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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3888

To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to improve the programs

for public and Indian housing, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 23, 1994

Mrs. ROUKEMA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to improve

the programs for public and Indian housing, and for

other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public and Indian

5 Housing Amendments of 1994’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.

TITLE I—ENHANCED PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY

Sec. 101. Revitalization of severely distressed public housing.

Sec. 102. Public housing design and cost flexibility.

Sec. 103. HOPE homeownership programs.

Sec. 104. Disallowances of earned income for residents who obtain employment.
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Sec. 105. Ceiling rents based on reasonable rental value.

Sec. 106. Resident management program.

TITLE II—TECHNICAL AND OTHER AMENDMENTS

Sec. 201. Correction to definition of ‘‘family’’.

Sec. 202. Repeal of limitation on income adjustments.

Sec. 203. Identification of CIAP replacement needs.

Sec. 204. Applicability of public housing amendments to Indian housing.

Sec. 205. Project-based accounting.

Sec. 206. Operating subsidy adjustments for anticipated fraud recoveries.

Sec. 207. Labor standards for construction contracts under United States

Housing Act of 1937.

Sec. 208. Technical assistance for lead hazard reduction grantees.

Sec. 209. Environmental review in connection with grants for lead-based paint

hazard reduction.

Sec. 210. Fire safety in federally assisted housing.

Sec. 211. Changes to payment in lieu of taxes.

1 TITLE I—ENHANCED PROGRAM

2 FLEXIBILITY

3 SEC. 101. REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUB4 LIC HOUSING.

5 (a) REPEAL OF DESIGNATION OF ELIGIBLE

6 PROJECTS.—Subsection (b) of section 24 of the United

7 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(b)) is here8 by repealed.

9 (b) PLANNING GRANTS.—Subsection (c) of section

10 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amend11 ed—

12 (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘$200,000’’

13 and inserting ‘‘$300,000’’;

14 (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the

15 following new paragraph:

16 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—A planning grant

17 under this subsection may be used for activities to
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1 develop revitalization programs for severely dis2 tressed public housing, including—

3 ‘‘(A) obtaining studies, training, and tech4 nical assistance relating to different options for

5 revitalization, including redesign, reconstruc6 tion, conversion, demolition, disposition, and re7 placement and including the feasibility, costs,

8 and impact on the neighborhood of such op9 tions;

10 ‘‘(B) grants to qualified resident organiza11 tions to ensure resident involvement in all

12 phases of the planning and implementation

13 processes;

14 ‘‘(C) improvements to stabilize the develop15 ment, including security;

16 ‘‘(D) conducting workshops and surveys to

17 ascertain the attitudes and concerns of the

18 neighboring community and the need for phys19 ical improvements in the neighborhood;

20 ‘‘(E) planning for community service and

21 support service activities to be carried out by

22 the public housing agency, the residents, other

23 members of the community, and other persons

24 and organizations willing to contribute to the
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1 social, economic, or physical improvement of the

2 community;

3 ‘‘(F) preliminary architectural and engi4 neering work;

5 ‘‘(G) planning for economic development,

6 youth corps, job training, and self-sufficiency

7 activities that promote the economic self-suffi8 ciency of residents under the revitalization pro9 gram;

10 ‘‘(H) designing suitable relocation and re11 placement housing plans, in situations where

12 partial or total demolition is considered;

13 ‘‘(I) planning for necessary management

14 improvements; and

15 ‘‘(J) preparation of an application for an

16 implementation grant under this section.’’;

17 (3) in paragraph (4)—

18 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as

19 subparagraph (F); and

20 (B) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D)

21 and inserting the following new subparagraphs:

22 ‘‘(C) identification and description of the

23 public housing project involved, including its

24 major physical, management, and social needs,

25 and a general description of the resident popu-
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1 lation of the project, including family sizes and

2 incomes;

3 ‘‘(D) a description of the planning activi4 ties for community service and support services

5 to be carried out by the public housing agency,

6 the residents, other members of the community,

7 and other persons and organizations willing to

8 contribute to the social, economic, or physical

9 improvement of the community;

10 ‘‘(E) a certification by the public housing

11 agency that the application has been submitted

12 to the public official responsible under section

13 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford14 able Housing Act for submitting the com15 prehensive housing affordability strategy for the

16 participating jurisdiction in which the project is

17 located; and’’; and

18 (4) in paragraph (5)—

19 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph

20 (A), by striking ‘‘, by regulation, establish’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘establish, by notice published in the

22 Federal Register,’’;

23 (B) by striking subparagraph (A) and in24 serting the following new subparagraph:
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1 ‘‘(A) the capabilities of the applicant and

2 of any entities associated with the applicant in

3 carrying out the revitalization program;’’;

4 (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting

5 ‘‘proposed resident’’ after ‘‘interest and’’;

6 (D) in subparagraph (C), by inserting

7 ‘‘proposed’’ after ‘‘extent of’’;

8 (E) by striking subparagraph (E); and

9 (F) by redesignating subparagraphs (F)

10 and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec11 tively.

