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STREAMLINING SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE
SEC. 204. (a) ‘‘TAKE-ONE, TAKE-ALL’’.—Section 8(t)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is hereby repealed.
(b) EXEMPTION FROM NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE CERTIFICATE
AND VOUCHER PROGRAMS.—Section
8(c) of such Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (8), by inserting after ‘‘sec-
tion’’ the following: ‘‘(other than a contract for assist-
ance under the certificate or voucher program)’’; and
(2) in the first sentence of paragraph (9), by
striking ‘‘(but not less than 90 days in the case of
housing certificates or vouchers under subsection (b)
or (o))’’ and inserting ‘‘, other than a contract under
the certificate or voucher program’’.
(c) ENDLESS LEASE.—Section 8(d)(1)(B) of such Act
is amended—
(1) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘during the term
of the lease,’’ after ‘‘(ii)’’; and
(2) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘provide that’’
and inserting ‘‘during the term of the lease,’’.
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this section
shall be effective for fiscal year 1996 only.
PUBLIC HOUSING/SECTION 8 MOVING TO WORK
DEMONSTRATION
SEC. 206. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this dem-
onstration is to give public housing agencies and the Sec-
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retary of Housing and Urban Development the flexibility
to design and test various approaches for providing and
administering housing assistance that: reduce cost and
achieve greater cost effectiveness in Federal expenditures;
give incentives to families with children where the head of
household is working, seeking work, or is preparing for work
by participating in job training, educational programs, or
programs that assist people to obtain employment and be-
come economically self-sufficient; and increase housing
choices for low-income families.
(b) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall conduct a demonstration pro-
gram under this section beginning in fiscal year 1996 under
which up to 30 public housing agencies (including Indian
housing authorities) administering the public or Indian
housing program and the section 8 housing assistance pay-
ments program may be selected by the Secretary to partici-
pate. The Secretary shall provide training and technical as-
sistance during the demonstration and conduct detailed
evaluations of up to 15 such agencies in an effort to identify
replicable program models promoting the purpose of the
demonstration. Under the demonstration, notwithstanding
any provision of the United States Housing Act of 1937
except as provided in subsection (e), an agency may com-
bine operating assistance provided under section 9 of the
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United States Housing Act of 1937, modernization assist-
ance provided under section 14 of such Act, and assistance
provided under section 8 of such Act for the certificate and
voucher programs, to provide housing assistance for low-
income families, as defined in section 3(b)(2) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, and services to facilitate the
transition to work on such terms and conditions as the
agency may propose and the Secretary may approve.
(c) APPLICATION.—An application to participate in
the demonstration—
(1) shall request authority to combine assistance
under sections 8, 9, and 14 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937;
(2) shall be submitted only after the public hous-
ing agency provides for citizen participation through
a public hearing and, if appropriate, other means;
(3) shall include a plan developed by the agency
that takes into account comments from the public
hearing and any other public comments on the pro-
posed program, and comments from current and pro-
spective residents who would be affected, and that in-
cludes criteria for—
(A) families to be assisted, which shall re-
quire that at least 75 percent of the families as-
sisted by participating demonstration public
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housing authorities shall be very low-income
families, as defined in section 3(b)(2) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937;
(B) establishing a reasonable rent policy,
which shall be designed to encourage employment
and self-sufficiency by participating families,
consistent with the purpose of this demonstra-
tion, such as by excluding some or all of a fami-
ly’s earned income for purposes of determining
rent;
(C) continuing to assist substantially the
same total number of eligible low-income families
as would have been served had the amounts not
been combined;
(D) maintaining a comparable mix of fami-
lies (by family size) as would have been provided
had the amounts not been used under the dem-
onstration; and
(E) assuring that housing assisted under
the demonstration program meets housing qual-
ity standards established or approved by the Sec-
retary; and
(4) may request assistance for training and tech-
nical assistance to assist with design of the dem-
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onstration and to participate in a detailed evalua-
tion.
