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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3767
To improve and simplify the HOME investment partnerships program, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1994
Mrs. ROUKEMA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To improve and simplify the HOME investment partnerships
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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HOME Investment
Partnerships Act Amendments of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION BY STATE AGENCIES OR INSTRU-
MENTALITIES.
Section 104(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704(2)) is amended
by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘, or any agency or instrumentality thereof that is estab-
lished pursuant to legislation and designated by the chief
executive to act on behalf of the State with regard to the
provisions of this Act’’.
SEC. 3. SIMPLIFICATION OF PROGRAM-WIDE INCOME
TARGETING FOR RENTAL HOUSING.
Section 214(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12744(1)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘such funds are invested
with respect to dwelling units that are occupied
by’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) the families receiving
such rental assistance are’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting ‘‘or
(ii) the dwelling units assisted with such funds
are occupied by families having such incomes;
and’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘such funds are invested
with respect to dwelling units that are occupied
by’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) the families receiving
such rental assistance are’’; and
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following: ‘‘, or (ii) the dwelling
are not participating jurisdictions that are allo-
cated an amount of $500,000 or more and ju-
risdictions that are participating jurisdictions
shall receive an allocation’’; and
(B) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘, ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (4)’’; and
(4) in section 216—
(A) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (10), a jurisdic-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘A jurisdiction’’; and
(B) in paragraph (9)(B), by striking ‘‘, ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (10)’’.
SEC. 6. COMPREHENSIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRAT-
EGY.
(a) HOME PROGRAM.—Section 218(d) of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42
U.S.C. 12748(d)) is amended in the first sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘that it is complying with a current housing af-
fordability strategy that has been approved by the Sec-
retary in accordance with section 105, and’’ after ‘‘certifi-
cation’’.
(b) HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—
Section 401 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 401. HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY WITH CHAS.—As-
sistance may be made available under subtitle B to metro-
politan cities, urban counties, and States receiving a for-
mula amount under section 413, only if the jurisdiction
certifies that it is complying with a current housing afford-
ability strategy that has been approved by the Secretary
in accordance with section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act.
‘‘(b) 
REQUIREMENT
FOR
CONSISTENCY
WITH
CHAS.—Assistance may be made available under this title
only if the application for such assistance contains a cer-
tification that the proposed project or activities are con-
sistent with the housing affordability strategy of the State
or unit of general local government in which the project
is located. The certification shall be made by the public
official responsible for submitting the strategy for the ju-
risdiction.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title IV of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11361 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 426(a)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (E), by inserting
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end;
(B) by striking subparagraph (F); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as
subparagraph (F);
(2) in section 434(a)—
(A) by striking paragraph (10); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (11),
(12), and (13) as paragraphs (10), (11), and
(12), respectively; and
(3) in section 454(b)—
(A) by striking paragraph (9); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (10),
(11), and (12) as paragraphs (9), (10), and
(11), respectively.
SEC. 7. MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.
Section 220(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12750(a)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTION.—Each participating jurisdic-
tion shall make contributions to housing that qualifies as
affordable housing under this title that total, throughout
a fiscal year, not less than 25 percent of the funds drawn
from the jurisdiction’s HOME Investment Trust Fund in
such fiscal year. Such contributions shall be in addition
to 
any 
amounts 
made 
available 
under 
section
216(3)(A)(ii).’’.
SEC. 8. SEPARATE AUDIT REQUIREMENT.
Section 283 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12833) is amended—
(1) by striking the section designation and
heading and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 283. AUDITS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.’’;
(2) by striking subsection (a);
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(b) AUDITS
BY
THE
COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—’’;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and
(2) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; and
(C) by moving subsections (a) and (b), as
redesignated by subparagraph (B), 2 ems to the
left so that such subsections are flush with the
left margin; and
(4) in subsection (a), as redesignated by para-
graph (3)(B), by striking the second sentence.
SEC. 9. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
Section 288 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12838) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘par-
ticipating jurisdictions’’ and inserting ‘‘jurisdic-
tions, Indian tribes, or insular areas’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
sentences: ‘‘The regulations shall—
‘‘(1) provide for the monitoring of environ-
mental reviews performed under this section;
‘‘(2) at the discretion of the Secretary, facilitate
training for the performance of such reviews; and
‘‘(3) establish criteria for the suspension or ter-
mination of the assumption under this section.
The Secretary’s duty under this subsection shall not be
construed to limit any responsibility assumed by a State
or unit of general local government with respect to any
particular release of funds.’’;
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by
striking ‘‘participating jurisdiction’’ and inserting
‘‘jurisdiction, Indian tribe, or insular area’’;
(3) in subsection (c)(4)(B), by striking ‘‘partici-
pating jurisdiction’’ and inserting ‘‘jurisdiction, In-
dian tribe, or insular area’’; and
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘ASSISTANCE
TO A STATE.—In the case of assistance to States’’
and inserting the following: ‘‘ASSISTANCE TO UNITS
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
FROM
A
STATE.—In the case of assistance to units of gen-
eral local government from a State’’.
SEC. 10. USE OF CDBG FUNDS FOR HOME PROGRAM EX-
PENSES.
(a) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Section
105(a)(13) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(13)) is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘charges related to’’ the following: ‘‘(A) ad-
ministering the HOME program under title II of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; and
(B)’’.
(b) PROJECT DELIVERY COSTS.—Section 105(a)(21)
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
(42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(21)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘in connection with tenant-
based rental assistance and affordable housing
projects assisted under title II of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act’’ after ‘‘hous-
ing counseling’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘authorized’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘any law’’ and inserting ‘‘assisted under
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act’’.
SEC. 11. MATCHING REQUIREMENT UNDER HOPE III PRO-
GRAM.
Section 443(c)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12893(c)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘33 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘25 per-
cent’’.
SEC. 12. FLEXIBILITY OF CDBG PROGRAM FOR DISASTER
AREAS.
Title I of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 122. SUSPENSION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR DISASTER
AREAS.
‘‘For the duration that the declaration of an area as
a disaster area by the President under title IV of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act is in effect, the Secretary may suspend any or all re-
quirements for assistance under section 106 for such area,
except for the requirements related to public notice of
funding availability, nondiscrimination, fair housing, labor
standards, and environmental standards, and require-
ments that activities benefit persons of low- and moderate-
income.’’.
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