In the Senate of the United States,
September 27 (legislative day, September 25), 1995.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2099) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 1996, and for other purposes’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Ω1æPage 2, line 20, strike out ø$25,180,000¿ and insert:
$27,431,000
Ω2æPage 3, line 15, strike out ø$1,345,300,000¿ and in-
sert: $1,352,180,000
Ω3æPage 3, strike out line 20 and insert: as amended: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts appropriated for read-
justment benefits, $6,880,000 shall be available for funding
the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Train-
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ing program as authorized by sections 4481–4497 of Public
Law 102–484, as amended.
Ω4æPage 8, line 2, strike out ø$16,777,474,000¿ and in-
sert: $16,450,000,000
Ω5æPage 8, line 8, after ‘‘1997’’ insert: : Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, any vet-
eran eligible for hospital care or medical services under sec-
tion 1710 of title 38 may be treated in the most efficient
manner
Ω6æPage 8, line 13, strike out ø$251,743,000¿ and insert:
$257,000,000
Ω7æPage 8, strike out lines 15 through 19
Ω8æPage 10, line 5, strike out ø$821,487,000¿ and insert:
$872,000,000
Ω9æPage 11, line 22, strike out ø$183,455,000¿ and in-
sert: $35,785,000
Ω10æPage 13, line 13, strike out ø$152,934,000¿ and in-
sert: $190,000,000
Ω11æPage 20, after line 15 insert:
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to transfer,
without compensation or reimbursement, the jurisdiction
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and control of a parcel of land consisting of approximately
6.3 acres, located on the south edge of the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center, Wich-
ita, Kansas, including buildings Nos. 8 and 30 and other
improvements thereon, to the Secretary of Transportation
for the purpose of expanding and modernizing United
States Highway 54: Provided, That if necessary, the exact
acreage and legal description of the real property trans-
ferred shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall bear the cost of such survey: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Transportation shall be respon-
sible for all costs associated with the transferred land and
improvements thereon, and compliance with all existing
statutes and regulations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may require such additional terms and conditions
as each Secretary considers appropriate to effectuate this
transfer of land.
Ω12æPage 20, after line 15 insert:
SEC. 110. Funds available to the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs Revolving Supply Fund shall be available until
September 30, 1997, for expenses necessary to establish a
Department wide program to develop and implement a
Federal acquisition computer network required by section
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9001 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–355).
Ω13æPage 20, after line 15 insert:
SEC. 111. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall
provide hospital care and medical services to eligible veter-
ans in the State of Hawaii at levels commensurate with
levels of care provided in the forty-eight contiguous States.
The Secretary shall utilize the contract authority prescribed
in section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, to treat eli-
gible veterans residing in the State of Hawaii wherever ap-
propriate.
Ω14æPage 20, after line 15 insert:
SEC. 112. PLAN FOR ALLOCATION OF HEALTH CARE
RESOURCES BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) PLAN.—(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
develop a plan for the allocation of health care resources
(including personnel and funds) of the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs among the health care facilities of the Depart-
ment so as to ensure that veterans having similar economic
status, eligibility priority and, or, similar medical condi-
tions who are eligible for medical care in such facilities have
similar access to such care in such facilities regardless of
the region of the United States in which such veterans re-
side.
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(2) The Plan shall reflect, to the maximum extent pos-
sible, the Veterans Integrated Service Network, as well as
the Resource Planning and Management System developed
by the Department of Veterans Affairs to account for fore-
casts in expected workload and to ensure fairness to facili-
ties that provide cost-efficient health care, and shall include
procedures to identify reasons for variations in operating
costs among similar facilities and ways to improve the allo-
cation of resources so as to promote efficient use of resources
and provision of quality health care.
(3) The Secretary shall prepare the plan in consulta-
tion with the Under Secretary of Health of the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a)
shall set forth—
(1) milestones for achieving the goal referred to
in that subsection; and
(2) a means of evaluating the success of the Sec-
retary in meeting the goals through the plan.
(c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall
submit to Congress the plan developed under subsection (a)
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(d) PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall im-
plement the plan developed under subsection (a) within 60
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days of submitting such plan to Congress under subsection
(b), unless within such period the Secretary notifies the ap-
propriate committees of Congress that such plan will not
be implemented along with an explanation of why such
plan will not be implemented.
