(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2) and inserting after such paragraph the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) the status of planning and implementation
activities funded under this section; and’’.
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 24 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’;
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (c) and (d)’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’; and
(3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i)
(as amended by this section) as subsections (b)
through (h), respectively.
SEC. 102. PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGN AND COST FLEXIBIL-
ITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(b) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c(b)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(b) GRANTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUS-
ING.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Under a contract
for contributions to a public housing agency for de-
velopment of public housing projects, the Secretary
may provide assistance under this subsection to pub-
lic housing agencies that do not receive assistance
under section 24(d) to expand the supply of public
housing for eligible low-income families. Such assist-
ance may be used to finance the construction, recon-
struction, or moderate or substantial rehabilitation
of a structure or a portion of a structure, or the ac-
quisition of a structure from the Resolution Trust
Corporation or the Secretary, to be used as public
housing in accordance with this section. Assistance
may also cover the cost of real property acquisition,
site improvement, conversion, demolition, relocation,
and other expenses that the Secretary determines
are necessary to expand the supply of public hous-
ing.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Assistance
under this subsection shall be provided in the form
of a grant and shall be in an amount calculated in
accordance with the development cost guidelines es-
tablished in paragraph (6).
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—Funds made available for
entering into contributions contracts for providing
assistance under this subsection shall be allocated by
the Secretary among applications that have been
submitted by public housing agencies and approved
by the Secretary. The Secretary shall establish the
form and procedures for such applications, which
shall contain—
‘‘(A) a description of the proposed public
housing, including the unit mix, building con-
figuration, and amenities;
‘‘(B) a description of the assistance the ap-
plicant seeks under this section;
‘‘(C) a description of the resources that are
expected to be made available in compliance
with paragraph (6);
‘‘(D) a description of (i) the category or
categories of persons the housing is intended to
serve; (ii) the supportive services, if any, to be
provided to the persons occupying such housing;
(iii) the manner in which such services will be
provided to such persons, including evidence of
any residential supervision the Secretary deter-
mines is necessary to facilitate the adequate
provision of the services; and (iv) the public or
private sources of assistance that can reason-
ably be expected to fund or provide such
services;
‘‘(E) a certification from the public official
responsible for submitting a housing strategy
for the jurisdiction to be served in accordance
with section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act that the pro-
posed project is consistent with the approved
housing strategy; and
‘‘(F) such other information or certifi-
cations that the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of
this section.
The Secretary shall not reject an application on
technical grounds without giving notice of the rejec-
tion and the basis for the rejection to the applicant
and affording the applicant an opportunity to re-
spond.
‘‘(4) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—The Secretary
shall establish criteria for selecting applications for
funding under this section, from among applications
submitted under this section. The criteria shall in-
clude—
‘‘(A) the ability of the applicant public
housing agency to develop and operate the pro-
posed housing;
‘‘(B) the need for housing for low-income
families in the area to be served, taking into
consideration the availability of other public
housing and vacancy rates in such facilities;
‘‘(C) the extent to which the proposed size,
unit mix, and design of the housing comply
with local building codes and regulations and
local neighborhood and site standards and cost
guidelines;
‘‘(D) the extent to which the proposed size
and unit mix of the housing will enable the ap-
plicant to manage and operate the housing effi-
ciently and ensure that the provision of sup-
portive services will be accomplished in an eco-
nomical fashion;
‘‘(E) the extent to which the proposed de-
sign of the housing will meet the special phys-
ical needs of the type of population proposed to
be served by the housing;
‘‘(F) the extent to which the applicant has
demonstrated that the supportive services iden-
tified in paragraph (3)(D) will be provided on
a consistent, long-term basis;
‘‘(G) the extent to which the proposed de-
sign of the housing will accommodate the provi-
sion of supportive services that are expected to
be needed, either initially or over the useful life
of the housing, by the category or categories of
persons the housing is intended to serve; and
‘‘(H) such other factors as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate to ensure that
funds made available under this section are
used effectively.
‘‘(5) PROVISION OF SERVICES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the
provisions of this subsection, the Secretary shall
ensure that housing assisted under this sub-
section provides a range of services tailored to
the needs of the category or categories of per-
sons occupying such housing.
