cation as provided in section 1254 of title 28,
United State Code.
SEC. 213. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
The Secretary may use the amounts reserved under
section 209(a) for a fiscal year for conducting perform-
ance reviews under section 212(b), for costs of the Hous-
ing Trust Fund Advisory Committee under section 213,
and for costs of administration relating to carrying out
this title.
SEC. 214. HOUSING TRUST FUND PROGRAM ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established
the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’).
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Committee shall be
composed of an odd number of members, which is
not less than 7 and not more than 15, who shall be
appointed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
(2) EXPERIENCE.—Not less than a majority of
the members of the Committee shall be individuals
who—
(A) represent the interests of low-income
families; or
(B) have experience in issues regarding
providing affordable housing for low-income
families and in working on such issues with
low-income families.
(c) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the Commit-
tee shall be designated by the Secretary at the time of
appointment.
(d) TERMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Com-
mittee shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, ex-
cept as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) TERMS OF INITIAL APPOINTEES.—As des-
ignated by the Secretary at the time of appointment,
of the members first appointed—
(A) not less than 1 shall be appointed for
a term of 1 year;
(B) not less than 2 shall be appointed for
terms of 2 years;
(C) not less than 2 shall be appointed for
terms of 3 years; and
(D) not less than 2 shall be appointed for
terms of 4 years.
(3) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed to fill
a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the
term for which the member’s predecessor was ap-
pointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of
such term.
(e) DUTIES.—The Committee shall meet not less
than annually to—
(1) review the use by eligible public entities of
amounts provided under this title to the entities
from the Fund;
(2) make recommendations to the Adminis-
trator for changes in Federal policy to further the
purposes of this title; and
(3) consider such other matters relating to the
Fund and the housing costs assistance and housing
supply assistance programs under this title as the
Committee considers appropriate or requested by the
Secretary, including—
(A) reviewing the allocation of amounts
under section 209;
(B) periodically reviewing the formulas and
system for grant allotments under section 210,
including the establishment of the high housing
cost ratios, adjustments for high housing costs,
and affordable housing supply multipliers; and
(C) analyzing the adequacy of the grant al-
lotments determined under section 210 for ena-
bling public entities to respond to the housing
needs in their jurisdictions.
(f) REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES.—Members of
the Committee shall serve without pay, but, to the extent
amounts are available pursuant to section 209, shall be
entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and
other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
their duties.
(g) EXEMPTION FROM AUTOMATIC TERMINATION
PROVISIONS.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating to the termi-
nation of advisory committees) shall not apply to the Com-
mittee.
SEC. 215. ADMINISTRATOR OF TRUST FUND IN DEPART-
MENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT.
Section 4 of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3533) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATOR OF TRUST FUND.—There shall
be in the Department an Administrator of the Housing
Trust Fund, who shall be appointed by the President by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall
be responsible, on behalf of the Secretary, for administer-
ing amounts in the Housing Trust Fund established under
section 9512 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in ac-
cordance with title II of the Federal Housing Trust Fund
Act of 1994.’’.
SEC. 216. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title, the following definitions
shall apply:
(1) The term ‘‘adjusted income’’ means, with
respect to a family, the income of the family (from
all sources) which remains after excluding—
(A) $550 for each member of the family
residing in the household (other than the head
of the household or his spouse) who is under 18
years of age or who is 18 years of age or older
and is disabled or handicapped or a full-time
student;
(B) $400 for any elderly or disabled fam-
ily;
(C) the amount by which the aggregate of
the following expenses of the family exceeds 3
percent of annual family income: (i) medical ex-
penses for any family, and (ii) reasonable at-
tendant care and auxiliary apparatus expenses
for each handicapped member of any family, to
the extent necessary to enable any member of
such family (including such handicapped mem-
ber) to be employed;
(D) child care expenses to the extent nec-
essary to enable another member of the family
to be employed or to further his or her edu-
cation;
(E) 10 percent of the earned income of the
family;
(F) any payment made by a member of the
family for the support and maintenance of any
child, spouse, or former spouse who does not re-
side in the household, except that the amount
excluded under this subparagraph shall not ex-
ceed the lesser of (i) the amount that such fam-
ily member has a legal obligation to pay; or (ii)
$550 for each individual for whom such pay-
ment is made;
(G) an amount equal to 50 percent of ag-
gregate amount of personal exemptions allowed
under section 151 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 for the family; and
(H) excessive travel expenses, not to ex-
ceed $25 per family per week, for employment-
or education-related travel.
priate for the household and located in the jurisdic-
tion of the eligible public entity providing assistance
under this title for the family exceeds 30 percent of
the household’s adjusted monthly income.
