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is responsible for convening and managing a continuum of care
process (convenor) in a community for purposes of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act from participating in that ca-
pacity unless the Secretary has published in the Federal Register
a description of all circumstances that would be grounds for prohib-
iting or debarring a convenor from administering a continuum of
care process and the procedures for a prohibition or debarment:
Provided, That these procedures shall include a requirement that
a convenor shall be provided with timely notice of a proposed prohi-
bition or debarment, an identification of the circumstances that
could result in the prohibition or debarment, an opportunity to re-
spond to or remedy these circumstances, and the right for judicial
review of any decision of the Secretary that results in a prohibition
or debarment.
HUD REFORM ACT COMPLIANCE
SEC. 207. Except as explicitly provided in legislation, any grant
or assistance made pursuant to Title II of this Act shall be made
in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 on a competitive basis.
EXPANSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSUMPTION AUTHORITY FOR
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
SEC. 208. Section 443 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As-
sistance Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 443. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
‘‘For purposes of environmental review, assistance and projects
under this title shall be treated as assistance for special projects
that are subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Prop-
erty Disposition Reform Act of 1994, and shall be subject to the
regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such section.’’.
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE NATIONAL
HOUSING ACT
SEC. 209. (a) SECTION 203 SUBSECTION DESIGNATIONS.—Section
203 of the National Housing Act is amended by—
(1) redesignating subsection (t) as subsection (u);
(2) redesignating subsection (s), as added by section 329 of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as
subsection (t); and
(3) redesignating subsection (v), as added by section 504 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, as sub-
section (w).
(b) 
MORTGAGE
AUCTIONS.—The 
first 
sentence 
of 
section
221(g)(4)(C)(viii) of the National Housing Act is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ the following: ‘‘, except that this sub-
paragraph shall continue to apply if the Secretary receives a mort-
gagee’s written notice of intent to assign its mortgage to the Sec-
retary on or before such date’’.
(c) MORTGAGEE REVIEW BOARD.—Section 202(c)(2) of the Na-
tional Housing Act is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’;
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or their designees.’’ and
inserting ‘‘and’’;
(3) by adding the following new subparagraph at the end:
‘‘(G) the Director of the Enforcement Center; or their
designees.’’.
INDIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
SEC. 210. Section 201(b) of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5)
and (6) respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new para-
graph:
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‘‘(4) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), a recipient may provide housing or housing assist-
ance provided through affordable housing activities assisted
with grant amounts under this Act to a law enforcement officer
on the reservation or other Indian area, who is employed full-
time by a Federal, state, county or tribal government, and in
implementing such full-time employment is sworn to uphold,
and make arrests for violations of Federal, state, county or
tribal law, if the recipient determines that the presence of the
law enforcement officer on the Indian reservation or other In-
dian area may deter crime.’’.
PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF
THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act
may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
to provide any grant or other assistance to construct, operate, or
otherwise benefit a facility, or facility with a designated portion of
that facility, which sells, or intends to sell, predominantly ciga-
rettes or other tobacco products. For the purposes of this provision,
predominant sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products means cig-
arette or tobacco sales representing more than 35 percent of the
annual total in-store, non-fuel, sales.
PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PUERTO RICO PUBLIC HOUSING
ADMINISTRATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
SEC. 212. No funds may be used to implement the agreement be-
tween the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Public
Housing Administration, and the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, dated June 7, 2000, related to the allocation
of operating subsidies for the Puerto Rico Public Housing Adminis-
tration unless the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration and
the Department of Housing and Urban Development submit by De-
cember 31, 2000 a schedule of benchmarks and measurable goals
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations designed
to address issues of mismanagement and safeguards against fraud
and abuse.
HOPE VI GRANT FOR HOLLANDER RIDGE
SEC. 213. The Housing Authority of Baltimore City may use the
grant award of $20,000,000 made to such authority for develop-
ment efforts at Hollander Ridge in Baltimore, Maryland with funds
appropriated for fiscal year 1996 under the heading ‘‘Public Hous-
ing Demolition, Site Revitalization, and Replacement Housing
Grants’’ for use, as approved by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development—
(1) for activities related to the revitalization of the Hollander
Ridge site; and
(2) in accordance with section 24 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937.
COMPUTER ACCESS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS
SEC. 214. (a) USE OF PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL AND OPERATING
FUNDS.—Section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is
amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by inserting before the semicolon
the following: ‘‘, including the establishment and initial oper-
ation of computer centers in and around public housing
through a Neighborhood Networks initiative, for the purpose of
enhancing the self-sufficiency, employability, and economic
self-reliance of public housing residents by providing them with
onsite computer access and training resources’’;
(2) in subsection (e)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking the word ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
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(B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding after subparagraph (J) the following:
‘‘(K) the costs of operating computer centers in public
housing through a Neighborhood Networks initiative de-
scribed in subsection (d)(1)(E), and of activities related to
that initiative.’’; and
(3) in subsection (h)—
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking the word ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting
‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
‘‘(8) assistance in connection with the establishment and op-
eration of computer centers in public housing through a Neigh-
borhood Networks initiative described in subsection (d)(1)(E).’’.