‘‘(B) LOCAL
COORDINATION
OF
SERV-
ICES.—The Secretary shall ensure that public
housing agencies administering housing assisted
under this subsection have the managerial ca-
pacity to—
‘‘(i) assess on an ongoing basis the
service needs of residents;
‘‘(ii) coordinate the provision of sup-
portive services and tailor such services to
the individual needs of residents; and
‘‘(iii) seek on a continuous basis new
sources of assistance to ensure the long-
term provision of supportive services.
‘‘(6) NONBINDING DEVELOPMENT COST GUIDE-
LINES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with public housing agencies and
State area offices of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, shall establish de-
velopment cost guidelines for housing assisted
under this section. The guidelines shall be rec-
ommendatory and advisory in nature and the
Secretary may not require any public housing
assisted under this section to conform to such
guidelines.
‘‘(B) CONTENT.—The guidelines shall be
established by market area for various types
and sizes of housing and shall reflect—
‘‘(i) the cost of construction, recon-
struction, or rehabilitation of housing that
‘‘(D) ANNUAL
ADJUSTMENTS.—The Sec-
retary, in consultation with public housing
agencies, shall adjust the cost guidelines not
less than once annually to reflect changes in the
general level of construction, reconstruction, or
rehabilitation costs.
‘‘(E) DESIGN
FLEXIBILITY.—The Sec-
retary shall, to the extent practicable, allow
public housing agencies maximum flexibility in
designing housing assisted under this section so
that the housing is appropriate for the neigh-
borhood or location of the housing and the pro-
posed resident population. Such flexibility shall
relate to the number of bedrooms in units in
the housing, the types of living spaces in the
housing, the sizes of the living spaces, and
other factors in the design of the housing.
‘‘(F) CHANGES
IN
DESIGN.—A public
housing agency that has been selected to receive
assistance under this subsection for providing
public housing may, after such selection, change
elements in the design of the housing to be pro-
vided (including the unit mix, site, size of living
spaces, amenities, and building configuration)
without the prior approval of the Secretary if—
‘‘(i) the overall objective of the hous-
ing proposed in the application for such as-
sistance is not altered;
‘‘(ii) the total number of units to be
provided in the housing is not significantly
altered; and
‘‘(iii) the public housing agency noti-
fies the applicable State area office of the
Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment of such changes on a timely basis.
‘‘(G) USE OF AMOUNTS FROM NON-FED-
ERAL SOURCES.—A public housing agency may,
without the prior approval of the Secretary, use
amounts from non-Federal sources for amen-
ities and other features of appropriate design
and construction suitable for public housing if
the cost of such amenities (i) is not financed
with the grant received under this subsection,
and (ii) is not taken into consideration in deter-
mining the amount of any Federal assistance
provided for the housing.
‘‘(H) NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.—The Sec-
retary may not reject an application for assist-
ance under this subsection based solely on any
requirements established by the Secretary relat-
ing to the impact of the proposed project on the
neighborhood if—
‘‘(i) the application was made to pro-
vide housing to replace (through demolition
and new construction or acquisition) exist-
ing public housing on a site owned by the
public housing agency making the applica-
tion; or
‘‘(ii) the public housing agency mak-
ing the application demonstrates that the
site selected for the housing proposed in
the application takes into consideration
any local neighborhood revitalization and
economic development plans.
‘‘(7) INCENTIVES FOR SAVINGS.—
‘‘(A) SPECIAL
HOUSING
ACCOUNT.—The
Secretary shall use the development cost guide-
lines established under paragraph (6) to cal-
culate the amount of financing to be made
available to public housing agencies to provide
housing proposed in applications funded under
this subsection. Except as provided in subpara-
graph (C), a public housing agency that incurs
actual development costs that are less than the
amount of financing provided under this sub-
section with respect to an application shall be
entitled to retain 50 percent of the savings in
a special housing account. Such percentage
shall be increased to 75 percent for public hous-
ing incorporating energy efficiency features
that—
‘‘(i) exceed the energy efficiency
standards promulgated by the Secretary in
accordance with section 109 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act;
‘‘(ii) substantially reduce the life-cycle
cost of the housing; and
‘‘(iii) enhance tenant comfort and con-
venience.
