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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4295
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2004
Mr. OSBORNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude 
from gross income interest received on loans secured 
by agricultural real property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Economic In-
vestment Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR INTEREST ON LOANS SECURED BY 
AGRICULTURAL REAL PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
‘‘(i) which is the principal residence 
(within the meaning of section 121) of its 
occupant, 
‘‘(ii) which is located in a rural area 
(as determined by the Secretary of Agri-
culture), which is not within a Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area (as defined by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget) and 
which has a population (determined on the 
basis of the most recent decennial census 
for which data are available) of 2,500 or 
less, and 
‘‘(iii) which is purchased or improved 
with the proceeds of the qualified real es-
tate loan. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 265.—Qualified 
real estate loans shall be treated as obligations described 
in section 265(a)(2) the interest on which is wholly exempt 
from the taxes imposed by this subtitle.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such part III is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 139 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 139A. Interest on loans secured by agricultural real prop-
erty.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4296 
To reauthorize and revise the Child Care Access Means Parents in School 
Program (CCAMPIS). 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2004 
Mr. POMEROY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and revise the Child Care Access Means 
Parents in School Program (CCAMPIS). 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century CAMPIS 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND REVISION OF CCAMPIS. 
(a) MINIMUM GRANT.—Section 419N(b)(2)(B) of the 
Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1070e(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$30,000’’.
(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—Section 419N(b)(4) 
of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘$350,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$250,000’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF LOW INCOME STUDENT.—Sec-
tion 419N(b)(7) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘a 
student who is eligible to receive’’ and inserting ‘‘a student 
whose family income makes the student eligible to re-
ceive’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
419N(g) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$45,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$75,000,000’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’; 
and 
(3) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
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HR 4299 RFS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. 
Neva´rez Post Office Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A Neva´rez Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4298
To improve the efficiency of the Department of Energy’s Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2004
Mr. WAMP (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, and Mr. JEN-
KINS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve the efficiency of the Department of Energy’s 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENTS TO ENERGY EMPLOYEES OC-
CUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) STATE AGREEMENTS.—Section 3661 of the En-
ergy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Pro-
gram Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385o) is amended—
‘‘(b)(1) If the Court or jury finds that the person is 
not mentally ill or is not likely to injure himself or others 
as a result of mental illness, the Court shall dismiss the 
petition and order the person’s release. 
‘‘(2) If the Court or jury finds that the person is men-
tally ill and, because of that mental illness, is likely to 
injure himself or others if not committed, the Court may 
order the person’s commitment to the Department or to 
any other facility, hospital, or mental health provider that 
the Court believes is the least restrictive alternative con-
sistent with the best interests of the person and the public. 
An order of commitment issued pursuant to this para-
graph shall be for a period of one year.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(c) The psychiatrists and qualified psychologists 
who are members of the Commission shall be competent 
and compellable witnesses at a hearing or trial held pursu-
ant to this chapter. 
‘‘(d) The jury to be used in any case where a jury 
trial is demanded under this chapter shall be impaneled, 
upon order of the Court, from the jurors in attendance 
upon other branches of the Court, who shall perform the 
services in addition to and as part of their duties in the 
Court.’’.
(1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Pursuant to 
agreements under subsection (a), the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’; 
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘provided in an 
agreement under subsection (a), and if’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘If provided in 
an agreement under subsection (a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘If a panel reports a determination under subsection 
(d)(5)’’. 
(b) SELECTION OF PANEL MEMBERS.—Section 3661 
of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7385o) is further amended in sub-
section (d) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall select individuals to serve as panel mem-
bers based on experience and competency in diag-
nosing occupational illnesses. For each individual so 
selected, the Secretary shall appoint that individual 
as a panel member or obtain by contract the services 
of that individual as a panel member.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4299
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas,
as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. Neva´rez Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A.
Neva´rez Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A Neva´rez Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 4299
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four
An Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 410 South
Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. Neva´rez Post Office
Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at
410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, shall be known and
designated as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. Neva´rez Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Dr. Miguel
A. Neva´rez Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4299 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. 
Nevarez Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2004 
Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. FROST, Mr. PAUL, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. REYES, Mr. ORTIZ, 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, 
Mr. BELL, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. DOGGETT, 
Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Mr. HALL, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CARTER, Mr. 
SMITH of Texas, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. DELAY, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BONILLA, and 
Mr. BURGESS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, 
as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF DR. MIGUEL A. NEVA´ REZ 
POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 410 South Jackson Road in Ed-
inburg, Texas, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Dr. 
Miguel A. Neva´rez Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A Neva´rez 
Post Office Building’’. 
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IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4299 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 12, 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, 
as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. Neva´rez Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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Calendar No. 571 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4299 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 12, 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
JUNE 7, 2004 
Reported by Ms. COLLINS, without amendment 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, 
as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. Neva´rez Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. 
Neva´rez Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A Neva´rez Post Office Building’’.
Calendar No. 571 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4299 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 410 South Jackson Road in 
Edinburg, Texas, as the ‘‘Dr. Miguel A. Neva´rez 
Post Office Building’’. 