12 (c) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—Subsection (d) of

13 section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is

14 amended—

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the

16 following new sentence: ‘‘Each applicant that re17 ceives an implementation grant under this section

18 for revitalization of a severely distressed public hous19 ing project shall carry out community service and

20 support service activities relating to the project as

21 part of the revitalization program.’’;

22 (2) in paragraph (2)—

23 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or

24 redevelopment’’ and inserting ‘‘conversion, dem25 olition, or disposition’’;
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1 (B) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘,

2 job training, youth corps, and other’’ after

3 ‘‘economic development’’;

4 (C) in subparagraph (H), by striking

5 ‘‘transitional security activities’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘security’’;

7 (D) by striking subparagraph (I) and in8 serting the following new subparagraph:

9 ‘‘(K) support services, except that—

10 ‘‘(i) not more than 20 percent of any

11 grant under this subsection may be used

12 for such purpose; and

13 ‘‘(ii) an amount equal to 15 percent of

14 the amount of any grant under this sub15 section used for such purposes shall be

16 contributed from non-Federal sources, and

17 may be in the form of cash, administrative

18 costs, and the reasonable value of in-kind

19 contributions, and may include funding

20 under title I of the Housing and Commu21 nity Development Act of 1974.’’;

22 (E) by redesignating subparagraphs (E)

23 through (H) (as so amended) as subparagraphs

24 (G) through (J), respectively; and
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1 (F) by inserting after subparagraph (D)

2 the following new subparagraphs:

3 ‘‘(E) community service and support serv4 ice activities to be carried out by the public

5 housing agency, the residents, other members of

6 the community, and other persons and organi7 zations willing to contribute to the social, eco8 nomic, or physical improvement of the commu9 nity;

10 ‘‘(F) replacement of public housing units

11 through development of replacement units by

12 the methods permitted under subsection (d)(3),

13 other than paragraph (3)(B)(i) of such sub14 section;’’;

15 (3) in paragraph (3)—

16 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after

17 ‘‘applicant’’ the following: ‘‘and any other enti18 ties to be involved in implementing activities

19 funded with amounts from the grant’’;

20 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking

21 ‘‘composition’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in22 come’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘resident

23 population, including family sizes, incomes, and

24 needs, together with an analysis of the relation25 ship of the implementation plan to such needs’’;
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1 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘con2 sistent’’ and inserting ‘‘not inconsistent’’;

3 (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (D)

4 (as so amended) and (E) as subparagraphs (E)

5 and (F), respectively; and

6 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (C)

7 the following new subparagraph:

8 ‘‘(D) a description of the community serv9 ice and support service activities to be carried

10 out by the public housing agency, the residents,

11 other members of the community, and other

12 persons and organizations willing to contribute

13 to the social, economic, or physical improvement

14 of the community;’’; and

15 (4) in paragraph (4)—

16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting be17 fore the semicolon at the end the following:

18 ‘‘and any other entities to be involved in imple19 menting activities funded with amounts from

20 the grant’’;

21 (B) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E)

22 and inserting the following new subparagraph:

23 ‘‘(D) the quality of the proposed revitaliza24 tion program and the suitability of the project

25 for such a program;’’; and
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1 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F)

2 and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec3 tively.

4 (d) EXCEPTIONS TO GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIRE5 MENTS.—Subsection (e) of section 24 of the United States

6 Housing Act of 1937 is amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (1)—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘this title’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘this Act’’; and

10 (B) by striking ‘‘permit’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘enable’’;

12 (2) by striking the first sentence of paragraph

13 (2) and inserting the following new sentence: ‘‘For

14 projects revitalized under this section, a public hous15 ing agency may—

16 ‘‘(A) in lieu of selecting tenants pursuant

17 to the preferences specified under section

18 6(c)(4)(A)(i), select tenants pursuant to a local

19 system of preferences;

20 ‘‘(B) in making dwelling units in such

21 projects available for occupancy, disregard the

22 order in which applications were made for resi23 dency in public housing dwelling units or any

24 waiting lists established for such residency to

25 provide for substantial variation in the incomes
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1 of families residing in the project, subject to the

2 provisions of this Act relating to income eligi3 bility in public housing projects (as modified

4 under subparagraph (C));

5 ‘‘(C) notwithstanding section 16 of this

6 Act, provide for low-income families to occupy

7 not more than 50 percent of the dwelling units

8 in a project, and

9 ‘‘(D) establish ceiling rents under section

10 3(a)(2)(A).’’; and

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new

12 paragraphs:

13 ‘‘(3) REPLACEMENT UNITS.—

14 ‘‘(A) EXCEPTION TO SECTION 18.—Not15 withstanding the provisions of section 18(b)(3),

16 at the option of the public housing agency in17 volved, the dwelling units demolished, disposed

18 of, or otherwise eliminated in connection with

19 activities conducted pursuant to subsection (c)

20 of this section or the urban revitalization dem21 onstration program established under the De22 partments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and

23 Urban Development, and Independent Agencies

24 Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–
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1 389; 106 Stat. 1579), may be replaced as pro2 vided under this paragraph.

3 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATE AND NEW UNIT MIX.—

4 Each such dwelling unit demolished, disposed

5 of, or otherwise eliminated shall be replaced

6 with an additional dwelling unit through—

7 ‘‘(i) the use of tenant-based assistance

8 under section 8(b) having a term of not

9 less than 5 years, except that not more

10 than one-third of such dwelling units to be

11 replaced by the public housing agency may

12 be replaced as provided under this clause;

13 or

14 ‘‘(ii) any combination of additional

15 public housing dwelling units, units ac16 quired or otherwise provided for home17 ownership (including cooperative and con18 dominium interests) under section 5(h),

19 subtitles B or C of title IV of the Cran20 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

21 Act, or other programs for homeownership

22 that have program requirements substan23 tially equivalent to the requirements estab24 lished under section 605 of the Housing

25 and Community Development Act of 1987.
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1 ‘‘(C) EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN

2 RULES.—

3 ‘‘(i) SITE AND NEIGHBORHOOD

4 STANDARDS.—Any units provided, ac5 quired, assisted, or developed by a public

6 housing agency to replace a public housing

7 dwelling unit pursuant to the requirements

8 of this paragraph shall not be subject to

9 any regulations of the Department of

10 Housing and Urban Development relating

11 to site and neighborhood standards, includ12 ing the regulations contained in sub13 sections (b), (c), or (d) of section 941.202

14 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations.

