for personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall re-
main available until September 30, 1999 and may be used
to enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs
associated with personnel relocation, and for other serv-
ices, to be provided during the next fiscal year.
NASA shall develop a revised appropriation structure
for submission in the Fiscal Year 2000 budget request
consisting of two basic appropriations (the Human Space
Flight Appropriation and the Science, Aeronautics and
Technology Appropriation) with a separate (third) appro-
priation for the Office of Inspector General. The appro-
priations shall each include the planned full costs (direct
and indirect costs) of NASA’s related activities and allow
NASA to shift civil service salaries, benefits and support
between and/or among appropriations or accounts, as re-
quired, for the safe, timely, and successful accomplishment
of NASA missions.
None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used for feasibility studies for, or construction or pro-
curement of satellite hardware for, a mission to a region
of space identified as an Earth LaGrange point, other
than for the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO),
Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), or Genesis mis-
sion. Such funds shall also not be used for the addition
of an Earth-observing payload to any of the missions
named in the preceding sentence.
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
During fiscal year 1999, gross obligations of the Cen-
tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di-
rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by the
National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12
U.S.C. 1795), shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided,
That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa-
cility in fiscal year 1999 shall not exceed $176,000: Pro-
vided further, That $2,000,000, together with amounts of
principal and interest on loans repaid, to be available until
expended, is available for loans to community development
credit unions.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal
of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft
and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui-
sition of aircraft, $2,745,000,000, of which not to exceed
$244,960,000, shall remain available until expended for
Polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science
support and logistical and other related activities for the
United States Antarctic program; the balance to remain
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That re-
ceipts for scientific support services and materials fur-
nished by the National Research Centers and other Na-
tional Science Foundation supported research facilities
may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further,
That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less
than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for
included program activities, all amounts, including floors
and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those pro-
gram activities or their subactivities shall be reduced pro-
portionally: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the National
Science Foundation in this or any prior Act may be obli-
gated or expended by the National Science Foundation to
enter into or extend a grant, contract, or cooperative
agreement for the support of administering the domain
name and numbering system of the Internet after Septem-
ber 30, 1998.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
For necessary expenses of major construction
projects pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as amended, $90,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and
engineering education and human resources programs and
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation
Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
$642,500,000, to remain available until September 30,
2000: Provided, That to the extent that the amount of
this appropriation is less than the total amount authorized
to be appropriated for included program activities, all
amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au-
thorizing Act for those program activities or their sub-
activities shall be reduced proportionally.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed
$9,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of
Columbia; reimbursement of the General Services Admin-
istration for security guard services; $144,000,000: Pro-
vided, That contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Salaries
and expenses’’ in fiscal year 1999 for maintenance and
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be pro-
vided during the next fiscal year.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $5,200,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2000.
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $90,000,000, of which
$25,000,000 shall be for a pilot homeownership initiative,
including an evaluation by an independent third party to
determine its effectiveness.
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for
civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, $24,176,000: Pro-
vided, That during the current fiscal year, the President
may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31
U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such action to be nec-
essary in the interest of national defense: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended for or in connection with the induction of any
person into the Armed Forces of the United States.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and
III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no
specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi-
tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts
set forth therefore in the budget estimates submitted for
the appropriations: Provided, That this provision does not
apply to accounts that do not contain an object classifica-
tion for travel: Provided further, That this section shall
not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials
of local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service
System; to travel performed directly in connection with
care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec-
tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter-
mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen-
eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to
payments to interagency motor pools where separately set
forth in the budget schedules: Provided further, That if
appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts
set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such
appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor-
respondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the
estimates in the same proportion.
SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development and the Selective Service System
shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase
of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for
services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed-
eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ-
ing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof,
Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831).
