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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 427 

To provide for additional section 8 vouchers, to reauthorize the Public and 

Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 30, 2007 

Mr. FEINGOLD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for additional section 8 vouchers, to reauthorize 

the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program, 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 ‘‘Affordable Housing 

5 Expansion and Public Safety Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INCREASE IN INCREMENTAL SECTION 8 VOUCHERS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal year 2008 and subject 

8 to renewal, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop9 ment shall provide an additional 100,000 incremental 

10 vouchers for tenant-based rental housing assistance under 


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1 section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

2 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)). 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

5 appropriated $8,650,000,000 for the provision and 

6 renewal of the vouchers described in subsection (a). 

7 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Any amount appropriated 

8 under paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 (3) CARRYOVER.—To the extent that any 

11 amounts appropriated for any fiscal are not ex12 pended by the Secretary of Housing and Urban De13 velopment in such fiscal year for purposes of sub14 section (a), any remaining amounts shall be carried 

15 forward for use by the Secretary to renew the vouch16 ers described in subsection (a) in subsequent years. 

17 (c) DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS.— 

18 (1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary 

19 may not use more than $800,000,000 of the 

20 amounts authorized under paragraph (1) to cover 

21 the administrative costs associated with the provi22 sion and renewal of the vouchers described in sub23 section (a). 

24 (2) VOUCHER COSTS.—The Secretary shall use 

25 all remaining amounts authorized under paragraph 


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1 (1) to cover the costs of providing and renewing the 

2 vouchers described in subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 3. TARGETED EXPANSION OF HOME INVESTMENT 

4 PARTNERSHIP (HOME) PROGRAM. 

5 (a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section are as 

6 follows: 

7 (1) To authorize additional funding under sub8 title A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

9 Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.), 

10 commonly referred to as the Home Investments 

11 Partnership (‘‘HOME’’) program, to provide dedi12 cated funding for the expansion and preservation of 

13 housing for extremely low-income individuals and 

14 families through eligible uses of investment as de15 fined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 212(a) of 

16 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 

17 Act. 

18 (2) Such additional funding is intended to sup19 plement the HOME funds already allocated to a 

20 participating jurisdiction to provide additional assist21 ance in targeting resources to extremely low-income 

22 individuals and families. 

23 (3) Such additional funding is not intended to 

24 be the only source of assistance for extremely low25 income individuals and families under the HOME 


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1 program, and participating jurisdictions shall con2 tinue to use non-set aside HOME funds to provide 

3 assistance to such extremely low-income individuals 

4 and families. 

5 (b) SET ASIDE FOR EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME INDI6 VIDUALS AND FAMILIES.— 

7 (1) ELIGIBLE USE.—Section 212(a) of the 

8 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

9 (42 U.S.C. 12742(a)) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘(6) EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS

12 AND FAMILIES.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each participating ju14 risdiction shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) use funds provided under this 

16 subtitle to provide affordable housing to in17 dividuals and families whose incomes do 

18 not exceed 30 percent of median family in19 come for that jurisdiction; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) ensure the use of such funds 

21 does not result in the concentration of in22 dividuals and families assisted under this 

23 section into high-poverty areas. 

24 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If a participating juris25 diction can certify to the Secretary that such 


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1 participating jurisdiction has met in its jurisdic2 tion the housing needs of extremely low-income 

3 individuals and families described in subpara4 graph (A), such participating jurisdiction may 

5 use any remaining funds provided under this 

6 subtitle for purposes of subparagraph (A) to 

7 provide affordable housing to individuals and 

8 families whose incomes do not exceed 50 per9 cent of median family income for that jurisdic10 tion. 

11 ‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Sec12 retary shall notify each participating jurisdic13 tion receiving funds for purposes of this para14 graph that use of such funds, as required under 

15 subparagraph (A), does not exempt or prevent 

16 that participating jurisdiction from using any 

17 other funds awarded under this subtitle to pro18 vide affordable housing to extremely low-income 

19 individuals and families. 

20 ‘‘(D) RENTAL HOUSING.—Notwithstanding 

21 section 215(a), housing that is for rental shall 

22 qualify as affordable housing under this para23 graph only if such housing is occupied by ex24 tremely low-income individuals or families who 

25 pay as a contribution toward rent (excluding 


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1 any Federal or State rental subsidy provided on 

2 behalf of the individual or family) not more 

3 than 30 percent of the monthly adjusted income 

4 of such individual or family, as determined by 

5 the Secretary.’’. 

6 (2) PRO RATA DISTRIBUTION.—Section 217 of 

7 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 12747) is amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

10 ‘‘(e) PRO RATA DISTRIBUTION FOR EXTREMELY

11 LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.—Notwith12 standing any other provision of this Act, in any fiscal year 

13 the Secretary shall allocate any funds specifically approved 

14 in an appropriations Act to provide affordable housing to 

15 extremely low-income individuals or families under section 

16 212(a)(6), such funds shall be allocated to each partici17 pating jurisdiction in an amount which bears the same 

18 ratio to such amount as the amount such participating 

19 jurisdiction receives for such fiscal year under this sub20 title, not including any amounts allocated for any addi21 tional set-asides specified in such appropriations Act for 

22 that fiscal year.’’. 

