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[S. 1769 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1769

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                                 AN ACT

         To make a technical amendment, and for other purposes.






103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1769

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
         To make a technical amendment, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. CDBG TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of Slidell, 
Louisiana may submit, not later than 10 days after the enactment of 
this Act, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
consider and accept, the final statement of community development 
objectives and projected use of funds required by section 104(a)(1) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 in connection with a 
grant to the city of Slidell under title 1 of such Act for fiscal year 
1994.

SEC. 2. INCREASE OF CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CAP.

    (a) In General.--Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after the penultimate comma; and
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
        following: ``, and except that of any amount of assistance 
        under this title (including program income) in fiscal year 1994 
        to the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, such city may use not 
        more than 20 percent in each such fiscal year for activities 
        under this paragraph''.

SEC. 3. CONVERSION PROJECTS.

    (a) Section 23 Conversion.--
            (1) Authorization.--Notwithstanding contracts entered into 
        pursuant to section 14(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
        of 1937, the Secretary is authorized to enter into obligations 
        for conversion of Leonard Terrace Apartments in Grand Rapids, 
        Michigan, from a leased housing contract under section 23 of 
        such Act to a project-based rental assistance contract under 
        section 8 of such Act.
            (2) Repayment required.--The authorization made in 
        paragraph (1) is conditioned on the repayment to the Secretary 
        of all amounts received by the public housing agency under the 
        comprehensive improvement assistance program under section 14 
        of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the Leonard 
        Terrace Apartment project and the amounts, as determined by the 
        Secretary, received by the public housing agency under the 
        formula in section 14(k) of such Act by reason of the project.

SEC. 4. FIRE SAFETY IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.

    Section 31(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2227(c)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by adding ``(or 
equivalent level of safety)'' after ``system''.

            Passed the Senate November 22, 1993.

            Attest:






                                                             Secretary.`