Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999
PL 105-276 (H.R.4194), enacted 10/21/1998

PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2461 
Public Law 105-276 
105th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the 
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the pa3mient of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as author-
ized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 
61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 
by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); 
and burial benefits, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, 
adjusted-service credits and certificates, pajmcient of premiums due 
on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the provi-
sions of Article IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act 
of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law 
(38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, 
and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 
76 Stat. 1198), $21,857,058,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $24,534,000 of the amount appro-
priated shall be reimbursed to "Greneral operating expenses" and 
"Medic£d care" for necessary expenses in implementing those provi-
sions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, 
and in the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 
51, 53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifically provided 
as the "Compensation and pensions" appropriation: Provided fur-
ther. That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying 
patient basis, shall be reimbursed to "Medical facilities revolving 
fund" to augment the funding of individual medical facilities for 
nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 
Oct. 21, 1998 
[H.R. 4194] 
Departments of 
Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and 
Urban 
Development, 
and Independent 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1999. 
112 STAT. 2462 
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READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapters 
21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, $1,175,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds shall 
be available to pay any court order, court award or any compromise 
settlement arising from litigation involving the vocational training 
program authorized by section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insur-
ance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, 
and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $46,450,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
further. That during fiscal year 1999, within the resources available, 
not to exceed $300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are 
authorized for specially adapted housing loans: Provided 
further, 
That during 1999 any moneys that would be otherwise deposited 
into or paid from the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund, the Guaranty 
and Indemnity Fund, or the Direct Loan Revolving Fund shall 
be deposited into or paid from the Veterans Housing Benefit Pro-
gram Fund: Provided further. That any balances in the Loan Guar-
anty Revolving Fund, the Guaranty and Indemnity Fund, or the 
Direct Loan Revolving Fund on the effective date of this Act may 
be transferred to and merged with the Veterans Housing Benefit 
Program Fund. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $159,121,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for "General operating 
expenses". 
EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 
for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $206,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for "General operating 
expenses". 
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112 STAT. 2463 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $55,000, as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
further. That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 
for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,401,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $400,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for "General operating 
expenses". 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amend-
ed, $515,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for "General operating expenses". 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL CARE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, 
as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment 
to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including 
care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the 
Department; and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and 
equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto 
for beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; administrative 
expenses i-i support of planning, design, project management, real 
property acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation 
of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Depart-
ment; oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged 
to project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities 
in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the 
Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 
the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902; aid to State homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; adminis-
trative and legal expenses of the Department for collecting and 
recovering amounts owed the Department as authorized under 38 
U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 
42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost 
comparison studies as referred 
to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5), 
$17,306,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $778,000,000 is for the equip-
ment and land and structures object classifications only, which 
amount shall not become available for obligation until August 1, 
1999, and shall remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided 
further. That of the funds made available under this heading. 
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not to exceed $27,420,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for "G^eneral operating expenses": Provided fur-
ther. That of the funds made available under this heading, up 
to $10,000,000 shall be for implementation of the Primary Care 
Providers Incentive Act, contingent upon enactment of authorizing 
legislation. 
In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33 establish-
ing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections 
Fund, such sums as may be deposited to such Fund pursuant 
to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred to this account, to remain 
available until expended for the purposes of this account. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, 2000, 
$316,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $6,000,000 is for the Musculo-
skeletal Disease Center, which amount shall remain available for 
obligation until expended. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and 
research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses 
in support of planning, design, project management, architectural, 
engineering, real property acquisition and disposition, construction 
and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the 
use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site acquisi-
tion; engineering and architectural activities not charged to project 
cost; and research and development in building construction tech-
nology, $63,000,000, plus reimbursements. 
GENERAL POST FUND, NATIONAL HOMES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by Public 
Law 102-54, section 8, which shall be transferred from the "General 
post fund": Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modify-
ing such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as 2imended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $54,000, which shall be transferred from the "Gen-
eral post fund", as authorized by Public Law 102-54, section 8. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
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112 STAT. 2465 
reimbursement of the (Jeneral Services Administration for security 
guard services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of 
overseas employee mail, $855,661,000: Provided, That funds under 
this heading shall be available to administer the Service Members 
Occupational Conversion and Training Act, 
NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
the National Cemetery System, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as author-
ized by law; purchase of six passenger motor vehicles for use in 
cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$92,006,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $90,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for "Greneral operating expenses". 
OFFICE 
OF 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING 
TRANSFER 
OF 
FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$36,000,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $30,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for "General operating expenses". 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 
of title 38, United States Code, including planning, architectural 
and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage 
system construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated 
cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project 
were made available in a previous major project appropriation, 
$142,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
except for advance planning of projects funded through the advance 
planning fund and the design of projects funded through the design 
fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which 
has not been considered and approved by the Congress in the 
budgetary process: Provided further. That funds provided in this 
appropriation for fiscal year 1999, for each approved project shall 
be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction documents con-
tract by September 30, 1999; and (2) by the awarding of a construe- Reports, 
tion contract by September 30, 2000: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall promptly report in writing to the Committees on 
Appropriations any approved msgor construction project in which 
obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established 
above: Provided further. That no fiinds from any other account 
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except the "Parking revolving fund", may be obligated for construct-
ing, altering, extending, or improving a project which was approved 
in the budget process and funded in this account until one year 
after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with 
respect to that part only: Provided further. That not to exceed 
$125,000 may be transferred to the Pershing Hall Revolving Fund, 
codified at section 493(d) of title 36, United States Code: Provided 
36 use 2400 
further, That during fiscal year 1999, or in subsequent fiscal years, 
°ote. 
the "Construction, major projects" account shall be reimbursed, 
in the amount transferred, from other funds as they become part 
of the Pershing Hall Revolving Fund, 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineer-
ing services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associ-
ated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services 
of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes 
set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 
8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated 
cost of a project is less than $4,000,000, $175,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, along with unobligated balances of pre-
vious "Construction, minor projects" appropriations which are 
hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost 
is less than $4,000,000: Provided, That funds in this account shall 
be available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which 
are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural 
disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to 
prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes. 
PARKING REVOLVING FUND 
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
8109, income from fees collected, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available for all authorized expenses except oper-
ations and maintenance costs, which will be funded from "Medical 
care". 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
8131-8137, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improv-
ing State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2408, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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112 STAT. 2467 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 1999 for "Compensa-
tion and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", and "Veterans insur-
ance and indemnities" may be transferred to any other of the 
mentioned appropriations. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs for fiscal year 1999 for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for "Construction, 
major projects", "Construction, minor projects", and the "Parking 
revolving fund") shall be available for the purchase of any site 
for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 
SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or examina-
tion of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under the laws 
bestowing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such 
treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141-5204), 
unless reimbursement of cost is made to the "Medical care" account 
at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs for fiscal year 1999 for "Compensation and pensions", 
"Readjustment benefits", and "Veterans insurance and indemnities" 
shall be available for pajmient of prior year accrued obligations 
required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior 
year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1998. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999 shall be available to pay 
prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations 
accounts resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking 
Act, Public Law 100-86, except that if such obligations are from 
trust fund accounts they shall be payable from "Compensation 
and pensions". 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 1999, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the 
National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veter-
ans' Special Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United 
States Government Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse 
the "General operating expenses" account for the cost of administra-
tion of the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus 
earnings accumulated in an insurance program in fiscal year 1999, 
that are available for dividends in that program after claims have 
been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside: 
Provided further. That if the cost of administration of an insurance 
program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in 
that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent 
of such surplus earnings: Provided further. That the Secretary 
shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 1999, 
which is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance pro-
gram and to the provision of any total disability income insurance 
included in such insurance program. 
SEC. 108. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, United 
States Code, the following obligated balances shall be exempt from 
subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and shall remain available 
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Federal buildings 
and facilities. 
Effective date. 
for expenditure without fiscal year limitation: (1) funds obligated 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs for lease numbers 084B-
05-94, 084B-07-94, and 084B-027-94 from funds made available 
in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 
(Public Law 103-124) under the heading "Medical care"; and (2) 
funds obligated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for lease 
number 084B-002-96 from funds made available in the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 
103-327) under the heading "Medical care". 
SEC. 109. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs medical center 
in Salisbury, North Carolina, is hereby designated as the "W.G. 
(Bill) Hefner Salisbury Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center". Any reference to such center in any law, regulation, map, 
document, record or other paper of the United States shall be 
considered to be a reference to the "W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center". 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) are effective on the latter 
of the first day of the 106th Congress or January 3, 1999. 
SEC. 110. LAND CONVEYANCE, RIDGECREST CHILDREN'S CENTER, 
ALABAMA, (a) CONVEYANCE.—^The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
convey, without consideration, to the Board of Trustees of the 
University of Alabama, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the parcel of real property, including any improve-
ments thereon, described in subsection (b). 
(b) COVERED PARCEL.—^The parcel of real property to be con-
veyed under subsection (a) is the following: A parcel of property 
lying in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section 
28, township 21 south, range 9 west, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 
lying along and adjacent to Ridgecrest (Brewer's Porch) Children's 
Center being more particularly described as follows: As a point 
of commencement start at the southeast comer of the north half 
of the southwest quarter run in an easterly direction along an 
easterly projection of the north boundary of the southeast quarter 
of the southwest quarter for a distance of 888.52 feet to a point; 
thence with a deflection angle to the left of 134 degrees 41 minutes 
run in a northwesterly direction for a distance of 1164.38 feet 
to an iron pipe; thence with a deflection angle to the left of 75 
degrees 03 minutes run in a southwesterly direction for a distance 
of 37.13 feet to the point of beginning of this parcel of property; 
thence continue in this same southwesterly direction along the 
projection of the chainlink fence for a distance of 169.68 feet to 
a point; thence with an interior angle to the left of 63 degrees 
16 minutes run in a northerly direction for a distance of 233.70 
feet to a point; thence with an interior angle to the left of 43 
degrees 55 minutes run in a southeasterly direction for a distance 
of 218.48 feet to the point of beginning, said parcel having an 
interior angle of closure of 72 degrees 49 minutes, said parcel 
containing 0.40 acres more or less, said parcel of property is also 
subject to all rights-of-way, easements, and conveyances heretofore 
given for this parcel of property. 
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—^The Secretary 
may 
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with 
the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. 
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112 STAT. 2469 
SEC. 111. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs medical center 
in Cleveland, Ohio, is hereby designated as the "Louis Stokes Cleve-
land Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center". Any reference 
to such center in any law, regulation, map, document, record or 
other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to the "Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center". 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) are effective on the latter 
of the first day of the 106th Congress or January 3, 1999. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled 
because of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy 
contracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided 
under another heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions, 
or other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other 
purposes, $10,326,542,030, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$9,600,000,000 shall be for assistance under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with 
expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced 
vouchers (including renewals) as provided under the "Preserving 
Existing Housing Investment" account in the Departments of Veter-
ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204), and con-
tracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKin-
ney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further. That in the case 
of enhanced vouchers provided under this heading, if the income 
of a family receiving assistance declines to a significant extent, 
the percentage of income paid by the family for rent shall not 
exceed the greater of 30 percent or the percentage of income paid 
at the time of mortgage prepayment: Provided further. That the 
Secretary may determine not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of the 
Act to housing vouchers during fiscal year 1999: Provided 
further. 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, $433,542,030 
shall be for section 8 rental assistance under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 including assistance to relocate residents of 
properties: (1) that are owned by the Secretary and being disposed 
of; or (2) that are discontinuing section 8 project-based assistance; 
for relocation and replacement housing for units that are demolished 
or disposed of from the public housing inventory (in addition to 
amounts that may be available for such purposes under this and 
other headings); for the conversion of section 23 projects to assist-
ance under section 8; for funds to carry out the family unification 
program; and for the relocation of witnesses in connection with 
efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant 
to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency: Provided 
further. That of the total amount made available in the preceding 
proviso, $40,000,000 shall be made available to nonelderly disabled 
Federal buildings 
and facilities. 
Effective date. 
Short title. 
112 STAT. 2470 
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families affected by the designation of a public housing development 
under section 7 of such Act, the establishment of preferences in 
accordance with section 651 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13611), or the restriction of 
occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 658 of 
such Act, and to the extent the Secretary determines that such 
amount is not needed to fund applications for such affected families, 
to other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further. That the 
amount made available under the fifth proviso under the heading 
"Prevention of Resident Displacement" in title II of the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104-
204, shall also be made available to nonelderly disabled families 
affected by the restriction of occupancy to elderly families in accord-
ance with section 658 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992: Provided further, That to the extent the Secretary 
determines that the amount made available under the fifth proviso 
under the heading "Prevention of Resident Displacement" in title 
II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, 
Public Law 104-204, is not needed to fund applications for affected 
families described in the fifth proviso, or in the preceding proviso 
under this heading in this Act, the amount not needed shall be 
made available to other nonelderly disabled families: Provided fur-
ther. That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be for Regional Opportunity Counseling: Provided 
further. That all balances, as of September 30, 1998, remaining 
in the "Prevention of Resident Displacement" account shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the amounts provided for those purposes 
under this heading. 
For tenant-based assistance under the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 to help eligible families make the transition from 
welfare to work, $283,000,000 from the total amount provided under 
this heading, to be administered by public housing agencies (includ-
ing Indian tribes and their tribally designated housing entities, 
as defined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development), 
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That families 
initially selected to receive assistance under this paragraph: (1) 
shall be eligible to receive, shall be currently receiving, or shall 
have received within the preceding two years, assistance or services 
funded under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act or 
as part of a State's qualified State expenditure under section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act; (2) shall be determined by the agency 
to be families for which tenant-based housing assistance is critical 
to successfully obtaining or retaining employment; and (3) shall 
not already be receiving tenant-based assistance under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further. That each application 
shall: (1) describe the proposed program, which shall be developed 
by the public housing agency in consultation with the State, local 
or Tribal entity administering the TANF program and the entity, 
if any, administering the Welfare-to-Work grants allocated by the 
United States Department of Labor pursuant to section 403(a)(5)(A) 
of the Social Security Act, and which shall take into account the 
particular circumstances of the community; (2) demonstrate that 
tenant-based housing assistance is critical to the success of assisting 
eligible families to obtain or retain employment; (3) specify the 
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112 STAT. 2471 
criteria for selecting among eligible families to receive housing 
assistance under this paragraph; (4) describe the proposed strategy 
for tenant counseling and housing search assistance and landlord 
outreach; (5) include any requests for waivers of any administrative 
requirements or any provisions of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, with a demonstration of how approval of the waivers 
would substantially further the objective of this paragraph; (6) 
include certifications from the State, local, or Tribal entity admin-
istering assistance under the TANF program and from the entity, 
if any, administering the Welfare-to-Work grants allocated by the 
United States Department of Labor, that the entity supports the 
proposed program and will cooperate with the public housing agency 
that administers the housing assistance to assure that such assist-
ance is coordinated with other welfare reform and welfare to work 
initiatives; however, if either does not respond to the public housing 
agency within a reasonable time period, its concurrence shall be 
assumed, and if either objects to the application, its concerns shall 
accompany the application to the Secretary, who shall take them 
into account in this funding decision; and (7) include such other 
information as the Secretary may require and meet such other 
requirements as the Secretary may establish: Provided 
further. 
That the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor, shall select public 
housing agencies to receive assistance under this paragraph on 
a competitive basis, taking into account the need for and quality 
of the proposed program (including innovative approaches), the 
extent to which the assistance will be coordinated with welfare 
reform and welfare to work initiatives, the extent to which the 
application demonstrates that tenant-based assistance is critical 
to the success of assisting eligible families to obtain or retain 
employment; and other appropriate criteria established by the Sec-
retary: Provided further. That the Secretary may use up to one 
percent of the amount available under this paragraph, directly 
or indirectly, to conduct detailed evaluations of the effect of provid-
ing assistance under this paragraph: Provided further. That of 
the amount made available under this paragraph, at least 
$4,000,000 each shall be made available for local self-sufficiency/ 
welfare-to-work initiatives in San Bernardino County, California; 
Cleveland, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; Charlotte, North Carolina; 
Miami/Dade County, Florida; Prince Georges County, Maryland; 
New York City, New York; and Anchorage, Alaska. 
From the sources and in the order hereinafter 
specified, 
$1,650,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That the first source shall 
be amounts that are available or may be recaptured from project-
based contracts for section 8 assistance that expired or were termi-
nated during fiscal year 1999 or any prior year: Provided 
further. 
That after all amounts that are available or may be recaptured 
from the first source have been exhausted, the second source shall 
be unobligated amounts from amendments to contracts for project-
based section 8 assistance, other than contracts for projects devel-
oped under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, other than 
amounts described as the fourth source, in the fourth proviso in 
this paragraph, that are carried over into 1999: Provided 
further. 
That after all amounts that are available from the second source 
are exhausted, the third source shall be amounts recaptured from 
section 8 reserves in the section 8 moderate rehabilitation program: 
Provided further. That after all amounts that are available or 
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may be recaptured from the third source have been exhausted, 
the fourth source shall be all unobligated amounts for project-
based assistance that are earmarked under the third proviso under 
this heading in Public Law 105-65, 111 Stat. 1351 (approved Octo-
ber 27, 1997): Provided further, That any amounts that are available 
or recaptured in connection with the first or third provisos of 
this paragraph that are in the Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing account, and are required to be rescinded by this para-
graph, shall be rescinded from the Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing account. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program for moderniza-
tion of existing public housing projects as authorized under section 
14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1437), $3,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount, up to $100,000,000 shall be 
for carrying out activities under section 6(j) of such Act and tech-
nical assistance for the inspection of public housing units, contract 
expertise, and training and technical assistance directly or 
indirectly, under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to 
assist in the oversight and management of public housing (whether 
or not the housing is being modernized with assistance under 
this proviso) or tenant-based assistance, including, but not limited 
to, an annual resident survey, data collection and analysis, training 
and technical assistance by or to officials and employees of the 
Department and of public housing agencies and to residents in 
connection with the public housing programs and for lease adjust-
ments to section 23 projects: Provided further. That of the amount 
available under this heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be for the 
Tenant Opportunity Program: Provided further. That all balances, 
as of September 30, 1998, of funds heretofore provided for section 
673 public housing service coordinators shall be transferred to 
and merged with amounts made available under this heading. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For payments to public housing agencies for operating subsidies 
for low-income housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), 
$2,818,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and 
their tribally designated housing entities for use in eliminating 
crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901-
11908, for grants for federally assisted low-income housing author-
ized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug information clearinghouse 
services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11921-11925, $310,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be 
for grants, technical assistance, contracts and other assistance, 
training, and program assessment and execution for or on behalf 
of public housing agencies, resident organizations, and Indian tribes 
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112 STAT. 2473 
and their tribally designated housing entities (including the cost 
of necessary travel for participants in such training), $10,000,000 
shall be used in connection with efforts to combat violent crime 
in public and assisted housing under the Operation Safe Home 
Program administered by the Inspector General of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, $10,000,000 shall be provided 
to the Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home; and 
$20,000,000 shall be available for a program named the New 
Approach Anti-Drug program which will provide competitive grants 
to entities managing or operating public housing developments, 
federally assisted multifamily housing developments, or other multi-
family housing developments for low-income families supported by 
non-Federal governmental entities or similar housing developments 
supported by nonprofit private sources in order to provide or aug-
ment security (including personnel costs), to assist in the investiga-
tion and/or prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and 
around such developments, and to provide assistance for the 
development of capital improvements at such developments directly 
relating to the security of such developments: Provided, That grants 
for the New Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a 
competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided 
further. That the term "drug-related crime", as defined in 42 U.S.C. 
11905(2), shall also include other types of crime as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
5130(c) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), 
the Secretary may determine not to use any such funds to provide 
public housing youth sports grants. 
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI) 
For grants to public housing agencies for assisting in the demo-
lition of obsolete public housing projects or portions thereof, the 
revitalization (where appropriate) of sites (including remaining pub-
lic housing units) on which such projects are located, replacement 
housing which will avoid or lessen concentrations of very low-
income families, and tenant-based assistance in accordance with 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and for providing 
replacement housing and assisting tenants displaced by the demoli-
tion (including appropriate homeownership down pa3niient assist-
ance for displaced tenants), $625,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which the Secretary may use up to $15,000,000 for 
technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly 
or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, includ-
ing training and cost of necessary travel for participants in such 
training, by or to officials and employees of the Department and 
of public housing agencies and to residents: Provided, That no 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be used for any purpose 
that is not provided for herein, in the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, in the Appropriations Acts for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 
and 1998, and the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appro-
priations Act of 1996: Provided further. That for purposes of environ-
mental review pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969, a grant under this heading or under prior appropriations 
Acts for use for the purposes under this heading shall be treated 
as assistance under title I of the United States Housing Act of 
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1937 and shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary 
to implement section 26 of such Act: Provided further, That none 
of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting 
competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judg-
ments, unless expressly permitted herein. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104-330), 
$620,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$6,000,000 shall be used to support the inspection of Indian housing 
units, contract expertise, training, and technicsd assistance in the 
oversight and management of Indian housing and tenant-based 
assistance, including up to $200,000 for related travel: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, $6,000,000 shall 
be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obliga-
tions, as authorized by title VI of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided, 
further, 
That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and 
other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, further. That 
these funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount 
of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries 
and expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs of these 
guarantees: Provided, That the funds made available in the first 
proviso in the preceding paragraph are for a demonstration on 
ways to enhance economic growth, to increase access to private 
capital, and to encourage the investment and participation of tradi-
tional financial institutions in tribal and other Native American 
areas. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 
Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further. That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $68,881,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guarsinteed loan program, up to $400,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries 
and expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs of these 
guarantees. 
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112 STAT. 2475 
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development 
to be established in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amount under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be used 
to develop capacity at the State and local level for developing 
rural housing and for economic development, of which $1,000,000 
shall be used to develop a clearinghouse of ideas for innovative 
strategies for rural housing and economic development and revital-
ization and of which $3,000,000 shall be awarded by June 1, 1999 
directly to local rural nonprofits, community development corpora-
tions and Indian tribes to support capacity building and technical 
assistance: Provided further, That of the amount under this heading, 
$21,000,000 shall be awarded by June 1, 1999 to Indian tribes. 
State housing finance agencies. State community and/or economic 
development agencies, local rural nonprofits and 
community 
development corporations to support innovative housing and eco-
nomic development activities in rural areas, of which $5,000,000 
shall be awarded as seed support for Indian tribes, nonprofits 
and community development corporations that are located in areas 
that have limited capacity for the development of rural housing 
and for economic development: Provided further. That all grants 
shall be awarded on a competitive basis as specified in section 
102 of the HUD Reform Act: Provided further. That all funds 
unobligated as of October 1, 1998 under the fifth paragraph of 
the Community Development Block Grants account in the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1998 (Public Law 
105-65; October 27, 1997) shall be transferred to this account 
to be awarded to Indian tribes. State housing finance agencies. 
State community and/or economic development agencies, local rural 
nonprofits and community development corporations for activities 
under this heading with any outstanding earmarks for a State 
to be awarded to that State's housing finance agency. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), $215,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary may use up to 1 percent 
of the funds under this heading for technical assistance: Provided 
Reports. 
further. That within 30 days of the close of fiscal year 1999, the 
Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress summarizing all 
technical assistance provided during the fiscal year. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants to States and units of general local government 
and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out 
a community development grants program as authorized by title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
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amended (the "Act" herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,750,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, 
That 
$67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding 
section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall be available as a 
grant to the Housing Assistance Council, $3,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Organizing Committee for the 1999 Special Olympics 
Summer Games to be used in support of related activities in the 
Triangle Area of North Carolina, $1,800,000 shall be available 
as a grant to the National American Indian Housing Council, 
$50,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of the 
Act: Provided further, That all funding decisions under section 
107 except as specified herein shall be subject to a reprogramming 
request unless otherwise specified in accordance with the terms 
and conditions specified in the joint explanatory statement of the 
committee of conference accompanying this Act (H.R. 4194): Pro-
vided further. That $27,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to 
the Self Help Housing Opportunity program, subject to authoriza-
tion, of which $7,500,000 shall be for capacity building efforts: 
Provided further. That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made 
with fiinds appropriated herein (other than a grant made available 
in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance Council or the National 
American Indian Housing Council, or a grant using funds under 
section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, as amended) shall be expended for "Planning and Manage-
ment Development" and "Administration" as defined in regulations 
promulgated by the Department. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, $15,000,000 
shall be made available for "Capacity Building for Community 
Development and Affordable Housing," for LISC and the Enterprise 
Foundation for activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD 
Demonstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-120), as in effect imme-
diately before June 12, 1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of 
the funding to be used in rural areas, including tribal areas. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, $12,000,000 
is for the City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for a revolving loan 
pool that shall be subject to the following requirements and condi-
tions: (1) amounts in the pool shall be available only for the purposes 
of making loans to carry out economic development activities that 
primarily benefit the area in Oklahoma City bounded on the south 
by Robert S. Kerr Avenue, on the north by North 13th Street, 
on the east by Oklahoma Avenue, and on the west by Shartel 
Avenue, and covering costs involved in administering the loan pool; 
(2) amounts provided under this paragraph shall be available for 
use from the loan pool only to the extent that the amounts contrib-
uted to the loan pool (or committed to be contributed) from non-
Federal sources equal or exceed two times the amounts provided 
under this paragraph; (3) any repayments of principal and interest 
from loans made by the pool shall be deposited in the pool and 
available for use for loans in accordance with this paragraph; (4) 
amounts in the pool may not be used to provide loans to any 
agency or entity of the Federal Grovemment or any State govern-
ment or unit of general local government; (5) amounts provided 
under this paragraph shall be available for use from the loan 
pool only if the City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma agrees (to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) 
to deposit in the pool (for use for loans in accordance with this 
paragraph) the net proceeds from any amounts that are repaid 
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112 STAT. 2477 
to the City under loans made by the City using amounts provided 
under this same heading under chapter III of title III of Public 
Law 104-19 (109 Stat. 253). 
Of the amount provided under this heading, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may use up to $55,000,000 
for a public and assisted housing self-sufficiency program, of which 
up to $5,000,000 may be used for the Moving to Work Demonstra-
tion, and at least $20,000,000 shall be used for grants for service 
coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and disabled: 
Provided, That for self-sufficiency activities, the Secretary may 
make grants to public housing agencies (including Indian tribes 
and their tribally designated housing entities), nonprofit corpora-
tions, and other appropriate entities for a supportive services pro-
gram to assist residents of public and assisted housing, former 
residents of such housing receiving tenant-based assistance under 
section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14370, and other low-income 
families and individuals: Provided further, That the program shall 
provide supportive services, principally for the benefit of public 
housing residents, to the elderly and the disabled, and to families 
with children where the head of household would benefit from 
the receipt of supportive services and is working, seeking work, 
or is preparing for work by participating in job training or edu-
cational programs: Provided further. That the supportive services 
may include congregate services for the elderly and disabled, service 
coordinators, and coordinated education, training, and 
other 
supportive services, including case management skills training, job 
search assistance, assistance related to retaining employment, voca-
tional and entrepreneurship development and support programs, 
such as transportation, and child care: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall require applications to demonstrate firm commit-
ments of funding or services from other sources: Provided 
further. 
That the Secretary shall select public and Indian housing agencies 
to receive assistance under this heading on a competitive basis, 
taking into account the quality of the proposed program, including 
any innovative approaches, the extent of the proposed coordination 
of supportive services, the extent of commitments of funding or 
services from other sources, the extent to which the proposed pro-
gram includes reasonably achievable, quantifiable goals for measur-
ing performance under the program over a three-year period, the 
extent of success an agency has had in carrying out other com-
parable initiatives, and other appropriate criteria established by 
the Secretary (except that this proviso shall not apply to renewal 
of grants for service coordinators and congregate services for the 
elderly and disabled). 
Of the amount made available under this heading, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $42,500,000 shall be available 
for YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title 
IV of the Cranston-Gronzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as 
amended, and such activities shall be an eligible activity with 
respect to any funds made available under this heading: Provided, 
That local YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to 
leverage private and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority 
for YouthBuild funding: Provided further. That up to $2,500,000 
may be used for capacity buildings efforts. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, $225,000,000 
shall be available for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) 
to finance a variety of efforts, including $190,000,000 for making 
112 STAT. 2478 
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grants for targeted economic investments in accordance with the 
terms and conditions specified for such grants in the joint explana-
tory statement of the committee of conference accompanying this 
Act. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000 
shall be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized 
to improve the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and 
neighborhoods, and to determine whether housing benefits can be 
integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives. 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized 
by section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further. That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations 
guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974: Provided further. That in addition, for 
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 
$1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses. 
42 use 5305 
For any fiscal year, of the amounts made available as emer-
note. 
gency funds under the heading "Community Development Block 
Grants Fund" and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not more than $250,000 may be used for the non-Federal cost-
share of any project funded by the Secretary of the Army through 
the Corps of Engineers. 
BROWNFIELDS 
REDEVELOPMENT 
For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 
108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall make these grants avail-
able on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (Public Law 101-625), as amended, $1,600,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That up to $7,000,000 of these 
funds shall be available for the development and operation of 
integrated commimity development management information sys-
tems: Provided further. That up to $17,500,0Q0 of these funds 
shall be available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized imder 
subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act, as amended); the supportive housing program (as author-
ized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate 
rehabilitation single room occupancy program (as authorized under 
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112 STAT. 2479 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist 
homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B, 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care pro-
gram (as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act), 
$975,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not less than 30 percent of these funds shall be used for permanent 
housing, and all funding for services must be matched by 25 percent 
in funding by each grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a review of any 
balances of amounts provided under this heading in this or any 
previous appropriations Act that have been obligated but remain 
unexpended and shall deobligate any such amounts that the Sec-
retary determines were obligated for contracts that are unlikely 
to be performed and award such amounts during this fiscal year: 
Provided further. That up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used for technical assistance and track-
ing systems needed to carry out the directives provided in House 
Report 105-610. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS 
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, or 
development of additional public and subsidized housing units for 
low income families not otherwise provided for, $854,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $660,000,000 shall be for capital 
advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for 
housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and 
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for the 
elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959, and 
for 
supportive 
services 
associated 
with 
the 
housing; 
and 
$194,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including amendments 
to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for project rental assist-
ance, for amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, 
and supportive services associated with the housing for persons 
with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act: Provided 
further. That the Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of 
the amounts earmarked under this paragraph for section 811 of 
such Act for tenant-based assistance, as authorized under that 
section, including such authority as may be waived under the 
next proviso, which assistance is five years in duration: Provided 
further. That the Secretary may waive any provision of section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 and section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (including the provisions 
governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance 
and tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is not 
necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs, or that other-
wise impedes the ability to develop, operate or administer projects 
assisted under these programs, and may make provision for alter-
native conditions or terms where appropriate. 
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FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted 
balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1998, and 
any collections made during fiscal year 1999, shall be transferred 
to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of 
the National Housing Act, as amended. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
During fiscal year 1999, commitments to guarantee loans to 
carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended, 
shall 
not 
exceed 
a 
loan 
principal 
of 
$110,000,000,000. 
During fiscal year 1999, obligations to make direct loans to 
carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing 
Act, as amended, shall not exceed $100,000,000: Provided, That 
the foregoing amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern-
mental entities in connection with sales of single family real prop-
erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. 
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaran-
teed and direct loan program, $328,888,000, to be derived from 
the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance guaranteed loans receipt 
account, of which not to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred 
to the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses; and 
of which not to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appro-
priation for the Office of Inspector Greneral. 
FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 
238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 
1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee modifications (as that 
term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended), $81,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of 
up to $18,100,000,000: Provided further. That any amounts made 
available in any prior appropriations Act for the cost (as such 
term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974) of guaranteed loans that are obligations of the funds 
established under section 238 or 519 of the National Housing Act 
that have not been obligated or that are deobligated shall be avail-
able to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec-
tion with the making of such guarantees and shall remain available 
until expended, notwithstanding the expiration of any period of 
availability otherwise applicable to such amounts. 
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as 
authorized by sections 204(g), 207(1), 238, and 519(a) of the National 
Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000; of which not to exceed 
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112 STAT. 2481 
$30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing in connection with the 
sale of multifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental enti-
ties in connection with the sale of single-family real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000, of 
which $193,134,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation for 
departmental salaries and expenses; and of which $18,321,000 shall 
be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
During fiscal year 1999, new commitments to issue guarantees 
to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1721(g)), 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$150,000,000,000. 
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaran-
teed mortgage-backed securities program, $9,383,000, to be derived 
from the GNMA-guarantees of mortgage-backed securities guaran-
teed loan receipt account, of which not to exceed $9,383,000 shall 
be transferred to the appropriation for departmental salaries and 
expenses. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-
1 et seq.), including carrjdng out the functions of the Secretary 
under section l(a)(l)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 
$47,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 
and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1987, as amended, $40,000,000, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 2000, of which $23,500,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or 
legislative branches of the Federal Government in connection with 
a specific contract, grant or loan. 
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OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992, $80,000,000 to remain available until 
expended, of which $2,500,000 shall be for CLEARCorps and 
$10,000,000 shall be for a Healthy Homes Initiative, which shall 
be a program pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include research, 
studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 
outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-
related environmental diseases and hazards. 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not other-
wise provided for, including not to exceed $7,000 for official recep-
tion 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$985,826,000, 
of 
which 
$518,000,000 shall be provided from the various funds of the Federal 
Housing Administration, $9,383,000 shall be provided from funds 
of the Government National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall 
be provided from the "Community Development Grants Program" 
account, $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from the "Title 
VI Indian Federal Guarantees Program" account, and $400,000 
shall be provided by transfer from the "Indian Housing Loan 
Guarantee Fund Program" account: Provided, That the Department 
is prohibited from employing more than 77 schedule C and 20 
noncareer Senior Executive Service employees. 
OFFICE 
OF 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING 
TRANSFER 
OF 
FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
canying out the Inspector (General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$81,910,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the var-
ious funds of the Federal Housing Administration and $10,000,000 
shall be provided from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe 
Home in the "Drug Elimination Grants for Low-Income Housing" 
account: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have independ-
ent authority over all personnel issues within the Office of Inspector 
General. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $16,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight Fimd: Provided, That not to exceed such amount shall 
"^3^*.*'^ 
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112 STAT. 2483 
be available from the Greneral Fund of the Treasury to the extent 
necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the 
receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, That the General 
Fund amount shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final appropriation from the 
General Fund estimated at not more than $0. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING RENTS, PREFERENCES, AND 
FLEXIBILITY 
SEC. 201. Section 201(a)(2) of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 14371 note), is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
"(2) APPLICABILITY.—Section 14(q) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 shall be effective only with respect to 
assistance provided from funds made available for fiscal year 
1999 or any preceding fiscal year, except that the authority 
in the first sentence of section 14(q)(l) to use up to 10 percent 
of the allocation of certain funds for any operating subsidy 
purpose shall not apply to amounts made available for fiscal 
years 1998 and 1999.". 
GSE 
DEFAULT 
LOSS 
PROTECTION 
SEC. 202. (a) Section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mort-
gage Corporation Act is amended in the first sentence by— 
12 USC 1454. 
(1) striking "or" at the end of clause (B); 
(2) striking the period at the end of the first sentence 
and inserting: "; or (D) the mortgage is subject to default 
loss protection that the Corporation determines is financially 
equal or superior, on an individual or pooled basis, to the 
protection provided by clause (C) of this sentence: Provided, 
That if the Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight subsequently finds that such default loss protection 
determined by the Corporation does not provide such equal 
or superior protection, the Corporation shall provide such addi-
tional default loss protection for such mortgage, as approved 
by the Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight, necessary to provide such equal or superior protec-
tion.". 
(b) Section 1313(b) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Finan-
cial Housing Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 is amended by 12 USC 4513. 
redesignating paragraphs (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (10), 
(11), and (12), respectively, and inserting the following new para-
graph (9): 
"(9) default loss protection levels under section 305(a)(2)(D) 
of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act;". 
FINANCING ADJUSTMENT FACTORS 
SEC. 203. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with 
such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described 
in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-628, 102 Stat. 3224, 
3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be remitted 
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to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or cash 
recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall 
be used by State housing finance agencies or local governments 
or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement occurred 
after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith-
standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 
15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners 
with incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 
FAIR HOUSING AND FREE SPEECH 
SEC. 204. None of the amounts made available under this 
Act may be used during fiscal year 1999 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 
in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 
purpose of achieving or preventing action by a government official 
or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
BROWNFIELDS AS ELIGIBLE CDBG ACTIVITY 
SEC. 205. For fiscal years 1998, 1999, and all fiscal years 
thereafter. States and entitlement communities may use funds allo-
cated under the community development block grants program 
under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 for environmental cleanup and economic development activi-
ties related to Brownfields projects in conjunction with the appro-
priate environmental regulatory agencies, as if such activities were 
eligible under section 105(a) of such Act. 
ENHANCED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY 
SEC. 206. Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended by striking "fiscal years 1997 
and 1998" and inserting "fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999". 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS GRANTS 
S E C 207. (a) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), 
from any amounts made available under this title for fiscal year 
1999 that are allocated under such section, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall allocate and make a grant, in the 
amount determined under subsection (b), for any State that— 
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year under clause 
(ii) of such section; and 
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for fiscal 
year 1999 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the 
State outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that qualify 
under clause (i) in fiscal year 1999 do not have the number 
of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome required under 
such clause. 
(b) AMOUNT.—^The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on 
the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State 
that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas that qualify under 
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112 STAT. 2485 
clause (i) of such section 854(c)(lXA) in fiscal year 1999 in propor-
tion to AIDS cases among cities and States that quedify under 
clauses (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible imder 
subsection (a). 
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For piuposes of environmental 
review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such 
Act, a grant imder the AIDS Housing Opportimity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901 et seq.) from amounts provided under this or prior Acts 
shall be treated as assistance for a special project that is subject 
to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition 
Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), and shall be subject to the 
regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such section. 
Where the grantee under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act is 
a nonprofit organization and the activity is proposed to be carried 
out within the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe or the community 
of an Alaska native viUage, the role of the State or imit of general 
locsJ government under sections 305(c)(l)-(3) of such Act may be 
carried out by the Indian tribe or Alaska native village instead. 
DRAWDOWN OF FUNDS 
SEC. 208. Section 14(q)(l) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 14371(q)(l)) is amended by inserting after the 
first sentence the following sentence: "Such assistance may involve 
the drawdown of fiuids on a schedule commensurate with construc-
tion draws for deposit into an interest earning escrow account 
to serve as coUatered or credit enhancement for bonds issued by 
a public agency for the construction or rehabihtation of the develop-
ment.". 
ELIMINATION OF SHOPPING INCENTIVE FOR VOUCHER FAMILIES WHO 
REMAIN IN SAME UNIT UPON INITIAL RECEIPT OF ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 209. (a) Section 8(o)(2) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(2)) is amended by inserting the 
following new sentence at the end: "Notwithstanding the preceding 
sentence, for families being admitted to the voucher program who 
remain in the seune unit or complex, where the rent (including 
the amount allowed for utilities) does not exceed the payment 
standard, the monthly assistance payment for any family shall 
be the aunount by which such rent exceeds the greater of 30 percent 
of the family's monthly adjusted income or 10 percent of the familjr's 
monthly income.". 
(b) This section shall take effect 60 days after the later of Efifective date. 
October 1,1998 or the date of the enactment of this Act. 
42 USC I437f 
note. 
RENEGOTIATION OF PERFORMANCE FUNDING SYSTEM 
SEC. 210. Section 9(a)(3)(A) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(aX3)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the third sentence the following new 
sentence to read as follows: 
"Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, the Secretary may revise 
the performance funding system in a manner that takes into accoiuit 
equity among public housing agencies and that includes appropriate 
incentives for sound management."; and 
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(2) in the last sentence, by inserting after "vacant public 
housing units" the following: ", or any substantial change under 
the preceding sentence,". 
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note. 
FHA MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE CREDIT DEMONSTRATIONS 
SEC. 211. Section 542 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(5) by adding before the period at 
the end of the first sentence ", and not more than an additional 
25,000 units during fiscal year 1999", and 
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(4) by striking 
"1996 and" and inserting "1996," and by inserting after "fiscal 
year 1997" the following: "and not more than an additional 
25,000 units during fiscal year 1999". 
CALCULATION OF DOWNPAYMENT 
SEC. 212. Section 203(b)(10) of the National Housing Act is 
amended by— 
(1) striking out "ALASKA AND HAWAII" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "CALCULATION OF DOWNPAYMENT"; and 
(2) striking out in subparagraph (A) "originated in the 
State of Alaska or the State of Hawaii and endorsed for insur-
ance in fiscal years 1997 and 1998," and inserting in lieu 
thereof "executed for insurance in fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 
2000". 
STATE CDBG IDIS FUNDING 
SEC. 213. During fiscal year 1999, from amounts received by 
a State under section 106(d)(1) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 for distribution in nonentitlement areas, 
the State may deduct an amount, not to exceed the greater .of 
0.25 percent of the amount so received or $50,000, for implementa-
tion of the integrated disbursement and information system estab-
lished by the Secretary, in addition to any amounts used for this 
purpose from amounts retained by the State for administrative 
expenses under section 106(dX3)(A). 
NURSING HOME LEASE TERMS 
SEC. 
214. (a) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 216 of the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
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ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, is 
amended by striking out "fifty years from the date" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "fifty years to run from the date". 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
note. 
shall be construed to have taken effect on October 27,1997. 
TECHNICAL FOR EMERGENCY CDBG PROGRAM 
SEC. 215. For purposes of eligibility for funding under the 
heading "Community Development Block Grants" in the 1998 
Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act (Public Law 105-
174; May 1, 1998) the term "States" shall be deemed to include 
"Indian tribes" as defined under section 102(aX17) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 and Guam, the Northern 
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112 STAT. 2487 
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available by this section are designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended. 
USE OF HOME FUNDS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING MODERNIZATION 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding section 212(d)(5) of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, amounts made available 
to the City of Bismarck, North Dakota, under subtitle A of title 
II of the Cranston-Gronzalez National Affordable Housing Act for 
fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 or 2002, may be used to carry 
out activities authorized under section 14 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 14371) for the purpose of moderniz-
ing the Crescent Manor public housing project located at 107 East 
Bowen Avenue, in Bismarck, North Dakota, if— 
(1) the Burleigh County Housing Authority (or any succes-
sor public housing agency that owns or operates the Crescent 
Manor public housing project) has obligated all other Federal 
assistance made available to that public housing agency for 
that fiscal year; or 
(2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
authorizes the use of those amounts for the purpose of mod-
ernizing that public housing project, which authorization may 
be made with respect to one or more of those fiscal years. 
CDBG AND HOME EXEMPTION 
SEC. 217. The City of Oxnard, California may use amounts 
available to the City under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 and under subtitle A of title II of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to reimburse 
the city for its cost in purchasing 19.89 acres of land, more or 
less, located at the northwest comer of Lombard Street and Camino 
del Sol in the city, on the north side of the 2100 block of Camino 
del Sol, for the purpose of providing affordable housing. The proce-
dures set forth in sections 104(g)(2) and (3) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 and sections 288(b) and (c) 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act shall 
not apply to any release of funds for such reimbursement. 
CDBG 
PUBLIC 
SERVICES 
CAP 
SEC. 218. Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended by 
striking "1998" and inserting "1999". 
CLARIFICATION OF OWNER'S RIGHT TO PREPAY 
SEC. 219. (a) PREPAYMENT RIGHT.—Notwithstanding section 211 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 or section 
221 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (as 
in effect pursuant to section 604(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act), subject to subsection (b), with 
respect to any project that is eligible low-income housing (as that 
term is defined in section 229 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1987)— 
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(1) the owner of the project may prepay, and the mortgagee 
may accept prepayment of, the mortgage on the project, and 
(2) the owner may request voluntary termination of a mort-
gage insurance contract with respect to such project and the 
contract may be terminated notwithstanding any requirements 
under sections 229 and 250 of the National Housing Act. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—^Any prepayment of a mortgage or termination 
of an insurance contract authorized under subsection (a) may be 
made— 
(1) only to the extent that such prepa3nTient or termination 
is consistent with the terms and conditions of the mortgage 
on or mortgage insurance contract for the project; 
(2) only if the owner of the project involved agrees not 
to increase the rent charges for any dwelling unit in the project 
during the 60-day period beginning upon such prepayment 
or termination; and 
(3) only if the owner of the project provides notice of intent 
to prepay or terminate, in such form as the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may prescribe, to each tenant of the 
housing, the Secretary, and the chief executive officer of the 
appropriate State or local government for the jurisdiction within 
wWch the housing is located, not less than 150 days, but 
not more than 270 days, before such prepayment or termi-
nation, except that such requirement shall not apply to a 
prepa3nnent or termination that— 
(A) occurs during the 150-day period immediately fol-
lowing the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(B) is necessary to effect conversion to ownership by 
a priority purchaser (as defined in section 231(a) of the 
Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Ownership 
Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4120(a)), or 
(C) will otherwise ensure that the project will continue 
to operate, at least until the maturity date of the loan 
or mortgage, in a manner that will provide rental housing 
on terms at least as advantageous to existing and future 
tenants as the terms required by the program under which 
the loan or mortgage was made or insured prior to the 
proposed prepayment or termination. 
PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION ACT 
SEC. 220. The Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination 
Act of 1990 is amended— 
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(1) in section 5123, by inserting "Indian tribes" before 
"and private"; 
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(2) in section 5124(a)(7), by inserting ", an Indian tribe," 
before "or tribally designated"; 
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(3) in section 5125, by inserting "an Indian tribe" before 
"a tribally designated"; and 
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(4) in section 5126, by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
"(6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term "Indian tribe" has the mean-
ing given the term in section 4(12) of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996, 25 
U.S.C. 4103(12).". 
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112 STAT. 2489 
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING INSTITUTE 
SEC. 221. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may, from time to time, as determined necessary to 
assist the Department in managing its multifamily assets including 
analyzing, tracking £ind evaluating its portfolio of FHA-insured 
and other mortgages and properties and assisting the Department 
in understanding and reducing the risk involved in its mortgage 
restructuring, insuring and guaranteeing activities, provide data 
to, and purchase data from, any nonprofit, industry supported, 
on-line provider of nationwide, multifamily housing loan and prop-
erty data services. 
MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE AUCTIONS 
SEC. 222. Section 221(g)(4)(C) of the National Housing Act 12USC1715/. 
is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence of clause (viii), by striking "Septem-
ber 30, 1996" and inserting "December 31, 2002"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"(ix) The authority of the Secretary to conduct 
multifamily auctions under this paragraph shall be 
effective for any fiscal year only to the extent and 
in such amounts as are approved in appropriations 
Acts for the costs of loan guarantees (as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), 
including the cost of modifying loans.". 
