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(1) 
FEDERALLY
ASSISTED
HOUSING.—The
term ‘‘federally assisted housing’’ means a dwelling
unit—
(A) in public housing (as such term is de-
fined in section 1102);
(B) assisted with choice-based housing as-
sistance under title XIII;
(C) in housing that is provided project-
based assistance under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (as in effect before
the effective date of the repeal under section
1601(b) of this Act) or pursuant to section
1601(f) of this Act, including new construction
and substantial rehabilitation projects;
(D) in housing that is assisted under sec-
tion 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as
amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act);
(E) in housing that is assisted under sec-
tion 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such
section existed before the enactment of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act;
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(F) in housing that is assisted under sec-
tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act;
(G) in housing financed by a loan or mort-
gage insured under section 221(d)(3) of the
National Housing Act that bears interest at a
rate determined under the proviso of section
221(d)(5) of such Act;
(H) in housing insured, assisted, or held
by the Secretary or a State or State agency
under section 236 of the National Housing Act;
and
(I) in housing assisted under section 515
of the Housing Act of 1949.
(2) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means, with
respect to federally assisted housing, the entity or
private person (including a cooperative or public
housing agency) that has the legal right to lease or
sublease dwelling units in such housing.
TITLE XVII—AFFORDABLE HOUS-
ING 
AND 
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 1701. RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
The last sentence of section 520 of the Housing Act
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490) is amended by inserting before
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the period the following: ‘‘, and the city of Altus, Okla-
homa, shall be considered a rural area for purposes of this
title until the receipt of data from the decennial census
in the year 2000’’.
SEC. 1702. TREATMENT OF OCCUPANCY STANDARDS.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall not directly or indirectly establish a national occu-
pancy standard.
SEC. 1703. IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN.
(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall implement the Ida Barbour Revitaliza-
tion Plan of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, in a
manner consistent with existing limitations under
law.
(2) WAIVERS.—In carrying out paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall consider and make any waivers
to existing regulations and other requirements con-
sistent with the plan described in paragraph (1) to
enable timely implementation of such plan, except
that generally applicable regulations and other re-
quirements governing the award of funding under
programs for which assistance is applied for in con-
nection with such plan shall apply.
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(b) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually
thereafter through the year 2000, the city described
in subsection (a)(1) shall submit a report to the Sec-
retary on progress in implementing the plan de-
scribed in that subsection.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under
this subsection shall include—
(A) quantifiable measures revealing the in-
crease in homeowners, employment, tax base,
voucher allocation, leverage ratio of funds, im-
pact on and compliance with the consolidated
plan of the city;
(B) identification of regulatory and statu-
tory obstacles that—
(i) have caused or are causing unnec-
essary delays in the successful implementa-
tion of the consolidated plan; or
(ii) are contributing to unnecessary
costs associated with the revitalization; and
(C) any other information that the Sec-
retary considers to be appropriate.
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SEC. 1704. INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME AND CDBG PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS.—The Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act is amend-
ed as follows:
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In section 104(10) (42
U.S.C. 12704(10))—
(A) by striking ‘‘income ceilings higher or
lower’’ and inserting ‘‘an income ceiling high-
er’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘variations are’’ and in-
serting ‘‘variation is’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘high or’’.
(2) INCOME TARGETING.—In section 214(1)(A)
(42 U.S.C. 12744(1)(A))—
(A) by striking ‘‘income ceilings higher or
lower’’ and inserting ‘‘an income ceiling high-
er’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘variations are’’ and in-
serting ‘‘variation is’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘high or’’.
(3) RENT LIMITS.—In section 215(a)(1)(A) (42
U.S.C. 12745(a)(1)(A))—
(A) by striking ‘‘income ceilings higher or
lower’’ and inserting ‘‘an income ceiling high-
er’’;