‘‘(C) has misused or misappropriated 
funds; 
‘‘(D) has failed to make a good faith effort 
to carry out the purposes of the program speci-
fied in subsection (a); or 
‘‘(E) has failed to cure a material defi-
ciency in performance after notice and an op-
portunity to correct the deficiency. 
‘‘(5) CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary shall carry out a program— 
‘‘(A) to identify agencies participating in 
the program under this section that are at risk 
of termination of such participation pursuant to 
paragraph (6); 
‘‘(B) to consult with such agencies regard-
ing actions that may be taken to avoid such ter-
mination; 
‘‘(C) to establish goals and timelines for 
such corrective actions; and 
‘‘(D) to provide appropriate technical as-
sistance designed to facilitate such actions and 
avoid such termination. 
‘‘(6) TERMINATION
OF
PARTICIPATION.—Any 
agency whose participation in the program under 
this section is terminated shall be subject to the pro-
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visions of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) and all other provisions of 
law applicable to public housing agencies not partici-
pating in the program, except that the Secretary 
shall provide a transition period, that begins upon 
such termination and is not shorter than 18 months, 
for such agencies to come into compliance with such 
laws. 
‘‘(7) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of the Moving to Work Re-
form and Expansion Act of 2016, and not later than 
the expiration of each successive 5-year period there-
after, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
Congress regarding the program under this section 
and the results of the reviews conducted under para-
graph (2), which shall— 
‘‘(A) evaluate the programs carried out by 
public housing agencies participating in the pro-
gram, including with respect to each of the pur-
poses specified in subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) include findings and recommenda-
tions for appropriate legislative changes to the 
program. 
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‘‘(8) GAO REVIEWS AND REPORTS.—Not later 
than September 30, 2023, and not later than the ex-
piration of each successive 8-year period thereafter, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
‘‘(A) conduct and complete a review of the 
program under this section, which shall include 
examination and analysis of the implementation 
of the program and identification of any short-
comings and any means for improving the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(B) submit to the Congress a report re-
garding the review, which shall set forth a de-
tailed description of such implementation, any 
shortcomings of the program identified, and 
recommendations for improving the program.’’; 
(10) in subsection (i)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘section 14 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 for fiscal years 1996, 
1997, and 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital 
Fund under section 9(d) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 in each fiscal year’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘up 
to 10’’; and 
(11) by striking subsection (j). 
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(b) TREATMENT OF PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.— 
(1) CONTINUATION
OF
PARTICIPATION.—This 
Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not 
affect the status of any public housing agency that, 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is par-
ticipating in the Moving to Work Program under 
section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, as such 
a participating agency. 
(2) ELECTION.—Any public housing agency re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) may elect— 
(A) to continue participation in the Pro-
gram under such section 204 under the terms 
of the agreement entered into between the 
agency and the Secretary providing for such 
participation until the date of the expiration of 
such agreement; or 
(B) at any time before date of the expira-
tion of such agreement, to transition to partici-
pation under the program under such section 
204, as amended by this Act. 
(3) CONVERSION TO REFORMED PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, any public 
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housing agency that elects pursuant to para-
graph (2)(A) of this subsection to continue par-
ticipation in the Program under such section 
204 shall, upon the expiration of the agreement 
referred to in such paragraph, be considered to 
have been approved for participation in the Pro-
gram under such section 204, as amended by 
this Act, and the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall provide for the transi-
tion of the agency to participation under the 
Program under such section as so amended. 
(B) INAPPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to any public housing agency 
that is determined by the Secretary to be in 
material default, upon the expiration of the 
agreement referred to in paragraph (2)(A), of 
the conditions and obligations under such 
agreement. 
(4) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
NUMERICAL
LIMITA-
TION.—Any public housing agency transitioned pur-
suant to paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(A) of this sub-
section to participation under the Program as 
amended by this Act shall not count toward fulfill-
ment of the numerical limitation under section 
204(d)(3)(A) of the Departments of Veterans Af-
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fairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as 
added by the amendment made by section 2(a)(5)(A) 
of this Act). 
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