Ω15æPage 20, after line 15 insert:
SEC. 113. During fiscal year 1996, not to exceed
$5,700,000 may be transferred from ‘‘Medical care’’ to
‘‘Medical administration and miscellaneous operating ex-
penses’’. No transfer may occur until 20 days after the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs provides written notice to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Ω16æPage 20, strike out all after line 20, over to and in-
cluding line 13 on page 25 and insert:
For assistance under the United States Housing Act
of 1937, as amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437),
not otherwise provided for, $5,594,358,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the total amount
provided under this head, $200,000,000 shall be for the de-
velopment or acquisition cost of public housing for Indian
families, including amounts for housing under the mutual
help homeownership opportunity program under section
202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb): Provided further, That
of 
the 
total 
amount 
provided 
under 
this 
head,
$2,510,000,000 shall be for modernization of existing public
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housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the Act (42
U.S.C. 1437l), including up to $30,000,000 for the inspec-
tion of public housing units, contract expertise, and train-
ing and technical assistance, directly or indirectly, under
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to assist in the
oversight and management of public and Indian housing
(whether or not the housing is being modernized with assist-
ance under this proviso) or tenant-based assistance, includ-
ing, but not limited to, an annual resident survey, data
collection and analysis, training and technical assistance
by or to officials and employees of the Department and of
public housing agencies and to residents in connection with
the public and Indian housing program, support of a public
housing institution to provide such training, technical as-
sistance, and education, and training and technical assist-
ance to assist public housing agencies in avoiding designa-
tion as troubled agencies and in qualifying for removal of
such designation: Provided further, That of the total
amount provided under this head, $240,000,000 shall be for
new incremental rental subsidy contracts under the section
8 existing housing certificate program and the housing
voucher program under section 8 of the Act, except that such
amounts shall be used only for units necessary to provide
housing assistance for residents to be relocated from existing
federally subsidized or assisted housing, for replacement
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housing for units demolished or disposed of (including units
to be disposed of pursuant to a homeownership program
under section 5(h) or title III of the United States Housing
Act of 1937) from the public housing inventory, for funds
related to litigation settlements, for the conversion of section
23 projects to assistance under section 8, for public housing
agencies to implement allocation plans approved by the Sec-
retary for designated housing, and for funds to carry out
the family unification program: Provided further, That of
the total amount provided under this head, $500,000,000
shall be for amendments to section 8 contracts other than
contracts for projects developed under section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959, as amended; $261,000,000 shall be
for section 8 assistance and rehabilitation grants for prop-
erty disposition; and $624,000,000 shall be for assistance
for State or local units of government (including public
housing authorities), tenant and nonprofit organizations to
purchase projects where owners have indicated an intention
to prepay mortgages and for assistance to be used as an
incentive to prevent prepayment or for vouchers (not to ex-
ceed $74,000,000) to aid eligible tenants adversely affected
by mortgage prepayment, as authorized in the Emergency
Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, as amend-
ed: Provided further, That of the foregoing $624,000,000,
up to $20,000,000 shall be available for preservation tech-
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nical assistance grants pursuant to section 253 of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,
and that the Secretary may designate funding to carry out
plans of action approved prior to October 1, 1995, to permit
purchases of projects by non-profit organizations or tenant
organizations, which are awaiting funding, and which, to
the Secretary’s satisfaction, will be unable to close without
immediate obligation of funding heretofore applied for and
approved: Provided further, That with respect to the fore-
going $624,000,000, if the Secretary determines that the de-
mand for funding may exceed amounts available for such
funding, the Secretary (1) may determine priorities for dis-
tributing available funds, including giving priority funding
to tenants displaced due to mortgage prepayment and to
projects that have not yet been funded but to which funding
has been committed; and (2) may impose a temporary mor-
atorium on applications by potential recipients of such
funding: Provided further, That during fiscal year 1996,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may
manage and dispose of multifamily properties owned by the
Secretary and multifamily mortgages held by the Secretary
as of October 1, 1995 without regard to any other provision
of law: Provided further, That 50 per centum of the
amounts of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 per cen-
tum of the cash amounts associated with such budget au-
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thority, that are recaptured from projects described in sec-
tion 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–628, 102
Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash,
shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of
budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or
remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing fi-
nance agencies or local governments or local housing agen-
cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after
January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section: Provided
further, That of the total amount provided under this head,
$171,000,000 shall be for housing opportunities for persons
with AIDS under title VIII, subtitle D of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act; and $75,000,000
shall be for the lead-based paint hazard reduction program
as authorized under sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residen-
tial Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992.