FUNDING CORRECTION 
SEC. 223. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
$1,250,000 made available pursuant to Public Law 102-389 for 
economic revitalization and infrastructure repair in Montpelier, 
Vermont, $250,000 is available for the Central Vermont Revolving 
Loan Fund administered by the Central Vermont Community Action 
Council. 
ANNUAL REPORT ON MANAGEMENT DEFICIENCIES 
SEC. 224.(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1709) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"(x) MANAGEMENT DEFICIENCIES REPORT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the plan 
of the Secretary to address each material weakness, reportable 
condition, and noncompliance with an applicable law or regula-
tion (as defined by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget) identified in the most recent audited financial 
statement of the Federal Housing Administration submitted 
under section 3515 of title 31, United States Code. 
"(2) CONTENTS OF ANNUAL REPORT.—^Each report submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall include— 
"(A) an estimate of the resources, including staff, 
j 
information systems, and contract assistance, required to 
| 
address each material weakness, reportable condition, and 
noncompliance with an applicable law or regulation 
described in paragraph (1), and the costs associated with 
those resources; 
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"(B) an estimated timetable for addressing each mate-
rial weakness, reportable condition, and noncompliance 
with an applicable law or regulation described in paragraph 
(l);and 
"(C) the progress of the Secretary in implementing 
the plan of the Secretary included in the report submitted 
under paragraph (1) for the preceding year, except that 
this subparagraph does not apply to the initial report 
submitted under paragraph (1).". 
SEC. 225. (a) INFORMED CONSUMER CHOICE.—Section 203(b)(2) 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
"In conjunction with any loan insured under this section, 
an original lender shall provide to each prospective borrower 
a disclosure notice that provides a one page analysis of mort-
gage products offered by that lender and for which the borrower 
would qualify. This notice shall include: (i) a generic analysis 
comparing the note rate (and associated interest payments), 
insurance premiums, and other costs and fees that would be 
due over the life of the loan for a loan insured by the Secretary 
under this subsection with the note rates, insurance premiums 
(if applicable), and other costs and fees that would be expected 
to be due if the mortgagor obtained instead other mortgage 
products offered by the lender and for which the borrower 
would qualify with a similar loan-to-value ratio in connection 
with a conventional mortgage (as that term is used in section 
305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)) or section 302(b)(2) of the Federal 
National 
Mortgage 
Association 
Charter 
Act (12 U.S.C. 
1717(b)(2)), as applicable), assuming prevailing interest rates; 
and (ii) a statement regarding when the mortgagor's require-
ment to pay the mortgage insurance premiums for a mortgage 
insured under this section would terminate or a statement 
that the requirement will terminate only if the mortgage is 
refinanced, paid off, or otherwise terminated.". 
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(b) REGULATION.—^The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
note. 
Development shall develop the disclosure notice under subsection 
(a) within 150 days of the enactment through notice and comment 
rulemaking. 
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SEC. 226. FUNDING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING.—Notwith-
Jiote. 
standing any other provision of law, no funds in this Act or any 
other Act may hereeiter be used by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development to determine allocations or provide assistance 
for operating subsidies or modernization for certain State and city 
funded and locally developed public housing units, as defined for 
purposes of a statutory paragraph, notwithstanding the deeming 
by statute of such units to be public housing units developed under 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, unless such unit was 
so assisted before October 1, 1998. 
SECTION 236 PROGRAM REFORM 
SEC. 227. Section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amend-
ed by section 221(c) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appro-
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priations Act, 1997, is amended to read as follows: 
"(g) The project owner shall, as required by the Secretary, 
accumulate, safeguard, and periodically pay the Secretary or such 
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112 STAT. 2491 
other entity as determined by the Secretary and upon such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate, all rental 
charges collected on a unit-by-unit basis in excess of the basic 
rental charges. Unless otherwise directed by the Secretary, such 
excess charges shall be credited to a reserve used by the Secretary 
to make additional assistance payments as provided in paragraph 
(3) of subsection (f), Notwithstanding any other requirements of 
this subsection, an owner of a project with a mortgage insured 
under this section, or a project previously assisted under subsection 
(b) but without a mortgage insured under this section if the project 
mortgage was insured under section 207 of this Act before July 
30, 1998 pursuant to section 223(f) of this Act and assisted under 
subsection (b), may retain some or all of such excess charges for 
project use if authorized by the Secretary and upon such terms 
and conditions as established by the Secretary.". 
FHA MORTGAGE INSURANCE INCREASE 
SEC. 228. (a) Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(2) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing clause (ii) and all that follows through the end of the subpara-
graph and inserting the following: 
"(ii) 87 percent of the dollar amount limitation 
determined under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a residence 
of the applicable size; except that the dollar amount 
limitation in effect for any area under this subpara-
graph may not be less than 48 percent of the dollar 
limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) of the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a 
residence of the applicable size; and", 
(b) The first 
sentence in the matter following 
section 
203(b)(2)(B)(iii) 
of 
the 
National 
Housing 
Act 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1709(b)(2)(B)(iii) is amended to read as follows: "For purposes of 
the preceding sentence, the term 'area' means a metropolitan statis-
tical area as established by the Office of Management and Budget; 
and the median 1-family house price for an area shall be equal 
to the median 1-family house price of the county within the area 
that has the highest such median price.". 
HOPE VI GRANT FOR HOLLANDER RIDGE 
SEC. 229. If the Secretary rescinds the grant award of 
$20,000,000 made to the Housing Authority of Baltimore City for 
development efforts at Hollander Ridge in Bsdtimore, Maryland, 
involving funds appropriated for fiscal year 1996 under the heading 
"Public Housing Demolition, Site Revitalization, and Replacement 
Housing Grsints", all of the rescinded grant amount shall be recap-
tured by the Secretary and added to the amounts otherwise avail-
able under this headmg. If, after the date of any such recapture, 
the Housing Authority of Baltimore City applies in response to 
a Notice of Funding Availability issued by the Secretary for a 
grant from funds avEiilable under this heading (not to exceed the 
amount recaptured) for development efforts at Hollander Ridge, 
then the Secretary shall grant priority status to such application 
and approve the grant award if the application meets the terms 
and criteria stated in the Notice of Funding Availability. 
112 STAT. 2492 
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DEBT FORGIVENESS 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall cancel the indebtedness of the Town of Hobson City, Alabama, 
relating to a public facilities loan under title II of the Housing 
Amendments of 1955, issued July 1, 1969 (Project No. ALA-01-
PFL0139). The Town of Hobson City hereby is relieved of all liability 
to the Federal Government for the outstanding principal balance 
on such loan, for the amount of accrued interest on such loan, 
and for any other fees and charges payable in connection with 
such loan. 
CONSIDERATION OF HOMELESS GRANT APPLICATION 
SEC. 231. The Secretary shall consider without prejudice the 
application submitted August 5, 1998 by the City of Wichita and 
Sedgwick County, Kansas for assistance under the Continuum of 
Care Homeless Assistance program pursuant to the Notice at 63 
Federal Register 23988, 23999 (April 30, 1998) notwithstanding 
the August 4, 1998 due date for such application, notwithstanding 
any provision that may be to the contrary in section 102 of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
1989. 
CDBG SERVICE CAP FOR MLWi^I 
SEC. 232. Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community 
42 use 5305. 
Development Act of 1974 is amended by striking "fiscal year 1994" 
and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting 
the following: "each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, to the 
City of Miami, such city may use not more than 25 percent in 
each fiscal year for activities under this paragraph;". 
Short title. 
TITLE III—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition 
of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and 
repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monu-
ments outside of the United States and its territories and posses-
sions; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase 
(one for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when 
required by law of such countries, $26,431,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 
vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2493 
5376, $6,500,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board shall have not more than three career Senior 
Executive Service positions. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualifying commu-
nity development lenders, and administrative expenses of the Fund, 
, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate 
for ES-3, $80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2000, of which $12,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct 
loans, and up to $1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of 
direct loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further. That these funds are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$32,000,000: Provided further. That not more than $25,000,000 
of the funds made available under this heading may be used for 
programs and activities authorized in section 114 of the Community 
Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal awards to recognize 
non-Federal officials' contributions to Commission activities, and 
not to exceed $500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$47,000,000. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in the matter under this heading 
as the "Corporation") in CEirrying out programs, activities, and initia-
tives under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(referred to in the matter under this heading as the "Act") (42 
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $425,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2000: Provided, That not more than $28,500,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses authorized under 
section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)) with not less 
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PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
than $3,000,000 targeted to administrative needs identified as 
urgent by the Corporation without regard to the provisions of section 
501(a)(4)(B) of the Act: Provided further, That not more than $2,500 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further. That not more than $70,000,000, to remain available with-
out fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Serv-
ice Trust account for educational awards authorized under subtitle 
D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), of which not 
to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for national service scholar-
ships for high school students performing community service: Pro-
vided further. That not more than $227,000,000 of the amount 
provided under this heading shall be available for grants under 
the National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C 
of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities 
including the AmeriCorps program), of which not more than 
$40,000,000 may be used to administer, reimburse, or support any 
national service program authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more than 
$5,500,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be made available for the Points of Light Foundation for activities 
authorized under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): 
Provided further. That no funds shall be available for national 
service programs run by Federal agencies authorized under section 
121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further. That 
to the maximum extent feasible, funds appropriated under subtitle 
C of title I of the Act shall be provided in a manner that is 
consistent with the recommendations of peer review panels in order 
to ensure that priority is given to programs that demonstrate qual-
ity, innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided 
further. 
That not more than $18,000,000 of the funds made available under 
this heading shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps 
authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 
et seq.): Provided further. That not more than $43,000,000 shall 
be available for school-based and community-based service-learning 
programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further. 
That not more than 
$28,500,000 shall be available for quality and innovation activities 
authorized under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 
et seq.): Provided further. That not more than $5,000,000 shall 
be available for audits and other evaluations authorized under 
section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further. That 
to the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall increase 
significantly the level of matching funds and in-kind contributions 
provided by the private sector, shall expand significantly the num-
ber of educational awards provided under subtitle D of title I, 
and shall reduce the total Federal costs per participant in all 
programs. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
canying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$3,000,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2495 
COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States 
Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7251-7298, 
$10,195,000, of which $865,000, shall be available for the purpose 
of providing financial assistance as described, and in accordance 
with the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this 
heading in Public Law 102-229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—OIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, 
operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and 
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, including the 
purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, and 
not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $11,666,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; necessary 
expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses, includ-
ing uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
5376; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other 
operating expenses in support of research and development; 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $650,000,000, which 
shall remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That 
the obligated balance of such sums shall remain available through 
September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 
1999 and 2000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, including nec-
essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances 
therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for 
senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase 
of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which 
112 STAT. 2496 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
than to subscribers who are not members; construction, alteration, 
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $1,848,000,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the obligated 
balance of such sums shall remain available through September 
30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 
2000: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, 
or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation 
for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on 
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of 
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli-
mate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for 
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section 
2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has 
not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol: Provided 
further. That none of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to implement or administer the interim guidance issued 
on FebruEuy 5, 1998 by the Environmental Protection Agency relat-
ing to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and designated 
as the "Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI Administrative 
Complaints Challenging Permits" with respect to complaints filed 
under such title after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
until guidance is finalized. Nothing in this proviso may be construed 
to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency from developing 
or issuing final guidance relating to title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$31,154,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: Pro-
vided, That the obligated balance of such sums shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made 
in fiscal years 1999 and 2000. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, 
the Environmental Protection Agency, $56,948,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), 
and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, 
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 
per project; not to exceed $1,500,000,000, consisting of $650,000,000 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2497 
as appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-65, notwith-
standing the second proviso under this heading of said Act, and 
not to exceed $850,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not become 
available until September 1, 1999), all of which is to remain avail-
able until expended, consisting, of $1,175,000,000, as authorized 
by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 101-508, 
and $325,000,000 as a pa3niient from general revenues to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by sec-
tion 517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101-508: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under tWs heading may be allocated to 
other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That $12,237,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall he transferred to the "Office of 
Inspector Greneral" appropriation to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 2000: Provided further, That notwithstanding section lll(m) 
of CERCLA or any other provision of law, $76,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available to the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry out activities 
described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and lll(c)(14) of CERCLA 
and section 118(f) of SARA: Provided further. That $40,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred 
to the "Science and Technology" appropriation to remain available 
until September 30, 2000: Provided further. That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess of 
40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA dur-
ing fiscal year 1999: Provided further. That an additional amount, 
$650,000,000, shall become available for obligation on October 1, 
1999, only upon enactment by August 1, 1999, of specific legislation 
which reauthorizes the Superfund program: Provided further, That 
if such reauthorization does not occur on or before August 1, 1999, 
such additional amount to be made available on October 1, 1999, 
is rescinded and the Congressional Budget Office is directed to 
make the appropriate scorekeeping adjustment no later than August 
5, 1999. 
Section 119(e)(2)(C) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 
(42 U.S.C. 9619(e)(2)(C)) is amended by deleting ", and before Janu-
ary 1, 1996". 
Section 
119(g)(5) 
of 
the 
Comprehensive 
Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 
(42 U.S.C. 9619(g)(5)) is amended by deleting ", or after December 
31, 1995". 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground stor-
age tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Super-
fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for the 
uses authorized under section 9004(f) of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per 
project, 
$72,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
hereafter, the Administrator is authorized to enter into assistance 42 USC 6991b 
agreements with Federally recognized Indian tribes on such terms °ote. 
and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate for the 
112 STAT. 2498 
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same purposes as are set forth in section 9003(h)(7) of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act. 
OIL SPILL RESPONSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, 
and to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
performance partnership grants, $3,386,750,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making 
capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds 
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amend-
ed, and $775,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except that, notwithstanding 
section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, none 
of the funds made available under this heading in this Act, or 
in previous appropriations acts, shall be reserved by the Adminis-
trator for health effects studies on drinking water contaminants, 
$50,000,000 
for 
architectural, 
engineering, 
planning, 
design, 
construction and related activities in connection with the construc-
tion of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the 
appropriate border commission, $30,000,000 for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure 
needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages, $301,750,000 for making 
grants for the construction of wastewater and water treatment 
facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure in accordance 
with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the 
joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accom-
panying this Act (H.R. 4194); and $880,000,000 for grants, including 
associated program support costs, to States, federally recognized 
tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control 
agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, con-
trol and abatement and related activities, including activities pursu-
ant to the provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 
104-134, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean 
Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi-
42USC300J-12 
ties: Provided, That, consistent with section 1452(g) of the Safe 
note. 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(g)), section 302 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104^182) 
and the accompanjdng joint explanatory statement of the committee 
of conference (H. Rept. No. 104^741 to accompany S. 1316, the 
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996), and notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 1999 and 
thereafter. States may combine the assets of State Revolving Funds 
(SRFs) established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, as amended, and title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended, as security for bond issues to enhance the lending 
capacity of one or both SRFs, but not to acquire the state match 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2499 
for either progreun, provided that revenues from the bonds are 
eillocated to the purposes of the S2ife Drinking Water Act £Uid 
the Federsd Water Pollution Control Act in the same portion as 
the funds are used as security for the bonds: Provided 
further, 
That, notwithstanding the matching requirement in Public Law 
104-204 for funds appropriated under this heading for grants to 
the State of Texas for improving wastewater treatment for the 
Colonias, such funds that remain luiobligated may also be used 
for improving water treatment for the Colonias, and shall be 
matched by State funds from State resources equal to 20 percent 
of such unobligated funds: Provided further, That, hereafter the 42 USC 6908a. 
Administrator is authorized to enter into assistance agreements 
with Federally recognized Indian tribes on such terms and condi-
tions as the Administrator deems appropriate for the development 
and implementation of programs to manage hsizardous waste, and 
undergroimd storage tanks: Provided further. That beginning in 7 USC 1360 note. 
fisced year 1999 and thereafter, pesticide program implementation 
grants under section 23(a)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide 
and Rodenticide Act, as sunended, shall be available for pesticide 
program development and implementation, including enforcement 
and comphance activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
section 603(dX7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
amended, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution 
control revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer 
the fund shall not apply to amoimts included as principal in loans 
made by such fund in fiscal year 1999 and prior years where 
such amounts represent costs of administering the fund, to the 
extent that such amoimts are or were deemed reasonable by the 
Administrator, accoimted for separately from other assets in the 
fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including adminis-
tration. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Under this heading in Pubhc Law 104-204, after the phrase, 
'that such fund shall be paid in advance", insert "or reimbursed". 
42 USC 4370e. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Not later than March 31, 1999, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shedl issue regulations amending 
40 C.F.R. 112 to comply with the requirements of the Edible OU 
Regulatory Reform Act (Public Law 104-55). Such regulations shall 
differentiate between and estabhsh separate classes for animal 
fats and oils and greases, and fish and marine mammal oils (as 
described in that Act), and other oils and greases, and shall apply 
standards to such different classes of fats and oils based on dif-
ferences in the physical, chemical, biological, and other properties, 
and in the environmental effects, of the classes. None of the funds 
made available by this Act or in subsequent Acts may be used 
by the Environmental Protection Agency to issue or to establish 
an interpretation or guidance relating to fats, oils, and greases 
(as described in Public Law 104-55) that does not comply with 
the requirements of the Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act. 
Regulations. 
33 USC 2720 
note. 
112 STAT. 2500 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
OFFICE OF S C I E N C E AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
PoUcy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,026,000. 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 
Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorga-
nization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $2,675,000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no funds other than those 
appropriated under this heading, shall be used for or by the Council 
on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality: 
42 use 4342 
Provided further. That notwithstanding section 202 of the National 
"^ote- 
Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, serving as Chairman and exercising 
all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $34,666,000, to be derived from the Bank Insurance 
Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC 
Resolution Fund. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.), $307,745,000, and, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds made 
available under this heading in this and prior Appropriations Acts 
which are eligible for grants to the State of California under section 
404 of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 
$5,000,000 shall be for a pilot project of seismic retrofit technology 
at California State University, San Bernardino, $5,000,000 shall 
be for seismic retrofit at the San Bernardino County Courthouse, 
and $30,000,000 shall be for a project at the Loma Linda University 
Medical Center hospital using laser technology demonstrating non-
disruptive retrofitting. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2501 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,355,000, as authorized by section 
319 of the Robert T, Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modif3dng 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further. That these 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program, $440,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
5376; expenses of attendance of cooperating of^cials and individuals 
at meetings concerned with the work of emergency preparedness; 
transportation in connection with the continuity of Government 
programs to the same extent and in the same manner as permitted 
the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; 
and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $ 171,138,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Greneral in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$5,400,000. 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry 
out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 
107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended 
(50 U.S.C. 404-405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 
$240,824,000: Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster mitigation 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131 (b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196 (e) 
and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available until expended for project grants: Provided fur-
ther, That the United States Fire Administration shall conduct 15USC2222 
a 12-month pilot project to promote the installation and mainte- n
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nance of smoke detectors in the localities of highest risk for residen-
tial fires: Provided further. That the United States Fire Administra-
tion shall transmit the results of its pilot project to the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission and the Congress. 
112 STAT. 2502 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND 
42USC5l96e. 
There is hereby established in the Treasury a Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Fund, which shall be available under 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and Executive Order 
12657, for ofiFsite radiological emergency planning, preparedness, 
and response. Beginning in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 
shall promulgate through rulemaking fees to be assessed and col-
lected, applicable to persons subject to FEMA's radiological emer-
gency preparedness regulations. The aggregate charges assessed 
pursuant to this section during fiscal year 1999 shall not be less 
than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary 
for its radiological emergency preparedness program for such fiscal 
year. The methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall 
be fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs of providing such 
services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees 
received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Fund 
as offsetting collections and will become available for authorized 
purposes on October 1, 1999, and remain available until expended. 
For necessary expenses of the Fund for fiscal year 1999, 
$12,849,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM 
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant 
to title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $100,000,000: Pro-
vided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed three and 
one-half percent of the total appropriation. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, not to 
exceed $22,685,000 for salaries and expenses associated with flood 
mitigation and flood insurance operations, and not to exceed 
$78,464,000 for flood mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for 
expenses under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act, 
which amount shall be available for transfer to the National Flood 
Mitigation Fund until September 30, 2000. In fiscal year 1999, 
no funds in excess of: (1) $47,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) 
$343,989,000 for agents' commissions and taxes; and (3) $60,000,000 
for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the 
National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. For fiscal year 1999, flood insurance rates 
shall not exceed the level authorized by the National Flood Insur-
ance Reform Act of 1994. 
Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act (42 
U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law 104-208, is further 
amended by striking "1998" and inserting "1999". 
Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4026), is amended by striking "September 
30, 1998" and inserting "September 30, 1999". 
Section 1336 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4056), is amended by striking "September 
30, 1998" and inserting "September 30, 1999". 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2503 
The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is amended 
by striking "September 30, 1998" and inserting "September 30, 
1999". 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,619,000, to be 
deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided, 
That the appropriations, revenues and collections deposited into 
the fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Consumer 
Information Center activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000. 
Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this fund dur-
ing fiscal year 1999 in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in the 
fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 
in appropriations Acts. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of human space flight research and develop-
ment activities, including research, development, operations, and 
services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, 
rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal property, and 
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities 
including operations, production, and services; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $5,480,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2000. 
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science, aeronautics and technology research 
and development activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities includ-
ing repair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal 
property, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as 
authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communica-
tions activities including operations, production, and services; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft, $5,653,900,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds provided 
under this heading may be utilized to support the development 
or operations of the International Space Station: Provided 
further. 
That this limitation shall not preclude the use of funds provided 
under this heading for the conduct of science, aeronautics, space 
transportation and technology activities utilizing or enabled by 
the International Space Station. 
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112 STAT. 2504 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
MISSION SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying 
out mission support for human space flight programs and science, 
aeronautical, and technology programs, including research oper-
ations and support; space communications activities including oper-
ations, production and services; maintenance; construction of facili-
ties including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, 
minor construction of new facilities and additions to existing facili-
ties, facility planning and design, environmental compliance and 
restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as 
authorized by law; program management; personnel and related 
costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft; 
not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,511,100,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$20,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for "Human space flight", "Science, aeronautics and 
technology", or "Mission support" by this appropriations Act, when 
any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations 
for construction of facilities as authorized by law, such amount 
available for such activity shall remain available until expended. 
This provision does not apply to the amounts appropriated in "Mis-
sion support" pursuant to the authorization for repair, rehabilitation 
and modification of facilities, minor construction of new facilities 
and additions to existing facilities, and facility planning and design. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for "Human space flight", "Science, aeronautics and 
technology", or "Mission support" by this appropriations Act, the 
amounts appropriated for construction of ifacilities shall remain 
available until September 30, 2001. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for "Mission support" and "Office of Inspector Gen-
eral", amounts made available by this Act for personnel and related 
costs and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall remain available until September 30, 1999 
and may be used to enter into contracts for training, investigations, 
costs associated with personnel relocation, and for other services, 
to be provided during the next fiscal year. 
. 
NASA shall develop a revised appropriation structure for 
submission in the fiscal year 2000 budget request consisting of 
five appropriations accounts (International Space Station; Launch 
Vehicles and Payload Operations; Science, Aeronautics and Tech-
nology; Mission Support; and Office of Inspector General). 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2505 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY 
During fiscal year 1999, gross obligations of the Central Liquid-
ity Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans to member 
credit unions, as authorized by the National Credit Union Central 
Liquidity 
Facility Act (12 U.S.C. 
1795), shall 
not 
exceed 
$600,000,000: Provided, That administrative expenses of the Cen-
tral Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 1999 shall not exceed $176,000: 
Provided further. That $2,000,000, together with amounts of prin-
cipal and interest on loans repaid, to be available until expended, 
is available for loans to community development credit unions. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and 
the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-
1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and 
operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research 
support- acquisition of aircraft, $2,770,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $257,460,000, shall remain available until expended for Polar 
research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other 
Federal agencies for operational and science support and logistical 
and other related activities for the United States Antarctic program; 
the balance to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, 
That receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished 
by the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to this 
appropriation: Provided further. That to the extent that the amount 
appropriated is less than the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated for included program activities, all amounts, including floors 
and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those program 
activities or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally: Pro-
vided further. That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the National Science Foundation in this or any 
prior Act may be obligated or expended by the National Science 
Foundation to enter into or extend a grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement for the support of administering the domain name and 
numbering system of the Internet after September 30, 1998. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT 
For necessary expenses of major construction projects pursuant 
to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, 
$90,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering 
education and human resources programs and activities pursuant 
to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1861-1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
112 STAT. 2506 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
$662,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: Pro-
vided, That to the extent that the amount of this appropriation 
is less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for 
included program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceil-
ings, specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities 
or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally: Provided fur-
ther. That the Alliances for Minority Participation Program is 
renamed the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Pro-
gram. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861-1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia; reimbursement of the General Services Administration 
for security guard services; $144,000,000: Provided, That contracts 
may be entered into under "Salaries and expenses" in fiscal year 
1999 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other 
services, to be provided during the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$5,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
For pa3anent to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-
8107), $90,000,000: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be for a pilot 
homeownership initiative, including an evaluation by an independ-
ent third party to determine its effectiveness. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, includ-
ing expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uni-
formed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; and not 
to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$24,176,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the 
President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 
31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such action to be necessary 
in the interest of national defense: Provided further. That none 
of the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended for or 
in connection with the induction of any person into the Armed 
Forces of the United States. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2507 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Short title. 
SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of this 
Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation 
has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses 
may not exceed the amounts set forth therefore in the budget 
estimates submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this 
provision does not apply to accounts that do not contain an object 
classification for travel: Provided further, That this section shall 
not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local 
boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to travel 
performed directly in connection with care and treatment of medical 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel per-
formed in connection with major disasters or emergencies declared 
or determined by the President under the provisions of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to travel 
performed by the Offices of Inspector General in connection with 
audits and investigations; or to payments to interagency motor 
pools where separately set forth in the budget schedules: Provided 
further. That if appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the 
amounts set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such 
appropriations, the expenditures for travel may correspondingly 
exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the estimates in the 
same proportion. 
SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the adminis-
trative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment and the Selective Service System shall be available in the 
current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development subject to the Grovemment Corporation Control Act 
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without 
regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment 
for services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve 
banks or any member thereof. Federal Home Loan banks, and 
any insured bank within the mesining of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831). 
SEC. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended— 
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee 
of the United States unless— 
(A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part 
of, a voucher or abstract which describes the payee or 
payees and the items or services for which such expenditure 
is being made; or 
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such certifi-
cation, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifi-
cally authorized by law; and 
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the (Gen-
eral Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from 
such audit. 
112 STAT. 2508 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
Contracts. 
Public 
information. 
Records. 
SEC, 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency may be expended for the transportation of any 
officer or employee of such department or agency between their 
domicile and their place of employment, with the exception of any 
officer or employee authorized such trsuisportation under 31 U.S.C. 
1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905. 
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that 
do not sh£u*e in the cost of conducting research resulting from 
proposals not specifically solicited by the Government: Provided, 
That the extent of cost shewing by the recipient shedl reflect the 
mutuality of interest of the grantee or contractor and the Govern-
ment in the research. 
SEC. 408. None of the fluids in this Act may be used, directly 
or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for payment 
of the salary of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal 
Government or a grantee) at more than the dgdly equivedent of 
the rate paid for level IV of the Executive Schedule, luiless specifi-
cally authorized by law. 
SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federed 
parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Noth-
ing herein affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission pursuant to section 7 of the Consimier Product Safety 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.). 
SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided luider existing law, 
or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an existing 
law, the obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to 
contracts which are: (1) a matter of public record suid avedlable 
for public inspection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly avedl-
able list of all contracts entered into within twenty-four months 
prior to the date on which the list is made available to the public 
and of all contracts on which performance has not been completed 
by such date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall 
be updated quarterly and sheJl include a narrative description 
of the work to be performed under each such contract. 
SEC. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of 
any appropriation contedned in this Act shall be obligated or 
expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for 
a contract for services unless such executive agency: (1) has awarded 
and entered into such contract in full compliance with such Act 
Euid the regulations promulgated thereunder; smd (2) requires any 
report prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, evalua-
tions, studies, analyses and meuiuals, and any report prepared 
by the agency which is substantially derived from or substantially 
includes any report prepared pursuant to such contract, to contain 
information concerning: (A) the contract pursuant to which the 
report was prepared; and (B) the contractoi* who prepared the 
report pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none 
of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency 
shall be obligated or expended to provide a personsd cook, chauSfeiu-, 
or other personal servsuits to 2Uiy officer or employee of such depart-
ment or agency. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2509 
SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger 
automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated 
miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this 
Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property 
if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the 
Secretary submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Congress and a period of 30 days has expired 
following the date on which the report is received by the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
SEC. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased 
with funds made available in this Act should be American-made. 
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, 
the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, 
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made 
in subsection (a) by the Congress. 
SEC. 416. None of the fiinds appropriated in this Act may 
be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees 
for indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A-21. 
SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999 
pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within 
the levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the 
protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development which are subject to the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 
the Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 1999 for such corporation or agency except 
as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corpora-
tions and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage pur-
chases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made available 
pursuant to authorization under such section for fiscal year 1999 
and prior fiscal years may be used for implementing comprehensive 
conservation and management plans. 
Reports. 
Notice. 
112 STAT. 2510 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
15 use 1201 
note. 
36 use 151302 
note. 
SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
term "quaUfied student loan" with respect to national service edu-
cation awards shall mean any loan made directly to a student 
by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, in addition 
to other meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the National and 
Community Service Act. 
SEC. 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made available 
by this or any other Act or previous Acts for the United States/ 
Mexico Foundation for Science may be used for the endowment 
of such Foundation. 
SEC. 423. (a) Within 90 days of the enactment of this Act, 
the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall make all necessary 
arrangements for the Committee on Toxicology of the National 
Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct an independent 12-month 
study of the potential toxicologic risks of all flame-retardant chemi-
cals identified by the NAS and the Commission as likely candidates 
for use in residential upholstered furniture for the purpose of meet-
ing regulations proposed by the Commission for flame resistance 
of residential upholstered furniture. 
(b) Upon completion of its report, the Academy shall send 
the report to the Commission, which shall provide it to the Congress. 
(c) The Commission, before promulgating any notice of proposed 
rulemaking or final rulemaking setting flammability standards for 
residential upholstered furniture, shall consider fiiUy the findings 
and conclusions of the Academy. 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for researching methods to reduce methane emissions from 
cows, sheep, or any other ruminant livestock. 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to carry out Executive Order No. 13083. 
SEC. 426. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no part 
of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall be available for any activity in excess of amounts 
set forth in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations. 
SEC. 427. NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION, (a) 
ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES.—Section 202 of the National Fallen 
Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 5201) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
"(1) primarily— 
"(A) to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts 
of property for the benefit of the National Fallen Fire-
fighters' Memorial and the annual memorial service associ-
ated with the memorial; and 
"(B) to, in coordination with the Federal Government 
and fire services (as that term is defined in section 4 
of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2203)), plan, direct, and manage the memorial 
service referred to in subparagraph (A) and related activi-
ties;"; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting "and Federal" after "non-
Federal"; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking "State and local" and inserting "Federal, 
State, and local"; and 
(B) by striking "and" at the end; 
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2511 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
"(5) to provide for a national program to assist families 
of fallen firefighters 2uid fire departments in deeding with line-
of-duty deaths of those firefighters; and 
"(6) to promote nationed, State, and local initiatives to 
increase public awareness of fire and life safety.". 
(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF FOUNDATION.—Section 203(g)(1) 
of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 
5202(g)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) £uid inserting 
the following: 
"(A) appointing officers or employees;". 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT.—Section 205 of 
the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 5204) 
is Emiended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—During the 10-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of the Depeirtments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urbeui Development, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1999, the Administrator may— 
"(1) provide personnel, facilities, and other required serv-
ices for the operation of the Foundation; and 
"(2) accept reimbursement for the assistance provided 
under paragraph (1). 
"(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—Any amounts received imder subsection 
(a)(2) as reimbursement for assistance shall be deposited in the 
Treasury to the credit of the appropriations then current and 
chargeable for the cost of providing that assistance. 
"(c) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstemding any other provision of law, 
no Federal personnel or stationery may be used to solicit funding 
for the Foxindation.". 
SEC. 428. INELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF MANU-
FACTURING O
R PRODUCING METHAMPHETAMINE FOR CERTAIN HOUS-
ING ASSISTANCE. Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
"(f) INELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF MANUFACTUR-
ING OR PRODUCING METHAMPHETAMINE ON THE PREMISES.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, a public housing agency 
shall establish standards for occupancy in public housing dwelling 
units and assistance under section 8 that— 
"(1) permanently prohibit occupancy in any public housing 
dwelling unit by, and assistance under section 8 for, any person 
who has been convicted of mguiufacturing or otherwise produc-
ing methamphetamine on the premises in violation of £Uiy Fed-
eral or State law; and 
"(2) immediately and permanently terminate the tenancy 
in any public housing imit of, and the assistance under section 
8 for, £uiy person who is convicted of manufacturing or other-
wise producing methamphetEunine on the premises in violation 
of any Federal or State law.". 
SEC. 429. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
shall propose for comment a revocation of the amendments to 
the standards for the flammabiUty of children's sleepwear sizes 
0 through 6X (contained in regulations published at 16 CFR part 
1615) and 7 through 14 (contEuned in regulations published at 
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16 CFR part 1616) issued by the Commission on September 9, 
1996 (61 FR 47634), and any subsequent amendments thereto. 
(b) The General Accounting Office shall undertake a review 
of children's burn incident data relating to burns from the ignition 
of children's sleepwear from small open flame sources for the period 
July 1, 1997 through January 1, 1999. Such review shall be com-
pleted by April 1, 1999 and shall be submitted to the Congress 
and to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 
Regulations. 
(c) Not later than July 1, 1999, the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission shall promulgate a final rule revoking, maintaining 
or modif3dng the amendments issued by the Commission on Septem-
ber 9, 1996 (61 FR 47634) and any subsequent amendments thereto 
amending the Flammable Fabrics Act standards for the flammabil-
ity of children's sleepwear, considering and substantively addressing 
the findings of the General Accounting Office and other information 
available to the Commission. 
(d) None of the following shall apply with respect to the 
promulgation of the amendment prescribed by subsection (a): 
(1) The Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 
et seq.), 
(2) The Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1191 et seq.). 
(3) Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code. 
(4) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(5) The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness 
Act of 1996 (PubUc Law 104-121). 
(6) Any other statute or Executive order. 
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note. 
ALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH, (a) STUDY.—^The Director of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, may enter into an agree-
ment with the National Academy of Sciences for the Academy 
to conduct a comprehensive study to develop methods for evaluating 
federally-funded research and development programs. This study 
shall— 
(1) recommend processes to determine an acceptable level 
of success for federally-funded research and development pro-
grams by— 
(A) describing the research process in the various sci-
entific and engineering disciplines; 
(B) describing in the different sciences what measures 
and what criteria each community uses to evaluate the 
success or failure of a program, and on what time scales 
these measures are considered reliable—^both for explor-
atory long-range work and for short-range goals; and 
(C) recommending how these measures may be adapted 
for use by the Federal Government to evaluate federally-
funded research and development programs; 
(2) assess the extent to which agencies incorporate 
independent merit-based evaluation into the formulation of the 
strategic plans of funding agencies and if the quantity or quality 
of this type of input is unsatisfactory; 
(3) recommend mechanisms for identifying federally-funded 
research and development programs which are unsuccessful 
or unproductive; 
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(4) evaluate the extent to which independent, merit-based 
evaluation of federally-funded research and development pro-
grams and projects achieves the goal of eliminating unsuccess-
fiil or unproductive programs and projects; and 
(5) investigate and report on the validity of using quan-
titative performance goals for aspects of programs which relate 
to administrative management of the program and for which 
such goals would be appropriate, including aspects related to— 
(A) administrative burden on contractors and recipients 
of financial assistance awards; 
(B) administrative burdens on external participants 
in independent, merit-based evaluations; 
(C) cost and schedule control for construction projects 
funded by the program; 
(D) the ratio of overhead costs of the program relative 
to the amounts expended through the program for equip-
ment and direct funding of research; and 
(E) the timeliness of program responses to requests 
for funding, participation, or equipment use. 
(b) 
INDEPENDENT MERIT-BASED EVALUATION DEFINED.—^The 
term "independent merit-based evaluation" means review of the 
scientific or technical quality of research or development, conducted 
by experts who are chosen for their knowledge of scientific and 
technical fields relevant to the evaluation and who— 
(1) in the case of the review of a program activity, do 
not derive long-term support from the program activity; or 
(2) in the case of the review of a project proposal, are 
not seeking funds in competition with the proposal. 
SEC. 431. INSURANCE; INDEMNIFICATION; LIABILITY, (a) IN GEN- 42 use 2458b 
ERAL.—^The Administrator may provide liability insurance for, or note, 
indemnification to, the developer of an experimental aerospace 
vehicle developed or used in execution of an agreement between 
the Administration and the developer. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, the insurance and indemnification provided by the 
Administration under subsection (a) to a developer shall be 
provided on the same terms and conditions as insurance and 
indemnification is provided by the Administration under section 
308 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 
U.S.C. 2458b) to the user of a space vehicle. 
(2) INSURANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—^A developer shall obtain liability 
insurance 
or 
demonstrate 
financial 
responsibility 
in 
amounts to compensate for the msiximum probable loss 
from claims by— 
(i) a third party for death, bodily injury, or prop-
erty damage, or loss resulting from an activity carried 
out in connection with the development or use of an 
experimental aerospace vehicle; and 
(ii) the United States Grovemment for damage or 
loss to Government property resulting from such an 
activity. 
(B) MAXIMUM REQUIRED.—The Administrator shall 
determine the amount of insurance required, but, except 
as provided in subparagraph (C), that amount shall not 
be greater than the amount required under section 
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Federal Register, 
publication. 
Notice. 
Public 
information. 
70112(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, for a launch. 
The Administrator shall publish notice of the Administra-
tor's determination and the applicable amount or amounts 
in the Federal Register within 10 days after making the 
determination. 
(C) INCREASE IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS.—^The Administrator 
may increase the dollar amounts set forth in section 
70112(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, for the pur-
pose of applying that section under this section to a devel-
oper after consultation with the Comptroller General and 
such experts and consultants as may be appropriate, and 
after publishing notice of the increase in the Federal Reg-
ister not less than 180 days before the increase goes into 
effect. The Administrator shall make available for public 
inspection, not later than the date of publication of such 
notice, a complete record of any correspondence received 
by the Administration, and a transcript of any meetings 
in which the Administration participated, regarding the 
proposed increase. 
(D) SAFETY REVIEW REQUIRED BEFORE ADMINISTRATOR 
PROVIDES INSURANCE.—The Administrator may not provide 
liability insurance or indemnification under subsection (a) 
unless the developer establishes to the satisfaction of the 
Administrator that appropriate safety procedures and prac-
tices are being followed in the development of the experi-
mental aerospace vehicle. 
(3) No INDEMNIFICATION WITHOUT CROSS-WAIVER.—^Not-
withstanding subsection (a), the Administrator may not indem-
nify a developer of an experimental aerospace vehicle under 
this section unless there is an agreement between the Adminis-
tration and the developer described in subsection (c). 
(4) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROCEDURES.—If the Adminis-
trator requests additional appropriations to make payments 
under this section, like the payments that may be made under 
section 308(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 
1958 (42 U.S.C. 2458b(b)), then the request for those appropria-
tions shall be made in accordance with the procedures estab-
lished by subsections (d) and (e) of section 70113 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
(c) CROSS-WAIVERS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE.—^The Adminis-
trator, on behalf of the United States, and its departments, 
agencies, and related entities, may reciprocally waive claims 
with a developer and with the related entities of that developer 
under which each party to the waiver agrees to be responsible, 
and agrees to ensure that its own related entities are respon-
sible, for damage or loss to its property for which it is respon-
sible, or for losses resulting from any injury or death sustained 
by its own employees or agents, as a result of activities con-
nected to the agreement or use of the experimental aerospace 
vehicle. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) CLAIMS.—^A reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) 
may not preclude a claim by any natural person (including, 
but not limited to, a natural person who is an employee 
of the United States, the developer, or the developer's sub-
contractors) or that natural person's estate, survivors, or 
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112 STAT. 2515 
subrogees for injury or death, except with respect to a 
subrogee that is a party to the waiver or has otherwise 
agreed to be bound by the terms of the waiver. 
(B) LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE.—A reciprocal waiver 
under paragraph (1) may not absolve any party of liability 
to any natural person (including, but not limited to, a 
natural person who is an employee of the United States, 
the developer, or the developer's subcontractors) or such 
a natural person's estate, survivors, or subrogees for neg-
ligence, except with respect to a subrogee that is a party 
to the waiver or has otherwise agreed to be bound by 
the terms of the waiver. 
(C) 
INDEMNIFICATION 
FOR DAMAGES.—^A reciprocal 
waiver under paragraph (1) may not be used as the basis 
of a claim by the Administration or the developer for indem-
nification against the other for damages paid to a natural 
person, or that natural person's estate, survivors, or 
subrogees, for injury or death sustained by that natural 
person as a result of activities connected to the agreement 
or use of the experimental aerospace vehicle. 
(3) EFFECT ON PREVIOUS WAIVERS.—Subsection (c) applies AppUcabmty. 
to any waiver of claims entered into by the Administration 
without regard to whether it was entered into before, on, or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—^The term "Administration" means 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—^The term "Administrator" means the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration. 
(3) COMMON TERMS.—^Any term used in this section that 
is defined in the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 
(42 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) has the same meaning in this section 
as when it is used in that Act. 
(4) DEVELOPER.—^The term "developer" means a United 
States person (other than a natural person) who— 
(A) is a party to an agreement that was in effect 
before the date of the enactment of this Act with the 
Administration for the purpose of developing new tech-
nology for an experimental aerospace vehicle; 
(B) owns or provides property to be flown or situated 
on that vehicle; or 
(C) employs a natural person to be flown on that 
vehicle. 
(5) EXPERIMENTAL AEROSPACE VEHICLE.—The term "experi-
mental aerospace vehicle" means an object intended to be flown 
in, or launched into, suborbital flight for the purpose of dem-
onstrating technologies necessary for a reusable launch vehicle, 
developed under an agreement between the Administration and 
a developer that was in effect before the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(6) RELATED ENTITY.—The term "related entity" includes 
a contractor or subcontractor at any tier, a supplier, a grantee, 
and an investigator or detailee. 
(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) SECTION 308 OF NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ACT 
OF 1958.—^This section does not apply to any object, transaction. 
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or operation to which section 308 of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2458b) applies. 
(2) CHAPTER 701 OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.—The 
Administrator may not provide indemnification to a developer 
under this section for launches subject to license under section 
70117(g)( 1) of title 49, United States Code. 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^The provisions of this section shall termi-
nate on December 31, 2002, except that the Administrator 
may extend the termination date to a date not later than 
September 30, 2005, if the Administrator determines that such 
an extension is necessary to cover the operation of an experi-
mental aerospace vehicle. 
(2) EFFECT OF TERMINATION ON AGREEMENTS.—^The termi-
nation of this section does not terminate or otherwise affect 
a cross-waiver agreement, insurance agreement, indemnifica-
tion agreement, or any other agreement entered into under 
this section except as may be provided in that agreement. 
SEC. 432. VIETNAM VETERANS ALLOTMENT. The Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end: 
"OPEN 
SEASON 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
ALASKA 
NATIVE 
VETERANS 
FOR 
ALLOTMENTS 
43USCi629g. 
"SEC. 41. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) During the eighteen month 
period following promulgation of implementing rules pursuant to 
subsection (e), a person described in subsection (b) shall be eligible 
for an allotment of not more than two parcels of federal land 
totaling 160 acres or less under the Act of May 17, 1906 (chapter 
2469; 34 Stat. 197), as such Act was in effect before December 
18, 1971. 
"(2) Allotments may be selected only from lands that were 
vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved on the date when the per-
son eligible for the allotment first used and occupied those lands. 
"(3) The Secretary may not convey allotments containing any 
of the folio 
wing— 
"(A) lands upon which a native or non-native campsite 
is located, except for a campsite used primarily by the person 
selecting the allotment; 
"(B) lands selected by, but not conveyed to, the State of 
Alaska pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act or any other 
provision of law; 
"(C) lands selected by, but not conveyed to, a Village or 
Regional Corporation; 
"(D) lands designated as wilderness by statute; 
"(E) acquired lands; 
"(F) lands containing a building, permanent structure, or 
other development owned or controlled by the United States, 
another unit of government, or a person other than the person 
selecting the allotment; 
"(G) lands withdrawn or reserved for national defense pur-
poses other than National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; 
"(H) National Forest Lands; and 
"(I) lands selected or claimed, but not conveyed, under 
a public land law, including but not limited to the following: 
"(1) Lands within a recorded mining claim. 
"(2) Home sites. 
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112 STAT. 2517 
"(3) Trade and Manufacturing sites. 
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"(4) Reindeer sites and Reindeer headquarters sites. 
"(5) Cemetery sites. 
"(4) A person who quaUfies for an allotment on lands prohibited 
from conveyance by a provision of subsection (a)(3) may select 
an alternative allotment from the following lands located within 
the geographic boundaries of the same Regional Corporation as 
the excluded allotment— 
"(A) lands withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(1) of this 
Act which were not selected, or were relinquished after selec-
tion; 
"(B) lands contiguous to the outer boundary of lands with-
drawn pursuant to section 11(a)(1)(C) of this Act, except lands 
excluded from selection by a provision of subsection (a)(3) and 
lands within a National Park; and 
"(C) vacant, unappropriated and unreserved lands. 
"(5) After consultation with a person entitled to an allotment 
within a Conservation System Unit, the Secretary may convey 
alternative lands of equal acreage, including lands within a Con-
servation System Unit, to that person if the Secretary determines 
that the allotment would be incompatible with a purpose for which 
the Conservation System Unit was established. 
"(6) All conveyances under this section shall— 
"(A) be subject to valid existing rights, including any right 
of the United States to income derived, directly or indirectly, 
from a lease, license, permit, right-ol-way or easement; and 
"(B) reserve to the United States deposits of oil, gas and 
coal, together with the right to explore, mine, and remove 
these minerals, on lands which the Secretary determines to 
be prospectively valuable for development. 
