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 118 STAT. 3300 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $284,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all program requirements before awarding funds for new contracts and activities authorized under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to $2,500,000 of the funds under this heading for training, oversight, and technical assistance activities. RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $24,000,000 to remain available until expended, which amount shall be competi tively awarded by September 1, 2005, to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State community and/or economic development agencies, local rural nonprofits and community development cor porations to support innovative housing and economic development activities in rural areas. EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005, for ‘‘Urban Empowerment Zones’’, as authorized in section 1391(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1391(g)), including $666,666 for each empowerment zone for use in conjunction with economic development activities con sistent with the strategic plan of each empowerment zone. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other entities, for economic and community development activi ties, and for other purposes, $4,709,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the amount provided, $4,150,035,000 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 plan ning 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 Contracts.

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