SEC. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended—
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or
employee of the United States unless—
(A) such certification is accompanied by,
or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de-
scribes the payee or payees and the items or
services for which such expenditure is being
made; or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to
such certification, and without such a voucher
or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;
and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit
by the General Accounting Office or is specifically
exempt by law from such audit.
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency may be expended for the trans-
portation of any officer or employee of such department
or agency between their domicile and their place of em-
ployment, with the exception of any officer or employee
authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or
5 U.S.C. 7905.
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re-
cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re-
search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited
by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost
sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in-
terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government
in the research.
SEC. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used,
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimburse-
ment for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether
retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more
than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of
the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by
law.
SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise com-
pensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the au-
thority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission pur-
suant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act
(15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided under exist-
ing law, or under an existing Executive Order issued pur-
suant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of
any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any
consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are:
(1) a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available
list of all contracts entered into within twenty-four months
prior to the date on which the list is made available to
the public and of all contracts on which performance has
not been completed by such date. The list required by the
preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall
include a narrative description of the work to be per-
formed under each such contract.
SEC. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no
part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be
obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred
to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for services unless such
executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into such
contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula-
tions promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report
prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval-
uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report
prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from
or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to
such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the
contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to
such contract.
SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section
406, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide
a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to
any officer or employee of such department or agency.
SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.
2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of
less than 22 miles per gallon.
SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I
of this Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of
real property if the estimated annual rental is more than
$300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress
and a period of 30 days has expired following the date
on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
SEC. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,
to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act
should be American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to
grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office
of Management and Budget Circular A–21.
SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1999 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity,
when it is made known to the Federal entity or official
to which the funds are made available that the program,
project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private
property rights, or unfunded mandates.
SEC. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as
amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 104 of the Act as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs set forth in the budget for 1999 for such
corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: Pro-
vided, That collections of these corporations and agencies
may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commit-
ments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act
(unless such loans are in support of other forms of assist-
ance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), ex-
cept that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage in-
surance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or
where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to pro-
tect the financial interest of the United States Govern-
ment.
SEC. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)),
funds made available pursuant to authorization under
such section for fiscal year 1999 and prior fiscal years
may be used for implementing comprehensive conservation
and management plans.
SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to na-
tional service education awards shall mean any loan made
directly to a student by the Alaska Commission on Post-
secondary Education, in addition to other meanings under
section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service
Act.
SEC. 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds
made available by this or any other Act to the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, the National Science Founda-
tion, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion for the United States/Mexico Foundation for Science
may be used for the endowment of such Foundation.
SEC. 423. (a) Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(2)
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A))
is amended by striking clause (ii) and all that follows
through the end of the subparagraph and inserting the
following:
‘‘(ii) 87 percent of the dollar amount
limitation 
determined 
under 
section
305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation Act for a residence
of the applicable size; except that the dol-
lar amount limitation in effect for any area
under this subparagraph may not be less
than 48 percent of the dollar limitation de-
termined under section 305(a)(2) of the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Act for a residence of the applicable size;
and’’,
and, in addition to the amounts appropriated in other
parts of this Act, $10,000,000 is appropriated to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, ‘‘Medical and prosthetic re-
search’’, and $70,000,000 is appropriated to the National
Science Foundation, ‘‘Research and related activities’’.
(b) The first sentence in the matter following section
203(b)(2)(B)(iii) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1709(b)(2)(B)(iii) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ‘area’ means
a metropolitan statistical area as established by the Office
of Management and Budget; and the median 1-family
house price for an area shall be equal to the median 1-
family house price of the county within the area that has
the highest such median price.’’.
SEC. 424. (a) The Consumer Product Safety Com-
mission shall contract with the National Institute on Envi-
ronmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to conduct a thor-
ough study of the toxicity of all the flame retardant chemi-
cals identified by the Commission as likely candidates for
addition to residential upholstered furniture for the pur-
pose of meeting regulations proposed by the Commission
for flame-resistance of residential upholstered furniture.