"(b) ELIGIBLE PERSON.—(1) A person is eligible to select an 
allotment under this section if that person— 
"(A) would have been eligible for an allotment under the 
Act of May 17, 1906 (chapter 2469; 34 Stat. 197), as that 
Act was in effect before December 18, 1971; and 
"(B) is a veteran who served during the period between 
January 1, 1969 and December 31, 1971 and— 
"(i) served at least 6 months between January 1, 1969 
and June 2,1971; or 
"(ii) enlisted or was drafted into military service after 
June 2, 1971 but before December 3, 1971. 
"(2) The personal representative of the estate of a decedent 
who was eligible under subsection (b)(1) may, for the benefit of 
the heirs, select an allotment if, during the period specified in 
subsection (b)(1)(B), the decedent— 
"(A) was killed in action; 
"(B) was wounded in action and subsequently died as a 
direct consequence of that wound, as determined by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs; or 
"(C) died while a prisoner of war. 
"(3) No person who received an allotment or has a pending 
allotment under the Act of May 17, 1906 may receive an allotment 
under this section. 
"(c) STUDY AND REPORT.—(1) The Secretary of the Interior 
shall conduct a study to identify and assess the circumstances 
ofveteransof the Vietnam era who— 
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"(A) served during a period other than that specified in 
subsection (b)(1)(B); 
"(B) were eligible for an allotment under the Act of May 
17, 1906; and 
"(C) did not apply for an allotment under that Act. 
"(2) The Secretary shall, within one year of the enactment 
of this section, issue a written report on the study, including find-
ings and recommendations, to the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the Senate 
and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
Resources in the House of Representatives. 
"(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, the terms 
Veteran' and 'Vietnam era' have the meanings given those terms 
by paragraphs (2) and (29), respectively, of section 101 of title 
38, United States Code. 
"(e) REGULATIONS.—^No later than 18 months afl;er enactment 
of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate, after 
consultation with Alaska Natives groups, rules to carry out this 
section.". 
SEC. 433. The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall develop and deliver to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, no later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, a study of alternative 
approaches whereby NASA could contract with a Russian entity 
or entities for goods and services related to the International Space 
Station. The study shall evaluate, at a minimum, government-
to-govemment, government-to-industry, and industry-to-industiy 
arrangements. The study shall evaluate the pros and cons of each 
possible approach, addressing the following requirements: (1) ensure 
that NASA receives value for each dollar spent; (2) ensure that 
the funds provided can be audited; (3) define appropriate milestones; 
and, (4) adhere to all relevant technology transfer and export control 
laws. 
SEC. 434. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, shall be redesignated 
as the "National Aeronautics and Space Administration John H. 
Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field". Any reference in a law, 
map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lewis 
Research Center in Ohio shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the "National Aeronautics and Space Administration John H. Glenn 
Research Center at Lewis Field". 
SEC. 435. The proposed Amendments to Accounting for Prop-
erty, Plant, and Equipment (February 1998) (Amending Statements 
of Federal Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 6 and 8, "Account-
ing for Property, Plant, and Equipment" and "Supplementary 
Stewardship Reporting") may be adopted without the prior notifica^ 
tion and waiting period required by section 307 of the Chief Finan-
cial Officers Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-576). 
TITLE V—PUBLIC HOUSING AND 
TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE REFORM 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—^This title may be cited as the "Quality Hous-
ing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998". 
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112 STAT. 2519 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—^The table of contents for this title 
is as follows: 
TITLE V—PUBLIC HOUSING AND TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE REFORM 
Sec. 501. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 502. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 503. Effective date and regulations. 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 505. Declaration of policy and public housing agency organization. 
Sec. 506. Definitions. 
Sec. 507. Minimum rent. 
Sec. 508. Determination of adjusted income and median income. 
Sec. 509. Family self-sufficiency program. 
Sec. 510. Prohibition on use of funds. 
Sec. 511. Public housing agency plan. 
Sec. 512. Community service and family self-sufficiency requirements. 
Sec. 513. Income targeting. 
Sec. 514. Repeal of Federal preferences. 
Sec. 515. Joint ventures and consortia of public housing agencies; repeal of energy 
conservation provisions. 
Sec. 516. Public housing agency mortgages and sectuity interests. 
Sec. 517. Mental health action plan. 
Subtitle B—^Public Housing 
PART 1—CAPITAL AND OPERATING ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 518. Contributions for lower income housing projects. 
Sec. 519. Public housing capital and operating funds. 
Sec. 520. Total development costs. 
Sec. 521. Sanctions for improper use of amounts. 
Sec. 522. Repeal of modernization fund. 
PART 2—ADMISSIONS AND OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS 
Sec. 523. Family choice of rental payment. 
Sec. 524. Occupancy by police officers and over-income families. 
Sec. 525. Site-based waiting lists. 
Sec. 526. Pet ownership. 
PART 3—MANAGEMENT, HOMEOWNERSHIP, AND DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION 
Sec. 529. Contract provisions. 
Sec. 530. Housing quality requirements. 
Sec. 531. Demolition and disposition of public housing. 
Sec. 532. Resident councils and resident management corporations. 
Sec. 533. Conversion of public housing to vouchers; repeal of family investment cen-
ters. 
Sec. 534. Transfer of management of certain housing to independent manager at 
request of residents. 
Sec. 535. DemoUtion, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based as-
sistance grants for projects. 
Sec. 536. Homeownership. 
Sec. 537. Required conversion of distressed public housing to tenant-based assist-
ance. 
Sec. 538. Linking services to public housing residents. 
Sec. 539. Mixed-finance public housing. 
Subtitle C—Section 8 Rental and Homeownership Assistance 
Sec. 545. Merger of certificate and voucher programs. 
Sec. 546. Public housing agencies. 
Sec. 547. Administrative fees. 
Sec. 548. Law enforcement and security personnel in assisted housing. 
Sec. 549. Advance notice to tenants of expiration, termination, or owner non-
renewal of assistance contract. 
Sec. 550. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 551. Funding and allocation. 
Sec. 552. Treatment of common areas. 
Sec. 553. Portability. 
Sec. 554. Leasing to voucher holders. 
Sec. 555. Homeownership option. 
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Sec. 556. Renewals. 
Sec. 557. Manufactured housing demonstration program. 
Sec. 558. Authorizations of appropriations. 
Sec. 559. Rulemaking and implementation. 
Subtitle D—Home Rule Flexible Grant Demonstration 
, 
Sec. 561. Home rule flexible grant demonstration program. 
Subtitle E—^Accountability and Oversight of Public Housing Agencies 
Sec. 563. Study of alternative methods for evaluating public housing agencies. 
Sec. 564. Public housing management assessment program. 
Sec. 565. Expansion of powers for dealing with public housing agencies in substan-
tial default. 
Sec. 566. Audits. 
Sec. 567. Advisory council for housing authority of New Orleans. 
Sec. 568. Treatment of troubled PHA^s. 
Subtitle F—Safety and Security in Public and Assisted Housing 
Sec. 575. Provisions applicable only to public housing and section 8 assistance. 
Sec. 576. Screening oi applicants for federally assisted housing. 
Sec. 577. Termination of tenancy and assistance for illegal drug users and alcohol 
abusers in federally assisted housing. 
Sec. 578. Ineligibility of dangerous sex offenders for admission to public housing. 
Sec. 579. Definitions. 
Subtitle G—Repeals and Related Provisions 
Sec. 581. Annual report. 
Sec. 582. Repeals relating to public housing and section 8 programs. 
Sec. 583. Public housing flexibility in CHAS. 
Sec. 584. Use of American products. 
Sec. 585. GAO study on housing assistance program costs. 
Sec. 586. Amendments to Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 
1990. 
Sec. 587. Review of drug elimination program contracts. 
Sec. 588. Prohibition on use of assistance for employment relocation activities. 
Sec. 589. Treatment of occupancy standards. 
Sec. 590. Income eligibility for HOME and CDBG programs. 
Sec. 591. Report on single family and multifamily homes. 
Sec. 592. Use of assisted housing by aliens. 
Sec. 593. Protection of senior homeowners under reverse mortgage program. 
Sec. 594. Housing counseling. 
Sec. 595. Native American housing assistance. 
Sec. 596. CDBG public services cap. 
Sec. 597. Moderate rehabilitation program. 
Sec. 598. National cities in schools program. 
Sec. 599. Tenant participation in multifamily housing projects. 
Sec. 599A. Clarification regarding recreational vehicles. 
Sec. 599B. Determination of low-income eligibility for homeownership assistance. 
Sec. 599C. Amendments to rural housing programs. 
Sec. 599D. Reauthorization of national flood insurance program. 
Sec. 599E. Assistance for self-help housing providers 
Sec. 599F. Special mortgage insvu*ance assistance. 
Sec. 599G. Rehabilitation demonstration grant program. 
Sec. 599H. Assistance for certain localities. 
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SEC. 502. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
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(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) there exists throughout the Nation a need for decent, 
safe, and affordable housing; 
(2) the inventory of pubhc housing units owned, assisted, 
or operated by pubUc housing agencies, an asset in which 
the Federal Government has invested over $90,000,000,000, 
has traditionally provided rental housing that is affordable 
to low-income persons; 
(3) despite serving this critical function, the public housing 
system is plagued by a series of problems, including the con-
centration of very poor people in very poor neighborhoods and 
disincentives for economic self-sufficiency; 
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(4) the Federal method of overseeing every aspect of public 
housing by detailed and complex statutes and regulations has 
• aggravated the problem and has placed excessive administra-
tive burdens on public housing agencies; and 
(5) the interests of low-income persons, and the public 
interest, will best be served by a reformed public housing 
program that— 
(A) consolidates many public housing programs into 
programs for the operation and capital needs of public 
housing; 
(B) streamlines program requirements; 
(C) vests in public housing agencies that perform well 
the maximum feasible authority, discretion, and control 
with appropriate accountability to public housing residents, 
localities, and the general public; and 
(D) rewards emplo3mient and economic self-sufficiency 
of public housing residents. 
(b) PURPOSES.—^The purpose of this title is to promote homes 
that are affordable to low-income families in safe and healthy 
environments, and thereby contribute to the supply of affordable 
/ 
housing, by— 
(1) deregulating and decontrolling public housing agencies, 
thereby enabling them to perform as property and asset man-
agers; 
(2) providing for more flexible use of Federal assistance 
to public housing agencies, allowing the authorities to leverage 
and combine assistance amounts with amounts obtained from 
other sources; 
(3) facilitating mixed income communities and decreasing 
concentrations of poverty in public housing; 
(4) increasing accountability and rewarding 
effective 
management of public housing agencies; 
(5) creating incentives and economic opportunities for resi-
dents of dwelling units assisted by public housing agencies 
to work, become self-sufficient, and transition out of public 
housing and federally assisted dwelling units; 
(6) consolidating the voucher and certificate programs for 
rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 into a single market-driven program that will 
assist in making tenant-based rental assistance under such 
section more successful at helping low-income families obtain 
affordable housing and will increase housing choice for low-
income families; and 
(7) remedying the problems of troubled public housing agen-
cies and replacing or revitalizing severely distressed public 
housing projects. 
SEC. 503. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REGULATIONS. 
42 USC 1437 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^The amendments under this title are made 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, but this title shall take 
effect, and the amendments made by this title shall apply beginning 
upon, October 1, 1999, except— 
(1) as otherwise specifically provided in this title; or 
(2) as otherwise specifically provided in any amendment 
made by this title. 
The Secretary may, by notice, implement any provision of this 
title or any amendment made by this title before such date, except 
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to the extent that such provision or amendment specifically provides 
otherwise. 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—^Notwithstanding any 
amendment 
under this title that is made (in accordance with subsection (a)) 
on the date of the enactment of this Act but applies beginning 
on October 1, 1999, the provisions of law amended by such amend-
ment, as such provisions were in effect immediately before the 
making of such amendment, shall continue to apply during the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending upon October 1, 1999, unless otherwise specifically provided 
by this title. 
Deadline. 
(c) TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS.—^Not later than 9 m o n t h s 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Banking and Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives, recommended technical and 
conforming legislative changes necessary to carry out this title 
and the amendments made by this title. 
DeadUne. 
(d) LiST OF OBSOLETE DOCUMENTS.—^Not later than October 
Federal Register, 
1, 1999, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
publication. 
cause to be published in the Federal Register a list of all rules, 
regulations, and orders (including all handbooks, notices, and 
related requirements) pertaining to public housing or section 8 
tenant-based programs issued or promulgated under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 before the date of the enactment of 
this Act that are or will be obsolete because of the enactment 
of this Act or are otherwise obsolete. 
(e) PROTECTION OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS.—No provision of 
this title may be construed to repeal the regulations of the Secretary 
regarding tenant participation and tenant opportunities in public 
housing (24 C.F.R. 964). 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 505. DECLARATION OF POLICY AND PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY 
ORGANIZATION. 
Section 2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. DECLARATION O F POLICY AND PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY 
ORGANIZATION. 
"(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the United 
States— 
"(1) to promote the general welfare of the Nation by employ-
ing the funds and credit of the Nation, as provided in this 
Act— 
"(A) to assist States and political subdivisions of States 
to remedy the unsafe housing conditions and the acute 
shortage of decent and safe dwellings for low-income fami-
lies; 
"(B) to assist States and political subdivisions of States 
to address the shortage of housing affordable to low-income 
families; and 
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"(C) consistent with the objectives of this title, to vest 
in pubHc housing agencies that perform well, the maximum 
amount of responsibility and flexibility in program adminis-
tration, with appropriate accountability to public housing 
residents, localities, and the general public; 
"(2) that the Federal Grovemment cannot through its direct 
action alone provide for the housing of every American citizen, 
or even a majority of its citizens, but it is the responsibiUty 
of the Government to promote and protect the independent 
and collective actions of private citizens to develop housing 
and strengthen their own neighborhoods; 
"(3) that the Federal Government should act where there 
is a serious need that private citizens or groups cannot or 
are not addressing responsibly; and 
"(4) that our Nation should promote the goal of providing 
decent and affordable housing for all citizens through the efforts 
and encouragement of Federal, State, and local governments^ 
and by the independent and collective actions of private citizens, 
organizations, and the private sector. 
"(b) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY ORGANIZATION.— 
"(1) REQUIRED MEMBERSHIP.—^Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the membership of the board of directors or similar 
governing body of each public housing agency shall contsdn 
not less than 1 member— 
"(A) who is directly assisted by the public housing 
agency; and 
"(B) who may, if provided for in the public housing 
agency plan, be elected by the residents directly assisted 
by the public housing agency. 
"(2) EXCEPTION.—^Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any pub-
lic housing agency— 
"(A) that is located in a State that requires the mem-
bers of the board of directors or similar governing body 
of a public housing agency to be salaried and to serve 
on a full-time basis; or 
"(B) with less than 300 public housing units, if— 
"(i) the agency has provided reasonable notice to 
the resident advisory board of the opportunity of not 
less than 1 resident described in paragraph (1) to serve 
on the board of directors or similsir governing body 
of the public housing agency pursuant to such para-
graph; and 
"(ii) within a reasonable time after receipt by the 
resident advisory board established by the agency 
pursuant to section 5A(e) of notice under clause (i), 
the public housing agency has not been notified of 
the intention of any resident to participate on the 
board of directors. 
"(3) NONDISCRIMINATION.—^No person shall be prohibited 
from serving on the board of directors or similar governing 
body of a public housing agency because of the residence of 
that person in a public housing project or status as assisted 
under section 8.". 
SEC. 506. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b)) is amended as follows: 
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(1) PUBLIC HOUSING.—In paragraph (1), by inserting after 
the second sentence the following new sentence: "The term 
'public housing* includes dwelling units in a mixed finance 
project that are assisted by a public housing agency with capital 
or operating assistance.". 
(2) SINGLE PERSONS.—In paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the third sentence; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), in the second sentence, by 
striking "regulations of the Secretary" and inserting "public 
housing agency plan". 
(3) PERSON WITH DISABILITIES.—In paragraph (3)(E), by 
adding after the period at the end the following new sentences: 
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual 
shall be considered a person with disabilities, for purposes 
of eligibility for low-income housing under this title, solely 
on the basis of any drug or alcohol dependence. The Secretary 
shall consult with other appropriate Federal agencies to imple-
ment the preceding sentence.". 
(4) NEW TERMS.—Section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraphs: 
"(9) DRUG-RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.—^The term 'drug-related 
criminal activity' means the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, 
use, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, or 
use, of a controlled substance (as such term is defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act). 
"(10) 
MIXED-FINANCE 
PROJECT.—^The 
term 
'mixed-finance 
project' means a public housing project that meets the requirements 
of section 35. 
"(11) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLAN.—The term 'public housing 
agency plan' means the plan of a public housing agency prepared 
in accordance with section 5A. 
"(12) CAPITAL FUND.^The term 'Capital Fund' means the fund 
established under section 9(d). 
"(13) OPERATING FUND.—^The term 'Operating Fund' means the 
fund established under section 9(e).". 
SEC. 507. MINIMUM RENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
"(3) MINIMUM RENTAL AMOUNT.— 
"(A) REQUIREMENT.—^Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, the method for rent determination elected pursuant 
to paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection by a family residing 
in public housing, section 8(o)(2) of this Act, or section 206(d) 
of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (includ-
ing paragraph (5) of such section), the following entities shall 
require the following families to pay a minimum monthly rental 
amount (which amount shall include any amount allowed for 
utilities) of not more than $50 per month, as follows: 
"(i) Each public housing agency shall require the pay-
ment of such minimum monthly rental amount, which 
amount shall be determined by the agency, by— 
"(I) each family residing in a dwelling unit in 
public housing by the agency; 
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112 STAT. 2525 
"(11) each family who is assisted under the certifi-
cate or moderate rehabilitation program under section 
8; and 
"(III) each family who is assisted under the 
voucher program under section 8, and the agency shall 
reduce the monthly assistance payment on behalf of 
such family as may be necessary to ensure payment 
of such minimum monthly rental amount, 
"(ii) The Secretary shall require each family who is 
assisted under any other program for rental assistance 
under section 8 to pay such minimum monthly rental 
amount, which amount shall be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
"(B) EXCEPTION FOR HARDSHIP CIRCUMSTANCES.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
a public housing agency (or the Secretary, in the case 
of a family described in subparagraph (A)(ii)) shall imme-
diately grant an exemption from application of the mini-
mum monthly rental under such subparagraph to any fam-
ily unable to pay such amount because of financial hard-
ship, which shall include situations in which (I) the family 
has lost eligibility for or is awaiting an eligibility deter-
mination for a Federal, State, or local assistance program, 
including a family that includes a member who is an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the 
Immigration and Nationality Act who would be entitled 
to public benefits but for title IV of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; 
(II) the family would be evicted as a result of the imposition 
of the minimum rent requirement under subparagraph (A); 
(III) the income of the family has decreased because of 
changed circumstance, including loss of employment; (IV) 
a death in the family has occurred; and (V) other situations 
as may be determined by the agency (or the Secretary, 
in the case of a family described in subparagraph (A)(ii)). 
"(ii) WAITING PERIOD.—If a resident requests a hard-
ship exemption under this subparagraph and the public 
housing agency (or the Secretary, in the case of a family 
described in subparagraph (A)(ii)) reasonably determines 
the hardship to be of a temporary nature, an exemption 
shall not be granted during the 90-day period beginning 
upon the making of a request for the exemption. A resident 
may not be evicted during such 90 day period for non-
payment of rent. In such a case, if the resident thereafter 
demonstrates that the financial hardship is of a long-term 
basis, the agency (or the Secretary) shall retroactively 
exempt the resident from the applicability of the minimum 
rent requirement for such 90-day period.". 
(b) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE PROVISIONS.—Section 402 of 
the 
Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I (Public Law 104-99; 110 
Stat. 40) is amended by striking subsection (a). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—^The third sentence of section 
3(a)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a(a)(l)) is amended by inserting "and subject to the require-
ment under paragraph (3)" before the first comma. 
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42 use 1437a 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments under this section are 
note. 
made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 508. DETERMINATION OF ADJUSTED INCOME AND MEDIAN 
INCOME. 
(a) ADJUSTED INCOME.—^Paragraph (5) of section 3(b) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(5) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
"(5) ADJUSTED INCOME.—^The term 'adjusted income' means, 
with respect to a family, the amount (as determined by the public 
housing agency) of the income of the members of the family residing 
in a dwelling unit or the persons on a lease, after any income 
exclusions as follows: 
"(A) MANDATORY EXCLUSIONS.—In determining adjusted 
income, a public housing agency shall exclude from the annual 
income of a family the following amounts: 
"(i) ELDERLY AND DISABLED FAMILIES.—$400 for 
any 
elderly or disabled family. 
"(ii) MEDICAL EXPENSES.—^The amount by which 3 per-
cent of the annual family income is exceeded by the sum 
of— 
"(I) unreimbursed medical expenses of any elderly 
family or disabled family; 
"(II) unreimbursed medical expenses of any family 
that is not covered under subclause (I), except that 
this subclause shall apply only to the extent approved 
in appropriation Acts; and 
"(III) unreimbursed reasonable attendant care and 
auxiliary apparatus expenses for each handicapped 
member of the family, to the extent necessary to enable 
any member of such family (including such handi-
capped member) to be employed. 
"(iii) CHILD CARE EXPENSES.—^Any reasonable child care 
expenses necessary to enable a member of the family to 
be employed or to further his or her education. 
"(iv) MINORS, STUDENTS, AND PERSONS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES.—$480 for each member of the family residing in 
the household (other than the head of the household or 
his or her spouse) who is less than 18 years of age or 
is attending school or vocational training on a full-time 
basis, or who is 18 years of age or older and is a person 
with disabilities. 
"(v) CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.—Any payment made 
by a member of the family for the support and maintenance 
of any child who does not reside in the household, except 
that the amount excluded under this clause may not exceed 
$480 for each child for whom such pajnnent is made; except 
that this clause shall apply only to the extent approved 
in appropriations Acts. 
AppUcability. 
"(vi) SPOUSAL SUPPORT EXPENSES.—Any payment made 
by a member of the family for the support and maintenance 
of any spouse or former spouse who does not reside in 
the household, except that the amount excluded under 
this clause shall not exceed the lesser of (I) the amount 
that such family member has a legal obligation to pay, 
or (II) $550 for each individual for whom such payment 
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112 STAT. 2527 
is made; except that this clause shall apply only to the 
extent approved in appropriations Acts. 
"(vii) EARNED INCOME OF MINORS.—The amount of any 
earned income of a member of the family who is not— 
"(I) 18 years of age or older; and 
"(II) the head of the household (or the spouse 
of the head of the household). 
"(B) 
PERMISSIVE EXCLUSIONS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.—In 
determining adjusted income, a public housing agency may, 
in the discretion of the agency, establish exclusions from the 
annual income of a family residing in a public housing dwelling 
unit. Such exclusions may include the following amounts: 
"(i) EXCESSIVE TRAVEL EXPENSES.—^Excessive travel 
expenses in an amount not to exceed $25 per family per 
week, for employment- or education-related travel. 
"(ii) EARNED INCOME.—^An amount of any earned 
income of the family, established at the discretion of the 
public housing agency, which may be based on— 
"(I) all earned income of the family, 
"(II) the amount earned by particular members 
of the family; 
"(III) the amount earned by families having certain 
characteristics; or 
"(IV) the amount earned by families or members 
during certain periods or from certain sources, 
"(iii) OTHERS.—-Such other amounts for other purposes, 
as the public housing agency may establish.". 
(b) DISALLOWANCE OF EARNED INCOME FROM PUBLIC HOUSING 
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 paragraph that fol-
lows subsection (c)(3) (as added by section 515(b) of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public 
Law 101-625; 104 Stat. 4199)); and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new subsections: 
"(d) DISALLOWANCE OF EARNED INCOME FROM RENT DETER-
MINATIONS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the rent payable under subsection (a) by a family described 
in paragraph (3) of this subsection may not be increased as 
a result of the increased income due to such employment during 
the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the 
emplo5nnent is commenced. 
"(2) PHASE-IN OF RENT INCREASES.—^Upon the expiration 
of the 12-month period referred to in paragraph (1), the rent 
payable by a family described in paragraph (3) may be increased 
due to the continued employment of the family member 
described in paragraph (3)(B), except that during the 12-month 
period beginning upon such expiration the amount of the 
increase may not be greater than 50 percent of the amount 
of the total rent increase that would be applicable but for 
this paragraph. 
"(3) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—A family described in this para-
graph is a family— 
"(A) that— 
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Applicability. 
42 u s e 1437a 
note. 
"(i) occupies a dwelling unit in a public housing 
project; or 
"(ii) receives assistance under section 8; and 
"(B)(i) whose income increases as a result of employ-
ment of a member of the family who was previously 
unemployed for 1 or more years; 
"(ii) whose earned income increases during the partici-
pation of a family member in any family self-sufficiency 
or other job training program; or 
"(iii) who is or was, within 6 months, assisted under 
any State program for temporary assistance for needy fami-
lies funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act and whose earned income increases. 
"(4) APPLICABILITY.—^This subsection and subsection (e) 
shall apply beginning upon October 1, 1999, except that this 
subsection and subsection (e) shall apply with respect to any 
family described in paragraph 3(A)(ii) only to the extent pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
"(e) INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of a disallowance of earned 
income under subsection (d), upon the request of a family 
that qualifies under subsection (d), a public housing agency 
may establish an individual savings account in accordance with 
this subsection for that family. 
"(2) DEPOSITS TO ACCOUNT.—^The public housing agency 
shall deposit in any savings account established under this 
subsection an amount equal to the total amount that otherwise 
would be applied to the family's rent payment under subsection 
(a) as a result of employment. 
"(3) WITHDRAWAL FROM ACCOUNT.—Amounts deposited in 
a savings account established under this subsection may only 
be withdrawn by the family for the purpose of— 
"(A) purchasing a home; 
"(B) paying education costs of family members; 
"(C) moving out of public or assisted housing; or 
"(D) paying any other expense authorized by the public 
housing agency for the purpose of promoting the economic 
self-sufficiency of residents of public and assisted housing.". 
(2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Notwithstanding the amendment 
made by paragraph (1), the provisions of the undesignated 
paragraph at the end of section 3(c)(3) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as such section was in effect immediately 
before the enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply until 
the effective date under section 503 of this Act. Notwithstanding 
the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section, nor 
the applicability under section 402(f) of The Balanced Budget 
Downpajnnent Act, I (42 U.S.C. 1437a note) of the amendments 
made by such section 402, nor any repeal of such section 
402(f), the provisions of section 3(b)(5)(G) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(5)(G)), as such section 
was in effect immediately before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, shall continue to apply until the effective date 
under section 503 of this Act. 
(c) MEDIAN INCOME.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(b)(2) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)) is amended— 
(A) in the 4th sentence— 
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112 STAT. 2529 
(i) by striking "County" and inserting "and Rock-
land Counties"; and 
(ii) by inserting "each" before "such county; 
(B) in the last sentence— 
' 
(i) by striking "County the 1st place it appears 
and inserting "or Rockland Counties"; and 
(ii) by striking "County" the 2d place it appears 
and inserting "and Rockland Counties"; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new sentences: 
New York. 
"In determining areas that are designated as difficult 
development areas for purposes of the low-income housing 
tax credit, the Secretary shall include Westchester and 
Rockland Counties, New York, in the New York City metro-
politan area.". 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendments made by this para- 
42 use I437a 
graph are made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date note. 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF INCOME MATCHING INFORMATION.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Section 3 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by the preceding 
provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
"(f) AVAILABILITY OF INCOME MATCHING INFORMATION.— 
"(1) DISCLOSURE TO PHA.—^A public housing agency shall 
require any family described in paragraph (2) who receives 
information regarding income, earnings, wages, or unemploy-
ment compensation from the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development pursuant to income verification procedures of the 
Department to disclose such information, upon receipt of the 
information, to the public housing agency that owns or operates 
the public housing dwelling unit in which such family resides 
or that provides the housing assistance under this Act on 
behalf of such family, as applicable. 
"(2) FAMILIES COVERED.—^A family described in this para-
graph is a family that resides in a dwelling unit— 
"(A) that is a public housing dwelling unit; or 
"(B) for which tenant-based assistance is provided 
under section 8.". 
(2) PROTECTION OF APPLICANTS AND PARTICIPANTS.—Section 
904 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amend-
ments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking "and" at the end; 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting "; and"; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
"(4) only in the case of an applicant or participant that 
is a member of a family described in section 3(f)(2) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(f)(2)), 
sign an agreement under which the applicant or participant 
agrees to provide to the appropriate public housing agency 
the information required under section 3(f)(1) of such Act for 
the sole purpose of the public housing agency verifying income 
information pertinent to the applicant's or participant's eligi-
bility or level of benefits, £ind comply with such agreement."; 
and 
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(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter preceding 
clause (i)— 
(I) by inserting before "or" the first place it 
appears the following: ", pursuant to section 3(d)(1) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 from 
the applicant or participant,"; and 
(II) by inserting "or 3(d)(1)" after "such section 
303(i)"; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ", section 
3(d)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937," 
after "Social Security Act"; 
(II) in subparagraph (A), by inserting "or 
agreement, as applicable," after "consent"; 
(III) in subparagraph (B), by inserting "section 
3(d)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937," 
after "Social Security Act,"; and 
(IV) in subparagraph (B), by inserting " such 
section 3(d)(1)," after "such section 303(i)," each 
place it appears. 
SEC. 509. FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 23 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u(b)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking "and" at the 
end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ", subject to the limitations 
in paragraph (4); and"; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
"(C) effective on the date of the enactment of the Qual-
ity Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, to the 
extent an agency is not required to carry out a program 
pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph and para-
graph (4), may carry out a local Family Self-Sufficiency 
program under this section."; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking "Each" and inserting 
"Subject to paragraph (4), each"; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
paragraph: 
"(4) TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO EXPAND PROGRAM.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, a public housing agency that receives incremen-
tal assistance under subsection (b) or (o) of section 8 or 
that makes available new public housing dwelling units 
shall not be required, after the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, to provide 
assistance under a local Family Self-Sufficiency program 
under this section to any families not required to be 
assisted under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. 
"(B) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING OBLIGATIONS.— 
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112 STAT. 2531 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^Each public housing agency that, 
before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998, was required under this 
section to carry out a local Family Self-Sufficiency 
program shall continue to operate such local program 
for the number of families determined under paragraph 
(3), subject only to the availability under appropria-
tions Acts of sufficient amounts for housing assistance. 
"(ii) REDUCTION.—^The number of families for 
which an agency is required under clause (i) to operate 
such local program shall be decreased by one for each 
family that, sifter enactment of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, fulfills its obliga-
tions under the contract of participation."; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking the second paragraph 
that is designated as paragraph (3) (relating to use of escrow 
savings accounts for section 8 homeownership; as added by 
section 185(b) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-550; 106 Stat. 3747)); and 
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting "carrying out a local 
program under this section" after "Each public housing agency", 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendments made by this subsection 
are made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 510. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
Section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
"(1) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds made 
available to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
to carry out this Act, which are obligated to State or local govern-
ments, public housing agencies, housing finance agencies, or other 
public or quasi-public housing agencies, shall be used to indemnify 
contractors or subcontractors of the government or agency against 
costs associated with judgments of infringement of intellectual prop-
erty rights.". 
SEC. 511. PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Title I of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 5 the following new section: 
"SEC. 5A. PUBUC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS. 
"(a) 5-YEAR PLAN.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), not less than 
once every 5 fiscal years, each public housing agency shall 
submit to the Secretary a plan that includes, with respect 
to the 5 fiscal years immediately following the date on which 
the plan is submitted— 
"(A) a statement of the mission of the public housing 
agency for serving the needs of low-income and very low-
income families in the jurisdiction of the public housing 
agency during such fiscal years; and 
"(B) a statement of the goals and objectives of the 
public housing agency that will enable the public housing 
agency to serve the needs identified pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) during those fiscal years. 
42 use 14370 
note. 
42 use 1437C-1. 
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"(2) INITIAL PLAN.—The initial 5-year plan submitted by 
a public housing agency under this subsection shall be submit-
ted for the 5-year period beginning on October 1, 1999, or 
the first fiscal year thereafter for which the public housing 
agency initially receives assistance under this Act. 
"(b) ANNUAL PLAN.— 
Effective date. 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning upon October 1, 
1999, each public housing agency shall submit to the Secretary 
an annual public housing agency plan under this subsection 
for each fiscal year for which the public housing agency receives 
assistance under section 8(o) or 9. 
"(2) UPDATES.—For each fiscal year after the initial submis-
sion of an annual plan under this subsection by a public housing 
agency, the public housing agency may comply with require-
ments for submission of a plan under this subsection by submit-
ting an update of the plan for the fiscal year. 
"(c) PROCEDURES.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary shall establish require-
ments and procedures for submission and review of plans, 
including requirements for timing and form of submission, and 
for the contents of such plans. 
"(2) CONTENTS.—^The procedures established under para-
graph (1) shall provide that a public housing agency shall— 
"(A) in developing the plan consult with the resident 
advisory board established under subsection (e); and 
"(B) ensure that the plan under this section is consist-
ent with the applicable comprehensive housing affbrdability 
strategy (or any consolidated plan incorporating such strat-
egy) for the jurisdiction in which the public housing agency 
is located, in accordance with title I of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and contains 
a certification by the appropriate State or local official 
that the plan meets the requirements of this paragraph 
and a description of the manner in which the applicable 
contents of the public housing agency plan are consistent 
with the comprehensive housing affordability strategy. 
"(d) CONTENTS.—^An annual public housing agency plan under 
subsection (b) for a public housing agency shall contain the following 
information relating to the upcoming fiscal year for which the 
assistance under this Act is to be made available: 
"(1) NEEDS.—^A statement of the housing needs of low-
income and very low-income families residing in the jurisdiction 
served by the public housing agency, and of other low-income 
and very low-income families on the waiting list of the agency 
(including housing needs of elderly families and disabled fami-
lies), and the means by which the public housing agency 
intends, to the maximum extent practicable, to address those 
needs. 
"(2) 
FINANCIAL RESOURCES.—^A statement 
of 
financial 
resources available to the agency and the planned uses of 
those resources. 
"(3) ELIGIBILITY, SELECTION, AND ADMISSIONS POLICIES.— 
A statement of the policies governing eligibility, selection, 
admissions (including any preferences), assignment, and occu-
pancy of families with respect to public housing dwelling units 
and housing assistance under section 8(o), including— 
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"(A) the procedures for maintaining waiting lists for 
admissions to public housing projects of the agency, which 
may include a system of site-based waiting lists under 
section 6(r); and 
"(B) the admissions policy under section 16(a)(3)(B) 
for deconcentration of lower-income families. 
"(4) RENT DETERMINATION.—^A statement of the policies 
of the public housing agency governing rents charged for public 
housing dwelling units and rental contributions of families 
assisted under section 8(o). 
"(5) OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT.—A statement of the 
rules, standards, and policies of the public housing agency 
governing maintenance and management of housing owned, 
assisted, or operated by the public housing agency (which shall 
include measures necessary for the prevention or eradication 
of pest infestation, including by cockroaches), and management 
of the public housing agency and programs of the public housing 
agency. 
"(6) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.—^A statement of the grievance 
procedures of the public housing agency. 
"(7) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—With respect to public hous-
ing projects owned, assisted, or operated by the public housing 
agency, a plan describing the capital improvements necessary 
to ensure long-term physical and social viability of the projects. 
"(8) DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION.—With respect to public 
housing projects owned by the public housing agency— 
"(A) a description of any housing for which the PHA 
will apply for demolition or disposition under section 18; 
and 
"(B) a timetable for the demolition or disposition. 
"(9) DESIGNATION OF HOUSING FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED 
FAMILIES.—^With respect to public housing projects owned, 
assisted, or operated by the public housing agency, a description 
of any projects (or portions thereof) that the public housing 
agency has designated or will apply for designation for occu-
pancy by elderly and disabled families in accordance with sec-
tion 7. 
"(10) CONVERSION OF PUBLIC HOUSING.—With respect to 
public housing owned by a public housing agency— 
"(A) a description of any building or buildings that 
the public housing agency is required to convert to tenant-
based assistance under section 33 or that the public housing 
agency plans to voluntarily convert under section 22; 
"(B) an analysis of the projects or buildings required 
to be converted under section 33; and 
"(C) a statement of the amount of assistance received 
under this Act to be used for rental assistance or other 
housing assistance in connection with such conversion. 
"(11) HOMEOWNERSHIP.—^A description of any homeowner-
ship programs of the agency under section 8(y) or for which 
the public housing agency has applied or will apply for approval 
under section 32. 
"(12) 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.—A 
description of— 
"(A) any programs relating to services £ind amenities 
provided or offered to assisted families; 
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Establishment. 
"(B) any policies or programs of the public housing 
agency for the enhancement of the economic and social 
self-sufficiency of assisted families; 
"(C) how the public housing agency will comply with 
the requirements of subsections (c) and (d) of section 12 
(relating to community service and treatment of income 
changes resulting from welfare program requirements). 
"(13) SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION.—A plan established 
by the public housing agency, which shall be subject to the 
following requirements: 
"(A) SAFETY MEASURES.—The plan shall provide, on 
a project-by-project or jurisdiction-wide basis, for measures 
to ensure the safety of public housing residents. 
"(B) ESTABLISHMENT.—^The plan shall be established 
in consultation with the police officer or officers in com-
mand for the appropriate precinct or police department. 
"(C) CONTENT.—^The plan shall describe the need for 
measures to ensure the safety of public housing residents 
and for crime prevention measures, describe any such 
activities conducted or to be conducted by the agency, and 
provide for coordination between the agency and the appro-
priate police precincts for carrying out such measures and 
activities. 
"(D) SECRETARIAL ACTION.—If the Secretary deter-
mines, at any time, that the security needs of a project 
are not being adequately addressed by the plan, or that 
the local police precinct is not complying with the plan, 
the Secretary may mediate between the public housing 
agency and the local precinct to resolve any issues of con-
flict. 
"(14) PETS.—^The requirements of the agency, pursuant to 
section 31, relating to pet ownership in public housing. 
"(15) CIVIL RIGHTS CERTIFICATION.—^A certification by the 
public housing agency that the public housing agency will carry 
out the public housing agency plan in conformity with title 
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, 
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and title II 
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and will affirma-
tively further fair housing. 
"(16) ANNUAL AUDIT.—^The results of the most recent fiscal 
year audit of the public housing agency under section 5(h)(2). 
"(17) ASSET MANAGEMENT.—A statement of how the agency 
will carry out its asset management functions with respect 
to the public housing inventory of the agency, including how 
the agency will plan for the long-term operating, capital invest-
ment, rehabilitation, modernization, disposition, and other 
needs for such inventory. 
"(18) OTHER.—Any other information required by law to 
be included in a public housing agency plan. 
"(e) RESIDENT ADVISORY BOARD.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
each public housing agency shall establish 1 or more resident 
advisory boards in accordance with this subsection, the mem-
bership of which shall adequately reflect and represent the 
residents assisted by the public housing agency. 
"(2) FUNCTIONS.—Each resident advisory board established 
under this subsection by a public housing agency shall assist 
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and make recommendations regarding the development of the 
pubUc housing agency plan for the agency. The agency shall 
consider the recommendations of the resident advisory boards 
in preparing the final public housing agency plan, and shall 
include, in the public housing agency plan submitted to the 
Secretary under this section, a copy of the recommendations 
and a description of the manner in which the recommendations 
were addressed. 
"(3) WAIVER.—^The Secretary may waive the requirements 
of this subsection with respect to the establishment of resident 
advisory boards for a public housing agency if the agency dem-
onstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that there exist 
resident councils or other resident organizations of the public 
housing agency that— 
"(A) adequately represent the interests of the residents 
of the public housing agency; and 
"(B) have the ability to perform the functions described 
in paragraph (2). 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing a public housing agency 
plan under this section, the board of directors or similar govern-
ing body of a public housing agency shall conduct a public 
hearing to discuss the public housing agency plan and to invite 
public comment regarding that plan, llie hearing shall be con-
ducted at a location that is convenient to residents. 
"(2) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND NOTICE.—^Not later Deadline, 
than 45 days before the date of a hearing conducted under 
paragraph (1), the public housing agency shall— 
"(A) make the proposed public housing agency plan 
and all information relevant to the hearing and proposed 
plan available for inspection by the public at the principal 
office of the public housing agency during normal business 
hours; and 
"(B) publish a notice informing the public that— 
"(i) that the information is available as required 
under subparagraph (A); and 
"(ii) that a public hearing under paragraph (1) 
will be conducted. 
"(3) ADOPTION OF PLAN.—^A public housing agency may 
adopt a public housing agency plan and submit the plan to 
the Secretary in accordance with this section only after— 
"(A) conducting a public hearing under paragraph (1); 
"(B) considering all public comments received; and 
"(C) making any appropriate changes in the public 
housing agency plan, in consultation with the resident 
advisory board. 
"(4) 
ADVISORY 
BOARD 
CONSULTATION 
ENFORCEMENT.— 
Pursuant to a written request made by the resident advisory 
board for a public housing agency that documents a failure 
on the part of the agency to provide adequate notice and oppor-
tunity for comment under this subsection and a finding by 
the Secretary of good cause within the time period provided 
for in subsection (i)(4), the Secretary may require the public 
housing agency to adequately remedy such failure before final 
approval of the public housing agency plan imder this section. 
"(g) AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO PLANS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
nothing in this section shall preclude a public housing agency, 
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after submitting a plan to the Secretary in accordance with 
this section, from amending or modifying any policy, rule, regu-
lation, or plan of the public housing agency, except that a 
significant amendment or modification may not— 
"(A) be adopted, other than at a duly called meeting 
of board of directors (or similar governing body) of the 
public housing agency that is open to the public; and 
"(B) be implemented, until notification of the amend-
ment or modification is provided to the Secretary and 
approved in accordance with subsection (i). 
"(2) CONSISTENCY AND NOTICE.—Each significant amend-
ment or modification to a public housing agency plan submitted 
to the Secretary under this section shall— 
"(A) meet the requirements under subsection (c)(2) 
(relating to consultation with resident advisory board and 
consistency 
with 
comprehensive 
housing 
affordability 
strategies); and 
"(B) be subject to the notice and public hearing require-
ments of subsection (f). 
"(h) SUBMISSION OF PLANS.— 
"(1) INITIAL SUBMISSION.—^Each public housing agency shall 
submit the initial plan required by this section, and any amend-
ment or modification to the initial plan, to the Secretary at 
such time and in such form as the Secretary shall require. 
"(2) ANNUAL SUBMISSION.—^Not later than 75 days before 
the start of the fiscal year of the public housing agency, after 
submission of the initial plan required by this section in accord-
ance with subparagraph (A), each public housing agency shall 
annually submit to the Secretary a plan update, including 
any amendments or modifications to the public housing agency 
plan. 
"(i) REVIEW AND DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.— 
"(1) REVIEW.—Subject to paragraph (2), after submission 
of the public housing agency plan or any amendment or modi-
fication to the plan to the Secretary, to the extent that the 
Secretary considers such action to be necessary to make deter-
minations under this paragraph, the Secretary shall review 
the public housing agency plan (including any amendments 
or modifications thereto) and determine whether the contents 
of the plan— 
"(A) set forth the information required by this section 
and this Act to be contained in a public housing agency 
plan; 
"(B) are consistent with information and data available 
to the Secretary, including the approved comprehensive 
housing affordability strategy under title I of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act for the jurisdic-
tion in which the public housing agency is located; and 
"(C) are not prohibited by or inconsistent with any 
provision of this title or other applicable law. 
"(2) ELEMENTS EXEMPTED FROM REVIEW.—^The Secretary 
may, by regulation, provide that one or more elements of a 
public housing agency plan shall be reviewed only if the element 
is challenged, except that the Secretary shall review the 
information submitted in each plan pursuant to paragraphs 
(3)(B), (8), and (15) of subsection (d). 
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"(3) DISAPPROVAL.—^The Secretary may disapprove a public 
housing agency plan (or any amendment or modification there-
to) only if Secretary determines that the contents of the plan 
(or amendment or modification) do not comply with the require-
ments under subparagraph (A) through (C) of paragraph (1). 
"(4) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(j)(2), not later than 75 days after the date on which 
a public housing agency plan is submitted in accordance 
with this section, the Secretary shall make the determina-
tion under paragraph (1) and provide written notice to 
the public housing agency if the plan has been disapproved. 
If the Secretary disapproves the plan, the notice shall 
state with specificity the reasons for the disapproval. 
"(B) FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF DISAPPROVAL.— 
In the case of a plan disapproved, if the Secretary does 
not provide notice of disapproval under subparagraph (A) 
before the expiration of the period described in subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall be considered, for purposes 
of this Act, to have made a determination that the plan 
complies with the requirements under this section and 
the agency shall be considered to have been notified of 
compliance upon the expiration of such period. The preced-
ing sentence shall not preclude judicial review regarding 
such compliance pursuant to chapter 7 of title 5, United 
States Code, or an action regarding such compliance under 
section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
(42 U.S.C. 1983). 
"(5) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A public housing agency shall 
make the approved plan of the agency available to the general 
public. 
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( j) TROUBLED AND AT-RISK P H A S . — 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require, for each 
public housing agency that is at risk of being designated as 
troubled under section 6( j)(2) or is designated as troubled under 
section 6(j)(2), that the public housing agency plan for such 
agency include such additional information as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate, in accordance with such stand-
ards as the Secretary may establish or in accordance with 
such determinations as the Secretary may make on an agency-
by-agency basis. 
"(2) TROUBLED AGENCIES.—The Secretary shall provide 
explicit written approval or disapproval, in a timely manner, 
for a public housing agency plan submitted by any public hous-
ing agency designated by the Secretary as a troubled public 
housing agency under section 6( j)(2). 
"(k) STREAMLINED PLAN.—^In carrying out this section, the Sec-
retary may establish a streamlined public housing agency plan 
for— 
"(A) public housing agencies that are determined by 
the Secretary to be high performing public housing agen-
cies; 
"(B) public housing agencies with less than 250 public 
housing units that have not been designated as troubled 
under section 6( jX2); and 
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"(C) public housing agencies that only administer ten-
ant-based assistance and that do not own or operate public 
housing. 
"(1) COMPLIANCE WITH PLAN.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—In providing assistance under this title, 
a public housing agency shall comply with the rules, standards, 
and policies established in the public housing agency plan 
of the public housing agency approved under this section. 
