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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1221
To expand the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door initiatives of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to include fire
fighters and rescue personnel, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 27, 2001
Mr. BACA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Financial Services
A BILL
To expand the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door
initiatives of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to include fire fighters and rescue per-
sonnel, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Partners
Neighborhood Preservation Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY PARTNERS NEXT DOOR PROGRAM.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds
that—
‘‘(ii) directly to a purchaser who is a
teacher or public safety officer.
‘‘(D) RESALE.—In the case of any pur-
chase by a unit of general local government or
nonprofit organization of an eligible property
sold at a discounted price under this paragraph,
the sale agreement under paragraph (8) shall—
‘‘(i) require the purchasing unit of
general local government or nonprofit or-
ganization to provide the full benefit of the
discount to the teacher or public safety of-
ficer obtaining the property; and
‘‘(ii) in the case of a purchase involv-
ing multiple eligible assets, any of which is
such an eligible property, designate the
specific eligible property or properties to be
subject to the requirements of subpara-
graph (B).
‘‘(E) MORTGAGE
DOWNPAYMENT
ASSIST-
ANCE.—If a teacher or public safety officer pur-
chases an eligible property pursuant to a dis-
counted sale price under this paragraph and fi-
nances such purchase through a mortgage in-
sured under this title, notwithstanding any pro-
vision of section 203 the downpayment on such
mortgage shall be $100.
‘‘(F) PREVENTION OF UNDUE PROFIT.—
The Secretary shall issue regulations to prevent
undue profit from the resale of eligible prop-
erties in violation of the requirement under sub-
paragraph (B).
‘‘(G) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of
this paragraph, the following definitions shall
apply:
‘‘(i) The terms ‘elementary school’
and ‘secondary school’ have the meanings
given such terms in section 14101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801), except that, for
purposes of this paragraph, elementary
education (as used in such section) shall
include pre-Kindergarten education.
‘‘(ii) The term ‘eligible property’
means an eligible asset described in para-
graph (2)(A) of this subsection.
‘‘(iii) The term ‘public safety officer’
means an individual who is employed on a
full-time basis as a public safety officer, as
such term is defined in section 1204 of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b).
‘‘(iv) The term ‘teacher’ means an in-
dividual who is employed on a full-time
basis, in an elementary or secondary
school, as a State-certified or State-li-
censed classroom teacher or as an adminis-
trator.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 204(h) of
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710(h)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (8)’’;
(2) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (8)’’; and
(3) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph
(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)’’.
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue
regulations to implement the amendments made by this
section.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INCLUSION OF
OTHER FEDERAL PROPERTIES IN COMMU-
NITY PARTNERS NEXT DOOR PROGRAM.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development should consult with the
heads of other agencies of the Federal Government that
own or hold properties appropriate for use as housing to
determine the possibility and effectiveness of including
such properties in the program pursuant to section
204(h)(7) of the National Housing Act, and other pro-
grams that make housing available for law enforcement
officers, teachers, or fire fighters.
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