(d) SELECTION.—In selecting among applications, the
Secretary shall take into account the potential of each agen-
cy to plan and carry out a program under the demonstra-
tion, the relative performance by an agency under the pub-
lic housing management assessment program under section
6(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and other
appropriate factors as determined by the Secretary.
(e) APPLICABILITY OF 1937 ACT PROVISIONS.—
(1) Section 18 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 shall continue to apply to public housing not-
withstanding any use of the housing under this dem-
onstration.
(2) Section 12 of such Act shall apply to housing
assisted under the demonstration, other than housing
assisted solely due to occupancy by families receiving
tenant-based assistance.
(f) EFFECT ON SECTION 8, OPERATING SUBSIDIES,
AND COMPREHENSIVE GRANT PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS.—
The amount of assistance received under section 8, section
9, or pursuant to section 14 by a public housing agency
participating in the demonstration under this part shall
not be diminished by its participation.
(g) RECORDS, REPORTS, AND AUDITS.—
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(1) KEEPING OF RECORDS.—Each agency shall
keep such records as the Secretary may prescribe as
reasonably necessary to disclose the amounts and the
disposition of amounts under this demonstration, to
ensure compliance with the requirements of this sec-
tion, and to measure performance.
(2) REPORTS.—Each agency shall submit to the
Secretary a report, or series of reports, in a form and
at a time specified by the Secretary. Each report
shall—
(A) document the use of funds made avail-
able under this section;
(B) provide such data as the Secretary may
request to assist the Secretary in assessing the
demonstration; and
(C) describe and analyze the effect of as-
sisted activities in addressing the objectives of
this part.
(3) ACCESS
TO
DOCUMENTS
BY
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary shall have access for the pur-
pose of audit and examination to any books, docu-
ments, papers, and records that are pertinent to as-
sistance in connection with, and the requirements of,
this section.
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(4) ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS BY THE COMPTROL-
LER GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the Unit-
ed States, or any of the duly authorized representa-
tives of the Comptroller General, shall have access for
the purpose of audit and examination to any books,
documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to
assistance in connection with, and the requirements
of, this section.
(h) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—
(1) CONSULTATION WITH PHA AND FAMILY REP-
RESENTATIVES.—In making assessments throughout
the demonstration, the Secretary shall consult with
representatives of public housing agencies and resi-
dents.
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180
days after the end of the third year of the demonstra-
tion, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a re-
port evaluating the programs carried out under the
demonstration. The report shall also include findings
and recommendations for any appropriate legislative
action.
(i) FUNDING FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EVAL-
UATION.—From amounts appropriated for assistance under
section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for
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fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, the Secretary may use
up to a total of $5,000,000—
(1) to provide, directly or by contract, training
and technical assistance—
(A) to public housing agencies that express
an interest to apply for training and technical
assistance pursuant to subsection (c)(4), to assist
them in designing programs to be proposed for
the demonstration; and
(B) to up to 10 agencies selected to receive
training and technical assistance pursuant to
subsection (c)(4), to assist them in implementing
the approved program; and
(2) to conduct detailed evaluations of the activi-
ties of the public housing agencies under paragraph
(1)(B), directly or by contract.
EXTENSION OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING FINANCE PROGRAM
SEC. 208. (a) The first sentence of section 542(b)(5)
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is amended by striking ‘‘on not more
than 15,000 units over fiscal years 1993 and 1994’’ and
inserting ‘‘on not more than 7,500 units during fiscal year
1996’’.
(b) The first sentence of section 542(c)(4) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C.
1707 note) is amended by striking ‘‘on not to exceed 30,000
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units over fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting
‘‘on not more than 10,000 units during fiscal year 1996’’.
FORECLOSURE OF HUD-HELD MORTGAGES THROUGH
THIRD PARTIES
SEC. 209. During fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may delegate to one or
more entities the authority to carry out some or all of the
functions and responsibilities of the Secretary in connection
with the foreclosure of mortgages held by the Secretary
under the National Housing Act.
