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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1124

To terminate the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development providing Federal assistance for new construction of housing

and increase the amount of Federal assistance available for vouchers

for rental of privately owned dwelling units.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 24, 1993

Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. DOOLITTLE,

and Mr. ZIMMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To terminate the programs of the Department of Housing

and Urban Development providing Federal assistance for

new construction of housing and increase the amount

of Federal assistance available for vouchers for rental

of privately owned dwelling units.

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 ‘‘Housing Voucher Act

5 of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION

2 OF PUBLIC HOUSING.

3 (a) LOAN AUTHORITY.—After the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban

5 Development may not enter into any new commitment to

6 make loans under section 4 of the United States Housing

7 Act of 1937 to public housing agencies for the develop8 ment or acquisition of public housing projects by such

9 agencies.

10 (b) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.—After the date of

11 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and

12 Urban Development may not enter into any new contract

13 to make contributions under section 5 of the United States

14 Housing Act of 1937 to public housing agencies for the

15 development or acquisition of public housing projects by

16 such agencies.

17 (c) EXISTING COMMITMENTS.—After the date of the

18 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and

19 Urban Development may make contributions and loans for

20 the development or acquisition of public housing projects

21 only pursuant to legally binding commitments to make

22 such loans or contracts for such contributions entered into

23 on or before the date of the enactment of this Act.

24 (d) INAPPLICABILITY TO INDIAN HOUSING.—The

25 provisions of this section shall not apply to public housing

26 developed pursuant to a contract between the Secretary
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1 of Housing and Urban Development and an Indian hous2 ing authority.

3 (e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the

4 terms ‘‘Indian housing authority’’, ‘‘project’’, ‘‘public

5 housing’’, and ‘‘public housing agency’’ have the meanings

6 given the terms in section 3(b) of the United States Hous7 ing Act of 1937.

8 SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION

9 OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDER10 LY.

11 (a) AUTHORITY.—After the date of the enactment of

12 this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop13 ment may not enter into any new commitment to make

14 capital advances under section 202(c)(1) of the Housing

15 Act of 1959 for the construction, reconstruction, rehabili16 tation, or acquisition of supportive housing for the elderly

17 under such section 202.

18 (b) EXISTING COMMITMENTS.—After the date of the

19 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and

20 Urban Development may make capital advances for the

21 construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or acquisition

22 of supportive housing for the elderly under section 202

23 of the Housing Act of 1959 only pursuant to legally bind24 ing commitments to make such advances entered into on

25 or before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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1 SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION

2 OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS

3 WITH DISABILITIES.

4 (a) AUTHORITY.—After the date of the enactment of

5 this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop6 ment may not enter into any new commitment to make

7 capital advances under section 811(d)(1) of the Cranston8 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act for the con9 struction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of

10 supportive housing for the persons with disabilities under

11 such section 811.

12 (b) EXISTING COMMITMENTS.—After the date of the

13 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and

14 Urban Development may make capital advances for the

15 construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or acquisition

16 of supportive housing for persons with disabilities under

17 section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable

18 Housing Act only pursuant to legally binding commit19 ments to make such advances entered into on or before

20 the date of the enactment of this Act.

21 SEC. 5. INCREASE OF VOUCHER AUTHORITY AND SET22 ASIDES FOR THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS

23 WITH DISABILITIES.

24 (a) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Any budget authority

25 available under section 5(c) of the United States Housing

26 Act of 1937 for assistance under section 8(o) of such Act
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1 is authorized to be increased by $150,000,000 on or after

2 October 1, 1993.

3 (b) SET-ASIDE.—From any amount appropriated

4 pursuant to subsection (a) in any fiscal year, the Secretary

5 shall make available an amount for voucher assistance for

6 elderly persons (as such term is defined in section 202(k)

7 of the Housing Act of 1959) and for persons with disabil8 ities (as such term is defined in section 811(k) of the

9 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act) that

10 bears approximately the same ratio to such amount appro11 priated as—

12 (1) the actual need for such assistance for el13 derly persons and persons with disabilities bears to

14 the total national need for such assistance, as deter15 mined by the Secretary; or

16 (2) the total annual amount of assistance pro17 vided by the Secretary for construction, reconstruc18 tion, rehabilitation, or acquisition of housing for el19 derly persons and persons with disabilities bears to

20 the total annual amount of housing assistance pro21 vided by the Secretary, as determined by the Sec22 retary for recent years.

23 (c) PERMISSIBLE USES.—Vouchers for rental assist24 ance provided with the amounts made available under this

25 section may be used for the rental of dwelling units or
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1 costs of residency as determined by qualified voucher re2 cipients.

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