"(2) INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT.—In carrying out 
this title, the Secretary shall— 
"(A) provide an appropriate response to any complaint 
concerning noncompliance by a public housing agency with 
the applicable public housing agency plan; and 
"(B) if the Secretary determines, based on a finding 
of the Secretary or other information available to the Sec-
retary, that a public housing agency is not complying with 
the applicable public housing agency plan, take such 
actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to 
ensure such compliance.". 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) INTERIM RULE.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue an 
interim rule to require the submission of an interim public 
housing agency plan by each public housing agency, as required 
by section 5A of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as 
added by subsection (a) of this section). The interim rule shall 
provide for a public comment period of not less than 60 days. 
(2) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
final regulations implementing section 5A of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (as added by subsection (a) of this section). 
(3) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—Before the publication 
of the final regulations under paragraph (2), in addition to 
public comments invited in connection with the publication 
of the interim rule, the Secretary shall— 
(A) seek recommendations on the implementation of 
section 5A of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as 
added by this subsection (a) of this section) from organiza-
tions representing— 
(i) State or local public housing agencies; 
(ii) residents, including resident management cor-
porations; and 
(iii) other appropriate parties; and 
(B) convene not less than 2 public forums at which 
the persons or organizations making recommendations 
under subparagraph (A) may express views concerning the 
proposed disposition of the recommendations. 
The Secretary shall publish in the final rule a summary of 
the recommendations made and public comments received and 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development's response 
to such recommendations and comments. 
(c) AUDIT AND REVIEW; REPORT.— 
(1) AUDIT AND REVIEW.—^Not later than 1 year after the 
effective date of final regulations issued under subsection (b)(2), 
in order to determine the degree of compliance, by public hous-
ing agencies, with public housing agency plans approved under 
section 5A of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as added 
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by subsection (a) of this section), the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct— 
(A) a review of a representative sample of the public 
housing agency plans approved under such section 5A 
before such date; and 
(B) an audit and review of the public housing agencies 
submitting such plans. 
(2) REPORT.—^Not later than 2 years after the date on 
which public housing agency plans are initially required to 
be submitted under section 5A of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (as added by subsection (a) of this section) the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
Congress a report, which shall include— 
(A) a description of the results of each audit and review 
under paragraph (1); and 
(B) any recommendations for increasing compliance by 
public housing agencies with their public housing agency 
plans approved under section 5A of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (as added by subsection (a) of this section). 
(d) CONTRACT PROVISIONS.—Section 6(a) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ", in a manner consist-
ent with the public housing agency plan" before the period; 
and 
(2) by striking the second sentence. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—^This section shall take effect, and the 
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beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 512. COMMUNITY SERVICE AND FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting "AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE REQUIREMENT" after "LABOR STANDARDS"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: 
"(c) COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2) 
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, each adult 
resident of a public housing project shall— 
"(A) contribute 8 hours per month of community service 
(not including political activities) within the community 
in which that adult resides; or 
"(B) participate in an economic self-sufficiency program 
(as that term is defined in subsection (g)) for 8 hours 
per month. 
"(2) EXEMPTIONS.—^The Secretary shall provide an exemp-
tion from the applicability of paragraph (1) for any individual 
who— 
"(A) is 62 years of age or older; 
"(B) is a blind or disabled individual, as defined under 
section 216(i)(l) or 1614 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 416(i)(l); 1382c), and who is unable to comply with 
this section, or is a primary caretaker of such individual; 
"(C) is engaged in a work activity (as such term is 
defined in section 407(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 607(d)), as in effect on and after July 1, 1997)); 
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"(D) meets the requirements for being exempted from 
having to engage in a work activity under the State pro-
gram funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or under any other welfare 
program of the State in which the public housing agency 
is located, including a State-administered welfare-to-work 
program; or 
"(E) is in a family receiving assistance under a State 
program funded under part A of title IV of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or under any other 
welfare program of the State in which the public housing 
agency is located, including a State-administered welfare-
to-work program, and has not been found by the State 
or other administering entity to be in noncompliance with 
such program. 
"(3) ANNUAL DETERMINATIONS.— 
"(A) REQUIREMENT.—For each public housing resident 
subject to the requirement under paragraph (1), the public 
housing agency shall, 30 days before the expiration of each 
lease term of the resident under section 6(1)(1), review 
and determine the compliance of the resident with the 
requirement under paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
"(B) DUE PROCESS.—Such determinations shall be 
made in accordance with the principles of due process 
and on a nondiscriminatory basis. 
"(C) NONCOMPLIANCE.— If an agency determines that 
a resident subject to the requirement under paragraph 
(1) has not complied with the requirement, the agency— 
"(i) shall notify the resident— 
"(I) of such noncompliance; 
"(II) that the determination of noncompliance 
is subject to the administrative grievance proce-
dure under subsection (k); and 
"(III) that, unless the resident enters into an 
agreement under clause (ii) of this subparagraph, 
the resident's lease will not be renewed; and 
"(ii) may not renew or extend the resident's lease 
upon expiration of the lease term and shall take such 
action as is necessary to terminate the tenancy of 
the household, unless the agency enters into an agree-
ment, before the expiration of the lease term, with 
the resident providing for the resident to cure any 
noncompliance with the requirement under paragraph 
(1), by participating in an economic self-sufficiency pro-
gram for or contributing to community service as many 
additional hours as the resident needs to comply in 
the aggregate with such requirement over the 12-
month term of the lease. 
"(4) INELIGIBILITY FOR OCCUPANCY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
A public housing agency may not renew or extend any lease, 
or provide any new lease, for a dwelling unit in public housing 
for any household that includes an adult member who was 
subject to the requirement under paragraph (1) and failed 
to comply with the requirement. 
"(5) INCLUSION IN PLAN.—Each public housing agency shall 
include in its public housing agency plan a detailed description 
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of the manner in which the agency intends to implement and 
administer this subsection. 
"(6) GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.—^The requirement under para-
graph (1) may include community service or participation in 
an economic self-sufficiency program performed at a location 
not owned by the public housing agency. 
"(7) PROHIBITION AGAINST REPLACEMENT OF EMPLOYEES.— 
In carr3ring out this subsection, a public housing agency may 
not— 
"(A) substitute community service or participation in 
an economic self-sufficiency program, as described in para-
graph (1), for work performed by a public housing employee; 
or 
"(B) supplant a job at any location at which community 
work requirements are fulfilled. 
"(8) THIRD-PARTY COORDINATING.—A public housing agency 
may administer the community service requirement under this 
subsection directly, through a resident organization, or through 
a contractor having experience in administering volunteer-
based community service programs within the service area 
of the public housing agency. The Secretary may establish 
qualifications for such organizations and contractors. 
"(d) TREATMENT OF INCOME CHANGES RESULTING FROM WEL-
FARE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 
"(1) COVERED FAMILY.—For purposes of this subsection, 
the term 'covered family* means a family that (A) receives 
benefits for welfare or public assistance from a State or other 
public agency under a program for which the Federal, State, 
or local law relating to the program requires, as a condition 
of eligibility for assistance under the program, participation 
of a member of the family in an economic self-sufficiency pro-
gram, and (B) resides in a public housing dwelling unit or 
is provided tenant-based assistance under section 8. 
"(2) DECREASES IN INCOME FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 3(a) (relating to family rental contributions) or para-
graph (4) or (5) of section 3(b) (relating to definition of 
income and adjusted income), if the welfare or public assist-
ance benefits of a covered family are reduced under a 
Federal, State, or local law regarding such an assistance 
program because of any failure of any member of the family 
to comply with the conditions under the assistance program 
requiring participation in an economic self-sufficiency pro-
gram or imposing a work activities requirement, the 
amount required to be paid by the family as a monthly 
contribution toward rent may not be decreased, during 
the period of the reduction, as a result of any decrease 
in the income of the family (to the extent that the decrease 
in income is a result of the benefits reduction). 
"(B) No REDUCTION BASED ON TIME LIMIT FOR ASSIST-
ANCE.—^For purposes of this paragraph, a reduction in bene-
fits as a result of the expiration of a lifetime time limit 
for a family receiving welfare or public assistance benefits 
shall not be considered to be a failure to comply with 
the conditions under the assistance program requiring 
participation in an economic self-sufficiency program or 
imposing a work activities requirement. This paragraph 
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shall apply beginning upon the date of the enactment of 
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. 
"(3) EFFECT OF FRAUD.—^Notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 3(a) (relating to family rental contributions) or para-
graph (4) or (5) of section 3(b) (relating to definition of income 
and adjusted income), if the welfare or public assistance benefits 
of a covered family are reduced because of an act of fraud 
by a member of the family under the law or program, the 
amount required to be paid by the covered family as a monthly 
contribution toward rent may not be decreased, during the 
period of the reduction, as a result of any decrease in the 
income of the family (to the extent that the decrease in income 
is a result of the benefits reduction). This paragraph shall 
apply beginning upon the date of the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. 
"(4) NOTICE.—Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to 
any covered family before the public housing agency providing 
assistance under this Act on behalf of the family obtains written 
notification from the relevant welfare or public assistance 
agency specifying that the family's benefits have been reduced 
because of noncompliance with economic self-sufficiency pro-
gram or work activities requirements or fraud, and the level 
of such reduction. 
"(5) OCCUPANCY RIGHTS.—^This subsection may not be con-
strued to authorize any public housing agency to establish 
any time limit on tenancy in a public housing dwelling unit 
or on receipt of tenant-based assistance under section 8. 
"(6) REVIEW.—Any covered family residing in public hous-
ing that is affected by the operation of this subsection shall 
have the right to review the determination under this sub-
section through the administrative grievance procedure estab-
lished pursuant to section 6(k) for the public housing agency. 
"(7) COOPERATION AGREEMENTS FOR ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFI-
CIENCY ACTIVITIES.— 
"(A) REQUIREMENT.—^A public housing agency providing 
public housing dwelling units or tenant-based assistance 
under section 8 for covered families shall make its best 
efforts to enter into such cooperation agreements, with 
State, local, and other agencies providing assistance to 
covered families under welfare or public assistance pro-
grams, as may be necessary, to provide for such agencies 
to transfer information to facilitate administration of sub-
section (c) and paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection 
and other information regarding rents, income, and assist-
ance that may assist a public housing agency or welfare 
or public assistance agency in carrying out its functions. 
**(B) CONTENTS.—A public housing agency shall seek 
to include in a cooperation agreement under this paragraph 
requirements and provisions designed to target assistance 
under welfare and public assistance programs to families 
residing in public housing projects and families receiving 
tenant-based assistance under section 8, which may include 
providing for economic self-sufficiency services within such 
housing, providing for services designed to meet the unique 
employment-related needs of residents of such housing and 
recipients of such assistance, providing for placement of 
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112 STAT. 2543 
workfare positions on-site in such housing, and such other 
elements as may be appropriate. 
"(C) CONFIDENTIALITY.—^This paragraph may not be 
construed to authorize any release of information prohib-
ited by, or in contravention of, any other provision of Fed-
eral, State, or local law. 
"(e) LEASE PROVISIONS.—A public housing agency shall incor-
porate into leases under section 6(1) and into agreements for the 
provision of tenant-based assistance under section 8, provisions 
incorporating the conditions under subsection (d). 
"(f) TREATMENT OF INCOME.—^Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this section, in determining the income of a family who 
resides in public housing or receives tenant-based assistance under 
section 8, a public housing agency shall consider any decrease 
in the income of a family that results from the reduction of any 
welfare or public assistance benefits received by the family under 
any Federal, State, or local law regarding a program for such 
assistance if the family (or a member thereof, as applicable) has 
complied with the conditions for receiving such assistance and 
is unable to obtain emplojmient notwithstanding such compliance. 
"(g) DEFINITION.—^For purposes of this section, the term 'eco-
nomic self-sufficiency program' means any program designed to 
encourage, assist, train, or facilitate the economic independence 
of participants and their families or to provide work for participants, 
including programs for job training, emplojnnent counseling, work 
placement, basic skills training, education, workfare, financial or 
household management, apprenticeship, or other activities as the 
Secretary may provide.". 
(b) 1-YEAR LEASES.—Section 6(1) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(l)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as para-
graphs (2) through (7), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (9); and 
(3) by inserting before paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph: 
"(1) have a term of 12 months and shall be automatically 
renewed for all purposes except for noncompliance with the 
requirements under section 12(c) (relating to community service 
requirements); except that nothing in this title shall prevent 
a resident from seeking timely redress in court for failure 
to renew based on such noncompliance;". 
SEC. 513. INCOME TARGETING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 16 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n) is amended by striking the section 
designation and all that follows through the end of subsection 
(d) and inserting the following: 
"SEC. 16. (a) INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.— 
"(1) INCOME MIX WITHIN PROJECTS.—A public housing 
agency may establish and utilize income-mix criteria for the 
selection of residents for dwelling units in public housing 
projects, subject to the requirements of this section. 
"(2) PHA INCOME MIX.— 
"(A) TARGETING.—Except as provided in paragraph (4), 
of the public housing dwelling units of a public housing 
agency made available for occupancy in any fiscal year 
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by eligible families, not less than 40 percent shall be occu-
pied by families whose incomes at the time of commence-
ment of occupancy do not exceed 30 percent of the area 
median income, as determined by the Secretary with 
adjustments for smaller and larger families. 
"(3) PROHIBITION OF CONCENTRATION OF LOW-INCOME FAMI-
LIES.— 
"(A) PROHIBITION.—A public housing agency may not, 
in complying with the requirements under paragraph (2), 
concentrate very low-income families (or other families with 
relatively low incomes) in public housing dwelling units 
in certain public housing projects or certain buildings 
within projects. The Secretary shall review the income 
and occupancy characteristics of the public housing projects 
and the buildings of such projects of such agencies to 
ensure compliance with the provisions of this paragraph 
and paragraph (2). 
"(B) DECONCENTRATION.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^A public housing agency shall 
submit with its annual public housing agency plan 
under section 5A an admissions policy designed to 
provide for deconcentration of poverty and income-mix-
ing by bringing higher income tenants into lower 
income projects and lower income tenants into higher 
income projects. This clause may not be construed to 
impose or require any specific income or racial quotas 
for any project or projects. 
"(ii) INCENTIVES.—In implementing the policy 
under clause (i), a public housing agency may offer 
incentives for eligible families having higher incomes 
to occupy dwelling unit in projects predominantly occu-
pied by eligible families having lower incomes, and 
provide for occupancy of eligible families having lower 
incomes in projects predominantly occupied by eligible 
families having higher incomes. 
"(iii) FAMILY CHOICE.—Incentives referred to in 
clause (ii) may be made available by a public housing 
agency only in a manner that allows for the eligible 
family to have the sole discretion in determining 
whether to accept the incentive and an agency may 
not take any adverse action toward any eligible family 
for choosing not to accept an incentive and occupancy 
of a project described in clause (i)(II), Provided, That 
the skipping of a family on a waiting list to reach 
another family to implement the policy under clause 
(i) shall not be considered an adverse action. An agency 
implementing an admissions policy under this subpara-
graph shall implement the policy in a manner that 
does not prevent or interfere with the use of site-
based waiting lists authorized under section 6(s). 
"(4) FUNGIBILITY WITH TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.— 
"(A) AUTHORITY.—Except as provided under subpara-
graph (D), the number of public housing dwelling units 
that a public housing agency shall otherwise make avail-
able in accordance with paragraph (2)(A) to comply with 
the percentage requirement under such paragraph for a 
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112 STAT. 2545 
fiscal year shall be reduced by the credit number for the 
agency under subparagraph (B), 
"(B) CREDIT FOR EXCEEDING TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE 
TARGETING REQUIREMENT.—Subject to subparagraph (C), 
the credit number under this subparagraph for a public 
housing agency for a fiscal year shall be the number by 
which— 
"(i) the aggregate number of qualified families who, 
in such fiscal year, are initially provided tenant-based 
assistance under section 8 by the agency; exceeds 
"(ii) the number of qualified families that is 
required for the agency to comply with the percentage 
requirement under subsection (b)(1) for such fiscal 
year. 
"(C) LIMITATIONS ON CREDIT NUMBER.—The credit num-
ber under subparagraph (B) for a public housing agency 
for a fiscal year may not in any case exceed the lesser 
of— 
"(i) the number of dwelling units that is equivalent 
to 10 percent of the aggregate number of families ini-
tially provided tenant-based assistance under section 
8 by the agency in such fiscal year; or 
"(ii) the number of public housing dwelling units 
of the agency that— 
"(I) are in projects that are located in census 
tracts having a poverty rate of 30 percent or more; 
and 
"(II) are made available for occupancy during 
such fiscal year and are actually filled only by 
families whose incomes at the time of commence-
ment of such occupancy exceed 30 percent of the 
area median income, as determined by the Sec-
retary with adjustments for smaller and larger 
families. 
"(D) 
FUNGIBILITY 
FLOOR.—Notwithstanding 
any 
authority under subparagraph (A), of the public housing 
dwelling units of a public housing agency made available 
for occupancy in any fiscal year by eligible families, not 
less than 30 percent shall be occupied by families whose 
incomes at the time of commencement of occupancy do 
not exceed 30 percent of the area median income, as deter-
mined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller and 
larger families. 
"(E) QUALIFIED FAMILY.—For purposes of this para-
graph, the term 'qualified family* means a family having 
an income described in subsection (b)(1). 
"(b) INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR TENANT-BASED SECTION 8 ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the families initially provided tenant-
based assistance under section 8 by a public housing agency 
in any fiscal year, not less than 75 percent shall be families 
whose incomes do not exceed 30 percent of the area median 
income, as determined by the Secretary with adjustments for 
smaller and larger families; except that the Secretary may 
estabUsh income ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of 
the area median income on the basis of the Secretary's findings 
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that such variations are necessary because of unusually high 
or low family incomes. 
"(2) JURISDICTIONS SERVED BY MULTIPLE PHA'S.—In the case 
of any 2 or more public housing agencies that administer ten-
ant-based assistance under section 8 with respect solely to 
identical geographical areas, such agencies shall be treated 
as a single public housing agency for purposes of paragraph 
(1). 
"(c) INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR PROJECT-BASED SECTION 8 ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
"(1) PRE-1981 ACT PROJECTS.—^Not more than 25 percent 
of the dwelling units that were available for occupancy under 
section 8 housing assistance payments contracts under this 
Act before the effective date of the Housing and Community 
Development Amendments of 1981, and which will be leased 
on or after such effective date shall be available for leasing 
by low-income families other than very low-income families. 
"(2) PoST-1981 ACT PROJECTS.—^Not more than 15 percent 
of the dwelling units which become available for occupancy 
under section 8 housing assistance payments contracts under 
this Act on or after the effective date of the Housing and 
Community Development Amendments of 1981 shall be avail-
able for leasing by low-income families other than very low-
income families. 
"(3) TARGETING.—^For each project assisted under a contract 
for project-based assistance, of the dwelling units that become 
available for occupancy in any fiscal year that are assisted 
under the contract, not less than 40 percent 
"(4) PROHIBITION OF SKIPPING.—^In developing admission 
procedures implementing paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), the Sec-
retary shall prohibit project owners from selecting families 
for residence in an order different from the order on the waiting 
list for the purpose of selecting relatively higher income families 
for residence. Nothing in this paragraph or this subsection 
may be construed to prevent an owner of housing assisted 
under a contract for project-based assistance from establishing 
a preference for occupancy in such housing for families contain-
ing a member who is employed. 
"(5) EXCEPTION.—^The limitations established in paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3) shall not apply to dwelling units made available 
under project-based contracts under section 8 for the purpose 
of preventing displacement, or ameliorating the effects of 
displacement. 
"(6) DEFINITION,—^For purposes of this subsection, the term 
'project-based assistance' means assistance under any of the 
following programs: 
"(A) The new construction or substantial rehabilitation 
program under section 8(b)(2) (as in effect before October 
1, 1983). 
"(B) The property disposition program under section 
8(b) (as in effect before the effective date under section 
503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility 
Act of 1998). 
"(C) The loan management set-aside program under 
subsections (b) and (v) of section 8. 
"(D) The project-based certificate program under sec-
tion 8(d)(2). 
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112 STAT. 2547 
"(E) The moderate rehabilitation program under sec-
tion 8(e)(2) (as in effect before October 1, 1991). 
"(F) The low-income housing preservation program 
under Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
Homeownership Act of 1990 or the provisions of the Emer-
gency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 (as 
in effect before November 28, 1990). 
"(G) Section 8 (as in effect before the effective date 
under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998), following conversion from 
assistance under section 101 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965 or section 236(f)(2) of the National 
Housing Act. 
"(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF DIFFERENT STANDARDS.—Notwithstand-
ing subsection (a)(2) or (b)(1), if approved by the Secretary, a 
public housing agency may for good cause establish and implement, 
in accordance with the public housing agency plan, an admission 
standard other than the standard under such subsection.". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on, and 42USCi437n 
the amendments under this section are made on, and shall apply "^ote. 
beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 
5
1
4
. 
REPEAL 
OF 
FEDERAL 
PREFERENCES. 
(a) PUBLIC HOUSING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 6(c)(4) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437dXc)(4)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(A) making dwelling units in public housing available 
for occupancy, which shall provide that the public housing 
agency may establish a system for making dwelling units 
available that provides preference for such occupancy to 
families having certain characteristics; each system of pref-
erences established pursuant to this subparagraph shall 
be based upon local housing needs and priorities, as deter-
mined by the public housing agency using generally 
accepted data sources, including any information obtained 
pursuant to an opportunity for public comment as provided 
under section 5A(f) and under the requirements applicable 
to the comprehensive housing affordability strategy for the 
relevant jurisdiction;". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) PUBLIC HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR FOSTER CARE 
CHILDREN.—Section 6(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(o)) is amended by striking "Sub-
ject" and all that follows through ", in" and inserting "In". 
(B) YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM.—Section 455(a)(2)(D)(iii) of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12899d(a)(2)(D)(iii) is amended striking "section 
6(c)(4)(A)" and inserting "any system of preferences estab-
lished under section 6(cXl)". 
(b) SECTION 8 EXISTING AND MODERATE REHABILITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 8(d)(1) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(d)( 1)(A)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(A) the selection of tenants shall be the function of the 
owner, subject to the annual contributions contract between 
the Secretary and the agency, except that with respect to the 
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42 use 1437f 
note. 
42 use 1437f 
note. 
certificate and moderate rehabilitation programs only, for the 
purpose of selecting families to be assisted, the public housing 
agency may establish local preferences, consistent with the 
public housing agency plan submitted under section 5A by 
the public housing agency;". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) LOW-INOOME HOUSING PRESERVATION AND RESIDENT 
HOMEOWNERSHIP ACT OF 1990.—^The second sentence of sec-
tion 226(b)(6)(B) of the Low-Income Housing Preservation 
and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 
4116(b)(6)(B)) is amended by striking "The requirement 
for giving preferences to certain categories of eligible fami-
lies under sections 8(d)(1)(A) and 8(o)(3)" and inserting 
"Any system for preferences established under section 
8(d)(1)(A) or 8(o)(6)(A)". 
(B) HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 
1992.—Section 655 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13615) is amended by striking 
"shall be given" and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting the following: "shall be given 
to disabled families according to any preferences estab-
lished 
under any system 
established 
under 
section 
8(d)(1)(A) by the public housing agency.". 
(C) MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSITION OF MULTIFAMILY 
HOUSING PROJECTS.—Section 203(g)(2) of the Housing and 
Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 
170 lz-11(g)(2)) is amended by striking "the preferences 
for assistance under sections 6(c)(4)(A)(i), 8(dXl)(A)(i), and 
8(o)(3)(B)" and inserting "any system of preferences estab-
lished 
pursuant to section 
6(c)(4)(A), 8(d)(1)(A), or 
8(o)(6)(A)". 
(D) OTHER REFERENCES.—Subparagraph (D) of section 
402(d)(6) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I 
(42 U.S.C. 1437d note) is hereby repealed. 
(c) 
SECTION 
8 
NEW CONSTRUCTION 
AND SUBSTANTIAL 
REHABILITATION.— 
(1) PERMANENT REPEAL.—Subsection (c) of section 545 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note) is hereby repealed. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law (including subsection (f) of tliis section), section 402(d)(4)(B) 
of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I (42 U.S.C. 1437a 
note) shall apply to fiscal year 1999 and thereafter. 
(d) RENT SUPPLEMENTS.—Subsection (k) of section 1010 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s(k)) 
is hereby repealed. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PREFERENCE FOR ASSIST-
ANCE F
O
R VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—^It is the sense of 
Congress that, each public housing agency involved in the selection 
of eligible families for assistance under the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (including residency in public housing and tenant-
based assistance under section 8 of such Act) should, consistent 
with the public housing agency plan of the agency, consider pref-
erences for individuals who are victims of domestic violence. 
(f) TERMINATION OF TEMPORARY PROVISIONS.—Section 402 of 
The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I, and the amendments 
made by such section shall cease to be effective on the date of 
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112 STAT. 2549 
the enactment of this Act. Notwithstanding the inclusion in this 
Act of any provision extending the effectiveness of such section 
or such amendments, such provision included in this Act shall 
not take effect. 
(g) APPLICABILITY.—^This section shall take effect on, and the 
12 use i70is 
amendments made by this section are made on, and shall apply ^^ote. 
beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 515. JOINT VENTURES AND CONSORTIA OF PUBLIC HOUSING 
AGENCIES; REPEAL OF ENERGY CONSERVATION PROVI-
SIONS. 
Section 13 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437k) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 13. CONSORTIA, JOINT VENTURES, AFFILIATES, AND SUBSIDI-
ARIES OF PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES. 
**(a) CONSORTIA.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Any 2 or more public housing agencies 
may participate in a consortium for the purpose of administer-
ing any or all of the housijig programs of those public housing 
agencies in accordance with this section. 
"(2) EFFECT.—With respect to any consortium described 
in paragraph (1)— 
"(A) any assistance made available under this title 
to each of the public housing agencies participating in 
the consortium shall be paid to the consortium; and 
"(B) all planning and reporting requirements imposed 
upon each public housing agency participating in the 
consortium with respect to the programs operated by the 
consortium shall be consolidated. 
"(3) RESTRICTIONS.— 
"(A) AGREEMENT.—^Each consortium described in para-
graph (1) shall be formed and operated in accordance with 
a consortium agreement, and shall be subject to the require-
ments of a joint public housing agency plan, which shall 
be submitted by the consortium in accordance with section 
5A 
"(B) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
specify minimum requirements relating to the formation 
and operation of consortia and the minimum contents of 
consortium agreements under this paragraph. 
"(b) JOINT VENTURES.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a public housing agency, in accordance with the public 
housing agency plan, may— 
"(A) form and operate wholly owned or controlled 
subsidiaries (which may be nonprofit corporations) and 
other affiliates, any of which may be directed, managed, 
or controlled by the same persons who constitute the board 
of directors or similar governing body of thepublic housing 
agency, or who serve as employees or staff of the public 
housing agency; or 
"(B) enter into joint ventures, partnerships, or other 
business arrangements with, or contract with, any person, 
organization, entity, or governmental unit— 
"(i) with respect to the administration of the pro-
grams of the public housing agency, including any 
program that is subject to this title; or 
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"(ii) for the purpose of providing or arranging for 
the provision of supportive or social services. 
"(2) USE OF AND TREATMENT INCOME.—Any income gen-
erated under paragraph (1)— 
"(A) shall be used for low-income housing or to benefit 
the residents assisted by the public housing agency; and 
"(B) shall not result in any decrease in any amount 
provided to the public housing agency under this title, 
except as otherwise provided under the formulas estab-
lished under section 9(d)(2) and 9(e)(2). 
"(3) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States, the Secretary, or the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development may conduct an 
audit of any activity undertaken under paragraph (1) at any 
time.". 
SEC. 516. PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY MORTGAGES AND SECURITY 
INTERESTS. 
Title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
42 use 1437Z-2. 
"SEC. 30. PUBLIC HOUSING MORTGAGES AND SECURITY INTERESTS. 
"(a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—^The Secretary may, upon such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, authorize 
a public housing agency to mortgage or otherwise grant a security 
interest in any public housing project or other property of the 
public housing agency. 
"(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—In making any authorization 
under subsection (a), the Secretary may consider— 
"(1) the ability of the public housing agency to use the 
proceeds of the mortgage or security interest for low-income 
housing uses; 
"(2) the ability of the pubUc housing agency to make pay-
ments on the mortgage or security interest; and 
"(3) such other criteria as the Secretary may specify. 
"(c) No FEDERAL LIABILITY.—^No action taken under this section 
shall result in any liability to the Federal Government.". 
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SEC. 517. MENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLAN. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-
retary of Labor, and appropriate State and local officials and rep-
resentatives, shall— 
(1) develop an action plan and list of recommendations 
for the improvement of means of providing severe mental illness 
treatment to families and individuals receiving housing assist-
ance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, including 
public housing residents, residents of multifamily housing 
assisted with project-based assistance under section 8 of such 
Act, and recipients of tenant-based assistance under such sec-
tion; and 
(2) develop and disseminate a list of current practices 
among public housing agencies and owners of assisted housing 
that serve to benefit persons in need of mental health care.". 
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112 STAT. 2551 
Subtitle B—Public Housing 
PART 1—CAPITAL AND OPERATING 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 518. CONTMBUTIONS FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS. 
(a) REPEALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsections (h) through (k); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (1), as added by the 
preceding provisions of this Act, as subsection (i). 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 is amended— 
(A) in section 21(d) (42 U.S.C. 1437s(d)), by striking 
"section 5(h) or"; and 
(C) in section 307 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa-6), by striking 
"section 5(h) and". 
(b) LOCAL NOTIFICATION.—Section 5(e)(2) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c(e)(2)) is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: "; the Secretary shall 
require that each such agreement shall provide that, notwithstand-
ing any order, judgment, or decree of any court (including any 
settlement order), before making any amounts that are provided 
pursuant to any contract for contributions under this title available 
for use for the development of any housing or other property not 
previously used as public housing, the public housing agency shall 
(A) notify the chief executive officer (or other appropriate official) 
of the unit of general local government in which the public housing 
for which such amounts are to be so used is located (or to be 
located) of such use, and (B) pursuant to the request of such 
unit of general local government, provide such information as may 
reasonably be requested by such unit of general local government 
regarding the public housing to be so assisted (except to the extent 
otherwise prohibited by law) . 
SEC. 519. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL AND OPERATING FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 9. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL AND OPERATING FUNDS. 
"(a) MERGER INTO CAPITAL FUND.—^Except as otherwise pro-
vided in the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, 
any assistance made available for public housing under section 
14 of this Act before October 1, 1999, shall be merged into the 
Capital Fund established under subsection (d). 
"(b) MERGER INTO OPERATING FUND.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, 
any assistance made available for public housing under section 
9 of this Act before October 1, 1999, shall be merged into the 
Operating Fund established under subsection (e). 
"(c) ALLOCATION AMOUNT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal 
year thereafi:er, the Secretary shall allocate amounts in the 
Capital Fund and Operating Funds for assistance for public 
housing agencies eligible for such assistance. The Secretary 
shall determine the amount of the allocation for each eligible 
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agency, which shall be, for any fiscal year beginning after 
the effective date of the formulas described in subsections (d)(2) 
and (e)(2)— 
"(A) for assistance from the Capital Fund, the amount 
determined for the agency under the formula under sub-
section (d)(2); and 
"(B) for assistance from the Operating Fund, the 
amount determined for the agency under the formula under 
subsection (e)(2). 
"(2) FUNDING.—^There are authorized to be appropriated 
for assistance for public housing agencies under this section 
the following amounts: 
"(A) CAPITAL FUND.—^For allocations of assistance from 
the Capital Fund, $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 
2002, and 2003. 
"(B) OPERATING FUND.—^For allocations of assistance 
from the Operating Fund, $2,900,000,000 for fiscal year 
1999, and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. 
"(d) CAPITAL FUND.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a Capital 
Fund for the purpose of making assistance available to public 
housing agencies to carry out capital and management activi-
ties, including— 
"(A) the development, financing, and modernization of 
public housing projects, including the redesign, reconstruc-
tion, and reconfiguration of public housing sites and build-
ings 
(including 
accessibility 
improvements) 
and 
the 
development of mixed-finance projects; 
"(B) vacancy reduction; 
"(C) addressing deferred maintenance needs and the 
replacement of obsolete utility systems and dwelling equip-
ment; 
"(D) planned code compliance; 
"(E) management improvements; 
"(F) demolition and replacement; 
"(G) resident relocation; 
"(H) capital expenditures to facilitate programs to 
improve the empowerment and economic self-sufficiency 
of public housing residents and to improve resident partici-
pation; 
"(I) capital expenditures to improve the security and 
safety of residents; and 
"(J) homeownership activities, including programs 
under section 32. 
"(2) FORMULA.—^The Secretary shall develop a formula for 
determining the amount of assistance provided to public hous-
ing agencies from the Capital Fund for a fiscal year, which 
shall include a mechanism to reward performance. The formula 
may take into account such factors as— 
"(A) the number of public housing dwelling units 
owned, assisted, or operated by the public housing agency, 
the characteristics and locations of the projects, and the 
characteristics of the families served and to be served 
(including the incomes of the families); 
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"(B) the need of the public housing agency to carry 
out rehabilitation and modernization activities, replace-
ment housing, and reconstruction, construction, and demo-
lition activities related to public housing dwelling units 
owned, assisted, or operated by the public housing agency, 
including backlog and projected future needs of the agency; 
"(C) the cost of constructing and rehabilitating property 
in the area; 
"(D) the need of the public housing agency to carry 
out activities that provide a safe and secure environment 
in public housing units owned, assisted, or operated by 
the public housing agency; 
"(E) any record by the public housing agency of exem-
plary performance in the operation of public housing, as 
indicated by the system of performance indicators estab-
lished pursuant to section 6( j); and 
"(F) any other factors that the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate. 
"(3) 
CONDITIONS ON USE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MOD-
ERNIZATION.— 
"(A) DEVELOPMENT.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this Act, any public housing developed using amounts pro-
vided under this subsection, or under section 14 as in 
effect before the effective date under section 503(a) of the 
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, shall 
be operated under the terms and conditions applicable 
to public housing during the 40-year period that begins 
on the date on which the project (or stage of the project) 
becomes available for occupancy. 
"(B) MODERNIZATION.—Except as otherwise provided 
in this Act, any public housing or portion thereof that 
is modernized using amounts provided under this sub-
section or under section 14 (as in effect before the effective 
date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998) shall be maintained and oper-
ated under the terms and conditions applicable to public 
housing during the 20-year period that begins on the latest 
date on which modernization is completed. 
"(C) APPLICABILITY OF LATEST EXPIRATION DATE.—Pub-
lic housing subject to this paragraph or to any other provi-
sion of law mandating the operation of the housing as 
public housing or under the terms and conditions applicable 
to public housing for a specified length of time, shall be 
maintained and operated as required until the latest such 
expiration date. 
"(e) OPERATING FUND.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary shall establish an Operat-
ing Fund for the purpose of making assistance available to 
public housing agencies for the operation and management 
of public housing, including— 
"(A) procedures and systems to maintain and ensure 
the efficient management and operation of public housing 
units (including amounts sufficient to pay for the reason-
able costs of review by an independent auditor of the docu-
mentation or other information maintained pursuant to 
section 6(j)(6) by a public housing agency or resident 
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management corporation to substantiate the performance 
of that agency or corporation); 
"(B) activities to ensure a program of routine preventa-
tive maintenance; 
"(C) anticrime and antidrug activities, including the 
costs of providing adequate security for pubUc housing resi-
dents, including above-baseline police service agreements; 
"(D) activities related to the provision of services, 
including service coordinators for elderly persons or persons 
with disabilities; 
"(E) activities to provide for management and partici-
pation in the management and policy making of public 
housing by public housing residents; 
"(F) the costs of insurance; 
"(G) the energy costs associated with public housing 
units, with an emphasis on energy conservation; 
"(H) the costs of administering a public housing work 
program under section 12, including the costs of any related 
insurance needs; 
"(I) the costs of repaying, together with rent contribu-
tions, debt incurred to finance the rehabilitation and 
development of public housing units, which shall be subject 
to such reasonable requirements as the Secretary may 
establish; and 
"(J) the costs associated with the operation and 
management of mixed finance projects, to the extent appro-
priate. 
"(2) FORMULA.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a for-
mula for determining the amount of assistance provided 
to public housing agencies from the Operating Fund for 
a fiscal year. The formula may take into account— 
"(i) standards for the costs of operating and reason-
able projections of income, taking into account the 
characteristics and locations of the public housing 
projects and characteristics of the families served and 
to be served (including the incomes of the families), 
or the costs of providing comparable services as deter-
mined in accordance with criteria or a formula rep-
resenting the operations of a prototype well-managed 
public housing project; 
"(ii) the number of public housing dwelling units 
owned, assisted, or operated by the public housing 
agency; 
"(iii) the number of public housing dwelling units 
owned, assisted, or operated by the public housing 
agency that are chronically vacant and the amount 
of assistance appropriate for those units; 
"(iv) to the extent quantifiable, the extent to which 
the public housing agency provides programs and 
activities designed to promote the economic self-suffi-
ciency and management skills of public housing resi-
dents; 
"(v) the need of the public housing agency to carry 
out anti-crime and anti-drug activities, including 
providing adequate security for public housing resi-
dents; 
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112 STAT. 2555 
"(vi) the amount of public housing rental income 
foregone by the public housing agency as a result of 
escrow savings accounts under section 23(d)(2) for fami-
lies participating in a family self-sufficiency program 
of the agency under such section 23; and 
"(vii) any other factors that the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate. 
"(B) 
INCENTIVE 
TO 
INCREASE 
CERTAIN 
RENTAL 
INCOME.—^The formula shall provide an incentive to encour-
age public housing agencies to facilitate increases in earned 
income by families in occupancy. Any such incentive shall 
provide that the agency shall benefit from increases in 
such rental income and that such amounts accruing to 
the agency pursuant to such benefit may be used only 
for low-income housing or to benefit the residents of the 
public housing agency. 
"(C) TREATMENT OF SAVINGS.—^The treatment of utility 
and waste management costs under the formula shall pro-
vide that a public housing agency shall receive the fiiU 
financial benefit from any reduction in the cost of utilities 
or waste management resulting from any contract with 
a third party to undertake energy conservation improve-
ments in one or more of its public housing projects. 
"(3) CONDITION ON USE.—^No portion of any public housing 
project operated using amounts provided under this subsection, 
or under this section as in effect before the effective date 
under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility Act of 1998, may be disposed of before the expiration 
of the 10-year period beginning upon the conclusion of the 
fiscal year for which such amounts were provided, except as 
otherwise provided in this Act. 
"(f) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING PROCEDURE.—^The formulas 
under subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) shall be developed according 
to procedures for issuance of regulations under the negotiated rule-
making procedure under subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
"(g) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
"(1) 
FLEXIBILITY FOR CAPITAL FUND AMOUNTS.—Of 
any 
amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000 or any fiscal year 
thereafter that are allocated for fiscal year 2000 or any fiscal 
year thereafter from the Capital Fund for any public housing 
agency, the agency may use not more than 20 percent for 
activities that are eligible under subsection (e) for assistance 
with amounts from the Operating Fund, but only if the public 
housing agency plan for the agency provides for such use. 
"(2) FULL FLEXIBILITY FOR SMALL PHA'S.—Of any amounts 
allocated for any fiscal year for any public housing agency 
that owns or operates less than 250 public housing dwelling 
units, is not designated pursuant to section 6( j)(2) as a troubled 
public housing agency, and (in the determination of the Sec-
retary) is operating and maintaining its public housing in a 
safe, clean, and healthy condition, the agency may use any 
such amounts for any eligible activities under subsections (d)(1) 
and (e)(1), regardless of the fund from which the amounts 
were allocated and provided. This subsection shall take effect 
Effective date. 
on the date of the enactment of the Quality Housing and 
Work Responsibility Act of 1998. 
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"(3) LIMITATION ON NEW CONSTRUCTION.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL,—Except as provided in subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), a public housing agency may not use 
any of the amounts allocated for the agency from the Cap-
ital Fund or Operating Fund for the purpose of constructing 
any public housing unit, if such construction would result 
in a net increase from the number of public housing units 
owned, assisted, or operated by the public housing agency 
on October 1, 1999, including any public housing units 
demolished as part of any revitalization effort. 
"(B) 
EXCEPTION REGARDING USE OF ASSISTANCE.—A 
public housing agency may use amounts allocated for the 
agency from the Capital Fund or Operating Fund for the 
construction and operation of housing units that are avail-
able and affordable to low-income families in excess of 
the limitations on new construction set forth in subpara-
graph (A), but the formulas established under subsections 
(d)(2) and (e)(2) shall not provide additional funding for 
the specific purpose of allowing construction and operation 
of housing in excess of those limitations (except to the 
extent provided in subparagraph (O). 
"(C) 
EXCEPTION REGARDING FORMULAS.—Subject 
to 
reasonable limitations set by the Secretary, the formulas 
established under subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) may provide 
additional funding for the operation and modernization 
costs (but not the initial development costs) of housing 
in excess of amounts otherwise permitted under this para-
graph, and such amounts may be so used, if— 
"(i) such units are part of a mixed-finance project 
or otherwise leverage significant additional private or 
public investment; and 
"(ii) the estimated cost of the useful life of the 
project is less than the estimated cost of providing 
tenant-based assistance under section 8(o) for the same 
period of time. 
Contracts. 
"(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—^To the extent amounts are pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary may make 
grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements in accord-
ance with this subsection for purposes of providing, either directly 
or indirectly— 
"(1) technical assistance to public housing agencies, resi-
dent councils, resident organizations, and resident management 
corporations, including assistance relating to monitoring and 
inspections; 
"(2) training for public housing agency employees and resi-
dents; 
"(3) data collection and analysis; 
"(4) training, technical assistance, and education to public 
housing agencies that are— 
"(A) at risk of being designated as troubled under 
section 6(j), to assist such agencies from being so des-
ignated; and 
"(B) designated as troubled under section 6( j), to assist 
such agencies in achieving the removal of that designation; 
"(5) contract expertise; 
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112 STAT. 2557 
"(6) training and technical assistance to assist in the over-
sight and management of public housing or tenant-based assist-
ance; and 
"(7) clearinghouse services in furtherance of the goals and 
activities of this subsection. 
As used in this subsection, the terms 'training* and 'technical assist-
ance' shall include training or technical assistance and the cost 
of necessary travel for participants in such training or technical 
assistance, by or to officials and employees of the Department 
and of public housing agencies, and to residents and to other eligible 
grantees. 
"(i) ELIGIBILITY OF UNITS ACQUIRED FROM PROCEEDS OF SALES 
UNDER DEMOLITION OR DISPOSITION PLAN.—If a public housing 
agency uses proceeds from the sale of units under a homeownership 
program in accordance with section 32 to acquire additional units 
to be sold to low-income families, the additional units shall be 
counted as public housing for purposes of determining the amount 
of the allocation to the agency under this section until sale by 
the agency, but in no case longer than 5 years. 
"(j) PENALTY FOR SLOW EXPENDITURE OF CAPITAL FUNDS,— 
"(1) OBLIGATION OF AMOUNTS.—^Except as provided in para-
graph (4) and subject to paragraph (2), a public housing agency 
shall obligate any assistance received under this section not 
later than 24 months after, as applicable— 
"(A) the date on which the funds become available 
to the agency for obligation in the case of modernization; 
or 
"(B) the date on which the agency accumulates ade-
quate funds to undertake modernization, 
substantial 
rehabilitation, or new construction of units. 
"(2) EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR OBLIGATION.—^The 
Secretary— 
"(A) may, extend the time period under paragraph 
(1) for a public housing agency, for such period as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary, if the Secretary 
determines that the failure of the agency to obligate assist-
ance in a timely manner is attributable to— 
"(i) litigation; 
"(ii) obtaining approvals of the Federal Govern-
ment or a State or local government; 
"(iii) complying with environmental assessment 
and abatement requirements; 
"(iv) relocating residents; 
"(v) an event beyond the control of the public hous-
ing agency; or 
"(vi) any other reason established by the Secretary Federal Register, 
by notice published in the Federal Register; 
publication. 
"(B) shall disregard the requirements of paragraph 
(1) with respect to any unobligated amounts made available 
to a public housing agency, to the extent that the total 
of such amounts does not exceed 10 percent of the original 
amount made available to the public housing agency; and 
"(C) may, with the prior approval of the Secretary, 
extend the time period under paragraph (1), for an addi-
tional period not to exceed 12 months, based on— 
"(i) the size of the public housing agency; 
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"(ii) the complexity of capital program of the public 
housing agency; 
"(iii) any limitation on the ability of the public 
housing agency to obligate the amounts allocated for 
the agency from the Capital Fund in a timely manner 
as a result of State or local law; or 
"(iv) such other factors as the Secretary determines 
to be relevant. 
"(3) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY.— 
"(A) PROHIBITION OF NEW ASSISTANCE.—A public hous-
ing agency shall not be awarded assistance under this 
section for any month during any fiscal year in which 
the public housing agency has funds unobligated in viola-
tion of paragraph (1) or (2). 
"(B) WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE.—^During any fiscal 
year described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
withhold all assistance that would otherwise be provided 
to the public housing agency. If the public housing agency 
cures its failure to comply during the year, it shall be 
provided with the share attributable to the months remain-
ing in the year. 
"(C) REDISTRIBUTION.—The total amount of any funds 
not provided public housing agencies by operation of this 
paragraph shall be allocated for agencies determined under 
section 6( j) to be high-performing. 
"(4) EXCEPTION TO OBLIGATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), if the 
Secretary has consented, before the effective date under 
section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility Act of 1998, to an obligation period for any agency 
longer than provided under paragraph (1), a public housing 
agency that obligates its funds before the expiration of 
that period shall not be considered to be in violation of 
paragraph (1). 
"(B) PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.—^Notwithstanding subpara-
graph (A), any funds appropriated to a public housing 
agency for fiscal year 1997 or prior fiscal years shall be 
fully obligated by the public housing agency not later than 
September 30, 1999. 
"(5) EXPENDITURE OF AMOUNTS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—A public housing agency shall spend 
any assistance received under this section not later than 
4 years (plus the period of any extension approved by 
the Secretary under paragraph (2)) after the date on which 
funds become available to the agency for obligation. 
"(B) ENFORCEMENT.—^The Secretary shall enforce the 
requirement of subparagraph (A) through default remedies 
up to and including withdrawal of the funding. 
"(6) RIGHT OF RECAPTURE.—^Any obligation entered into 
by a public housing agency shall be subject to the right of 
the Secretary to recapture the obligated amounts for violation 
by the public housing agency of the requirements of this sub-
section. 
