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tional Affordable Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701z–6
note).
(20) PUBLIC HOUSING COMPREHENSIVE TRANSI-
TION DEMONSTRATION.—Section 126 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C.
1437f note).
(21) PUBLIC
HOUSING
ONE-STOP
PERINATAL
SERVICES
DEMONSTRATION.—Section 521 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
(42 U.S.C. 1437t note).
(22) PUBLIC
HOUSING
MINCS
DEMONSTRA-
TION.—Section 522 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f note).
(23) PUBLIC HOUSING ENERGY EFFICIENCY DEM-
ONSTRATION.—Section 523 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g
note).
(24) 
OMAHA
HOMEOWNERSHIP
DEMONSTRA-
TION.—Section 132 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–550; 106
stat. 3712).
(25) PUBLIC
AND
ASSISTED
HOUSING
YOUTH
SPORTS
PROGRAMS.—Section 520 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
11903a).
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(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The repeals made by sub-
section (a) shall not affect any legally binding obligations
entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act.
Any funds or activities subject to a provision of law re-
pealed by subsection (a) shall continue to be governed by
the provision as in effect immediately before such repeal.
SEC. 502. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL PROVISIONS.
(a) ALLOCATION OF ELDERLY HOUSING AMOUNTS.—
Section 202(l) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION
IN
ALLOCATING
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Assistance under this section shall be allo-
cated in a manner that ensures that the awards of the
assistance are made for projects of sufficient size to
accommodate facilities for supportive services appro-
priate to the needs of frail elderly residents.’’.
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTED HOUSING.—
(1) GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, for purposes of determining eligibility
for admission to assisted housing, a person shall not
be considered to have a disability or a handicap sole-
ly because of the prior or current illegal use of a con-
trolled substance (as defined in section 102 of the
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Controlled Substances Act) or solely by reason of the
prior or current use of alcohol.
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘assisted housing’’ means housing
designed primarily for occupancy by elderly persons
or persons with disabilities that is assisted pursuant
to this Act, the United States Housing Act of 1937,
section 221(d)(3) or 236 of the National Housing Act,
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, section 101
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965,
or section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act.
(3) CONTINUED
OCCUPANCY.—This subsection
may not be construed to prohibit the continued occu-
pancy of any person who is a resident in assisted
housing on the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) AMENDMENT TO HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL RE-
COVERY ACT OF 1983.—Section 227(d)(2) of the Housing
and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (12 U.S.C. 1701r–
1(d)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1996,’’ after ‘‘the United States Housing Act of
1937,’’.
(d) REVIEW OF DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM CON-
TRACTS.—
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(1) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding the repeal
under section 501(a)(26), the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall investigate all security
contracts awarded by grantees under the Public and
Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 11901 et seq.) that are public housing agencies
that own or operate more than 4,500 public housing
dwelling units—
(A) to determine whether the contractors
under such contracts have complied with all laws
and regulations regarding prohibition of dis-
crimination in hiring practices;
(B) to determine whether such contracts
were awarded in accordance with the applicable
laws and regulations regarding the award of
such contracts;
(C) to determine how many such contracts
were awarded under emergency contracting pro-
cedures;
(D) to evaluate the effectiveness of the con-
tracts; and
(E) to provide a full accounting of all ex-
penses under the contracts.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
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complete the investigation required under paragraph
(1) and submit a report to the Congress regarding the
findings under the investigation. With respect to each
such contract, the report shall (A) state whether the
contract was made and is operating, or was not made
or is not operating, in full compliance with applica-
ble laws and regulations, and (B) for each contract
that the Secretary determines is in such compliance
in a personal certification of such compliance by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
(3) ACTIONS.—For each contract that is de-
scribed in the report under paragraph (2) as not
made or not operating in full compliance with appli-
cable laws and regulation, the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall promptly take any ac-
tions available under law or regulation that are nec-
essary—
(A) to bring such contract into compliance;
or
(B) to terminate the contract.
(e) REFERENCES.—Except as provided in section 271
and 501(b), any reference in any other Federal law, Execu-
tive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or
any document of or pertaining to—
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(1) public housing or housing assisted under the
United States Housing Act of 1937 is deemed to refer
to public housing assisted under title II of this Act;
(2) to assistance under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 is deemed to refer to as-
sistance under title III of this Act; and
(3) to assistance under the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 is deemed to refer to assistance under
this Act.
