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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4063 

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 

NOVEMBER 16, 2006 

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 2007 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 $8,400,000,000 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 use funds provided under this 

15 subtitle to provide affordable housing to individ16 uals and families whose incomes do not exceed 

17 30 percent of median family income for that ju18 risdiction. 

19 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If a participating juris20 diction can certify to the Secretary that such 

21 participating jurisdiction has met in its jurisdic22 tion the housing needs of extremely low-income 

23 individuals and families described in subpara24 graph (A), such participating jurisdiction may 

25 use any remaining funds provided under this 


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1 subtitle for purposes of subparagraph (A) to 

2 provide affordable housing to individuals and 

3 families whose incomes do not exceed 50 per4 cent of median family income for that jurisdic5 tion. 

6 ‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Sec7 retary shall notify each participating jurisdic8 tion receiving funds for purposes of this para9 graph that use of such funds, as required under 

10 subparagraph (A), does not exempt or prevent 

11 that participating jurisdiction from using any 

12 other funds awarded under this subtitle to pro13 vide affordable housing to extremely low-income 

14 individuals and families. 

15 ‘‘(D) RENTAL HOUSING.—Notwithstanding 

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

17 qualify as affordable housing under this para18 graph only if such housing is occupied by ex19 tremely low-income individuals or families who 

20 pay as a contribution toward rent (excluding 

21 any Federal or State rental subsidy provided on 

22 behalf of the individual or family) not more 

23 than 30 percent of the monthly adjusted income 

24 of such individual or family, as determined by 

25 the Secretary.’’. 


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

2 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 

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

4 end the following: 

5 ‘‘(e) PRO RATA DISTRIBUTION FOR EXTREMELY

6 LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.—Notwith7 standing any other provision of this Act, in any fiscal year 

8 the Secretary shall allocate any funds specifically approved 

9 in an appropriations Act to provide affordable housing to 

10 extremely low-income individuals or families under section 

11 212(a)(6), such funds shall be allocated to each partici12 pating jurisdiction in an amount which bears the same 

13 ratio to such amount as the amount such participating 

14 jurisdiction receives for such fiscal year under this sub15 title, not including any amounts allocated for any addi16 tional set-asides specified in such appropriations Act for 

17 that fiscal year.’’. 

18 (3) CERTIFICATION.—Section 226 of the Cran19 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

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

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each participating jurisdic24 tion shall certify on annual basis to the Secretary 

25 that any funds used to provide affordable housing to 


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1 extremely low-income individuals or families under 

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

3 families. 

4 ‘‘(2) CONTENT OF CERTIFICATION.—Each cer5 tification required under paragraph (1) shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) state the number of extremely low-in7 come individuals and families assisted in the 

8 previous 12 months; 

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

10 individuals and families into those individuals 

11 and families who were assisted by— 

12 ‘‘(i) funds set aside specifically for 

13 such individuals and families under section 

14 212(a)(6); and 

15 ‘‘(ii) any other funds awarded under 

16 this subtitle; and 

17 ‘‘(C) describe the type of activities, includ18 ing new construction, preservation, and rehabili19 tation of housing, provided to such extremely 

20 low-income individuals and families that were 

21 supported by— 

22 ‘‘(i) funds set aside specifically for 

23 such individuals and families under section 

24 212(a)(6); and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) any other funds awarded under 

2 this subtitle. 

3 ‘‘(3) INCLUSION WITH PERFORMANCE RE4 PORT.—The certification required under paragraph 

5 (1) shall be included in the jurisdiction’s annual per6 formance report submitted to the Secretary under 

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

8 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi9 tion to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated 

10 under any other law or appropriations Act to carry out 

11 the provisions of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na12 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12701 et seq.), 

13 there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 

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

15 years 2007 through 2011. 

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

17 ELIMINATION PROGRAM. 

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

19 2 of subtitle C of title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 

20 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.) is amended to read as 

21 follows: 

22 ‘‘CHAPTER 2—PUBLIC AND ASSISTED 

23 HOUSING CRIME AND DRUG ELIMI24 NATION PROGRAM’’. 

25 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 


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

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

3 11908(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap5 propriated to carry out this chapter $200,000,000 for 

6 each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.’’. 

7 (2) SET ASIDE FOR THE OFFICE OF POLICY DE8 VELOPMENT AND RESEARCH.—Section 5129 of the 

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

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(d) SET ASIDE FOR THE OFFICE OF POLICY DE12 VELOPMENT AND RESEARCH.—Of any amounts made 

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

14 less than 2 percent shall be available to the Office of Pol15 icy Development and Research to carry out the functions 

16 required under section 5130.’’. 

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

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

19 11903(a)(6)) is amended by striking the semicolon and 

20 inserting the following: ‘‘, except that the activities con21 ducted under any such program and paid for, in whole 

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

23 may 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 about the dan5 gers and adverse consequences of drug use or 

6 violent crime; 

7 ‘‘(C) assisting drug users in discontinuing 

8 their drug use through an education program, 

9 and, if appropriate, referring such users to a 

10 drug treatment program; 

11 ‘‘(D) providing after school activities for 

12 youths for the purpose of discouraging, reduc13 ing, or eliminating drug use or violent crime by 

14 youths; 

15 ‘‘(E) providing capital improvements for 

16 the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi17 nating drug use or violent crime; and 

18 ‘‘(F) providing security services for the 

19 purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi20 nating drug use or violent crime.’’. 

