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 124 STAT. 4090 PUBLIC LAW 111–374—JAN. 4, 2011 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for non-elderly disabled families pursuant to appropriation Acts for fiscal years 1997 through 2002 or any other subsequent appro- priations for incremental vouchers for non-elderly disabled families, guidance to ensure that, to the maximum extent possible, such vouchers continue to be provided upon turn- over to qualified persons with disabilities or to qualified non-elderly disabled families, respectively.’’. (b) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is authorized to the extent amounts are made available in future appropriations Acts, to provide technical assistance to public housing agencies and other administering entities to facilitate using vouchers to provide permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, help States reduce reliance on segregated restrictive settings for people with disabilities to meet community care require- ments, end chronic homelessness, as ‘‘chronically homeless’’ is defined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361), and for other related purposes. SEC 3. MODERNIZED CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM. (a) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS.—Section 811 is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(2)— (A) by inserting ‘‘(A) INITIAL PROJECT RENTAL ASSIST- ANCE CONTRACT.—’’ after ‘‘PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.— ’’; (B) in the first sentence, by inserting after ‘‘shall’’ the following: ‘‘comply with subsection (e)(2) and shall’’; (C) by striking ‘‘annual contract amount’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘amount provided under the contract for each year covered by the contract’’; and (D) by adding at the end the following new subpara- graph: ‘‘(B) RENEWAL OF AND INCREASES IN CONTRACT AMOUNTS.— ‘‘(i) EXPIRATION OF CONTRACT TERM.—Upon the expira- tion of each contract term, subject to the availability of amounts made available in appropriation Acts, the Sec- retary shall adjust the annual contract amount to provide for reasonable project costs, including adequate reserves and service coordinators as appropriate, except that any contract amounts not used by a project during a contract term shall not be available for such adjustments upon renewal. ‘‘(ii) EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.—In the event of emer- gency situations that are outside the control of the owner, the Secretary shall increase the annual contract amount, subject to reasonable review and limitations as the Sec- retary shall provide.’’. (2) in subsection (e)(2)— (A) in the first sentence, by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except that, in the case of the sponsor of a project assisted with any low-income housing tax credit pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or with any tax-exempt housing bonds, the contract shall have an initial term of not less than 360 months and shall provide funding for a term of 60 months’’; and 42 USC 8013. 42 USC 8013 note.