106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 202
AN ACT
To provide for the preservation of assisted housing
for low-income elderly persons, disabled persons,
and other families.
Sec. 323. Mixed funding sources.
Sec. 324. Tenant-based assistance.
Sec. 325. Project size.
Sec. 326. Use of project reserves.
Sec. 327. Commercial activities.
Subtitle C—Other Provisions
Sec. 341. Service coordinators.
Sec. 342. Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility Needs
in the 21st Century.
TITLE IV—RENEWAL OF EXPIRING RENTAL ASSISTANCE
CONTRACTS AND PROTECTION OF RESIDENTS
Sec. 401. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 402. Renewal of expiring contracts and enhanced vouchers for project resi-
dents.
Sec. 403. Section 236 assistance.
Sec. 404. Matching grant program for affordable housing preservation.
Sec. 405. Rehabilitation of assisted housing.
Sec. 406. Technical assistance.
Sec. 407. Termination of section 8 contract and duration of renewal contract.
Sec. 408. Enhanced voucher eligibility for residents of flexible subsidy prop-
erties.
Sec. 409. Enhanced disposition authority.
Sec. 410. Assistance for nonprofit purchasers preserving affordable housing.
TITLE V—MORTGAGE INSURANCE FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
AND HOME EQUITY CONVERSION MORTGAGES
Sec. 501. Rehabilitation of existing hospitals, nursing homes, and other facili-
ties.
Sec. 502. New health care facilities.
Sec. 503. Hospitals and hospital-based health care facilities.
Sec. 504. Insurance for mortgages to refinance existing home equity conversion
mortgages.
SEC. 2. REGULATIONS.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall issue any regulations to carry out this Act and the
amendments made by this Act that the Secretary deter-
mines may or will affect tenants of federally assisted hous-
ing only after notice and opportunity for public comment
in accordance with the procedure under section 553 of title
5, United States Code, applicable to substantive rules
(notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), and (d)(3) of
such section). Notice of such proposed rulemaking shall
be provided by publication in the Federal Register. In
issuing such regulations, the Secretary shall take such ac-
tions as may be necessary to ensure that such tenants are
notified of, and provided an opportunity to participate in,
the rulemaking, as required by such section 553.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this Act and the
amendments made by this Act are effective as of the date
of the enactment of this Act, unless such provisions or
amendments specifically provide for effectiveness or appli-
cability upon another date certain.
(b) EFFECT OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Any au-
thority in this Act or the amendments made by this Act
to issue regulations, and any specific requirement to issue
regulations by a date certain, may not be construed to af-
fect the effectiveness or applicability of the provisions of
this Act or the amendments made by this Act under such
provisions and amendments and subsection (a) of this sec-
tion.
TITLE I—CONVERSION OF FI-
NANCING AND REFINANCING
FOR 
SECTION 
202 
SUP-
PORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE
ELDERLY
SEC. 101. CONVERSION OF FINANCING
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this
section, at the request of the owner of a project assisted
under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as in effect
before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act) and section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (or any other rental housing
assistance programs of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, including the rent supplement pro-
gram under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Devel-
opment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s)), the Secretary
shall convert the financing of any such housing project to
financing under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959,
as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701q). In such
a conversion, the Secretary shall, if requested by the
owner, convert loans made under such section 202 (as in
effect before enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act), and shall convert section 8 con-
tracts (or such other contracts for rental housing assist-
ance) provided in connection with such loans, into capital
advances and project rental assistance under section 202
(as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act), respectively, in accordance
with this section.
(b) DEBT FORGIVENESS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in
converting the financing of any housing project pur-
suant to this section, the Secretary shall cancel any
indebtedness to the Secretary relating to any re-
maining principal and interest under any loan for
the project made under section 202 of the Housing
Act of 1959 (as in effect before the enactment of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act).
(2) BUDGET ACT COMPLIANCE.—The authority
of the Secretary to cancel indebtedness under para-
graph (1) shall be effective only to the extent or in
such amounts as are or have been provided in ad-
vance in appropriation Acts.
(c) CANCELLATION OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE CON-
TRACTS AND USE OF PROJECT FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each housing project for
which debt is canceled under subsection (b) of this
section pursuant to a request for conversion under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall cancel any con-
tract for rental assistance for the project under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (or
any other contract for rental housing assistance
under a program of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, including the rent supplement
program under section 101 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C.
1701s)).
(2) 
USE
OF
UNEXPENDED
AMOUNTS.—
Amounts previously obligated for such contract that
remain unexpended shall be used as follows:
(A) PROJECT
RENTAL
ASSISTANCE
CON-
TRACT.—Remaining amounts shall be used
first, to the extent necessary, to provide rental
assistance for the project, under a contract for
project 
rental 
assistance 
under 
section
202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12
U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)), that—
(i) has a duration that is not less than
the remainder of the section 8 or other
rental housing assistance contract can-
celed; and
(ii) provides assistance in an annual
amount that is equal to the aggregate
amount provided during the last 12-month
period under the section 8 or other rental
housing assistance contract for the project
canceled (pursuant to paragraph (1) of
this subsection), less the portion of such
assistance that is attributable to debt serv-
ice for the loan on the project canceled
under subsection (b) of this section, sub-
ject to an annual adjustment of existing
rents under the contract by an operating
cost adjustment factor established by the
Secretary (which shall not result in a nega-
tive adjustment).