"(k) EMERGENCY RESERVE AND USE OF-AMOUNTS.— 
"(1) SET-ASIDES.—In each fiscal year after fiscal year 1999, 
the Secretary shall set aside, for use in accordance with this 
subsection, not more than 2 percent of the total amount made 
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112 STAT. 2559 
available to carry out this section for such fiscal year. In addi-
tion to amounts set aside under the preceding sentence, in 
each fiscal year the Secretary may set from the total amount 
made available to carry out this section for such fiscal year 
not more than $20,000,000 for the Operation Safe Home pro-
gram administered by the Office of the Inspector Greneral of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for law 
enforcement efforts to combat violent crime on or near the 
premises of public and federally assisted housing. 
"(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts set aside under paragraph 
(1) shall be available to the Secretary for use for assistance, 
as provided in paragraph (3), in connection with— 
"(A) emergencies and other disasters; and 
"(C) housing needs resulting from any settlement of 
litigation; and 
"(3) ELIGIBLE USES.—In canying out this subsection, the 
Secretary may use amounts set aside under this subsection 
to provide— 
"(A) assistance for any eligible use under the Operating 
Fund or the Capital Fund established by this section; or 
"(B) tenant-based 
assistance 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 8. 
"(4) LIMITATION.—^With respect to any fiscsd year, the Sec-
retary may carry over not more than a total of $25,000,000 
in unobligated amounts set aside under this subsection for 
use in connection with the activities described in paragraph 
(2) during the succeeding fiscal year. 
"(5) PUBLICATION.—^The Secretary shall publish the use Federal Register, 
of any amounts allocated under this subsection relating to publication, 
emergencies (other than disasters and housing needs resulting 
from any settlement of litigation) in the Federal Register. 
"(1) TREATMENT OF NONRENTAL INCOME.—^A public housing 
agency that receives income from nonrental sources (as determined 
by the Secretary) may retain and use such amounts without any 
decrease in the amounts received under this section from the Cap-
ital or Operating Fund. Any such nonrental amounts retained shall 
be used only for low-income housing or to benefit the residents 
assisted by the public housing agency. 
"(m) PROVISION OF ONLY CAPITAL OR OPERATING ASSISTANCE.— 
"(1) AUTHORITY.—^In appropriate circumstances, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, a public housing agency may commit 
capital assistance only, or operating assistance only, for public 
housing units, which assistance shall be subject to all of the 
requirements applicable to public housing except as otherwise 
provided in this subsection. 
"(2) EXEMPTIONS.—^In the case of any public housing unit 
assisted pursuant to the authority under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary may, by regulation, reduce the period under sub-
section (d)(3) or (e)(3), as applicable, during which such units 
must be operated under requirements applicable to public hous-
ing. In cases in which there is commitment of operating assist-
ance but no commitment of capital assistance, the Secretary 
may make section 8 requirements applicable, as appropriate, 
by regulation, 
"(n) TREATMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING.— 
"(1) CERTAIN STATE AND CITY FUNDED HOUSING.— 
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"(A) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this section— 
"(i) for purposes of determining the allocations 
from the Operating and Capital Funds pursuant to 
the formulas under subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) and 
determining assistance pursuant to section 519(e) of 
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 
1998 and under section 9 or 14 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (as in effect before the date of 
the enactment of this Act), for any period before the 
implementation of such formulas, the Secretary shall 
deem any covered locally developed public housing 
units as public housing units developed under this 
title and such units shall be eligible for such assistance; 
and 
"(ii) assistance provided under this section, under 
such section 518(d)(3), or under such section 9 or 14 
to any public housing agency may be used with respect 
to any covered locally developed public housing units. 
"(B) COVERED UNITS.—For purposes of this paragraph, 
the term 'covered locally developed public housing units' 
means— 
"(i) not more than 7,000 public housing units devel-
oped pursuant to laws of the State of New York and 
that received debt service and operating subsidies 
pursuant to such laws; and 
"(ii) not more than 5,000 dwelling units developed 
pursuant to section 34 of chapter 12 IB of the (General 
Laws of the State of Massachusetts. 
"(2) REDUCTION OF ASTHMA INCIDENCE.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, the New York City Housing 
Authority may, in its sole discretion, from amounts provided 
from the Operating and Capital Funds, or from amounts pro-
vided for public housing before amounts are made available 
from such Funds, use not more than exceeding $500,000 per 
year for the purpose of initiating, expanding or continuing 
a program for the reduction of the incidence of asthma among 
residents. The Secretary shall consult with the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to identify and consider sources 
of funding for the reduction of the incidence of asthma among 
recipients of assistance under this title. 
"(3) SERVICES FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS.—^Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, the New York City Housing 
Authority may, in its sole discretion, from amounts provided 
from the Operating and Capital Funds, or from amounts pro-
vided for public housing before the amounts are made available 
from such Funds, use not more than $600,000 per year for 
the purpose of developing a comprehensive plan to address 
the need for services for elderly residents. Such plan may 
be developed by a partnership created by such Housing Author-
ity and may include the creation of a model project for assisted 
living at one or more developments. The model project may 
provide for contracting with private parties for the delivery 
of services. 
"(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This subsection shall apply to fiscal 
year 1999 and each fiscal year thereafter.". 
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112 STAT. 2561 
(b) ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 6 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is amended by striking 
subsection (p). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 303(b)(10) (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa-2(b)(10)), by 
striking "under section 9" the first place it appears and insert-
ing "from the Operating Fund"; and 
(2) in section 305(e) (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa-4(e)), by striking 
"Operating subsidies" and inserting "Amounts from an alloca-
tion from the Operating Fund". 
(d) TRANSITIONAL CEILING RENTS.—Notwithstanding section 42USCi437a 
3(a)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. note. 
1437a(l)), during the period ending upon the later of the 
implementation of the formulas established pursuant to subsections 
(d)(2) and (e)(2) of such Act (as amended by this section) and 
October 1, 1999, a public housing agency may take any of the 
following actions with respect to public housing: 
(1) NEW PROVISIONS.—^An agency may— 
(A) adopt and apply ceiling rents that reflect the 
reasonable market value of the housing, but that are not 
less than— 
(i) for housing other than housing predominantly 
for elderly or disabled families (or both), 75 percent 
of the monthly cost to operate the housing of the 
agency; 
(ii) for housing predominantly for elderly or dis-
abled families (or both), 100 percent of the monthly 
cost to operate the housing of the agency; and 
(iii) the monthly cost to make a deposit to a 
replacement reserve (in the sole discretion of the public 
housing agency); and 
(B) allow families to pay ceiling rents referred to in 
subparagraph (A), unless, with respect to any family, the 
ceiling rent established under this paragraph would exceed 
the amount payable as rent by that family under paragraph 
(1). 
(2) CEILING RENTS FROM BALANCED BUDGET ACT, L—-An 
agency may utilize the authority under section 3(a)(2) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)(2)), 
as in effect immediately before the enactment of this Act, 
notwithstanding any amendment to such section made by this 
Act. 
(3) TRANSITIONAL CEILING RENTS FOR BALANCED BUDGET 
ACT, L—An agency may utilize the authority with respect to 
ceiling rents under section 402(b)(2) of The Balanced Budget 
Downpayment Act, I (42 U.S.C. 1437a note), notwithstanding 
any other provision of law (including the expiration of the 
applicability of such section or the repeal of such section). 
(e) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
42 use i437g 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), before the note. 
implementation of formulas pursuant to sections 9(d)(2) and 
9(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as amended 
by subsection (a) of this section), the Secretary shall provide 
that each public housing agency shall receive funding under 
sections 9 and 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as those sections existed immediately before the enactment 
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of this Act (except that such sections shall be subject to any 
amendments to such sections that may be contained in title 
II of this Act). 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Before the implementation of for-
mulas pursuant to sections 9(d)(2) and 9(e)(2) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (as amended by subsection (a) 
of this section)— 
(A) if a public housing agency establishes a rental 
amount that is based on a ceiling rent established pursuant 
to subsection (d)(1) of this section, the Secretary shall take 
into account any reduction of the per unit dwelling rental 
income of the public housing agency resulting from the 
use of that rental amount in calculating the contributions 
for the public housing agency for the operation of the 
public housing under section 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937; 
(B) if a public housing agency establishes a rental 
amount that is based on an adjustment to income under 
section 3(b)(5)(G) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(as in effect immediately before the enactment of this Act), 
the Secretary shall not take into account any reduction 
of or £iny increase in the per unit dwelling rental income 
of the public housing agency resulting from the use of 
that rental amount in calculating the contributions for 
the public housing agency for the operation of the public 
housing under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937; and 
(C) if a public housing agency establishes a rental 
amount other than as provided under subparagraph (A) 
or (B) that is less than the greatest of the amounts deter-
mined under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 
3(a)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, the Sec-
retary shall not take into account any reduction of the 
per unit dwelling rental income of the public housing 
agency resulting from the use of that rental amount in 
calculating the contributions for the public housing agency 
for the operation of the public housing under section 9 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937. 
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE OF OPERATING FORMULA.—^Notwithstand-
note- 
ing the effective date under section 503(a), the Secretary may 
extend the effective date of the formula under section 9(e)(2) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as amended by subsection 
(a) of this section) for up to 6 months if such additional time 
is necessary to implement such formula. 
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(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (d), (e), and (f) shall take 
note. 
effect upon the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 520. TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 3(c)(1) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(c)(l)) is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end of the second sentence the following: ', but 
does not include the costs associated with the demolition of or 
remediation of environmental hazards associated with public hous-
ing units that will not be replaced on the project site, or other 
extraordinary site costs as determined by the Secretary". 
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112 STAT. 2563 
(b) DETERMINATION.—Section 6(b) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(b)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraphs: 
"(3) In calculating the total development cost of a project under 
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall consider only capital assistance 
provided by the Secretary to a public housing agency that are 
authorized for use in connection with the development of public 
housing, and shall exclude all other amounts, including amounts 
provided under— 
"(A) the HOME investment partnerships program author-
ized under title II of the Cranston-CJonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act; or 
"(B) the community development block grants program 
under title I of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974. 
"(4) The Secretary may restrict the amount of capital funds 
that a public housing agency may use to pay for housing construc-
tion costs. For purposes of this paragraph, housing construction 
costs include the actual hard costs for the construction of units, 
builders' overhead and profit, utilities from the street, and finish 
landscaping.". 
SEC. 521. SANCTIONS FOR IMPROPER USE OF AMOUNTS. 
Section 6(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437d( j)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new para-
graph: 
"(4) SANCTIONS FOR IMPROPER USE OF AMOUNTS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^In addition to any other actions author-
ized under this Act, if the Secretary finds that a public housing 
agency receiving assistance amounts under section 9 for public 
housing has failed to comply substantially with any provision 
of this Act relating to the public housing program, the Secretary 
kiay— 
"(i) terminate assistance payments under this section 
9 to the agency; 
"(ii) withhold from the agency amounts from the total 
allocations for the agency pursuant to section 9; 
"(iii) reduce the amount of future assistance payments 
under section 9 to the agency by an amount equal to 
the amount of such payments that were not expended 
in accordance with this Act; 
"(iv) limit the availability of assistsmce amounts pro-
vided to the agency under section 9 to programs, projects, 
or activities not affected by such failure to comply; 
"(v) withhold from the agency amounts allocated for 
the agency under section 8; or 
"(vi) order other corrective action with respect to the 
agency. 
"(B) TERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE ACTION.—^If the Sec-
retary takes action under subparagraph (A) with respect to 
a public housing agency, the Secretary shall— 
"(i) in the case of action under subparagraph (A)(i), 
resume payments of assistance amounts under section 9 
to the agency in the full amount of the total allocations 
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under section 9 for the agency at the time that the Sec-
retary first determines that the agency will comply with 
the provisions of this Act relating to the public housing 
program; 
"(ii) in the case of action under clause (ii) or (v) of 
subparagraph (A), make withheld amounts available as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to ensure that the 
agency complies with the provisions of this Act relating 
to such program; 
"(iii) in the case of action under subparagraph (A)(iv), 
release such restrictions at the time that the Secretary 
first determines that the agency will comply with the provi-
sions of this Act relating to such program; or 
"(iv) in the case of action under subparagraph (vi), 
cease such action at the time that the Secretary first deter-
mines that the agency will comply with the provisions 
of this Act relating to such program,". 
SEC. 622. REPEAL OF MODERNIZATION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 14 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 14371) is hereby repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FUNDS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.—Section 
5(cX5) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437c(c)(5)) is amended by striking "for use under section 14 
or" and inserting "for use under section 9 or". 
(2) ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 213(d)(l)(B)(ii) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 1439(d)(l)(B)(i)) is amended by striking "or 14". 
(3) MOVING TO WORK DEMONSTRATION.—Section 204 of the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
(as contained in section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated 
42 use I437f 
Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996; 42 U.S.C. 1437f) 
Jiote- 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(j) CAPITAL AND OPERATING FUND ASSISTANCE.—^With respect 
to any public housing agency participating in the demonstration 
under this section that receives assistance from the Capital or 
Operating Fund under section 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (as amended by the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility Act of 1998), for purposes of this section— 
"(1) any reference to assistance under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 shall be considered to refer 
also to assistance provided from the Operating Fund under 
section 9(e) of such Act (as so amended); and 
"(2) any reference to assistance under section 14 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 shall be considered to refer 
also to assistance provided fi'om the Capital Fund under section 
9(d) of such Act (as so amended).". 
(4) LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING PREVENTION ACT.—Section 
302 of the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (42 
U.S.C. 4822) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(i) by striking "assisted under section 14" and 
inserting "assisted with capital assistance provided 
under section 9"; and 
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112 STAT. 2565 
(ii) by striking "assistance under section 14" and 
inserting "capital assistance provided under section 9"; 
. and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking "for comprehensive 
improvement assistance under section 14" and inserting 
"under the Capital Fund under section 9". 
(5) HOME PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.—Section 212(d)(5) of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12742(d)(5)) is amended by striking "section 14" and inserting 
"section 9(d)(1)". 
(c) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 14 of the United States Housing note. 
Act of 1937 shall apply as provided in section 519(e) of this Applicability. 
Act. 
(2) EXPANSION OF USE OF MODERNIZATION FUNDING.—Before 
the implementation of formulas pursuant to sections 9(d)(2) 
and 9(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as amend-
ed by section 519(a) of this Act) an agency may utilize any 
authority provided under or pursuant to section 14(q) of such 
Act (including the authority under section 201(a) of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Pub-
lic Law 104r-134; 110 Stat. 1321-277)), as such provisions 
(including such section 201(a)) may be amended thereafter, 
including any amendment made by title II of this Act), notwith-
standing any other provision of law (including the repeal made 
under this section, the expiration of the applicability of such 
section 201, or any repeal of such section 201), 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
PART 2—ADMISSIONS AND OCCUPANCY 
REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 523. FAMILY CHOICE OF RENTAL PAYMENT. 
Paragraph (2) of section 3(a) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) RENTAL PAYMENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING FAMILIES.— 
"(A) AUTHORITY FOR FAMILY TO SELECT.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^A family residing in a public housing 
dwelling shall pay as monthly rent for the unit the amount 
determined under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B), 
subject to the requirement under paragraph (3) (relating 
to minimum rents). Each public housing agency shall pro-
vide for each family residing in a public housing dwelling 
unit owned, assisted, or operated by the agency to elect 
annually whether the rent paid by such family shall be 
determined under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B). 
A public housing agency may not at any time fail to provide 
both such rent options for any public housing dwelling 
unit owned, assisted, or operated by the agency. 
"(ii) AUTHORITY TO RETAIN FLAT AND CEILING RENTS.— 
Notwithstanding clause (i) or any other provision of law, 
any public housing agency that is administering flat rents 
or ceiling rents pursuant to any authority referred to in 
section 519(d) of the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility Act of 1998 before the effective day of such Act 
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may continue to charge rent in accordance with such rent 
provisions after such effective date, except that the agency 
shall provide for families residing in public housing dwell-
ing units owned or operated by the agency to elect annually 
whether to pay rent under such provisions or in accordance 
with one of the rent options referred to in subparagraph 
(A). 
"(B) ALLOWABLE RENT STRUCTURES.— 
"(i) FLAT RENTS.—^Except as otherwise provided under 
this clause, each public housing agency shall establish, 
for each dwelling unit in public housing owned or operated 
by the agency, a flat rental amount for the dwelling unit, 
which shall— 
"(I) be based on the rental value of the unit, as 
determined by the public housing agency; and 
"(II) be designed in accordance with subparagraph 
(D) so that the rent structures do not create a disincen-
tive for continued residency in public housing by fami-
lies who are attempting to become economically self-
sufficient through employment or who have attained 
a level of self-sufficiency through their own efforts. 
The rental amount for a dwelling unit shall be considered 
to comply with the requirements of this clause if such 
amount does not exceed the actual monthly costs to the 
public housing agency attributable to providing and operat-
ing the dwelling unit. The preceding sentence may not 
be construed to require establishment of rental amounts 
equal to or based on operating costs or to prevent public 
housing agencies from developing flat rents required under 
this clause in any other manner that may comply with 
this clause. 
"(ii) INCOME-BASED RENTS.— 
"(I) IN GENERAL.—The monthly rental amount 
determined under this clause for a family shall be 
an amount, determined by the public housing agency, 
that does not exceed the greatest of the amounts 
(rounded to the nearest dollar) determined under sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of psiragraph (1). This 
clause may not be construed to require a public housing 
agency to charge a monthly rent in the maximum 
amount permitted under this clause. 
"(II) DISCRETION.—Subject to the limitation on 
monthly rental amount under subclause (I), a public 
housing agency may, in its discretion, implement a 
rent structure under this clause requiring that a por-
tion of the rent be deposited to an escrow or savings 
account, imposing ceiling rents, or adopting income 
exclusions (such as those set forth in section 3(b)(5)(B)), 
or may establish another reasonable rent structure 
or amount. 
"(C) SWITCHING RENT DETERMINATION METHODS BECAUSE 
OF HARDSHIP CIRCUMSTANCES.—^Notwithstanding subparagraph 
(A), in the case of a family that has elected to pay rent in 
the amount determined under subparagraph (B)(i), a public 
housing agency shall immediately provide for the family to 
pay rent in the amount determined under subparagraph (B)(ii) 
during the period for which such election was made upon a 
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112 STAT. 2567 
determination that the family is unable to pay the amount 
determined under subparagraph (B)(i) because of financial 
hardship, including— 
"(i) situations in which the income of the family has 
decreased because of changed circumstances, loss of reduc-
tion of employment, death in the family, and reduction 
in or loss of income or other assistance; 
"(ii) an increase, because of changed circumstances, 
in the family's expenses for medical costs, child care, 
transportation, education, or similar items; and 
"(iii) such other situations as may be determined by 
the agency. 
"(D) ENCOURAGEMENT OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY.—The rental 
policy developed by each public housing agency shall encourage 
and reward employment and economic self-sufficiency. 
"(E) INCOME REVIEWS.—Notwithstanding the second sen-
tence of paragraph (1), in the case of families that are paying 
rent in the amount determined under subparagraph (B)(i), the 
agency shall review the income of such family not less than 
once every 3 years.". 
SEC. 524. OCCUPANCY BY POUCE OFFICERS AND OVER-INCOME FAMI-
UES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a), as amended by the preceding 
provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
"(4) OCCUPANCY BY POLICE OFFICERS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B) and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public hous-
ing agency may, in accordance with the public housing 
agency plan for the agency, allow a police officer who 
is not otherwise eligible for residence in public housing 
to reside in a public housing dwelling unit. The number 
and location of units occupied by police officers under this 
paragraph and the terms and conditions of their tenancies 
shall be determined by the public housing agency. 
"(B) INCREASED SECURITY.—^A public housing agency 
may take the actions authorized in subparagraph (A) only 
for the purpose of increasing security for the residents 
of a public housing project. 
"(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term 'police 
officer' megms any person determined by a public housing 
agency to be, during the period of residence of that person 
in public housing, employed on a full-time basis as a duly 
licensed professional police officer by a Federal, State, or 
local government or by any agency thereof (including a 
public housing agency having an accredited police force). 
"(5) OCCUPANCY BY OVER-INCOME FAMILIES IN CERTAIN PUB-
LIC HOUSING.— 
"(A) AUTHORITY.—^Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, a public housing agency that owns or operates 
less than 250 units may, on a month-to-month basis, lease 
a dwelling unit in a public housing project to an over-
income family in accordance with this paragraph, but only 
if there are no eligible families applying for housing assist-
ance from the public housing agency for that month and 
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42 use 1437a 
note. 
the agency provides not less than 30-day public notice 
of the availability of such assistance. 
"(B) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The number and loca-
tion of dwelling units of a public housing agency occupied 
under this paragraph by over-income families, and the 
terms and conditions of those tenancies, shall be deter-
mined by the public housing agency, except that— 
"(i) notwithstanding paragraph (2), rent for a unit 
shall be in an amount that is not less than the costs 
to operate the unit; 
"(ii) if an eligible family applies for residence after 
an over-income family moves in to the last available 
unit, the over-income family shall vacate the unit in 
accordance with notice of termination of tenancy pro-
vided by the agency, which shall be provided not less 
than 30 days before such termination; and 
"(iii) if a unit is vacant and there is no one on 
the waiting list, the public housing agency may allow 
an over-income family to gain immediate occupancy 
in the unit, while simultaneously providing reasonable 
public notice and outreach with regard to availability 
of the unit. 
"(C) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term Wer-income family' means an individual or family 
that is not a low-income family at the time of initial occu-
pancy.", 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendment made by this paragraph 
is made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 525. SITE-BASED WAITING LISTS. 
Section 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d) is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
"(s) SITE-BASED WAITING LISTS.— 
"(1) AUTHORITY.—^A public housing agency may establish 
P
rocedures for maintaining waiting lists for admissions to public 
ousing projects of :the agency, which may include (notwith-
standing any other ^aw, regulation, handbook, or notice to 
the contrary) a system of site^based waiting lists under which 
applicants may apply directly at or otherwise designate the 
project or projects in which they seek to reside. All such proce-
dures shall comply with all provisions of title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, and other applicable 
civil rights laws. 
"(2) NOTICE.—Any system described in paragraph (1) shall 
provide for the full disclosure by the public housing agency 
to each applicant of any option available to the applicant in 
the selection of the project in which to reside.". 
SEC. 526. PET OWNERSHIP. 
Title I of the United States Housiujg Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
42 use 1437Z-3. 
«'SEC. 31. PET OWNERSHIP IN PUBLIC HOUSING. 
"(a) OWNERSHIP CONDITIONS.—^A resident of a dwelling unit 
in public housing (as such term is defined in subsection (c)) may 
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112 STAT. 2569 
own 1 or more common household pets or have 1 or more common 
household pets present in the dwelling unit of such resident, subject 
to the reasonable requirements of the public housing agency, if 
the resident maintains each pet responsibly and in accordance 
with applicable State and local public health, animal control, and 
animal anti-cruelty laws and regulations and with the policies 
established in the public housing agency plan for the agency. 
"(b) REASONABLE REQUIREMENTS.—The reasonable require-
ments referred to in subsection (a) may include— 
"(1) requiring payment of a nominal fee, a pet deposit, 
or both, by residents owning or having pets present, to cover 
the reasonable operating costs to the project relating to the 
presence of pets and to establish an escrow account for addi-
tional costs not otherwise covered, respectively; 
"(2) limitations on the number of animals in a unit, based 
on unit size; 
"(3) prohibitions on— 
"(A) types of animals that are classified as dangerous; 
and 
"(B) individual animals, based on certain factors, 
including the size and weight of the animal; and 
"(4) restrictions or prohibitions based on size and t3rpe 
of building or project, or other relevant conditions. 
"(c) PET OWNERSHIP IN PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGNATED FOR 
OCCUPANCY BY ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED FAMILIES.—^For purposes 
of this section, the term 'public housing* has the meaning given 
the term in section 3(b), except that such term does not include 
any public housing that is federally assisted rental housing for 
the elderly or handicapped, as such term is defined in section 
227(d) of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (12 
U.S.C. 1701r-l(d)). 
"(d) REGULATIONS.—^This section shall take effect upon the date Effective date, 
of the effectiveness of regulations issued by the Secretary to carry 
out this section. Such regulations shall be issued after notice and 
opportunity for public comment in accordance with the procedure 
under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, applicable to 
substantive rules (notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), and 
(d)(3) of such section).". 
PART 3—MANAGEMENT, HOMEOWNERSfflP, 
AND DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION 
SEC. 529. CONTRACT PROVISIONS. 
Section 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(4)(E), by striking "except in the case 
of agencies not receiving operating assistance under section 
9" and inserting "for each agency that receives assistance under 
this title"; and 
(2) by striking subsection (e). 
SEC. 530. HOUSING QUAUTY REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d) is amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following 
new subsection: 
"(f) HOUSING QUALITY REQUIREMENTS.— 
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"(1) IN GENERAL.—Each contract for contributions for a 
public housing agency shall require that the agency maintain 
its public housing in a condition that complies with standards 
which meet or exceed the housing quality standards established 
under paragraph (2). 
"(2) FEDERAL STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall establish 
housing quality standards under this paragraph that ensure 
that public housing dwelling units are safe and habitable. Such 
standards shall include requirements relating to habitability, 
including maintenance, health and sanitation factors, condition, 
and construction of dwellings, and shall, to the greatest extent 
practicable, be consistent with the standards established under 
section 8(o)(8)(B)(i). The Secretary may determine whether the 
laws, regulations, standards, or codes of any State or local 
jurisdiction meet or exceed these standards, for purposes of 
this subsection. 
"(3) ANNUAL INSPECTIONS.—Each public housing agency 
that owns or operates public housing shall make an annual 
inspection of each public housing project to determine whether 
units in the project are maintained in accordance with the 
requirements under paragraph (1). The agency shall retain 
the results of such inspections and, upon the request of the 
Secretary, the Inspector (Jeneral for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, or any auditor conducting an audit 
under section 5(h), shall make such results available.". 
SEC. 531. DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 18 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 18. DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC HOUSING. 
"(a) APPLICATIONS FOR DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION.—Except 
as provided in subsection (b), upon receiving an application by 
a public housing agency for authorization, with or without financial 
assistance under this title, to demolish or dispose of a public housing 
project or a portion of a public housing project (including any 
transfer to a resident-supported nonprofit entity), the Secretary 
shall approve the application, if the public housing agency 
certifies— 
"(1) in the case of— 
"(A) an application proposing demolition of a public 
housing project or a portion of a public housing project, 
t h a t -
'll) the project or portion of the public housing 
project is obsolete as to physical condition, location, 
or other factors, making it unsuitable for housing pur-
poses; and 
"(ii) no reasonable program of modifications is cost-
effective to return the public housing project or portion 
of the project to useful life; and 
"(B) an application proposing the demolition of only 
a portion of a public housing project, that the demolition 
will help to ensure the viability of the remaining portion 
of the project; 
"(2) in the case of an application proposing disposition 
by sale or other transfer of a public housing project or other 
real property subject to this title— 
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112 STAT. 2571 
"(A) the retention of the property is not in the best 
interests of the residents or the pubUc housing agency 
because— 
"(i) conditions in the area surrounding the pubUc 
housing project adversely affect the health or safety 
of the residents or the feasible operation of the project 
by the public housing agency; or 
"(ii) disposition allows the acquisition, develop-
ment, or rehabilitation of other properties that will 
be more efficiently or effectively operated as low-income 
housing; 
"(B) the public housing agency has otherwise deter-
mined the disposition to be appropriate for reasons that 
are— 
"(i) in the best interests of the residents and the 
public housing agency; 
"(ii) consistent with the goals of the public housing 
agency and the public housing agency plan; and 
"(iii) otherwise consistent with this title; or 
"(C) for property other than dwelling units, the prop-
erty is excess to the needs of a public housing project 
or the disposition is incidental to, or does not interfere 
with, continued operation of a public housing project; 
"(3) that the public housing agency has specifically author-
ized the demolition or disposition in the public housing agency 
plan, and has certified that the actions contemplated in the 
public housing agency plan comply with this section; 
"(4) that the public housing agency— 
"(A) will notify each family residing in a project subject 
Notification, 
to demolition or disposition 90 days prior to the displace-
ment date, except in cases of imminent threat to health 
or safety, consistent with any guidelines issued by the 
Secretary governing such notifications, that— 
"(i) the public housing project will be demolished 
or disposed of; 
"(ii) the demolition of the building in which the 
family resides will not commence until each resident 
of the building is relocated; and 
"(iii) each family displaced by such action will be 
offered comparable housing— 
"(I) that meets housing quality standards; 
"(II) that is located in an area that is generally 
not less desirable than the location of the displaced 
person's housing; and 
"(III) which may include— 
"(aa) tenant-based assistsmce, except that 
the requirement under this clause regarding 
offering of comparable housing shall be ful-
filled by use of tenant-based assistance only 
upon the relocation of such family into such 
housing; 
"(bb) project-based assistance; or 
"(cc) occupancy in a unit operated or 
assisted by the public housing agency at a 
rental rate paid by the family that is com-
parable to the rental rate applicable to the 
unit from which the family is vacated; 
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"(B) will provide for the payment of the actual and 
reasonable relocation expenses of each resident to be dis-
placed; 
"(C) will ensure that each displaced resident is offered 
comparable housing in accordance with the notice under 
subparagraph (A); and 
"(D) will provide any necessary counseling for residents 
who are displaced; and 
"(E) will not commence demolition or complete disposi-
tion until all residents residing in the building are 
relocated; 
"(5) that the net proceeds of any disposition will be used— 
"(A) unless waived by the Secretary, for the retirement 
of outstanding obligations issued to finance the original 
public housing project or modernization of the project; and 
"(B) to the extent that any proceeds remain after the 
application of proceeds in accordance with subparagraph 
(A), for— 
"(i) the provision of low-income housing or to bene-
fit the residents of the public housing agency; or 
"(ii) leveraging amounts for securing commercial 
enterprises, on-site in public housing projects of the 
public housing agency, appropriate to serve the needs 
of the residents; and 
"(6) that the public housing agency has complied with 
subsection (c). 
"(b) DISAPPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—^The Secretary shall dis-
approve an application submitted under subsection (a) if the Sec-
retary determines that— 
"(1) any certification made by the public housing agency 
under that subsection is clearly inconsistent with information 
and data available to the Secretary or information or data 
requested by the Secretary; or 
"(2) the application was not developed in consultation 
with— 
"(A) residents who will be affected by the proposed 
demolition or disposition; 
"(B) each resident advisory board and resident council, 
if any, of the project (or portion thereof) that will be affected 
by the proposed demolition or disposition; and 
"(C) appropriate government officials. 
"(c) RESIDENT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE IN CASE OF PRO-
POSED DISPOSITION.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a proposed disposition 
of a public housing project or portion of a project, the public 
housing agency shall, in appropriate circumstances, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, initially offer the property to any 
eligible resident organization, eligible resident management cor-
poration, or nonprofit organization acting on behalf of the resi-
dents, if that entity has expressed an interest, in writing, 
to the public housing agency in a timely manner, in purchasing 
the property for continued use as low-income housing. 
"(2) TIMING.— 
"(A) EXPRESSION OF INTEREST.—-A resident organiza-
tion, resident management corporation, or other resident-
supported nonprofit entity referred to in paragraph (1) 
may express interest in purchasing property that is the 
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112 STAT. 2573 
subject of a disposition, as described in paragraph (1), 
during the 30-day period beginning on the date of notifica-
tion of a proposed sale of the property. 
"(B) OPPORTUNITY TO ARRANGE PURCHASE.—If an entity 
expresses written interest in purchasing a property, as 
provided in subparagraph (A), no disposition of the property 
shall occur during the 60-day period beginning on the date 
of receipt of that written notice (other than to the entity 
providing the notice), during which time that entity shall 
be given the opportunity to obtain a firm commitment 
for financing the purchase of the property. 
"(d) REPLACEMENT UNITS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, replacement public housing units for public housing 
units demolished in accordance with this section may be built 
on the original public housing location or in the same neighborhood 
as the original public housing location if the number of the replace-
ment public housing units is significantly fewer than the number 
of units demolished. 
"(e) CONSOLIDATION OF OCCUPANCY WITHIN OR AMONG BUILD-
INGS.—^Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent a public 
housing agency from consolidating occupancy within or among build-
ings of a public housing project, or among projects, or with other 
housing for the purpose of improving living conditions of, or provid-
ing more efficient services to, residents. 
"(f) D E MINIMIS EXCEPTION TO DEMOLITION REQUIREMENTS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in any 5-
year period a public housing agency may demolish not more than 
the lesser of 5 dwelling units or 5 percent of the total dwelling 
units owned by the public housing agency, but only if the space 
occupied by the demolished unit is used for meeting the service 
or other needs of public housing residents or the demolished unit 
was beyond repair. 
"(g) UNIFORM RELOCATION AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION 
ACT.—^The Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Poli-
cies Act of 1970 shall not apply to activities under this section. 
"(h) RELOCATION AND REPLACEMENT.—Of the amounts appro-
priated for tenant-based assistance under section 8 in any fiscal 
year, the Secretary may use such sums as are necessary for reloca-
tion and replacement housing for dwelling units that are demolished 
and disposed of from the public housing inventory (in addition 
to other amounts that may be available for such purposes).". 
(b) HOMEOWNERSHIP REPLACEMENT PLAN.— 
42 USC 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) l437aaa-3 note, 
of section 1002 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
for Additional Disaster Assistance, for Anti-terrorism Initia-
tives, for Assistance in the Recovery from the Tragedy that 
Occurred At Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995 (Public 
Law 104-19; 109 Stat. 236), subsection (g) of section 304 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa-
3(g)) is repealed. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendment made by paragraph 
(1) shall be effective with respect to any plan for the demolition, 
disposition, or conversion to homeownership of public housing 
that is approved by the Secretary after September 30, 1995. 
(c) TREATMENT OF FROST-LELAND PROVISIONS.—^Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, on and after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the public housing projects described in section 
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415 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development— 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 (Public Law 100-
202; 101 Stat. 1329-213), as in effect on April 25, 1996, shall 
be eligible for demolition under— 
(1) section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as amended by this Act; and 
(2) section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as that section existed on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall take effect on, and the 
note. 
amendments made by this section are made on, and shall apply 
beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 532. RESIDENT COUNCILS AND RESIDENT MANAGEMENT COR-
PORATIONS. 
(a) RESIDENT MANAGEMENT.—Section 20 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437r) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting after "materials" the 
following: ", rent determination, community service require-
ments,"; 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following 
new subsection: 
"(c) ASSISTANCE AMOUNTS.—A contract under this section for 
management of a public housing project by a resident management 
corporation shall provide for— 
"(1) the public housing agency to provide a portion of the 
assistance to agency from the Capital and Operating Funds 
to the resident management corporation in accordance with 
subsection (e) for purposes of operating the public housing 
project covered by the contract and performing such other 
eligible activities with respect to the project as may be provided 
under the contract; 
"(2) the amount of income expected to be derived from 
the project itself (from sources such as rents and charges); 
"(3) the amount of income to be provided to the project 
from the other sources of income of the public housing agency 
(such as interest income, administrative fees, and rents); and 
"(4) any income generated by a resident management cor-
poration of a public housing project that exceeds the income 
estimated under the contract shall be used for eligible activities 
under subsections (d)(1) and (e)(1) of section 9."; 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (3) and 
redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); 
(B) by striking the subsection designation and heading 
and all that follows through the end of paragraph (3) 
and inserting the following: 
"(e) DIRECT PROVISION OF OPERATING AND CAPITAL ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary shall directly provide 
assistance from the Operating and Capital Funds to a resident 
management corporation managing a public housing develop-
ment pursuant to a contract under this section, but only if— 
"(A) the resident management corporation petitions the 
Secretary for the release of the funds; 
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112 STAT. 2575 
"(B) the contract provides for the resident management 
corporation to assume the primary management respon-
sibilities of the pubHc housing agency; and 
"(C) the Secretary determines that the corporation has 
the capabiHty to effectively discharge such responsibilities. 
"(2) USE OF ASSISTANCE.—^Any assistance from the Operat-
ing and Capital Funds provided to a resident management 
corporation pursuant to this subsection shall be used for pur-
poses of operating the public housing developments of the 
agency and performing such other eligible activities with 
respect to public housing as may be provided under the contract. 
"(3) RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY.—If the 
Secretary provides direct funding to a resident management 
corporation under this subsection, the public housing agency 
shall not be responsible for the actions of the resident manage-
ment corporation. 
"(4) CALCULATION OF OPERATING FUND ALLOCATION.—^Not-
withstanding any provision of section 9 or any regulation under 
such section, and subject to the exception provided in paragraph 
(3), the portion of the amount received by a public housing 
agency under section 9 that is due to an allocation from the 
Operating Fund and that is allocated to a public housing project 
managed by a resident management corporation shall not be 
less than the public housing agency per unit monthly amount 
provided in the previous year as determined on an individual 
project basis. 
"(5) CALCULATION OF TOTAL INCOME.— 
"(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the amount of funds 
provided by a public housing agency to a public housing 
project managed by a resident management corporation 
may not be reduced during the 3-year period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1987 or on any later date on 
which a resident management corporation is first estab-
lished for the project. 
"(B) If the total income of a public housing agency 
(including any amounts from the Capital or Operating 
Funds provided to the public housing agency under section 
9) is reduced or increased, the income provided by the 
public housing agency to a public housing project managed 
by a resident management corporation shall be reduced 
or increased in proportion to the reduction or increase 
in the total income of the public housing agency, except 
that any reduction in amounts from the Operating Fund 
that occurs as a result of fraud, waste, or mismanagement 
by the public housing agency shall not affect the funds 
provided to the resident management corporation."; and 
(C) in paragraph (6)(A) (as so redesignated by subpara-
graph (A) of this paragraph), by striking "the operating 
subsidies provided to" and inserting "the allocations from 
the Operating Fund for"; and 
(5) by striking subsections (f) and (g). 
(b) PURCHASE BY RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS.—Sec-
tion 21 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437s) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking "comprehensive 
improvement assistance under section 14" and inserting 
"assistance from the Capital Fund"; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A)(v), by striking "minimum safety 
and livability standards applicable under section 14" and 
inserting "housing quality standards applicable under sec-
tion 6(f)"; 
(C) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) by striking 
"ANNUAL 
CONTRIBUTIONS" and 
inserting "CAPITAL AND OPERATING ASSISTANCE"; 
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking "pay annual 
contributions" and inserting "provide assistance under 
section 9"; and 
(iii) by striking the last sentence and inserting 
the following: "Such assistance may not exceed the 
allocation for the project under section 9."; and 
(D) in paragraph (8), by striking "OPERATING SUB-
SIDIES.—Operating subsidies" and inserting "OPERATING 
FUND ALLOCATION.—^Amounts from the Operating Fund"; 
(2) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) by striking "a certificate under section 8(b)(1) or 
a housing voucher" and inserting "tenant-based assistance"; 
and 
(B) by striking "fair market rent for such certificate" 
and inserting "pa3mrient standard for such assistance"; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by inserting ", as in effect before 
the effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998," after "section 6(c)(4)(D)". 
SEC. 533. CONVERSION OF PUBLIC HOUSING TO VOUCHERS; REPEAL 
OF FAMILY INVESTMENT CENTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 22 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437t) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 22. 
AUTHORITY 
TO 
CONVERT 
PUBLIC 
HOUSING 
TO 
VOUCHERS. 
"(a) AUTHORITY.—A public housing agency may convert any 
public housing project (or portion thereof) owned by the public 
housing agency to tenant-based assistance, but only in accordance 
with the requirements of this section. 
"(b) CONVERSION ASSESSMENT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—To convert public housing under this 
section, a public housing agency shall conduct an assessment 
of the public housing that includes— 
"(A) a cost analysis that demonstrates whether or not 
the cost (both on a net present value basis and in terms 
of new budget authority requirements) of providing tenant-
based assistance under section 8 for the same families 
in substantially similar dwellings over the s£ime period 
of time is less expensive than continuing public housing 
assistance in the public housing project for the remaining 
useful life of the project; 
"(B) an analysis of the market value of the public 
housing project both before and after rehabilitation, and 
before and after conversion; 
"(C) an analysis of the rental market conditions with 
respect to the likely success of the use of tenant-based 
assistance under section 8 in that market for the specific 
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112 STAT. 2577 
residents of the public housing project, including an assess-
ment of the availability of decent and safe dwellings renting 
at or below the payment standard established for tenant-
based assistance under section 8 by the agency; 
"(D) the impact of the conversion to tenant-based 
assistance under this section on the neighborhood in which 
the public housing project is located; and 
"(E) a plan that identifies actions, if any, that the 
public housing agency would take with regard to converting 
any public housing project or projects (or portions thereof) 
of the public housing agency to tenant-based assistance. 
"(2) TIMING.—Not later than 2 years after the effective Deadline. 
date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998, each public housing agency shall 
conduct an assessment under paragraph (1) or (3) of the status 
of each public housing project owned by such agency and shall 
submit to the Secretary such assessment. A public housing 
agency may otherwise undertake an assessment under this 
subsection at any time and for any public housing project 
(or portion thereof) owned by the agency. A public housing 
agency may update a previously conducted assessment for a 
project (or portion thereof) for purposes of compliance with 
the one-year limitation under subsection (c). 
"(3) STREAMLINED ASSESSMENT.—At the discretion of the 
Secretary or at the request of a public housing agency, the 
Secretary may waive any or all of the requirements of para-
graph (1) or (3) or otherwise require a streamlined assessment 
with respect to any public housing project or class of public 
housing projects. 
"(c) CRITERIA FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVERSION PLAN.— 
A public housing agency may convert a public housing project 
(or portion thereof) owned by the agency to tenant-based assistance 
only pursuant to a conversion assessment under subsection (b) 
that one year and that demonstrates that the conversion— 
"(1) will not be more expensive than continuing to operate 
the public housing project (or portion thereof) as public housing; 
"(2) will principally benefit the residents of the public hous-
ing project (or portion thereof) to be converted, the public 
housing agency, and the community; and 
"(3) will not adversely affect the availability of affordable 
housing in such community. 
"(d) CONVERSION PLAN REQUIREMENT.—A public housing project 
may be converted under this section to tenant-based assistance 
only as provided in a conversion plan under this subsection, which 
has not been disapproved by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 
(e). Each conversion plan shall— 
"(1) be developed by the public housing agency, in consulta-
tion with the appropriate public officials, with significant 
participation by the residents of the project (or portion thereof) 
to be converted; 
"(2) be consistent with and part of the public housing 
agency plan; 
"(3) describe the conversion and fiiture use or disposition 
of the project (or portion thereof) and include an impact analysis 
on the affected community; 
"(4) provide that the public housing agency shall— 
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note. 
"(A) notify each family residing in a public housing 
project (or portion) to be converted under the plan 90 
days prior to the displacement date except in cases of 
imminent threat to health or safety, consistent with any 
guidelines issued by the Secretary governing such notifica-
tions, that— 
"(i) the public housing project (or portion) will be 
removed from the inventory of the public housing 
agency; and 
"(ii) each family displaced by such action will be 
offered comparable housing— 
"(I) that meets housing quality standards; 
"(II) that is located in an area that is generally 
not less desirable than the location of the displaced 
person's housing; and 
"(III) which may include— 
"(aa) tenant-based assistance, except that 
the requirement under this clause regarding 
offering of comparable housing shall be ful-
filled by use of tenant-based assistance only 
upon the relocation of such family into such 
housing; 
"(bb) project-based assistance; or 
"(cc) occupancy in a unit operated or 
assisted by the public housing agency at a 
rental rate paid by the family that is com-
parable to the rental rate applicable to the 
unit from which the family is vacated; 
"(B) provide any necessary counseling for families dis-
placed by such action; 
"(C) ensure that, if the project (or portion) converted 
is used as housing after such conversion, each resident 
may choose to remain in their dwelling unit in the project 
and use the tenant-based assistance toward rent for that 
unit; and 
"(D) provide any actual and reasonable relocation 
expenses for families displaced by the conversion; and 
"(5) provide that any proceeds to the agency from the 
conversion will be used subject to the limitations that are 
applicable under section 18(a)(5) to proceeds resulting from 
the disposition or demolition of public housing. 
"(e) REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CONVERSION PLANS.—The Sec-
retary shall disapprove a conversion plan only if— 
"(1) the plan is plainly inconsistent with the conversion 
assessment for the agency developed under subsection (b); 
"(2) there is reliable information and data available to 
the Secretary that contradicts that conversion assessment; or 
"(3) the plan otherwise fails to meet the requirements 
of this section. 
"(f) TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—^To the extent approved by 
the Secretary, the funds used by the public housing agency to 
provide tenant-based assistance under section 8 shall be added 
to the annual contribution contract administered by the public 
housing agency.". 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—^The amendment made by subsection 
(a) shall not affect any contract or other agreement entered into 
under section 22 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
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112 STAT. 2579 
such section existed immediately before the effective date under 
section 503(a) of the QuaUty Housing and Work ResponsibiUty 
Act of 1998. 
SEC. 534. TRANSFER OF MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN HOUSING TO 
INDEPENDENT MANAGER AT REQUEST OF RESIDENTS. 
The United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking 
section 25 (42 U.S.C. 1437w) and inserting the following new sec-
tion: 
"SEC. 25. TRANSFER OF MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN HOUSING TO 42USC1437w. 
INDEPENDENT MANAGER AT REQUEST OF RESIDENTS. 
"(a) AUTHORITY.—^The Secretary may transfer the responsibility 
and authority for management of specified housing (as such term 
is defined in subsection (h)) from a public housing agency to an 
eligible management entity, in accordance with the requirements 
of this section, if— 
"(1) a request for transfer of management of such housing 
is made and approved in accordance with subsection (b); and 
"(2) the Secretary or the public housing agency, as appro-
priate pursuant to subsection (b), determines that— 
"(A) due to the mismanagement of the agency, such 
housing has deferred maintenance, physical deterioration, 
or obsolescence of major systems and other deficiencies 
in the physical plant of the project; 
"(B) such housing is located in an area such that the 
housing is subject to recurrent vandalism and criminal 
activity (including drug-related criminal activity); and 
"(C) the residents can demonstrate that the elements 
of distress for such housing specified in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) can be remedied by an entity or entities, identi-
fied by the residents, that has or have a demonstrated 
capacity to manage, with reasonable expenses for mod-
ernization. 
"(b) REQUEST FOR TRANSFER.—^The responsibility and authority 
for managing specified housing may be transferred only pursuant 
to a request made by a majority vote of the residents for the 
specified housing that— 
"(1) in the case of specified housing that is owned by 
a public housing agency that is designated as a troubled agency 
under section 6( j)(2)— 
"(A) is made to the public housing agency or the Sec-
retary; and 
"(B) is approved by the agency or the Secretary; or 
"(2) in the case of specified housing that is owned by 
a public housing agency that is not designated as a troubled 
agency under section 6( j)(2)— 
"(A) is made to and approved by the public housing 
agency; or 
"(B) if a request is made to the agency pursuant to 
subparagraph (A) and is not approved, is subsequently 
made to and approved by the Secretary. 