Of the total amount provided under this head,
$780,190,000 shall be for capital advances, including
amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for
the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act
of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for
supportive housing for the elderly under section 202(c)(2)
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of the Housing Act of 1959; and $233,168,000 shall be for
capital advances, including amendments to capital advance
contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabil-
ities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act; and for project rental as-
sistance, and amendments to contracts for project rental as-
sistance, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities
as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may waive any provision of section 202 of the Hous-
ing Act of 1959 and section 811 of the National Affordable
Housing Act (including the provisions governing the terms
and conditions of project rental assistance) that the Sec-
retary determines is not necessary to achieve the objectives
of these programs, or that otherwise impedes the ability to
develop, operate or administer projects assisted under these
programs, and may make provision for alternative condi-
tions or terms where appropriate.
PUBLIC HOUSING DEMOLITION, SITE REVITALIZATION, AND
REPLACEMENT HOUSING GRANTS
For grants to public housing agencies for the purposes
of enabling the demolition of obsolete public housing projects
or portions thereof, the revitalization (where appropriate)
of sites (including remaining public housing units) on
which such projects are located, replacement housing which
will avoid or lessen concentrations of very low-income fami-
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funding made available pursuant to this paragraph and
that has not been obligated by the agency and distribute
such funds to one or more other eligible agencies: Provided
further, That of the foregoing $500,000,000, the Secretary
may use up to .67 per centum for technical assistance, to
be provided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or
cooperative agreements, including training and cost of nec-
essary travel for participants in such training, by or to
officials and employees of the Department and of public
housing agencies and to residents: Provided further, That
any replacement housing provided with assistance under
this head shall be subject to section 18(f) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended by section
201(b)(2) of this Act.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8
SUBSIDY CONTRACTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For assistance under the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) not otherwise provided for, for
use in connection with expiring section 8 subsidy contracts,
$4,350,862,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That to the extent the amount in this appropriation
is insufficient to fund all expiring section 8 contracts, the
Secretary may transfer to and merge with this appropria-
tion such amounts from the ‘‘Annual contributions for as-
sisted housing’’ appropriation as the Secretary shall deter-
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mine, and amounts earmarked in the foregoing account
may be reduced accordingly, at the Secretary’s discretion:
Provided further, That the Secretary may maintain consoli-
dated accounting data for funds disbursed at the public
housing agency or Indian housing authority or project level
for subsidy assistance regardless of the source of the dis-
bursement so as to minimize the administrative burden of
multiple accounts: Provided further, That the Secretary
may determine not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of the Act
to renewals of housing vouchers during fiscal year 1996.
Ω17æPage 26, line 16, strike out ø$2,500,000,000¿ and
insert: $2,800,000,000
Ω18æPage 26, after line 16 insert:
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
For grants to public and Indian housing agencies for
use in eliminating crime in public housing projects author-
ized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, and for drug information
clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11921–
11925, $290,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants, technical assist-
ance, contracts and other assistance training, program as-
sessment, and execution for or on behalf of public housing
agencies and resident organizations (including the cost of
necessary travel for participants in such training): Pro-
vided, That after setting aside amounts in 42 U.S.C.
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11909(b) for grants for federally assisted low-income hous-
ing, the Secretary, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 11904, may
provide grants through a formula taking into account the
needs of public housing agencies for anti-crime funding,
and the amount of funding public housing agencies have
received under this heading during fiscal years 1993, 1994,
and 1995, but which does not exclude an eligible agency
that has not received funding during that period: Provided
further, That the term ‘‘drug-related crime’’, as defined in
42 U.S.C. 11905(2), shall also include other types of crime
as determined by the Secretary.