23 (3) CERTIFICATION.—Section 226 of the Cran24 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 


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1 U.S.C. 12756) is amended by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each participating jurisdic5 tion shall certify on annual basis to the Secretary 

6 that any funds used to provide affordable housing to 

7 extremely low-income individuals or families under 

8 section 212(a)(6) were actually used to assist such 

9 families. 

10 ‘‘(2) CONTENT OF CERTIFICATION.—Each cer11 tification required under paragraph (1) shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) state the number of extremely low-in13 come individuals and families assisted in the 

14 previous 12 months; 

15 ‘‘(B) separate such extremely low-income 

16 individuals and families into those individuals 

17 and families who were assisted by— 

18 ‘‘(i) funds set aside specifically for 

19 such individuals and families under section 

20 212(a)(6); and 

21 ‘‘(ii) any other funds awarded under 

22 this subtitle; and 

23 ‘‘(C) describe the type of activities, includ24 ing new construction, preservation, and rehabili25 tation of housing, provided to such extremely 


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1 low-income individuals and families that were 

2 supported by— 

3 ‘‘(i) funds set aside specifically for 

4 such individuals and families under section 

5 212(a)(6); and 

6 ‘‘(ii) any other funds awarded under 

7 this subtitle. 

8 ‘‘(3) INCLUSION WITH PERFORMANCE RE9 PORT.—The certification required under paragraph 

10 (1) shall be included in the jurisdiction’s annual per11 formance report submitted to the Secretary under 

12 section 108(a) and made available to the public.’’. 

13 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi14 tion to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated 

15 under any other law or appropriations Act to carry out 

16 the provisions of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na17 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12701 et seq.), 

18 there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 

19 provisions of this section $400,000,000 for each of fiscal 

20 years 2008 through 2012. 

21 SEC. 4. PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING CRIME AND DRUG 

22 ELIMINATION PROGRAM. 

23 (a) TITLE CHANGE.—The chapter heading of chapter 

24 2 of subtitle C of title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 


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1 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.) is amended to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘CHAPTER 2—PUBLIC AND ASSISTED 

4 HOUSING CRIME AND DRUG ELIMI5 NATION PROGRAM’’. 

6 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

7 (1) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 5129(a) 

8 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 

9 11908(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap11 propriated to carry out this chapter $200,000,000 for 

12 each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.’’. 

13 (2) SET ASIDE FOR THE OFFICE OF POLICY DE14 VELOPMENT AND RESEARCH.—Section 5129 of the 

15 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11908) is 

16 amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(d) SET ASIDE FOR THE OFFICE OF POLICY DE18 VELOPMENT AND RESEARCH.—Of any amounts made 

19 available in any fiscal year to carry out this chapter not 

20 less than 2 percent shall be available to the Office of Pol21 icy Development and Research to carry out the functions 

22 required under section 5130.’’. 

23 (c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Section 5124(a)(6) of 

24 the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 

25 11903(a)(6)) is amended by striking the semicolon and 


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1 inserting the following: ‘‘, except that the activities con2 ducted under any such program and paid for, in whole 

3 or in part, with grant funds awarded under this chapter 

4 may only include— 

5 ‘‘(A) providing access to treatment for 

6 drug abuse through rehabilitation or relapse 

7 prevention; 

8 ‘‘(B) providing education about the dan9 gers and adverse consequences of drug use or 

10 violent crime; 

11 ‘‘(C) assisting drug users in discontinuing 

12 their drug use through an education program, 

13 and, if appropriate, referring such users to a 

14 drug treatment program; 

15 ‘‘(D) providing after school activities for 

16 youths for the purpose of discouraging, reduc17 ing, or eliminating drug use or violent crime by 

18 youths; 

19 ‘‘(E) providing capital improvements for 

20 the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi21 nating drug use or violent crime; and 

22 ‘‘(F) providing security services for the 

23 purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi24 nating drug use or violent crime.’’. 

25 (d) EFFECTIVENESS.— 


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1 (1) APPLICATION PLAN.—Section 5125(a) of 

2 the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 

3 11904(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: ‘‘To the maximum extent feasible, each plan 

5 submitted under this section shall be developed in 

6 coordination with relevant local law enforcement 

7 agencies and other local entities involved in crime 

8 prevention and reduction. Such plan also shall in9 clude an agreement to work cooperatively with the 

10 Office of Policy Development and Research in its ef11 forts to carry out the functions required under sec12 tion 5130.’’ 

