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Union Calendar No. 546 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 5772 
[Report No. 110–845] 
To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housin
Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housin
for persons with disabilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2008 
Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut (for himself and Mrs. BIGGERT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Servic
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PALLONE, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. FILNER, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. LYNCH, 
Mr. COHEN, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. WATERS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ALTMIRE, and Mr. 
MCGOVERN 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 10, 2008] 
A BILL 
To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under 
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such section for supportive housing for persons with d
abilities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 
2008’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, section 
811 or any other provision of section 811, the reference shall 
be considered to be made to section 811 of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013). 
SEC. 2. TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH 
CERTIFICATE FUND. 
(a) TERMINATION
OF MAINSTREAM TENANT-BASED 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 811 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking the first subsection designa-
tion and all that follows through the end of sub-
paragraph (B) of paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following: 
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that is equal to the number of vouchers provided in 
fiscal year 2008 under the tenant-based rental assist-
ance program under subsection (d)(4) of this section 
(as in effect before the date of the enactment of the 
Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 
2008). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS
UPON
TURNOVER.—The 
Secretary shall develop and issue, to public housing 
agencies that receive voucher assistance made avail-
able under this subsection and to public housing agen-
cies that received voucher assistance under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for non-elderly disabled families 
pursuant to appropriation Acts for fiscal years 1997 
through 2002 or any other subsequent appropriations 
for incremental vouchers for non-elderly disabled fam-
ilies, guidance to ensure that, to the maximum extent 
possible, such vouchers continue to be provided upon 
turnover to qualified persons with disabilities or to 
qualified non-elderly disabled families, respectively.’’. 
SEC. 3. MODERNIZED CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS.—Sec-
tion 811 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(2)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘(A) INITIAL
PROJECT 
RENTAL
ASSISTANCE
CONTRACT.—’’ 
after 
‘‘PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—’’ 
(B) in the first sentence, by inserting after 
‘‘shall’’ the following: ‘‘comply with subsection 
(e)(2) and shall’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘annual contract amount’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘amount provided under the contract for each 
year covered by the contract’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) RENEWAL OF AND INCREASES IN CONTRACT 
AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(i) EXPIRATION
OF
CONTRACT
TERM.— 
Upon the expiration of each contract term, sub-
ject to the availability of amounts made avail-
able in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall 
adjust the annual contract amount to provide for 
reasonable project costs, and any increases, in-
cluding adequate reserves and service coordina-
tors, except that any contract amounts not used 
by a project during a contract term shall not be 
available for such adjustments upon renewal. 
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‘‘(ii) 
EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS.—In 
the 
event of emergency situations that are outside the 
control of the owner, the Secretary shall increase 
the annual contract amount, subject to reason-
able review and limitations as the Secretary 
shall provide.’’. 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except 
that, in the case of the sponsor of a project as-
sisted with any low-income housing tax credit 
pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 or with any tax-exempt housing 
bonds, the contract shall have an initial term of 
not be less than 360 months and shall provide 
funding for a term of 60 months’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘extend any expiring con-
tract’’ and insert ‘‘upon expiration of a contract 
(or any renewed contract), renew such contract’’. 
(b) 
PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
811 
is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking the subsection heading and 
inserting the following: ‘‘PROGRAM REQUIRE-
MENTS’’; 
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(B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) USE RESTRICTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) TERM.—Any project for which a cap-
ital advance is provided under subsection (d)(1) 
shall be operated for not less than 40 years as 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, 
in accordance with the application for the 
project approved by the Secretary and shall, dur-
ing such period, be made available for occupancy 
only by very low-income persons with disabil-
ities. 
‘‘(B) CONVERSION.—If the owner of a 
project requests the use of the project for the di-
rect benefit of very low-income persons with dis-
abilities and, pursuant to such request the Sec-
retary determines that a project is no longer 
needed for use as supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities, the Secretary may approve the 
request and authorize the owner to convert the 
project to such use.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No assist-
ance received under this section (or any State or local 
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government funds used to supplement such assistance) 
may be used to replace other State or local funds pre-
viously used, or designated for use, to assist persons 
with disabilities. 
‘‘(4) MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), of the total number of dwell-
ing units in any multifamily housing project 
(including any condominium or cooperative 
housing project) containing any unit for which 
assistance is provided from a capital grant 
under subsection (d)(1) made after the date of 
the enactment of the Frank Melville Supportive 
Housing Investment Act of 2008, the aggregate 
number that are used for persons with disabil-
ities, including supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities, or to which any occupancy 
preference for persons with disabilities applies, 
may not exceed 25 percent of such total. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall 
not apply in the case of any project that is a 
group home or independent living facility.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4). 
(c) DELEGATED PROCESSING.—Subsection (g) of sec-
tion 811 (42 U.S.C. 8013(g)) is amended— 
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