15 ‘‘(ii) TENANT CONSULTATION.—The

16 demolition or disposition of any public

17 housing dwelling units resulting from ac18 tivities pursuant to subsection (c) shall not

19 be subject to section 18(b)(1).’’.

20 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—Subsection (g) of section 24

21 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended to

22 read as follows:

23 ‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATION.—

24 ‘‘(1) OFFICE OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUB25 LIC HOUSING REVITALIZATION.—For the purpose of
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1 carrying out the revitalization of severely distressed

2 public housing in accordance with this section, the

3 Secretary shall establish within the Department of

4 Housing and Urban Development an Office of Se5 verely Distressed Public Housing Revitalization.

6 ‘‘(2) BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.—The Secretary

7 shall administer the activities for the revitalization

8 of severely distressed public housing under this sec9 tion as a single integrated program under which a

10 single block grant of funds is made to a public hous11 ing agency to cover—

12 ‘‘(A) community service and support serv13 ice activities; and

14 ‘‘(B) demolition, modernization, recon15 struction, site improvements, and replacement

16 housing.

17 ‘‘(3) PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES.—Notwith18 standing any Federal law relating to procurement or

19 requiring competitive bidding in procurement, any

20 activities related to community service and support

21 service activities conducted pursuant to this section

22 may be procured on a sole source basis.

23 ‘‘(4) INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION OF HOUS24 ING ACTIVITIES.—Activities relating to demolition,

25 modernization, reconstruction, site improvements,
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1 and replacement of housing under the program

2 under this section shall be administered independent

3 of any individual program regulations, handbooks,

4 and notices of the Department of Housing and

5 Urban Development for modernization, major recon6 struction, demolition, or development.

7 ‘‘(5) INDEPENDENT FUNDING GUIDELINES.—

8 The Secretary shall establish separate guidelines for

9 carrying out the program under this section, which

10 shall provide for—

11 ‘‘(A) the unique integrated nature of the

12 program;

13 ‘‘(B) the higher direct costs of the pro14 gram compared to public housing development;

15 and

16 ‘‘(C) expediting, simplifying, and unifying

17 processing of applications and requests relating

18 to the program, and shall not provide for proc19 essing of such applications and requests under

20 the procedures and guidelines applicable to var21 ious other programs of the Department.’’.

22 (f) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (h) of section 24 of

23 the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended—

24 (1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the

25 following new paragraphs:
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1 ‘‘(6) SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUS2 ING.—The term ‘severely distressed public housing’

3 means a public housing project or building in a

4 project that—

5 ‘‘(A) requires major redesign, reconstruc6 tion, or redevelopment, or partial or total demo7 lition, to correct serious deficiencies in the

8 original design (including inappropriately high

9 population density), deferred maintenance,

10 physical deterioration or obsolescence or major

11 systems, and other deficiencies in the physical

12 plant of the project;

13 ‘‘(B) is occupied predominantly by families

14 with children who have extremely low incomes,

15 high rates of unemployment, and extensive de16 pendency on various forms of public assistance;

17 ‘‘(C) has high rates of vandalism and

18 criminal activity (including drug-related crimi19 nal activity);

20 ‘‘(D) has a vacancy rate, as determined by

21 the Secretary, of 50 percent or more;

22 ‘‘(E) in the case of an individual building,

23 the building is (in the determination of the Sec24 retary) sufficiently separable from the remain25 der of the project of which the building is part
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1 to make use of the building feasible for pur2 poses of this section; and

3 ‘‘(F) is not assisted with amounts reserved

4 under section 5(j)(2).

5 ‘‘(7) SUPPORT SERVICES.—The term ‘support

6 services’ includes all activities designed to assist in

7 increasing economic opportunities, self-sufficiency,

8 and improved quality of life for the residents of the

9 public housing project involved, including literacy

10 training, job training, day care, economic develop11 ment activities, and the training and services de12 scribed in subsections (e) and (f) of section 775 of

13 the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.

14 Support services may be provided to and involve the

15 participation of residents of the neighborhood in

16 which the public housing project involved is lo17 cated.’’;

18 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through

19 (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and

20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow21 ing new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY SERVICE.—The term ‘commu23 nity service’ means services provided on a volunteer

24 or stipend basis for the social, economic, or physical

25 improvement of the community to be served, includ-
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1 ing opportunities for bettering the economic situa2 tion of the participants providing the community

3 service, through completion of education require4 ments, job training, or alternative methods of devel5 oping skills and job readiness. The term includes the

6 programs for national service of the types eligible for

7 assistance under subtitle C of title I of the National

8 and Community Service Act of 1990 and programs

9 for youth corps and urban youth corps under section

10 106 the National and Community Service Trust Act

11 of 1993, that focus on residents of public housing

12 agencies and other low-income youth between the

13 ages of 16 and 25 and that provide structured, crew14 based, adult-supervised work and learning experi15 ences, promoting citizenship and life and employ16 ment skills, including such programs that are affili17 ated with union training and apprenticeship pro18 grams.’’.

