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‘‘SEC. 863. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for grants
under sections 860 and 861 such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
and 2007.’’.
SEC. 905. CDBG FUNDING ELIGIBILITY FOR SECULAR AC-
TIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY RELIGIOUS ORGA-
NIZATIONS.
Section 105 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE
SUBRECIPIENTS.—Grant amounts
under this title may be provided to religious organizations,
or organizations having religious purposes, for carrying
out secular activities that are eligible under this section
to be assisted under this title.’’.
SEC. 906. USE OF CDBG AMOUNTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
TORNADO-SAFE 
SHELTER 
FOR 
MANUFAC-
TURED HOUSING PARKS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5305(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(24) the construction or improvement of
tornado- or storm-safe shelters for manufactured
housing parks and residents of other manufactured
housing, the acquisition of real property for sites for
such shelters, and the provision of assistance (in-
cluding loans and grants) to nonprofit or for-profit
entities (including owners of such parks) for such
construction, improvement, or acquisition, except
that a shelter assisted with amounts made available
pursuant to this paragraph shall be located in a
neighborhood consisting predominantly of persons of
low and moderate income, except that a shelter as-
sisted with amounts made available pursuant to this
paragraph may not be made available exclusively for
use of the residents of a particular manufactured
housing park or of other manufactured housing, but
shall generally serve the residents of the area in
which it is located; and’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to any amounts otherwise made available for grants
under title I of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fis-
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cal year 2002 for assistance only for activities pursuant
to section 105(a)(24) of such Act.
SEC. 907. USE OF CDBG AMOUNTS TO ADMINISTER RE-
NEWAL COMMUNITIES.
Section 105(a)(13) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(13)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘and renewal communities’’ after
‘‘enterprise zones’’.
SEC. 908. SUBSIDY LAYERING REVIEW.
Section 911 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 3545 note) is amended
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting
‘‘shall’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, submitted in accordance
with’’ and all that follows through the end of
the subsection and inserting the following:
‘‘that it has made the determination required
by subsection (m)(2)(A) of such section 42
upon the first occasion that such determination
was required and that it will make such deter-
mination upon such additional occasions as are
required by law or regulation.’’;
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and
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(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (b).
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