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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1327 

To reauthorize the public and Indian housing drug elimination program of 

the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 23, 2009 

Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

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

Urban Development, 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. 

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

5 Housing Crime and Drug Elimination Program Reauthor6 ization Act of 2009’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO SHORT TITLE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Public and Assisted Housing 

9 Drug Elimination Act of 1990 is amended by striking the 


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1 chapter designation and heading and all that follows 

2 through section 5121 (42 U.S.C. 11901 note; 102 Stat. 

3 4301; 104 Stat. 4245) and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘CHAPTER 2—PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUS5 ING CRIME AND DRUG ELIMINATION 

6 PROGRAM 

7 ‘‘SEC. 5121. SHORT TITLE. 

8 ‘‘This chapter may be cited as the ‘Public and Indian 

9 Housing Crime and Drug Elimination Program Act’.’’. 

10 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any Federal, 

11 State, tribal, or local law (including regulations) to the 

12 ‘‘Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 

13 1990’’ (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.) shall be considered to 

14 be a reference to the ‘‘Public and Indian Housing Crime 

15 and Drug Elimination Program Act’’. 

16 SEC. 3. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 

17 Section 5124(a)(6) of the Public and Indian Housing 

18 Crime and Drug Elimination Program Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 11903(a)(6)) (as amended by section 2(a)) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘treatment programs;’’ and inserting the fol21 lowing: ‘‘treatment programs, except that the activities 

22 conducted under any such program and paid for, in whole 

23 or in part, using a grant provided under this chapter may 

24 only include— 


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1 ‘‘(A) providing access to treatment for 

2 drug abuse through rehabilitation or relapse 

3 prevention; 

4 ‘‘(B) providing education regarding the 

5 dangers and adverse consequences of drug use 

6 or violent crime; 

7 ‘‘(C)(i) assisting drug users in dis8 continuing drug use through an educational 

9 program; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) if appropriate, referring the users to 

11 drug treatment programs; 

12 ‘‘(D) providing after-school activities for 

13 youths for the purpose of discouraging, reduc14 ing, or eliminating drug use or violent crime by 

15 youths; 

16 ‘‘(E) providing capital improvements for 

17 the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi18 nating drug use or violent crime; and 

19 ‘‘(F) providing security services for the 

20 purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi21 nating drug use or violent crime;’’. 

22 SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS. 

23 Section 5125(a) of the Public and Indian Housing 

24 Crime and Drug Elimination Program Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 11904(a)) (as amended by section 2(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking the subsection designation and 

2 heading and all that follows through ‘‘To receive a 

3 grant’’ and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant’’; 

6 (2) in the first sentence, by inserting a comma 

7 after ‘‘an Indian tribe’’; 

8 (3) in the second sentence— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘Such application’’ and in10 serting the following: 

11 ‘‘(2) INCLUSION OF PLAN.—An application 

12 under paragraph (1)’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘around of the housing’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘around the housing’’; and 

15 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(3) DEVELOPMENT; AGREEMENTS.—Each 

17 plan submitted under paragraph (2) shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) to the maximum extent practicable, 

19 be developed in coordination with relevant local 

20 law enforcement agencies and other local enti21 ties involved in crime prevention and reduction; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(B) include an agreement between the ap24 plicant and the Office of Policy Development 

25 and Research under which the applicant shall 


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1 work cooperatively with the Office in carrying 

2 out section 5129.’’. 

3 SEC. 5. REPORTS. 

4 Section 5127 of the Public and Indian Housing 

5 Crime and Drug Elimination Program Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 11906) (as amended by section 2(a)) is amended by add7 ing at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(d) EFFECTIVENESS REPORT.—Not later than 4 

9 years after the date of enactment of the Public and Indian 

10 Housing Crime and Drug Elimination Program Reauthor11 ization Act of 2009, the Secretary shall submit to Con12 gress a report that includes— 

13 ‘‘(1) aggregate data regarding the categories of 

14 program activities that have been funded by grants 

15 under this chapter; 

16 ‘‘(2) promising strategies relating to preventing 

17 and reducing violent and drug-related crime in pub18 lic, Indian, and federally assisted low-income housing 

19 derived from— 

20 ‘‘(A) a review of existing research; and 

21 ‘‘(B) evaluations of programs funded by 

22 grants under this chapter that were conducted 

23 by— 

24 ‘‘(i) the Office of Policy Development 

25 and Research; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) grantees; 

2 ‘‘(3) the means by which the strategies de3 scribed in paragraph (2) have been incorporated 

4 into— 

5 ‘‘(A) guidance provided to applicants under 

6 this chapter; and 

7 ‘‘(B) regulations promulgated pursuant to 

8 this chapter; and 

9 ‘‘(4) any statutory changes recommended by the 

10 Secretary to increase the effectiveness of grants pro11 vided under this chapter.’’. 

12 SEC. 6. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 

13 REVIEW AND EVALUATION PLAN. 

14 The Public and Indian Housing Crime and Drug 

15 Elimination Program Act (as amended by section 2(a)) 

16 is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating section 5129 (42 U.S.C. 

18 11908) as section 5130; and 

19 (2) by inserting after section 5128 (42 U.S.C. 

20 11907) the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 5129. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RE22 SEARCH REVIEW AND EVALUATION PLAN. 

23 ‘‘(a) REVIEW.— 

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1 tion 501 of the Housing and Urban Development 

2 Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1) shall conduct a re3 view of existing research relating to preventing and 

4 reducing violent and drug-related crime to assess, 

5 using scientifically rigorous and acceptable methods, 

6 any strategies that— 

7 ‘‘(A) have been found to be effective in 

8 preventing and reducing violent and drug-re9 lated crime; and 

10 ‘‘(B) are likely to be effective in preventing 

11 and reducing violent and drug-related crime in 

12 public and federally assisted low-income hous13 ing. 

14 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the date of enactment of the Public and Indian 

16 Housing Crime and Drug Elimination Program Re17 authorization Act of 2009, the Secretary shall pub18 lish a written report describing the results of the re19 view under paragraph (1). 

20 ‘‘(b) EVALUATION PLAN.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On completion of the re22 view under subsection (a)(1), the Office of Policy 

23 Development and Research, in consultation with 

24 housing authorities, social scientists, and other inter25 ested parties, shall develop and implement a plan for 


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1 evaluating the effectiveness of each strategy (includ2 ing new and innovative strategies and existing strat3 egies) funded under this chapter that have not pre4 viously been subject to a rigorous evaluation method5 ology, as determined by the Office. 

6 ‘‘(2) METHODOLOGY.—The plan developed 

7 under paragraph (1) shall require each evaluation 

8 carried out pursuant to the plan to use a rigorous 

9 methodology, particularly random assignment (where 

10 practicable), that is capable of producing scientif11 ically valid knowledge regarding which program ac12 tivities are effective in preventing and reducing vio13 lent and drug-related crime in public and other fed14 erally assisted low-income housing.’’. 

15 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 Section 5130 of the Public and Indian Housing 

17 Crime and Drug Elimination Program Act (as amended 

18 by sections 2(a) and 6(1)) (42 U.S.C. 11908) is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap23 propriated to carry out this chapter— 

24 ‘‘(1) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

25 ‘‘(2) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 


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1 ‘‘(3) $265,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

2 ‘‘(4) $285,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 

3 ‘‘(5) $310,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(d) SET-ASIDE FOR OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOP6 MENT AND RESEARCH.—Of the amounts made available 

7 for each fiscal year to carry out this chapter, not less than 

8 2 percent shall be made available to the Office of Policy 

9 Development and Research to carry out section 5129.’’. 

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