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the permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepay-
ment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance con-
tract for which the tenants are not eligible for en-
hanced voucher or tenant protection assistance 
under existing law; or (C) the expiration of afford-
ability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or 
preservation program administered by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That such tenant protection assist-
ance made available under the previous proviso may 
be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or 
section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the 
previous provisos, including, but not limited to, re-
quirements for defining eligible at-risk households 
within 60 days of the enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That any tenant protection voucher 
made available from amounts under this paragraph 
shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 
Secretary by notice, when the initial family that re-
ceived any such voucher no longer receives such 
voucher, and the authority for any public housing 
agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may provide 
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section 8 rental assistance from amounts made 
available under this paragraph for units assisted 
under a project-based subsidy contract funded under 
the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ heading 
under this title where the owner has received a No-
tice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy con-
tract associated with such units to another project 
or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse 
amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the preceding proviso; 
(3) $1,956,987,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $30,000,000 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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HUD–VASH vouchers, and other special purpose in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$1,926,987,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies 
for the calendar year 2019 funding cycle based on 
section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation 
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 from prior fiscal years, ex-
cluding special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding 
the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated: Provided further, That all public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 
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shall be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, 
and shall be subject to the same uniform percentage 
decrease as under the previous proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts provided under this paragraph 
shall be only for activities related to the provision of 
tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec-
tion 8, including related development activities; 
(4) $154,000,000 for the renewal of tenant- 
based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the special purpose vouchers in this para-
graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 
subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per-
cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 
to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this heading: Provided further, That any amounts 
provided under this paragraph in this Act or prior 
Acts, remaining available after funding renewals and 
administrative expenses under this paragraph, shall 
be available for incremental tenant-based assistance 
contracts under such section 811, including nec-
essary administrative expenses; 
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(5) $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD– 
VASH to serve Native American veterans that are 
homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or near 
a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, That 
such amount shall be made available for renewal 
grants to recipients that received assistance under 
prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
data on the utilization of assistance reported by 
grant recipients: Provided further, That such assist-
ance shall be administered in accordance with pro-
gram requirements under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to waive, or specify alternative requirements for 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
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essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 
Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 
awards under prior acts; 
(6) $40,000,000 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 203 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
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-
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prior Act under the family unification program that 
determines that it no longer has an identified need 
for such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall 
notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recap-
ture such assistance from the agency and reallocate 
it to any other public housing agency or agencies 
based on need for voucher assistance in connection 
with such program; and 
(8) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2019 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
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the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
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 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ‘‘Act’’) $2,775,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2019, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
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 peri-
ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future: Provided further, That up to $14,000,000 
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shall be to support ongoing public housing financial and 
physical assessment activities: Provided further, That up 
to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administra-
tive and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this Act, to 
public housing agencies for emergency capital needs in-
cluding safety and security measures necessary to address 
crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting 
from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat-
ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer-
gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under the previous proviso, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 
amount in the previous proviso for such safety and secu-
rity measures, any amounts that remain available, after 
all applications received on or before September 30, 2020, 
for emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be 
allocated to public housing agencies for such safety and 
security measures: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, up to $35,000,000 
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shall be for supportive services, service coordinators and 
congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be 
for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus 
demonstration: Provided further, That funding provided 
under the previous proviso shall be available for competi-
tive grants to partnerships between public housing au-
thorities, local workforce investment boards established 
under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies 
and organizations that provide support to help public 
housing residents obtain employment and increase earn-
ings: Provided further, That applicants must demonstrate 
the ability to provide services to residents, partner with 
workforce investment boards, and leverage service dollars: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may allow public 
housing agencies to request exemptions from rent and in-
come limitation requirements under sections 3 and 6 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a 
and 1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus pro-
gram, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
approve upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
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waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the 
effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a 
voluntary program for residents: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Reg-
ister any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to 
the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the ef-
fective date of such notice: Provided further, That for 
funds provided under this heading, the limitation in sec-
tion 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in the 
previous proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund 
activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify public 
housing agencies requesting waivers under the previous 
proviso if the request is approved or denied within 14 days 
of submitting the request: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2019 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high performers: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 
housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of 
the 
total 
amount 
provided 
under 
this 
heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants to 
public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based 
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