(B) CREDIT
AGAINST
LOAN
CANCELLA-
TION.—Amounts remaining after compliance
with subparagraph (A) shall, on a fiscal year
basis, be transferred to the account covering the
loan for the project canceled pursuant to sub-
section (b) and shall be credited as offsetting
collection to such account, in an amount for
each fiscal year that is equal to the amount of
indebtedness canceled for such year pursuant
such subsection.
(C) RETROFITTING, 
RENOVATION, 
AND
SERVICE
COORDINATORS.—Any amounts re-
maining after compliance with subparagraphs
(A) and (B) may be used, to the extent the Sec-
retary considers appropriate, to retrofit or ren-
ovate the project or provide a service coordi-
nator for residents of the project, to the same
extent that such activities are authorized to be
provided under section 802 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to
housing assisted under such section.
Any such unexpended amounts in excess of the
amount used in accordance with subparagraphs (A)
through (C) shall be recaptured by the Secretary.
(3) USE OF PROJECT FUNDS.—In converting
the financing of any housing project pursuant to this
section, the Secretary may authorize the owner of
the project to use any residual receipts held for the
project that exceed $500 per unit (or such other
amount as the Secretary may prescribe based on the
needs of the project) in accordance with paragraph
(2) to improve the market viability, affordability, or
service to low-income elderly residents of the project.
(d) THIRD PARTY PROCESSING.—The Secretary may
enter into contracts with public or private entities as the
Secretary considers appropriate to facilitate efficient proc-
essing of elderly housing project conversions under this
section.
(e) TENANT PROTECTIONS.—Notwithstanding any
provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as
amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701q)—
(1) any tenant who, at the time of the conver-
sion under this section of the financing for a housing
project, is lawfully residing in a dwelling unit in the
project, may not be considered to be ineligible for
continued residency in the project after such date
because such tenant is not a very low-income elderly
person; and
(2) very low-income persons with disabilities (as
such term is defined in section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act) shall be
eligible for occupancy in such project, and units in
the project shall be reserved for occupancy by such
persons in not less than the same ratio that units
in such project are occupied, upon the date of con-
version under this section, by handicapped families
(as such term is defined in section 202 of the Hous-
ing Act of 1959, as in effect before the enactment
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act).
(f) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may waive
the applicability of any provision of law or regulation nec-
essary to carry out this section.
(g) STUDY OF DEBT FORGIVENESS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct
an analysis of the net impact on the Federal budget
deficit or surplus of making available, on a one-time
basis, to sponsors of projects assisted under section
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as in effect before
the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act), forgiveness of any indebt-
edness to the Secretary relating to any remaining
principal and interest under loans made under such
section, together with a dollar for dollar reduction in
the amount of rental assistance under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other
rental assistance provided for such project. Such
analysis shall take into consideration the full cost of
future appropriations for rental assistance under
such section 8 expected to be provided if such debt
forgiveness does not take place, notwithstanding cur-
rent budgetary treatment of such actions pursuant
to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than the expiration of
the 3-month period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a re-
port to the Congress containing the quantitative re-
sults of the analysis and an enumeration of any
project or administrative benefits of such actions.
SEC. 102. PREPAYMENT AND REFINANCING.
(a) APPROVAL OF PREPAYMENT OF DEBT.—Upon
request of the project sponsor of a project assisted with
a loan under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as
in effect before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act), the Secretary shall ap-
prove the prepayment of any indebtedness to the Secretary
relating to any remaining principal and interest under the
loan as part of a prepayment plan under which—
(1) the project sponsor agrees to operate the
project until the maturity date of the original loan
under terms at least as advantageous to existing and
future tenants as the terms required by the original
loan agreement or any rental assistance payments
contract under section 8 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (or any other rental housing assist-
ance programs of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, including the rent supplement
program under section 101 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s))
relating to the project; and
(2) the prepayment may involve refinancing of
the loan if such refinancing results in a lower inter-
est rate on the principal of the loan for the project
and in reductions in debt service related to such
loan.
(b) SOURCES OF REFINANCING.—In the case of pre-
payment under this section involving refinancing, the
project sponsor may refinance the project through any
third party source, including financing by State and local
housing finance agencies, use of tax-exempt bonds, multi-
family mortgage insurance under the National Housing
Act, reinsurance, or other credit enhancements, including
risk sharing as provided under section 542 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C.
1707 note). For purposes of underwriting a loan insured
under the National Housing Act, the Secretary may as-
sume that any section 8 rental assistance contract relating
to a project will be renewed for the term of such loan.
(c) USE OF UNEXPENDED AMOUNTS.—Upon execu-
tion of the refinancing for a project pursuant to this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall make available at least 50 percent
of the annual savings resulting from reduced section 8 or
other rental housing assistance contracts in a manner that
is advantageous to the tenants, including—
(1) not more than 15 percent of the cost of in-
creasing the availability or provision of supportive
services, which may include the financing of service
coordinators and congregate services;
(2) rehabilitation, modernization, or retrofitting
of structures, common areas, or individual dwelling
units;
(3) construction of an addition or other facility
in the project, including assisted living facilities (or,
upon the approval of the Secretary, facilities located
in the community where the project sponsor refi-
nances a project under this section, or pools shared
resources from more than one such project); or
(4) rent reduction of unassisted tenants resid-
ing in the project according to a pro rata allocation
of shared savings resulting from the refinancing.
