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(A) REPORTING.—Grantees under section 
124 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, as added by subsection (d), 
shall report information requested by the Sec-
retary on households, businesses, and other en-
tities assisted and the type of assistance pro-
vided. 
(B) SHARING
INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary shall share information collected under 
subparagraph (A) with the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, the Small Business Ad-
ministration, and other Federal agencies to sup-
port the planning and delivery of disaster recov-
ery and mitigation assistance and other related 
purposes. 
(6) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—The Secretary may 
make and receive data transfers authorized under 
this subsection, including the use and retention of 
that data for computer matching programs, to in-
form the provision of assistance, assess disaster re-
covery needs, and prevent the duplication of benefits 
and other waste, fraud, and abuse, provided that— 
(A) the Secretary enters an information 
sharing agreement or a computer matching 
agreement, when required by section 522a of 
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title 5, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’), with the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration, or other Federal agencies 
covering the transfer of data; 
(B) the Secretary publishes intent to dis-
close data in the Federal Register; and 
(C) notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) 
and (B), section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code, or any other law, the Secretary is author-
ized to share data with an entity identified in 
paragraph (4), and the entity is authorized to 
use the data as described in this section, if the 
Secretary enters a data sharing agreement with 
the entity before sharing or receiving any infor-
mation under transfers authorized by this sec-
tion, which data sharing agreement shall— 
(i) in the determination of the Sec-
retary, include measures adequate to safe-
guard the privacy and personally identifi-
able information of individuals; and 
(ii) include provisions that describe 
how the personally identifiable information 
of an individual will be adequately safe-
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guarded and protected, which requires con-
sultation with the Secretary and the head 
of each Federal agency the data of which 
is being shared subject to the agreement. 
SEC. 502. HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS REAUTHOR-
IZATION AND IMPROVEMENT ACT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 205 of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12724) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM. 
‘‘The HOME Investment Partnerships Program 
under subtitle A is hereby authorized. There is authorized 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out subtitle A.’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION RE-
SOURCES.—Subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 212(c) (42 U.S.C. 12742(c)), by 
striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; 
and 
(2) in section 220(b) (42 U.S.C. 12750(b))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘RECOGNITION.—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘A contribution’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘RECOGNITION.—A con-
tribution’’; and 
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(B) by striking paragraph (2). 
(c) MODIFICATION OF JURISDICTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR 
REALLOCATIONS.—Section 217(d)(3) of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12747(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘LIMITATION.—Un-
less otherwise specified’’ and inserting the following: 
″LIMITATIONS.— ‘‘ 
‘‘(A) REMOVAL OF PARTICIPATING JURIS-
DICTIONS
FROM
REALLOCATION.—The Sec-
retary may, upon a finding that such jurisdic-
tion has failed to meet or comply with the re-
quirements of this title, remove a participating 
jurisdiction from participation in reallocations 
of funds made available under this title. 
‘‘(B) REALLOCATION
TO
SAME
TYPE
OF 
ENTITY.—Unless otherwise specified’’. 
(d) AMENDMENTS TO QUALIFICATION AS AFFORD-
ABLE HOUSING.—Section 215 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12745) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking all 
that follows ‘‘purposes of this Act,’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘except upon a foreclosure by 
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a lender (or upon other transfer in lieu of fore-
closure) if such action— 
‘‘(i) recognizes any contractual or 
legal rights of public agencies, nonprofit 
sponsors, or others to take actions that 
would avoid termination of low-income af-
fordability in the case of foreclosure or 
transfer in lieu of foreclosure; and 
‘‘(ii) is not for the purpose of avoiding 
low-income affordability restrictions, as de-
termined by the Secretary; and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) SMALL-SCALE HOUSING.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘small-scale housing’ means housing with 
not more than 4 rental units. 
‘‘(B) 
ALTERNATIVE
REQUIREMENTS.— 
Small-scale housing shall qualify as affordable 
housing under this title if— 
‘‘(i) the housing bears rents that com-
ply with paragraph (1)(A); 
‘‘(ii) each unit is occupied by a house-
hold that qualifies as a low-income family; 
‘‘(iii) the housing complies with para-
graph (1)(D); 
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‘‘(iv) the housing meets the require-
ments under paragraph (1)(E); and 
‘‘(v) the participating jurisdiction 
monitors ongoing compliance of the hous-
ing with requirements of this title in a 
manner consistent with the purposes of 
section 226(b), as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘(defined 
as the amount borrowed by the homebuyer to pur-
chase the home, or estimated value after rehabilita-
tion, which may be adjusted to account for the limits 
on future value imposed by the resale restriction)’’ 
after ‘‘purchase price’’. 