19 (g) ANNUAL REPORT.—Subsection (i) of section 24

20 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended—

21 (1) by striking paragraph (2);

22 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

23 end; and
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1 (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para2 graph (2) and inserting after such paragraph the

3 following new paragraph:

4 ‘‘(3) the status of planning and implementation

5 activities funded under this section; and’’.

6 (h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 24 of the

7 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v)

8 is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a)—

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub11 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub13 section (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’;

14 (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘sub15 sections (c) and (d)’’ each place it appears and in16 serting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’; and

17 (3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i)

18 (as amended by this section) as subsections (b)

19 through (h), respectively.

20 SEC. 102. PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGN AND COST FLEXIBIL21 ITY.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(b) of the United States

23 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c(b)) is amended

24 to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(b) GRANTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUS2 ING.—

3 ‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Under a contract

4 for contributions to a public housing agency for de5 velopment of public housing projects, the Secretary

6 may provide assistance under this subsection to pub7 lic housing agencies that do not receive assistance

8 under section 24(d) to expand the supply of public

9 housing for eligible low-income families. Such assist10 ance may be used to finance the construction, recon11 struction, or moderate or substantial rehabilitation

12 of a structure or a portion of a structure, or the ac13 quisition of a structure from the Resolution Trust

14 Corporation or the Secretary, to be used as public

15 housing in accordance with this section. Assistance

16 may also cover the cost of real property acquisition,

17 site improvement, conversion, demolition, relocation,

18 and other expenses that the Secretary determines

19 are necessary to expand the supply of public hous20 ing.

21 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance

22 under this subsection shall be provided in the form

23 of a grant and shall be in an amount calculated in

24 accordance with the development cost guidelines es25 tablished in paragraph (6).
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1 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—Funds made available for

2 entering into contributions contracts for providing

3 assistance under this subsection shall be allocated by

4 the Secretary among applications that have been

5 submitted by public housing agencies and approved

6 by the Secretary. The Secretary shall establish the

7 form and procedures for such applications, which

8 shall contain—

9 ‘‘(A) a description of the proposed public

10 housing, including the unit mix, building con11 figuration, and amenities;

12 ‘‘(B) a description of the assistance the ap13 plicant seeks under this section;

14 ‘‘(C) a description of the resources that are

15 expected to be made available in compliance

16 with paragraph (6);

17 ‘‘(D) a description of (i) the category or

18 categories of persons the housing is intended to

19 serve; (ii) the supportive services, if any, to be

20 provided to the persons occupying such housing;

21 (iii) the manner in which such services will be

22 provided to such persons, including evidence of

23 any residential supervision the Secretary deter24 mines is necessary to facilitate the adequate

25 provision of the services; and (iv) the public or
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1 private sources of assistance that can reason2 ably be expected to fund or provide such

3 services;

4 ‘‘(E) a certification from the public official

5 responsible for submitting a housing strategy

6 for the jurisdiction to be served in accordance

7 with section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na8 tional Affordable Housing Act that the pro9 posed project is consistent with the approved

10 housing strategy; and

11 ‘‘(F) such other information or certifi12 cations that the Secretary determines to be nec13 essary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of

14 this section.

15 The Secretary shall not reject an application on

16 technical grounds without giving notice of the rejec17 tion and the basis for the rejection to the applicant

18 and affording the applicant an opportunity to re19 spond.

20 ‘‘(4) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary

21 shall establish criteria for selecting applications for

22 funding under this section, from among applications

23 submitted under this section. The criteria shall in24 clude—
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1 ‘‘(A) the ability of the applicant public

2 housing agency to develop and operate the pro3 posed housing;

4 ‘‘(B) the need for housing for low-income

5 families in the area to be served, taking into

6 consideration the availability of other public

7 housing and vacancy rates in such facilities;

8 ‘‘(C) the extent to which the proposed size,

9 unit mix, and design of the housing comply

10 with local building codes and regulations and

11 local neighborhood and site standards and cost

12 guidelines;

13 ‘‘(D) the extent to which the proposed size

14 and unit mix of the housing will enable the ap15 plicant to manage and operate the housing effi16 ciently and ensure that the provision of sup17 portive services will be accomplished in an eco18 nomical fashion;

19 ‘‘(E) the extent to which the proposed de20 sign of the housing will meet the special phys21 ical needs of the type of population proposed to

22 be served by the housing;

23 ‘‘(F) the extent to which the applicant has

24 demonstrated that the supportive services iden-
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1 tified in paragraph (3)(D) will be provided on

2 a consistent, long-term basis;

3 ‘‘(G) the extent to which the proposed de4 sign of the housing will accommodate the provi5 sion of supportive services that are expected to

6 be needed, either initially or over the useful life

7 of the housing, by the category or categories of

8 persons the housing is intended to serve; and

9 ‘‘(H) such other factors as the Secretary

10 determines to be appropriate to ensure that

11 funds made available under this section are

12 used effectively.

13 ‘‘(5) PROVISION OF SERVICES.—

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the

15 provisions of this subsection, the Secretary shall

16 ensure that housing assisted under this sub17 section provides a range of services tailored to

18 the needs of the category or categories of per19 sons occupying such housing.

20 ‘‘(B) LOCAL COORDINATION OF SERV21 ICES.—The Secretary shall ensure that public

22 housing agencies administering housing assisted

23 under this subsection have the managerial ca24 pacity to—
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1 ‘‘(i) assess on an ongoing basis the

2 service needs of residents;

3 ‘‘(ii) coordinate the provision of sup4 portive services and tailor such services to

5 the individual needs of residents; and

6 ‘‘(iii) seek on a continuous basis new

7 sources of assistance to ensure the long8 term provision of supportive services.

