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(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) shall provide the Secretary the discre-
tion to investigate any facts, conditions, prac-
tices, or matters that may be deemed necessary 
or proper to aid in the enforcement of the pro-
visions of this Act; to aid in the investigations, 
the Secretary may hold such hearings, admin-
ister such oaths, and require by subpoena the 
attendance and testimony of such witnesses and 
production of such documents as the Secretary 
deems advisable, and such subpoena authority 
shall include the authority to require the at-
tendance of any witness and the production of 
documentary evidence from any place in the 
United States at any designated place of hear-
ing; any district court of the United States 
within the jurisdiction of which an inquiry is 
carried on may, in the case of contumacy or re-
fusal to obey a subpoena of the Secretary issued 
under this section, issue an order requiring 
compliance therewith; any failure to obey such 
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order of the court may be punished by such 
court as a contempt thereof;’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall apply civil 
money penalties collected under this section to the 
Rental Assistance Conversion Trust Fund, estab-
lished under section 8(l)(21), or shall authorize the 
owner of the property or project at issue in the pen-
alty action to use the penalty funds, in accordance 
with the requirements of the Secretary, for the im-
provement of that property or project.’’. 
(f) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 3 OF THE HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1968.—Subsection 
(c) of section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking the paragraph designation 
and all that follows through ‘‘(A) IN
GEN-
ERAL.—The Secretary’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) PUBLIC
AND
INDIAN
HOUSING
PRO-
GRAMS.—The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); 
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(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking the paragraph designation 
and all that follows through ‘‘(A) IN
GEN-
ERAL.—In other’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) OTHER PROGRAMS.—In other’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—The efforts required under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall be di-
rected in the following order of priority: 
‘‘(A) First, to recipients of Federal rental 
assistance, including public housing residents, 
residents of other federally subsidized prop-
erties, or participants in the program under 
section 8(o) of the U.S. Housing Act in the 
service area and metropolitan area (or non-met-
ropolitan county). 
‘‘(B) Next, to low- and very low-income 
residents in the service area and metropolitan 
area (or non-metropolitan county). 
‘‘(C) Next, to other residents, as des-
ignated by the Secretary by regulation. 
‘‘(4) SCOPE.—For properties with rental assist-
ance converted under section 8(l) of the United 
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States Housing Act of 1937, the requirements of 
paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of this subsection, as 
in effect immediately before the enactment of the 
Rental Housing Revitalization Act of 2010, shall 
continue to apply.’’. 
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