Sec. 558. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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## SEC. 558 AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS ###

(a)In General There is authorized to be appropriated for providing public housing agencies with tenant-based housing assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937— ####

(1)to provide amounts for incremental assistance under such section 8— #####

(A)for each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the amount necessary to assist 100,000 incremental dwelling units in each such fiscal year; and #####

(B)for each of fiscal years 1999, 2002, and 2003, such sums as may be necessary; and ####

(2)such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, for— #####

(A)relocation and replacement housing for units that are demolished and disposed of from the public housing inventory (in addition to other amounts that may be available for such purposes); #####

(B)relocation of residents of properties that are owned by the Secretary and being disposed of or that are discontinuing section 8 project-based assistance; #####

(C)the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8; #####

(D)carrying out the family unification program; #####

(E)relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency; #####

(F)nonelderly disabled families affected by the designation of a public housing development under section 7 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, the establishment of preferences in accordance with section 651 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, or the restriction of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the Secretary determines that such amount is not needed to fund applications for such affected families, to other nonelderly disabled families; #####

(G)housing vouchers for homeless individuals; and #####

(H)housing vouchers to compensate public housing agencies which issue vouchers to families that move into or out of the jurisdiction of the agency under portability procedures. ###

(b)Assistance for Disabled Families ####

(1)Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated, for tenant-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, to be used in accordance with paragraph (2), $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year. ####

(2)Use The Secretary shall provide amounts made available under paragraph

(1)to public housing agencies only for use to provide tenant-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for nonelderly disabled families (including such families relocating pursuant to designation of a public housing development under 7 of such Act or to the establishment of occupancy restrictions in accordance with section 658 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, and other nonelderly disabled families who have applied to the agency for assistance under such section 8). ####

(3)Allocation of amounts The Secretary shall allocate and provide amounts made available under paragraph

(1)to public housing agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate based on the relative levels of need among the authorities for assistance for families described in paragraph (1). ###

(c)Effective Date This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.5 5October 21, 1998. ## Subtitle F Safety and Security in Public and Assisted Housing