To fund Habitat for Humanity.

1. Inserts “, and of which $5,000,000 shall be for capacity building activities administered by Habit…” after “tribal areas”

   InsertsPage 310, line 16Printed page

   In H.R. 3058 · Public Print

   (including transfers of funds)

   For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other entities, for economic and community development 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 development block grant program under title I of the Housing and 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 (except 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 appropriated under this heading (other than a grant made available 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 imminent 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 expended, of which $500,000 shall be for training and technical assistance; $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund; $15,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Program; $30,000,000 shall be for Capacity Building for Community 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[inserted: , 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 Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made available 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 program may be used for administrative costs: Provided further, That of the amount made available for YouthBuild not less than $4,000,000 is for grants to establish 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 development 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 Development 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 targeted economic investments in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the statement of managers accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph may be used for program operations. 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 declining economic base, or to determine whether housing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the statement of managers accompanying this Act. The referenced statement of the managers under the heading "Community Development Fund" in title II of division G of Public Law 108-199 is deemed to be amended with respect to item #181 striking "Volusia County" and inserting "Lively Arts Center in Volusia County". The referenced statement of the managers under the heading "Community Development Fund" in title II of division G of Public Law 108-199 is deemed to be amended with respect to item number 216 by striking "for construction" and inserting "for planning, design, and engineering".

   community development loan guarantees program account

   Original wording

   On page 310, line 16, after “tribal areas”, insert the following: “, and of which $5,000,000 shall be for capacity building activities administered by Habitat for Humanity International”.

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