(3) shall provide for the fulfillment of any out-
standing obligations of the Association and the wind-
up of the business of the Association; and
(4) shall include any recommendations for legis-
lation that may be necessary for carrying out the
amendment made by subsection (a) and the plan
under this subsection;
The Secretary shall submit a copy of the plan under this
section to the Congress not later than the expiration of
the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 309. CALCULATION OF FAIR MARKET RENTS UNDER
SECTION 8 PROGRAM.
Section 8(c)(1) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(c)(1)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall establish a computerized
random digit dialing system similar to such systems used
by private real estate agents to maintain current informa-
tion on market rents for all market areas. The Secretary
shall examine the information for each market area that
is available from the system established under this sub-
paragraph not less than once every 3 months, and shall
take such information into consideration in determining
and adjusting fair market rentals under this paragraph.’’.
SEC. 310. INCREASE OF THRESHOLD OCCUPANCY RATE
FOR PHA’S UNDER PERFORMANCE FUNDING
SYSTEM.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pur-
poses of determining the amount of operating subsidies
available for a public housing agency pursuant to the per-
formance funding system under section 9 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, the projected percentage of
occupancy for all project units for an agency shall be—
(1) 98 percent, if the actual occupancy percent-
age for the agency is equal to or greater than 98
percent; and
(2) the actual occupancy percentage for the
agency, if the actual occupancy percentage is less
than 98 percent solely because of vacant, on-sched-
ule modernization units.
SEC. 311. PROHIBITION OF UTILITY REIMBURSEMENTS.
Section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
no payment may be made to a family occupying a dwelling
unit assisted under this Act for costs of utilities for the
unit not actually incurred.’’.
SEC. 312. COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING
MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES.
Section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437l) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) a description of the competitive bidding
procedures to be used by the public housing agency
for contracts for acquiring supplies and services
using assistance provided pursuant to subsection
(b).’’;
(2) in subsection (e)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (G), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as
subparagraph (I); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (G)
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(H) a description of the competitive bidding
procedures to be used by the public housing agency
for contracts for acquiring supplies and services
using assistance provided pursuant to subsection
(b).’’;
(3) by striking the 2d sentence of subsection
(e)(3)(A) and inserting the following new sentence:
‘‘A public housing agency may expend assistance for
any activities and work consistent with the approved
plan as the agency determines appropriate, but shall
comply with the competitive bidding procedures of
the agency established in accordance with the stand-
ards issued by the Secretary under subsection
(g)(2).’’; and
(4) in subsection (g)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(g)’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘that such
agency’’;
(C) by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ‘‘, and (B) in acquiring sup-
plies and services using assistance provided pur-
suant to subsection (b), has established and
complied with competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with the standards issued by the
Secretary under paragraph (2)’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) Each public housing agency that receives assist-
ance under subsection (b) shall establish competitive bid-
ding procedures for expending such assistance for activi-
ties, work, supplies, and services for the purpose under
such subsection and shall expend such assistance in ac-
cordance with the procedures. The Secretary shall issue
regulations requiring and establishing standards for such
competitive bidding procedures.’’.
SEC. 313. LOW-INCOME HOUSING PRESERVATION.
(a) REPEAL OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING PRESERVA-
TION AND RESIDENT HOMEOWNERSHIP ACT OF 1990.—
The Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident
Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4101) is hereby
repealed.
(b) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Notwithstanding the repeal
made by subsection (a), the provisions of the Low-Income
Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act
of 1990 (as in effect immediately before the enactment
of this Act) shall apply with respect to—
(1) any eligible low-income housing (as such
term is defined in section 229 of such Act) for which
a plan of action under section 217 of such Act or
second notice of intent under section 216(d) of such
Act, was submitted to the Secretary (or was required
by such Act to have been submitted) before the date
of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) any eligible low-income housing for which
the owner (A) submitted a notice of intent under
section 212 of such Act to the Secretary before the
date of the enactment of this Act, and (B) elects to
be subject to the provisions of such Act.
(c) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The National
Housing Act is amended—
(1) in section 229 (12 U.S.C. 1715t), by strik-
ing ‘‘except as specified under section 250 of this
Act and subtitle B of the Emergency Low Income
Housing Preservation Act of 1987,’’ and inserting
‘‘except for housing that, pursuant to section 604 of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act or section 13(b) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act
of 1994, is subject to the provisions of the Low-In-
come Housing Preservation and Resident Home-
ownership Act of 1990 or the Emergency Low
Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987’’; and
(2) in section 250, by striking ‘‘eligible low-in-
come housing project (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 229 of the Low-Income Housing Preservation
and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘housing that, pursuant to section 604 of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act or section 13(b) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act
of 1994, is subject to the provisions of the Low-In-
come Housing Preservation and Resident Home-
ownership Act of 1990 or the Emergency Low
Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987,’’.
SEC. 314. QUALITY STANDARDS FOR UNITS ASSISTED WITH
SECTION 8 VOUCHERS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assist-
ance may not be provided under section 8(o) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 for the rental of any dwelling
unit that does not meet the housing quality standards
under section 886.113 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 315. PROHIBITION OF NEW LOANS UNDER SECTION
515 RURAL RENTAL HOUSING PROGRAM.
After the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may not make or insure, or enter
into any commitment to make or insure, any loan under
section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949.