IIA
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5245
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 7 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Received
OCTOBER 8 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs
AN ACT
To provide for the extension of certain programs relating
to housing and community development, 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 ‘‘Housing Programs Ex-
tension Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
(a) EXPIRING SECTION 8 CONTRACTS.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Subject only to the avail-
ability of budget authority to carry out this section,
not later than October 1, 1995, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall make an
offer to the owner of each housing project assisted
under an expiring contract to extend the term of the
expiring contract for 24 months beyond the date of
the expiration of the contract.
(2) TERMS OF EXTENSION.—Except for terms
or conditions relating to the duration of the con-
tract, the terms and conditions under the extension
provided pursuant to this subsection of any expiring
contract shall be identical to the terms and condi-
tions under the expiring contract.
(3) DEFINITION OF EXPIRING CONTRACT.—For
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘expiring con-
tract’’ means a contract for assistance pursuant to
section 8(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (as such section existed before October 1,
1983) having a term that expires before October 1,
1996.
(4) DISPLACEMENT
ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may
make available to tenants residing in units covered
by an expiring contract that is not extended pursu-
ant to this subsection either—
(A) tenant-based assistance under section
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; or
(B) a unit with respect to which project-
based assistance is provided under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937.
(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.
(b) DETERMINATION OF MEDIAN INCOME.—Section
3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) in the fourth sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘County’’ and inserting
‘‘and Rockland Counties’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘each’’ before ‘‘such
county’’; and
(2) in the last sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘County’’ the first place it
appears and inserting ‘‘or Rockland Counties’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘County’’ the second place
it appears and inserting ‘‘and Rockland Coun-
ties’’.
(c) ELIGIBLE USES OF EMERGENCY MODERNIZA-
TION FUNDS.—Section 14(k)(1) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437l(k)(1)) is amend-
ed—
(1) 
in 
the 
first 
sentence, 
by 
striking
‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tences: ‘‘Of the amounts reserved each year under
this paragraph, the Secretary shall make available to
the Inspector General of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development not more than $5,000,000
for costs in connection with efforts to combat violent
crime in public housing. Using amounts made avail-
able pursuant to the preceding sentence during fiscal
year 1995, the Secretary shall provide amounts in
such fiscal year for the continuation of the drug
elimination 
activities 
under 
Project 
Nos.
IA05PO98003004 and IA05DEP0980193.’’.
(d) LOW-INCOME
HOUSING
PRESERVATION
AND
RESIDENT HOMEOWNERSHIP ACT.—
(1) ACQUISITION GRANTS.—Section 234(b) of
the Housing and Community Development Act of
1987 (12 U.S.C. 4124(b)) is amended by striking
‘‘1993,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1994,’’ and
inserting ‘‘1995’’.
(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
CAPACITY
BUILDING.—Section 257 of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. 4147)
is amended by striking ‘‘1993,’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘1994,’’ and inserting ‘‘1995’’.
(e) USE
OF SECTION 236 RENTAL ASSISTANCE
FUND AMOUNTS
FOR FLEXIBLE SUBSIDIES.—Section
236(f)(3) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–
1(f)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1994’’
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1995’’.
(f) HOUSING COUNSELING.—
(1) EMERGENCY
HOMEOWNERSHIP
COUNSEL-
ING.—Section 106(c)(9) of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(c)(9)) is
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1994’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 1995’’.
(2) PREPURCHASE AND FORECLOSURE PREVEN-
TION
COUNSELING
DEMONSTRATION.—Section
106(d)(13) of the Housing and Urban Development
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(d)(13)) is amended
by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal
year 1995’’.
(g) MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC HOUSING
FOR DISABLED FAMILIES.—Section 5(j)(2)(G)(i) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437e(j)(2)(G)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years
1993 and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1995’’.
(h) NATIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP FUND.—Section
172 of the bill, H.R. 3838 (103d Congress), as passed by
the House of Representatives on July 22, 1994, is hereby
enacted into law.
(i) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROJECTS.—
(1) CONVERSION OF SECTION 23 PROJECT.—
From amounts available for the conversion of the
Tamaqua Highrise project in the Borough of
Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, from a leased housing con-
tract under section 23 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 to tenant-based assistance under section
8 of such Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall, to the extent such amounts are
made available in appropriation Acts, enter into an
obligation for the conversion of the project to a
project-based rental assistance contract under sec-
tion 8 of such Act, notwithstanding the requirement
for rehabilitation or the percentage limitations under
section 8(d)(2) of such Act.
(2) COMPLIANCE
WITH
REHABILITATION
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Rehabilitation activities undertaken
by E.T.C. Enterprises in connection with 16 scat-
tered-site dwelling units that were rehabilitated to
provide housing for low-income families and are lo-
cated in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and rehabilita-
tion activities undertaken by Pennrose Properties in
connection with 40 dwelling units for senior citizens
in the Providence Square development located in
New Brunswick, New Jersey, are hereby deemed to
have been conducted pursuant to the approval of
and an agreement with the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development under clauses (i) and (ii) of
the third sentence of section 8(d)(2)(A) of the Unit-
ed States Housing Act of 1937.
