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 Ill STAT. 1358 PUBLIC LAW 105-65—OCT. 27, 1997 grants for targeted economic investments in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the conference report and the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying this Act. Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $60,000,000 shall be available for the lead-based paint hazard reduction program as authorized under sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992. Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000, including $15,000,000 for the County of San Bernardino, California, shall be used for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and neighborhoods, and to determine whether housing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives. For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses. Of the $500,000,000 made available under the heading "Community Development Block Grgints Fund" in the 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia (Public Law 105-18), not more than $3,500,000 shall be made available for the non-Federal cost-share for a levee project at Devils Lake, North Dakota: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide the State of North Dakota with a waiver to allow the use of its annual Community Development Block Grant sillocation for use in funding the non- Federal cost-share for a levee project at Devils Lake, North Dakota: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is prohibited from providing waivers, other than those provided herein, for funds in excess of $100,000 in emergency Community Development Block Grants funds for the non-Federal cost-share of projects funded by the Secretary of the Army through the Corps of Engineers. BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make these grants available on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.

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