Where NIEHS has existing adequate information regard-
ing the chemicals identified by the Commission, such in-
formation can be transmitted to the Commission in lieu
of an additional study on those chemicals.
(b) The Commission shall establish a Chronic Hazard
Advisory Panel, according to the provisions of section 28
of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2077),
convened for the purpose of advising the Commission on
the potential health effects and hazards, including carcino-
genicity, neurotoxicity, mutagenicity, and other chronic
and acute effects on consumers exposed to fabrics in-
tended to be used in residential upholstered furniture
which would be chemically treated to meet the Commis-
sion’s proposed flame-resistant standards. In lieu of the
requirements of section 31(b)(2)(B) of such Act (15
U.S.C. 2080(b)(2)(B)), the Panel may meet for up to 1
year.
(c) The Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel convened by
the Commission under subsection (b) for purposes of ad-
vising the Commission concerning the chronic hazards of
flame-retardant chemicals in residential upholstered fur-
niture shall complete its work and furnish its report to
the Commission not later than one year after the date of
the establishment of the Panel, except that if the Panel
finds that it is unable to complete its work adequately
within the one year after its establishment, it shall—
(1) advise the Commission that it will be unable
to complete its work within one year;
(2) furnish the Commission with an interim re-
port at the expiration of such year discussing its
findings to date; and
(3) provide the Commission with an estimated
date on which it will complete its work and submit
a final report to the Commission.
(d) The Commission shall furnish the interim report,
and the estimated date on which the Panel will complete
its final report, to the House Committee on Commerce,
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Trans-
portation, the House Committee on Appropriations and
Senate Committee on Appropriations. The Commission
shall furnish the final report to the House Committee on
Commerce, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science
and Transportation, the House Committee on Appropria-
tions and Senate Committee on Appropriations.
(e) No additional funds shall be expended by the
Commission on developing flammability standards for resi-
dential upholstered furniture until 3 months after the
Commission has furnished either the interim report or the
final report of the Panel to the House Committee on Com-
merce, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, the House Committee on Appropriations
and Senate Committee on Appropriations.
(f) The Commission, before promulgating any final
rule setting flammability standards for residential uphol-
stered furniture shall report to the House Committee on
Commerce, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science
and Transportation, the House Committee on Appropria-
tions and Senate Committee on Appropriations on the re-
port of the Panel, and the anticipated costs of the flam-
mability standards regulation, including costs resulting
from—
(1) public exposure to flame-retardant chemi-
cals in residential upholstered furniture;
(2) exposure of workers to flame-retardant
chemicals in the manufacture, distribution and sale
of textiles and residential upholstered furniture;
(3) the generating, tracking, and disposing of
flame-retardant chemicals and hazardous wastes
generated from the handling of flame-retardant
chemicals used on textiles and residential uphol-
stered furniture; and
(4) limited availability in particular geographic
regions of competing flame-resistant chemicals ap-
proved for use for residential upholstered furniture.
(g) In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in
this Act, there is appropriated to the Consumer Product
Safety Commission $5,000,000 to carry out this section.
SEC. 425. The amount otherwise provided by this Act
for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Ad-
ministration, Medical care’’ equipment, land, and struc-
tures 
object 
classification, 
is 
hereby 
reduced 
by
$69,000,000.
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available under
this heading may be used to develop and enforce the
standard for the flammability of children’s sleepware sizes
0 through 6X (contained in regulations published at 16
CFR part 1615) and sizes 7 through 14 (contained in reg-
ulations published at 16 CFR part 1616) as the standard
was amended effective January 1, 1997.
SEC. 427. The amounts otherwise provided by this
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available
under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT—FEDERAL HOUSING
ADMINISTRATION—FHA—MUTUAL
MORTGAGE
INSUR-
ANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT’’ for non-overhead administra-
tive expenses necessary to carry out the Mutual Mortgage
(2) to permit Kaiser Permanente to use any of
the funds described in paragraph (1) to relocate the
hospital to a site that is located more than 3 miles
from the current site of the hospital.