(d) USE OF CERTAIN PROJECT FUNDS.—The Sec-
retary shall allow a project sponsor that is prepaying and
refinancing a project under this section—
(1) to use any residual receipts held for that
project in excess of $500 per individual dwelling unit
for not more than 15 percent of the cost of activities
designed to increase the availability or provision of
supportive services; and
(2) to use any reserves for replacement in ex-
cess of $1,000 per individual dwelling unit for activi-
ties described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of sub-
section (c).
(e) BUDGET ACT COMPLIANCE.—This section shall
be effective only to extent or in such amounts that are
provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
TITLE 
II—AUTHORIZATION 
OF
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUP-
PORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE
ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES
SEC. 201. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR ELDERLY PERSONS.
Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated for providing assistance
under this section $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Of the amount provided in
appropriation Acts for assistance under this section in
each such fiscal year, 5 percent shall be available only for
providing assistance in accordance with the requirements
under subsection (c)(4) (relating to matching funds), ex-
cept that if there insufficient eligible applicants for such
assistance, any amount remaining shall be used for assist-
ance under this section.’’.
SEC. 202. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DIS-
ABILITIES.
Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (m) as sub-
section (n); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (l) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated for providing assistance
under this section $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Of the amount provided in
appropriation Acts for assistance under this section in
each such fiscal year, 5 percent shall be available only for
providing assistance in accordance with the requirements
under subsection (d)(5) (relating to matching funds), ex-
cept that if there insufficient eligible applicants for such
assistance, any amount remaining shall be used for assist-
ance under this section.’’.
SEC. 203. SERVICE COORDINATORS AND CONGREGATE
SERVICES 
FOR 
ELDERLY 
AND 
DISABLED
HOUSING.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FED-
ERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.—There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001
and 2002, for the following purposes:
(1) GRANTS FOR SERVICE COORDINATORS FOR
CERTAIN FEDERALLY ASSISTED MULTIFAMILY HOUS-
ING.—For grants under section 676 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13632) for providing service coordinators.
(2) CONGREGATE
SERVICES
FOR
FEDERALLY
ASSISTED
HOUSING.—For contracts under section
802 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8011) to provide congregate
services programs for eligible residents of eligible
housing projects under subparagraphs (B) through
(D) of subsection (k)(6) of such section.
(b) PUBLIC HOUSING.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment for fiscal year 2000 for grants for use only for
activities described in paragraph (2) of section 34(b) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–
6(b)(2))—
(1) such sums as may be necessary for renewal
of all grants made in prior fiscal years for providing
service coordinators and congregate services for the
elderly and disabled in public housing; and
(2) $11,000,000 for grants in addition to such
renewal grants.
TITLE III—EXPANDING HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EL-
DERLY AND PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES
Subtitle A—Housing for the Elderly
SEC. 301. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), in the second sentence, by
inserting ‘‘or through matching grants under sub-
section (c)(4)’’ after ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) MATCHING GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made avail-
able for assistance under this paragraph shall
be used only for capital advances in accordance
with paragraph (1), except that the Secretary
shall require that, as a condition of providing
assistance under this paragraph for a project,
the applicant for assistance shall supplement
the assistance with amounts from sources other
than this section in an amount that is not less
than 25 to 50 percent (as the Secretary may
determine) of the amount of assistance provided
pursuant to this paragraph for the project.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT
FOR
NON-FEDERAL
FUNDS.—Not less than 50 percent of supple-
mental amounts provided for a project pursuant
to subparagraph (A) shall be from non-Federal
sources. Such supplemental amounts may in-
clude the value of any in-kind contributions, in-
cluding donated land, structures, equipment,
and other contributions as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, but only if the existence of
such in-kind contributions results in the con-
struction of more dwelling units than would
have been constructed absent such contribu-
tions.
‘‘(C) 
INCOME
ELIGIBILITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, the
Secretary shall provide that, in a project as-
sisted under this paragraph, a number of dwell-
ing units may be made available for occupancy
by elderly persons who are not very low-income
persons in a number such that the ratio that
the number of dwelling units in the project so
occupied bears to the total number of units in
the project does not exceed the ratio that the
amount from non-Federal sources provided for
the project pursuant to this paragraph bears to
the sum of the capital advances provided for the
project under this paragraph and all supple-
mental amounts for the project provided pursu-
ant to this paragraph.’’.
SEC. 302. ELIGIBILITY OF FOR-PROFIT LIMITED PARTNER-
SHIPS.
Section 202(k)(4) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12
U.S.C. 1701q(k)(4)) is amended by adding after and
below subparagraph (C) the following new sentence:
‘‘Such term includes a for-profit limited partnership
the sole general partner of which is an organization
meeting the requirements under subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) and a corporation wholly owned by an
organization meeting the requirements under sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), and (C).’’.
SEC. 303. MIXED FUNDING SOURCES.
Section 202(h)(6) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12
U.S.C. 1701q(h)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘non-Federal
sources’’ and inserting ‘‘sources other than this section’’.
SEC. 304. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE STRUCTURES.
Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘from the
Resolution Trust Corporation’’; and
(2) in subsection (h)(2)—
(A) in the heading for subparagraph (A),
by striking ‘‘RTC PROPERTIES’’ and inserting
‘‘ACQUISITION’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘from the Resolution’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘Insurance Act’’.
