; and (C) during the COVID-19 emergency period, clause (i) of section 8(o)(8)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8) A)(i); relating to initial inspection of dwelling units) shall not apply, except that in any case in which an inspection of a dwelling unit for which a housing assistance payment is established is not conducted before an assistance payment is made for such dwelling unit— (i) such clause shall be applied by substituting the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the termination of the COVID-19 emergency period (as such term is defined in section 117(a) of the Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act) for any assistance payment is made