RESTRUCTURING OF THE HUD MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE
PORTFOLIO THROUGH STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCIES
SEC. 210. During fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may sell or otherwise
transfer multifamily mortgages held by the Secretary under
the National Housing Act to a State housing finance agency
in connection with a program authorized under section 542
(b) or (c) of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 without regard to the unit limitations in section
542(b)(5) or 542(c)(4) of such Act.
TRANSFER OF SECTION 8 AUTHORITY
SEC. 211. Section 8 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 is amended by adding the following new subsection
at the end:
‘‘(bb) TRANSFER OF BUDGET AUTHORITY.—If an as-
sistance contract under this section, other than a contract
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for tenant-based assistance, is terminated or is not renewed,
or if the contract expires, the Secretary shall, in order to
provide continued assistance to eligible families, including
eligible families receiving the benefit of the project-based as-
sistance at the time of the termination, transfer any budget
authority remaining in the contract to another contract.
The transfer shall be under such terms as the Secretary may
prescribe.’’.
DOCUMENTATION OF MULTIFAMILY REFINANCINGS
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding the 16th paragraph under
the item relating to ‘‘administrative provisions’’ in title II
of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–327; 108 Stat. 2316), the
amendments to section 223(a)(7) of the National Housing
Act made by the 15th paragraph of such Act shall be effec-
tive during fiscal year 1996 and thereafter.
FHA MULTIFAMILY DEMONSTRATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 213. (a) On and after October 1, 1995, and before
October 1, 1997, the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall initiate a demonstration program with re-
spect to multifamily projects whose owners agree to partici-
pate and whose mortgages are insured under the National
Housing Act and that are assisted under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 and whose present sec-
tion 8 rents are, in the aggregate, in excess of the fair mar-
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ket rent of the locality in which the project is located. These
programs shall be designed to test the feasibility and desir-
ability of the goal of ensuring, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that the debt service and operating expenses, includ-
ing adequate reserves, attributable to such multifamily
projects can be supported with or without mortgage insur-
ance under the National Housing Act and with or without
above-market rents and utilizing project-based assistance
or, with the consent of the property owner, tenant-based as-
sistance, while taking into account the need for assistance
of low- and very low-income families in such projects. In
carrying out this demonstration, the Secretary may use ar-
rangements with third parties, under which the Secretary
may provide for the assumption by the third parties (by
delegation, contract, or otherwise) of some or all of the func-
tions, obligations, and benefits of the Secretary.
(1) GOALS.—The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall carry out the demonstration
programs under this section in a manner that—
(A) will protect the financial interests of the
Federal Government;
(B) will result in significant discretionary
cost savings through debt restructuring and sub-
sidy reduction; and
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(C) will, in the least costly fashion, address
the goals of—
(i) maintaining existing housing stock
in a decent, safe, and sanitary condition;
(ii) minimizing the involuntary dis-
placement of tenants;
(iii) restructuring the mortgages of
such projects in a manner that is consistent
with local housing market conditions;
(iv) supporting fair housing strategies;
(v) minimizing any adverse income
tax impact on property owners; and
(vi) minimizing any adverse impact
on residential neighborhoods.
In determining the manner in which a mortgage is
to be restructured or the subsidy reduced, the Sec-
retary may balance competing goals relating to indi-
vidual projects in a manner that will further the pur-
poses of this section.
(2) DEMONSTRATION APPROACHES.—In carrying
out the demonstration programs, subject to the appro-
priation in subsection (f), the Secretary may use one
or more of the following approaches:
(A) Joint venture arrangements with third
parties, under which the Secretary may provide
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for the assumption by the third parties (by dele-
gation, contract, or otherwise) of some or all of
the functions, obligations, and benefits of the Sec-
retary.
(B) Subsidization of the debt service of the
project to a level that can be paid by an owner
receiving an unsubsidized market rent.
(C) Renewal of existing project-based assist-
ance contracts where the Secretary shall approve
proposed initial rent levels that do not exceed the
greater of 120 percent of fair market rents or
comparable market rents for the relevant metro-
politan market area or at rent levels under a
budget-based approach.
(D) Nonrenewal of expiring existing project-
based assistance contracts and providing tenant-
based assistance to previously assisted house-
holds.
