DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Housing Programs annual contributions for assisted housing (rescission) Of the funds made available under this head in prior years for projects to be developed for the elderly and handicapped under section 202 of the United States Housing Act of 1959, as amended, $275,815,000 are rescinded. assistance for the renewal of expiring section 8 subsidy contracts For an additional amount for “Assistance for the renewal of expiring section 8 subsidy contracts”, $155,815,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the $7,734,985,400 provided for use in connection with section 8 expiring contracts in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–507), is increased by the foregoing appropriation to $7,890,800,400, of which $4,234,500,400 shall be for existing certificates, $671,300,000 shall be for housing vouchers, and $2,985,000,000 shall be for loan management and other project-based section 8 contracts. congregate services Funds appropriated under this head in Public Law 101–507 (104 Stat. 1362) and all unobligated balances of prior year appropriations under such head, shall be made available for the revised Congregate Housing Services program under section 802 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act and shall remain available 105 STAT. 150until expended: Provided, That any entity that receives assistance under a contract under the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 that expires in fiscal year 1991, and is otherwise eligible for assistance under such section 802, shall continue to receive assistance under such section 802: Provided further, That each such entity shall be provided such assistance for a 1-year term notwithstanding section 802(b)(2), and the dollar amount of such assistance to such entity shall not be less than the dollar amount of assistance that would be indicated by the rate at which such assistance was made available to such entity in the contract that expires in fiscal year 1991: Provided further, That notwithstanding the last sentence of section 802(g), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall expedite the processing of such entity’s application for continued assistance so that funding of the entity will continue without hiatus. payments for operation of low-income housing projects For an additional amount for “Payments for operation of low-income housing projects”, $75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1992: Provided, That these funds shall be used by the Secretary for fiscal year 1991 requirements in accordance with section 9(a), notwithstanding section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended. rental rehabilitation grants Notwithstanding section 289(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), the unexpended balances of the Rental rehabilitation grants program (account symbols 86/0182 and 86/0164), and any amounts recaptured under account symbol 86/0182 for such program, shall be added to and merged with the Revolving Fund (liquidating programs), established pursuant to title II of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1955, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701g–5), effective October 1, 1991. Policy Development and Research research and technology Of the amount made available under this head in Public Law 101–507, $500,000 shall be made available for the National Commission on Manufactured Housing as authorized by section 943 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625). administrative provisions Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities.—Section 811(k)(4) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(k)(4)) is amended by striking “20 persons with disabilities” and inserting “24 persons with disabilities (or such higher number of persons as permitted under criteria that Secretary shall prescribe)”. Section 17(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437o(f)), as amended by Public Law 101–507 (104 Stat. 1369) is further amended by striking “or City of West Hollywood, California” and by inserting at the end thereof, the following new sentence: “This subsection shall also not apply to requirements relating to 105 STAT. 151rents imposed on a structure by the City of West Hollywood, California.”. Section 17(f) as amended by the immediate foregoing amendment shall apply retroactively to any structure assisted with section 17 rental rehabilitation funds in the City of West Hollywood, California. Section 837(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “Any such amounts that shall not have been obligated by March 20, 1991, shall be made available in accordance with the terms of the appropriation under the head ‘Supplemental Assistance for Facilities to Assist the Homeless’ in Public Law 101–507 (104 Stat. 1351, 1364).”. All previously obligated funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the respective heads “Community development grants” and “Urban development action grants” for prior fiscal years shall be exempt, effective as of March 5, 1991, from the application of the provisions of sections 1405 (b)(4) and (b)(6) of Public Law 101–510 (104 Stat. 1679) and section 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and shall remain available until expended for the purposes for which originally obligated. In addition to any other rescission provided for in this Act, of the funds made available under the head “Annual contributions for assisted housing” in the Department of Housing and Urban Development in prior years, an additional $23,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That $20,000,000 of such amount shall be from amounts for projects to be developed for the elderly and handicapped under section 202 of the United States Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and $3,000,000 of such amount shall be from amounts for section 8 voucher assistance for tenants affected by public housing relocation activities.