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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on July 1, 2008, and shall apply 
with respect to payments made in accordance with section 
2102 of title 38, United States Code, on or after that date. 
SEC. 2606. REPORT ON SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING FOR 
DISABLED INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 2008, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 
that contains an assessment of the adequacy of the authori-
ties available to the Secretary under law to assist eligible 
disabled individuals in acquiring— 
(1) suitable housing units with special fixtures 
or movable facilities required for their disabilities, 
and necessary land therefor; 
(2) such adaptations to their residences as are 
reasonably necessary because of their disabilities; and 
(3) residences already adapted with special fea-
tures determined by the Secretary to be reasonably 
necessary as a result of their disabilities. 
(b) FOCUS ON PARTICULAR DISABILITIES.—The report 
required by subsection (a) shall set forth a specific assess-
ment of the needs of—
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(1) veterans who have disabilities that are not 
described in subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of section 
2101 of title 38, United States Code; and 
(2) other disabled individuals eligible for spe-
cially adapted housing under chapter 21 of such title 
by reason of section 2101A of such title (as added by 
section 2602(a) of this Act) who have disabilities that 
are not described in such subsections. 
SEC. 2607. REPORT ON SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING AS-
SISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO RESIDE IN 
HOUSING OWNED BY A FAMILY MEMBER ON 
PERMANENT BASIS. 
Not later than December 31, 2008, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives a report on the advis-
ability of providing assistance under section 2102A of title 
38, United States Code, to veterans described in subsection 
(a) of such section, and to members of the Armed Forces 
covered by such section 2102A by reason of section 2101A 
of title 38, United States Code (as added by section 2602(a) 
of this Act), who reside with family members on a perma-
nent basis.
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SEC. 2608. DEFINITION OF ANNUAL INCOME FOR PURPOSES 
OF SECTION 8 AND OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(3)(b)(4)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or any deferred Department of Veterans Affairs disability 
benefits that are received in a lump sum amount or in pro-
spective monthly amounts’’ before ‘‘may not be considered’’. 
SEC. 2609. PAYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF BAGGAGE 
AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES WHO RELOCATE DUE TO 
FORECLOSURE OF LEASED HOUSING. 
Section 406 of title 37, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as 
subsections (l) and (m), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following 
new subsection (k): 
‘‘(k) A member of the armed forces who relocates from 
leased or rental housing by reason of the foreclosure of such 
housing is entitled to transportation of baggage and house-
hold effects under subsection (b)(1) in the same manner, and 
subject to the same conditions and limitations, as similarly 
circumstanced members entitled to transportation of bag-
gage and household effects under that subsection.’’.
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TITLE VII—SMALL PUBLIC HOUS-
ING 
AUTHORITIES 
PAPER-
WORK REDUCTION ACT 
SEC. 2701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Small Public Housing 
Authorities Paperwork Reduction Act’’. 
SEC. 2702. PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS FOR CERTAIN 
QUALIFIED PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5A(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN PHAS FROM FILING 
REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1) or any other provision of this Act— 
‘‘(i) the requirement under paragraph 
(1) shall not apply to any qualified public 
housing agency; and 
‘‘(ii) except as provided in subsection 
(e)(4)(B), any reference in this section or 
any other provision of law to a ‘public 
housing agency’ shall not be considered to 
refer to any qualified public housing agen-
cy, to the extent such reference applies to
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the requirement to submit an annual public 
housing agency plan under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) CIVIL
RIGHTS
CERTIFICATION.—Not-
withstanding that qualified public housing agen-
cies are exempt under subparagraph (A) from 
the requirement under this section to prepare 
and submit an annual public housing plan, each 
qualified public housing agency shall, on an an-
nual basis, make the certification described in 
paragraph (16) of subsection (d), except that for 
purposes of such qualified public housing agen-
cies, such paragraph shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘the public housing program of the 
agency’ for ‘the public housing agency plan’. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘qualified public housing agency’ 
means a public housing agency that meets the 
following requirements: 
‘‘(i) The sum of (I) the number of pub-
lic housing dwelling units administered by 
the agency, and (II) the number of vouchers 
under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 
administered by the agency, is 550 or fewer.
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‘‘(ii) The agency is not designated 
under section 6(j)(2) as a troubled public 
housing agency, and does not have a failing 
score under the section 8 Management As-
sessment Program during the prior 12 
months.’’. 
(b) RESIDENT PARTICIPATION.—Section 5A of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e), by inserting after para-
graph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) QUALIFIED PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), nothing in this section may 
be construed to exempt a qualified public hous-
ing agency from the requirement under para-
graph (1) to establish 1 or more resident advi-
sory boards. Notwithstanding that qualified pub-
lic housing agencies are exempt under subsection 
(b)(3)(A) from the requirement under this section 
to prepare and submit an annual public housing 
plan, each qualified public housing agency shall 
consult with, and consider the recommendations 
of the resident advisory boards for the agency, at 
the annual public hearing required under sub-