SEC. 305. MIXED-INCOME OCCUPANCY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section
202(i)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(i)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and (B)’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘(B) notwithstanding clause (A) and in
the case only of a supportive housing project for the elder-
ly which has a high vacancy level (as such term is defined
by the Secretary, but which shall not include vacancy upon
the initial availability of units in a building), consistent
with the purpose of improving housing opportunities for
very low- and low-income elderly persons; and (C).’’.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF UNITS.—Section 202(i) of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(i)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF UNITS.—In the case of
a supportive housing project described in subsection
(i)(1)(B) that has a vacant dwelling unit, an owner
may not make a dwelling unit available for occu-
pancy by, nor make any commitment to provide oc-
cupancy in the unit to, a low-income family that is
not a very low-income family unless each eligible
very low-income family that has applied for occu-
pancy in the project has been offered an opportunity
to accept occupancy in a unit in the project.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after
‘‘elderly persons’’ the following: ‘‘, and for low-
income elderly persons to the extent such occu-
pancy is made available pursuant to subsection
(i)(1)(B),’’;
(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (2),
by inserting after ‘‘elderly persons’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or by low-income elderly persons (to
the extent such occupancy is made available
pursuant to subsection (i)(1)(B))’’; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after
‘‘very low-income person’’ the following: ‘‘or a
low-income person (to the extent such occu-
pancy is made available pursuant to subsection
(i)(1)(B))’’;
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting after ‘‘el-
derly persons’’ the following: ‘‘, and low-income el-
derly persons to the extent such occupancy is made
available pursuant to subsection (i)(1)(B),’’; and
(3) in subsection (k)—
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3)
through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (9), re-
spectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) LOW-INCOME.—The term ‘low-income’ has
the same meaning given the term ‘low-income fami-
lies’ under section 3(b)(2) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)).’’.
SEC. 306. USE OF PROJECT RESERVES.
Section 202(j) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(8) USE
OF
PROJECT
RESERVES.—Amounts
for project reserves for a project assisted under this
section may be used for costs, subject to reasonable
limitations as the Secretary determines appropriate,
for reducing the number of dwelling units in the
project. Such use shall be subject to the approval of
the Secretary to ensure that the use is designed to
retrofit units that are currently obsolete or unmar-
ketable.’’.
SEC. 307. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
Section 202(h)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12
U.S.C. 1701q(h)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ‘‘Neither this section nor any
other provision of law may be construed as prohibiting or
preventing the location and operation, in a project assisted
under this section, of commercial facilities for the benefit
of residents of the project and the community in which
the project is located.’’.
SEC. 308. MIXED FINANCE PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall carry out a pilot program under
this section to determine the effectiveness and feasibility
of providing assistance under section 202 of the Housing
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) for housing projects that
are used both for supportive housing for the elderly and
for other types of housing, which may include market rate
housing.
(b) SCOPE.—Under the pilot program the Secretary
shall provide, to the extent that sufficient approvable ap-
plications for such assistance are received, assistance in
the manner provided under subsection (d) for not more
than five housing projects.
(c) MIXED USE.—The Secretary shall require, for a
project to be assisted under the pilot program—
(1) that a portion of the dwelling units in the
project be reserved for use in accordance with, and
subject to, the requirements applicable to units as-
sisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of
1959; and
(2) that the remainder of the dwelling units be
used for other purposes.
(d) FINANCING.—The Secretary may use amounts
provided for assistance under section 202 of the Housing
Act of 1959 for assistance under the pilot program for
capital advances in accordance with subsection (d)(1) of
such section and project rental assistance in accordance
with subsection (d)(2) of such section, only for dwelling
units described in subsection (c)(1) of this section. Any
assistance provided pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such
section 202 shall be provided in the form of a capital ad-
with this section to owners of eligible projects described
in subsection (b) for one or both of the following activities:
‘‘(1) REPAIRS.—Substantial capital repairs to a
project that are needed to rehabilitate, modernize, or
retrofit aging structures, common areas, or indi-
vidual dwelling units.
‘‘(2) CONVERSION.—Activities designed to con-
vert dwelling units in the eligible project to assisted
living facilities for elderly persons.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—An eligible project de-
scribed in this subsection is a multifamily housing project
that is—
‘‘(1) described in subparagraph (B), (C), (D),
(E), (F), or (G) of section 683(2) of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13641(2)), or (B) only to the extent amounts
of the Department of Agriculture are made available
to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
for such grants under this section for such projects,
subject to a loan made or insured under section 515
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485);
‘‘(2) owned by a private nonprofit organization
(as such term is defined in section 202); and
‘‘(3) designated primarily for occupancy by el-
derly persons.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection or
this section, an unused or underutilized commercial prop-
erty may be considered an eligible project under this sub-
section, except that the Secretary may not provide grants
under this section for more three such properties. For any
such projects, any reference under this section to dwelling
units shall be considered to refer to the premises of such
properties.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for grants under
this section shall be submitted to the Secretary in accord-
ance with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish.
Such applications shall contain—
‘‘(1) a description of the substantial capital re-
pairs or the proposed conversion activities for which
a grant under this section is requested;
‘‘(2) the amount of the grant requested to com-
plete the substantial capital repairs or conversion ac-
tivities;
‘‘(3) a description of the resources that are ex-
pected to be made available, if any, in conjunction
with the grant under this section; and
‘‘(4) such other information or certifications
that the Secretary determines to be necessary or ap-
propriate.
‘‘(d) FUNDING FOR SERVICES.—The Secretary may
not make a grant under this section for conversion activi-
ties unless the application contains sufficient evidence, in
the determination of the Secretary, of firm commitments
for the funding of services to be provided in the assisted
living facility, which may be provided by third parties.