(e) ELIMINATION OF COMMITMENT DEADLINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 218 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 12748) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (g); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (g). 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
218(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(c)) is amended— 
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(E) by striking ‘‘Housing that is for home-
ownership’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) QUALIFICATION.—Housing that is for 
homeownership’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) 
PURCHASE
BY
COMMUNITY
LAND 
TRUST.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (C)(i) of 
paragraph (1) and under terms determined by the 
Secretary, the Secretary may permit a participating 
jurisdiction to allow a community land trust that 
used assistance provided under this subtitle for the 
development of housing that meets the criteria under 
paragraph (1), to acquire the housing— 
‘‘(A) in accordance with the terms of the 
preemptive purchase option, lease, covenant on 
the land, or other similar legal instrument of 
the community land trust when the terms and 
rights in the preemptive purchase option, lease, 
covenant, or legal instrument are and remain 
subject to the requirements of this title; 
‘‘(B) when the purchase is for— 
‘‘(i) the purpose of— 
‘‘(I) entering into the chain of 
title; 
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‘‘(II) enabling a purchase by a 
person who meets the qualifications 
specified under paragraph (1)(B) and 
is on a waitlist maintained by the 
community land trust, subject to en-
forcement by the participating juris-
diction of all applicable requirements 
of this subtitle, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
‘‘(III) performing necessary reha-
bilitation and improvements; or 
‘‘(IV) adding a subsidy to pre-
serve affordability, which may be from 
Federal or non-Federal sources; or 
‘‘(ii) another purpose determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(C) if, within a reasonable period of time 
after the applicable purpose under subpara-
graph (B) of this paragraph is fulfilled, as de-
termined by the Secretary, the housing is then 
sold to a person who meets the qualifications 
specified under paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(3) SUSPENSION
OR
WAIVER
OF
REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR MILITARY MEMBERS.—A participating 
jurisdiction, in accordance with terms established by 
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the Secretary, may suspend or waive a requirement 
under paragraph (1)(B) with respect to housing that 
otherwise meets the criteria under paragraph (1) if 
the owner of the housing— 
‘‘(A) is a member of a regular component 
of the armed forces or a member of the Na-
tional Guard on full-time National Guard duty, 
active Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty 
training (as those terms are defined in section 
101(d) of title 10, United States Code); and 
‘‘(B) has received— 
‘‘(i) temporary duty orders to deploy 
with a military unit or military orders to 
deploy as an individual acting in support of 
a military operation, to a location that is 
not within a reasonable distance from the 
housing, as determined by the Secretary, 
for a period of not less than 90 days; or 
‘‘(ii) orders for a permanent change of 
station. 
‘‘(4) SUSPENSION
OR
WAIVER
OF
REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR HEIR OR BENEFICIARY OF DECEASED 
OWNER.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (C) of 
paragraph (1), housing that meets the criteria under 
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that paragraph prior to the death of an owner may 
continue to qualify as affordable housing if— 
‘‘(A) the housing is the principal residence 
of an heir or beneficiary of the deceased owner, 
as defined by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) the heir or beneficiary, in accordance 
with terms established by the Secretary, as-
sumes the duties and obligations of the de-
ceased owner with respect to funds provided 
under this title.’’. 
(g) HOME PROPERTY INSPECTIONS.—Section 226(b) 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12756(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Each participating jurisdic-
tion’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each participating jurisdic-
tion’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Such review shall include’’ and 
all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) ON-SITE INSPECTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) INSPECTIONS BY UNITS OF GENERAL 
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—A review conducted 
under paragraph (1) by a participating jurisdic-
tion that is a unit of general local government 
shall include an on-site inspection to determine 
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compliance with housing codes and other appli-
cable regulations. 
‘‘(B) INSPECTIONS BY STATES.—A review 
conducted under paragraph (1) by a partici-
pating jurisdiction that is a State shall include 
an on-site inspection to determine compliance 
with a national standard as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(3) INCLUSION IN PERFORMANCE REPORT AND 
PUBLICATION.—A participating jurisdiction shall in-
clude in the performance report of the participating 
jurisdiction submitted to the Secretary under section 
108(a), and make available to the public, the results 
of each review conducted under paragraph (1).’’. 