JUNE 7, 2004 
Reported without amendment
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 429
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the graduated 
income tax rates that apply to principal campaign committees of can-
didates for Congress shall apply to all comparable committees of can-
didates for State and local offices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2003
Mr. SENSENBRENNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
that the graduated income tax rates that apply to prin-
cipal campaign committees of candidates for Congress 
shall apply to all comparable committees of candidates 
for State and local offices.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State and Local Can-
didate Fairness Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. GRADUATED RATES TO APPLY TO PRINCIPAL CAM-
PAIGN COMMITTEES OF CANDIDATES FOR 
STATE AND LOCAL OFFICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
527(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining 
principal campaign committee) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘principal campaign com-
mittee’ means the political committee des-
ignated by a candidate for Congress or for 
State or local public office as his principal cam-
paign committee for purposes of this sub-
section. A candidate for Congress may des-
ignate under the preceding sentence only a com-
mittee designated by such candidate as his prin-
cipal campaign committee for purposes of sec-
tion 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)).’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) 
of section 527(h)(2) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘the first sentence 
of subparagraph (A)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 42
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 reduce individual capital 
gains rates. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. COLLINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 reduce 
individual capital gains rates.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capital Gains Tax 
Rate Reduction Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN CAPITAL GAINS RATES FOR INDIVID-
UALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) 10-PERCENT
RATE
REDUCED
TO
PER-
CENT.—Subparagraph (B) of section 1(h) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general 
rule for maximum capital gains rate) is amended by 
striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 
(2) 20-PERCENT RATE REDUCED TO 10 PER-
CENT.—Subparagraph (C) of section 1(h) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 57(a)(7) of such Code is 
amended by striking the last sentence. 
(B) Paragraph (1) of section 1445(e) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(C) The second sentence of section 
7518(g)(6)(A), and the second sentence of sec-
tion 607(h)(6)(A) of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, are each amended by striking ‘‘20 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF REDUCED RATES FOR QUALIFIED 5-
YEAR GAIN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(h) of such Code is 
amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (3) through (12) as paragraphs 
(2) through (11), respectively. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) 
Subparagraph 
(A)(ii) 
of 
section 
1(h)(6) of such Code, as redesignated by para-
graph (1), is amended—
(i) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘para-
graph (5)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(4)(B)’’, and 
(ii) in subclause (II) by striking 
‘‘paragraph (5)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (4)(A)’’. 
(B) Paragraph (9) of section 1(h) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(7)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (6)(A)(i)’’. 
(c) MINIMUM TAX.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) 10-PERCENT
RATE
REDUCED
TO
PERCENT.—Subparagraph 
(B) 
of 
section 
55(b)(3) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 
(B) 20-PERCENT
RATE
REDUCED
TO
PERCENT.—Subparagraph 
(C) 
of 
section 
55(b)(3) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘20 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (3) 
of section 55(b) of such Code is amended in the 
matter following subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘In
the case of taxable years beginning after December 
31, 2000, rules similar to the rules of section 
1(h)(2) shall apply for purposes of subparagraphs 
(B) and (C).’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2002. 
(2) WITHHOLDING.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a)(3)(B) shall apply to amounts paid 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4300 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization 
and Expansion Project. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2004 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mrs. BONO, and Mr. CALVERT) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Eastern Municipal 
Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization 
and Expansion Project. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eastern Municipal 
Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization and 
Expansion Project’’.
SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding after section 1636 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1635. EASTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT RECY-
CLED WATER SYSTEM PRESSURIZATION AND 
EXPANSION PROJECT, CALIFORNIA. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the Eastern Municipal Water District, Cali-
fornia, may participate in the design, planning, and con-
struction of permanent facilities needed to establish oper-
ational pressure zones that will be used to provide recycled 
water in the district. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation or maintenance of the 
project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$12,000,000.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 1634 the following:
‘‘Sec. 1635. Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pressur-
ization and Expansion Project, California.’’. 
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4301
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Nebraska. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2004
Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. BEREUTER, and Mr. OSBORNE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district 
of Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DISTRICT JUDGESHIP FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
NEBRASKA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1 addi-
tional district judge for the district of Nebraska. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
In order that the table contained in section 133(a) of title 
28, United States Code, will reflect the change in the num-
ber of judgeships authorized by subsection (a), such table
is amended by striking the item relating to Nebraska and 
inserting the following:
‘‘Nebraska .....................................
4’’.
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Budget, that the proposed project is reasonably ex-
pected to meet the applicable cost neutrality require-
ments of subsection (d)(4). 
(6) EVALUATION AND REPORTS.—An assurance 
that the applicant will conduct ongoing and final 
evaluations of the project, and make interim and 
final reports to the administering Secretary, at such 
times and in such manner as the administering Sec-
retary may require. 
(7) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLAN.—In the 
case of an application proposing a demonstration 
project that includes activities referred to in sub-
section (b)(2)(H) of this section—
(A) a certification that the applicable an-
nual public housing agency plan of any agency 
affected by the project that is approved under 
section 5A of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1) by the Secretary in-
cludes the information specified in paragraphs 
(1) through (4) of this subsection; and 
(B) any resident advisory board rec-
ommendations, and other information, relating 
to the project that, pursuant to section 
5A(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(e)(2), is required to