JOURNAL OF THE

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to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(5); to the Committee on

International Relations.

1550. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting notification of a proposed manufacturing license agreement for the manufacture of significant military equipment

[SME] in a non-NATO country, pursuant to

22 U.S.C. 2776(d); to the Committee on International Relations.

1551. A communication from the President

of the United States, transmitting a report

on the status of efforts to obtain Iraq’s compliance with the resolutions adopted by the

U.N. Security Council, pursuant to Public

Law 102–1, section 3 (105 Stat. 4) (H. Doc. No.

104–128); to the Committee on International

Relations and ordered to be printed.

1552. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of

State, transmitting copies of international

agreements, other than treaties, entered into

by the United States, pursuant to 1 U.S.C.

112b(a); to the Committee on International

Relations.

1553. A letter from the Secretary, Panama

Canal Commission, transmitting notification

that it is in the public interest to use procedures other than full and open competition

to award a particular Commission contract,

pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(7); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

1554. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting the 1994 annual report of the Director of

the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

containing reports of the proceedings of the

Judicial Conference of the United States, activities of the Administrative Office of the

United States, and judicial business of the

U.S. courts for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 331; to

the Committee on the Judiciary.

T133.6 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

Lundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed

with an amendment a bill of the House

of the following title:

H.R. 927. An Act to seek international

sanctions against the Castro government in

Cuba, to plan for support of a transition government leading to a democratically elected

government in Cuba, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that the

Senate has passed a bill of the following title, in which the concurrence

of the House is requested:

S. 1322. An Act to provide for the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel

to Jerusalem, and for other purposes.

T133.7 CORRECTIONS CALENDAR

Pursuant to clause 4, rule XIII,

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

FOLEY, directed the Corrections Calendar to be called and, by unanimous

consent, it was made in order to consider the bill designated as calendar

number 3 after all other bills on said

calendar.

When,

T133.8 SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING SAFETY

The Committee of the Whole House

on the state of the Union was discharged from further consideration of

the bill (H.R. 117) to amend the United

States Housing Act of 1937 to prevent

persons having drug or alcohol use

problems from occupying dwelling

units in public housing projects designated for occupancy by elderly families, and for other purposes.

When said bill was considered and

read twice.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

FOLEY, pursuant to clause 4 of rule

XIII, recognized Mr. LEACH and Mr.

KENNEDY of Massachusetts, each for

30 minutes.

The following amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by

the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, was submitted:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and

insert in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as ‘‘Senior Citizens

Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act of

1995’’.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES TO PROHIBIT ADMISSION OF

DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSES TO ASSISTED HOUSING.

Section 16 of the United States Housing

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n) is amended—

(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘INCOME’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new

subsection:

‘‘(e) AUTHORITY TO LIMIT ADMISSION OF

DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSERS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, a public housing

agency may establish standards for occupancy in public housing dwelling units and

assistance under section 8, that prohibit admission to such units and assistance under

such section by any individual—

‘‘(A) who currently illegally uses a controlled substance; or

‘‘(B) whose history of illegal use of a controlled substance or use of alcohol, or current use of alcohol, provides reasonable

cause for the agency to believe that the occupancy by such individual may interfere

with the health, safety, or right to peaceful

enjoyment of the premises by other residents.

‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION OF REHABILITATION.—In

determining whether, pursuant to paragraph

(1), to deny admission or assistance to any

elderly person based on a history of use of a

controlled substance or alcohol, a public

housing agency may consider whether such

elderly person—

‘‘(A) has successfully completed a supervised drug or alcohol rehabilitation program

(as applicable) and is no longer engaging in

the illegal use of a controlled substance or

use of alcohol (as applicable);

‘‘(B) has otherwise been rehabilitated successfully and is no longer engaging in the illegal use of a controlled substance or use of

alcohol (as applicable); or

‘‘(C) is participating in a supervised drug

or alcohol rehabilitation program (as applicable) and is no longer engaging in the illegal use of a controlled substance or use of alcohol (as applicable).’’.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATED HOUSING FOR ELDERLY

AND DISABLED FAMILIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the United

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437e) is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘DESIGNATED HOUSING FOR ELDERLY AND

DISABLED FAMILIES

‘‘SEC. 7. (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE DESIGNATED HOUSING.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject only to provisions of this section and notwithstanding

any other provision of law, a public housing

agency for which a plan under subsection (d)

is in effect may provide public housing

projects (or portions of projects) designated

for occupancy by (A) only elderly families,

(B) only disabled families, or (C) elderly and

disabled families.

‘‘(2) PRIORITY FOR OCCUPANCY.—In determining priority for admission to public housing projects (or portions of projects) that are

designated for occupancy as provided in

paragraph (1), the public housing agency

may make units in such projects (or portions) available only to the types of families

for whom the project is designated.

‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY OF NEAR-ELDERLY FAMILIES.—If a public housing agency determines

that there are insufficient numbers of elderly families to fill all the units in a project

(or portion of a project) designated under

paragraph (1) for occupancy by only elderly

families, the agency may provide that nearelderly families may occupy dwelling units

in the project (or portion).

‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON OCCUPANCY IN PROJECTS

FOR ELDERLY FAMILIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject only to the provisions of subsection (b) and notwithstanding

any other provision of law, a dwelling unit in

a project (or portion of a project) that is designated under paragraph (1) for occupancy by

only elderly families or by only elderly and

disabled families shall not be occupied by

any individual who is not an elderly person

and—

‘‘(i) who currently illegally uses a controlled substance; or

‘‘(ii) whose history of illegal use of a controlled substance or use of alcohol, or current use of alcohol, provides reasonable

cause for the agency to believe that the occupancy by such individual may interfere

with the health, safety, or right to peaceful

enjoyment of the premises by other tenants.

‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION OF REHABILITATION.—In

determining whether, pursuant to subparagraph (A), to deny occupancy to any individual based on a history of use of a controlled substance or alcohol, a public housing agency may consider the factors under

section 16(e)(2).

‘‘(b) STANDARDS REGARDING EVICTIONS.—

‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in

paragraph (2), any tenant who is lawfully residing in a dwelling unit in a public housing

project may not be evicted or otherwise required to vacate such unit because of the

designation of the project (or portion of a

project) pursuant to this section or because

of any action taken by the Secretary or any

public housing agency pursuant to this section.

‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT TO EVICT NONELDERLY

TENANTS IN HOUSING DESIGNATED FOR ELDERLY

FAMILIES WHO HAVE CURRENT DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSE PROBLEMS.—The public housing

agency administering a project (or portion of

a project) described in subsection (a)(4)(A)

shall evict any individual who occupies a

dwelling unit in such a project and who currently illegally uses a controlled substance

or whose current use of alcohol provides a

reasonable cause for the agency to believe

that the occupancy by such individual may

interfere with the health, safety, or right to

peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other

residents. This paragraph may not be construed to require a public housing agency to

evict any other individual who occupies the

same dwelling unit as the individual required to be evicted.

‘‘(c) RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.—A public

housing agency that designates any existing

project or building, or portion thereof, for

occupancy as provided under subsection (a)

shall provide, to each person and family relocated in connection with such designation—

‘‘(1) notice of the designation and relocation, as soon as is practicable for the agency

and the person or family;

‘‘(2) comparable housing (including appropriate services and design features), which

may include tenant-based rental assistance

under section 8, at a rental rate that is comparable to that applicable to the unit from

which the person or family has vacated; and