If, before October 1, 1998, the Director takes an action
described in paragraph (1) or (2), the Director shall re-
scind the action.
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for researching methods to reduce meth-
ane emissions from cows, sheep, or any other ruminant
livestock.
SEC. 431. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to carry out Executive Order No. 13083.
SEC. 432. The amounts otherwise provided by this
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available
for ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE-
VELOPMENT—COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOP-
MENT—HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR
PERSONS
WITH
AIDS’’, and increasing the amount made available for
‘‘DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS—DE-
PARTMENTAL
ADMINISTRATION—GRANTS
FOR
CON-
STRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES’’, by
$21,000,000.
SEC. 433. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to implement section 12B.2(b) of the Admin-
istrative Code of San Francisco, California.
Titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act may be cited as
the ‘‘Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1999’’.
DIVISION B—HOUSING OPPOR-
TUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the
‘‘Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1998’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this division is as follows:
DIVISION B—HOUSING OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
Sec. 1001. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 1002. Permanent applicability.
Sec. 1003. Declaration of policy to renew American neighborhoods.
TITLE XI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1101. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 1102. Definitions.
Sec. 1103. Organization of public housing agencies.
Sec. 1104. Determination of adjusted income and median income.
Sec. 1105. Community work and family self-sufficiency requirements.
Sec. 1106. Local housing management plans.
Sec. 1107. Review of plans.
Sec. 1108. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 1109. Pet ownership.
Sec. 1110. Administrative grievance procedure.
Sec. 1111. Headquarters reserve fund.
Sec. 1112. Labor standards.
Sec. 1113. Nondiscrimination.
Sec. 1114. Prohibition on use of funds.
Sec. 1115. Inapplicability to Indian housing.
Sec. 1116. Regulations.
TITLE XII—PUBLIC HOUSING
Subtitle A—Block Grants
Sec. 1201. Block grant contracts.
Sec. 1202. Grant authority, amount, and eligibility.
Sec. 1203. Eligible and required activities.
Sec. 1204. Determination of grant allocation.
Sec. 1205. Sanctions for improper use of amounts.
Subtitle B—Admissions and Occupancy Requirements
Sec. 1221. Low-income housing requirement.
Sec. 1222. Family eligibility.
Sec. 1223. Preferences for occupancy.
Sec. 1224. Admission procedures.
Sec. 1225. Family choice of rental payment.
Sec. 1226. Lease requirements.
Sec. 1227. Designated housing for elderly and disabled families.
Subtitle C—Management
Sec. 1231. Management procedures.
Sec. 1232. Housing quality requirements.
Sec. 1233. Employment of residents.
Sec. 1234. Resident councils and resident management corporations.
Sec. 1235. Management by resident management corporation.
Sec. 1236. Transfer of management of certain housing to independent manager
at request of residents.
Sec. 1237. Resident opportunity program.
Subtitle D—Homeownership
Sec. 1251. Resident homeownership programs.
Subtitle E—Disposition, Demolition, and Revitalization of Developments
Sec. 1261. Requirements for demolition and disposition of developments.
Sec. 1262. Demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and choice-
based assistance grants for developments.
Sec. 1263. Voluntary voucher system for public housing.
Subtitle F—Mixed-Finance Public Housing
Sec. 1271. Authority.
Sec. 1272. Mixed-finance housing developments.
Sec. 1273. Mixed-finance housing plan.
Sec. 1274. Rent levels for housing financed with low-income housing tax credit.
Sec. 1275. Carry-over of assistance for replaced housing.
Subtitle G—General Provisions
Sec. 1281. Payment of non-Federal share.
Sec. 1282. Authorization of appropriations for block grants.
Sec. 1283. Funding for operation safe home.
Sec. 1284. Funding for relocation of victims of domestic violence.