(3) ELIGIBILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING FOR DEM-
OLITION.—Section 415 of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1988 (Public Law 100–202;
101 Stat. 1329–213), is amended by striking
‘‘George Loving Place, at 3320 Rupert Street,
Edgar Ward Place, at 3901 Holystone, Elmer Scott
Place, at 2600 Morris, in Dallas, Texas, or’’.
(4) SECTION 23 CONVERSION.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding
contracts entered into pursuant to section 14(b)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, the
Secretary is authorized to enter into obligations
for the conversion of the Pine Tower Apart-
ments in Bay City, Michigan, from a leased
housing contract under section 23 of such Act
to a project-based rental assistance contract
under section 8 of such Act.
(B) REPAYMENT REQUIRED.—The author-
ization made in subparagraph (A) is condi-
tioned on the repayment to the Secretary of all
amounts received by the public housing agency
under the comprehensive improvement assist-
ance program under section 14 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 for the Pine Tower
Apartment project and the amounts, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, received by the public
housing agency under the formula in section
14(k) of such Act by reason of the project.
SEC. 3. RURAL HOUSING.
(a) UNDERSERVED
AREAS
SET-ASIDE.—Section
509(f)(4)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1479(f)(4)(A)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘fiscal
years 1993 and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year
1995’’; and
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘each’’.
(b) RURAL MULTIFAMILY RENTAL HOUSING.—Sec-
tion 515(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1485(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow-
ing new paragraphs:
‘‘(2) such a loan may be made for a period of
up to 50 years from the making of the loan;
‘‘(3) the terms and conditions of such a loan
shall provide for periodic payments, during the term
of the loan, based upon a schedule for complete am-
ortization of the loan over a 50-year period and for
payment of any outstanding amounts due under the
loan not later than the expiration of the term of the
loan;’’.
(c) RURAL RENTAL HOUSING FUNDS
FOR NON-
PROFIT
ENTITIES.—The 
first 
sentence 
of 
section
515(w)(1) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1485(w)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1993
and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1995’’.
(d) LOAN GUARANTEES FOR RURAL MULTIFAMILY
RENTAL HOUSING LOANS.—Section 517 of the bill, H.R.
3838 (103d Congress), as passed by the House of Rep-
resentatives on July 22, 1994, is hereby enacted into law.
(e) ELIGIBILITY OF AREA FOR RURAL HOMEOWNER-
SHIP LOANS.—Section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1472) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(i) Notwithstanding section 520, the Secretary may
make loans under this section for properties in the Pine
View West Subdivision, located in Gibsonville, North Caro-
lina, in the same manner as provided under this section
for properties in rural areas.’’.
(f) DEFINITION OF RURAL AREA.—The last sentence
of section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1490) is amended by striking ‘‘city of’’ and inserting
‘‘cities of South Tucson, Arizona, and’’.
SEC. 4. MORTGAGE INSURANCE AND SECONDARY MORT-
GAGE MARKET PROGRAMS.
(a) MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING
FINANCE.—Section
542(b)(5) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is amended by striking
‘‘and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1994, and 1995’’.
(b) ASSESSMENT COLLECTION DATES FOR OFFICE
OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT.—Sec-
tion 1316(b) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4516(b)) is amended by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) TIMING OF PAYMENT.—The annual assess-
ment shall be payable in installments on October 1
and April 1 of each fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 5. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
(a) CERTAIN CDBG ASSISTANCE.—Section 916(f) of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
(42 U.S.C. 5306 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Act shall
apply only with respect to fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993,
and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘section shall not apply to fiscal
years after fiscal year 1995’’.
(b) CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES LIMITATIONS.—Section
105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘under this para-
graph,’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1994’’ and inserting
‘‘fiscal years 1994 and 1995’’; and
(3) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
the following: ‘‘, and except that of any amount of
assistance under this title (including program in-
come) to the Cities of Fairfield, Vallejo, Napa, and
Vacaville, in California, such cities may use not
more than 20 percent in fiscal year 1995 for activi-
ties under this paragraph’’;
(c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—
(1) PITTSBURGH, 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the city of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, may retain any amounts
provided under an urban development action grant
for Project No. B–86–AA–42–0275 and use such
funds for the Central Pittsburgh Plaza project, if
such project is commenced not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the city of
Wilkes-Barre, 
Pennsylvania, 
may 
retain 
any
amounts provided under an urban development ac-
tion grant for Project No. B–87–AA–42–1211 and
use such funds for the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Economic Development project, if such project is
commenced not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of this Act.
(3) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.—The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall cancel the in-
debtedness of the city of Richmond, Virginia, relat-
ing to the categorical program settlement grant pro-
vided to the city to settle four urban renewal pro-