"(c) CAPITAL AND OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—Pursuant to a con-
tract under subsection (d), the Secretary shall require the public 
housing agency for specified housing to provide to the manager 
for the housing, from any assistance from the Capital and Operating 
Funds under section 9 for the agency, fair and reasonable amounts 
for the housing for eligible capital and operating activities under 
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subsection (d)(1) and (e)(1) of section 9. The amount made available 
under this subsection to a manager shall be determined by the 
Secretary based on the share for the specified housing of the aggre-
gate amount of assistance from such Funds for the public housing 
agency transferring the housing, taking into consideration the 
operating and capital improvement needs of the specified housing, 
the operating and capital improvement needs of the remaining 
public housing units managed by the public housing agency, and 
the public housing agency plan of such agency. 
"(d) CONTRACT BETWEEN SECRETARY AND MANAGER.— 
"(1) REQUIREMENTS.—^Pursuant to the approval of a request 
under this section for transfer of the management of specified 
housing, the Secretary shall enter into a contract with the 
eligible management entity. 
"(2) TERMS.—A contract under this subsection shall contain 
provisions establishing the rights and responsibilities of the 
manager with respect to the specified housing and the Secretary 
and shall be consistent with the requirements of this Act 
applicable to public housing projects. 
"(e) COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLAN.—A 
manager of specified housing under this section shall comply with 
the approved public housing agency plan applicable to the housing 
and shall submit such information to the public housing agency 
from which management was transferred as may be necessary 
for such agency to prepare and update its public housing agency 
plan. 
"(f) DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION BY MANAGER.—^A manager 
under this section may demolish or dispose of specified housing 
only if, and in the manner, provided for in the public housing 
agency plan for the agency transferring management of the housing. 
"(g) LIMITATION ON P H A LIABILITY.—A public housing agency 
that is not a manager for specified housing shall not be liable 
for any act or failure to act by a manager or resident council 
for the specified housing. 
"(h) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply: 
"(1) ELIGIBLE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term 'eligible 
management entity' means, with respect to any public housing 
project, any of the following entities: 
"(A) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—A public or private 
nonprofit organization, which may— 
"(i) include a resident management corporation; 
and 
"(ii) not include the public housing agency that 
owns or operates the project. 
"(B) FOR-PROFIT ENTITY.—A for-profit entity that has 
demonstrated experience in providing low-income housing. 
"(C) STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—-A State or local 
government, 
including an agency or instrumentality 
thereof. 
"(D) PUBLIC 
HOUSING AGENCY.—A public housing 
agency (other than the public housing agency that owns 
or operates the project). 
The term does not include a resident council. 
"(2) MANAGER.—^The term 'manager* means any eligible 
management entity that has entered into a contract under 
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112 STAT. 2581 
this section with the Secretary for the management of specified 
housing. 
"(3) NONPROFIT.—^The term 'nonprofit' means, with respect 
to an organization, association, corporation, or other entity, 
that no part of the net earnings of the entity inures to the 
benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual. 
"(4) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—^The term 'private 
nonprofit organization' means any private organization (includ-
ing a State or locally chartered organization) that— 
"(A) is incorporated under State or local law; 
"(B) is nonprofit in character; 
"(C) complies with standards of financial accountability 
acceptable to the Secretary; and 
"(D) has among its purposes significant activities 
related to the provision of decent housing that is affordable 
to low-income families. 
"(5) PUBLIC NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—^The term 'public 
nonprofit organization' means any public entity that is nonprofit 
in character. 
"(6) SPECIFIED HOUSING.—^The term 'specified housing' 
means a public housing project or projects, or a portion of 
a project or projects, for which the transfer of management 
is requested under this section. The term includes one or more 
contiguous buildings and an area of contiguous row houses, 
but in the case of a single building, the building shall be 
sufficiently separable from the remainder of the project of which 
it is part to make transfer of the management of the building 
feasible for purposes of this section.". 
SEC. 535. DEMOLITION, SITE REVITALIZATION, REPLACEMENT HOUS-
ING, AND TENANT-BASED 
ASSISTANCE 
GRANTS FOR 
PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 24 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 24. DEMOUTION, SITE REVITALIZATION, REPLACEMENT HOUS-
ING, AND TENANT-BASED 
ASSISTANCE 
GRANTS FOR 
PROJECTS. 
"(a) PURPOSES.—^The purpose of this section is to provide assist-
ance to public housing agencies for the purposes of— 
"(1) improving the living environment for public housing 
residents of severely distressed public housing projects through 
the demolition, rehabilitation, reconfiguration, or replacement 
of obsolete public housing projects (or portions thereof); 
"(2) revitalizing sites (including remaining public housing 
dwelling units) on which such public housing projects are 
located and contributing to the improvement of the surrounding 
neighborhood; 
"(3) providing housing that will avoid or decrease the con-
centration of very low-income families; and 
"(4) building sustainable communities. 
"(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—^The Secretary may make grants as 
provided in this section to applicants whose applications for such 
grants are approved by the Secretary under this section. 
"(c) CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary may not make any grant 
under this section to any applicant unless the applicant certifies 
to the Secretary that the applicant will— 
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"(A) supplement the aggregate amount of assistance 
provided under this section with an amount of funds from 
sources other than this section equal to not less than 
5 percent of the amount provided under this section; and 
"(B) in addition to supplemental amounts provided in 
accordance with subparagraph (A), if the applicant uses 
more than 5 percent of the amount of assistance provided 
under this section for services under subsection (d)(l)(L), 
provide supplemental funds from sources other than this 
section in an amount equal to the amount so used in 
excess of 5 percent. 
"(2) SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS.—In calculating the amount of 
supplemental funds provided by a grantee for purposes of para-
graph (1), the grantee may include amounts from other Federal 
sources, any State or local government sources, any private 
contributions, the value of any donated material or building, 
the value of any lease on a building, the value of the time 
and services contributed by volunteers, and the value of any 
other in-kind services or administrative costs provided. 
"(3) EXEMPTION.—^If assistance provided under this title 
will be used only for providing tenant-based assistance under 
section 8 or demolition of public housing (without replacement), 
the Secretary may exempt the applicant from the requirements 
under paragraph (1)(A). 
"(d) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants under this section may be used 
for activities to carry out revitalization programs for severely 
distressed public housing, including— 
"(A) architectural and engineering work; 
"(B) redesign, rehabilitation, or reconfiguration of a 
severely distressed public housing project, including the 
site on which the project is located; 
"(C) the demolition, sale, or lease of the site, in whole 
or in part; 
"(D) covering the administrative costs of the applicant, 
which may not exceed such portion of the assistance pro-
vided under this section as the Secretary may prescribe; 
"(E) payment of reasonable legal fees; 
"(F) providing reasonable moving expenses for resi-
dents displaced as a result of the revitalization of the 
project; 
"(G) economic development activities that promote the 
economic self-sufficiency of residents under the revitaliza-
tion program; 
"(H) necessary management improvements; 
"(I) leveraging other resources, including additional 
housing resources, retsiil supportive services, jobs, and 
other economic development uses on or near the project 
that will benefit future residents of the site; 
"(J) 
replacement 
housing 
(including 
appropriate 
homeownership downpayment assistance for displaced resi-
dents or other appropriate replacement homeownership 
activities) and rental assistance under section 8; 
"(K) transitional security activities; and 
"(L) necessary supportive services, except that not more 
than 15 percent of the amount of any grant may be used 
for activities under this paragraph. 
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112 STAT. 2583 
"(2) ENDOWMENT TRUST FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—In 
using grant amounts under this section made available in fiscal 
year 2000 or thereafter for supportive services under paragraph 
(1)(L), a public housing agency may deposit such amounts in 
an endowment trust to provide supportive services over such 
period of time as the agency determines. Such amounts shall 
be provided to the agency by the Secretary in a lump sum 
when requested by the agency, shall be invested in a wise 
and prudent manner, and shall be used (together with any 
interest thereon earned) only for eligible uses pursuant to para-
graph (1)(L). A public housing agency may use amounts in 
an endowment trust under this paragraph in conjunction with 
other amounts donated or otherwise made available to the 
trust for similar purposes. 
"(e) APPLICATION AND SELECTION.— 
"(1) APPLICATION.—^An application for a grant under this 
section shall demonstrate the appropriateness of the proposal 
in the context of the local housing market relative to other 
alternatives, and shall include such other information and be 
submitted at such time and in accordance with such procedures, 
as the Secretary shall prescribe. 
"(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish 
selection criteria for the award of grants under this section 
and shall include such factors as— 
"(A) the relationship of the grant to the public housing 
agency plan for the applicant and how the grant will result 
in a revitalized site that will enhance the neighborhood 
in which the project is located and enhance economic 
opportunities for residents; 
"(B) the capability and record of the applicant public 
housing agency, or any alternative management entity for 
the agency, for managing large-scale redevelopment or mod-
ernization projects, meeting construction timetables, and 
obligating amounts in a timely manner; 
"(C) the extent to which the applicant could undertake 
such activities without a grant under this section; 
"(D) the extent of involvement of residents. State and 
local governments, private service providers, financing enti-
ties, and developers, in the development of a revitalization 
program for the project; 
"(E) the need for affordable housing in the community; 
"(F) the supply of other housing available and afford-
able to families receiving tenant-based assistance under 
section 8; 
"(G) the amount of funds and other resources to be 
leveraged by the grant; 
"(H) the extent of the need for, and the potential impact 
of, the revitalization program; and 
"(I) such other factors as the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
"(3) APPLICABILITY OF SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary 
may determine not to apply certain of the selection criteria 
established pursuant to paragraph (2) when awarding grants 
for demolition only, tenant-based assistance only, or other spe-
cific categories of revitalization activities. This section may 
not be construed to require any application for a grant under 
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this section to include demolition of public housing or to pre-
clude use of grant amounts for rehabilitation or rebuilding 
of any housing on an existing site. 
"(f) COST LIMITS.—Subject to the provisions of this section, 
the Secretary— 
"(1) shall establish cost limits on eligible activities under 
this section sufficient to provide for effective revitalization pro-
grams; and 
"(2) may establish other cost limits on eligible activities 
under this section. 
"(g) DISPOSITION AND REPLACEMENT.^Any severely distressed 
public housing disposed of pursuant to a revitalization plan and 
any public housing developed in lieu of such severely distressed 
housing, shall be subject to the provisions of section 18. Severely 
distressed public housing demolished pursuant to a revitalization 
plan shall not be subject to the provisions of section 18. 
"(h) ADMINISTRATION BY OTHER ENTITIES.—The Secretary may 
require a grantee under this section to make arrangements satisfac-
tory to the Secretary for use of an entity other than the public 
housing agency to carry out activities assisted under the revitaliza-
tion plan, if the Secretary determines that such action will help 
to effectuate the purposes of this section. 
"(i) WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDING.—If a grantee under this section 
does not proceed within a reasonable timeframe, in the determina-
tion of the Secretary, the Secretary shall withdraw any grant 
amounts under this section that have not been obligated by the 
public housing agency. The Secretary shall redistribute any with-
drawn amounts to one or more other applicants eligible for assist-
ance under this section or to one or more other entities capable 
of proceeding expeditiously in the same locality in carrying out 
the revitalization plan of the original grantee. 
"(j) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply: 
"(1) APPLICANT.—^The term 'applicant' means— 
"(A) any public housing agency that is not designated 
as troubled pursuant to section 6( j)(2); 
"(B) any public housing agency for which a private 
housing management agent has been selected, or a receiver 
has been appointed, pursuant to section 6( j)(3); and 
(C) any public housing agency that is designated as 
troubled pursuant to section 6( j)(2) and that— 
"(i) is so designated principally for reasons that 
will not affect the capacity of the agency to carry 
out a revitalization program; 
"(ii) is making 
substantial 
progress 
toward 
eliminating the deficiencies of the agency; or 
"(iii) is otherwise determined by the Secretary to 
be capable of carrying out a revitalization program. 
"(2) SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING.—The term 
'severely distressed public housing' means a public housing 
project (or building in a project)— 
"(A) that— 
"(i) requires major redesign, reconstruction or 
redevelopment, or partial or total demolition, to correct 
serious deficiencies in the original design (including 
inappropriately high population density), 
deferred 
maintenance, physical deterioration or obsolescence of 
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major systems and other deficiencies in the physical 
plant of the project; 
"(ii) is a significant contributing factor to the phys-
ical decline of and disinvestment by public and private 
entities in the surrounding neighborhood; 
"(iii)(I) is occupied predominantly by families who 
are very low-income families with children, 
are 
unemployed, and dependent on various forms of public 
assistance; or 
"(II) has high rates of vandalism and criminal 
activity (including drug-related criminal activity) in 
comparison to other housing in the area; 
"(iv) cannot be revitalized through assistance 
under other programs, such as the program for capital 
and operating assistance for public housing under this 
Act, or the programs under sections 9 and 14 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (as in effect before 
the effective date under under section 503(a) the Qual-
ity Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998), 
because of cost constraints and inadequacy of available 
amounts; and 
"(v) in the case of individual buildings, is, in the 
Secretar/s determination, sufficiently separable from 
the remainder of the project of which the building 
is part to make use of the building feasible for purposes 
of this section; or 
"(B) that was a project described in subparagraph (A) 
that has been legally vacated or demolished, but for which 
the Secretary has not yet provided replacement housing 
assistance (other than tenant-based assistance). 
"(3) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term 'supportive services' 
includes all activities that will promote upward mobility, self-
sufficiency, and improved quality of life for the residents of 
the public housing project involved, including literacy training, 
job training, day care, transportation, and economic develop-
ment activities. 
"(k) 
GRANTEE 
REPORTING.—^The 
Secretary 
shall 
require 
grantees of assistance under this section to report the sources 
and uses of all amounts expended for revitalization plans. 
"(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the Con-
gress an annual report setting forth— 
"(1) the number, type, and cost of public housing units 
revitalized pursuant to this section; 
"(2) the status of projects identified as severely distressed 
public housing; 
"(3) the amount and type of financial assistance provided 
under and in conjunction with this section; and 
"(4) the recommendations of the Secretary for statutory 
and regulatory improvements to the program established by 
this section. 
"(m) FUNDING.— 
"(1) 
AUTHORIZATION 
OF 
APPROPRIATIONS.—^There 
are 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 
$600,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002. 
"(2) 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAM OVERSIGHT.— 
Of the amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for 
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any fiscal year, the Secretary may use up to 2 percent for 
technical assistance or contract expertise. Such assistance or 
contract expertise may be provided directly or indirectly by 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, and shall include 
training, and the cost of necessary travel for participants in 
such training, by or to officials of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, of public housing agencies, and of 
residents. 
"(n) SUNSET.—No assistance may be provided under this section 
after September 30, 2002.". 
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(b) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendment made by this section is 
note- 
made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 536. HOMEOWNERSHIP. 
Title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
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"SEC. 32. RESIDENT HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^A public housing agency may carry out a 
homeownership program in accordance with this section and the 
public housing agency plan of the agency to make public housing 
dwelling units, public housing projects, and other housing projects 
available for purchase by low-income families for use only as prin-
cipal residences for such families. An agency may transfer a unit 
pursuant to a homeownership program only if the program is 
authorized under this section and approved by the Secretary. 
"(b) PARTICIPATING UNITS.—^A program under this section may 
cover any existing public housing dwelling units or projects, and 
may include other dwelling units and housing owned, assisted, 
or operated, or otherwise acquired for use under such program, 
by the public housing agency. 
"(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.— 
"(1) LOW-INCOME REQUIREMENT.—Only low-income families 
assisted by a public housing agency, other low-income families, 
and entities formed to facilitate such sales by purchasing units 
for resale to low-income families shall be eligible to purchase 
housing under a homeownership program under this section. 
"(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—^A public housing agency may 
establish other requirements or limitations for families to pur-
chase housing under a homeownership program under this 
section, 
including 
requirements 
or 
limitations 
regarding 
emplojonent or participation in employment counseling or train-
ing activities, criminal activity, participation in homeownership 
counseling programs, evidence of regular income, and other 
requirements. In the case of purchase by an entity for resale 
to low-income families, the entity shall sell the units to low-
income families within 5 years from the date of its acquisition 
of the units. The entity shall use any net proceeds from the 
resale and from managing the units, as determined in accord-
ance with guidelines of the Secretary, for housing purposes, 
such as funding resident organizations and reserves for capital 
replacements. 
"(d) RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.—In making any sale under this 
section, the public housing agency shall initially offer the public 
housing unit at issue to the resident or residents occupying that 
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112 STAT. 2587 
unit, if any, or to an organization serving as a conduit for sales 
to any such resident. 
"(e) PROTECTION OF NONPURCHASING RESIDENTS.—If a public 
housing resident does not exercise the right of first refusal under 
subsection (d) with respect to the public housing unit in which 
the resident resides, the public housing agency— 
"(1) shall notify the resident residing in the unit 90 days 
Notification. 
prior to the displacement date except in cases of imminent 
threat to health or safety, consistent with any guidelines issued 
by the Secretary governing such notifications, that— 
"(A) the public housing unit will be sold; 
"(B) the transfer of possession of the unit will occur 
until the resident is relocated; and 
"(C) each resident displaced by such action will be 
offered comparable housing— 
"(i) that meets housing quality standards; 
"(ii) that is located in an area that is generally 
not less desirable than the location of the displaced 
resident's housing; and 
"(iii) which may include— 
"(I) tenant-based assistance, except that the 
requirement under this subclause regarding offer-
ing of comparable housing shall be fulfilled by 
use of tenant-based assistance only upon the 
relocation of such resident into such housing; 
"(II) project-based assistance; or 
"(III) occupancy in a unit owned, operated, 
or assisted by the public housing agency at a rental 
rate paid by the resident that is comparable to 
the rental rate applicable to the unit from which 
the resident is vacated; 
"(2) shall provide for the pa3mtient of the actual and reason-
able relocation expenses of the resident to be displaced; 
"(3) shall ensure that the displaced resident is offered 
comparable housing in accordance with the notice under para-
graph (1); 
"(4) shall provide any necessary counseling for the displaced 
resident; and 
"(5) shall not transfer possession of the unit until the 
resident is relocated. 
"(f) FINANCING AND ASSISTANCE.^A homeownership program 
under this section may provide financing for acquisition of housing 
by families purchasing under the program, or for acquisition of 
housing by the public housing agency for sale under the program, 
in any manner considered appropriate by the agency (including 
sale to a resident management corporation). 
"(g) DOWNPAYMENT REQUIREMENT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Each family purchasing housing under 
a homeownership program under this section shall be required 
to provide from its own resources a downpayment in connection 
with any loan for acquisition of the housing, in an amount 
determined by the public housing agency. Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), the agency shall permit the family to use 
grant amounts, gifts from relatives, contributions from private 
sources, and similar amounts as downpayment amounts in 
such purchase. 
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"(2) DIRECT FAMILY CONTRIBUTION.—In purchasing housing 
pursuant to this section, each family shall contribute an amount 
of the downpayment, from resources of the family other than 
grants, gifts, contributions, or other similar amounts referred 
to in paragraph (1), that is not less than 1 percent of the 
purchase price. 
"(h) OWNERSHIP INTERESTS.—^A homeownership program under 
this section may provide for sale to the purchasing family of any 
ownership interest that the public housing agency considers appro-
priate under the program, including ownership in fee simple, a 
condominium interest, an interest in a limited dividend cooperative, 
a shared appreciation interest with a public housing agency provid-
ing financing. 
"(i) RESALE.— 
"(1) AUTHORITY AND LIMITATION.—^A homeownership pro-
gram under this section shall permit the resale of a dwelling 
unit purchased under the program by an eligible family, but 
shall provide such limitations on resale as the agency considers 
appropriate (whether the family purchases directly from the 
agency or from another entity) for the agency to recapture— 
"(A) some or all of the economic gain derived from 
any such resale occurring during the 5-year period begin-
ning upon purchase of the dwelling unit by the eligible 
family; and 
"(B) after the expiration of such 5-year period, only 
such amounts as are equivalent to the assistance provided 
under this section by the agency to the purchaser. 
"(2) CoNSlDERATlONS.^The limitations referred to in para-
graph (1)(A) may provide for consideration of the aggregate 
amount of assistance provided under the program to the family, 
the contribution to equity provided by the purchasing eligible 
family, the period of time elapsed between purchase under 
the homeownership program and resale, the reason for resale, 
any improvements to the property made by the eligible family, 
any appreciation in the value of the property, and any other 
factors that the agency considers appropriate. 
"(j) NET PROCEEDS.—^The net proceeds of any sales under a 
homeownership program under this section remaining sifter pay-
ment of all costs of the sale shall be used for purposes relating 
to low-income housing and in accordance with the public housing 
agency plan of the agency carrying out the program. 
"(k) HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE.—From amounts distributed 
to a public housing agency under the Capital Fund under section 
9(d), or from other income earned by the public housing agency, 
the public housing agency may provide assistance to public housing 
residents to facilitate the ability of those residents to purchase 
a principal residence, including a residence other than a residence 
located in a public housing project. 
"(1) 
INAPPLICABILITY 
OF DISPOSITION 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
provisions of section 18 shall not apply to disposition of public 
housing dwelling units under a homeownership program under 
this section.". 
SEC. 537. REQUIRED CONVERSION OF DISTRESSED PUBUC HOUSING 
TO TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Title I of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), as amended by the preceding 
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112 STAT. 2589 
provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
"SEC. 33. REQUIRED CONVERSION OF DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING 
TO TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE. 
"(a) IDENTIFICATION OF UNITS.—Each public housing agency 
shall identify all public housing projects of the public housing 
agency that meet all of the following requirements: 
"(1) The project is on the same or contiguous sites. 
"(2) The project is determined by the public housing agency 
to be distressed, which determination shall be made in accord-
ance with guidelines established by the Secretary, which guide-
lines shall take into account the criteria established in the 
Final Report of the National Commission on Severely Distressed 
Public Housing (August 1992). 
"(3) The project— 
"(A) is identified as distressed housing under para-
graph (2) for which the public housing agency cannot assure 
the long-term viability as public housing through reason-
able modernization expenses, density reduction, achieve-
ment of a broader range of family income, or other meas-
ures; or 
"(B) has an estimated cost, during the remaining useful 
life of the project, of continued operation and modernization 
as public housing that exceeds the estimated cost, during 
the remaining useful life of the project, of providing tenant-
based assistance under section 8 for all families in occu-
pancy, based on appropriate indicators of cost (such as 
the percentage of total development costs required for mod-
ernization). 
"(b) CONSULTATION.—Each public housing agency shall consult 
with the appropriate public housing residents and the appropriate 
unit of general local government in identifying any public housing 
projects under subsection (a). 
"(c) 
PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF UNITS FROM INVENTORIES OF 
PHA's.— 
"(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each public housing agency shall 
develop and carry out a 5-year plan in conjunction with the 
Secretary for the removal of public housing units identified 
under subsection (a) from the inventory of the public housing 
agency and the annual contributions contract. 
"(2) APPROVAL.—Each plan required under paragraph (1) 
shall— 
"(A) be included as part of the public housing agency 
plan; 
"(B) be certified by the relevant local official to be 
in accordance with the comprehensive housing affordability 
strategy under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992; and 
"(C) include a description of any disposition and demoli-
tion plan for the public housing units. 
"(3) EXTENSIONS.—^The Secretary may extend the 5-year 
deadline described in paragraph (1) by not more than an addi-
tional 5 years if the Secretary makes a determination that 
the deadline is impracticable. 
"(4) REVIEW BY SECRETARY.— 
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"(A) FAILURE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS.—If the Secretary 
determines, based on a plan submitted under this sub-
section, that a pubhc housing agency has failed to identify 
1 or more public housing projects that the Secretary deter-
mines should have been identified under subsection (a), 
the Secretary may designate the public housing projects 
to be removed from the inventory of the public housing 
agency pursuant to this section. 
"(B) ERRONEOUS IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECTS.—If the 
Secretary determines, based on a plan submitted under 
this subsection, that a public housing agency has identified 
1 or more public housing projects that should not have 
been identified pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall— 
"(i) require the public housing agency to revise 
the plan of the public housing agency under this sub-
section; and 
"(ii) prohibit the removal of any such public hous-
ing project from the inventory of the public housing 
agency under this section. 
"(d) CONVERSION TO TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^To the extent approved in advance in 
appropriations Acts, the Secretary shall make budget authority 
available to a public housing agency to provide assistance under 
this Act to families residing in any public housing project 
that, pursuant to this section, is removed from the inventory 
of the agency and the annual contributions contract of the 
agency. 
"(2) CONVERSION REQUIREMENTS.—Each agency carrying 
out a plan under subsection (c) for removal of public housing 
dwelling units from the inventory of the agency shall— 
Notification. 
"(A) notify each family residing in a public housing 
project to be converted under the plan 90 days prior to 
the displacement date, except in cases of imminent threat 
to health or safety, consistent with any guidelines issued 
by the Secretary governing such notifications, that— 
"(i) the public housing project will be removed 
from the inventory of the public housing agency; and 
"(ii) each family displaced by such action will be 
offered comparable housing— 
"(I) that meets housing quality standards; and 
"(II) which may include— 
"(aa) tenant-based assistance, except that 
the requirement under this clause regarding 
offering of comparable housing shall be ful-
filled by use of tenant-based assistance only 
upon the relocation of such family into such 
housing; 
"(bb) project-based assistance; or 
"(cc) occupancy in a unit operated or 
assisted by the public housing agency at a 
rental rate paid by the family that is com-
parable to the rental rate applicable to the 
unit from which the family is vacated. 
"(B) provide any necessary counseling for families dis-
placed by such action; 
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112 STAT. 2591 
"(C) ensure that, if the project (or portion) converted 
is used as housing after such conversion, each resident 
may choose to remain in their dwelHng unit in the project 
and use the tenant-based assistance toward rent for that 
unit; 
"(D) ensure that each displaced resident is offered com-
parable housing in accordance with the notice under 
subparagraph (A); and 
"(E) provide any actual and reasonable relocation 
expenses for families displaced by such action. 
"(e) CESSATION OF U^fNECESSARY SPENDING.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, if, in the determination of the Secretary, 
a project or projects of a public housing agency meet or are likely 
to meet the criteria set forth in subsection (a), the Secretary may 
direct the agency to cease additional spending in connection with 
such project or projects until the Secretary determines or approves 
an appropriate course of action with respect to such project or 
projects under this section, except to the extent that failure to 
expend such amounts would endanger the health or safety of resi-
dents in the project or projects. 
"(f) USE OF BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, if a project or projects are identified pursuant 
to subsection (a), the Secretary may authorize or direct the transfer, 
to the tenant-based assistance program of such agency or to appro-
priate site revitalization or other capital improvements approved 
by the Secretary, of— 
"(1) in the case of an agency receiving assistance under 
the comprehensive improvement assistance program, any 
amounts obligated by the Secretary for the modernization of 
such project or projects pursuant to section 14 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (as in effect immediately before 
the effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998); 
"(2) in the case of an agency receiving public housing 
modernization assistance by formula pursuant to such section 
14, any amounts provided to the agency which are attributable 
pursuant to the formula for allocating such assistance to such 
project or projects; 
"(3) in the case of an agency receiving assistance for the 
major reconstruction of obsolete projects, any amounts obligated 
by the Secretary for the major reconstruction of such project 
or projects pursuant to section 5(j)(2) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as in effect immediately before the effec-
tive date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and 
Work Responsibility Act of 1998; and 
"(4) in the case of an agency receiving assistance pursuant 
to the formulas under section 9, any amounts provided to 
the agency which are attributable pursuant to the formulas 
for allocating such assistance to such project or projects. 
"(g) REMOVAL BY SECRETARY.—^The Secretary shall take appro-
priate actions to ensure removal of any public housing project 
identified under subsection (a) from the inventory of a public hous-
ing agency, if the public housing agency fails to adequately develop 
a plan under subsection (c) with respect to that project, or fails 
to adequately implement such plan in accordance with the terms 
of the plan. 
"(h) ADMINISTRATION.— 
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"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require a public hous-
ing agency to provide to the Secretary or to pubHc housing 
residents such information as the Secretary considers to be 
necessary for the administration of this section. 
"(2) APPLICABILITY OF SECTION IS.—Section 18 shall not 
apply to the demolition of public housing projects removed 
from the inventory of the public housing agency under this 
section.". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 202 of the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 14371 
note) is repealed. 
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(c) TRANSITION.— 
•»ote. 
(1) U S E O F AMOUNTS.—Any amounts made available to 
a public housing agency to carry out section 202 of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
(enacted as section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescis-
sions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 
110 Stat. 1321-279)) may be used, to the extent or in such 
amounts as are or have been provided in advance in appropria-
tion Acts, to carry out section 33 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (as added by subsection (a) of this section). 
Applicability. 
(2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—^Notwithstanding the amendments 
made by this section, section 202 of the Departments of Veter-
ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 
14371 note) and any regulations implementing such section, 
as in effect immediately before the enactment of this Act, 
shall continue to apply to public housing developments identi-
fied by the Secretary or a public housing agency for conversion 
pursuant to that section or for assessment of whether such 
conversion is required prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 538. LINKING SERVICES TO PUBUC HOUSING RESIDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Title I of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), as amended by the preceding 
provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
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"SEC. 34. SERVICES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^To the extent that amounts are provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary may make grants 
to public housing agencies on behalf of public housing residents, 
or directly to resident management corporations, resident councils, 
or resident organizations (including nonprofit entities supported 
by residents), for the purposes of providing a program of supportive 
services and resident empowerment activities to provide supportive 
services to public housing residents or assist such residents in 
becoming economically self-sufficient. 
"(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Grantees under this section may 
use such amounts only for activities on or near the property of 
the public housing agency or public housing project that are 
designed to promote the self-sufficiency of public housing residents 
or provide supportive services for such residents, including activities 
relating to— 
"(1) physical improvements to a public housing project in 
order to provide space for supportive services for residents; 
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112 STAT. 2593 
"(2) the provision of service coordinators or a congregate 
housing services program for elderly individuals, elderly dis-
abled individuals, nonelderly disabled individuals, or tempo-
rarily disabled individuals; 
"(3) the provision of services related to work readiness, 
including education, job training and counseling, job search 
skills, business development training and planning, tutoring, 
mentoring, adult literacy, computer access, personal and family 
counseling, health screening, work readiness health services, 
transportation, and child care; 
"(4) economic and job development, including employer link-
ages and job placement, and the start-up of resident microenter-
prises, community credit unions, and revolving loan funds, 
including the licensing, bonding, and insurance needed to oper-
ate such enterprises; 
"(5) resident management activities and resident participa-
tion activities; and 
"(6) other activities designed to improve the economic self-
sufficiency of residents. 
"(c) FUNDING DISTRIBUTION.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Except for amounts provided under sub-
section (d), the Secretary may distribute amounts made avail-
able under this section on the basis of a competition or a 
formula, as appropriate. 
"(2) FACTORS FOR DISTRIBUTION.—^Factors for distribution 
under paragraph (1) shall include— 
"(A) the demonstrated capacity of the applicant to carry 
out a program of supportive services or resident empower-
ment activities; 
"(B) the ability of the applicant to leverage additional 
resources for the provision of services; and 
"(C) the extent to which the grant will result in a 
high quality program of supportive services or resident 
empowerment activities. 
"(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—^The Secretary may not make 
any grant under this section to any applicant unless the applicant 
supplements amounts made available under this section with funds 
from sources other than this section in an amount equal to not 
less than 25 percent of the grant amount. Such supplemental 
amounts may include— 
"(1) funds from other Federal sources; 
"(2) funds from any State or local government sources; 
"(3) funds from private contributions; and 
"(4) the value of any in-kind services or administrative 
costs provided to the applicant. 
"(e) FUNDING FOR RESIDENT ORGANIZATIONS.—TO the extent 
that there are a sufficient number of qualified applications for 
assistance under this section, not less than 25 percent of any 
amounts appropriated to carry out this section shall be provided 
directly to resident councils, resident organizations, and resident 
management corporations. In any case in which a resident council, 
resident organization, or resident management corporation lacks 
adequate expertise, the Secretary may require the council, organiza-
tion, or corporation to utilize other qualified organizations as con-
tract administrators with respect to financial assistance provided 
under this section.". 
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Deadline. 
(b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT BY SECRETARY.—^Not later than 
3 years after the date of the enactment of the Quahty Housing 
and Work Responsibihty Act of 1998, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall— 
(1) conduct an evaluation and assessment of grants carried 
out by resident organizations, and particularly of the effect 
of the grants on living conditions in public housing; and 
(2) submit to the Congress a report setting forth the find-
ings of the Secretary as a result of the evaluation and assess-
ment and including any recommendations the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
Effective date. 
This subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 539. MIXED-FINANCE PUBUC HOUSING. 
Title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
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"SEC. 35. MIXED FINANCE PUBUC HOUSING. 
"(a) AUTHORITY.—^A public housing agency may own, operate, 
assist, or otherwise participate in 1 or more mixed-finance projects 
in accordance with this section. 
"(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
"(1) FORMS.—^A public housing agency may provide to a 
mixed-finance project assistance from the Operating Fund 
under section 9, assistance from the Capital Fund under such 
section, or both forms of assistance. A public housing agency 
may, in accordance with regulations established by the Sec-
retary, provide capital assistance to a mixed-finance project 
in the form of a grant, loan, guarantee, or other form of invest-
ment in the project, which may involve drawdown of funds 
on a schedule commensurate with construction draws for 
deposit into an interest-bearing escrow account to serve as 
collateral or credit enhancement for bonds issued by a public 
agency, or for other forms of public or private borrowings, 
for the construction or rehabilitation of the development. 
"(2) USE.—^To the extent deemed appropriate by the Sec-
retary, assistance used in connection with the costs associated 
with the operation and management of mixed-finance projects 
may be used for funding of an operating reserve to ensure 
affordability for low-income and very low-income families in 
lieu of the availability of operating funds for public housing 
units in a mixed-finance project. 
"(c) COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.—The 
units assisted with capital or operating assistance in a mixed-
finance project shall be developed, operated, and maintained in 
accordance with the requirements of this Act relating to public 
housing during the period required by under this Act, unless other-
wise specified in this section. For purposes of this Act, any reference 
to public housing owned or operated by a public housing agency 
shall include dwelling units in a mixed finance project that are 
assisted by the agency with capital or operating assistance. 
"(d) MIXED-FINANCE PROJECTS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the term 
'mixed-finance project' means a project that meets the require-
ments of paragraph (2) and is financially assisted by private 
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112 STAT. 2595 
resources, which may include low-income housing tax credits, 
in addition to amounts provided under this Act. 
"(2) TYPES OF PROJECTS.—The term includes a project that 
is developed— 
"(A) by a public housing agency or by an entity affili-
ated with a public housing agency; 
"(B) by a partnership, a limited liability company, or 
other entity in which the public housing agency (or an 
entity affiliated with a public housing agency) is a general 
partner, managing member, or otherwise participates in 
the activities of that entity; 
"(C) by any entity that grants to the public housing 
agency the right of first refusal and first option to purchase, 
after the close of the compliance period, of the qualified 
low-income building in which the public housing units exist 
in accordance with section 42(i)(7) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; or 
"(D) in accordance with such other terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation. 
"(e) STRUCTURE OF PROJECTS.—Each mixed-finance project shall 
be developed— 
"(1) in a manner that ensures that public housing units 
are mdde available in the project, by regulatory and operating 
agreement, master contract, individual lease, condominium or 
cooperative agreement, or equity interest; 
"(2) in a manner that ensures that the number of public 
housing units bears approximately the same proportion to the 
total number of units in the mixed-finance project as the value 
of the total financial commitment provided by the public hous-
ing agency bears to the value of the total financial commitment 
in the project, or shall not be less than the number of units 
that could have been developed under the conventional public 
housing program with the assistance, or as may otherwise 
be approved by the Secretary; and 
"(3) in accordance with such other requirements as the 
Secretary may prescribe by regulation. 
"(f) TAXATION.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—A public housing agency may elect to 
exempt all public housing units in a mixed-finance project— 
"(A) from the provisions of section 6(d), and instead 
subject such units to local real estate taxes; and 
"(B) from the finding of need and cooperative agree-
ment provisions under section 5(e)(l)(ii) and 5(e)(2), but 
only if the development of the units is not inconsistent 
with the jurisdiction's comprehensive housing affordability 
strategy. 
"(2) LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.—With respect to 
any unit in a mixed-finance project that is assisted pursuant 
to the low-income housing tax credit under section 42 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the rents charged to the resi-
dents may be set at levels not to exceed the amounts allowable 
under that section, provided that such levels for public housing 
residents do not exceed the amounts allowable under section 
3. 
"(g) USE OF SAVINGS.—^Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Secretary, 
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to facilitate the establishment of socioeconomically mixed commu-
nities, a public housing agency that uses assistance from the Capital 
Fund for a mixed-finance project, to the extent that income from 
such a project reduces the amount of assistance used for operating 
or other costs relating to public housing, may use such resulting 
savings to rent privately developed dwelling units in the neighbor-
hood of the mixed-finance project. Such units shall be made avail-
able for occupancy only by low-income families eligible for residency 
in public housing. 
"(h) EFFECT OF CERTAIN CONTRACT TERMS.—If an entity that 
owns or operates a mixed-finance project, that includes a significant 
number of units other than public housing units enters into a 
contract with a public housing agency, the terms of which obligate 
the entity to operate and maintain a specified number of units 
in the project as public housing units in accordance with the require-
ments of this Act for the period required by law, such contractual 
terms may provide that, if, as a result of a reduction in appropria-
tions under section 9 or any other change in applicable law, the 
public housing agency is unable to fulfill its contractual obligations 
with respect to those public housing units, that entity may deviate, 
under procedures and requirements developed through regulations 
by the Secretary, from otherwise applicable restrictions under this 
Act regarding rents, income eligibility, and other areas of public 
housing management with respect to a portion or all of those 
public housing units, to the extent necessary to preserve the 
viability of those units while maintaining the low-income character 
of the units to the maximum extent practicable.". 
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(b) REGULATIONS.—^The Secretary shall issue such regulations 
note. 
as may be necessary to promote the development of mixed-finance 
projects, as that term is defined in section 3(b) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (as amended by this Act). 
Subtitle C—Section 8 Rental and 
Homeownership Assistance 
SEC. 
5
4
5
. 
MERGER 
OF 
CERTIFICATE 
AND 
VOUCHER 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(o) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437flo)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(o) VOUCHER PROGRAM.— 
"(1) AUTHORITY.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary may provide assist-
ance to public housing agencies for tenant-based assistance 
using a payment standard established in accordance with 
subparagraph (B). The pajrment standard shall be used 
to determine the monthly assistance that may be paid 
for any family, as provided in paragraph (2). 
"(B) ESTABLISHMENT OF PAYMENT STANDARD.—Except 
as provided under subparagraph (D), the payment standard 
for each size of dwelling unit in a market area shall not 
exceed 110 percent of the fair market rental established 
under subsection (c) for the same size of dwelling unit 
in the same market area and shall be not less than 90 
percent of that fair market rental. 
"(C) SET-ASIDE.—^The Secretary may set aside not more 
than 5 percent of the budget authority made available 
for assistance under this subsection as an adjustment pool. 
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The Secretary shall use amounts in the adjustment pool 
to make adjusted payments to public housing agencies 
under subparagraph (A), to ensure continued affordability, 
if the Secretary determines that additional assistance for 
such purpose is necessary, based on documentation submit-
ted by a public housing agency. 
"(D) APPROVAL.—The Secretary may require a public 
housing agency to submit the payment standard of the 
public housing agency to the Secretary for approval, if 
the payment standard is less than 90 percent of the fair 
market rental or exceeds 110 percent of the fair market 
rental. 
"(E) REVIEW.—^The Secretary— 
"(i) shall monitor rent burdens and review any 
payment standard that results in a significant percent-
age of the families occupying units of any size paying 
more than 30 percent of adjusted income for rent; 
and 
"(ii) may require a public housing agency to modify 
the pajonent standard of the public housing agency 
based on the results of that review. 
"(2) AMOUNT OF MONTHLY ASSISTANCE PAYMENT.—Subject 
to the requirement under section 3(a)(3) (relating to minimum 
rental amount), the monthly assistance payment for a family 
receiving assistance under this subsection shall be determined 
as follows: 
"(A) TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE; RENT NOT EXCEEDING 
PAYMENT STANDARD.—For a family receiving tenant-based 
assistance, if the rent for the family (including the amount 
allowed for tenant-paid utilities) does not exceed the 
applicable payment standard established under paragraph 
(1), the monthly assistance payment for the family shall 
be equal to the amount by which the rent (including the 
amount allowed for tenant-paid utilities) exceeds the great-
est of the following amounts, rounded to the nearest dollar: 
"(i) 30 percent of the monthly adjusted income 
of the family. 
"(ii) 10 percent of the monthly income of the family, 
"(iii) If the family is receiving pajnnents for welfare 
assistance from a public agency and a part of those 
payments, adjusted in accordance with the actual hous-
ing costs of the family, is specifically designated by 
that agency to meet the housing costs of the family, 
the portion of those payments that is so designated. 
"(B) TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE; RENT EXCEEDING PAY-
MENT STANDARD.—For a family receiving tenant-based 
assistance, if the rent for the family (including the amount 
allowed for tenant-paid utilities) exceeds the applicable 
payment standard established under paragraph (1), the 
monthly assistance pa3nnent for the family shall be equal 
to the amount by which the applicable payment standard 
exceeds the greatest of amounts under clauses (i), (ii), 
and (iii) of subparagraph (A). 
"(C) FAMILIES RECEIVING PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.— 
For a family receiving project-based assistance, the rent 
that the family is required to pay shall be determined 
in accordance with section 3(a)(1), and the amount of the 
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housing assistance payment shall be determined in accord-
ance with subsection (c)(3) of this section. 
"(3) 40 PERCENT LIMIT.—At the time a family initially 
receives tenant-based assistance under this section with respect 
to any dwelling unit, the total amount that a family may 
be required to pay for rent may not exceed 40 percent of 
the monthly adjusted income of the family. 
"(4) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—^To be eligible to receive assistance 
under this subsection, a family shall, at the time a family 
initially receives assistance under this subsection, be a low-
income family that is— 
"(A) a very low-income family; 
"(B) a family previously assisted under this title; 
"(C) a low-income family that meets eligibility criteria 
specified by the public housing agency; 
"(D) a family that qualifies to receive a voucher in 
connection with a homeownership program approved under 
title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act; or 
"(E) a family that qualifies to receive a voucher under 
section 223 or 226 of the Low-Income Housing Preservation 
and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990. 
"(5) ANNUAL REVIEW OF FAMILY INCOME.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^Reviews of family incomes for pur-
poses of this section shall be subject to the provisions 
of section 904 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Amendments Act of 1988 and shall be conducted 
upon the initial provision of housing assistance for the 
family and thereafter not less than annually. 
"(B) PROCEDURES.—Each public housing agency admin-
istering assistance under this subsection shall establish 
procedures that are appropriate and necessary to ensure 
that income data provided to the agency and owners by 
families applying for or receiving assistance from the 
agency is complete and accurate. Each public housing 
agency shall, not less frequently than annually, conduct 
a review of the family income of each family receiving 
assistance under this subsection. 
"(6) 
SELECTION 
OF 
FAMILIES 
AND 
DISAPPROVAL 
OF 
OWNERS.— 
"(A) PREFERENCES.— 
"(i) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH.—Each public hous-
ing agency may establish a system for making tenant-
based assistance under this subsection available on 
behalf of eligible families that provides preference for 
such assistance to eligible families having certain 
characteristics, which may include a preference for 
families residing in public housing who are victims 
of a crime of violence (as such term is defined in 
section 16 of title 18, United States Code) that has 
been reported to an appropriate law enforcement 
agency. 
"(ii) CONTENT.—Each system of preferences estab-
lished pursuant to this subparagraph shall be based 
upon local housing needs and priorities, as determined 
by the public housing agency using generally accepted 
data sources, including any information 
obtained 
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112 STAT. 2599 
pursuant to an opportunity for public comment as pro-
vided under section 5A(f) and under the requirements 
applicable to the comprehensive housing affordability 
strategy for the relevant jurisdiction. 
"(B) SELECTION OF TENANTS.—Each housing assistance 
payment contract entered into by the public housing agency 
and the owner of a dwelling unit) shall provide that the 
screening and selection of families for those units shall 
be the function of the owner. In addition, the public housing 
agency may elect to screen applic£uits for the program 
in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary 
may establish. 
"(C) PHA DISAPPROVAL OF OWNERS.—In addition to 
other grounds authorized by the Secretary, a public housing 
agency may elect not to enter into a housing assistance 
pa5mients contract under this subsection with an owner 
who refuses, or has a history of refusing, to take action 
to terminate tenancy for activity engaged in by the tenant, 
any member of the tenant's household, any guest, or any 
other person under the control of any member of the house-
hold that— 
"(i) threatens the health or safety of, or right to 
peaceful enjojnnent of the premises by, other tenants 
or employees of the public housing agency, owner, or 
other manager of the housing; 
"(ii) threatens the health or safety of, or right 
to peaceful enjoyment of the residences by, persons 
residing in the immediate vicinity of the premises; 
or 
"(iii) is drug-related or violent criminal activity. 
"(7) LEASES AND TENANCY.—Each housing assistance pay-
ment contract entered into by the public housing agency and 
the owner of a dwelling unit— 
"(A) shall provide that the lease between the tenant 
and the owner shall be for a term of not less than 1 
year, except that the public housing agency may approve 
a shorter term for an initial lease between the tenant 
and the dwelling unit owner if the public housing agency 
determines that such shorter term would improve housing 
opportunities for the tenant and if such shorter term is 
considered to be a prevailing local market practice; 
"(B) shall provide that the dwelling unit owner shall 
offer leases to tenants assisted under this subsection that— 
"(i) are in a standard form used in the locality 
by the dwelling unit owner; and 
"(ii) contain terms and conditions that— 
"(I) are consistent with State and local law; 
and 
"(II) apply generally to tenants in the property 
who are not assisted under this section; 
"(C) shall provide that during the term of the lease, 
the owner shall not terminate the tenancy except for seri-
ous or repeated violation of the terms and conditions of 
the lease, for violation of applicable Federal, State, or local 
law, or for other good cause; 
"(D) shall provide that during the term of the lease, 
any criminal activity that threatens the health, safety, 
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or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other 
tenants, any criminal activity that threatens the health, 
safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of their residences 
by persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the prem-
ises, or any violent or drug-related criminal activity on 
or near such premises, engaged in by a tenant of any 
unit, any member of the tenant's household, or any guest 
or other person under the tenant's control, shall be cause 
for termination of tenancy; 
"(E) shall provide that any termination of tenancy 
under this subsection shall be preceded by the provision 
of written notice by the owner to the tenant specifying 
the grounds for that action, and any relief shall be consist-
ent with applicable State and local law; and 
"(F) may include any addenda required by the Sec-
retary to set forth the provisions of this subsection. 