(b) DEMOLITION, SITE REVITALIZATION, REPLACEMENT HOUSING,
AND TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS.—Section
24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(G), by inserting before the semicolon
the following: ‘‘, including a Neighborhood Networks initiative
for the establishment and operation of computer centers in
public housing for the purpose of enhancing the self-sufficiency,
employability, an economic self-reliance of public housing resi-
dents by providing them with onsite computer access and
training resources’’; and
(2) in subsection (m)(2), in the first sentence, by inserting be-
fore the period the following ‘‘, including assistance in connec-
tion with the establishment and operation of computer centers
in public housing through the Neighborhoods Networks initia-
tive described in subsection (d)(1)(G)’’.
MARK-TO-MARKET REFORM
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the prop-
erties known as the Hawthornes in Independence, Missouri shall
be considered eligible multifamily housing projects for purposes of
participating in the multifamily housing restructuring program
pursuant to title V of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–65).
SECTION 236 EXCESS INCOME
SEC. 216. Section 236(g)(3)(A) of the National Housing Act is
amended by striking out ‘‘fiscal year 2000’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘fiscal years 2000 and 2001’’.
CDBG ELIGIBILITY
SEC. 217. Section 102(a)(6)(D) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 is amended by—
(1) in clause (v), striking out the ‘‘or’’ at the end;
(2) in clause (vi), striking the period at the end; and
(3) adding at the end the following new clause:
‘‘(vii)(I) has consolidated its government with one or more munic-
ipal governments, such that within the county boundaries there are
no unincorporated areas, (II) has a population of not less than
650,000, over which the consolidated government has the authority
to undertake essential community development and housing assist-
ance activities, (III) for more than 10 years, has been classified as
an entitlement area for purposes of allocating and distributing
funds under section 106, and (IV) as of the date of enactment of
this clause, has over 90 percent of the county’s population within
the jurisdiction of the consolidated government; or
‘‘(viii) notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any
county that was classified as an urban county pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) for fiscal year 1999, at the option of the county, may
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hereafter remain classified as an urban county for purposes of this
Act.’’.
EXEMPTION FOR ALASKA AND MISSISSIPPI FROM REQUIREMENT OF
RESIDENT ON BOARD OF PHA
SEC. 218. Public housing agencies in the States of Alaska and
Mississippi shall not be required to comply with section 2(b) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, during fiscal year
2001.
USE OF MODERATE REHABILITATION FUNDS FOR HOME
SEC. 219. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall make the funds
available under contracts NY36K113004 and NY36K113005 of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development available for use
under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act and shall allocate
such funds to the City of New Rochelle, New York.
LOMA LINDA REPROGRAMMING
SEC. 220. Of the amounts made available under the sixth undes-
ignated paragraph under the heading ‘‘Community Planning and
Development—Community Development Block Grants’’ in title II of
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban De-
velopment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999
(Public Law 105–276) for the Economic Development Initiative
(EDI) for grants for targeted economic investments, the $1,000,000
to be made available (pursuant to the related provisions of the joint
explanatory statement in the conference report to accompany such
Act (House Report 105–769)) to the City of Loma Linda, California,
for infrastructure improvements at Redlands Boulevard and Cali-
fornia Streets shall, notwithstanding such provisions, be made
available to the City for infrastructure improvements related to the
Mountain View Bridge.
NATIVE AMERICAN ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ROSS PROGRAM
SEC. 221. (a) Section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PUBLIC HOUSING’’ and in-
serting ‘‘PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘residents,’’ the following: ‘‘recipi-
ents under the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (notwithstanding section
502 of such Act) on behalf of residents of housing assisted
under such Act,’’ and
(B) by inserting after ‘‘public housing residents’’ the sec-
ond place it appears the following: ‘‘and residents of hous-
ing assisted under such Act’’,
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘project’’ the first place it appears
the following: ‘‘or the property of a recipient under such
Act or housing assisted under such Act’’;
(B) by inserting after ‘‘public housing residents’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or residents of housing assisted under such Act’’;
and
(C) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘public hous-
ing project’’ the following: ‘‘or residents of housing assisted
under such Act’’; and
(4) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘State or local’’ and in-
serting ‘‘State, local, or tribal’’.
(b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Section 538(b)(1) of the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘public housing’’ the following: ‘‘and housing assisted
under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996’’.