‘‘(e) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall se-
lect applications for grants under this section based upon
selection criteria, which shall be established by the Sec-
retary and shall include—
‘‘(1) in the case of a grant for substantial cap-
ital repairs, the extent to which the project to be re-
paired is in need of such repair, including such fac-
tors as the age of improvements to be repaired, and
the impact on the health and safety of residents of
failure to make such repairs;
‘‘(2) in the case of a grant for conversion activi-
ties, the extent to which the conversion is likely to
provide assisted living facilities that are needed or
are expected to be needed by the categories of elder-
ly persons that the assisted living facility is intended
to serve, with a special emphasis on very low-income
elderly persons who need assistance with activities of
daily living;
‘‘(3) the inability of the applicant to fund the
repairs or conversion activities from existing finan-
cial resources, as evidenced by the applicant’s finan-
cial records, including assets in the applicant’s resid-
ual receipts account and reserves for replacement ac-
count;
‘‘(4) the extent to which the applicant has evi-
denced community support for the repairs or conver-
sion, by such indicators as letters of support from
the local community for the repairs or conversion
and financial contributions from public and private
sources;
‘‘(5) in the case of a grant for conversion activi-
ties, the extent to which the applicant demonstrates
a strong commitment to promoting the autonomy
and independence of the elderly persons that the as-
sisted living facility is intended to serve;
‘‘(6) in the case of a grant for conversion activi-
ties, the quality, completeness, and managerial capa-
bility of providing the services which the assisted liv-
ing facility intends to provide to elderly residents,
especially in such areas as meals, 24-hour staffing,
and on-site health care; and
‘‘(7) such other criteria as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate to ensure that funds made
available under this section are used effectively.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this
section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘assisted living facility’ has the
meaning given such term in section 232(b) of the
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715w(b)); and
‘‘(2) the definitions in section 202(k) shall
apply.
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated for providing grants
under this section such sums as may be necessary for each
of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.
SEC. 310. GRANTS FOR CONVERSION OF PUBLIC HOUSING
PROJECTS TO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
Title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 36. GRANTS FOR CONVERSION OF PUBLIC HOUSING
TO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may make
grants in accordance with this section to public housing
agencies for use for activities designed to convert dwelling
units in an eligible projects described in subsection (b) to
assisted living facilities for elderly persons.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—An eligible project de-
scribed in this subsection is a public housing project (or
a portion thereof) that has been designated under section
7 for occupancy only by elderly persons.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for grants under
this section shall be submitted to the Secretary in accord-
ance with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish.
Such applications shall contain—
‘‘(1) a description of the proposed conversion
activities for which a grant under this section is re-
quested;
‘‘(2) the amount of the grant requested;
‘‘(3) a description of the resources that are ex-
pected to be made available, if any, in conjunction
with the grant under this section; and
‘‘(4) such other information or certifications
that the Secretary determines to be necessary or ap-
propriate.
‘‘(d) FUNDING FOR SERVICES.—The Secretary may
not make a grant under this section unless the application
contains sufficient evidence, in the determination of the
Secretary, of firm commitments for the funding of services
to be provided in the assisted living facility.
‘‘(e) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall se-
lect applications for grants under this section based upon
selection criteria, which shall be established by the Sec-
retary and shall include—
‘‘(1) the extent to which the conversion is likely
to provide assisted living facilities that are needed or
are expected to be needed by the categories of elder-
ly persons that the assisted living facility is intended
to serve;
‘‘(2) the inability of the public housing agency
to fund the conversion activities from existing finan-
cial resources, as evidenced by the agency’s financial
records;
‘‘(3) the extent to which the agency has evi-
denced community support for the conversion, by
such indicators as letters of support from the local
community for the conversion and financial contribu-
tions from public and private sources;
‘‘(4) extent to which the applicant demonstrates
a strong commitment to promoting the autonomy
and independence of the elderly persons that the as-
sisted living facility is intended to serve;
‘‘(5) the quality, completeness, and managerial
capability of providing the services which the as-
sisted living facility intends to provide to elderly
residents, especially in such areas as meals, 24-hour
staffing, and on-site health care; and
‘‘(6) such other criteria as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate to ensure that funds made
available under this section are used effectively.
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section,
the term ‘assisted living facility’ has the meaning given
such term in section 232(b) of the National Housing Act
(12 U.S.C. 1715w(b)).
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated for providing grants
under this section such sums as may be necessary for each
of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.
SEC. 311. USE OF SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE FOR ASSISTED
LIVING FACILITIES.
(a) VOUCHER ASSISTANCE.—Section 8(o) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o))
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(18) RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR ASSISTED LIV-
ING FACILITIES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A public housing
agency may make assistance payments on be-
half of a family that uses an assisted living fa-
cility as a principal place of residence and that
uses such supportive services made available in
the facility as the agency may require. Such
payments may be made only for covering costs
of rental of the dwelling unit in the assisted liv-
ing facility and not for covering any portion of
the cost of residing in such facility that is at-
tributable to service relating to assisted living.
‘‘(B) RENT CALCULATION.—
‘‘(i) CHARGES
INCLUDED.—For as-
sistance pursuant to this paragraph, the
rent of the dwelling unit that is a assisted
living facility with respect to which assist-
ance payments are made shall include
maintenance and management charges re-
lated to the dwelling unit and tenant-paid
utilities. Such rent shall not include any
charges attributable to services relating to
assisted living.