"(8) INSPECTION OF UNITS BY PHA'S.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph 
(11), for each dwelling unit for which a housing assistance 
payment contract is established under this subsection, the 
public housing agency shall inspect the unit before any 
assistance pajmaent is made to determine whether the 
dwelling unit meets the housing quality standards under 
subparagraph (B). 
"(B) HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS.—^The housing qual-
ity standards under this subparagraph are standards for 
safe and habitable housing established— 
"(i) by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection; 
or 
"(ii) by local housing codes or by codes adopted 
by public housing agencies that— 
"(I) meet or exceed housing quality standards, 
except that the Secretary may waive the require-
ment under this subclause to significantly increase 
access to affordable housing and to expand housing 
opportunities for families assisted under this sub-
section, except where such waiver could adversely 
affect the health or safety of families assisted 
under this subsection; and 
"(II) do not severely restrict housing choice 
"(C) INSPECTION.—^The determination required under 
subparagraph (A) shall be made by the public housing 
agency (or other entity, as provided in paragraph (11)) 
pursuant to an inspection of the dwelling unit conducted 
before any assistance pa3nnent is made for the unit. Inspec-
tions of dwelling units under this subparagraph shall be 
made before the expiration of the 15-day period beginning 
upon a request by the resident or landlord to the public 
housing agency or, in the case of any public housing agency 
that provides assistance under this subsection on behalf 
of more than 1250 families, before the expiration of a 
reasonable period beginning upon such request. The 
performance of the agency in meeting the 15-day inspection 
deadline shall be taken into consideration in assessing 
the performance of the agency. 
"(D) 
ANNUAL 
INSPECTIONS.—Each 
public 
housing 
agency providing assistance under this subsection (or other 
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112 STAT. 2601 
entity, as provided in paragraph (11)) shall make an annual 
inspection of each assisted dwelling unit during the term 
of the housing assistance payments contract for the unit 
to determine whether the unit is maintained in accordance 
with the requirements under subparagraph (A). The agency Records. 
(or other entity) shall retain the records of the inspection 
for a reasonable time and shall make the records available 
upon request to the Secretary, the Inspector General for 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 
any auditor conducting an audit under section 5(h). 
"(E) INSPECTION GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall 
establish procedural guidelines and performance standards 
to facilitate inspections of dwelling units and conform such 
inspections with practices utilized in the private housing 
market. Such guidelines and standards shall take into 
consideration variations in local laws and practices of public 
housing agencies and shall provide flexibility to authorities 
appropriate to facilitate efficient provision of assistance 
under this subsection. 
"(9) VACATED UNITS.—If an assisted family vacates a dwell-
ing unit for which rental assistance is provided under a housing 
assistance payment contract before the expiration of the term 
of the lease for the unit, rental assistance pursuant to such 
contract may not be provided for the unit after the month 
during which the unit was vacated. 
"(10) RENT.— 
"(A) REASONABLENESS.—^The rent for dwelling units 
for which a housing assistance pajnuent contract is estab-
lished under this subsection shall be reasonable in compari-
son with rents charged for comparable dwelling units in 
the private, unassisted local market. 
"(B) NEGOTIATIONS.—^A public housing agency (or other 
entity, as provided in paragraph (11)) shall, at the request 
of a family receiving tenant-based assistance under this 
subsection, assist that family in negotiating a reasonable 
rent with a dwelling unit owner. A public housing agency 
(or such other entity) shall review the rent for a unit 
under consideration by the family (and all rent increases 
for units under lease by the family) to determine whether 
the rent (or rent increase) requested by the owner is reason-
able. If a public housing agency (or other such entity) 
determines that the rent (or rent increase) for a dwelling 
unit is not reasonable, the public housing agency (or other 
such entity) shall not make housing assistance payments 
to the owner under this subsection with respect to that 
unit. 
"(C) 
UNITS EXEMPT FROM LOCAL RENT CONTROL.—If 
a dwelling unit for which a housing assistance payment 
contract is established under this subsection is exempt 
from local rent control provisions during the term of that 
contract, the rent for that unit shall be reasonable in 
comparison with other units in the market area that are 
exempt from locgd rent control provisions. 
"(D) TIMELY PAYMENTS.—Each public housing agency 
shall make timely payment of any amounts due to a dwell-
ing unit owner under this subsection. The housing assist-
ance payment contract between the owner and the public 
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housing agency may provide for penalties for the late pay-
ment of amounts due under the contract, which shall be 
imposed on the public housing agency in accordance with 
generally accepted practices in the local housing market. 
"(E) PENALTIES.—Unless otherwise authorized by the 
Secretary, each public housing agency shall pay any pen-
alties from administrative fees collected by the public hous-
ing agency, except that no penalty shall be imposed if 
the late payment is due to factors that the Secretary deter-
mines are beyond the control of the public housing agency. 
"(11) 
LEASING OF UNITS OWNED BY PHA.—If an eligible 
family assisted under this subsection leases a dwelling unit 
(other than a public housing dwelling unit) that is owned by 
a public housing agency administering assistance under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall require the unit of general local 
government or another entity approved by the Secretary, to 
make inspections required under paragraph (8) and rent deter-
minations required under paragraph (10). The agency shall 
be responsible for any expenses of such inspections and deter-
minations. 
"(12) 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
RENTAL 
OF 
MANUFACTURED 
HOUSING.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^A public housing agency may make 
assistance payments in accordance with this subsection 
on behalf of a family that utilizes a manufactured home 
as a principal place of residence. Such payments may be 
made only for the rental of the real property on which 
the manufactured home owned by any such family is 
located. 
"(B) RENT CALCULATION.— 
"(i) CHARGES INCLUDED.—^For assistance pursuant 
to this paragraph, the rent for the space on which 
a manufactured home is located and with respect to 
which assistance payments are to be made shall 
include maintenance and management charges and 
tenant-paid utilities. 
"(ii) 
PAYMENT STANDARD.—The public housing 
agency shall establish a payment standard for the pur-
pose of determining the monthly assistance that may 
be paid for any family under this paragraph. The pay-
ment standard may not exceed an amount approved 
or established by the Secretary. 
"(iii) 
MONTHLY 
ASSISTANCE 
PAYMENT.—^The 
monthly assistance payment for a family assisted 
under this paragraph shall be determined in accord-
ance with paragraph (2). 
"(13) PHA PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary enters into an 
annual contributions contract under this subsection with 
a public housing agency pursuant to which the public hous-
ing agency will enter into a housing assistance payment 
contract with respect to an existing structure under this 
subsection— 
"(i) the housing assistance payment contract may 
not be attached to the structure unless the owner 
agrees to rehabilitate or newly construct the structure 
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112 STAT. 2603 
other than with assistance under this Act, and other-
wise comphes with this section; and 
"(ii) the pubHc housing agency may approve a hous-
ing assistance payment contract for such existing struc-
tures for not more than 15 percent of the funding 
available for tenant-based assistance administered by 
the public housing agency under this section. 
"(B) EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TERM.—In the case of 
a housing assistance pajmnent contract that applies to a 
structure under this paragraph, a public housing agency 
may enter into a contract with the owner, contingent upon 
the future availability of appropriated funds for the purpose 
of renewing expiring contracts for assistance payments, 
as provided in appropriations Acts, to extend the term 
of the underlying housing assistance pa3mnent contract for 
such period as the Secretary determines to be appropriate 
to achieve long-term affordability of the housing. The con-
tract shall obligate the owner to have such extensions 
of the underlying housing assistance payment contract 
accepted by the owner and the successors in interest of 
the owner. 
"(C) RENT CALCULATION.—^For project-based assistance 
under this paragraph, housing assistance payment con-
tracts shall establish rents and provide for rent adjust- 
^ 
ments in accordance with subsection (c). 
"(D) ADJUSTED RENTS.—With respect to rents adjusted 
under this paragraph— 
"(i) the adjusted rent for any unit shall be reason-
able in comparison with rents charged for comparable 
dwelling units in the private, unassisted, local market; 
and 
"(ii) the provisions of subsection (c)(2)(C) shall not 
apply. 
"(14) INAPPLICABILITY TO TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—Sub-
section (c) shall not apply to tenant-based assistance under 
this subsection. 
"(15) HOMEOWNERSHIP OPTION.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^A public housing agency providing 
assistance under this subsection may, at the option of 
the agency, provide assistance for homeownership under 
subsection (y). 
"(B) ALTERNATIVE ADMINISTRATION.—A public housing 
agency may contract with a nonprofit organization to 
administer a homeownership program under subsection (y). 
"(16) RENTAL VOUCHERS FOR RELOCATION OF WITNESSES 
AND VICTIMS OF CRIME.— 
"(A) WITNESSES.—Of amounts made available for 
assistance under this subsection in each fiscal year, the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Inspector General, shall 
make available such sums as may be necessary for the 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat 
crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to requests 
from law enforcement or prosecution agencies. 
"(B) VICTIMS OF CRIME.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—Of amoimts made available for 
assistance under this section in each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall make available such sums as may be 
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necessary for the relocation of families residing in pub-
lic housing who are victims of a crime of violence 
(as that term is defined in section 16 of title 18, United 
States Code) that has been reported to an appropriate 
law enforcement agency. 
"(ii) NOTICE.—A public housing agency 
that 
receives amounts under this subparagraph shall estab-
lish procedures for providing notice of the availability 
of that assistance to families that may be eligible for 
that assistance. 
"(17) DEED RESTRICTIONS.—Assistance under this sub-
section may not be used in any manner that abrogates any 
local deed restriction that applies to any housing consisting 
of 1 to 4 dwelling imits. This paragraph may not be construed 
to affect the provisions or applicability of the Fair Housing 
Act.". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(f)(6) of the United 
States Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f[f )(6)) is amended by inserting 
"or (o)(13)" after "(d)(2)". 
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(c) APPLICABILITY.—^Notwithstanding the amendment made by 
°o*«- 
subsection (a) of this section, any amendments to section 8(o) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) that 
are contained in title II of this Act shall apply with respect to 
the provision of assistance under such section during the period 
before implementation (pursuant to section 559 of this title) of 
such section 8(o) as amended by subsection (a) of this section. 
SEC. 546. PUBUC HOUSING AGENCIES. 
Section 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(6) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the term 'public housing agency* means any State, county, 
municipality, or other governmental entity or public body (or 
agency or instrumentality thereof) which is authorized to 
engage in or assist in the development or operation of public 
housing. 
"(B) SECTION 8 PROGRAM.—^For purposes of the program 
for tenant-based assistance under section 8, such 
term 
includes— 
"(i) a consortia of public housing agencies that the 
Secretary determines has the capacity and capability to 
administer a program for assistance under such section 
in an efficient manner; 
"(ii) any other public or private nonprofit entity that, 
upon the effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, was admin-
istering any program for tenant-based assistance under 
section 8 of this Act (as in effect before the effective date 
of such Act), pursuant to a contract with the Secretary 
or a public housing agency; and 
"(iii) with respect to any area in which no public hous-
ing agency has been organized or where the Secretary 
determines that a public housing agency is unwilling or 
,,, 
unable to implement a program for tenant-based assistance 
section 8, or is not performing effectively— 
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112 STAT. 2605 
"(I) the Secretary or another public or private non-
profit entity that by contract agrees to receive assist-
ance amounts under section 8 and enter into housing 
assistance payments contracts with owners and per-
form the other functions of public housing agency under 
section 8; or 
"(II) notwithstanding any provision of State or local 
law, a public housing agency for another area that 
contracts with the Secretary to administer a program 
for housing assistance under section 8, without regard 
to any otherwise applicable limitations on its area 
of operation.". 
SEC. 547. ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. 
Subsection (q) of section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f[q)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(q) ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.— 
"(1) FEE FOR ONGOING COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary shall establish fees 
for the costs of administering the tenant-based assistance, 
certificate, voucher, and moderate rehabilitation programs 
under this section. 
"(B) FISCAL YEAR 1999.— 
"(i) CALCULATION.—^For fiscal year 1999, the fee 
for each month for which a dwelling unit is covered 
by an assistance contract shall be— 
"(I) in the case of a public housing agency 
that, on an annual basis, is administering a pro-
gram for not more than 600 dwelling units, 7.65 
percent of the base amount; and 
"(II) in the case of an agency that, on an 
annual basis, is administering a program for more 
than 600 dwelling units (aa) for the first 600 units, 
7.65 percent of the base amount, and (bb) for any 
additional dwelling units under the program, 7.0 
percent of the base amount. 
"(ii) BASE AMOUNT.—For purposes of this subpara-
graph, the base amount shall be the higher of— 
"(I) the fair market rental established under 
section 8(c) of this Act (as in effect immediately 
before the effective date under section 503(a) of 
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act 
of 1998) for fiscal year 1993 for a 2-bedroom exist-
ing rental dwelling unit in the market area of 
the agency, and 
"(II) the amount that is the lesser of (aa) such 
fair market rental for fiscal year 1994, or (bb) 
103.5 percent of the amount determined under 
clause (i), 
adjusted based on changes in wage data or other objec-
tively measurable data that reflect the costs of admin-
istering the program, as determined by the Secretary. 
The Secretary may require that the base amount be 
not less than a minimum amount and not more than 
a maximum amount. 
"(C) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—For subsequent fiscal Federal Register, 
years, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal publication. 
Notice. 
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Register, for each geographic area, establishing the amount 
of the fee that would apply for public housing agencies 
administering the program, based on changes in wage data 
or other objectively measurable data that reflect the costs 
of administering the program, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
"(D) INCREASE.—^The Secretary may increase the fee 
if necessary to reflect the higher costs of administering 
small programs and programs operating over 
large 
geographic areas. 
"(E) DECREASE.—^The Secretary may decrease the fee 
for units owned by a public housing agency to reflect 
reasonable costs of administration. 
"(2) FEE FOR PRELIMINARY EXPENSES.—^The Secretary shall 
also establish reasonable fees (as determined by the Secretary) 
for— 
"(A) the costs of preliminary expenses, in the amount 
of $500, for a public housing agency, except that such 
fee shall apply to an agency only in the first year that 
the agency administers a tenant-based assistance program 
under this section, and only if, immediately before the 
effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, the agency was not 
administering a tenant-based assistance program under 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as in effect imme-
diately before such effective date), in connection with its 
initial increment of assistance received; 
"(B) the costs incurred in assisting families who experi-
ence difficulty (as determined by the Secretary) in obtaining 
appropriate housing under the programs; and 
"(C) extraordinary costs approved by the Secretary. 
"(3) TRANSFER OF FEES IN CASES OF CONCURRENT GEO-
GRAPHICAL JURISDICTION.—In each fiscal year, if any public 
housing agency provides tenant-based assistance under this 
section on behalf of a family who uses such assistance for 
a dwelling unit that is located within the jurisdiction of such 
agency but is also within the jurisdiction of another public 
housing agency, the Secretary shall take such steps as may 
be necessary to ensure that the public housing agency that 
provides the services for a family receives all or part of the 
administrative fee under this section (as appropriate). 
"(4) APPLICABILITY.—^This subsection shall apply to fiscal 
year 1999 and fiscal years thereafter.". 
SEC. 548. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY PERSONNEL IN 
ASSISTED HOUSING. 
Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) is amended— 
(1) by transferring and inserting subsection (z) after sub-
section (y) (and before subsection (aa)); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(cc) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY PERSONNEL.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in the case of assistance attached to a structure, 
for the purpose of increasing security for the residents of a 
project, an owner may admit, and assistance under this section 
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may be provided to, police officers and other security personnel 
who are not otherwise eligible for assistance under the Act. 
"(2) RENT REQUIREMENTS.—^With respect to any assistance 
provided by an owner under this subsection, the Secretary 
may— 
"(A) permit the owner to establish such rent require-
ments and other terms and conditions of occupancy that 
the Secretary considers to be appropriate; and 
"(B) require the owner to submit an application for 
those rent requirements, which application shall include 
such information as the Secretary, in the discretion of 
the Secretary, determines to be necessary. 
"(3) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall apply to fiscal 
year 1999 and fiscal years thereafter.". 
SEC. 549. ADVANCE NOTICE TO TENANTS OF EXPIRATION, TERMI-
NATION, OR OWNER NONRENEWAL OF ASSISTANCE CON-
TRACT. 
(a) PERMANENT APPLICABILITY OF NOTICE AND ENDLESS LEASE 
PROVISIONS.— 
(1) NOTICE.—Section 8(c) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (8) and (10); and 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the first sentence 
and inserting the following new sentence: " Not less than 
one year before terminating any contract under which 
assistance pa3nnents are received under this section, other 
than a contract for tenant-based assistance under this sec-
tion, an owner shall provide written notice to the Secretary 
and the tenants involved of the proposed termination, speci-
fying the reasons for the termination with sufficient detail 
to enable the Secretary to evaluate whether the termination 
is lawful and whether there are additional actions that 
can be taken by the Secretary to avoid the termination.". 
(2) ENDLESS LEASE.—Section 8(d)(1)(B) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(d)(l)(B)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (ii) by striking "(ii)" and all that follows 
through "the owneT^' and inserting "(ii) during the term 
of the lease, the owner"; and 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking "(iii)" and all that follows 
through "any criminal activity" the first place it appears 
and inserting "(iii) during the term of the lease, any crimi-
nal activity. 
(3) 
PERMANENT 
EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDMENTS.—The 
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apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and shall apply thereafter, notwithstanding section 203 of the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) or any other provision of law 
(including the expiration of the applicability of such section 
203 or any repeal of such section 203). 
(b) EXEMPTION OF TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE FROM CONTRACT 
PROVISIONS.—^Paragraph (9) of section 8(c) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437flc)(9)), as amended by sub-
section (a)(1) of this section, is further amended— 
(1) by striking "(9)" and inserting "(8)(A)"; and 
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(2) by striking the third sentence and all that follows 
and inserting the following: 
"(B) In the case of owner who has requested that the Secretary 
renew the contract, the owner's notice under subparagraph (A) 
to the tenants shall include statements that— 
"(i) the owner currently has a contract with the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development that pays the Government's 
share of the tenant's rent and the date on which the contract 
will expire; 
"(ii) the owner intends to renew the contract for another 
year; 
"(iii) renewal of the contract may depend upon the Congress 
making funds available for such renewal; 
"(iv) the owner is required by law to notify tenants of 
the possibility that the contract may not be renewed if Congress 
does not provide funding for such renewals; 
"(v) in the event of nonrenewal, the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development will provide tenant-based rental assist-
ance to all eligible residents, enabling them to choose the 
place they wish to rent; and 
"(vi) the notice itself does not indicate an intent to termi-
nate the contract by either the owner or the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, provided there is Congres-
sional approval of funding availability. 
"(C) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this para-
graph, if the owner agrees to a 5-year contract renewal offered 
by the Secretary, payments under which shall be subject to the 
availability of appropriations for any year, the owner shall provide 
a written notice to the Secretary and the tenants not less than 
180 days before the termination of such contract. In the event 
the owner does not provide the 180-day notice required in the 
immediately preceding sentence, the owner may not evict the ten-
ants or increase the tenants' rent payment until such time as 
the owner has provided the 180-day notice and such period has 
elapsed. The Secretary may allow the owner to renew the terminat-
ing contract for a period of time sufficient to give tenants 180 
days of advance notice under such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary may require. 
"(D) Any notice under this paragraph shall also comply with 
any additional requirements established by the Secretary. 
"(E) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'termination' 
means the expiration of the assistance contract or an owner's refusal 
to renew the assistance contract, and such term shall include termi-
nation of the contract for business reasons.". 
(c) MULTIFAMILY ASSISTED HOUSING REFORM AND AFFORD-
ABILITY ACT OF 1997.—Section 514(d) of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
note) is amended by inserting at the end the following new sen-
tences: 'In addition, if after giving the notice required in the first 
sentence, an owner determines to terminate a contract, an owner 
shall provide an additional written notice with respect to the termi-
nation, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, not less than 120 
days prior to the termination. In the event the owner does not 
provide the 120-day notice required in the preceding sentence, 
the owner may not evict the tenants or increase the tenants' rent 
payment until such time as the owner has provided the 120-day 
notice and such period has elapsed. The Secretary may allow the 
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112 STAT. 2609 
owner to renew the terminating contract for a period of time suffi-
cient to give tenants 120 days of advance notice in accordance 
with section 524 of this Act.". 
SEC. 560. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) LOWER INCOME HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—Section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 14370 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking the second and third 
sentences; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking "RENTAL 
CERTIFICATES AND"; and 
(B) in the first undesignated paragraph— 
(i) by striking "The Secretary" and inserting the 
following: 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary"; and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking "(A)"; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
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(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), by striking 
"or by a family that qualifies to receive" and all that 
follows through "1990"; 
(C) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7); and 
(D) redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5); 
(4) in subsection (dX2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the third sentence 
and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph; 
(B) in subparagraph (H), by striking "(H)" and all 
that follows through "owner" and inserting "(H) An owner"; 
and 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (B) through (E) and 
redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (H) (as amended 
by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph) as subparagraphs 
(B) through (D), respectively; 
(5) in subsection (f X7)— 
(A) by striking "(b) or"; and 
(B) by inserting before the period the following: "and 
that provides for the eligible family to select suitable hous-
ing and to move to other suitable housing"; and 
(6) by striking subsection (j); 
(7) by striking subsection (n); 
(8) in subsection (u)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ", certificates"; and 
(B) by striking "certificates or" each place that term 
appears; and 
(9) in subsection (xX2), by striking "housing certificate 
assistance" and inserting "tenant-based assistance". 
(b) HOPWA GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENCES AND SERV-
ICES.—Section 861(bXlXD) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12910(b)(1)(D)) is amended by 
striking "certificates or vouchers" and inserting "assistance". 
(c) SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES AND VOUCHERS.—Section 931 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437c note) is amended by striking "assistance under the certificate 
and voucher programs luider sections 8(b) and (o) of such Act" 
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and inserting "tenant-based assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937". 
(d) ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS.—Section 223(a) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. 
4113(a)) is amended by striking "assistance under the certificate 
and voucher programs under sections 8(b) and 8(o)" and inserting 
"tenant-based assistance under section 8". 
(e) RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS.—Section 533(a) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490m(a)) is amended in the 
second sentence by striking "assistance pajrments as provided by 
section 8(o)" and inserting "tenant-based assistance as provided 
under section 8". 
(f) REPEAL OF MOVING TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAIR HOUSING 
DEMONSTRATION.—Section 152 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is repealed. 
(g) 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
TROUBLED 
MULTIFAMILY 
HOUSING 
PROJECTS.^-Section 201(m)(2)(A) of the Housing and Community 
Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-la(m)(2)(A)) 
is amended by striking "section 8(b)(1)" and inserting "section 8". 
SEC. 551. FUNDING AND ALLOCATION. 
Section 213 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
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,;>;, ; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: "Amounts for tenant-based assistance 
under section 8(0) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 may not be provided to any public housing 
agency that has been disqualified from providing such 
assistance."; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking "8(b)(1)" each place 
it appears and inserting "8(0)"; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively. 
SEC. 552. TREATMENT OF COMMON AREAS. 
Section 8(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437fl[d)), as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
"(6) TREATMENT OF COMMON AREAS.—The Secretary may not 
provide any assistance amounts pursuant to an existing contract 
for project-based assistance under this section for a housing project 
and may not enter into a new or renewal contract for such assistance 
for a project unless the owner of the project provides consent, 
to such local law enforcement agencies as the Secretary determines 
appropriate, for law enforcement officers of such agencies to enter 
common areas of the project at any time and without advance 
notice upon a determination of probable cause by such officers 
that criminal activity is taking place in such areas.". 
SEC. 553. PORTABILITY. 
Section 8(r) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(r)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking the last sentence; 
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(2) in paragraph (3))— 
(A) by striking "(b) or"; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: "The Secretary Procedures, 
shall establish procedures for the compensation of public 
housing agencies that issue vouchers to families that move 
into or out of the jurisdiction of the public housing agency 
under portability procedures. The Secretary may reserve 
amounts available for assistance under subsection (o) to 
compensate those public housing agencies."; 
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(3) by striking "(r)" and all that follows through the end 
of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
"(r) PORTABILITY.—(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Any family receiving 
tenant-based assistance under subsection (o) may receive such 
assistance to rent an eligible dwelling unit if the dwelling unit 
to which the family moves is within any area in which a program 
is being administered under this section. 
"(B)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) and subject to any 
exceptions established under clause (ii) of this subparagraph, a 
public housing agency may require that any family not living within 
the jurisdiction of the public housing agency at the time the family 
applies for assistance from the agency shall, during the 12-month 
period beginning on the date of initial receipt of housing assistance 
made available on behalf of the family from such agency, lease 
and occupy an eligible dwelling unit located within the jurisdiction 
served by the agency. 
"(ii) The Secretary may establish such exceptions to the author-
ity of public housing agencies established under clause (i)."; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(5) LEASE VIOLATIONS.—A family may not receive a voucher 
from a public housing agency and move to another jurisdiction 
under the tenant-based assistance program if the family has moved 
out of the assisted dwelling unit of the family in violation of a 
lease.". 
SEC. 554. LEASING TO VOUCHER HOLDERS. 
Notwithstanding section 203(d) of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(e) 
of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 42 U.S.C. 1437f note)), section 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is 
amended by striking subsection (t). This section shall apply begin-
ning upon, and the amendment made by this section is made 
on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 555. HOMEOWNERSHIP OPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(y) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(y)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing "A family receiving" and all that follows through "if 
the family" and inserting the following: "A public housing 
agency providing tenant-based assistance on behalf of an 
eligible family under this section may provide assistance 
for an eligible famiily that purchases a dwelling unit (includ-
ing a unit under a lease-purchase agreement) that will 
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be owned by 1 or more members of the family, and will 
be occupied by the family, if the family"; 
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(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semi-
colon ", or owns or is acquiring shares in a cooperative"; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking "(i) participates" and all that follows 
through 
"(ii) demonstrates" and inserting 
"dem-
onstrates"; and 
(ii) by inserting ", except that the Secretary may 
provide for the consideration of public assistance in 
the case of an elderly family or a disabled family" 
after "other than public assistance"; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following 
new paragraph: 
"(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.— 
"(A) MONTHLY EXPENSES NOT EXCEEDING PAYMENT 
STANDARD.—If the monthly homeownership expenses, as 
determined in accordance with requirements established 
by the Secretary, do not exceed the payment standard, 
the monthly assistance payment shall be the amount by 
which the homeownership expenses exceed the highest of 
the following amounts, rounded to the nearest dollar: 
"(i) 30 percent of the monthly adjusted income 
of the family. 
"(ii) 10 percent of the monthly income of the family, 
"(iii) If the family is receiving payments for welfare 
assistance from a public agency, and a portion of those 
payments, adjusted in accordance with the actual hous-
ing costs of the family, is specifically designated by 
that agency to meet the housing costs of the family, 
the portion of those payments that is so designated. 
"(B) MONTHLY EXPENSES EXCEED PAYMENT STAND-
ARD.—If the monthly homeownership expenses, as deter-
mined in accordance with requirements established by the 
Secretary, exceed the pajonent standard, the monthly 
assistance payment shall be the amount by which the 
applicable pa3rment standard exceeds the highest of the 
amounts under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph 
(A)."; 
(3) by striking paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) and inserting 
the following new paragraphs: 
"(3) INSPECTIONS AND CONTRACT CONDITIONS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Each contract for the purchase of 
a unit to be assisted under this section shall— 
"(i) provide for pre-purchase inspection of the unit 
by an independent professional; and 
"(ii) require that any cost of necessary repairs be 
paid by the seller. 
"(B) 
ANNUAL 
INSPECTIONS 
NOT REQUiREo.^The 
requirement 
under subsection (o)(8)(A)(ii) for annual 
inspections shall not apply to units assisted under this 
section. 
"(4) OTHER AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—^The Secretary 
may— 
"(A) limit the term of assistance for a family assisted 
under this subsection; and 
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112 STAT. 2613 
"(B) modify the requirements of this subsection as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary to make appropriate 
adaptations for lease-purchase agreements."; and 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7) (as previously 
eunended by this Act), and (8) as paragraphs (5), (6), and 
(7), respectively. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^With the consent of the affected public 
housing agencies, the Secretary may carry out (or contract 
with 1 or more entities to carry out) a demonstration program 
under section 8(y) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f[y)) to expand homeownership opportunities 
for low-income families. 
(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report annually to Con-
gress on activities conducted mider this subsection. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—^This section shall take effect on, and the 
amendments made by this section are made on, and shall apply 
beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 556. RENEWALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), as amended by the preceding provisions 
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
"(dd) 
TENANT-BASED 
CONTRACT 
RENEWALS.—Subject 
to 
amounts provided in appropriation Acts, starting in fisceJ year 
1999, the Secret£iry shall renew all expiring tenant-based annual 
contribution contracts imder this section by applying an inflation 
factor based on local or regional factors to an allocation baseline. 
The allocation baseline shall be csJculated by including, at a mini-
mum, amoimts sufficient to ensiu-e continued assisteuice for the 
actual number of families assisted as of October 1, 1997, with 
appropriate upward adjustments for incremented assistance £uid 
additional families authorized subsequent to that date.". 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—^The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall implement the provision added by the amend-
ment made by subsection (a) through notice, not later thsui Decem-
ber 31, 1998, and shedl issue final regulations which shall be devel-
oped pursuant to the procedures for issuance of regulations under 
the negotiated nilemaking procedure under subchapter III of chap-
ter 5 of title 5, United States Code, not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 
557. 
MANUFACTURED 
HOUSING 
DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shedl carry out a program during fiscal years 1999, 2000, 
and 2001 to demonstrate the effectiveness of providing, directly 
to eligible families that own manufactured homes and rent real 
property on which their homes £ire located, tenant-based assisteuice 
for the rental of such property that would otherwise be provided 
directly to the owners of such real property under section 8(o)(12) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—T^e demonstration progrsun under this 
section shsdl be subject to the following requirements: 
(1) SCOPE.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall carry out the demonstration program with respect 
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Effective date. 
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note. 
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Deadline. 
Regulations. 
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to the Housing Authority of the County of San Diego, in Califor-
nia, and the Housing Authority of the City of San Diego, 
in CaUfomia. 
(2) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—^Under the demonstration program, 
each public housing agency shall provide tenant-based assist-
ance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 on behalf of eligible families who rent real property on 
which their manufactured homes are located and which is 
owned by an owner who has refused to participate in the 
section 8 program. 
(3) PARTICIPATION ARRANGEMENTS,—Each public housing 
agency participating in the demonstration program shall enter 
into arrangements with families assisted under the program 
providing for their participation in the program and may, to 
the extent authorized by the Secretary, continue to provide 
assistance in the same manner as under the demonstration 
program after its conclusion to such participating families. 
(4) WAIVER OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Under the dem-
onstration program, the Secretary may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for, requirements established by or under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 relating 
to the provision of assistance under subsection (j) or (o)(12) 
of such section. 
Deadline. 
(c) REPORT.—^Not later than March 31, 2002, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Congress describing and evaluating 
the demonstration program under this section. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 558. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^There is authorized to be appropriated for 
providing public housing agencies with tenant-based housing assist-
ance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937— 
(1) to provide amounts for incremental assistance under 
such section 8— 
(A) for each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the amount 
necessary to assist 100,000 incremental dwelling units in 
each such fiscal year; and 
(B) for each of fiscal years 1999, 2002, and 2003, such 
sums as may be necessary; and 
(2) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, for— 
(A) relocation and replacement housing for units that 
are demolished and disposed of from the public housing 
inventory (in addition to other amounts that may be avail-
able for such purposes); 
(B) relocation of residents of properties that are owned 
by the Secretary and being disposed of or that are dis-
continuing section 8 project-based assistance; 
(C) the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance 
under section 8; 
(D) carrying out the family unification program; 
(E) relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts 
to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant 
to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency; 
(F) nonelderly disabled families affected by the des-
ignation of a public housing development under section 
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112 STAT. 2615 
7 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, the estabUsh-
ment of preferences in accordance with section 651 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, or the 
restriction of occupancy to elderly families in accordance 
with section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the Secretary 
determines that such amount is not needed to fund applica-
tions for such affected families, to other nonelderly disabled 
families; 
(G) housing vouchers for homeless individuals; and 
(H) housing vouchers to compensate public housing 
agencies which issue vouchers to families that move into 
or out of the jurisdiction of the agency under portability 
procedures. 
(b) ASSISTANCE FOR DISABLED FAMILIES.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—^There is author-
ized to be appropriated, for tenant-based assistance under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, to be used 
in accordance with paragraph (2), $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent 
fiscal year. 
(2) USE.—The Secretary shall provide amounts made avail-
able under paragraph (1) to public housing agencies only for 
use to provide tenant-based assistance under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 for nonelderly disabled 
families (including such families relocating pursuant to designa-
tion of a public housing development under 7 of such Act 
or to the establishment of occupancy restrictions in accordance 
with section 658 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992, and other nonelderly disabled families who have 
applied to the agency for assistance under such section 8). 
(3) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.—^The Secretary shall allocate 
and provide amounts made available under paragraph (1) to 
public housing agencies as the Secretary determines appro-
priate based on the relative levels of need among the authorities 
for assistance for families described in paragraph (1). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 559. RULEMAKING AND IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) INTERIM REGULATIONS.—^The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall issue such interim regulations as may 
be necessary to implement the amendments made by this subtitle 
and other provisions in this title which relate to section 8(o) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937. 
(b) FINAL REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue final regula-
tions necessary to implement the amendments made by this subtitle 
and other provisions in this title which relate to section 8(o) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 not later then 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—Before the publication of 
the final regulations under subsection (b), in addition to public 
comments invited in connection with the publication of the interim 
rule, the Secretary shall— 
(1) seek recommendations on the implementation of sec-
tions 8(o)(6)(B), 8(o)(7)(B), and 8(o)(10)(D) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 and of renewals of expiring tenant-based 
assistance from organizations representing— 
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(A) State or local public housing agencies; 
(B) owners and managers of 
tenant-based 
housing 
assisted under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937; 
(C) families receiving tenant-based assistance under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and 
(D) legal service organizations; and 
Public 
(2) convene not less than 2 public forums at which the 
information. 
persons or organizations making recommendations under para-
graph (1) may express views concerning the proposed disposi-
tion of the recommendations. 
(d) CONVERSION ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary may provide for the conver-
sion of assistance under the certificate and voucher programs 
under subsections (b) and (o) of section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as in effect before the applicability of 
the amendments made by this subtitle, to the voucher program 
established by the amendments made by this subtitle. 
(2) CONTINUED APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary may apply 
the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or 
any other provision of law amended by this subtitle, as those 
provisions were in effect immediately before the date of the 
enactment of this Act (except that such provisions shall be 
subject to any amendments to such provisions that may be 
contained in title II of this Act), to assistance obligated by 
the Secretary before October 1, 1999, for the certificate or 
voucher program under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, if the Secretary determines that such action is 
necessary for simplification of program administration, avoid-
ance of hardship, or other good cause. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Home Rule Flexible Grant 
Demonstration 
SEC. 561. HOME RULE FLEXIBLE GRANT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new title: 
**TITLE IV—HOME RULE FLEXIBLE 
GRANT DEMONSTRATION 
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"SEC. 401. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to demonstrate the effectiveness 
of authorizing local governments and municipalities, in coordination 
with the public housing agencies for such jurisdictions— 
"(1) to receive and combine program allocations of covered 
housing assistance; and 
"(2) to design creative approaches for providing and admin-
istering Federal housing assistance based on the particular 
needs of the jurisdictions that— 
"(A) provide incentives to low-income families with chil-
dren whose head of the household is employed, seeking 
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emplojmient, or preparing for employment by participating 
in a job training or educational program, or any program 
that otherwise assists individuals in obtaining emplo3mient 
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and attaining economic self-sufficiency; 
"(B) reduce costs of Federal housing assistance and 
achieve greater cost-effectiveness in Federal housing assist-
ance expenditures; 
"(C) increase the stock of affordable housing and hous-
ing choices for low-income families; 
"(D) increase homeownership among low-income fami-
lies; 
• 
"(E) reduce geographic concentration of assisted fami-
lies; 
"(F) reduce homelessness through providing permanent 
housing solutions; 
"(G) improve program management; and 
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"(H) achieve such other purposes with respect to low-
income families, as determined by the participating local 
governments and municipalities in coordination with the 
public housing agencies; 
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"(a) AUTHORITY AND USE.—^The Secretary shall carry out a 
demonstration program in accordance with the purposes under sec-
tion 401 and the provisions of this title. A jurisdiction approved 
by the Secretary for participation in the program may receive 
and combine and enter into performance-based contracts for the 
use of amounts of covered housing assistance, in the manner deter-
mined appropriate by the participating jurisdiction, during the 
period of the jurisdiction's participation— 
"(1) to provide housing assistance and services for low-
income families in a manner that facilitates the transition 
of such families to work; 
"(2) to reduce homelessness through providing permanent 
housing solutions; 
"(3) to increase homeownership among low-income families; 
or 
"(4) for other housing purposes for low-income families 
determined by the participating jurisdiction. 
"(b) PERIOD OF PARTICIPATION.—A jurisdiction may participate 
in the demonstration program under this title for a period consisting 
of not less than 1 nor more than 5 fiscal years. 
"(c) PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), during 
the 4-year period consisting of fiscal years 1999 through 
2002, the Secretary may approve for participation in the 
program under this title not more than an aggregate of 
100 jurisdictions over the entire term of the demonstration 
program. A jurisdiction that was approved for participation 
in the demonstration program under this title in a fiscal 
year and that is continuing such participation in any subse-
quent fiscal year shall count as a single jurisdiction for 
purposes of the numerical limitation under this paragraph. 
"(2) EXCLUSION OF HIGH PERFORMING AGENCIES.—^Notwith-
standing any other provision of this title other than paragraph 
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(4) of this subsection, the Secretary may approve for participa-
tion in the demonstration program under this title only jurisdic-
tions served by public housing agencies that— 
"(A) are not designated as high-performing agencies, 
pursuant to their most recent scores under the public hous-
ing management assessment program under section 6( 
j)(2) 
(or any successor assessment program for public housing 
agencies), as of the time of approval; and 
"(B) have a most recent score under the public housing 
management assessment program under section 6( jX2) (or 
any successor assessment program for public housing agen-
cies), as of the time of approval, that is among the lowest 
40 percent of the scores of all agencies. 
"(3) LIMITATION ON TROUBLED AND NON-TROUBLED PHAS.— 
Of the jurisdictions approved by the Secretary for participation 
in the demonstration program under this title— 
"(A) not more than 55 may be jurisdictions served 
by a public housing agency that, at the time of approval, 
is designated as a troubled agency under the public housing 
management assessment program under section 6( 
j)(2) (or 
any successor assessment program for public housing agen-
cies); and 
"(B) not more than 45 may be jurisdictions served 
by a public housing agency that, at the time of approval, 
is not designated as a troubled agency under the public 
housing management assessment program imder section 
6(jX2) (or any successor assessment program for public 
housing agencies). 
Indiana. 
"(4) EXCEPTION.—^If the City of Indianapolis, Indiana sub-
mits an application for participation in the program under 
this title and, upon review of the application under section 
406(b), the Secretary determines that such application is 
approvable under this title, the Secretary shall approve such 
application, notwithstanding the second sentence of section 
406(b)(2). Such City shall count for purposes of the numerical 
limitations on jurisdictions under paragraphs (1) and (3) of 
section 402(c), but the provisions of section 402(c)(2) (relating 
to exclusion of high-performing agencies) shall not apply to 
such City. 
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"(a) PROGRAM ALLOCATION.—^In each fiscal year, the amount 
made available to each participating jurisdiction under the dem-
onstration program under this title shall be equal to the sum 
of the amounts of covered housing assistance that would otherwise 
be made available under the provisions of this Act to the public 
housing agency for the jurisdiction. 
"(b) COVERED HOUSING AssiSTANCE.^For purposes of this title, 
the term 'covered housing assistance' means— 
"(1) operating assistance under section 9 (as in effect before 
the effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998); 
"(2) modernization assistance under section 14 (as in effect 
before the effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998); 
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"(3) assistance for the certificate and voucher programs 
under section 8 (as in effect before the effective date under 
section 503(a) of the Quahty Housing and Work Responsibility 
Act of 1998); 
"(4) assistance from the Operating Fund under section 
9(e); 
"(5) assistance from the Capital Fund under section 9(d); 
and 
"(6) tenant-based assistance under section 8 (as amended 
by the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998). 
"SEC. 404. APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS UNDER PROGRAMS FOR 
COVERED HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—In each fiscal year of the demonstration 
program under this title, amounts made available to a participating 
jurisdiction under the demonstration program shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions as such amounts would be subject 
to if made available under the provisions of this Act pursuant 
to which covered housing assistance is otherwise made available 
under this Act to the public housing agency for the jurisdiction, 
except that— 
"(1) the Secretary may waive any such term or condition 
identified by the jurisdiction to the extent that the Secretary 
determines such action to be appropriate to carry out the pur-
poses of the demonstration program under this title; and 
"(2) the participating jurisdiction may combine the amounts 
made available and use the amounts for any activity eligible 
under the programs under sections 8 and 9. 
"(b) NUMBER OF FAMILIES ASSISTED.—In carrying out the dem-
onstration program under this title, each participating jurisdiction 
shall assist substantially the same total number of eligible low-
income families as would have otherwise been served by the public 
housing agency for the jurisdiction had the jurisdiction not partici-
pated in the demonstration program under this title. 
"(c) PROTECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—^This title may not be con-
strued to authorize the termination of assistance to any recipient 
receiving assistance under this Act before the date of the enactment 
of this title as a result of the implementation of the demonstration 
program under this title. 
"(d) EFFECT ON ABILITY TO COMPETE FOR OTHER PROGRAMS.— 
This title may not be construed to affect the ability of any applying 
or participating jurisdiction (or a public housing agency for any 
such jurisdiction) to compete or otherwise apply for or receive 
assistance under any other housing assistance program adminis-
tered by the Secretary. 
"SEC. 406. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
"(a) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—^Notwithstanding 
section 404(a)(1), the Secretary may not waive, with respect to 
any participating jurisdiction, any of the following provisions: 
"(1) The first sentence of paragraph (1) of section 3(a) 
(relating to eligibility of low-income families). 
"(2) Section 16 (relating to income eligibility and targeting 
of assistance). 
"(3) Paragraph (2) of section 3(a) (relating to rental pay-
ments for public housing families). 
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"(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 8(o) (to the extent 
such paragraphs limit the amount of rent paid by families 
assisted with tenant-based assistance). 
"(5) Section 18 (relating to demolition or disposition of 
public housing). 
"(b) COMPLIANCE WITH ASSISTANCE PLAN.—A participating 
jurisdiction shall provide assistance using amounts received pursu-
ant to this title in the manner set forth in the plan of the jurisdiction 
approved by the Secretary under section 406(a)(2). 
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"SEC. 406. APPLICATION. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary shall provide for jurisdictions 
to submit applications for approval to participate in the demonstra-
tion program under this title. An application— 
"(1) shall be submitted only after the jurisdiction provides 
for citizen participation through a public hearing and, if appro-
priate, other means; 
"(2) shall include a plan for the provision of housing assist-
ance with amounts received pursuant to this title that— 
"(A) is developed by the jurisdiction; 
"(B) takes into consideration comments from the public 
hearing, any other public comments on the proposed pro-
gram, and comments from current and prospective resi-
dents who would be affected; and 
"(C) identifies each term or condition for which the 
jurisdiction is requesting waiver under section 404 (a)(1); 
"(3) shall describe how the plan for use of amounts will 
assist in meeting the purposes of, and be used in accordance 
with, sections 401 and 402(a), respectively; 
"(4) shall propose standards for measuring performance 
in using assistance provided pursuant to this title based on 
the performance standards under subsection (b)(4); 
"(5) shall propose the length of the period for participation 
of the jurisdiction is in the demonstration program under this 
title; 
"(6) shall— 
"(A) in the case of the application of any jurisdiction 
within whose boundaries are areas subject to any other 
unit of general local government, include the signed consent 
of the appropriate executive official of such unit to the 
application; and 
"(B) in the case of the application of a consortia of 
units of general local government (as provided under sec-
tion 409(1)(B)), include the signed consent of the appro-
priate executive officials of each unit included in the consor-
tia; 
"(7) shall include information sufficient, in the determina-
tion of the Secretary— 
"(A) to demonstrate that the jurisdiction has or will 
have management and administrative capacity sufficient 
to carry out the plan under paragraph (2), including a 
demonstration that the applicant has a history of effectively 
administering amounts provided under other programs of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, such 
as the community development block grant program, the 
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HOME investment partnerships progrsim, and the pro-
grams for assistance for the homeless under the Stewart 
B. McKanney Homeless Assistance Act; 
"(B) to demonstrate that canying out the plan will 
not result in excessive duplication of administrative efforts 
and costs, particularly with respect to activities performed 
by public housing agencies operating within the boundaries 
of the jurisdiction; 
"(C) to describe the function and activities to be carried 
out by such public housing agencies affected by the plan; 
and 
"(D) to demonstrate that the amoimts received by the 
jurisdiction will be medntained separate from other funds 
available to the jurisdiction and will be used only to carry 
out the plan; 
"(8) shall include information describing how the jurisdic-
tion will make decisions regarding asset msuiagement of hous-
ing for low-income families under programs for covered housing 
assistance or assisted with grant amoimts under this title; 
"(9) shall— 
"(A) clearly identify any State or local laws that will 
affect implementation of the plan under paragraph (2) and 
any contractual rights and property interests that may 
be affected by the plan; 
"(B) describe how the plan will be c£irried out with 
respect to such laws, rights, and interests; and 
"(C) contain a legal memorandum sufficient to describe 
how the plan will comply with such laws and how the 
plan will be carried out without violating or impairing 
such rights and interests; and 
"(10) shall identify procedures for how the jurisdiction shall 
return to providing covered assistance for the jiirisdiction under 
the provisions of title I, in the case of determination under 
subsection (b)(4)(B). 