9 ‘‘(6) NONBINDING DEVELOPMENT COST GUIDE10 LINES.—

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con12 sultation with public housing agencies and

13 State area offices of the Department of Hous14 ing and Urban Development, shall establish de15 velopment cost guidelines for housing assisted

16 under this section. The guidelines shall be rec17 ommendatory and advisory in nature and the

18 Secretary may not require any public housing

19 assisted under this section to conform to such

20 guidelines.

21 ‘‘(B) CONTENT.—The guidelines shall be

22 established by market area for various types

23 and sizes of housing and shall reflect—

24 ‘‘(i) the cost of construction, recon25 struction, or rehabilitation of housing that
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1 meets applicable State and local housing

2 and building codes;

3 ‘‘(ii) the cost of movables necessary to

4 the basic operation of the housing, as de5 termined by the Secretary;

6 ‘‘(iii) the cost of special design fea7 tures necessary to make the housing acces8 sible to elderly persons or persons with dis9 abilities;

10 ‘‘(iv) the cost of special design fea11 tures necessary to make individual dwelling

12 units meet the physical needs of elderly

13 persons or persons with disabilities;

14 ‘‘(v) the cost of congregate space nec15 essary to accommodate the provision of

16 supportive services to project residents;

17 ‘‘(vi) if the housing is newly con18 structed, the cost of meeting the energy ef19 ficiency standards promulgated by the Sec20 retary in accordance with section 109 of

21 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable

22 Housing Act; and

23 ‘‘(vii) the cost of land, including nec24 essary site improvement.
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1 In establishing development cost guidelines for

2 a given market area under this paragraph, the

3 Secretary shall use data that reflect currently

4 prevailing costs of construction, reconstruction,

5 or rehabilitation, and land acquisition in the

6 area.

7 ‘‘(C) RTC, FDIC, AND FHA PROPERTIES.—

8 In the case of existing housing and related fa9 cilities to be acquired from the Resolution Trust

10 Corporation under section 21A(c) of the Fed11 eral Home Loan Bank Act, from the Federal

12 Deposit Insurance Corporation under section 40

13 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, or from

14 the Secretary under section 203 of the Housing

15 and Community Development Amendments of

16 1978, the cost guidelines shall include—

17 ‘‘(i) the cost of acquiring such hous18 ing;

19 ‘‘(ii) the cost of rehabilitation, alter20 ation, conversion, or improvement, includ21 ing the moderate rehabilitation thereof;

22 and

23 ‘‘(iii) the cost of the land on which the

24 housing and related facilities are located.
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1 ‘‘(D) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—The Sec2 retary, in consultation with public housing

3 agencies, shall adjust the cost guidelines not

4 less than once annually to reflect changes in the

5 general level of construction, reconstruction, or

6 rehabilitation costs.

7 ‘‘(E) DESIGN FLEXIBILITY.—The Sec8 retary shall, to the extent practicable, allow

9 public housing agencies maximum flexibility in

10 designing housing assisted under this section so

11 that the housing is appropriate for the neigh12 borhood or location of the housing and the pro13 posed resident population. Such flexibility shall

14 relate to the number of bedrooms in units in

15 the housing, the types of living spaces in the

16 housing, the sizes of the living spaces, and

17 other factors in the design of the housing.

18 ‘‘(F) CHANGES IN DESIGN.—A public

19 housing agency that has been selected to receive

20 assistance under this subsection for providing

21 public housing may, after such selection, change

22 elements in the design of the housing to be pro23 vided (including the unit mix, site, size of living

24 spaces, amenities, and building configuration)

25 without the prior approval of the Secretary if—
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1 ‘‘(i) the overall objective of the hous2 ing proposed in the application for such as3 sistance is not altered;

4 ‘‘(ii) the total number of units to be

5 provided in the housing is not significantly

6 altered; and

7 ‘‘(iii) the public housing agency noti8 fies the applicable State area office of the

9 Department of Housing and Urban Devel10 opment of such changes on a timely basis.

11 ‘‘(G) USE OF AMOUNTS FROM NON-FED12 ERAL SOURCES.—A public housing agency may,

13 without the prior approval of the Secretary, use

14 amounts from non-Federal sources for amen15 ities and other features of appropriate design

16 and construction suitable for public housing if

17 the cost of such amenities (i) is not financed

18 with the grant received under this subsection,

19 and (ii) is not taken into consideration in deter20 mining the amount of any Federal assistance

21 provided for the housing.

22 ‘‘(H) NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.—The Sec23 retary may not reject an application for assist24 ance under this subsection based solely on any

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1 ing to the impact of the proposed project on the

2 neighborhood if—

3 ‘‘(i) the application was made to pro4 vide housing to replace (through demolition

5 and new construction or acquisition) exist6 ing public housing on a site owned by the

7 public housing agency making the applica8 tion; or

9 ‘‘(ii) the public housing agency mak10 ing the application demonstrates that the

11 site selected for the housing proposed in

12 the application takes into consideration

13 any local neighborhood revitalization and

14 economic development plans.

