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Union Calendar No. 261 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 27 

[Report No. 108–458] 

To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt small public 

housing agencies from the requirement of preparing an annual public 

housing agency plan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2003 

Mr. BEREUTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

APRIL 2, 2004 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt 

small public housing agencies from the requirement of 

preparing an annual public housing agency plan. 

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 ‘‘Small Public Housing 

3 Authority Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS FOR SMALL PUB5 LIC HOUSING AGENCIES. 

6 Section 5A of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

7 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

9 following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(3) EXEMPTION FOR SMALL PHAS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para12 graph (1) or any other provision of this Act— 

13 ‘‘(i) the requirement under paragraph 

14 (1) shall not apply to any small public 

15 housing agency; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) any reference in this section or 

17 any other provision of law to a ‘public 

18 housing agency’ shall not be considered to 

19 refer to any small public housing agency, 

20 to the extent such reference applies to the 

21 requirement to submit a public housing 

22 agency plan under subsection (b). 

23 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

24 paragraph, the term ‘small public housing agen25 cy’ means a public housing agency that— 
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1 ‘‘(i) administers 100 or less public 

2 housing dwelling units; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) is not designated pursuant to 

4 section 6(j)(2) as a troubled public housing 

5 agency.’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (k)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

8 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

9 (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

10 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

11 and (C) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 

12 and by realigning such paragraphs (as so redes13 ignated) so as to be indented 2 ems from the 

14 left margin. 

15 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Public Housing 

17 Authority Act’’. 

18 SEC. 2. PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS FOR CERTAIN 

19 SMALL PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES. 

20 Section 5A(b) of the United States Housing Act of 

21 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(b)) is amended by adding at the 

22 end the following new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(3) EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN SMALL PHAS FROM

24 FILING REQUIREMENT.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para2 graph (1) or any other provision of this Act— 

3 ‘‘(i) the requirement under paragraph 

4 (1) shall not apply to any qualified small 

5 public housing agency; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) any reference in this section or 

7 any other provision of law to a ‘public 

8 housing agency’ shall not be considered to 

9 refer to any qualified small public housing 

10 agency, to the extent such reference applies 

11 to the requirement to submit a public hous12 ing agency plan under this subsection. 

13 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

14 paragraph, the term ‘qualified small public hous15 ing agency’ means a public housing agency that 

16 meets all of the following requirements: 

17 ‘‘(i) The sum of (I) the number of pub18 lic housing dwelling units administered by 

19 the agency, and (II) the number of vouchers 

20 under section 8(o) of the United States 

21 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 

22 administered by the agency, is 100 or fewer. 

23 ‘‘(ii) The agency is not designated pur24 suant to section 6(j)(2) as a troubled public 

25 housing agency. 
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1 ‘‘(iii) The agency provides assurances 

2 satisfactory to the Secretary that notwith3 standing the inapplicability of the require4 ments under this section relating to resident 

5 advisory boards and public hearings and 

6 notice, residents of public housing adminis7 tered by the agency will have an adequate 

8 and comparable opportunity for participa9 tion and notice regarding establishment of 

10 the goals, objectives, and policies of the pub11 lic housing agency.’’. 
Union Calendar No. 261 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 27 

[Report No. 108–458] 

A BILL 

To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 

ing agency plan. requirement of preparing an annual public housto exempt small public housing agencies from the 

APRIL 2, 2004 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,