Ω19æPage 26, strike out all after line 22, over to and in-
cluding line 10 on page 27
Ω20æPage 27, line 24, after ‘‘For’’ insert: grants awarded
or allocated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, through a competition or by formula, for the pur-
pose of providing housing and services for homeless individ-
uals and families to be delivered by entities eligible to re-
ceive assistance under, and to fund eligible activities de-
scribed in,
Ω21æPage 28, line 7, after ‘‘Act;’’ insert: and
Ω22æPage 28, line 8, strike out all after ‘‘Act)’’ down to
and including ‘‘103–120)),’’ in line 11
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Ω23æPage 28, line 11, strike out ø$676,000,000¿ and in-
sert: $760,000,000
Ω24æPage 28, line 12, after ‘‘expended.’’ insert: To the
extent the Secretary determines to use a formula under this
heading, the Secretary shall use the existing formula as pro-
vided under the Emergency Shelter Grants program under
section 413 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act and promulgate any rules under the rulemaking
procedures under section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
The Secretary shall report, within one year of the date of
enactment, on ways to merge the homeless assistance pro-
grams under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act with the HOME program under title II of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
Ω25æPage 28, line 22, strike out ø$46,000,000¿ and in-
sert: $60,000,000
Ω26æPage 28, line 25, after ‘‘5301),’’ insert: $2,000,000
shall be available as a grant to the Housing Assistance
Council, $1,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the Na-
tional American Indian Housing Council,
Ω27æPage 28, line 26, strike out ø$19,500,000¿ and in-
sert: $27,000,000
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Ω28æPage 29, line 3, strike out all after ‘‘than’’ down to
and including ‘‘Act’’ in line 4 and insert: a grant made
available under the preceding proviso to the Housing Assist-
ance Council or the National American Indian Housing
Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974)
Ω29æPage 29, line 8, after ‘‘ment’’ insert: : Provided fur-
ther, That section 105(a)(25) of such Act, as added by sec-
tion 907(b)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act, shall continue to be effective after September
30, 1995, notwithstanding section 907(b)(2) of such Act
Ω30æPage 29, line 8, after ‘‘ment’’ insert: : Provided fur-
ther, That section 916 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act shall apply with respect to fiscal
year 1996, notwithstanding section 916(f) of that Act
Ω31æPage 29, after line 8, insert:
Of the amount provided under this heading, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may use up to
$80,000,000 for grants to public housing agencies (includ-
ing Indian housing authorities), nonprofit corporations,
and other appropriate entities for a supportive services pro-
gram to assist residents of public and assisted housing,
former residents of such housing receiving tenant-based as-
sistance under section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), and
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other low-income families and individuals become self-suffi-
cient: Provided, That the program shall provide supportive
services to the elderly and the disabled and to families with
children where the head of household would benefit from the
receipt of supportive services and is working, seeking work,
or is preparing for work by participating in job training
or educational programs: Provided further, That the sup-
portive services shall include congregate services for the el-
derly and disabled, service coordinators, and coordinated
educational, training, and other supportive services, includ-
ing academic skills training, job search assistance, assist-
ance related to retaining employment, vocational and entre-
preneurship development and support programs, transpor-
tation, and child care: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall require applicants to demonstrate firm commitments
of funding or services from other sources: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall select public and Indian housing
agencies to receive assistance under this head on a competi-
tive basis, taking into account the quality of the proposed
program (including any innovative approaches), the extent
of the proposed coordination of supportive services, the ex-
tent of commitments of funding or services from other
sources, the extent to which the proposed program includes
reasonably achievable, quantifiable goals for measuring per-
formance under the program over a three-year program, the
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extent of success an agency has had in carrying out other
comparable initiatives, and other appropriate criteria es-
tablished by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the
amount made available under this paragraph, $12,000,000
shall be available for contracts, grants, and other assistance,
other than loans, not otherwise provided for, for providing
counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners both cur-
rent and prospective, with respect to property maintenance,
financial management, and such other matters as may be
appropriate to assist them in improving their housing con-
ditions and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy or home-
ownership, including provisions for training and for sup-
port of voluntary agencies and services as authorized by sec-
tion 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1968, as amended, notwithstanding section 106(c)(9) and
section 106(d)(13) of such Act. Of the amount provided
under this heading, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, $40,000,000 shall be available for youthbuild program
activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amend-
ed, and shall be an eligible activity with respect to any
funds made available under this heading. Of the amount
provided under this heading, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $80,000,000 shall be available for Eco-
nomic Development Initiative grants as authorized by sec-
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tion 232 of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition
Reform Act of 1994, Public Law 103–233, on a competitive
basis as required by section 102 of the HUD Reform Act.