(b) For purposes of carrying out demonstration pro-
grams under subsection (a)—
(1) the Secretary may manage and dispose of
multifamily properties owned by the Secretary as of
October 1, 1995 and multifamily mortgages held by
the Secretary as of October 1, 1995 for properties as-
sisted under section 8 with rents above 110 percent of
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fair market rents without regard to any other provi-
sion of law; and
(2) the Secretary may delegate to one or more
entities the authority to carry out some or all of the
functions and responsibilities of the Secretary in con-
nection with the foreclosure of mortgages held by the
Secretary under the National Housing Act.
(c) For purposes of carrying out demonstration pro-
grams under subsection (a), subject to such third party con-
sents (if any) as are necessary including but not limited
to (i) consent by the Government National Mortgage Asso-
ciation where it owns a mortgage insured by the Secretary;
(ii) consent by an issuer under the mortgage-backed securi-
ties program of the Association, subject to the responsibil-
ities of the issuer to its security holders and the Association
under such program; and (iii) parties to any contractual
agreement which the Secretary proposes to modify or dis-
continue, and subject to the appropriation in subsection (c),
the Secretary or one or more third parties designated by
the Secretary may take the following actions:
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and subject to the agreement of the project owner, the
Secretary or third party may remove, relinquish, ex-
tinguish, modify, or agree to the removal of any mort-
gage, regulatory agreement, project-based assistance
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contract, use agreement, or restriction that had been
imposed or required by the Secretary, including re-
strictions on distributions of income which the Sec-
retary or third party determines would interfere with
the ability of the project to operate without above
market rents. The Secretary or third party may re-
quire an owner of a property assisted under the sec-
tion 8 new construction/substantial rehabilitation
program to apply any accumulated residual receipts
toward effecting the purposes of this section.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
may enter into contracts to purchase reinsurance, or
enter into participations or otherwise transfer eco-
nomic interest in contracts of insurance or in the pre-
miums paid, or due to be paid, on such insurance to
third parties, on such terms and conditions as the
Secretary may determine.
(3) The Secretary may offer project-based assist-
ance with rents at or below fair market rents for the
locality in which the project is located and may nego-
tiate such other terms as are acceptable to the Sec-
retary and the project owner.
(4) The Secretary may offer to pay all or a por-
tion of the project’s debt service, including payments
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monthly from the appropriate Insurance Fund, for
the full remaining term of the insured mortgage.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary may forgive and cancel any FHA-in-
sured mortgage debt that a demonstration program
property cannot carry at market rents while bearing
full operating costs.
(6) For demonstration program properties that
cannot carry full operating costs (excluding debt serv-
ice) at market rents, the Secretary may approve
project-based rents sufficient to carry such full operat-
ing costs and may offer to pay the full debt service
in the manner provided in paragraph (4).
(d) COMMUNITY AND TENANT INPUT.—In carrying out
this section, the Secretary shall develop procedures to pro-
vide appropriate and timely notice to officials of the unit
of general local government affected, the community in
which the project is situated, and the tenants of the project.
(e) LIMITATION ON DEMONSTRATION AUTHORITY.—
The Secretary may carry out demonstration programs
under this section with respect to mortgages not to exceed
15,000 units. The demonstration authorized under this sec-
tion shall not be expanded until the reports required under
subsection (g) are submitted to the Congress.
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(f) APPROPRIATION.—For the cost of modifying loans
held or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration,
as authorized by this subsection (a)(2) and subsection (c),
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997:
Provided, That such costs shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended.
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Congress every six months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act a report describing and assessing the pro-
grams carried out under the demonstrations. The Secretary
shall also submit a final report to the Congress not later
than six months after the end of the demonstrations. The
reports shall include findings and recommendations for any
legislative action appropriate. The reports shall also include
a description of the status of each multifamily housing
project selected for the demonstrations under this section.
