‘‘(2) URA.—The Uniform Relocation and Real 
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1974 shall apply 
to all relocation activities pursuant to a revitaliza-
tion plan under this section.’’. 
SEC. 9. PLANNING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
Subsection (v) of section 24 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(v)), as 
so redesignated by section 8(1), is amended by striking 
paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Subject 
only to approvable requests for grants pursuant to 
paragraph (1) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
use not less than two percent for grants in such fiscal 
year to recipients of grants under this section to as-
sist such recipients in obtaining technical assistance 
in carrying out revitalization programs.’’. 
SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT; AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS. 
Subsection (u) of section 24, as so redesignated by sec-
tion 8(1) of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) the extent to which public housing agencies 
carrying out revitalization plans with grants under 
this section have complied with the requirements 
under subsection (i) (relating to right to expanded 
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housing opportunities for resident households); and’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘To the extent not inconsistent with any other provisions 
of law, the Secretary shall make publicly available through 
a World Wide Web site of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development all documents of, or filed with, the De-
partment relating to the program under this section, in-
cluding applications, grant agreements, plans, budgets, re-
ports, and amendments to such documents; except that in 
carrying out this sentence, the Secretary shall take such ac-
tions as may be necessary to protect the privacy of any resi-
dents and households displaced from public housing as a 
result of a revitalization plan assisted under this section.’’. 
SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 
Subsection (s) of section 24, as so redesignated by sec-
tion 8(l) of this Act, is amended— 
(1) in clauses (i) and (iii) of paragraph (1)(C), 
by striking ‘‘program’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘plan’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘SUPPORTIVE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTIVE’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘community and’’ before 
‘‘supportive services’’; 
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(C) by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘, and such other services that, 
linked with affordable housing, will improve the 
health and residential stability of public housing 
residents’’; and 
(D) by inserting after ‘‘transportation,’’ the 
following: ‘‘employment and vocational coun-
seling, financial counseling, life skills training,’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (6); 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2), the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SIGNIFICANT
AMENDMENT
OR
CHANGE.— 
The term ‘significant’ means, with respect to an 
amendment or change to a revitalization plan, that 
the amendment or change— 
‘‘(A) changes the use of 10 percent or more 
of the funds provided under the grant made 
under this section for the plan from use for one 
activity to use for another; 
‘‘(B) eliminates an activity that, notwith-
standing the change, would otherwise be carried 
out under the plan; or 
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‘‘(C) changes the scope, location, or bene-
ficiaries of the project carried out under the 
plan.’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) 
COMPREHENSIVE
RELOCATION
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The term ‘comprehensive relocation assist-
ance’ means comprehensive assistance necessary to re-
locate the members of a household, and includes coun-
seling, including counseling regarding housing op-
tions and locations and use of tenant-based assist-
ance, case management services, assistance in locating 
a suitable residence, site tours, and other assistance. 
‘‘(3) DEVELOPMENT.—The term ‘development’ 
has the same meaning given such term in the first 
sentence of paragraph (1) of section 3(c) (42 U.S.C. 
1437a).’’. 
SEC. 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
Paragraph (1) of section 24(f) is amended by striking 
‘‘programs’’ and inserting ‘‘plans’’. 
SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subsection (v)(1) of section 24, as so redesignated by 
section 8(1) of this Act, is amended by striking all that fol-
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lows ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘$800,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2008 through 2015.’’. 
SEC. 14. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM. 
Subsection (w) of section 24, (as so redesignated by 
section 8(2) of this Act) is amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 15. REVIEW. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
(1) conduct a review of activities, actions, and 
methods used in revitalization plans assisted under 
section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
to determine which may be transferable to other feder-
ally-assisted housing programs; and 
(2) make recommendations to the Congress re-
garding the activities, actions, and methods reviewed 
under paragraph (1) not later than the expiration of 
the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 16. REGULATIONS. 
Section 24, as amended by the preceding provisions 
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(x) REGULATIONS.—Not later than the expiration of 
the 120-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of the HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 
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2007, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this 
section, including the amendments made by such Act.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 308 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3524 
[Report No. 110–507] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revital-
ization of severely distressed public housing, and 
for other purposes. 
JANUARY 3, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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