SEC. 503. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUS-
ING DRUG ELIMINATION ACT OF 1990.
(a) SHORT TITLE, PURPOSES, AND AUTHORITY TO
MAKE GRANTS.—Chapter 2 of subtitle C of title V of the
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.) is
amended by striking the chapter heading and all that fol-
lows through section 5123 and inserting the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 2—COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
AGAINST CRIME
‘‘SEC. 5121. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This chapter may be cited as the ‘Community Part-
nerships Against Crime Act of 1996’.
‘‘SEC. 5122. PURPOSES.
‘‘The purposes of this chapter are to—
‘‘(1) improve the quality of life for the vast ma-
jority of law-abiding public housing residents by re-
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ducing the levels of fear, violence, and crime in their
communities;
‘‘(2) broaden the scope of the Public and Assisted
Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to apply to
all types of crime, and not simply crime that is drug-
related; and
‘‘(3) reduce crime and disorder in and around
public housing through the expansion of community-
oriented policing activities and problem solving.
‘‘SEC. 5123. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.
‘‘The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
may make grants in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter for use in eliminating crime in and around public
housing and other federally assisted low-income housing
projects to (1) local housing and management authorities,
and (2) private, for-profit and nonprofit owners of federally
assisted low-income housing.’’.
(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5124(a) of the Anti-
Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11903(a)) is
amended—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by inserting ‘‘and around’’ after ‘‘used in’’;
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(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting before
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including fencing,
lighting, locking, and surveillance systems’’;
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(A) to investigate crime; and’’;
(D) in paragraph (6)—
(i) by striking ‘‘in and around public
or other federally assisted low-income hous-
ing projects’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; and
(E) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting
the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(7) providing funding to nonprofit public hous-
ing resident management corporations and resident
councils to develop security and crime prevention pro-
grams involving site residents;
‘‘(8) the employment or utilization of one or
more individuals, including law enforcement officers,
made available by contract or other cooperative ar-
rangement with State or local law enforcement agen-
cies, to engage in community- and problem-oriented
policing involving interaction with members of the
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community in proactive crime control and prevention
activities;
‘‘(9) programs and activities for or involving
youth, including training, education, recreation and
sports, career planning, and entrepreneurship and
employment activities and after school and cultural
programs; and
‘‘(10) service programs for residents that address
the contributing factors of crime, including programs
for job training, education, drug and alcohol treat-
ment, and other appropriate social services.’’.
(2) OTHER
LHMA-OWNED
HOUSING.—Section
5124(b) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42
U.S.C. 11903(b)) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘drug-related crime in
housing owned by public housing agencies’’
and inserting ‘‘crime in and around hous-
ing owned by local housing and manage-
ment authorities’’; and
(ii) 
by 
striking 
‘‘paragraphs 
(1)
through (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)
through (10)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘public housing agency’’
and inserting ‘‘local housing and manage-
ment authority’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘drug-related’’ and in-
serting ‘‘criminal’’.
(c) GRANT PROCEDURES.—Section 5125 of the Anti-
Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11904) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 5125. GRANT PROCEDURES.
‘‘(a) LHMA’S WITH 250 OR MORE UNITS.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—In each fiscal year, the Secretary
shall make a grant under this chapter from any
amounts available under section 5131(b)(1) for the
fiscal year to each of the following local housing and
management authorities:
‘‘(A) NEW APPLICANTS.—Each local hous-
ing and management authority that owns or op-
erates 250 or more public housing dwelling units
and has—
‘‘(i) submitted an application to the
Secretary for a grant for such fiscal year,
which includes a 5-year crime deterrence
and reduction plan under paragraph (2);
and
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‘‘(ii) had such application and plan
approved by the Secretary.
‘‘(B) RENEWALS.—Each local housing and
management authority that owns or operates 250
or more public housing dwelling units and for
which—
‘‘(i) a grant was made under this
chapter for the preceding Federal fiscal
year;
‘‘(ii) the term of the 5-year crime de-
terrence and reduction plan applicable to
such grant includes the fiscal year for which
the grant under this subsection is to be
made; and
‘‘(iii) the Secretary has determined,
pursuant to a performance review under
paragraph (4), that during the preceding
fiscal year the agency has substantially ful-
filled the requirements under subparagraphs
(A) and (B) of paragraph (4).
