‘‘(4) AUTHORITY
OF
SECRETARY.—In deter-
mining the amount of each grant under this section 
and the closeout date for the grant, the Secretary 
shall take into consideration the scope, scale, and 
size of the revitalization plan assisted under the 
grant. 
‘‘(p) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.— 
‘‘(1) SECTION 18.—Any severely distressed pub-
lic housing demolished or disposed of pursuant to a 
revitalization plan and any public housing developed 
in lieu of such severely distressed housing shall be 
subject to the provisions of section 18. To the extent 
the provisions of section 18 conflict with or are du-
plicative of the provisions of this section, the provi-
sions of this section solely shall apply. 
‘‘(2) URA.—The Uniform Relocation and Real 
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1974 shall apply 
to all relocation activities pursuant to a revitaliza-
tion plan under this section.’’. 
SEC. 9. ANNUAL REPORT; AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS. 
Subsection (u) of section 24, as so redesignated by 
section 8(1) of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) the extent to which public housing agen-
cies carrying out revitalization plans with grants 
under this section have complied with the require-
ments under subsection (i) (relating to right to ex-
panded housing opportunities for resident house-
holds); and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘To the extent not inconsistent with any other provisions 
of law, the Secretary shall make publicly available through 
a World Wide Web site of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development all documents of, or filed with, the 
Department relating to the program under this section, 
including applications, grant agreements, plans, budgets, 
reports, and amendments to such documents; except that 
in carrying out this sentence, the Secretary shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to protect the privacy of any 
residents and households displaced from public housing as 
a result of a revitalization plan assisted under this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 
Subsection (s) of section 24, as so redesignated by 
section 8(l) of this Act, is amended— 
(1) in clauses (i) and (iii) of paragraph (1)(C), 
by striking ‘‘program’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘plan’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘SUPPORTIVE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTIVE’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘community and’’ before 
‘‘supportive services’’; and 
(C) by inserting after ‘‘transportation,’’ 
the following: ‘‘employment and vocational 
counseling, financial counseling, life skills train-
ing,’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (6); 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2), the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENT OR CHANGE.— 
The term ‘significant’ means, with respect to an 
amendment or change to a revitalization plan, that 
the amendment or change— 
‘‘(A) changes the use of 10 percent or 
more of the funds provided under the grant 
made under this section for the plan from use 
for one activity to use for another; 
‘‘(B) eliminates an activity that, notwith-
standing the change, would otherwise be carried 
out under the plan; or 
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‘‘(C) changes the scope, location, or bene-
ficiaries of the project carried out under the 
plan.’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE
RELOCATION
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The term ‘comprehensive relocation assist-
ance’ means comprehensive assistance necessary to 
relocate the members of a household, and includes 
counseling, including counseling regarding housing 
options and locations and use of tenant-based assist-
ance, case management services, assistance in locat-
ing a suitable residence, site tours, and other assist-
ance. 
‘‘(3) DEVELOPMENT.—The term ‘development’ 
has the same meaning given such term in the first 
sentence of paragraph (1) of section 3(c) (42 U.S.C. 
1437a).’’. 
SEC. 11. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
Paragraph (1) of section 24(f) is amended by striking 
‘‘programs’’ and inserting ‘‘plan’’. 
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SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subsection (v)(1) of section 24, as so redesignated 
by section 8(1) of this Act, is amended by striking all that 
follows ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘$800,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2015’’. 
SEC. 13. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM. 
Subsection (w) of section 24, (as so redesignated by 
section 8(1) of this Act) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 14. REVIEW. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
(1) conduct a review of activities, actions, and 
methods used in revitalization plans assisted under 
section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
to determine which may be transferable to other fed-
erally-assisted housing programs; and 
(2) make recommendations to the Congress re-
garding the activities, actions, and methods reviewed 
under paragraph (1) not later than the expiration of 
the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 15. REGULATIONS. 
Section 24, as amended by the preceding provisions 
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
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‘‘(x) REGULATIONS.—Not later than the expiration 
of the 120-day period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of the HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization 
Act of 2007, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry 
out this section, including the amendments made by such 
Act.’’. 
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