15 ‘‘(7) INCENTIVES FOR SAVINGS.—

16 ‘‘(A) SPECIAL HOUSING ACCOUNT.—The

17 Secretary shall use the development cost guide18 lines established under paragraph (6) to cal19 culate the amount of financing to be made

20 available to public housing agencies to provide

21 housing proposed in applications funded under

22 this subsection. Except as provided in subpara23 graph (C), a public housing agency that incurs

24 actual development costs that are less than the

25 amount of financing provided under this sub-
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1 section with respect to an application shall be

2 entitled to retain 50 percent of the savings in

3 a special housing account. Such percentage

4 shall be increased to 75 percent for public hous5 ing incorporating energy efficiency features

6 that—

7 ‘‘(i) exceed the energy efficiency

8 standards promulgated by the Secretary in

9 accordance with section 109 of the Cran10 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

11 Act;

12 ‘‘(ii) substantially reduce the life-cycle

13 cost of the housing; and

14 ‘‘(iii) enhance tenant comfort and con15 venience.

16 ‘‘(B) USES.—The special housing account

17 established under subparagraph (A) for a public

18 housing project may be used (i) to supplement

19 services provided to residents of the housing or

20 funds set aside for replacement reserves, or (ii)

21 for such other purposes as determined by the

22 Secretary.

23 ‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—Any savings incurred

24 by a public housing agency for a public housing

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1 the project from the design proposed in the ap2 proved application for the project, including re3 ducing the number and mix of dwelling units or

4 eliminating amenities, shall not be considered

5 for purposes of a special housing account for

6 the housing under subparagraph (A) unless ap7 proved by the Secretary.’’.

8 (b) RELATED AMENDMENTS.—Title I of the United

9 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is

10 amended—

11 (1) in section 5(b)(2), by inserting ‘‘under sub12 section (b)’’ after ‘‘(in the form of grants’’;

13 (2) in section 5(j)(1), by striking subparagraph

14 (B);

15 (3) in section 5(j)(2), by striking subparagraph

16 (D);

17 (4) in section 5(j)(3)(B), by striking the last

18 sentence;

19 (5) in section 5(k), by striking the second sen20 tence;

21 (6) in section 6(a), by striking the second and

22 third sentences;

23 (7) in section 6, by striking subsections (b) and

24 (h); and

25 (8) by striking section 13.
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1 SEC. 103. HOPE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS.

2 Section 402 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af3 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12870) is amended by

4 striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following

5 new subsections:

6 ‘‘(a) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—There is authorized to be

7 appropriated for fiscal year 1995 an aggregate amount of

8 $100,000,000 for grants and activities under—

9 ‘‘(1) title III of the United States Housing Act

10 of 1937;

11 ‘‘(2) subtitle B of this title;

12 ‘‘(3) subtitle C of this title; and

13 ‘‘(4) technical assistance to potential applicants,

14 applicants, and recipients of assistance under the

15 provisions referred to in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3)

16 of this subsection.

17 Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection

18 shall remain available until expended.

19 ‘‘(b) FISCAL YEAR 1996.—There is authorized to be

20 appropriated for fiscal year 1996 an aggregate amount of

21 $100,000,000 for grants and activities under—

22 ‘‘(1) title III of the United States Housing Act

23 of 1937;

24 ‘‘(2) subtitle B of this title;

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1 ‘‘(4) technical assistance to potential applicants,

2 applicants, and recipients of assistance under the

3 provisions referred to in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3)

4 of this subsection.

5 Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection

6 shall remain available until expended.’’.

7 SEC. 104. DISALLOWANCES OF EARNED INCOME FOR RESI8 DENTS WHO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT.

9 (a) EXCLUSIONS FROM ADJUSTED INCOME.—Section

10 3(b)(5) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42

11 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(5)) is amended—

12 (1) in subparagraph (C)—

13 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(ii)’’; and

14 (B) by inserting before the semicolon at

15 the end the following; ‘‘; and (iii) to the extent

16 documented by the family, the amount paid by

17 the family for health insurance coverage for any

18 members of the family residing in the household

19 who, at the time, are not receiving or approved

20 to receive any assistance for health care from

21 the Federal Government or any State govern22 ment’’;

23 (2) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting

24 the following new subparagraph:
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1 ‘‘(E) in the case of an elderly family, 10 per2 cent of the earned income of the family, and, in the

3 case of a nonelderly family, 20 percent of the earned

4 income of the family;’’;

5 (3) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

6 the end;

7 (4) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period

8 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

9 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub10 paragraph:

11 ‘‘(H) in the case of a family residing in public

12 housing, of any earned income of any formerly de13 pendent child who is a member of the family—

14 ‘‘(i) 100 percent of such earned income

15 during the period beginning on the date of the

16 first redetermination of the rent for and family

17 composition of the family that occurs after the

18 child reaches 18 years of age and ending upon

19 the commencement of the period under clause

20 (ii);

21 ‘‘(ii) 85 percent of such earned income

22 during the period beginning on the date of the

23 first redetermination of the rent for and family

24 composition of the family that occurs after the

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1 the commencement of the period under clause

2 (iii);

3 ‘‘(iii) 65 percent of such earned income

4 during the period beginning on the date of the

5 first redetermination of the rent for and family

6 composition of the family that occurs after the

7 child reaches 20 years of age and ending upon

8 the commencement of the period under clause

9 (iv); or

10 ‘‘(iv) 40 percent of such earned income

11 during the 1-year period beginning on the date

12 of the first redetermination of the rent for and

13 family composition of the family that occurs

14 after the child reaches 21 years of age.’’.