‘‘(ii) PAYMENT STANDARD.—In deter-
mining the monthly assistance that may be
paid under this paragraph on behalf of any
family residing in an assisted living facil-
ity, the public housing agency shall utilize
the payment standard established under
paragraph (1), for the market area in
which the assisted living facility is located,
for the applicable size dwelling unit.
‘‘(iii) MONTHLY
ASSISTANCE
PAY-
MENT.—The monthly assistance payment
for a family assisted under this paragraph
shall be determined in accordance with
paragraph (2) (using the rent and payment
standard for the dwelling unit as deter-
mined in accordance with this subsection).
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of
this paragraph, the term ‘assisted living facility’
has the meaning given that term in section
232(b) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715w(b)), except that such a facility may be
contained within a portion of a larger multi-
family housing project.’’.
(b) PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—Section 202b of
the Housing Act of 1959, as added by section 2 of this
Act, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(f) SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a multifamily project which in-
cludes one or more dwelling units that have been
converted to assisted living facilities using grants
made under this section shall be eligible for project-
based assistance under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, in the same manner in
which the project would be eligible for such assist-
ance but for the assisted living facilities in the
project.
‘‘(2) CALCULATION OF RENT.—For assistance
pursuant to this subsection, the maximum monthly
rent of a dwelling unit that is an assisted living fa-
cility with respect to which assistance payments are
made shall not include charges attributable to serv-
ices relating to assisted living.’’.
SEC. 312. ANNUAL HUD INVENTORY OF ASSISTED HOUSING
DESIGNATED FOR ELDERLY PERSONS.
Subtitle D of title VI of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13611 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 662. ANNUAL INVENTORY OF ASSISTED HOUSING
DESIGNATED FOR ELDERLY PERSONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish
and maintain, and on an annual basis shall update and
publish, an inventory of housing that—
‘‘(1) is assisted under a program of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, including
all federally assisted housing; and
‘‘(2) is designated, in whole or in part, for occu-
pancy by elderly families or disabled families, or
both.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The inventory required under this
section shall identify housing described in subsection (a)
and the number of dwelling units in such housing that—
‘‘(1) are in projects designated for occupancy
only by elderly families;
‘‘(2) are in projects designated for occupancy
only by disabled families;
‘‘(3) contain special features or modifications
designed to accommodate persons with disabilities
and are in projects designated for occupancy only by
disabled families;
‘‘(4) are in projects for which a specific per-
centage or number of the dwelling units are des-
ignated for occupancy only by elderly families;
‘‘(5) are in projects for which a specific per-
centage or number of the dwelling units are des-
ignated for occupancy only by disabled families; and
‘‘(6) are in projects designed for occupancy only
by both elderly or disabled families.
‘‘(c) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall annually
publish the inventory required under this section in the
Federal Register and shall make the inventory available
to the public by posting on a World Wide Web site of the
Department.’’.
SEC. 313. TREATMENT OF APPLICATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or any regulation of the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development, in the case of any denial of an
application for assistance under section 202 of the Hous-
ing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) for failure to timely
provide information required by the Secretary, the Sec-
retary shall notify the applicant of the failure and provide
the applicant an opportunity to show that the failure was
due to the failure of a third party to provide information
under the control of the third party. If the applicant dem-
onstrates, within a reasonable period of time after notifi-
cation of such failure, that the applicant did not have such
information but requested the timely provision of such in-
formation by the third party, the Secretary may not deny
the application on the grounds of failure to timely provide
such information.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall have no force
or effect after the expiration of the 12-month period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Subtitle B—Housing for Persons
With Disabilities
SEC. 321. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or
through matching grants under subsection (d)(5)’’
after ‘‘subsection (d)(1)’’; and
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) MATCHING GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made avail-
able for assistance under this paragraph shall
be used only for capital advances in accordance
with paragraph (1), except that the Secretary
shall require that, as a condition of providing
assistance under this paragraph for a project,
the applicant for assistance shall supplement
the assistance with amounts from sources other
than this section in an amount that is not less
than 25 to 50 percent (as the Secretary may
determine) of the amount of assistance provided
pursuant to this paragraph for the project.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT
FOR
NON-FEDERAL
FUNDS.—Not less than 50 percent of supple-
mental amounts provided for a project pursuant
to subparagraph (A) shall be from non-Federal
sources. Such supplemental amounts may in-
clude the value of any in-kind contributions, in-
cluding donated land, structures, equipment,
and other contributions as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, but only if the existence of
such in-kind contributions results in the con-
struction of more dwelling units than would
have been constructed absent such contribu-
tions.
‘‘(C) 
INCOME
ELIGIBILITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, the
Secretary shall provide that, in a project as-
sisted under this paragraph, a number of dwell-
ing units may be made available for occupancy
by persons with disabilities who are not very
low-income persons in a number such that the
ration that the number of dwelling units in the
project so occupied bears to the total number of
units in the project does not exceed the ratio
that the amount from non-Federal sources pro-
vided for the project pursuant to this paragraph
bears to the sum of the capital advances pro-
vided for the project under this paragraph and
all supplemental amounts for the project pro-
vided pursuant to this paragraph.’’.
SEC. 322. ELIGIBILITY OF FOR-PROFIT LIMITED PARTNER-
SHIPS.
Section 811(k)(6) of the Housing Act of 1959 (42
U.S.C. 8013(k)(6)) is amended by adding after and below
subparagraph (D) the following new sentence:
‘‘Such term includes a for-profit limited partnership
the sole general partner of which is an organization
meeting the requirements under subparagraphs (A),
(B), (C), and (D) and a corporation wholly owned
by an organization meeting the requirements under
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D).’’.