Ω32æPage 29, line 9, strike out ø$10,500,000¿ and insert:
$15,750,000
Ω33æPage 29, line 16, strike out ø$1,000,000,000¿ and
insert: $1,500,000,000
Ω34æPage 29, line 18, strike out ø$225,000¿ and insert:
$675,000
Ω35æPage 29, after line 20 insert:
The amount made available for fiscal year 1995 for
a special purpose grant for the renovation of the central
terminal in Buffalo, New York, shall be made available for
the central terminal and for other public facilities in Buf-
falo, New York.
Ω36æPage 30, strike out lines 7 through 13
Ω37æPage 30, line 21, strike out ø$951,988,000¿ and in-
sert: $980,777,000
Ω38æPage 30, line 21, strike out ø$505,745,000¿ and in-
sert: $532,782,000
Ω39æPage 30, line 23, strike out ø$8,824,000¿ and insert:
$9,101,000
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Ω40æPage 30, line 25, strike out ø$225,000¿ and insert:
$675,000
Ω41æPage 31, line 5, strike out ø$47,388,000¿ and insert:
$48,251,000
Ω42æPage 31, line 6, strike out ø$10,961,000¿ and insert:
$11,283,000
Ω43æPage 31, strike out lines 8 through 17
Ω44æPage 31, line 25, after ‘‘$110,000,000,000’’ insert:
: Provided, That during fiscal year 1996, the Secretary
shall sell assigned mortgage notes having an unpaid prin-
cipal balance of up to $4,000,000,000, which notes were
originally insured under section 203(b) of the National
Housing Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use
any negative subsidy amounts from the sale of such as-
signed mortgage notes during fiscal year 1996 for the dis-
position of properties or notes under this heading
Ω45æPage 32, line 10, strike out ø$308,846,000¿ and in-
sert: $341,595,000
Ω46æPage 32, line 13, strike out ø$308,290,000¿ and in-
sert: $334,483,000
Ω47æPage 32, line 15, strike out ø$6,790,000¿ and insert:
$7,112,000
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Ω48æPage 32, line 19, strike out øTotal¿ and insert:
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tions 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of modifying such
loans, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such costs shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize total
Ω49æPage 32, line 20, strike out øshall not¿ and insert:
of not to
Ω50æPage 32, line 20, strike out ø$15,000,000,000¿ and
insert: $17,400,000,000
Ω51æPage 32, line 20, strike out øProvided,¿ and insert:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 1996, the Sec-
retary shall sell assigned notes having an unpaid principal
balance of up to $4,000,000,000, which notes were origi-
nally obligations of the funds established under sections 238
and 519 of the National Housing Act: Provided further,
That the Secretary may use any negative subsidy amounts
from the sale of such assigned mortgage notes during fiscal
year 1996, in addition to amounts otherwise provided, for
the disposition of properties or notes under this heading (in-
cluding the credit subsidy for the guarantee of loans or the
reduction of positive credit subsidy amounts that would oth-
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erwise be required for the sale of such properties or notes),
and for any other purpose under this heading: Provided fur-
ther,
Ω52æPage 33, line 1, strike out ømade available for obli-
gation¿ and insert: obligated
Ω53æPage 33, line 6, strike out all after ‘‘amounts’’ over
to and including ‘‘1974’’ in line 10 on page 34
Ω54æPage 34, line 24, strike out ø$197,470,000¿ and in-
sert: $202,470,000
Ω55æPage 34, line 24, strike out ø$197,455,000¿ and in-
sert: $198,299,000
Ω56æPage 35, line 13, strike out ø$8,824,000¿ and insert:
$9,101,000
Ω57æPage 35, line 15, strike out ø$8,824,000¿ and insert:
$9,101,000
Ω58æPage 35, strike out all after line 19 over to and in-
cluding line 2 on page 50 and insert:
SEC. 201. EXTEND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FROM
THE RESCISSION ACT.