15 (b) OPTION FOR PHA TO EXCLUDE EARNED IN16 COME IN RENT DETERMINATIONS.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the United

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

19 amended—

20 (A) by striking the undesignated para21 graph at the end of subsection (c)(3) (as added

22 by section 515(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na23 tional Affordable Housing Act); and

24 (B) by adding at the end the following new

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1 ‘‘(d) OPTIONAL DISALLOWANCE OF EARNED INCOME

2 FROM PUBLIC HOUSING RENT DETERMINATIONS.—Not3 withstanding any other provision of law, a public housing

4 agency may provide (at the option of a public housing

5 agency) that, for all units in public housing administered

6 by the agency, the rent payable under subsection (a) for

7 any such unit occupied by a family whose income increases

8 as a result of employment of a member of the family who

9 was previously unemployed for 1 or more years (including

10 a family whose income increases as a result of the partici11 pation of a family member in a Family Self-Sufficiency

12 program under section 22 or other job training program)

13 may not—

14 ‘‘(1) be increased for a period of 18 months, be15 ginning with the commencement of employment as a

16 result of the increased income due to such employ17 ment; and

18 ‘‘(2) after the expiration of such 18-month pe19 riod, be increased due to the continued employment

20 of such family member by more than 10 percent per

21 year from the next 24 months; and

22 ‘‘(3) in any case, exceed the amount determined

23 under subsection (a).’’.

24 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding the

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1 public housing participating in the program under

2 the authority contained in the undesignated para3 graph at the end of section 3(c)(3) of the United

4 States Housing Act of 1937 (as added by section

5 515(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford6 able Housing Act (Public Law 101–625; 104 Stat.

7 4199), as such paragraph existed before the date of

8 enactment of this subsection, shall continue to be

9 governed by such authority.

10 SEC. 105. CEILING RENTS BASED ON REASONABLE RENTAL

11 VALUE.

12 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 3(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the

13 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

14 1437a(a)(2)(A)(iii)) is amended to read as follows:

15 ‘‘(iii) is not less than the reasonable rental

16 value of the unit, as determined by the Secretary.’’.

17 (b) REGULATIONS.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, by reg19 ulation, after notice and an opportunity for public

20 comment, establish such requirements as may be

21 necessary to carry out the provisions of section

22 3(a)(2)(A) of the United States Housing Act of

23 1937, as amended by subsection (a).

24 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Except in the case of an

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1 suant to paragraph (1) shall not apply to scattered

2 site public housing units.

3 (3) TRANSITION RULE.—Prior to the issuance

4 of final regulations under paragraph (1), a public

5 housing agency may implement ceiling rents which

6 shall be—

7 (A) determined in accordance with section

8 3(a)(2)(A) of the United States Housing Act of

9 1937, as such section existed before the date of

10 enactment of this Act; or

11 (B) equal to the 95th percentile of the rent

12 paid for a unit of comparable size by tenants in

13 the same project or a group of comparable

14 projects totaling 50 units or more.

15 SEC. 106. RESIDENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

16 Section 20(f) of the United States Housing Act of

17 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437r(f)) is amended—

18 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’

19 and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’; and

20 (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the

21 following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary may use not

22 more than 10 percent of the amounts made available

23 under this subsection in each fiscal year for program

24 monitoring and evaluation, technical assistance, and

25 information dissemination.’’.
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1 TITLE II—TECHNICAL AND

2 OTHER AMENDMENTS

3 SEC. 201. CORRECTION TO DEFINITION OF ‘‘FAMILY’’.

4 The first sentence of section 3(b)(3)(B) of the United

5 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(B))

6 is amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘means’’ and inserting ‘‘in8 cludes’’; and

9 (2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘children,’’.

10 SEC. 202. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON INCOME ADJUST11 MENTS.

12 Paragraph (3) of section 103(a) of the Housing and

13 Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1437a

14 note) is hereby repealed.

15 SEC. 203. IDENTIFICATION OF CIAP REPLACEMENT NEEDS.

16 Section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937

17 (42 U.S.C. 1437l) is amended—

18 (1) in subsection (d)—

19 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and

20 (B) in paragraph (4) in the matter preced21 ing subparagraph (A)—

22 (i) by striking ‘‘and replacements,’’;

23 and

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘(1), (2), and (3)’’ and

25 inserting ‘‘(1) and (3)’’; and
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1 (2) in subsection (f)(1)—

2 (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and

3 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘(1),

4 (2), and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) and (3)’’.

5 SEC. 204. APPLICABILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING AMEND6 MENTS TO INDIAN HOUSING.

7 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 201(b) of the United

8 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aa(b)) is

9 amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE I.—Except as other11 wise provided by law, the provisions of title I shall apply

12 to low-income housing developed or operated pursuant to

13 a contract between the Secretary and an Indian housing

14 authority.’’.

15 (b) APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENT.—The amend16 ment made by subsection (a) shall not affect provisions

17 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that were made

18 applicable to public housing developed or operated pursu19 ant to a contract between the Secretary and an Indian

20 housing authority in accordance with section 201(b)(2) of

21 such Act, as such section existed before the effective date

22 of this section.

23 (c) APPLICABILITY OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY

24 DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1992.—Sections 103(a)(1), 112,

25 114, 116, 118, 903, and 927 of the Housing and Commu-
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1 nity Development Act of 1992 shall apply to public hous2 ing developed or operated pursuant to a contract between

3 the Secretary and an Indian housing authority.

4 SEC. 205. PROJECT-BASED ACCOUNTING.

5 Section 6(c)(4)(E) of the United States Housing Act

6 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(c)(4)(E)) is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘250’’ and inserting ‘‘500’’.