SEC. 323. MIXED FUNDING SOURCES.
Section 811(h)(5) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(h)(5)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘non-Federal sources’’ and inserting
‘‘sources other than this section’’.
SEC. 324. TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.
Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (4)
and inserting the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) ADMINISTERING ENTITIES.—Tenant-
based rental assistance provided under sub-
section (b)(1) may be provided only through a
public housing agency that has submitted and
had approved an plan under section 7(d) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437e(d)) that provides for such assistance, or
through a private nonprofit organization. A
public housing agency shall be eligible to apply
under this section only for the purposes of pro-
viding such tenant-based rental assistance.
‘‘(B) 
PROGRAM
RULES.—Tenant-based
rental assistance under subsection (b)(1) shall
be made available to eligible persons with dis-
abilities and administered under the same rules
that govern tenant-based rental assistance made
available under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937, except that the Secretary
may waive or modify such rules, but only to the
extent necessary to provide for administering
such assistance under subsection (b)(1) through
private nonprofit organizations rather than
through public housing agencies.
‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.—In de-
termining the amount of assistance provided
under subsection (b)(1) for a private nonprofit
organization or public housing agency, the Sec-
retary shall consider the needs and capabilities
of the organization or agency, in the case of a
public housing agency, as described in the plan
for the agency under section 7 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937.’’; and
(2) in subsection (l)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’;
(B) by striking the last comma and all
that follows through ‘‘subsection (n)’’; and
(C) by inserting after the last period the
following new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, the Secretary
may use not more than 25 percent of the total
amounts made available for assistance under
this section for any fiscal year for tenant-based
rental assistance under subsection (b)(1) for
persons with disabilities, and no authority of
the Secretary to waive provisions of this section
may be used to alter the percentage limitation
under this sentence.’’.
SEC. 325. PROJECT SIZE.
(a) LIMITATION.—Section 811 of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (k)(4), by inserting ‘‘, subject
to the limitation under subsection (h)(6)’’ after
‘‘prescribe’’; and
(2) in subsection (l), by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) SIZE LIMITATION.—Of any amounts made
available for any fiscal year and used for capital ad-
vances or project rental assistance under paragraphs
(1) and (2) of subsection (d), not more than 25 per-
cent may be used for supportive housing which con-
tains more than 24 separate dwelling units.’’.
(b) STUDY.—Not later than the expiration of the 3-
month period beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall conduct a study and submit a report to the
Congress regarding—
(1) the extent to which the authority of the Sec-
retary under section 811(k)(4) of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
8013(k)(4)), as in effect immediately before the en-
actment of this Act, has been used in each year
since 1990 to provide for assistance under such sec-
tion for supportive housing for persons with disabil-
ities having more than 24 separate dwelling units;
(2) the per-unit costs of, and the benefits and
problems associated with, providing such housing in
projects having 8 or less dwelling units, 8 to 24
units, and more than 24 units; and
(3) the per-unit costs of, and the benefits and
problems associated with providing housing under
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q) in projects having 30 to 50 dwelling units,
in projects having more than 50 but not more than
80 dwelling units, in projects having more than 80
but not more than 120 dwelling units, and in
projects having more than 120 dwelling units, but
the study shall also examine the social consider-
ations afforded by smaller and moderate-size devel-
opments and shall not be limited to economic fac-
tors.
SEC. 326. USE OF PROJECT RESERVES.
Section 811(j) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(j)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) USE
OF
PROJECT
RESERVES.—Amounts
for project reserves for a project assisted under this
section may be used for costs, subject to reasonable
limitations as the Secretary determines appropriate,
for reducing the number of dwelling units in the
project. Such use shall be subject to the approval of
the Secretary to ensure that the use is designed to
retrofit units that are currently obsolete or unmar-
ketable.’’.
SEC. 327. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
Section 811(h)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(h)(1)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Nei-
ther this section nor any other provision of law may be
construed as prohibiting or preventing the location and op-
eration, in a project assisted under this section, of com-
mercial facilities for the benefit of residents of the project
and the community in which the project is located.’’.
Subtitle C—Other Provisions
SEC. 341. SERVICE COORDINATORS.
(a) INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR USE OF SERVICE
COORDINATORS
IN
CERTAIN
FEDERALLY
ASSISTED
HOUSING.—Section 676 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632) is
amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘MULTI-
FAMILY HOUSING ASSISTED UNDER THE NA-
TIONAL HOUSING ACT’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN
FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(E)
and (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B), (C), (D), (E),
(F), and (G)’’; and
(B) in the last sentence—
(i) by striking ‘‘section 661’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 671’’; and
(ii) by adding after the period at the
end the following new sentence: ‘‘A service
coordinator funded with a grant under this
section for a project may provide services
to low-income elderly or disabled families
living in the vicinity of such project.’’;
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(E) or (F)’’ and inserting
‘‘(B), (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘section 661’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 671’’; and
(4) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating
subsection (d) (as amended by paragraph (3) of this
subsection) as subsection (c).
(b) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICE COORDINA-
TORS.—Section 671 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13631) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by
striking ‘‘to carry out this subtitle pursuant to the
amendments made by this subtitle’’ and inserting
the following: ‘‘for providing service coordinators
under this section’’;
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘)’’ after
‘‘section 683(2)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME ELDERLY OR DIS-
ABLED FAMILIES RESIDING IN VICINITY OF CERTAIN
PROJECTS.—To the extent only that this section applies
to service coordinators for covered federally assisted hous-
ing described in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F),
and (G) of section 683(2), any reference in this section
to elderly or disabled residents of a project shall be con-
strued to include low-income elderly or disabled families
living in the vicinity of such project.’’.
