commitment to make capital advances under section
202(c)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 for the con-
struction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or acquisi-
tion of supportive housing for the elderly under such
section 202.
(2) EXISTING COMMITMENTS.—After the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development may make capital ad-
vances for the construction, reconstruction, rehabili-
tation, or acquisition of supportive housing for the
elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of
1959 only pursuant to legally binding commitments
to make such advances entered into on or before the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUC-
TION OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DIS-
ABILITIES.—
(1) AUTHORITY.—After the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development may not enter into any new
commitment to make capital advances under section
811(d)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act for the construction, reconstruc-
tion, rehabilitation, or acquisition of supportive
housing for the persons with disabilities under such
section 811.
(2) EXISTING COMMITMENTS.—After the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development may make capital ad-
vances for the construction, reconstruction, rehabili-
tation, or acquisition of supportive housing for per-
sons with disabilities under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act only
pursuant to legally binding commitments to make
such advances entered into on or before the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(d) INCREASE OF VOUCHER AUTHORITY AND SET-
ASIDES FOR THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES.—
(1) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Any budget author-
ity available under section 5(c) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 for assistance under section
8(o) of such Act is authorized to be increased by
$150,000,000 on or after October 1, 1994.
(2) SET-ASIDE.—From any amount appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) in any fiscal year,
the Secretary shall make available an amount for
voucher assistance for elderly persons (as such term
is defined in section 202(k) of the Housing Act of
1959) and for persons with disabilities (as such term
is defined in section 811(k) of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act) that bears
approximately the same ratio to such amount appro-
priated as—
(A) the actual need for such assistance for
elderly persons and persons with disabilities
bears to the total national need for such assist-
ance, as determined by the Secretary; or
(B) the total annual amount of assistance
provided by the Secretary for construction, re-
construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of
housing for elderly persons and persons with
disabilities bears to the total annual amount of
housing assistance provided by the Secretary,
as determined by the Secretary for recent years.
(3) PERMISSIBLE USES.—Vouchers for rental
assistance provided with the amounts made available
under this section may be used for the rental of
dwelling units or costs of residency as determined by
qualified voucher recipients.
SEC. 
305. 
PROHIBITION 
OF 
HUD 
SPECIAL 
PURPOSE
GRANTS.
Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may not obligate or ex-
pend any budget authority provided in any appropriation
Act for projects or activities of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development not previously authorized in law,
including any budget authority provided for special
projects that are specified only in the joint explanatory
statement for the conference report accompanying the bill
that was approved as such appropriations Act. Any budget
authority provided for any such project or activity shall
be considered to be rescinded immediately upon the enact-
ment of the Act providing such budget authority, unless
the provision of law providing such budget authority ex-
plicitly provides that this section shall not apply.
SEC. 306. REDUCTION OF PHA ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR
SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) MONTHLY FEE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(q)(1) of the Unit-
ed States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f(q)(1)) is amended—
(A) by striking the 2d sentence and insert-
ing the following new sentences: ‘‘In fiscal year
1995, the amount of the fee for each month for
which a dwelling unit is covered by an assist-
ance contract shall be 7.2375 percent of the
fair market rental established under subsection
(c)(1) for a 2-bedroom existing rental dwelling
unit in the market area of the public housing
agency. After fiscal year 1995, the Secretary
may decrease the amount of the fee at such
times and in such amounts as the Secretary
considers appropriate, except that (A) the fee
may not be less than 5.0 percent of such fair
market rental at any time, and (B) in fiscal
year 1999 and in each fiscal year thereafter,
the fee shall be 5.0 percent of such fair market
rental.’’; and
(B) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘fee’’
and inserting ‘‘amount of the fee established
under this paragraph, for certain programs,’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.—
(A) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments
under paragraph (1) shall be made on October
1, 1994.
(B) 
APPLICABILITY.—The 
amendments
made by this subsection shall apply to any
dwelling units covered by an assistance contract
under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 in effect on October 1, 1994, and
any units covered by such a contract entered
into or renewed on or after such date.
(b) START-UP FEE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(q)(2)(A)(i) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f(q)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘$275’’
and inserting ‘‘$590’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment under
paragraph (1) shall be made and shall take effect on
October 1, 1994.
SEC. 307. IMPROVED UNDERWRITING, MONITORING, AND
ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS FOR FHA.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall take such actions as may be necessary to improve
the standards, procedures, and activities for underwriting,
monitoring, and enforcing the requirements applicable to
mortgage insurance for single family and multifamily
housing provided under the National Housing Act so that
the amount of aggregate expenditures from the Mutual
Mortgage Insurance Fund, the General Insurance Fund,
the Special Risk Insurance Fund, and the Cooperative
Management Housing Insurance Fund that are attrib-
utable to losses under such mortgages and costs of admin-
istering the program in fiscal year 1995 does not exceed
the difference between the amount of such aggregate ex-
penditures in fiscal year 1994 and $564,000,000.
(b) APPLICATION OF RULES.—Subsections (a) shall
not apply to the Department of Defense or the United
States Postal Service.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘covered government entity’’
means an entity of the executive or judicial branch
of Government; and
(2) the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means the
items specified in the following object classifications
set forth in Circular No. A–11, Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, July 1990:
(A) Contractual services and supplies (ob-
ject class 20):
(i) Travel and transportation of per-
sons (object class 21.0).
(ii) Transportation of things (object
class 22.0).
(iii) Rental payments to GSA (object
class 23.1).
(iv) Rental payments to others (object
class 23.2).
(v) Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges (object class 23.3).
(vi) Printing and reproduction (object
class 24.0).