8 SEC. 206. OPERATING SUBSIDY ADJUSTMENTS FOR ANTICI9 PATED FRAUD RECOVERIES.

10 Section 9(a) of the United States Housing Act of

11 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(a)) is amended by adding at the

12 end the following new paragraph:

13 ‘‘(4) Adjustments to a public housing agency’s oper14 ating subsidy made by the Secretary under this section

15 shall reflect actual changes in rental income collections re16 sulting from the application of section 904 of the Stewart

17 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of

18 1988.’’.

19 SEC. 207. LABOR STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION CON20 TRACTS UNDER UNITED STATES HOUSING

21 ACT OF 1937.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12(a) of the United

23 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j(a)) is

24 amended—
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1 (1) by inserting before ‘‘shall also contain a

2 provision’’ the following: ‘‘any such contract which is

3 in excess of (1) $100,000 for new construction (in4 cluding painting and decorating), or (2) $15,000 for

5 alteration, repair, renovation, demolition, or recon6 struction (including painting or decorating),’’; and

7 (2) by striking ‘‘(including a project with nine

8 or more units assisted under section 8 of this Act,

9 where the public housing agency or the Secretary

10 and the builder or sponsor enter into an agreement

11 for such use before construction or rehabilitation is

12 commenced)’’.

13 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding the amend14 ments made by subsection (a), the provisions of section

15 12 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as in effect

16 immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act,

17 shall apply with respect to contracts for loans, contribu18 tions, sale, or lease pursuant to such Act if—

19 (1) in the case of a public housing project, the

20 public housing agency has advertised before such ef21 fective date for (i) competitive bids to build, rehabili22 tate, or modernize the project on a site owned by the

23 public housing agency, or (ii) a developer to submit

24 a proposal for a site or property owned or to be pur-
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1 chased by the developer for sale to the public hous2 ing agency upon completion of the project;

3 (2) in the case of a project assisted under sec4 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,

5 the public housing agency or the Secretary and the

6 builder or sponsor entered into an agreement for

7 such use before such effective date; or

8 (3) in the case of a project under title III, an

9 applicant has submitted an application for an imple10 mentation grant to the Secretary before such effec11 tive date.

12 SEC. 208. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LEAD HAZARD RE13 DUCTION GRANTEES.

14 Section 1011(g) of the Housing and Community De15 velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5318 note) is hereby

16 repealed.

17 SEC. 209. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN CONNECTION WITH

18 GRANTS FOR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD RE19 DUCTION.

20 Section 1011 of the Housing and Community Devel21 opment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5318 note) is amended—

22 (1) by redesignating subsection (o) as sub23 section (p); and

24 (2) by adding after subsection (n) the following

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1 ‘‘(o) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of environ3 mental review, decisionmaking, and action pursuant

4 to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1960

5 and other provisions of law that further the purposes

6 of such Act, a grant under this section shall be

7 treated as assistance under the HOME Investment

8 Partnership Act, established under title II of the

9 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

10 Act, and shall be subject to the regulations promul11 gated by the Secretary to implement section 288 of

12 such Act.

13 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall

14 apply to—

15 ‘‘(A) grants awarded under this section;

16 and

17 ‘‘(B) grants awarded to States and units

18 of general local government for the abatement

19 of significant lead-based paint and lead dust

20 hazards in low- and moderate-income owner-oc21 cupied units and low-income privately owned

22 rental units pursuant to title II of the Depart23 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and

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1 Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–

2 139, 105 Stat. 736).’’.

3 SEC. 210. FIRE SAFETY IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.

4 Section 31(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Federal Fire Prevention

5 and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2227(c)(2)(A)(i)) is

6 amended by adding ‘‘(or equivalent level of safety)’’ after

7 ‘‘system’’.

8 SEC. 211. PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES.

9 Section 6(d) of the United States Housing Act of

10 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(d)) is amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘(d) Every’’ and inserting the

12 following:

13 ‘‘(d) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.—

14 ‘‘(1) EXEMPTION FROM STATE AND LOCAL

15 TAXES AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENT.—Every’’;

16 (2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘10 per

17 centum’’ and all that follows through the period and

18 inserting the following: ‘‘the amount determined

19 under paragraph (2),’’; and

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new

21 paragraphs:

22 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—For any project, the amount

23 referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the greater

24 of—
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1 ‘‘(A)(i) 10 percent of the sum of the shel2 ter rents charged in such project, or (ii) such

3 lesser amount that (I) is prescribed by State

4 law, (II) is agreed to by the local governing

5 body in its agreement for local cooperation with

6 the public housing agency required under sec7 tion 5(e)(2), or (III) is due to failure of a local

8 public body or bodies other than the public

9 housing agency to perform any obligation under

10 such agreement.

11 ‘‘(B) the difference of—

12 ‘‘(i) the sum of (I) $150 multiplied by

13 the number of units in the project des14 ignated for occupancy by elderly families

15 pursuant to section 7, and (II) $250 multi16 plied by the number of units in the project

17 that are not units designated for occu18 pancy by elderly families pursuant to sec19 tion 7; less

20 ‘‘(ii) any amount that the local gov21 ernment body, in its agreement for local

22 cooperation with the public housing agency

23 required under section 5(e)(2), agrees to

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1 ‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.—

2 The amendments under section 211 shall be made

3 and shall take effect on October 1, 1994 and shall

4 apply with respect to fiscal year 1995 and fiscal

5 years thereafter.’’.

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