(a) PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING MODERNIZATION.—
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(1) EXPANSION
OF
USE
OF
MODERNIZATION
FUNDING.—Subsection 14(q) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(q)(1) In addition to the purposes enumerated in sec-
tions 14(a), 14(b), and 5(a), a public housing agency may
use modernization assistance provided under section 14,
and development assistance provided under section 5(a), for
any eligible activity authorized by either of those sections
or by applicable Appropriations Acts, including the demoli-
tion, rehabilitation, revitalization, and replacement of ex-
isting units and projects and, for up to 10 percent of its
allocation of such funds in any fiscal year, for any operat-
ing subsidy purpose authorized in section 9. Units and
projects assisted hereunder shall be for low-income families
and shall be eligible for operating subsidies subject to the
availability of appropriated funds.
‘‘(2) A public housing agency may provide assistance
to developments that include units for other than low-in-
come families, hereinafter called ‘‘mixed income develop-
ments’’, in the form of a grant, loan, or other form of invest-
ment which may be made to: (A) the public housing agency
or an affiliate controlled by it; (B) a partnership, a limited
liability company, or other legal entity in which the public
housing agency or its affiliate is a general partner, manag-
ing member, or otherwise significantly directs the activities
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of such entity; or (C) any entity which grants to the public
housing agency the option to purchase the development
within 20 years after initial occupancy in accordance with
section 42(l)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended: Provided, That units shall be made available in
such developments for periods of not less than 20 years, by
master contract or by individual lease, for occupancy by
low-income families referred from time to time by the public
housing agency; the number of such units shall be either:
(i) in the same proportion to the total number of units in
such development that the financial assistance provided by
the public housing agency bears to the total equity invest-
ment in the development, or (ii) not be less than the number
of units that could have been developed under the conven-
tional public housing program with the assistance involved,
or (iii) as may otherwise be approved by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) A mixed income development may elect to have
all units subject only to the applicable local real estate
taxes, notwithstanding that the low-income units assisted
by public housing funds would otherwise be subject to sec-
tion 6(d) of the Housing Act of 1937.’’.
(2) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1001(b)
of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for
Additional Disaster Assistance, for Antiterrorism Ini-
tiatives, for Assistance in the Recovery from the Trag-
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edy that Occurred at Oklahoma City, and Rescissions
Act, 1995 (109 Stat. 235), is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 14(q) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as added by subsection (a) of
this section, shall be effective only with respect to assistance
provided from funds made available for fiscal year 1996
or any preceding fiscal year.’’.
(3) APPLICABILITY.—In accordance with section
201(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to
public housing developed or operated pursuant to a
contract between the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development and an Indian housing authority.’’.
(b) ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC AND IN-
DIAN HOUSING.—
(1) PERMANENT
AUTHORITY.—Section 1002(d)
of Public Law 104–19 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall be effective for
applications for the demolition, disposition, or conversion
to homeownership of public housing approved by the Sec-
retary, and other consolidation and relocation activities of
public housing agencies undertaken on, before, or after Sep-
tember 30, 1995 and before September 30, 1996.’’.
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(2) Section 18(f) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘No one may rely on the preced-
ing sentence as the basis for reconsidering a final
order of a court issued, or a settlement approved by,
a court.’’.
(3) APPLICABILITY.—In accordance with section
201(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
the amendments made by this section and by sections
1002 (a), (b), and (c) of Public Law 104–19 shall
apply to public housing developed or operated pursu-
ant to a contract between the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development and an Indian housing au-
thority.
SEC. 
202. 
PUBLIC 
HOUSING 
RENTS 
AND 
INCOME
TARGETING.