(h) REVISIONS TO STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT 
AND PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—Section 223 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12753) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PENALTIES 
FOR
MISUSE
OF
FUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘PRO-
GRAM
ENFORCEMENT
AND
PENALTIES
FOR 
NONCOMPLIANCE’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting after ‘‘any provision of this subtitle’’ the 
following: ‘‘, including any provision applicable 
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throughout 
the 
period 
required 
by 
section 
215(a)(1)(E) and applicable regulations,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(4) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) reduce payments to the participating juris-
diction under this subtitle by an amount equal to the 
amount of such payments which were not expended 
in accordance with this title.’’. 
(i) TENANT AND PARTICIPANT PROTECTIONS FOR 
SMALL-SCALE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.—Section 225 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12755) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(e) TENANT SELECTION FOR SMALL-SCALE HOUS-
ING.—Paragraphs (2) through (4) of subsection (d) shall 
not apply to the owner of small-scale housing (as defined 
in section 215(a)(7)).’’. 
(j) MODIFICATION OF RULES RELATED TO COMMU-
NITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNITY HOUSING DE-
VELOPMENT ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY LAND 
TRUST.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 104 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704) is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (6)(B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘significant’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and otherwise’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or as otherwise deter-
mined acceptable by the Secretary’’; 
and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(26) The term ‘community land trust’ means 
a nonprofit entity or a State or local government or 
instrumentality thereof that— 
‘‘(A) is not managed by, or an affiliate of, 
a for-profit organization; 
‘‘(B) has as a primary purpose acquiring, 
developing, or holding land to provide housing 
that is permanently affordable to low- and mod-
erate-income persons, and monitors properties 
to ensure affordability is preserved; 
‘‘(C) provides housing described in sub-
paragraph (B) using a ground lease, deed cov-
enant, or other similar legally enforceable meas-
ure, as determined by the Secretary, that— 
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‘‘(i) keeps the housing affordable to 
low- and moderate-income persons for not 
less than 30 years; and 
‘‘(ii) enables low- and moderate-in-
come persons to rent or purchase the hous-
ing for homeownership; and 
‘‘(D) maintains preemptive purchase op-
tions to purchase the property so the housing 
remains affordable to low- and moderate-income 
persons.’’. 
(B) ELIMINATION
OF
EXISTING
DEFINI-
TION
OF
COMMUNITY
LAND
TRUST.—Section 
233 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12773) is amend-
ed by striking subsection (f). 
(2) SET-ASIDE FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING DE-
VELOPMENT
ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 231 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12771) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to be 
developed, sponsored, or owned by community 
housing development organizations’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘when a community housing development 
organization materially participates in the own-
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ership or development of such housing, as de-
termined by the Secretary’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (b) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(b) RECAPTURE
AND REUSE.—If any funds re-
served under subsection (a) remain uninvested for a period 
of 24 months, then the Secretary shall make such funds 
available to the participating jurisdiction for any eligible 
activities under this title without regard to whether a com-
munity housing development organization materially par-
ticipates in the use of the funds.’’; and 
(C) by striking subsection (c). 
(k) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12701 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 104 (42 U.S.C. 12704)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (23) (re-
lating to the definition of the term ‘‘to dem-
onstrate to the Secretary’’) as paragraph (22); 
and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (24) (re-
lating to the definition of the term ‘‘insular 
area’’, as added by section 2(2) of Public Law 
102–230) as paragraph (23); 
(2) in section 105(b) (42 U.S.C. 12705(b))— 
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(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraphs’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs’’; 
(3) in section 106 (42 U.S.C. 12706), by strik-
ing ‘‘Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act’’; 
(4) 
in 
section 
108(a)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12708(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘section 105(b)(15)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 105(b)(18)’’; 
(5) in section 212 (42 U.S.C. 12742)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by insert-
ing ‘‘United States’’ before ‘‘Housing Act’’; 
and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (4); 
(B) in subsection (d)(5), by inserting 
‘‘United States’’ before ‘‘Housing Act’’; and 
(C) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 221(d)(3)(ii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 221(d)(4)’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘not to exceed 140 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘as determined by 
the Secretary’’; 
(6) in section 215(a)(6)(B) (42 U.S.C. 20 
12745(a)(6)(B)), by striking ‘‘grand children’’ and 
inserting ‘‘grandchildren’’; 
(7) in section 217 (42 U.S.C. 12747)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (3), as 
added by section 211(a)(2)(D) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (Public Law 102–550; 106 Stat. 
3756); and 
(iii) by redesignating the remaining 
paragraph (3), as added by the matter 
under the heading ‘‘HOME
INVESTMENT 
PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM’’ under the head-
ing ‘‘HOUSING PROGRAMS’’ in title II of 
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1993 (Public Law 102–389; 106 Stat. 
1581), as paragraph (2); and 
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