The final report may include—
(1) the size of the projects;
(2) the geographic locations of the projects, by
State and region;
(3) the physical and financial condition of the
projects;
(4) the occupancy profile of the projects, includ-
ing the income, family size, race, and ethnic origin
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of current tenants, and the rents paid by such ten-
ants;
(5) a description of actions undertaken pursuant
to this section, including a description of the effective-
ness of such actions and any impediments to the
transfer or sale of multifamily housing projects;
(6) a description of the extent to which the dem-
onstrations under this section have displaced tenants
of multifamily housing projects;
(7) a description of any of the functions per-
formed in connection with this section that are trans-
ferred or contracted out to public or private entities
or to States;
(8) a description of the impact to which the dem-
onstrations under this section have affected the local-
ities and communities where the selected multifamily
housing projects are located; and
(9) a description of the extent to which the dem-
onstrations under this section have affected the owners
of multifamily housing projects.
ASSESSMENT COLLECTION DATES FOR OFFICE OF FEDERAL
HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT
SEC. 216. Section 1316(b) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4516(b)) is
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
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‘‘(2) TIMING OF PAYMENT.—The annual assessment
shall be payable semiannually for each fiscal year, on Octo-
ber 1 and April 1.’’.
MERGER LANGUAGE FOR ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL
OF EXPIRING SECTION 8 SUBSIDY CONTRACTS AND AN-
NUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
SEC. 217. All remaining obligated and unobligated
balances in the Renewal of Expiring Section 8 Subsidy
Contracts account on September 30, 1995, shall imme-
diately thereafter be transferred to and merged with the ob-
ligated and unobligated balances, respectively, of the An-
nual Contributions for Assisted Housing account.
DEBT FORGIVENESS
SEC. 218. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall cancel the indebtedness of the Hubbard
Hospital Authority of Hubbard, Texas, relating to the pub-
lic facilities loan for Project Number PFL–TEX–215, issued
under title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955. Such
hospital authority is relieved of all liability to the Govern-
ment for the outstanding principal balance on such loan,
for the amount of accrued interest on such loan, and for
any fees and charges payable in connection with such loan.
(b) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall cancel the indebtedness of the Groveton Texas Hospital
Authority relating to the public facilities loan for Project
Number TEX–41–PFL0162, issued under title II of the
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Housing Amendments of 1955. Such hospital authority is
relieved of all liability to the Government for the outstand-
ing principal balance on such loan, for the amount of ac-
crued interest on such loan, and for any fees and charges
payable in connection with such loan.
(c) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall cancel the indebtedness of the Hepzibah Public Service
District of Hepzibah, West Virginia, relating to the public
facilities loan for Project Number WV–46–PFL0031, issued
under title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955. Such
public service district is relieved of all liability to the Gov-
ernment for the outstanding principal balance on such loan,
for the amount of accrued interest on such loan, and for
any fees and charges payable in connection with such loan.
CLARIFICATIONS
SEC. 219. For purposes of Federal law, the Paul Mira-
bile Center in San Diego, California, including areas with-
in such Center that are devoted to the delivery of supportive
services, has been determined to satisfy the ‘‘continuum of
care’’ requirements of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, and shall be treated as—
(a) consisting solely of residential units that (i)
contain sleeping accommodations and kitchen and
bathroom facilities, (ii) are located in a building that
is used exclusively to facilitate the transition of home-
less individuals (within the meaning of section 103 of
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the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 11302), as in effect on December 19, 1989)
to independent living within 24 months, (iii) are
suitable for occupancy, with each cubicle constituting
a separate bedroom and residential unit, (iv) are used
on other than a transient basis, and (v) shall be origi-
nally placed in service on November 1, 1995; and
(b) property that is entirely residential rental
property, namely, a project for residential rental
property.
EMPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS
SEC. 220. (a) By the end of fiscal year 1996 the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development shall employ
no more than eight Assistant Secretaries, notwithstanding
section 4(a) of the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment Act.
(b) By the end of fiscal year 1996 the Department of
Housing and Urban Development shall employ no more
than 85 schedule C and 20 non-career senior executive serv-
ice employees.