TITLE XIII—CHOICE-BASED RENTAL HOUSING AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
Subtitle A—Allocation
Sec. 1301. Authority to provide housing assistance amounts.
Sec. 1302. Contracts with PHA’s.
Sec. 1303. Eligibility of PHA’s for assistance amounts.
Sec. 1304. Allocation of amounts.
Sec. 1305. Administrative fees.
Sec. 1306. Authorizations of appropriations.
Sec. 1307. Conversion of section 8 assistance.
Sec. 1308. Recapture and reuse of annual contract project reserves under
choice-based housing assistance and section 8 tenant-based as-
sistance programs.
Subtitle B—Choice-Based Housing Assistance for Eligible Families
Sec. 1321. Eligible families and preferences for assistance.
Sec. 1322. Resident contribution.
Sec. 1323. Rental indicators.
Sec. 1324. Lease terms.
Sec. 1325. Termination of tenancy.
Sec. 1326. Eligible owners.
Sec. 1327. Selection of dwelling units.
Sec. 1328. Eligible dwelling units.
Sec. 1329. Homeownership option.
Sec. 1330. Assistance for rental of manufactured homes.
Subtitle C—Payment of Housing Assistance on Behalf of Assisted Families
Sec. 1351. Housing assistance payments contracts.
Sec. 1352. Amount of monthly assistance payment.
Sec. 1353. Payment standards.
Sec. 1354. Reasonable rents.
Sec. 1355. Prohibition of assistance for vacant rental units.
Subtitle D—General and Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 1371. Definitions.
Sec. 1372. Rental assistance fraud recoveries.
Sec. 1373. Study regarding geographic concentration of assisted families.
Sec. 1374. Study regarding rental assistance.
TITLE XIV—HOME RULE FLEXIBLE GRANT OPTION
Sec. 1401. Purpose.
Sec. 1402. Flexible grant program.
Sec. 1403. Covered housing assistance.
Sec. 1404. Program requirements.
Sec. 1405. Applicability of certain provisions.
Sec. 1406. Application.
Sec. 1407. Training.
Sec. 1408. Accountability.
Sec. 1409. Definitions.
TITLE XV—ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT OF PUBLIC
HOUSING AGENCIES
Subtitle A—Study of Alternative Methods for Evaluating Public Housing
Agencies
Sec. 1501. In general.
Sec. 1502. Purposes.
Sec. 1503. Evaluation of various performance evaluation systems.
Sec. 1504. Consultation.
Sec. 1505. Contract to conduct study.
Sec. 1506. Report.
Sec. 1507. Funding.
Sec. 1508. Effective date.
Subtitle B—Housing Evaluation and Accreditation Board
Sec. 1521. Establishment.
Sec. 1522. Membership.
Sec. 1523. Functions.
Sec. 1524. Powers.
Sec. 1525. Fees.
Sec. 1526. GAO audit.
Subtitle C—Interim Applicability of Public Housing Management Assessment
Program
Sec. 1531. Interim applicability.
Sec. 1532. Management assessment indicators.
Sec. 1533. Designation of PHA’s.
Sec. 1534. On-site inspection of troubled PHA’s.
Sec. 1535. Administration.
Subtitle D—Accountability and Oversight Standards and Procedures
Sec. 1541. Audits.
Sec. 1542. Performance agreements for authorities at risk of becoming trou-
bled.
Sec. 1543. Performance agreements and CDBG sanctions for troubled PHA’s.
Sec. 1544. Option to demand conveyance of title to or possession of public
housing.
Sec. 1545. Removal of ineffective PHA’s.
Sec. 1546. Mandatory takeover of chronically troubled PHA’s.
Sec. 1547. Treatment of troubled PHA’s.
Sec. 1548. Maintenance of records.
Sec. 1549. Annual reports regarding troubled PHA’s.
Sec. 1550. Applicability to resident management corporations.
