SEC. 4. TENANT PARTICIPATION. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Neither the require-
ments of this Act, nor any other requirement, regulation, 
guideline, or other policy or action of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development relating to public hous-
ing asset management may be construed to repeal or waive 
any provision of part 964 of title 24 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, regarding tenant participation and tenant op-
portunities in public housing. The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall ensure that public housing 
agencies encourage the reasonable efforts of resident ten-
ant organizations to represent their members or the rea-
sonable efforts of tenants to organize. 
(b) PHAS IN RECEIVERSHIP.—In the case of any 
public housing agency in receivership, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development or any receiver may not 
abrogate, waive, repeal, or modify any provision of part 
964 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations or any 
provision of a formalized housing agreement entered into 
pursuant to such part 964 (including pursuant to section 
964.11, 964.14, 964.18(a)(6), or 964.135 of such part) 
before the commencement of such receivership by a resi-
dent or tenant organization and the public housing agen-
cy. 
(c) GUIDANCE.—Guidance issued by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall encourage partici-
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pation by residents in the implementation of asset man-
agement and the development of local policies for such 
purposes. 
SEC. 5. INELIGIBILITY OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOR AS-
SISTANCE. 
Immigrants who are not lawfully present in the 
United States shall be ineligible for financial assistance 
under this Act, as provided and defined by section 214 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 1436a). Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to alter the restrictions or definitions in such section 214. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION
OF
MANAGEMENT
FEES
FOR 
AGREEMENTS PROHIBITING OR REQUIRING REGISTRA-
TION
OF FIREARMS.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall not accept as reasonable any 
management or related fees for enforcing any provision 
of a dwelling lease agreement or other similar agreement 
that requires the registration of or prohibits the possession 
of any firearm that is possessed by an individual for his 
or her personal protection or for sport the possession of 
which is not prohibited, or the registration of which is not 
required, by existing law. 
(b) COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 
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(1) OPTION TO ESTABLISH.—Section 12(c) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1347j(c)) is amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘OPTIONAL’’ before ‘‘COMMUNITY SERVICE’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking the mat-
ter that precedes subparagraph (A) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
public housing agency may, at the option of the 
agency, require that each adult resident of a public 
housing project—’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the mat-
ter that precedes subparagraph (A) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary shall re-
quire each public housing agency that establishes a 
community service requirement pursuant to para-
graph (1) to provide an exemption from the applica-
bility of the requirements authorized by paragraph 
(1) for any individual who—’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘the requirement 
under paragraph (1), the public hous-
ing agency’’ and inserting ‘‘a require-
ment established pursuant to para-
graph (1) by a public housing agency, 
the agency’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the requirement 
under paragraph (1) of this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘such require-
ment’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘the requirement 
under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘a requirement established pursuant 
to paragraph (1) by the agency’’; 
(II) in clause (i)(III) by striking 
‘‘the resident’s lease will not be re-
newed’’ and inserting the following 
‘‘the agency may, in accordance with 
policies established by the agency at 
the option of the agency, refuse to 
renew the resident’s lease’’; and 
(III) in clause (ii)— 
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(aa) by striking ‘‘not’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, in accordance with 
policies established by the agency 
at the option of the agency, 
refuse to’’; 
(bb) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and 
inserting ‘‘may, in accordance 
with such policies,’’; and 
(cc) 
by 
striking 
‘‘under 
paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘established pursuant to para-
graph (1)’’; 
(E) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘not’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
in accordance with policies established by 
the agency at the option of the agency, 
refuse to’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the requirement 
under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘a re-
quirement established pursuant to para-
graph (1) by the agency’’; 
(F) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘that 
establishes a community service requirement 
pursuant to paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘Each public 
housing agency’’; 
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section (a) and inserting the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this chapter such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 
2011.’’. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Section 5124(a)(6) 
of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 
11903(a)(6)) is amended by striking the semicolon 
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, except that 
the activities conducted under any program carried 
out in whole or in part with grant amounts provided 
pursuant to this paragraph may include— 
‘‘(A) providing treatment for drug abuse 
through rehabilitation or relapse prevention; 
‘‘(B) providing education about the dan-
gers and adverse consequences of drug use or 
violent crime; 
‘‘(C) identifying drug users, assisting such 
users in discontinuing their drug use through 
an education program, and, if appropriate, re-
ferring the users to a drug treatment program; 
‘‘(D) providing after school activities for 
youths for the purpose of discouraging, reduc-
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ing, or eliminating drug use or violent crime by 
youths; 
‘‘(E) providing capital improvements for 
the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi-
nating drug use or violent crime; 
‘‘(F) providing security services for the 
purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi-
nating drug use or violent crime; and 
‘‘(G) other appropriate activities.’’. 
Æ 
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