‘‘(B) USES.—The special housing account
established under subparagraph (A) for a public
housing project may be used (i) to supplement
services provided to residents of the housing or
funds set aside for replacement reserves, or (ii)
for such other purposes as determined by the
Secretary.
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—Any savings incurred
by a public housing agency for a public housing
project that are due to a substantial redesign of
the project from the design proposed in the ap-
proved application for the project, including re-
ducing the number and mix of dwelling units or
eliminating amenities, shall not be considered
for purposes of a special housing account for
the housing under subparagraph (A) unless ap-
proved by the Secretary.’’.
(b) RELATED AMENDMENTS.—Title I of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) in section 5(b)(2), by inserting ‘‘under sub-
section (b)’’ after ‘‘(in the form of grants’’;
(2) in section 5(j)(1), by striking subparagraph
(B);
(3) in section 5(j)(2), by striking subparagraph
(D);
(4) in section 5(j)(3)(B), by striking the last
sentence;
(5) in section 5(k), by striking the second sen-
tence;
(6) in section 6(a), by striking the second and
third sentences;
(7) in section 6, by striking subsections (b) and
(h); and
(8) by striking section 13.
SEC. 103. HOPE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS.
Section 402 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12870) is amended by
striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following
new subsections:
‘‘(a) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—There is authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 1995 an aggregate amount of
$100,000,000 for grants and activities under—
‘‘(1) title III of the United States Housing Act
of 1937;
‘‘(2) subtitle B of this title;
‘‘(3) subtitle C of this title; and
‘‘(4) technical assistance to potential applicants,
applicants, and recipients of assistance under the
provisions referred to in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3)
of this subsection.
Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection
shall remain available until expended.
‘‘(b) FISCAL YEAR 1996.—There is authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 1996 an aggregate amount of
$100,000,000 for grants and activities under—
‘‘(1) title III of the United States Housing Act
of 1937;
‘‘(2) subtitle B of this title;
‘‘(3) subtitle C of this title; and
‘‘(4) technical assistance to potential applicants,
applicants, and recipients of assistance under the
provisions referred to in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3)
of this subsection.
Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection
shall remain available until expended.’’.
SEC. 104. DISALLOWANCES OF EARNED INCOME FOR RESI-
DENTS WHO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT.
(a) EXCLUSIONS FROM ADJUSTED INCOME.—Section
3(b)(5) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a(b)(5)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(ii)’’; and
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following; ‘‘; and (iii) to the extent
documented by the family, the amount paid by
the family for health insurance coverage for any
members of the family residing in the household
who, at the time, are not receiving or approved
to receive any assistance for health care from
the Federal Government or any State govern-
ment’’;
(2) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) in the case of an elderly family, 10 per-
cent of the earned income of the family, and, in the
case of a nonelderly family, 20 percent of the earned
income of the family;’’;
(3) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(4) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(H) in the case of a family residing in public
housing, of any earned income of any formerly de-
pendent child who is a member of the family—
‘‘(i) 100 percent of such earned income
during the period beginning on the date of the
first redetermination of the rent for and family
composition of the family that occurs after the
child reaches 18 years of age and ending upon
the commencement of the period under clause
(ii);
‘‘(ii) 85 percent of such earned income
during the period beginning on the date of the
first redetermination of the rent for and family
composition of the family that occurs after the
child reaches 19 years of age and ending upon
the commencement of the period under clause
(iii);
‘‘(iii) 65 percent of such earned income
during the period beginning on the date of the
first redetermination of the rent for and family
composition of the family that occurs after the
child reaches 20 years of age and ending upon
the commencement of the period under clause
(iv); or
‘‘(iv) 40 percent of such earned income
during the 1-year period beginning on the date
of the first redetermination of the rent for and
family composition of the family that occurs
after the child reaches 21 years of age.’’.