(8) The term ‘‘eligible public entity’’ means a
public entity that meets the requirements of section
206.
(9) The term ‘‘entitlement community’’ means,
with respect to a fiscal year—
(A) any city within a metropolitan area
which is the central city of such area, as de-
fined and used by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget;
(B) any other city, within a metropolitan
area that has a population of 100,000 or more;
(C) any county that is classified for the fis-
cal year as an urban county for purposes of the
community development block grant program
under title I of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974; or
(D) any consortia of units of general local
government that the Secretary determines has
sufficient authority and administrative capacity
to carry out the functions of an entitlement
community under this title on behalf of its
member jurisdictions.
(10) The term ‘‘extremely low-income family’’
means a household whose income does not exceed 30
percent of the median income for the area, as deter-
mined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller
and larger households.
(11) The term ‘‘fair market rental’’ means the
fair market rental for a dwelling unit established
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937.
(12) The term ‘‘family with housing problems’’
means a low-income family—
(A) that pays for housing costs an amount
in excess of 30 percent of the adjusted income
of the family; or
(B) lives in a dwelling unit that is over-
crowded or that lacks kitchen or plumbing fa-
cilities.
(13) The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Housing
Trust Fund established by section 9512 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986.
(14) 
The 
term 
‘‘grant 
amounts’’ 
means
amounts provided under this title to an eligible pub-
lic entity.
(15) The term ‘‘homeless individual’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 103 of the Stew-
art B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.
(16) The term ‘‘housing costs’’ means, with re-
spect to a family, the sum of the amounts paid by
the family, in rent or loan payments, for a dwelling
unit and essential housing utilities (not including
telephone).
(17) The term ‘‘income group’’ means the fol-
lowing groups:
(A) Extremely low-income families.
(B) Very low-income families.
(C) Low-income families.
(D) Moderate-income families.
(18) The term ‘‘Indian land’’ means any real
property owned by an Indian tribe, any real property
held in trust by the United States for an Indian or
Indian tribes, and any real property held by an In-
dian or Indian tribes that is subject to restrictions
on alienation imposed by the United States.
(19) The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has the meaning
given the term in section 102(a) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974.
(20) The term ‘‘low-income family’’ means a
household whose income does not exceed 80 percent
of the median income for the area, as determined by
the Secretary with adjustments for smaller and larg-
er households. The term includes a very low-income
family and an extremely low-income family.
(21) The term ‘‘moderate-income family’’
means a household whose income does not exceed 95
percent of the median income for the area, as deter-
mined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller
and larger households. The term includes a low-in-
come family, a very low-income family, and an ex-
tremely low-income family.
(22) The term ‘‘poverty area’’ means a census
tract for which more than 10 percent of the house-
holds are extremely low-income families or have in-
comes that do not exceed the poverty line (as estab-
lished by the Office of Management and Budget and
revised periodically in accordance with section
673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981) applicable to a family of the size involved.
(23) The term ‘‘public entity’’ means a State,
an entitlement community, or an Indian tribe.
(24) The term ‘‘rural area’’ means any area of
a State not included within an area designated as an
urbanized area by the Bureau of the Census of the
Department of Commerce.
(25) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
(26) The term ‘‘State’’ means the States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Is-
lands, American Samoa, and any other territory or
possession of the United States.
(27) The term ‘‘total Fund grant amounts’’
means, with respect to a fiscal year, the difference
between the total amount from the Fund available
for the fiscal year to carry out this title and the
amount reserved pursuant to section 208(a).
(28) The term ‘‘Trust Fund grant plan’’
means, with respect to a fiscal year, a plan under
section 208 for the fiscal year or an update under
section 208(c) for the fiscal year of a plan under
such section submitted and approved for a previous
fiscal year.
(29) The term ‘‘unit of general local govern-
ment’’ any city, town, township, county, parish, vil-
lage, or other general purpose political subdivision of
a State.
(30) The term ‘‘very low-income family’’ means
a household whose income does not exceed 50 per-
cent of the median income for the area, as deter-
mined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller
and larger households. The term includes a very low-
income family.
SEC. 217. REGULATIONS.
The Secretary shall issue regulations to implement
the provisions of this title. The regulations shall be issued
after notice and opportunity for public comment in accord-
ance with the procedure under section 553 of title 5,
United States Code, applicable to substantive rules (not-
withstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), and (d)(3) of
such section). The regulations shall become effective not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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