‘‘(2) 5-YEAR CRIME DETERRENCE AND REDUC-
TION PLAN.—Each application for a grant under this
subsection shall contain a 5-year crime deterrence
and reduction plan. The plan shall describe, for the
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local housing and management authority submitting
the plan—
‘‘(A) the nature of the crime problem in
public housing owned or operated by the local
housing and management authority;
‘‘(B) the building or buildings of the local
housing and management authority affected by
the crime problem;
‘‘(C) the impact of the crime problem on
residents of such building or buildings; and
‘‘(D) the actions to be taken during the term
of the plan to reduce and deter such crime, which
shall include actions involving residents, law en-
forcement, and service providers.
The term of a plan shall be the period consisting of
5 consecutive fiscal years, which begins with the first
fiscal year for which funding under this chapter is
provided to carry out the plan.
‘‘(3) AMOUNT.—In any fiscal year, the amount
of the grant for a local housing and management au-
thority receiving a grant pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall be the amount that bears the same ratio to the
total amount made available under section 5131(b)(1)
as the total number of public dwelling units owned or
operated by such authority bears to the total number
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of dwelling units owned or operated by all local hous-
ing and management authorities that own or operate
250 or more public housing dwelling units that are
approved for such fiscal year.
‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE
REVIEW.—For each fiscal
year, the Secretary shall conduct a performance re-
view of the activities carried out by each local housing
and management authority receiving a grant pursu-
ant to this subsection to determine whether the agen-
cy—
‘‘(A) has carried out such activities in a
timely manner and in accordance with its 5-
year crime deterrence and reduction plan; and
‘‘(B) has a continuing capacity to carry out
such plan in a timely manner.
‘‘(5) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish such deadlines and requirements
for submission of applications under this subsection.
‘‘(6) REVIEW
AND
DETERMINATION.—The Sec-
retary shall review each application submitted under
this subsection upon submission and shall approve the
application unless the application and the 5-year
crime deterrence and reduction plan are inconsistent
with the purposes of this chapter or any requirements
established by the Secretary or the information in the
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application or plan is not substantially complete.
Upon approving or determining not to approve an
application and plan submitted under this subsection,
the Secretary shall notify the local housing and man-
agement authority submitting the application and
plan of such approval or disapproval.
‘‘(7) DISAPPROVAL
OF
APPLICATIONS.—If the
Secretary notifies an authority that the application
and plan of the authority is not approved, not later
than the expiration of the 15-day period beginning
upon such notice of disapproval, the Secretary shall
also notify the authority, in writing, of the reasons
for the disapproval, the actions that the authority
could take to comply with the criteria for approval,
and the deadlines for such actions.
‘‘(8) FAILURE TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE.—If
the Secretary fails to notify an authority of approval
or disapproval of an application and plan submitted
under this subsection before the expiration of the 60-
day period beginning upon the submission of the plan
or fails to provide notice under paragraph (7) within
the 15-day period under such paragraph to an au-
thority whose application has been disapproved, the
application and plan shall be considered to have been
approved for purposes of this section.
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‘‘(b) LHMA’S WITH FEWER THAN 250 UNITS AND
OWNERS OF FEDERALLY ASSISTED LOW-INCOME HOUS-
ING.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS AND PLANS.—To be eligible
to receive a grant under this chapter, a local housing
and management authority that owns or operates
fewer than 250 public housing dwelling units or an
owner of federally assisted low-income housing shall
submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such manner, and accompanied by such additional
information as the Secretary may require. The appli-
cation shall include a plan for addressing the problem
of crime in and around the housing for which the ap-
plication is submitted, describing in detail activities
to be conducted during the fiscal year for which the
grant is requested.
‘‘(2) GRANTS FOR LHMA’S WITH FEWER THAN 250
UNITS.—In each fiscal year the Secretary may, to the
extent 
amounts 
are 
available 
under 
section
5131(b)(2), make grants under this chapter to local
housing and management authorities that own or op-
erate fewer than 250 public housing dwelling units
and have submitted applications under paragraph (1)
that the Secretary has approved pursuant to the cri-
teria under paragraph (4).