(b) OPTION FOR PHA TO EXCLUDE EARNED IN-
COME IN RENT DETERMINATIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a) is
amended—
(A) by striking the undesignated para-
graph at the end of subsection (c)(3) (as added
by section 515(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act); and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(d) OPTIONAL DISALLOWANCE OF EARNED INCOME
FROM PUBLIC HOUSING RENT DETERMINATIONS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, a public housing
agency may provide (at the option of a public housing
agency) that, for all units in public housing administered
by the agency, the rent payable under subsection (a) for
any such unit occupied by a family whose income increases
as a result of employment of a member of the family who
was previously unemployed for 1 or more years (including
a family whose income increases as a result of the partici-
pation of a family member in a Family Self-Sufficiency
program under section 22 or other job training program)
may not—
‘‘(1) be increased for a period of 18 months, be-
ginning with the commencement of employment as a
result of the increased income due to such employ-
ment; and
‘‘(2) after the expiration of such 18-month pe-
riod, be increased due to the continued employment
of such family member by more than 10 percent per
year from the next 24 months; and
‘‘(3) in any case, exceed the amount determined
under subsection (a).’’.
(2) 
APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding 
the
amendments made by paragraph (1), any resident of
public housing participating in the program under
the authority contained in the undesignated para-
graph at the end of section 3(c)(3) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (as added by section
515(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (Public Law 101–625; 104 Stat.
4199), as such paragraph existed before the date of
enactment of this subsection, shall continue to be
governed by such authority.
SEC. 105. CEILING RENTS BASED ON REASONABLE RENTAL
VALUE.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 3(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437a(a)(2)(A)(iii)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(iii) is not less than the reasonable rental
value of the unit, as determined by the Secretary.’’.
(b) REGULATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, by reg-
ulation, after notice and an opportunity for public
comment, establish such requirements as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of section
3(a)(2)(A) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended by subsection (a).
(2) APPLICABILITY.—Except in the case of an
Indian housing authority, the regulations issued pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall not apply to scattered
site public housing units.
(3) TRANSITION RULE.—Prior to the issuance
of final regulations under paragraph (1), a public
housing agency may implement ceiling rents which
shall be—
(A) determined in accordance with section
3(a)(2)(A) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as such section existed before the date of
enactment of this Act; or
(B) equal to the 95th percentile of the rent
paid for a unit of comparable size by tenants in
the same project or a group of comparable
projects totaling 50 units or more.
SEC. 106. RESIDENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
Section 20(f) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437r(f)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary may use not
more than 10 percent of the amounts made available
under this subsection in each fiscal year for program
monitoring and evaluation, technical assistance, and
information dissemination.’’.
TITLE II—TECHNICAL AND
OTHER AMENDMENTS
SEC. 201. CORRECTION TO DEFINITION OF ‘‘FAMILY’’.
The first sentence of section 3(b)(3)(B) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(B))
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘means’’ and inserting ‘‘in-
cludes’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘children,’’.
SEC. 202. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON INCOME ADJUST-
MENTS.
Paragraph (3) of section 103(a) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1437a
note) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 203. IDENTIFICATION OF CIAP REPLACEMENT NEEDS.
Section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437l) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) in paragraph (4) in the matter preced-
ing subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and replacements,’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘(1), (2), and (3)’’ and
inserting ‘‘(1) and (3)’’; and
(2) in subsection (f)(1)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘(1),
(2), and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) and (3)’’.
SEC. 204. APPLICABILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING AMEND-
MENTS TO INDIAN HOUSING.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 201(b) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aa(b)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE I.—Except as other-
wise provided by law, the provisions of title I shall apply
to low-income housing developed or operated pursuant to
a contract between the Secretary and an Indian housing
authority.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENT.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall not affect provisions
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that were made
applicable to public housing developed or operated pursu-
ant to a contract between the Secretary and an Indian
housing authority in accordance with section 201(b)(2) of
such Act, as such section existed before the effective date
of this section.
(c) APPLICABILITY OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1992.—Sections 103(a)(1), 112,
114, 116, 118, 903, and 927 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 shall apply to public hous-
ing developed or operated pursuant to a contract between
the Secretary and an Indian housing authority.
SEC. 205. PROJECT-BASED ACCOUNTING.
Section 6(c)(4)(E) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(c)(4)(E)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘250’’ and inserting ‘‘500’’.
SEC. 206. OPERATING SUBSIDY ADJUSTMENTS FOR ANTICI-
PATED FRAUD RECOVERIES.
