ing the technology of the Department of Agriculture used 
to process loans for multifamily housing and otherwise 
managing such housing. Such improvements shall be made 
within the 5-year period beginning upon the appropriation 
of such amounts and such amount shall remain available 
until the expiration of such 5-year period. 
SEC. 7. PLAN FOR PRESERVING AFFORDABILITY OF RENTAL 
PROJECTS. 
(a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Agriculture (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall submit a written 
plan to the Congress, not later than the expiration of the 
6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, for preserving the affordability for low-income 
families of rental projects for which loans were made under 
section 515 or made to nonprofit or public agencies under 
section 514 and avoiding the displacement of tenant house-
holds, which shall— 
(1) set forth specific performance goals and 
measures; 
(2) set forth the specific actions and mechanisms 
by which such goals will be achieved; 
(3) set forth specific measurements by which 
progress towards achievement of each goal can be 
measured; 
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(4) provide for detailed reporting on outcomes; 
and 
(5) include any legislative recommendations to 
assist in achievement of the goals under the plan. 
(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.—The Secretary 
shall establish an advisory committee whose purpose 
shall be to assist the Secretary in preserving section 
515 properties and section 514 properties owned by 
nonprofit or public agencies through the multifamily 
housing preservation and revitalization program 
under section 545 and in implementing the plan re-
quired under subsection (a). 
(2) MEMBER.—The advisory shall consist of 13 
members, appointed by the Secretary, as follows: 
(A) A State Director of Rural Development 
for the Department of Agriculture. 
(B) 2 representatives of for-profit developers 
or owners of multifamily rural rental housing. 
(C) 2 representatives of non-profit devel-
opers or owners of multifamily rural rental 
housing. 
(D) 2 representatives of State housing fi-
nance agencies. 
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(E) 2 representatives of tenants of multi-
family rural rental housing. 
(F) 1 representative of a community devel-
opment financial institution that is involved in 
preserving the affordability of housing assisted 
under sections 514, 515, and 516 of the Housing 
Act of 1949. 
(G) 1 representative of a nonprofit organi-
zation that operates nationally and has actively 
participated in the preservation of housing as-
sisted by the Rural Housing Service by con-
ducting research regarding, and providing fi-
nancing and technical assistance for, preserving 
the affordability of such housing. 
(H) 1 representative of low-income housing 
tax credit investors. 
(I) 1 representative of regulated financial 
institutions that finance affordable multifamily 
rural rental housing developments. 
(3) MEETINGS.—The advisory committee shall 
meet not less often than once each calendar quarter. 
(4) FUNCTIONS.—In providing assistance to the 
Secretary to carry out its purpose, the advisory com-
mittee shall carry out the following functions: 
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(A) Assisting the Rural Housing Service of 
the Department of Agriculture to improve esti-
mates of the size, scope, and condition of rental 
housing portfolio of the Service, including the 
time frames for maturity of mortgages and costs 
for preserving the portfolio as affordable housing. 
(B) Reviewing current policies and proce-
dures of the Rural Housing Service regarding 
preservation of affordable rental housing fi-
nanced under sections 514, 515, 516, and 538 of 
the Housing Act of 1949, the Multifamily Preser-
vation and Revitalization Demonstration pro-
gram (MPR), and the rental assistance program 
and making recommendations regarding im-
provements and modifications to such policies 
and procedures. 
(C) Providing ongoing review of Rural 
Housing Service program results. 
(D) Providing reports to the Congress and 
the public on meetings, recommendations, and 
other findings of the advisory committee. 
(5) TRAVEL COSTS.—Any amounts made avail-
able for administrative costs of the Department of Ag-
riculture may be used for costs of travel by members 
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of the advisory committee to meetings of the com-
mittee. 
SEC. 8. COVERED HOUSING PROGRAMS. 
Paragraph (3) of section 41411(a) of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491(a)(3)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as sub-
paragraph (K); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(J) rural development housing voucher as-
sistance provided by the Secretary of Agriculture 
pursuant to section 542 of the Housing Act of 
1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490r), without regard to sub-
section (b) of such section, and applicable appro-
priation Acts; and’’. 
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