200,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2006, the Secretary may not delegate to any Department 
official other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 
under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension 
of the time periods under such section: Provided further, 
That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’
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means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are sub-
ject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, im-
mediately or in the future: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, up to 
$11,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under sec-
tion 9(h) of such Act: Provided further, That $13,230,000 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided 
further, That no funds may be used under this heading for 
the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 
$17,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development to make grants, notwithstanding 
section 205 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs resulting from unforeseen emergencies 
and natural disasters occurring in fiscal year 2006: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $45,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 
coordinators and congregate services as authorized by sec-
tion 34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading up 
to $8,820,000 is to support the costs of administrative and 
judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading up to $20,000,000
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shall be available for the demolition, relocation, and site 
remediation of obsolete and severely distressed public hous-
ing units: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for Neighbor-
hood Networks grants for activities authorized in section 
9(d)(1)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended, of which up to $1,000,000 may be used for tech-
nical assistance in connection with such grants as author-
ized in section 9(h)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made 
available in the previous proviso shall be awarded to public 
housing agencies on a competitive basis: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 9(d)(1)(E) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, any Neighborhood Networks 
computer center established with funding made available 
under this heading in this or any other Act, shall be avail-
able for use by residents of public housing and residents 
of other housing assisted with funding made available under 
this title in this Act or any other Act. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
(INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For 2006 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized 
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,557,300,000: Pro-
vided, That for fiscal year 2006 and all fiscal years there-
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after, the Secretary shall provide assistance under this 
heading to public housing agencies on a calendar year 
basis: Provided further, That, in fiscal year 2006 and all 
fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under this heading in 
any appropriations Act may be used for payments to public 
housing agencies for the costs of operation and management 
of public housing for any year prior to the current year 
of such Act: Provided further, That no funds may be used 
under this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Affordable 
Housing and Economic Development Technical Assistance 
Board. 
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC 
HOUSING (HOPE VI) 
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 
site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, of which the Secretary may use up to $4,000,000 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 em-