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thorized under section 8, including related develop-
ment activities, except that up to $200,000,000 of 
funds made available on October 1, 2006, to this ac-
count may be transferred to the ‘‘Project Based 
Rental Assistance Account’’ at the discretion of the 
Secretary. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 
housing’’ or any other heading for fiscal year 2005 and 
prior years, $2,493,600,000 is rescinded, to be effected by 
the Secretary no later than September 30, 2006: Provided, 
That any such balances governed by reallocation provi-
sions under the statute authorizing the program for which 
the funds were originally appropriated shall be available 
for the rescission: Provided further, That any obligated 
balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and 
prior that have been terminated shall be cancelled: Pro-
vided further, That no amounts recaptured from amounts 
appropriated in prior years under this heading or the 
heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted housing’’ and 
no carryover of such appropriated amounts for project- 
based assistance shall be available for the calendar year
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2006 funding cycle for activities provided for under the 
heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’. 
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, 
$5,088,300,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing are provided as follows: 
(1) $4,940,100,000 for expiring or terminating 
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 
amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con-
tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 
in projects that are subject to approved plans of ac-
tion under the Emergency Low Income Housing 
Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Hous-
ing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 
of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 
associated with project-based activities and assist-
ance funded under this paragraph.
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(2) $147,200,000 for performance-based con-
tract administrators for section 8 project-based as-
sistance: Provided, That the Secretary may also use 
such amounts for performance-based contract ad-
ministrators for: interest reduction payments pursu-
ant 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); Sec-
tion 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 
for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q, 
1701q–1); project rental assistance contracts for 
supportive
housing
for
persons
with
disabilities 
under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act; 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). 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working
Capital
Fund:
Provided
further,
That 
amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading, 
‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing,’ or the
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heading, ‘Housing Certificate Fund,’ for project- 
based section 8 activities may be used for renewals 
of or amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts or for performance-based contract adminis-
trators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated. 
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’’), $2,600,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law or regulation, dur-
ing 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 Hous-
ing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) re-
garding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That for purposes 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: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, up to $11,000,000 shall be for carrying out
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activities under section 9(h) of such Act: Provided further, 
That $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund: Provided further, That no funds may be 
used under this heading for the purposes specified in sec-
tion 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, up to $17,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to make grants, notwithstanding section 305 of this Act, 
to public housing agencies for emergency capital needs re-
sulting from unforeseen emergencies and natural disasters 
occurring in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That of 
the
total
amount
provided
under
this
heading, 
$24,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor-
dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $8,820,000 is to support the costs of ad-
ministrative and judicial receiverships. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2006 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,600,000,000: 
Provided, That all funds made available under this head-
ing shall be allocated to public housing agencies in accord-
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ance with the terms, conditions, criteria and methodology 
set forth in the ‘‘Post 4th Session Rule’’ issued on June 
10, 2004 and shall not be allocated using any other for-
mula unless approved by the Committee: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, up 
to $50,000,000 shall be for assistance for the conversion 
to asset management including project-based accounting, 
budgeting and management for public housing agencies 
operating three or more public housing projects, which will 
under the ‘‘Post 4th Session Rule’’ formula experience a 
loss of subsidy greater than 5 percent from the amount 
which would otherwise have been receivable under the Per-
formance Funding System regulations superceded by such 
formula: 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. 
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC 
HOUSING (HOPE VI) 
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 
site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based