I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5245
To provide for the extension of certain programs relating to housing and
community development, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 7, 1994
Mr. GONZALEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
OCTOBER 7, 1994
Committee discharged, considered, amended, and passed
A BILL
To provide for the extension of certain programs relating
to housing and community development, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Programs Ex-
tension Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
(a) EXPIRING SECTION 8 CONTRACTS.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Subject only to the avail-
ability of budget authority to carry out this section,
not later than October 1, 1995, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall make an
offer to the owner of each housing project assisted
under an expiring contract to extend the term of the
expiring contract for 24 months beyond the date of
the expiration of the contract.
(2) TERMS OF EXTENSION.—Except for terms
or conditions relating to the duration of the con-
tract, the terms and conditions under the extension
provided pursuant to this subsection of any expiring
contract shall be identical to the terms and condi-
tions under the expiring contract.
(3) DEFINITION OF EXPIRING CONTRACT.—For
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘expiring con-
tract’’ means a contract for assistance pursuant to
section 8(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (as such section existed before October 1,
1983) having a term that expires before October 1,
1996.
(4) DISPLACEMENT
ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may
make available to tenants residing in units covered
by an expiring contract that is not extended pursu-
ant to this subsection either—
(A) tenant-based assistance under section
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; or
(B) a unit with respect to which project-
based assistance is provided under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937.
(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.
(b) DETERMINATION OF MEDIAN INCOME.—Section
3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) in the fourth sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘County’’ and inserting
‘‘and Rockland Counties’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘each’’ before ‘‘such
county’’; and
(2) in the last sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘County’’ the first place it
appears and inserting ‘‘or Rockland Counties’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘County’’ the second place
it appears and inserting ‘‘and Rockland Coun-
ties’’.
(c) ELIGIBLE USES OF EMERGENCY MODERNIZA-
TION FUNDS.—Section 14(k)(1) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437l(k)(1)) is amend-
ed—
(1) 
in 
the 
first 
sentence, 
by 
striking
‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tences: ‘‘Of the amounts reserved each year under
this paragraph, the Secretary shall make available to
the Inspector General of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development not more than $5,000,000
for costs in connection with efforts to combat violent
crime in public housing. Using amounts made avail-
able pursuant to the preceding sentence during fiscal
year 1995, the Secretary shall provide amounts in
such fiscal year for the continuation of the drug
elimination 
activities 
under 
Project 
Nos.
IA05PO98003004 and IA05DEP0980193.’’.
(d) LOW-INCOME
HOUSING
PRESERVATION
AND
RESIDENT HOMEOWNERSHIP ACT.—
(1) ACQUISITION GRANTS.—Section 234(b) of
the Housing and Community Development Act of
1987 (12 U.S.C. 4124(b)) is amended by striking
‘‘1993,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1994,’’ and
inserting ‘‘1995’’.