(c) 
PROTECTION
AGAINST
TELEMARKETING
FRAUD.—
(1) SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING
FOR
THE
ELDER-
LY.—The first sentence of section 202(g)(1) of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(g)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘and (F)’’ and inserting the
following: ‘‘(F) providing education and outreach re-
garding telemarketing fraud, in accordance with the
standards issued under section 671(f) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13631(f)); and (G)’’.
(2) OTHER FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.—
Section 671 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13631), as amended
by subsection (b) of this section, is further
amended—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (c),
by inserting after ‘‘response,’’ the following:
‘‘providing education and outreach regarding
telemarketing fraud, in accordance with the
standards issued under subsection (f),’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) 
PROTECTION
AGAINST
TELEMARKETING
FRAUD.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, shall establish standards for service coordina-
tors in federally assisted housing who are providing
education and outreach to elderly persons residing in
such housing regarding telemarketing fraud. The
standards shall be designed to ensure that such edu-
cation and outreach informs such elderly persons of
the dangers of telemarketing fraud and facilitates
the investigation and prosecution of telemarketers
engaging in fraud against such residents.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The standards established
under this subsection shall require that any such
education and outreach be provided in a manner
that—
‘‘(A) informs such residents of (i) the prev-
alence of telemarketing fraud targeted against
elderly persons; (ii) how telemarketing fraud
works; (iii) how to identify telemarketing fraud;
(iv) how to protect themselves against tele-
marketing fraud, including an explanation of
the dangers of providing bank account, credit
card, or other financial or personal information
over the telephone to unsolicited callers; (v) how
to report suspected attempts at telemarketing
(1) compiles and interprets information regard-
ing the expected increase in the population of per-
sons 62 years of age or older, particularly informa-
tion regarding distribution of income levels, home-
ownership and home equity rates, and degree or ex-
tent of health and independence of living;
(2) provides an estimate of the future needs of
seniors for affordable housing and assisted living
and health care facilities;
(3) provides a comparison of estimate of such
future needs with an estimate of the housing and fa-
cilities expected to be provided under existing public
programs, and identifies possible actions or initia-
tives that may assist in providing affordable housing
and assisted living and health care facilities to meet
such expected needs;
(4) identifies and analyzes methods of encour-
aging increased private sector participation, invest-
ment, and capital formation in affordable housing
and assisted living and health care facilities for sen-
iors through partnerships between public and private
entities and other creative strategies;
(5) analyzes the costs and benefits of com-
prehensive aging-in-place strategies, taking into con-
sideration physical and mental well-being and the
importance of coordination between shelter and sup-
portive services;
(6) identifies and analyzes methods of pro-
moting a more comprehensive approach to dealing
with housing and supportive service issues involved
in aging and the multiple governmental agencies in-
volved in such issues, including the Department of
Housing and Urban Development and the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services; and
(7) examines how to establish intergenerational
learning and care centers and living arrangements,
in particular to facilitate appropriate environments
for families consisting only of children and a grand-
parent or grandparents who are the head of the
household.
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—
(1) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Com-
mission shall be composed of 14 members, appointed
not later than January 1, 2000, as follows:
(A) Two co-chairpersons, of whom—
(i) one co-chairperson shall be ap-
pointed by a committee consisting of the
chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing
and Community Opportunities of the
House of Representatives and the chair-
man of the Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation of the Senate, and the
chairmen of the Subcommittees on the De-
partments of Veterans Affairs and Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate; and
(ii) one co-chairperson shall be ap-
pointed by a committee consisting of the
ranking minority member of the Sub-
committee on Housing and Community
Opportunities of the House of Representa-
tives and the ranking minority member of
the Subcommittee on Housing and Trans-
portation of the Senate, and the ranking
minority members of the Subcommittees
on the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies of the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate.
(B) Six members appointed by the Chair-
man and Ranking Minority Member of the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
of the House of Representatives and the Chair-
man and Ranking Minority Member of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(C) Six members appointed by the Chair-
man and Ranking Minority Member of the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate and the Chairman and
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Appointees should have
proven expertise in directing, assembling, or apply-
ing capital resources from a variety of sources to the
successful development of affordable housing, as-
sisted living facilities, or health care facilities.
(3) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy on the Commis-
sion shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in
the manner in which the original appointment was
made.
(4) CHAIRPERSONS.—The members appointed
pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) shall serve as co-
chairpersons of the Commission.
(5) PROHIBITION
OF
PAY.—Members of the
Commission shall serve without pay.
(6) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the
Commission shall receive travel expenses, including
per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with
sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States
Code.
(7) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of
the Commission shall constitute a quorum but a
lesser number may hold hearings.
(8) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at
the call of the Chairpersons.
(d) DIRECTOR AND STAFF.—
(1) DIRECTOR.—The Commission shall have a
Director who shall be appointed by the Chairperson.
The Director shall be paid at a rate not to exceed
the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Exec-
utive Schedule.
(2) STAFF.—The Commission may appoint per-
sonnel as appropriate. The staff of the Commission
shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title
5, United States Code, governing appointments in
the competitive service, and shall be paid in accord-
ance with the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-
chapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to
classification and General Schedule pay rates.