Sec. 1551. Advisory council for Housing Authority of New Orleans.
TITLE XVI—REPEALS AND RELATED AMENDMENTS
Subtitle A—Repeals, Effective Date, and Savings Provisions
Sec. 1601. Effective date and repeal of United States Housing Act of 1937.
Sec. 1602. Other repeals.
Subtitle B—Other Provisions Relating to Public Housing and Rental
Assistance Programs
Sec. 1621. Allocation of elderly housing amounts.
Sec. 1622. Pet ownership.
Sec. 1623. Review of drug elimination program contracts.
Sec. 1624. Amendments to Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act
of 1990.
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Subtitle C—Limitations Relating to Occupancy in Federally Assisted Housing
Sec. 1641. Screening of applicants.
Sec. 1642. Termination of tenancy and assistance for illegal drug users and al-
cohol abusers.
Sec. 1643. Lease requirements.
Sec. 1644. Availability of criminal records for tenant screening and eviction.
Sec. 1645. Definitions.
TITLE XVII—AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Sec. 1701. Rural housing assistance.
Sec. 1702. Treatment of occupancy standards.
Sec. 1703. Implementation of plan.
Sec. 1704. Income eligibility for HOME and CDBG programs.
Sec. 1705. Prohibition of use of CDBG grants for employment relocation activi-
ties.
Sec. 1706. Regional cooperation under CDBG economic development initiative.
Sec. 1707. Use of American products.
Sec. 1708. Consultation with affected areas in settlement of litigation.
Sec. 1709. Treatment of PHA repayment agreement.
Sec. 1710. Use of assisted housing by aliens.
Sec. 1711. Protection of senior homeowners under reverse mortgage program.
Sec. 1712. Conversion of section 8 tenant-based assistance to project-based as-
sistance in the Borough of Tamaqua.
Sec. 1713. Housing counseling.
Sec. 1714. Transfer of surplus real property for providing housing for low- and
moderate-income families.
Sec. 1715. Effective date.
SEC. 1002. PERMANENT APPLICABILITY.
Upon effectiveness pursuant to section 1601(a), the
provisions of this division and the amendments made by
this division shall apply thereafter, except to the extent
otherwise specifically provided in this division or the
amendments made by this division.
SEC. 1003. DECLARATION OF POLICY TO RENEW AMERICAN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
The Congress hereby declares that—
(1) the Federal Government has a responsibility
to promote the general welfare of the Nation—
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(A) by using Federal resources to aid fami-
lies and individuals seeking affordable homes
that are safe, clean, and healthy and, in par-
ticular, assisting responsible, deserving citizens
who cannot provide fully for themselves because
of temporary circumstances or factors beyond
their control;
(B) by working to ensure a thriving na-
tional economy and a strong private housing
market; and
(C) by developing effective partnerships
among the Federal Government, State and local
governments, and private entities that allow
government to accept responsibility for foster-
ing the development of a healthy marketplace
and allow families to prosper without govern-
ment involvement in their day-to-day activities;
(2) the Federal Government cannot through its
direct action alone provide for the housing of every
American citizen, or even a majority of its citizens,
but it is the responsibility of the Government to pro-
mote and protect the independent and collective ac-
tions of private citizens to develop housing and
strengthen their own neighborhoods;
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(3) the Federal Government should act where
there is a serious need that private citizens or
groups cannot or are not addressing responsibly;
(4) housing is a fundamental and necessary
component of bringing true opportunity to people
and communities in need, but providing physical
structures to house low-income families will not by
itself pull generations up from poverty;
(5) it is a goal of our Nation that all citizens
have decent and affordable housing; and
(6) our Nation should promote the goal of pro-
viding decent and affordable housing for all citizens
through the efforts and encouragement of Federal,
State, and local governments, and by the independ-
ent and collective actions of private citizens, organi-
zations, and the private sector.