(a) MINIMUM RENTS.—Section 3(a)(1) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by inserting at the
end the following new sentence: ‘‘Where the rent determined
under the previous sentence is less than $25, the Secretary
shall permit a public housing agency to charge a family
residing in public housing up to $25 as rent.’’.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF CEILING RENTS.—Section
3(a)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amend-
ed to read as follows:
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‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a public
housing agency may—
‘‘(A) adopt ceiling rents that reflect the rea-
sonable market value of the housing, but that are
not less than the monthly costs—
‘‘(i) to operate the housing of the agen-
cy; and
‘‘(ii) to make a deposit to a replace-
ment reserve (in the sole discretion of the
public housing agency); and
‘‘(B) allow families to pay ceiling rents re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A), unless, with re-
spect to any family, the ceiling rent established
under this paragraph would exceed the amount
payable as rent by that family under paragraph
(1).’’.
(c) DEFINITION
OF
ADJUSTED
INCOME.—Section
3(b)(5) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amend-
ed—
(1) at the end of subparagraph (F), by striking
‘‘and’’;
(2) at the end of subparagraph (G), by striking
the period and inserting ‘‘; and ’’; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(H) for public housing, any other adjust-
ments to earned income established by the public
housing agency.
If a public housing agency adopts other adjustments
to income pursuant to subparagraph (H), the Sec-
retary (i) shall not take into account any reduction
of or increase in the public housing agency’s per unit
dwelling rental income resulting from those adjust-
ments when calculating the contributions under sec-
tion 9 for the public housing agency for the operation
of the public housing.’’.
(d) REPEAL OF FEDERAL PREFERENCES.—
(1) PUBLIC HOUSING.—
Section 6(c)(4)(A) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(c)(4)(A))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) the establishment, after public notice
and an opportunity for public comment, of writ-
ten system of preferences for admission to public
housing, if any, that is not inconsistent with the
comprehensive housing affordability strategy
under title I of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act;’’.
(2) SECTION 8 EXISTING AND MODERATE REHA-
BILITATION.—Section 8(d)(1)(A) of the United States
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Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(d)(1)(A)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) the selection of tenants shall be the
function of the owner, subject to the provisions of
the annual contributions contract between the
Secretary and the agency, except that for the cer-
tificate and moderate rehabilitation programs
only, for the purpose of selecting families to be
assisted, the public housing agency may estab-
lish, after public notice and an opportunity for
public comment, a written system of preferences
for selection that is not inconsistent with the
comprehensive housing affordability strategy
under title I of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act;’’.
(3) SECTION
VOUCHER
PROGRAM.—Section
8(o)(3)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(3)(B)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(B) For the purpose of selecting families to
be assisted under this subsection, the public hous-
ing agency may establish, after public notice and
an opportunity for public comment, a written
system of preferences for selection that is not in-
consistent with the comprehensive housing af-
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fordability strategy under title I of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.’’.
(4) SECTION 8 NEW CONSTRUCTION AND SUB-
STANTIAL REHABILITATION.—
(A) REPEAL.—Section 545(c) of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
(42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) [Reserved.]’’.
(B) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, no Federal tenant selec-
tion preferences shall apply with respect to—
(i) housing constructed or substantially
rehabilitated pursuant to assistance pro-
vided under section 8(b)(2) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (as such section
existed on the day before October 1, 1983);
or
(ii) projects financed under section 202
of the Housing Act of 1959 (as such section
existed on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act).
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(5) RENT SUPPLEMENTS.—Section 101(k) of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12
U.S.C. 1701s(k)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(k) [Reserved.]’’.
(6) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) UNITED
STATES
HOUSING
ACT
OF
1937.—The United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended—
(i) in section 6(o), by striking ‘‘pref-
erence rules specified in’’ and inserting
‘‘written system of prefenences for selection
established pursuant to’’;
(ii) in section 7(a)(2), by striking ‘‘ac-
cording to the preferences for occupancy
under’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with
the written system of preferences for selec-
tion established pursuant to’’;
(iii) in section 8(d)(2)(A), by striking
the last sentence;
(iv) in section 8(d)(2)(H), by striking
‘‘notwithstanding subsection (d)(1)(A)(i),
an’’ and inserting ‘‘An’’;
(v) in section 16(c), in the second sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘the system of preferences
established by the agency pursuant to sec-
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tion 6(c)(4)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘the writ-
ten system of preferences for selection estab-
lished by the public housing agency pursu-
ant to section 6(c)(4)(A)’’; and
(vi) in section 24(e)—
(I) by striking ‘‘(e) EXCEPTIONS.’’
and all that follows through ‘‘The Sec-
retary may’’ and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘(e) EXCEPTION TO GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may’’; and
(II) by striking paragraph (2).