21 (d) EFFECTIVENESS.— 

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

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

24 11904(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: ‘‘To the maximum extent feasible, each plan 


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1 submitted under this section shall be developed in 

2 coordination with relevant local law enforcement 

3 agencies and other local entities involved in crime 

4 prevention and reduction. Such plan also shall in5 clude an agreement to work cooperatively with the 

6 Office of Policy Development and Research in its ef7 forts to carry out the functions required under sec8 tion 5130.’’ 

9 (2) HUD REPORT.—Section 5127 of the Anti10 Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11906) is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

14 after the date of the enactment of the Affordable Housing 

15 Expansion and Public Safety Act that includes— 

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

17 program activities that have been funded by grants 

18 under this chapter; 

19 ‘‘(2) promising strategies related to preventing 

20 and reducing violent and drug-related crime in pub21 lic and federally assisted low-income housing derived 

22 from— 

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

24 ‘‘(B) evaluations of programs funded by 

25 grants under this chapter that were conducted 


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1 by the Office of Policy Development and Review 

2 or by the grantees themselves; 

3 ‘‘(3) how the information gathered in para4 graph (2) has been incorporated into— 

5 ‘‘(A) the guidance provided to applicants 

6 under this chapter; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the implementing regulations under 

8 this chapter; and 

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

10 would recommend to help make grants awarded 

11 under this chapter more effective.’’. 

12 (3) OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RE13 SEARCH REVIEW AND PLAN.—Chapter 2 of subtitle 

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

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

16 end the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 5130. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RE18 SEARCH REVIEW AND PLAN. 

19 ‘‘(a) REVIEW.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Policy Devel21 opment and Research established pursuant to sec22 tion 501 of the Housing and Urban Development 

23 Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1) shall conduct a re24 view of existing research relating to preventing and 

25 reducing violent and drug-related crime to assess, 


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1 using scientifically rigorous and acceptable methods, 

2 which strategies— 

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

4 preventing and reducing violent and drug-re5 lated crimes; and 

6 ‘‘(B) would be likely to be effective in pre7 venting and reducing violent and drug-related 

8 crimes in public and federally assisted low-in9 come housing environments. 

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

11 the date of enactment of the Affordable Housing Ex12 pansion and Public Safety Act, the Secretary shall 

13 issue a written report with the results of the review 

14 required under paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(b) EVALUATION PLAN.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon completion of the re17 view required under subsection (a)(1), the Office of 

18 Policy Development and Research, in consultation 

19 with housing authorities, social scientists, and other 

20 interested parties, shall develop and implement a 

21 plan for evaluating the effectiveness of strategies 

22 funded under this chapter, including new and inno23 vative strategies and existing strategies, that have 

24 not previously been subject to rigorous evaluation 

25 methodologies. 


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

2 paragraph (1) shall require such evaluations to use 

3 rigorous methodologies, particularly random assign4 ment (where practicable), that are capable of pro5 ducing scientifically valid knowledge regarding which 

6 program activities are effective in preventing and re7 ducing violent and drug-related crime in public and 

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

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

10 OF A NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

11 TRUST FUND. 

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

13 (1) Only 1 in 4 eligible households receives Fed14 eral rental assistance. 

15 (2) The number of families facing severe hous16 ing cost burdens grew by almost 2,000,0000 house17 holds between 2001 and 2004. 

18 (3) 1 in 3 families spend more than 30 percent 

19 of their earnings on housing costs. 

20 (4) More than 75 percent of renter households 

21 with severe housing affordability burdens are ex22 tremely low-income families. 

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

24 households pay at least half of their income on hous25 ing. 


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

2 every day. 

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

4 homeless for various lengths of time each year. 

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

6 average housing unit creates on average more than 

7 3 jobs and the development of an average multi8 family unit creates on average more than 1 job. 

9 (9) It is estimated that over $80,000 is pro10 duced in government revenue for an average single 

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

12 government revenue for an average multifamily unit 

13 built. 

14 (10) The Bipartisan Millennial Housing Com15 mission stated that ‘‘the most serious housing prob16 lem in America is the mismatch between the number 

17 of extremely low income renter households and the 

18 number of units available to them with acceptable 

19 quality and affordable rents.’’. 

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

21 Senate that— 

22 (1) Congress shall create a national affordable 

23 housing trust fund with the purpose of supplying 

24 1,500,000 additional affordable housing units over 

25 the next 10 years; 


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1 (2) such a trust fund shall contain sufficient in2 come targeting to reflect the housing affordability 

3 burdens faced by extremely low-income and very low4 income families; and 

5 (3) such a trust fund shall contain enough flexi6 bility to allow local communities to produce, pre7 serve, and rehabilitate affordable housing units while 

8 ensuring that such affordable housing development 

9 fosters the creation of healthy and sustainable com10 munities. 

11 SEC. 6. OFFSETS. 

12 (a) REPEAL OF MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AU13 THORITY FOR F–22A RAPTOR FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.—Ef14 fective as of October 17, 2006, section 134 of the John 

15 Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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

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

18 is repealed. 

19 (b) ADVANCED RESEARCH FOR FOSSIL FUELS.— 

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 

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

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

23 (c) TERMINATION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRO24 GRAM.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

25 Secretary of Commerce may not award any new grants 


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1 under the Advanced Technology Program, provided for 

2 under section 28 of the National Institute of Standards 

3 and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), effective October 

4 1, 2006. 

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