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105 STAT. 744 PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 Homeownership of Multifamily Units Program: Provided further. That in selecting eligible families to acquire vacant units under the HOPE for Homeownership of Single Family Homes program, the recipient shall give a first preference to otherwise qualified eligible families who reside in public or Indian housing: Provided further, That of the amounts made available by this paragraph, $225,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from amounts made available for nonincremental use under the heading "Annual contributions for assisted housing" in fiscal year 1991 and prior years which remains unreserved at the end of fiscal year 1991. HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not, as a condition of assisting a participating jurisdiction under such Act using amounts provided herein for fiscal year 1992 only, require any contributions by or in behalf of a participating jurisdiction, notwithstanding section 220 of such Act. ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) For assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended ("the Act" herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437), not otherwise provided for, $8,070,201,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That to be added to and merged with the foregoing amounts, there shall be $2,287,000,000, consisting of $537,000,000 of budget authority previously made available under this head for nonincremental purposes which remains unreserved at the end of fiscal year 1991; and $1,750,000,000 of section 8 funds arising from the conversion to the new capital advance program of projects previously reserved under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as it existed before enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act: Provided further. That, from the foregoing total of $10,357,201,000, $227,170,000 shall be for the development or acquisition cost of public housing for Indian families, including amounts for housing under the mutual help homeownership opportunity program under section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb); $573,983,000 shall be for the development or acquisition cost of public housing, including $15,719,158 for a demolition/disposition demonstration program in Saint Louis, Missouri, pursuant to section 513 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), and, notwithstanding the 20 per centum limitation under section 5(j)(2) of the Act, of the $573,983,000 for the development or acquisition of public housing, $200,000,000 shall be awarded competitively for construction or major reconstruction of obsolete public housing projects, other than for Indian families: Provided further. That of the $10,357,201,000 total under this head, $2,800,975,000 shall be for modernization of existing public housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 14371), including funds for the comprehensive testing, abatement, and risk assessment of lead, of which $25,000,000 shall be for the risk assessment of lead and $5,000,000 shall be for technical assistance and training under