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‘‘(3) GRANTS FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED LOW-IN-
COME HOUSING.—In each fiscal year the Secretary
may, to the extent amounts are available under sec-
tion 5131(b)(3), make grants under this chapter to
owners of federally assisted low-income housing that
have submitted applications under paragraph (1)
that the Secretary has approved pursuant to the cri-
teria under paragraphs (4) and (5).
‘‘(4) CRITERIA
FOR
APPROVAL
OF
APPLICA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall determine whether to ap-
prove each application under this subsection on the
basis of—
‘‘(A) the extent of the crime problem in and
around the housing for which the application is
made;
‘‘(B) the quality of the plan to address the
crime problem in the housing for which the ap-
plication is made;
‘‘(C) the capability of the applicant to carry
out the plan; and
‘‘(D) the extent to which the tenants of the
housing, the local government, local community-
based nonprofit organizations, local tenant orga-
nizations representing residents of neighboring
projects that are owned or assisted by the Sec-
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retary, and the local community support and
participate in the design and implementation of
the activities proposed to be funded under the
application.
In each fiscal year, the Secretary may give preference
to applications under this subsection for housing
made by applicants who received a grant for such
housing for the preceding fiscal year under this sub-
section or under the provisions of this chapter as in
effect immediately before the date of the enactment of
the United States Housing Act of 1996.
‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR FEDERALLY AS-
SISTED LOW-INCOME HOUSING.—In addition to the
selection criteria under paragraph (4), the Secretary
may establish other criteria for evaluating applica-
tions submitted by owners of federally assisted low-in-
come housing, except that such additional criteria
shall be designed only to reflect—
‘‘(A) relevant differences between the finan-
cial resources and other characteristics of local
housing and management authorities and owners
of federally assisted low-income housing; or
‘‘(B) relevant differences between the prob-
lem of crime in public housing administered by
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such authorities and the problem of crime in fed-
erally assisted low-income housing.’’.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 5126 of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11905) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);
(2) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘section’’
before ‘‘221(d)(4)’’;
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) (as
so amended) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
and
(4) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3) LOCAL
HOUSING
AND
MANAGEMENT
AU-
THORITY.—The term ‘local housing and management
authority’ has the meaning given the term in title I
of the United States Housing Act of 1996.’’.
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 5127 of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11906) is amended by striking
‘‘Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘United States Housing Act of 1996’’.
(f) REPORTS.—Section 5128 of the Anti-Drug Abuse
Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11907) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘drug-related crime in’’ and in-
serting ‘‘crime in and around’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘described in section 5125(a)’’
and inserting ‘‘for the grantee submitted under sub-
section (a) or (b) of section 5125, as applicable’’.
(g) FUNDING AND PROGRAM SUNSET.—Chapter 2 of
subtitle C of title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
is amended by striking section 5130 (42 U.S.C. 11909) and
inserting the following new sections:
‘‘SEC. 5130. FUNDING.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1996.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—Of any amounts available, or that
the Secretary is authorized to use, to carry out this chapter
in any fiscal year—
‘‘(1) 85 percent shall be available only for assist-
ance pursuant to section 5125(a) to local housing and
management authorities that own or operate 250 or
more public housing dwelling units;
‘‘(2) 10 percent shall be available only for assist-
ance pursuant to section 5125(b)(2) to local housing
and management authorities that own or operate
fewer than 250 public housing dwelling units; and
‘‘(3) 5 percent shall be available only for assist-
ance to federally assisted low-income housing pursu-
ant to section 5125(b)(3).
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‘‘SEC. 5131. PROGRAM TERMINATION.
‘‘The program under this chapter shall terminate at
the end of September 30, 1996. No grants may be made
under the program after such date.’’.
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents
in section 5001 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public
Law 100–690; 102 Stat. 4295) is amended—
(1) by striking the item relating to the heading
for chapter 2 of subtitle C of title V and inserting the
following:
‘‘CHAPTER 2—COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AGAINST CRIME’’;
(2) by striking the item relating to section 5122
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 5122. Purposes.’’;
(3) by striking the item relating to section 5125
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 5125. Grant procedures.’’;
and
(4) by striking the item relating to section 5130
and inserting the following new items:
‘‘Sec. 5130. Funding.
‘‘Sec. 5131. Program termination.’’.
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