TITLE XI—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 1101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
The purpose of this division is to promote safe, clean,
and healthy housing that is affordable to low-income fami-
lies, and thereby contribute to the supply of affordable
housing, by—
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(1) deregulating and decontrolling public hous-
ing agencies, thereby enabling them to perform as
property and asset managers;
(2) providing for more flexible use of Federal
assistance to public housing agencies, allowing the
authorities to leverage and combine assistance
amounts with amounts obtained from other sources;
(3) facilitating mixed income communities;
(4) increasing accountability and rewarding ef-
fective management of public housing agencies;
(5) creating incentives and economic opportuni-
ties for residents of dwelling units assisted by public
housing agencies to work, become self-sufficient, and
transition out of public housing and federally as-
sisted dwelling units;
(6) recreating the existing rental assistance
voucher program so that the use of vouchers and re-
lationships between landlords and tenants under the
program operate in a manner that more closely re-
sembles the private housing market; and
(7) remedying troubled public housing agencies
and replacing or revitalizing severely distressed pub-
lic housing developments.
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SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this division, the following definitions
shall apply:
(1) ACQUISITION
COST.—When used in ref-
erence to public housing, the term ‘‘acquisition cost’’
means the amount prudently expended by a public
housing agency in acquiring property for a public
housing development.
(2) DEVELOPMENT.—The terms ‘‘public hous-
ing development’’ and ‘‘development’’ (when used in
reference to public housing) mean—
(A) public housing; and
(B) the improvement of any such housing.
(3) DISABLED
FAMILY.—The term ‘‘disabled
family’’ means a family whose head (or his or her
spouse), or whose sole member, is a person with dis-
abilities. Such term includes 2 or more persons with
disabilities living together, and 1 or more such per-
sons living with 1 or more persons determined under
the regulations of the Secretary to be essential to
their care or well-being.
(4) DRUG-RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.—The
term ‘‘drug-related criminal activity’’ means the ille-
gal manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or posses-
sion with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, or
use, of a controlled substance (as such term is de-
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fined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances
Act).
(5) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The term ‘‘effective
date’’, when used in reference to this division, means
the effective date determined under section 1601(a).
(6) ELDERLY
FAMILIES
AND
NEAR
ELDERLY
FAMILIES.—The terms ‘‘elderly family’’ and ‘‘near-
elderly family’’ mean a family whose head (or his or
her spouse), or whose sole member, is an elderly per-
son or a near-elderly person, respectively. Such
terms include two or more elderly persons or near-
elderly persons living together, and one or more such
persons living with one or more persons determined
under the regulations of the Secretary to be essential
to their care or well-being.
(7) ELDERLY PERSON.—The term ‘‘elderly per-
son’’ means a person who is at least 62 years of age.
(8) ELIGIBLE PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY.—The
term ‘‘eligible public housing agency’’ means, with
respect to a fiscal year, a public housing agency that
is eligible under section 1202(d) for a grant under
this title.
(9) FAMILY.—The term ‘‘family’’ includes a
family with or without children, an elderly family, a
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near-elderly family, a disabled family, and a single
person.
(10) GROUP HOME AND INDEPENDENT LIVING
FACILITY.—The terms ‘‘group home’’ and ‘‘inde-
pendent living facility’’ have the meanings given
such terms in section 811(k) of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act.
(11) INCOME.—The term ‘‘income’’ means, with
respect to a family, income from all sources of each
member of the household, as determined in accord-
ance with criteria prescribed by the applicable public
housing agency and the Secretary, except that the
following amounts shall be excluded:
(A) Any amounts not actually received by
the family.
(B) Any amounts that would be eligible for
exclusion under section 1613(a)(7) of the Social
Security Act.
(12) LOCAL
HOUSING
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—
The term ‘‘local housing management plan’’ means,
with respect to any fiscal year, the plan under sec-
tion 1106 of a public housing agency for such fiscal
year.
(13) LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come family’’ means a family whose income does not