PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2559 available to carry out this section for such fiscal year. In addition to amounts set aside under the preceding sentence, in each fiscal year the Secretary may set from the total amount made available to carry out this section for such fiscal year not more than $20,000,000 for the Operation Safe Home program administered by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for law enforcement efforts to combat violent crime on or near the premises of public and federally assisted housing. "(2) USE OF FUNDS. — Amounts set aside under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary for use for assistance, as provided in paragraph (3), in connection with— "(A) emergencies and other disasters; and "(C) housing needs resulting from any settlement of litigation; and "(3) ELIGIBLE USES.— In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may use amounts set aside under this subsection to provide— "(A) assistance for any eligible use under the Operating Fund or the Capital Fund established by this section; or "(B) tenant-based assistance in accordance with section 8. "(4) LIMITATION. —With respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary may carry over not more than a total of $25,000,000 in unobligated amounts set aside under this subsection for use in connection with the activities described in paragraph (2) during the succeeding fiscal year. "(5) PUBLICATION.— The Secretary shall publish the use Federal Register, of any amounts allocated under this subsection relating to publication, emergencies (other than disasters and housing needs resulting from any settlement of litigation) in the Federal Register. "(1) TREATMENT OF NONRENTAL INCOME.—^A public housing agency that receives income from nonrental sources (as determined by the Secretary) may retain and use such amounts without any decrease in the amounts received under this section from the Capital or Operating Fund. Any such nonrental amounts retained shall be used only for low-income housing or to benefit the residents assisted by the public housing agency. "(m) PROVISION OF ONLY CAPITAL OR OPERATING ASSISTANCE.— "(1) AUTHORITY. —In appropriate circumstances, as determined by the Secretary, a public housing agency may commit capital assistance only, or operating assistance only, for public housing units, which assistance shall be subject to all of the requirements applicable to public housing except as otherwise provided in this subsection. "(2) EXEMPTIONS. —In the case of any public housing unit assisted pursuant to the authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary may, by regulation, reduce the period under subsection (d)(3) or (e)(3), as applicable, during which such units must be operated under requirements applicable to public housing. In cases in which there is commitment of operating assistance but no commitment of capital assistance, the Secretary may make section 8 requirements applicable, as appropriate, by regulation, " (n) TREATMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING. — "(1) CERTAIN STATE AND CITY FUNDED HOUSING.—
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