(B) CRANSTON-GONZALEZ
NATIONAL
AF-
FORDABLE HOUSING ACT.—Section 522(f)(b)(B)
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704 et seq.) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘any preferences for such assist-
ance under section 8(d)(1)(A)(i)’’ and inserting
‘‘written system of preferences for selection estab-
lished pursuant to section 8(d)(1)(A)’’.
(C) HOUSING
AND
COMMUNITY
DEVELOP-
MENT ACT OF 1992.—Section 655 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13615) is amended by striking ‘‘the pref-
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erences’’ and all that follows through the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘any preferences’’.
(D) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAW.—Any ref-
erence in any Federal law other than any provi-
sion of any law amended by paragraphs (1)
through (5) of this subsection to the preferences
for 
assistance 
under 
section 
6(c)(4)(A)(i),
8(d)(1)(A)(i), or 8(o)(3)(B) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (as such sections existed on
the day before the date of enactment of this Act)
shall be considered to refer to the written system
of preferences for selection established pursuant
to section 6(c)(4)(A), 8(d)(1)(A), or 8(o)(3)(B),
respectively, of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended by this section.
(e) APPLICABILITY.—In accordance with section
201(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, the
amendments made by subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of
this section shall also apply to public housing developed or
operated pursuant to a contract between the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development and an Indian housing
authority.
SEC. 203. CONVERSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING TO
VOUCHERS.
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF UNITS.—
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(1) Each public housing agency shall identify
any public housing developments—
(A) that are on the same or contiguous sites;
(B) that total more than—
(i) 600 dwelling units; or
(ii) in the case of high-rise family
buildings or substantially vacant buildings,
300 dwelling units;
(C) that have a vacancy rate of at least 10
percent for dwelling units not in funded on-
schedule modernization programs;
(D) identified as distressed housing that the
public housing agency cannot assure the long-
term viability as public housing through revital-
ization, density reduction, or achievement of a
broader range of household income; and
(E) for which the estimated cost of contin-
ued operation and modernization of the develop-
ments as public housing exceeds the cost of pro-
viding tenant-based assistance under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 for all
families in occupancy, based on appropriate in-
dicators of cost (such as the percentage of total
development cost required for modernization).
(b) IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT.—
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(1) STANDARDS
FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.—The
Secretary shall establish standards to permit imple-
mentation of this section in fiscal year 1996.
(2) CONSULTATION.—Each public housing agen-
cy shall consult with the applicable public housing
tenants and the unit of general local government in
identifying any public housing developments under
subsection (a).
(3) FAILURE OF PHAS TO COMPLY WITH SUB-
SECTION (a).—Where the Secretary determines that—
(A) a public housing agency has failed
under subsection (a) to identify public housing
developments for removal from the inventory of
the agency in a timely manner;
(B) a public housing agency has failed to
identify one or more public housing develop-
ments which the Secretary determines should
have been identified under subsection (a); or
(C) one or more of the developments identi-
fied by the public housing agency pursuant to
subsection (a) should not, in the determination of
the Secretary, have been identified under that
subsection;
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the Secretary may designate the developments to be
removed from the inventory of the public housing
agency pursuant to this section.
(c) REMOVAL OF UNITS FROM THE INVENTORIES OF
PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES.—
(1) Each public housing agency shall develop
and carry out a plan in conjunction with the Sec-
retary for the removal of public housing units identi-
fied under subsection (a) or subsection (b)(3), over a
period of up to five years, from the inventory of the
public housing agency and the annual contributions
contract. The plan shall be approved by the relevant
local official as consistent with the Comprehensive
Housing Affordability Strategy under title I of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992,
including a description of any disposition and demo-
lition plan for the public housing units.
(2) The Secretary may extend the deadline in
paragraph (1) for up to an additional five years
where the Secretary makes a determination that the
deadline is impracticable.
(3) The Secretary shall take appropriate actions
to ensure removal of developments identified under
subsection (a) from the inventory of a public housing
agency, if the public housing agency fails to ade-