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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-
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
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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’’
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
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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
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
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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-
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
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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-
ployees of the department and of public housing agencies
and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall
be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive ad-
vantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, un-
less expressly permitted herein.
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NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $622,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $2,200,000 shall
be contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance
and capacity building to be used by the National American
Indian Housing Council in support of the implementation
of NAHASDA; of which $4,500,000 shall be to support the
inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise,
training, and technical assistance in the training, over-
sight, and management of Indian housing and tenant-based
assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel; and
of which $2,600,000 shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund: Provided, That of the amount provided
under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for
the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as au-
thorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That
such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and
other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided
further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total
principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,926,000:
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Provided further, That for administrative expenses to carry
out the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from
amounts in the first proviso, which shall be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of these
guarantees: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading $5,000,000 shall be transferred to
the Affordable Housing and Economic Development Tech-
nical Assistance Board.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $5,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to
be guaranteed, not to exceed $145,345,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from amounts
in the first paragraph shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, to be
used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.
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NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to
be guaranteed, not to exceed $37,403,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts
in the first paragraph shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, to be
used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.),
$287,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2007, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew
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all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing
that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that
meet all program requirements before awarding funds for
new contracts and activities authorized under this section:
Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to
$2,200,000 of the funds under this heading for training,
oversight, and technical assistance activities.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Devel-
opment in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, $24,000,000 to remain available until expended,
which amount shall be competitively awarded by September
1, 2006, to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies,
State community and/or economic development agencies,
local rural nonprofits and community development cor-
porations to support innovative housing and economic de-
velopment activities in rural areas.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For assistance to units of State and local government,
and to other entities, for economic and community develop-
ment activities, and for other purposes, $4,323,610,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2008, unless otherwise
specified: Provided, That of the amount provided,
$3,767,410,000 is for carrying out the community develop-
ment block grant program under title I of the Housing and
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Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the
‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further,
That unless explicitly provided for under this heading (ex-
cept for planning grants provided in the third paragraph
and amounts made available in the second paragraph), not
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro-
priated under this heading (other than a grant made avail-
able in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance Council
or the National American Indian Housing Council, or a
grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Act) shall
be expended for planning and management development
and administration: Provided further, That $69,000,000
shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section
106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other
provision of law (including section 205 of this Act), up to
$4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute im-
minent threats to health and safety; $4,200,000 shall be for
a grant to the National Council of La Raza; $3,000,000
shall be for a grant to the Housing Assistance Council;
$2,000,000 shall be for a grant to the National American
Indian Housing Council; $32,400,000 shall be for grants
pursuant to section 107 of the Act, of which $8,800,000 shall
be for the Native Hawaiian block grant authorized under
title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self-Determination Act of 1996, to remain available until
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expended, of which $500,000 shall be for training and tech-
nical assistance; $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund; $15,000,000 shall be for grants pur-
suant to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Pro-
gram; $30,000,000 shall be for Capacity Building for Com-
munity Development and Affordable Housing for LISC and
the Enterprise Foundation for activities as authorized by
section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
9816 note), as in effect immediately before June 12, 1997,
with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding to be used in
rural areas, including tribal areas, and of which $5,000,000
shall be for capacity building activities administered by
Habitat for Humanity International; $55,000,000 shall be
available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by
subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall
be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made avail-
able under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private
and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for
YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That no more than
8 percent of any grant award under the YouthBuild pro-
gram may be used for administrative costs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available for YouthBuild
not less than $4,000,000 is for grants to establish
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YouthBuild programs in underserved and rural areas and
$1,000,000 is to be made available for a grant to
YouthBuild USA for capacity building for community de-
velopment and affordable housing activities as specified in
section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as
amended: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be
transferred to the Affordable Housing and Economic Devel-
opment Technical Assistance Board.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$290,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic
Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of tar-
geted economic investments in accordance with the terms
and conditions specified in the statement of managers ac-
companying this Act: Provided, That none of the funds pro-
vided under this paragraph may be used for program oper-
ations.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$40,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and
blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment,
economic diversification, and community revitalization in
areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or de-
clining economic base, or to determine whether housing ben-
efits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform
initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available under