Section 9(a) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(a)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) Adjustments to a public housing agency’s oper-
ating subsidy made by the Secretary under this section
shall reflect actual changes in rental income collections re-
sulting from the application of section 904 of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of
1988.’’.
SEC. 207. LABOR STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION CON-
TRACTS UNDER UNITED STATES HOUSING
ACT OF 1937.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12(a) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j(a)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting before ‘‘shall also contain a
provision’’ the following: ‘‘any such contract which is
in excess of (1) $100,000 for new construction (in-
cluding painting and decorating), or (2) $15,000 for
alteration, repair, renovation, demolition, or recon-
struction (including painting or decorating),’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘(including a project with nine
or more units assisted under section 8 of this Act,
where the public housing agency or the Secretary
and the builder or sponsor enter into an agreement
for such use before construction or rehabilitation is
commenced)’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding the amend-
ments made by subsection (a), the provisions of section
12 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as in effect
immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act,
shall apply with respect to contracts for loans, contribu-
tions, sale, or lease pursuant to such Act if—
(1) in the case of a public housing project, the
public housing agency has advertised before such ef-
fective date for (i) competitive bids to build, rehabili-
tate, or modernize the project on a site owned by the
public housing agency, or (ii) a developer to submit
a proposal for a site or property owned or to be pur-
chased by the developer for sale to the public hous-
ing agency upon completion of the project;
(2) in the case of a project assisted under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
the public housing agency or the Secretary and the
builder or sponsor entered into an agreement for
such use before such effective date; or
(3) in the case of a project under title III, an
applicant has submitted an application for an imple-
mentation grant to the Secretary before such effec-
tive date.
SEC. 208. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LEAD HAZARD RE-
DUCTION GRANTEES.
Section 1011(g) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5318 note) is hereby
repealed.
SEC. 209. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN CONNECTION WITH
GRANTS FOR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD RE-
DUCTION.
Section 1011 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5318 note) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (o) as sub-
section (p); and
(2) by adding after subsection (n) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(o) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of environ-
mental review, decisionmaking, and action pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1960
and other provisions of law that further the purposes
of such Act, a grant under this section shall be
treated as assistance under the HOME Investment
Partnership Act, established under title II of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act, and shall be subject to the regulations promul-
gated by the Secretary to implement section 288 of
such Act.
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall
apply to—
‘‘(A) grants awarded under this section;
and
‘‘(B) grants awarded to States and units
of general local government for the abatement
of significant lead-based paint and lead dust
hazards in low- and moderate-income owner-oc-
cupied units and low-income privately owned
rental units pursuant to title II of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–
139, 105 Stat. 736).’’.
SEC. 210. FIRE SAFETY IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.
Section 31(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Federal Fire Prevention
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2227(c)(2)(A)(i)) is
amended by adding ‘‘(or equivalent level of safety)’’ after
‘‘system’’.
SEC. 211. PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES.
Section 6(d) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(d) Every’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.—
‘‘(1) EXEMPTION
FROM
STATE
AND
LOCAL
TAXES AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENT.—Every’’;
(2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘10 per
centum’’ and all that follows through the period and
inserting the following: ‘‘the amount determined
under paragraph (2),’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—For any project, the amount
referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the greater
of—
‘‘(A)(i) 10 percent of the sum of the shel-
ter rents charged in such project, or (ii) such
lesser amount that (I) is prescribed by State
law, (II) is agreed to by the local governing
body in its agreement for local cooperation with
the public housing agency required under sec-
tion 5(e)(2), or (III) is due to failure of a local
public body or bodies other than the public
housing agency to perform any obligation under
such agreement.
‘‘(B) the difference of—
‘‘(i) the sum of (I) $150 multiplied by
the number of units in the project des-
ignated for occupancy by elderly families
pursuant to section 7, and (II) $250 multi-
plied by the number of units in the project
that are not units designated for occu-
pancy by elderly families pursuant to sec-
tion 7; less
‘‘(ii) any amount that the local gov-
ernment body, in its agreement for local
cooperation with the public housing agency
required under section 5(e)(2), agrees to
subtract from the sum under clause (i).
‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.—
The amendments under section 211 shall be made
and shall take effect on October 1, 1994 and shall
apply with respect to fiscal year 1995 and fiscal
years thereafter.’’.
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