(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section’’ be-
fore ‘‘221(d)(4)’’;
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) (as
so amended) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) PUBLIC
HOUSING
AGENCY.—The term
‘public housing agency’ has the meaning given the
term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937.’’.
SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION.
Section 5127 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
(42 U.S.C. 11906) is amended by striking ‘‘Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act’’ and inserting
‘‘Community Partnerships Against Crime Amendments
Act’’.
SEC. 7. REPORTS.
Section 5128 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
(42 U.S.C. 11907) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘drug-related crime in’’ and in-
serting ‘‘crime in and around’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘described in section 5125(a)’’
and inserting ‘‘for the grantee submitted under sub-
section (a) or (b) of section 5125, as applicable’’.
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING.
Chapter 2 of subtitle C of title V of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1988 is amended by striking section 5130
(42 U.S.C. 11909) and inserting the following new sec-
tions:
‘‘SEC. 5130. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent amounts are made
available under section 5131(c), the Secretary may provide
training, information services, and other technical assist-
ance to public housing agencies and other entities with re-
spect to their participation in the program under this
chapter, which shall include activities under subsection (b)
of this section. Such technical assistance may be provided
directly by the Secretary or indirectly pursuant to grants,
contracts, or cooperative agreements.
‘‘(b) USE.—The Secretary may use amounts available
for use under this section—
‘‘(1) to establish and operate the clearinghouse
on drug abuse in public housing and the regional
training program on drug abuse in public housing
under sections 5143 and 5144 of this Act;
‘‘(2) to obtain assistance in establishing and
managing assessment and evaluation criteria and
specifications and to obtain the opinions of experts
in relevant fields; and
‘‘(3) upon the request of a public housing agen-
cy, to assist the agency in evaluating the extent of
the crime problem in any public housing adminis-
tered by the agency and preparing a 5-year crime
deterrence and reduction plan under section 5125(a)
or an application and plan under section 5125(b)(1),
which assistance may include providing personnel
and funding to identify and secure local resources to
assist in deterring and reducing crime.
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In selecting entities to receive tech-
nical assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give
priority to public housing agencies that have submitted ap-
plications and plans under section 5125 that the Secretary
has determined do not meet the requirements for approval
for assistance under this chapter.
‘‘SEC. 5131. FUNDING.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter
$340,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000,
and 2001. Any amount appropriated under this subsection
shall remain available until expended.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—Of any amounts available, or
that the Secretary is authorized to use, to carry out this
chapter in any fiscal year that remain after reserving
amounts for use under subsection (c)—
‘‘(1) 85 percent shall be available only for as-
sistance pursuant to section 5125(a) to public hous-
ing agencies that own or operate 250 or more public
housing dwelling units;
‘‘(2) 10 percent shall be available only for as-
sistance pursuant to section 5125(b)(2) to public
housing agencies that own or operate fewer than 250
public housing dwelling units; and
‘‘(3) 5 percent shall be available only for assist-
ance to federally assisted low-income housing pursu-
ant to section 5125(b)(3).
Any other provision of law enacted before or after the date
of the enactment of the Community Partnerships Against
Crime Amendments Act that limits the authority of the
Secretary to use amounts to carry out this chapter upon
the apportionment of such amounts in a manner not pro-
vided for in this subsection shall not be effective.
‘‘(c) SET-ASIDE FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Of
any amount made available in fiscal years 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, and 2001 to carry out this chapter, the Sec-
retary shall use not more than $10,000,000 in each such
fiscal year to provide technical assistance under section
5130.’’.
SEC. 9. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
The table of contents in section 5001 of the Anti-
Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–690; 102 Stat.
4295) is amended—
(1) by striking the item relating to the heading
for chapter 2 of subtitle C of title V and inserting
the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 2—COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AGAINST CRIME’’;
(2) by striking the item relating to section 5122
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 5122. Purposes.’’;
(3) by striking the item relating to section 5125
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 5125. Grant procedures.’’;
and
(4) by striking the item relating to section 5130
and inserting the following new items:
‘‘Sec. 5130. Technical Assistance.
‘‘Sec. 5131. Funding.’’.
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