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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1981

To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program 

of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 6, 2003

Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RANGEL, 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

JEFFERSON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. WEINER, Mr. 

COSTELLO, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mrs. 

MALONEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. ISRAEL, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 

New York, Mr. FROST, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CLAY, Mr. WATT, 

Ms. WATERS, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of 

Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, 

Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. KILPATRICK, 

Mr. WYNN, Ms. WATSON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BALLANCE, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. 

SOLIS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. BALDWIN, 

Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, 

Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 

HINOJOSA, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SABO, Ms. WOOLSEY, 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. DOYLE, and Mr. REYES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL

To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program of the Department of Housing and 

Urban Development.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Housing Drug 

3 Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2003’’.

4 SEC. 2. PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG ELIMI5 NATION PROGRAM. 

6 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

7 5129 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 

8 11908) is amended by striking subsection (a) and insert9 ing the following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap11 propriated to carry out this chapter such sums as may 

12 be necessary for each of fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 

13 2006.’’. 

14 (b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Section 5124(a)(6) of 

15 the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 

16 11903(a)(6)) is amended by striking the semicolon at the 

17 end and inserting the following: ‘‘, except that the activi18 ties conducted under any program carried out in whole 

19 or in part with grant amounts provided pursuant to this 

20 paragraph may include only—

21 ‘‘(A) providing treatment for drug abuse 

22 through rehabilitation or relapse prevention; 

23 ‘‘(B) providing education about the dan24 gers and adverse consequences of drug use or 

25 violent crime; 
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1 ‘‘(C) identifying drug users, assisting such 

2 users in discontinuing their drug use through 

3 an education program, and, if appropriate, re4 ferring the users to a drug treatment program; 

5 ‘‘(D) providing after school activities for 

6 youths for the purpose of discouraging, reduc7 ing, or eliminating drug use or violent crime by 

8 youths; 

9 ‘‘(E) providing capital improvements for 

10 the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi11 nating drug use or violent crime; and 

12 ‘‘(F) providing security services for the 

13 purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi14 nating drug use or violent crime.’’.

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