USE OF FUNDS
SEC. 221. (a) Of the $93,400,000 earmarked in Public
Law 101–144 (103 Stat. 850), as amended by Public Law
101–302 (104 Stat. 237), for special projects and purposes,
any amounts remaining of the $500,000 made available to
Bethlehem House in Highland, California, for site planning
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and loan acquisition shall instead be made available to the
County of San Bernardino in California to assist with the
expansion of the Los Padrinos Gang Intervention Program
and the Unity Home Domestic Violence Shelter.
(b) The amount made available for fiscal year 1995
for the removal of asbestos from an abandoned public school
building in Toledo, Ohio shall be made available for the
renovation and rehabilitation of an industrial building at
the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.
LEAD-BASED PAINT ABATEMENT
SEC. 222. (a) Section 1011 of Title X—Residential
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 is amend-
ed as follows: Strike ‘‘priority housing’’ wherever it appears
in said section and insert ‘‘housing’’.
(b) Section 1011(a) shall be amended as follows: At
the end of the subsection after the period, insert: ‘‘Grants
shall only be made under this section to provide assistance
for housing which meets the following criteria—
‘‘(1) for grants made to assist rental housing, at
least 50 percent of the units must be occupied by or
made available to families with incomes at or below
50 percent of the area median income level and the
remaining units shall be occupied or made available
to families with incomes at or below 80 percent of the
area median income level, and in all cases the land-
lord shall give priority in renting units assisted
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under this section, for not less than 3 years following
the completion of lead abatement activities, to fami-
lies with a child under the age of six years, except
that buildings with five or more units may have 20
percent of the units occupied by families with incomes
above 80 percent of area median income level;
‘‘(2) for grants made to assist housing owned by
owner-occupants, all units assisted with grants under
this section shall be the principal residence of families
with income at or below 80 percent of the area me-
dian income level, and not less than 90 percent of the
units assisted with grants under this section shall be
occupied by a child under the age of six years or shall
be units where a child under the age of six years
spends a significant amount of time visiting; and
‘‘(3) notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2),
Round II grantees who receive assistance under this
section may use such assistance for priority hous-
ing.’’.
EXTENSION PERIOD FOR SHARING UTILITY COST SAVINGS
WITH PHAS
SEC. 223. Section 9(a)(3)(B)(i) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking ‘‘for a period
not to exceed 6 years’’.
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MORTGAGE NOTE SALES
SEC. 
223A. 
The 
first 
sentence 
of 
section
221(g)(4)(C)(viii) of the National Housing Act is amended
by striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘September 30, 1996’’.
REPEAL OF FROST-LELAND
SEC. 223B. Section 415 of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1988 (Public Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 1329–
213) is repealed effective the date of enactment of Public
Law 104–19. The Secretary is authorized to demolish the
structures identified in such section. The Secretary is also
authorized to compensate those local governments which,
due to this provision, expended local revenues demolishing
the developments identified in such provision.
FHA SINGLE-FAMILY ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM REFORM
SEC. 223C. (a) CORRECTION TO FORECLOSURE AVOID-
ANCE PROVISION.— The penultimate proviso of section
204(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710(a)).
As added by section 407(a) of the Balanced Budget Down-
payment Act, I, is amended by striking ‘‘special fore-
closure’’ 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof 
‘‘special
forebearance’’.
(b) CORRECTION
TO SAVINGS PROVISION.—Section
230(d) of the National Housing Act, as amended by section
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407(b) of the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Any mortgage for which
the mortgagor has applied to the Secretary, before March
15, 1996, for assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this
section as in effect before enactment of the Balanced Budget
Downpayment Act, I, shall continue to be governed by the
provisions of this section as in effect immediately before en-
actment of the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I.’’
(c) CORRECTION TO DATE FOR REGULATIONS.—Sec-
tion 407(d) of the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I,
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than April 15, 1996,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
issue interim regulations to implement this section and the
amendments made by this section.’’
SPENDING LIMITATIONS
SEC. 223D. (a) None of the funds in this Act may be
used by the Secretary to impose any sanction, or penalty
because of the enactment of any State or local law or regula-
tion declaring English as the official language.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used for lobbying activities as prohibited by
law.