13 (2) HUD REPORT.—Section 5127 of the Anti14 Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11906) is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(d) EFFECTIVENESS REPORT.—The Secretary shall 

17 submit a report to the Congress not later than 4 years 

18 after the date of the enactment of the Affordable Housing 

19 Expansion and Public Safety Act that includes— 

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

21 program activities that have been funded by grants 

22 under this chapter; 

23 ‘‘(2) promising strategies related to preventing 

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1 lic and federally assisted low-income housing derived 

2 from— 

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

4 ‘‘(B) evaluations of programs funded by 

5 grants under this chapter that were conducted 

6 by the Office of Policy Development and Review 

7 or by the grantees themselves; 

8 ‘‘(3) how the information gathered in para9 graph (2) has been incorporated into— 

10 ‘‘(A) the guidance provided to applicants 

11 under this chapter; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the implementing regulations under 

13 this chapter; and 

14 ‘‘(4) any statutory changes that the Secretary 

15 would recommend to help make grants awarded 

16 under this chapter more effective.’’. 

17 (3) OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RE18 SEARCH REVIEW AND PLAN.—Chapter 2 of subtitle 

19 C of title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 

20 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 5130. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RE23 SEARCH REVIEW AND PLAN. 

24 ‘‘(a) REVIEW.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Policy Devel2 opment and Research established pursuant to sec3 tion 501 of the Housing and Urban Development 

4 Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1) shall conduct a re5 view of existing research relating to preventing and 

6 reducing violent and drug-related crime to assess, 

7 using scientifically rigorous and acceptable methods, 

8 which strategies— 

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

10 preventing and reducing violent and drug-re11 lated crimes; and 

12 ‘‘(B) would be likely to be effective in pre13 venting and reducing violent and drug-related 

14 crimes in public and federally assisted low-in15 come housing environments. 

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

17 the date of enactment of the Affordable Housing Ex18 pansion and Public Safety Act, the Secretary shall 

19 issue a written report with the results of the review 

20 required under paragraph (1). 

21 ‘‘(b) EVALUATION PLAN.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon completion of the re23 view required under subsection (a)(1), the Office of 

24 Policy Development and Research, in consultation 

25 with housing authorities, social scientists, and other 


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1 interested parties, shall develop and implement a 

2 plan for evaluating the effectiveness of strategies 

3 funded under this chapter, including new and inno4 vative strategies and existing strategies, that have 

5 not previously been subject to rigorous evaluation 

6 methodologies. 

7 ‘‘(2) METHODOLOGY.—The plan described in 

8 paragraph (1) shall require such evaluations to use 

9 rigorous methodologies, particularly random assign10 ment (where practicable), that are capable of pro11 ducing scientifically valid knowledge regarding which 

12 program activities are effective in preventing and re13 ducing violent and drug-related crime in public and 

14 other federally assisted low-income housing.’’. 

15 SEC. 5. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE CREATION 

16 OF A NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

17 TRUST FUND. 

18 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

19 (1) Only 1 in 4 eligible households receives Fed20 eral rental assistance. 

21 (2) The number of families facing severe hous22 ing cost burdens grew by almost 2,000,0000 house23 holds between 2001 and 2004. 

24 (3) 1 in 3 families spend more than 30 percent 

25 of their earnings on housing costs. 


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1 (4) More than 75 percent of renter households 

2 with severe housing affordability burdens are ex3 tremely low-income families. 

4 (5) More than half of extremely low-income 

5 households pay at least half of their income on hous6 ing. 

7 (6) At least 500,000 Americans are homeless 

8 every day. 

9 (7) 2,000,000 to 3,000,0000 Americans are 

10 homeless for various lengths of time each year. 

11 (8) It is estimated that the development of an 

12 average housing unit creates on average more than 

13 3 jobs and the development of an average multi14 family unit creates on average more than 1 job. 

15 (9) It is estimated that over $80,000 is pro16 duced in government revenue for an average single 

17 family unit built and over $30,000 is produced in 

18 government revenue for an average multifamily unit 

19 built. 

20 (10) The Bipartisan Millennial Housing Com21 mission stated that ‘‘the most serious housing prob22 lem in America is the mismatch between the number 

23 of extremely low income renter households and the 

24 number of units available to them with acceptable 

25 quality and affordable rents.’’. 


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1 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the 

2 Senate that— 

3 (1) Congress shall create a national affordable 

4 housing trust fund with the purpose of supplying 

5 1,500,000 additional affordable housing units over 

6 the next 10 years; 

7 (2) such a trust fund shall contain sufficient in8 come targeting to reflect the housing affordability 

9 burdens faced by extremely low-income and very low10 income families; and 

11 (3) such a trust fund shall contain enough flexi12 bility to allow local communities to produce, pre13 serve, and rehabilitate affordable housing units while 

14 ensuring that such affordable housing development 

15 fosters the creation of healthy and sustainable com16 munities. 

17 SEC. 6. OFFSETS. 

18 (a) REPEAL OF MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AU19 THORITY FOR F–22A RAPTOR FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.—Ef20 fective as of October 17, 2006, section 134 of the John 

21 Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

22 Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364), relating to multiyear 

23 procurement authority for F–22A Raptor fighter aircraft, 

24 is repealed. 


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1 (b) ADVANCED RESEARCH FOR FOSSIL FUELS.— 

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 

3 of Energy shall not carry out any program that conducts, 

4 or provides assistance for, applied research for fossil fuels. 

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