DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT housing programs payments for operation of low-income housing projects To fight the war on drugs and eliminate drug-related crime in public housing projects, without regard to section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437), an additional $50,000,000, which shall be available only for grants authorized under the Public Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.) and subject only to the requirements of such Act for project security, physical improvements, enforcement activities, support for voluntary organizations, and innovative programs designed to reduce drug use in and around public housing projects: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be available for contracts, including the provision of technical assistance to public housing officials and resident groups to better prepare and educate them to confront the wide-spread abuse of controlled substances in public housing projects, pursuant to the Drug-Free Public Housing Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11922, 11923).