A plan required under psu-agraph (2) to be included in the applica-
tion may be contained in a memorandiun of agreement or other 
document executed by a jurisdiction and public housing agency, 
if such document is submitted together with the application. 
"(b) REVIEW, APPROVAL, AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.— 
"(1) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review each application 
for participation in the demonstration program under this title 
and shall determine and notify the jmisdiction submitting the 
application, not later than 90 days after its submission, of 
whether the application is approvable under this title. If the 
Secretary determines that the application of a jurisdiction is 
approvable under this title, the Secretary shall provide affected 
public housing agencies an opportmiity to review £uid to provide 
written comments on the application for a period of not less 
than 30 days after notification under the preceding sentence. 
If the Secretary determines that an application is not approv-
able imder this title, the Secretary shall notify the jurisdiction 
submitting the application of the reasons for such determina-
tion. Upon making a determination of whether an application 
is approvable or nonapprovable under this title, the Secret£uy 
shall make such determination publicly available in writing 
together with a written statement of the reasons for such 
determination. 
Notification. 
Deadlines. 
Public 
information. 
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"(2) APPROVAL.—^The Secretary may approve jurisdictions 
for participation in the demonstration program under this title, 
but only from among applications that the Secretary has deter-
mined under paragraph are approvable under this title and 
only in accordance with section 402(c). The Secretary shall 
base the selection of jurisdictions to approve on the potential 
success, as evidenced by the application, in— 
"(A) achieving the goals set forth in the performance 
standards under paragraph (4)(A); and 
"(B) increasing housing choices for low-income families. 
"(3) AGREEMENT.—^The Secretary shall offer to enter into 
an agreement with each jurisdiction approved for participation 
in the program under this title providing for assistance pursu-
ant to this title for a period in accordance with section 402(b) 
and incorporating a requirement that the jurisdiction achieve 
a particular level of performance in each of the areas for which 
performance standards are established under paragraph (4)(A) 
of this subsection. If the Secretary and the jurisdiction enter 
into an agreement, the Secretary shall provide any covered 
housing assistance for the jurisdiction in the manner authorized 
under this title. The Secretary may not provide covered housing 
assistance for a jurisdiction in the manner authorized under 
this title unless the Secretary and jurisdiction enter into an 
agreement under this paragraph. 
"(4) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.— 
"(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—^The Secretary and each partici-
pating jurisdiction may collectively establish standards for 
evaluating the performance of the participating jurisdiction 
in meeting the purposes under section 401 of this title, 
which may include standards for— 
"(i) moving dependent low-income families to eco-
nomic self-sufficiency; 
"(ii) reducing the per-family cost of providing hous-
ing assistance; 
"(iii) expanding the stock of affordable housing 
and housing choices for low-income families; 
"(iv) improving program management; 
"(v) increasing the number of homeownership 
opportunities for low-income families; 
"(vi) reducing homelessness through providing 
permanent housing resources; 
"(vii) reducing geographic concentration of assisted 
families; and 
"(viii) any other performance goals that the Sec-
retary and the participating jurisdiction may establish. 
"(B) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If, at any time during the 
participation of a jurisdiction in the program under this 
title, the Secretary determines that the jurisdiction is not 
sufficiently meeting, or making progress toward meeting, 
the levels of performance incorporated into the agreement 
of the jurisdic^on pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall terminate the participation of the jurisdiction 
in the program under this title and require the implementa-
tion of the procedures included in the application of the 
jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (a)( 10). 
"(5) TROUBLED AGENCIES.—The Secretary may establish 
requirements for the approval of applications under this section 
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112 STAT. 2623 
submitted by public housing agencies designated under section 
6(j)(2) as troubled, which may include additional or different 
criteria determined by the Secretary to be more appropriate 
for such agencies. 
"(c) STATUS OF PHAS.—^This title may not be construed to 
require any change in the legal status of any public housing agency 
or in any legal relationship between a jurisdiction and a public 
housing agency as a condition of participation in the program under 
this title. 
"(d) PHA PLANS.—In carrying out this title, the Secretary may 
provide for a streamlined public housing agency plan and planning 
process under section 5A for participating jurisdictions. 
"SEC. 407. TRAINING. 
"The Secretary, in consultation with representatives of public 
and assisted housing interests, may provide training and technical 
assistance relating to providing assistance under this title and 
may conduct detailed evaluations of up to 30 jurisdictions for the 
purpose of identifying replicable program models that are successful 
at carrying out the purposes of this title. 
"SEC. 408. ACCOUNTABIUTY. 
"(a) MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.—^Each participating jurisdic-
tion shall maintain such records as the Secretary may require 
to— 
"(1) document the amounts received by the jurisdiction 
under this Act and the disposition of such amounts under 
the demonstration program under this title; 
"(2) ensure compliance by the jurisdiction with this title; 
and 
"(3) evaluate the performance of the jurisdiction under 
the demonstration program under this title. 
"(b) REPORTS.—Each participating jurisdiction shall annually 
submit to the Secretary a report in a form and at a time specified 
by the Secretary, which shall include— 
"(1) documentation of the use of amounts made available 
to the jurisdiction under this title; 
"(2) any information as the Secretary may request to assist 
the Secretary in evaluating the demonstration program under 
this title; and 
"(3) a description and analysis of the effect of assisted 
activities in addressing the objectives of the demonstration 
program under this title. 
"(c) ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS BY SECRETARY AND COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL.—^The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the 
United States, or any duly authorized representative of the Sec-
retary or the Comptroller General, shall have access for the purpose 
of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and 
records maintained by a participating jurisdiction that relate to 
the demonstration program under this title. 
"(d) PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND EVALUATION.— 
"(1) PERFORMANCE REVIEW.—Based on the performance 
standards established under section 406(b)(4), the Secretary 
shall monitor the performance of participating jurisdictions in 
providing assistance under this title. 
"(2) STATUS REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
conclusion of the second year of the demonstration program 
under this title, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an 
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interim report on the status of the demonstration program 
and the progress each participating jurisdiction in achieving 
the purposes of the demonstration program under section 401. 
"SEC. 409. DEFINITIONS. 
"For purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply: 
"(1) JURISDICTION.—^The term 'jurisdiction' means— 
"(A) a unit of general local government (as such term 
is defined in section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act) that has boundaries, for purposes 
of carrying out this title, that— 
"(i) wholly contain the area within which a public 
housing agency is authorized to operate; and 
"(ii) do not contain any areas contained within 
the boundaries of any other participating jurisdiction; 
and 
"(B) a consortia of such units of general local govern-
ment, organized for purposes of this title. 
"(2) PARTICIPATING JURISDICTION.—^The term 'participating 
jurisdiction' means, with respect to a period for which such 
an agreement is made, a jurisdiction that has entered into 
an agreement under section 406(b)(3) to receive assistance 
pursuant to this title for such fiscal year. 
"SEC. 410. TERMINATION AND EVALUATION. 
"(a) TERMINATION.—^The demonstration program under this title 
shall terminate not less than 2 and not more than 5 years after 
the date on which the demonstration program is commenced. 
"(b) EVALUATION.—^Not later than 6 months after the termi-
nation of the demonstration program under this title, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Congress a final report, which shall include— 
"(1) an evaluation the effectiveness of the activities carried 
out under the demonstration program; and 
"(2) any findings and recommendations of the Secretary 
for any appropriate legislative action. 
"SEC. 411. APPLICABILITY. 
"This title shall take effect on the date of the enactment of 
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998.". 
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SEC. 563. STUDY OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR EVALUATING PUB-
UC HOUSING AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall provide under subsection (e) for a study to be conducted 
to determine the effectiveness of various alternative methods of 
evaluating the performance of public housing agencies and other 
providers of federally assisted housing. 
(b) PURPOSES.—^The purposes of the study under this section 
shall be— 
(1) to identify and examine various methods of evaluating 
and improving the performance of public housing agencies in 
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administering public housing and tenant-based rental assist-
ance programs and of other providers of federally assisted hous-
ing, which are alternatives to oversight by the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development; and 
(2) to identify specific monitoring and oversight activities 
currently conducted by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development and to evaluate whether such activities should 
be eliminated, expanded, modified, or transferred to other enti-
ties (including governmental and private entities) to increase 
accuracy and effectiveness and improve monitoring. 
(c) EVALUATION OF VARIOUS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYS-
TEMS.—^To carry out the purposes under subsection (b), the study 
under this section shall identify, and analyze the advantages and 
disadvantages of various methods of regulating and evaluating the 
performance of public housing agencies and other providers of feder-
ally assisted housing, including the following methods: 
(1) CURRENT SYSTEM.—^The system pursuant to the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, including the methods and require-
ments under such system for reporting, auditing, reviewing, 
sanctioning, and monitoring of such agencies and housing 
providers and the public housing management assessment pro-
gram pursuant to section 6(j) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937. 
(2) ACCREDITATION MODELS.—Various models that are 
based upon accreditation of such agencies and housing provid-
ers, subject to the following requirements: 
(A) The study shall identify and analyze various models 
used in other industries and professions for accreditation 
and determine the extent of their applicability to the pro-
grams for public housing and federally assisted housing. 
(B) If any accreditation models are determined to be 
applicable to the public and federally assisted housing pro-
grams, the study shall identify appropriate goals, objec-
tives, and procedures for an accreditation program for such 
agencies and housing providers. 
(C) The study shall evaluate the feasibility and merit 
of establishing an independent accreditation and evaluation 
entity to assist, supplement, or replace the role of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development in assess-
ing and monitoring the performance of such agencies and 
housing providers. 
(D) The study shall identify the necessary and appro-
priate roles and responsibilities of various entities that 
would be involved in an accreditation program, including 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 
Inspector Greneral of the Department, an accreditation 
entity, independent auditors and examiners, local entities, 
and public housing agencies. 
(E) The study shall estimate the costs involved in 
developing and maintaining such an independent accredita-
tion program. 
(3) PERFORMANCE BASED MODELS.—^Various performance-
based models, including systems that establish performance 
goals or targets, assess the compliance with such goals or 
targets, and provide for incentives or sanctions based on 
performance relative to such goals or targets. 
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(4) LOCAL REVIEW AND MONITORING MODELS.—^Various mod-
els providing for local, resident, and community review and 
monitoring of such agencies and housing providers, including 
systems for review and monitoring by local and State govern-
mental bodies and agencies. 
(5) PRIVATE MODELS.—^Various models using private con-
tractors for review and monitoring of such agencies and housing 
providers. 
(6) OTHER MODELS.—^Various models of any other systems 
that may be more effective and efficient in regulating and 
evaluating such agencies and housing providers. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—^The entity that, pursuant to subsection 
(e), carries out the study under this section shall, in carrying 
out the study, consult with individuals and organizations experi-
enced in managing public housing, private real estate managers, 
representatives from State and local governments, residents of pub-
lic housing, families and individuals receiving tenant-based assist-
ance, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
and the Comptroller General of the United States. 
(e) CONTRACT TO CONDUCT STUDY.— 
Deadline. 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall enter into a contract, within 90 days of the enactment 
of this Act, with a public or nonprofit private entity to conduct 
the study under this section, using amounts made available 
pursuant to subsection (g). 
(2) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.—^The 
Secretary shall request the National Academy of Public 
Administration to enter into the contract under paragraph (1) 
to conduct the study under this section. If such Academy 
declines to conduct the study, the Secretary shall carry out 
such paragraph through other public or nonprofit private enti-
ties, selected through a competitive process. 
Deadlines. 
(f) REPORT.— 
(1) INTERIM REPORT.—^The Secretary shall ensure that, not 
later than the expiration of the 6-month period beginning on 
the date of the execution of the contract under subsection 
(e)(1), the entity conducting the study under this section sub-
mits to the Congress an interim report describing the actions 
taken to carry out the study, the actions to be taken to complete 
the study, and any findings and recommendations available 
at the time. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—^The Secretary shall ensure that— 
(A) not later than the expiration of the 12-month period 
beginning on the date of the execution of the contract 
under subsection (e)(1), the study required under this sec-
tion is completed and a report describing the findings and 
recommendations as a result of the study is submitted 
to the Congress; and 
(B) before submitting the report under this paragraph 
to the Congress, the report is submitted to the Secretary, 
national organizations for public housing agencies, and 
other appropriate national organizations at such time to 
provide the Secretary and such agencies an opportunity 
to review the report and provide written comments on 
the report, which shall be included together with the report 
upon submission to the Congress under subparagraph (A). 
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(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 564. PUBLIC HOUSING MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 6(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437d(j)), as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
Act, is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following new subparagraph: 
"(B) The amount and percentage of funds provided to the 
public housing agency from the Capital Fund under section 
9(d) which remain unobligated by the public housing agency 
after 3 years."; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking "energy and 
inserting "utility"; 
(C) by transferring and inserting subparagraph (E) 
after subparagraph (D); 
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subpara-
graph (K); and 
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following 
new subparagraphs: 
"(H) The extent to which the public housing agency— 
"(i) coordinates, promotes, or provides effective pro-
grams and activities to promote the economic self-suffi-
ciency of public housing residents; and 
"(ii) provides public housing residents with opportuni-
ties for involvement in the administration of the public 
housing. 
"(I) The extent to which the public housing agency— 
"(i) implements effective screening and eviction policies 
and other anticrime strategies; and 
"(ii) coordinates with local government officials and 
residents in the project and implementation of such strate-
gies. 
"(J) The extent to which the public housing agency is 
providing acceptable basic housing conditions."; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 
(i) by inserting after the first sentence the follow-
ing: "Such procedures shall provide that an agency 
that fails on a widespread basis to provide acceptable 
basic housing conditions for its residents shall be des-
ignated as a troubled public housing agency. The Sec-
retary may use a simplified set of indicators for public 
housing agencies with less than 250 public housing 
units."; and 
(ii) by striking "under section 14" and inserting 
"for assistance from the Capital Fund under section 
9(d); 
(B) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking "under section 
14" and inserting"for assistance from the Capital Fund 
under section 9(d)"; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 
(i) by inserting "with more than 250 units" after 
"public housing agency"; and 
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(ii) by striking "review conducted under section 
14(p)" and inserting "comparable and recent review"; 
and 
(D) in the first sentence of subparagraph (C), by insert-
ing "(if applicable)" after "subparagraph (B)"; 
(3) in paragraph (5)(F), as so redesignated by the preceding 
provisions of this Act, by striking "program under section 14" 
and all that follows and inserting "program for assistance from 
the Capital Fund under section 9(d) and specifies the amount 
of assistance the agency received under such program."; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
"(6)(A) To the extent that the Secretary determines such action 
to be necessary in order to ensure the accuracy of any certification 
made under this section, the Secretary shall require an independent 
auditor to review documentation or other information maintained 
by a public housing agency pursuant to this section to substantiate 
each certification submitted by the agency or corporation relating 
to the performance of that agency or corporation. 
"(B) The Secretary may withhold, from assistance otherwise 
payable to the agency or corporation under section 9, amounts 
sufficient to pay for the reasonable costs of any review under 
this paragraph. 
Applicability. 
"(7) The Secretary shall apply the provisions of this subsection 
to resident management corporations in the same manner as applied 
to public housing agencies.". 
SEC. 565. EXPANSION OF POWERS FOR DEALING WITH PUBLIC HOUS-
ING AGENCIES IN SUBSTANTIAL DEFAULT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6( j)(3) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d( j)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following 
new clause: 
"(i) solicit competitive proposals from other public housing 
agencies and private housing management agents which (I) 
in the discretion of the Secretary, may be selected by existing 
public housing residents through administrative procedures 
established by the Secretary, and (II) if appropriate, shall pro-
vide for such agents to manage all, or part, of the housing 
administered by the public housing agency or all or part of 
the other programs of the agency;"; 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking "under section 14" and 
inserting "from the Capital Fund under section 9(d)"; and 
(C) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following 
new clauses: 
"(iv) take possession of all or part of the public housing 
agency, including all or part of any project or program of 
the agency, including any project or program under any other 
provision of this title; and 
"(v) require the agency to make other arrangements accept-
able to the Secretary and in the best interests of the public 
housing residents and families assisted under section 8 for 
managing all, or part, of the public housing administered by 
the agency or of the programs of the agency."; and 
(2) by striking subparagraphs (B) through (D) and inserting 
the following new subparagraphs: 
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112 STAT. 2629 
"(B)(i) If a public housing agency is identified as troubled under Notification, 
this subsection, the Secretary shall notify the agency of the troubled 
status of the agency. 
"(ii)(I) Upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on 
the later of the date on which the agency receives initial notice 
from the Secretary of the troubled status of the agency under 
clause (i) and the date of the enactment of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, the agency shall improve 
its performance, as measured by the performance indicators estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (1), by at least 50 percent of the 
difference between the most recent performance measurement and 
the measurement necessary to remove that agency's designation 
as troubled. 
"(II) Upon the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on 
the later of the date on which the agency receives initial notice 
from the Secretary of the troubled status of the agency under 
clause (i) and the date of the enactment of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, the agency shall improve 
its performance, as measured by the performance indicators estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (1), such that the agency is no longer 
designated as troubled. 
"(Ill) In the event that a public housing agency designated 
as troubled under this subsection fails to comply with the require-
ments set forth in subclause (I) or (II), the Secretary shall— 
"(aa) in the case of a troubled public housing agency with 
1,250 or more units, petition for the appointment of a receiver 
pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii); or 
"(bb) in the case of a troubled public housing agency with 
fewer than 1,250 units, either petition for the appointment 
of a receiver pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii), or take posses-
sion of the public housing agency (including all or part of 
any project or program of the agency) pursuant to subparagraph 
(A)(iv) and appoint, on a competitive or noncompetitive basis, 
an individual or entity as an administrative receiver to assume 
the responsibilities of the Secretary for the administration of 
all or part of the public housing agency (including all or part 
of any project or program of the agency). 
This subparagraph shall not be construed to limit the courses 
of action available to the Secretary under subparagraph (A). 
"(IV) During the period between the date on which a petition 
is filed under subclause (III)(aa) and the date on which a receiver 
assumes responsibility for the management of the public housing 
agency under such subclause, the Secretary may take possession 
of the public housing agency (including all or part of any project 
or program of the agency) pursuant to subparagraph (A)(iv) and 
may appoint, on a competitive or noncompetitive basis, an individual 
or entity as an administrative receiver to assume the responsibilities 
of the Secretary for the administration of all or part of the public 
housing agency (including all or part of any project or program 
of the agency). 
"(C) If a receiver is appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii), 
in addition to the powers accorded by the court appointing the 
receiver, the receiver— 
"(i) may abrogate any contract to which the United States 
or an agency of the United States is not a party that, in 
the receiver's written determination (which shall include the 
basis for such determination), substantially impedes correction 
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of the substantial default, but only after the receiver determines 
that reasonable efforts to renegotiate such contract have failed; 
"(ii) may demolish and dispose of all or part of the assets 
of the public housing agency (including all or part of any 
project of the agency) in accordance with section 18, including 
disposition by transfer of properties to resident-supported non-
profit entities; 
"(iii) if determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, 
may seek the establishment, as permitted by applicable State 
and local law, of 1 or more new public housing agencies; 
"(iv) if determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, 
may seek consolidation of all or part of the agency (including 
all or part of any project or program of the agency), as permitted 
by applicable State and local laws, into other well-managed 
public housing agencies with the consent of such well-managed 
agencies; and 
"(v) shall not be required to comply with any State or 
local law relating to civil service requirements, employee rights 
(except civil rights), procurement, or financial or administrative 
controls that, in the receiver's written determination (which 
shall include the basis for such determination), substantially 
impedes correction of the substantial default. 
"(D)(i) If, pursuant to subparagraph (A)(iv), the Secretary takes 
possession of all or part of the public housing agency, including 
all or part of any project or program of the agency, the Secretary— 
"(I) may abrogate any contract to which the United States 
or an agency of the United States is not a party that, in 
the written determination of the Secretary (which shall include 
the basis for such determination), substantially impedes correc-
tion of the substantial default, but only after the Secretary 
determines that reasonable efforts to renegotiate such contract 
have failed; 
"(II) may demolish and dispose of all or part of the assets 
of the public housing agency (including all or part of any 
project of the agency) in accordance with section 18, including 
disposition by transfer of properties to resident-supported non-
profit entities; 
"(III) may seek the establishment, as permitted by 
applicable State and local law, of 1 or more new public housing 
agencies; 
"(IV) may seek consolidation of all or part of the agency 
(including all or part of any project or program of the agency), 
as permitted by applicable State and local laws, into other 
well-managed public housing agencies with the consent of such 
well-managed agencies; 
"(V) shall not be required to comply with any State or 
local law relating to civil service requirements, employee rights 
(except civil rights), procurement, or financial or administrative 
controls that, in the Secretary's written determination (which 
shall include the basis for such determination), substantially 
impedes correction of the substantial default; and 
"(VI) shall, without any action by a district court of the 
United States, have such additional authority as a district 
court of the United States would have the authority to confer 
upon a receiver to achieve the purposes of the receivership. 
"(ii) If, pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii)(III)(bb), the Secretary 
appoints an administrative receiver to assume the responsibilities 
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112 STAT. 2631 
of the Secretary for the administration of all or part of the public 
housing agency (including all or part of any project or program 
of the agency), the Secretary may delegate to the administrative 
receiver any or all of the powers given the Secretary by this 
subparagraph, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate and 
subject to clause (iii). 
"(iii) An administrative receiver may not take an action 
described in subclause (III) or (IV) of clause (i) unless the Secretary 
first approves an application by the administrative receiver to 
authorize such action. 
"(E) The Secretary may make available to receivers and other 
entities selected or appointed pursuant to this paragraph such 
assistance as the Secretary determines in the discretion of the 
Secretary is necessary and available to remedy the substantial 
deterioration of living conditions in individual public housing 
projects or other related emergencies that endanger the health, 
safety, and welfare of public housing residents or families assisted 
under section 8. A decision made by the Secretary under this 
paragraph shall not be subject to review in any court of the United 
States, or in any court of any State, territory, or possession of 
the United States. 
"(F) In any proceeding under subparagraph (A)(ii), upon a deter-
mination that a substantial default has occurred and without regard 
to the availability of alternative remedies, the court shall appoint 
a receiver to conduct the affairs of all or part of the public housing 
agency in a manner consistent with this Act and in accordance 
with such further terms and conditions as the court may provide. 
The receiver appointed may be another public housing agency, 
a private management corporation, or any other person or appro-
priate entity. The court shall have power to grant appropriate 
temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of the 
petition by the Secretary. 
"(G) The appointment of a receiver pursuant to this paragraph 
may be terminated, upon the petition of any party, when the court 
determines that all defaults have been cured or the public housing 
agency is capable again of discharging its duties. 
"(H) If the Secretary (or an administrative receiver appointed 
by the Secretary) takes possession of a public housing agency 
(including all or part of any project or program of the agency), 
or if a receiver is appointed by a court, the Secretary or receiver 
shall be deemed to be acting not in the official capacity of that 
person or entity, but rather in the capacity of the public housing 
agency, and any liability incurred, regardless of whether the 
incident giving rise to that liability occurred while the Secretary 
or receiver was in possession of all or part of the public housing 
agency (including all or part of any project or program of the 
agency), shall be the liability of the public housing agency.". 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—^The provisions of, and duties and authori-
ties conferred or confirmed by, the amendments made by subsection 
(a) shall apply with respect to any action taken before, on, or 
after the effective date of this Act and shall apply to any receiver 
appointed for a public housing agency before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING APPLICABILITY TO SEC-
TION 8.—Section 8(h) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
42 USC I437f. 
is amended by inserting "(except as provided in section 6(j)(3))" 
after "section 6". 
42 USC 1437d 
note. 
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42 use 1437d 
note. 
42 use 1437d 
note. 
42 use 1437c. 
Deadline. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—^The Secretary may administer the 
amendments made by subsection (a) as necessary to ensure the 
efficient and effective initial implementation of this section. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—^This section shall take effect on, and the 
amendments made by this section are made on, and shall apply 
beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 566. AUDITS. 
Section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is 
further amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following 
new subsection: 
"(h) AUDITS.— 
"(1) BY SECRETARY AND COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—^Each con-
tract for contributions for any assistance under this Act to 
a public housing agency shall provide that the Secretary, the 
Inspector (General of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, and the Comptroller General of the United 
States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall, 
for the purpose of audit and examination, have access to any 
books, documents, papers, and records of the public housing 
agency that are pertinent to this Act and to its operations 
with respect to financial assistance under the this Act. 
"(2) WITHHOLDING OF AMOUNTS FOR AUDITS UNDER SINGLE 
AUDIT ACT.—^The Secretary may, in the sole discretion of the 
Secretary, arrange for and pay the costs of an audit required 
under chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code. In such 
circumstances, the Secretary may withhold, from assistance 
otherwise payable to the agency under this Act, amounts suffi-
cient to pay for the reasonable costs of conducting an acceptable 
audit, including, when appropriate, the reasonable costs of 
accounting services necessary to place the agency's books and 
records in auditable condition. As agreed to by the Secretary 
and the Inspector General, the Inspector General may arrange 
for an audit under this paragraph.". 
SEC. 
567. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW 
ORLEANS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—^The Secretary and the Housing Authority 
of New Orleans (in this section referred to as the "Housing Author-
ity") shall, pursuant to the cooperative endeavor agreement in effect 
between the Secretary and the Housing Authority, establish an 
advisory council for the Housing Authority of New Orleans (in 
this section referred to as the "advisory council") that complies 
with the requirements of this section. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^The advisory council shall be appointed 
by the Secretary, not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and shall be composed of the follow-
ing members: 
(A) The Inspector General of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development (or the Inspector General's 
designee). 
(B) Not more than 7 other members, who shall be 
selected for appointment based on their experience in 
successfully reforming troubled public housing agencies or 
in providing affordable housing in coordination with State 
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112 STAT. 2633 
and local governments, the private sector, affordable hous-
ing residents, or local nonprofit organizations. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL PAY.—^Members of the 
advisory council shall serve without compensation, but shall 
be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary 
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as mem-
bers of the Board using amounts made available for technical 
assistance under section 9(h) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (as amended by this Act). 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The advisory council shall— 
(1) establish standards and guidelines for assessing the 
performance of the Housing Authority in carrying out oper-
ational, asset management, and financial functions for purposes 
of the reports and finding under subsections (d) and (e), respec-
tively; 
(2) provide advice, expertise, and recommendations to the 
Housing Authority regarding the management, 
operation, 
repair, redevelopment, revitalization, demolition, and disposi-
tion of public housing projects of the Housing Authority; 
(3) report to the Congress under subsection (d) regarding 
any progress of the Housing Authority in improving the 
performance of its functions; and 
(4) make a final finding to the Congress under subsection 
(e) regarding the future of the Housing Authority. 
(d) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—^The advisory council shall report 
to the Congress and the Secretary not less than every 3 months 
regarding the performance of the Housing Authority and any 
progress of the authority in improving its performance and carrying 
out its functions. 
(e) FINAL FINDING.—Upon the expiration of the 18-month period 
that begins upon the appointment under subsection (b)(1) of all 
members of the advisory council, the advisory council shall make 
and submit to the Congress and the Secretary a finding of whether 
the Housing Authority has substantially improved its performance, 
the performance of its functions, and the overall condition of the 
Authority such that the Authority should be allowed to continue 
to operate as the manager of the public housing of the Authority. 
In making the finding under this subsection, the advisory council 
shall consider whether the Housing Authority has made sufficient 
progress in the demolition and revitalization of the Desire Homes 
project, the revitalization of the St. Thomas Homes project, the 
appropriate allocation of operating subsidy amounts, and the appro-
priate expending of modernization amounts. 
(f) RECEIVERSHIP.—If the advisory council finds under sub-
section (e) that the Housing Authority has not substantially 
improved its performance in a manner sufficient that the Authority 
should be allowed to continue to operate as the manager of the 
public housing of the Authority, the Secretary shall (notwithstand-
ing the conditions required under section 6(j)(3)(A) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 for action under such section) petition 
under clause (ii) of section 6(j)(3)(A) for the appointment of a 
receiver for the Housing Authority, which receivership shall be 
subject to the provisions of such section. 
(g) REGULAR REMEDIES.—^Nothing in this section, or in the 
cooperative endeavor agreement in effect between the Secretary 
and the Housing Authority, may be construed to prevent the Sec-
retary from taking any action with respect to the Housing Authority, 
Regulations. 
Reports. 
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in accordance with such section 6( 
j)(3) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(j)(3)), as amended by this Act, that 
is authorized under section. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 568. TREATMENT OF TROUBLED PHA'S. 
Section 105 of the Cranston-Gronzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
"(g) TREATMENT OF TROUBLED PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES.— 
"(1) EFFECT OF TROUBLED STATUS ON CHAS.—^The com-
prehensive housing affordability strategy (or any consolidated 
plan incorporating such strategy) for the State or unit of general 
local government in which any troubled public housing agency 
is located shall not be considered to comply with the require-
ments under this section unless such plan includes a description 
of the manner in which the State or unit will provide financial 
or other assistance to such troubled agency in improving its 
operations to remove such designation. 
"(2) DEFINITION.—^For purposes of this subsection, the term 
'troubled public housing agency* means a public housing agency 
that, upon the effective date of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998, is designated under section 6(j)(2) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as a troubled public 
housing agency.". 
Subtitle F—Safety and Security in Public 
and Assisted Housing 
SEC. 575. PROVISIONS A P P U C A B L E ONLY TO PUBLIC HOUSING AND 
SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE. 
(a) DRUG-RELATED AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY UNDER PUBLIC 
HOUSING GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.—Section 6(k) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(k)) is amended, in the matter 
following paragraph (6)— 
(1) by inserting "violent or" before "drug-related"; and 
(2) by inserting "or any activity resulting in a felony convic-
tion," after "on or off such premises,". 
(b) TERMINATION OF TENANCY IN PUBLIC HOUSING.—Section 
6(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(l))' 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated by the preceding 
provisions of this Act)^ 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
following new subparagraph: 
"(A) a reasonable period of time, but not to exceed 
30 days— 
"(i) if the health or safety of other tenants, public 
* 
housing agency employees, or persons residing in the 
immediate vicinity of the premises is threatened; or 
"(ii) in the event of any drug-related or violent 
criminal activity or any felony conviction;"; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting before the semi-
colon at the end the following: ", except that if a State 
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112 STAT. 2635 
or local law provides for a shorter period of time, such 
shorter period shall apply"; 
(2) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated by the preceding 
provisions of this Act), by striking "and" at the end; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as so redesignated 
by the preceding provisions of this Act), the following new 
paragraph: 
"(7) provide that any occupancy in violation of section 
576(b) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act 
of 1998 (relating to ineligibility of illegal drug users and alcohol 
abusers) or the furnishing of any false or misleading informa-
tion pursuant to section 577 of such Act (relating to termination 
of tenancy and assistance for illegal drug users and alcohol 
abusers) shall be cause for termination of tenancy;", 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR TENANT SCREENING 
AND EVICTION.—Section 6(q) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(q)(l)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (i)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking "subparagraph (B)" and inserting 
"subparagraph (C)"; and 
(ii) by striking "public housing" and inserting "cov-
ered housing assistance"; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara-
graph (C); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following 
new subparagraph: 
"(B) REQUESTS BY OWNERS OF PROJECT-BASED SECTION 
8 HOUSING.—A public housing agency may make a request 
under 
subparagraph 
(A) for information 
regarding 
applicants for, or tenants of, housing that is provided 
project-based assistance under section 8 only if the housing 
is located within the jurisdiction of the agency and the 
owner of such housing has requested that the agency obtain 
such information on behalf of the owner. Upon such a 
request by the owner, the agency shall make a request 
under subparagraph (A) for the information. The agency 
may not make such information available to the owner 
but shall perform determinations for the owner regarding 
screening, lease enforcement, and eviction based on criteria 
supplied by the owner."; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking "FEE" and inserting "FEES"; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
"In the case of a public housing agency obtaining informa-
tion pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) for another owner of 
housing, the agency may pass such fee on to the owner 
initiating the request and may charge additional reasonable 
fees for making the request on behalf of the owner and 
taking other actions for owners under this subsection."; 
(3) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following 
new paragraph: 
"(8) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions shall apply: 
"(A) ADULT.—^The term 'adult' means a person who 
is 18 years of age or older, or who has been convicted 
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Regulations. 
Courts. 
of a crime as an adult under any Federal, State, or tribal 
law. 
"(B) COVERED HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—The term 'cov-
ered housing assistance' means— 
"(i) a dwelling unit in public housing; 
"(ii) a dwelling unit in housing that is provided 
project-based assistance under section 8, including new 
construction and substantial rehabilitation projects; 
and 
"(iii) tenant-based assistance under section 8. 
"(C) OWNER.—^The term 'owner* means, with respect 
to covered housing assistance described in subparagraph 
(B)(ii), the entity or private person (including a cooperative 
or public housing agency) that has the legal right to lease 
or sublease dwelling units in the housing assisted."; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new para-
graphs: 
"(5) CONFIDENTIALITY.—^A public housing agency receiving 
information under this subsection may use such information 
only for the purposes provided in this subsection and such 
information may not be disclosed to any person who is not 
an officer, employee, or authorized representative of the agency 
and who has a job-related need to have access to the information 
in connection with admission of applicants, eviction of tenants, 
or termination of assistance. For judicial eviction proceedings, 
disclosures may be made to the extent necessary. The Secretary 
shall, by regulation, establish procedures necessary to ensure 
that information provided under this subsection to a public 
housing agency is used, and confidentiality of such information 
is maintained, as required under this subsection. The Secretary 
shall establish standards for confidentiality of information 
obtained under this subsection by public housing agencies on 
behalf of owners. 
"(6) PENALTY.—^Any person who knowingly and willfully 
requests or obtains any information concerning an applicant 
for, or tenant of, covered housing assistance pursuant to the 
authority under this subsection under false pretenses, or any 
person who knowingly and willfully discloses any such informa-
tion in any manner to any individual not entitled under any 
law to receive it, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined 
not more than $5,000. The term 'person' as used in this para-
graph include an officer, employee, or authorized representative 
of any public housing agency. 
"(7) CIVIL ACTION.—^Any applicant for, or tenant of, covered 
housing assistance affected by (A) a negligent or knowing disclo-
sure of information referred to in this subsection about such 
person by an officer, employee, or authorized representative 
of any public housing agency, which disclosure is not authorized 
by thds subsection, or (B) any other negligent or knowing action 
that is inconsistent with this subsection, may bring a civil 
action for damages and such other relief as may be appropriate 
against any public housing agency responsible for such 
unauthorized action. The district court of the United States 
in the district in which the affected applicant or tenant resides, 
in which such unauthorized action occurred, or in which the 
officer, employee, or representative alleged to be responsible 
for any such unauthorized action resides, shall have jurisdiction 
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112 STAT. 2637 
in such matters. Appropriate relief that may be ordered by 
such district courts shall include reasonable attorney's fees 
and other litigation costs.". 
(d) AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE ACCESS TO CRIMINAL RECORDS.— 
Section 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(t) AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE ACCESS TO CRIMINAL RECORDS.— 
A public housing agency may require, as a condition of providing 
admission to the public housing program or assisted housing pro-
gram under the jurisdiction of the public housing agency, that 
each adult member of the household provide a signed, written 
authorization for the public housing agency to obtain records 
described in subsection (q)( 1) regarding such member of the house-
hold from the National Crime Information Center, police depart-
ments, and other law enforcement agencies.". 
(e) OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT 
FACILITIES.—Section 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437d), as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
"(u) OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT 
FACILITIES.— 
"(1) AUTHORITY.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law other than the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 
et seq.), a public housing agency may require each person 
who applies for admission to public housing to sign one or 
more forms of written consent authorizing the agency to receive 
information from a drug abuse treatment facility that is solely 
related to whether the applicant is currently engaging in the 
illegal use of a controlled substance. 
"(2) CONFIDENTIALITY OF APPLICANT'S RECORDS.— 
"(A) 
LIMITATION ON INFORMATION REQUESTED.—In a 
form of written consent, a public housing agency may 
request only whether the drug abuse treatment facility 
has reasonable cause to believe that the applicant is cur-
rently engaging in the illegal use of a controlled substance. 
"(B) RECORDS MANAGEMENT.—Each public housing 
agency that receives information under this subsection from 
a drug abuse treatment facility shall establish and imple-
ment a system of records management that ensures that 
any information received by the public housing agency 
under this subsection— 
"(i) is maintained confidentially in accordance with 
section 543 of the Public Health Service Act (12 U.S.C. 
290dd-2); 
"(ii) is not misused or improperly disseminated; 
£md 
"(iii) is destroyed, as applicable— 
"(I) not later than 5 business days after the 
date on which the public housing agency gives 
final approval for an application for admission; 
or 
"(II) if the public housing agency denies the 
application for admission, in a timely manner after 
the date on which the statute of limitations for 
the commencement of a civil action from the 
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applicant based upon that denial of admission has 
expired. 
"(C) 
EXPIRATION OF WRITTEN CONSENT.—In addition 
to the requirements of subparagraph (B), an applicant's 
signed written consent shall expire automatically after the 
public housing agency has made a final decision to either 
approve or deny the applicant's application for admittance 
to public housing. 
"(3) 
PROHIBITION 
OF 
DISCRIMINATORY 
TREATMENT 
OF 
APPLICANTS.— 
"(A) FORMS SIGNED.—^A public housing agency may 
only require an applicant for admission to public housing 
to sign one or more forms of written consent under this 
subsection if the public housing agency requires all such 
applicants to sign the same form or forms of written con-
sent. 
"(B) CIRCUMSTANCES OF INQUIRY.—A public housing 
agency may only make an inquiry to a drug abuse treat-
ment facility under this subsection if— 
"(i) the public housing agency makes the same 
inquiry with respect to all applicants; or 
"(ii) the public housing agency only makes the 
same inquiry with respect to each and every applicant 
with respect to whom— 
"(I) the 
public 
housing 
agency 
receives 
information from the criminal record of the 
applicant that indicates evidence of a prior arrest 
or conviction; or 
"(II) the 
public housing 
agency 
receives 
information from the records of prior tenancy of 
the 
applicant 
that 
demonstrates 
that 
the 
applicant— 
"(aa) engaged in the destruction of prop-
erty; 
"(bb) engaged in violent activity against 
another person; or 
"(cc) interfered with the right of peaceful 
enjo3mient of the premises of another tenant. 
"(4) FEE PERMITTED.—A drug abuse treatment facility may 
charge a public housing agency a reasonable fee for information 
provided under this subsection. 
"(5) DISCLOSURE PERMITTED BY TREATMENT FACILITIES.— 
A drug abuse treatment facility shall not be liable for damages 
based on any information required to be disclosed pursuant 
to this subsection if such disclosure is consistent with section 
543 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd-2). 
"(6) OPTION TO NOT REQUEST INFORMATION.—A public hous-
ing agency shall not be liable for damages based on its decision 
not to require each person who applies for admission to public 
housing to sign one or more forms of written consent authoriz-
ing the public housing agency to receive information from a 
drug abuse treatment facility under this subsection. 
"(7) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions shall apply: 
"(A) DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITY.—The term 
'drug abuse treatment facility* means an entity that— 
"(i)is— 
*
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112 STAT. 2639 
"(I) an identified unit within a general medical 
care facility; or 
"(II) an entity other than a general medical 
care facility; and 
"(ii) holds itself out as providing, and provides, 
diagnosis, treatment, or referral for treatment with 
respect to the illegal use of a controlled substance. 
"(B) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.—The term 'controlled 
substance' has the meaning given the term in section 102 
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802). 
"(C) 
CURRENTLY ENGAGING IN THE ILLEGAL USE OF 
A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.—^The term 'currently engaging 
in the illegal use of a controlled substance' means the 
illegal use of a controlled substance that occurred recently 
enough to justify a reasonable belief that an applicant's 
illegal use of a controlled substance is current or that 
continuing illegal use of a controlled substance by the 
applicant is a real and ongoing problem. 
"(8) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall take effect 
upon enactment and without the necessity of guidance from, 
or any regulation issued by, the Secretary.". 
SEC. 576. SCREENING OF APPLICANTS FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED 
HOUSING. 
(a) INELIGIBILITY BECAUSE OF EVICTION FOR DRUG CRIMES.— 
Any tenant evicted from federally assisted housing by reason of 
drug-related criminal activity (as such term is defined in section 
3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)) 
shall not be eligible for federally assisted housing during the 3-
year period beginning on the date of such eviction, unless the 
evicted tenant successfully completes a rehabilitation program 
approved by the public housing agency (which shall include a waiver 
of this subsection if the circumstances leading to eviction no longer 
exist). 
(b) 
INELIGIBILITY OF ILLEGAL DRUG USERS AND ALCOHOL 
ABUSERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a public housing agency or an owner of federally assisted 
housing, as determined by the Secretary, shall establish stand-
ards that prohibit admission to the program or admission to 
federally assisted housing for any household with a member— 
(A) who the public housing agency or owner determines 
is illegally using a controlled substance; or 
(B) with respect to whom the public housing agency 
or owner determines that it has reasonable cause to believe 
that such household member's illegal use (or pattern of 
illegal use) of a controlled substance, or abuse (or pattern 
of abuse) of alcohol, may interfere with the health, ssifety, 
or right to peaceful enjojonent of the premises by other 
residents. 
(2) CONSIDERATION OF REHABILITATION.—In determining 
whether, pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), to deny admission to 
the program or federally assisted housing to any household 
based on a pattern of illegal use of a controlled substance 
or a pattern of abuse of alcohol by a household member, a 
public housing agency or an owner may consider whether such 
household member— 
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Standards. 
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42 use 1437d. 
42 use 13662. 
Standards. 
(A) has successfully completed a supervised drug or 
alcohol rehabilitation program (as applicable) and is no 
longer engaging in the illegal use of a controlled substance 
or abuse of alcohol (as applicable); 
(B) has otherwise been rehabilitated successfully and 
is no longer engaging in the illegal use of a controlled 
substance or abuse of alcohol (as applicable); or 
(C) is participating in a supervised drug or alcohol 
rehabilitation program (as applicable) and is no longer 
engaging in the illegal use of a controlled substance or 
abuse of alcohol (as applicable). 
(c) AUTHORITY TO DENY ADMISSION To CRIMINAL OFFENDERS..— 
Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and 
in addition to any other authority to screen applicants, in selecting 
among applicants for admission to the program or to federally 
assisted housing, if the public housing agency or owner of such 
housing (as applicable) determines that an applicant or any member 
of the applicant's household is or was, during a reasonable time 
preceding the date when the applicant household would otherwise 
be selected for admission; engaged in any drug-related or violent 
criminal activity or other criminal activity which would adversely 
affect the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjojmient of the 
premises by other residents, the owner, or public housing agency 
employees, the public housing agency or owner may— 
(1) deny such applicant admission to the program or to 
federally assisted housing; and 
(2) after the expiration of the reasonable period beginning 
upon such activity, require the applicant, as a condition of 
admission to the program or to federally assisted housing, 
to submit to the public housing agency or owner evidence 
sufficient (as the Secretary shall by regulation provide) to 
ensure that the individual or individuals in the applicant's 
household who engaged in criminal activity for which denial 
was made under paragraph (1) have not engaged in any crimi-
nal activity during such reasonable period. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The United States Housing 
Act of 1937 is amended— 
(1) in section 6— 
(A) by striking subsection (r); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (s), (t), and (u) (as 
added by the preceding provisions of this Act) as sub-
sections (r), (s), and (t), respectively; and 
(2) in section 16 (42 U.S.C. 1437n), by striking subsection 
(e). 
SEC. 577. TERMINATION OF TENANCY AND ASSISTANCE FOR ILLEGAL 
DRUG USERS AND ALCOHOL ABUSERS IN FEDERALLY 
ASSISTED HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a public housing agency or an owner of federally assisted housing 
(as applicable), shall establish standards or lease provisions for 
continued assistance or occupancy in federally assisted housing 
that allow the agency or owner (as applicable) to terminate the 
tenancy or assistance for any household with a member— 
(1) who the public housing agency or owner determines 
is illegally using a controlled substance; or 
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112 STAT. 2641 
(2) whose illegal use (or pattern of illegal use) of a con-
trolled substance, or whose abuse (or pattern of abuse) of alco-
hol, is determined by the public housing agency or owner to 
interfere with the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment 
of the premises by other residents. 
(b) 
CONSIDERATION 
OF 
REHABILITATION.—In 
determining 
whether, pursuant to subsection (a)(2), to terminate tenancy or 
assistance to any household based on a pattern of illegal use of 
a controlled substance or a pattern of abuse of alcohol by a house-
hold member, a public housing agency or an owner may consider 
whether such household member— 
(1) has successfully completed a supervised drug or alcohol 
rehabilitation program (as applicable) and is no longer engaging 
in the illegal use of a controlled substance or abuse of alcohol 
(as applicable); 
(2) has otherwise been rehabilitated successfully and is 
no longer engaging in the illegal use of a controlled substance 
or abuse of alcohol (as applicable); or 
(3) is participating in a supervised drug or alcohol 
rehabilitation program (as applicable) and is no longer engaging 
in the illegal use of a controlled substance or abuse of alcohol 
(as applicable). 
SEC. 578. INEUGIBILITY OF DANGEROUS SEX OFFENDERS FOR ADMIS- 
42 USC 13663. 
SION TO PUBLIC HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
an owner of federally assisted housing shall prohibit admission 
to such housing for any household that includes any individual 
who is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State 
sex offender registration program. 
(b) OBTAINING INFORMATION.—^As provided in regulations issued 
by the Secretary to carry out this section— 
(1) a public housing agency shall carry out criminal history 
background checks on applicants for federally assisted housing 
and make further inquiry with State and local agencies as 
necessary to determine whether an applicant for federally 
assisted housing is subject to a lifetime registration require-
ment under a State sex offender registration program; and 
(2) State and local agencies responsible for the collection 
or maintenance of criminal history record information or 
information on persons required to register as sex offenders 
shall comply with requests of public housing agencies for 
information pursuant to this section. 
(c) REQUESTS BY OWNERS FOR PHA'S TO OBTAIN INFORMA-
TION.—^A public housing agency may take any action under sub-
section (b) regarding applicants for, or tenants of, federally assisted 
housing other than federally assisted housing described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) of section 579(a)(2), but only if the housing is 
located within the jurisdiction of the agency and the owner of 
such housing has requested that the agency take such action on 
behalf of the owner. Upon such a request by the owner, the agency 
shall take the action requested under subsection (b). The agency 
may not make any information obtained pursuant to the action 
under subsection (b) available to the owner but shall perform deter-
minations for the owner regarding screening, lease enforcement, 
and eviction based on criteria supplied by the owner. 
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Records. 
(d) OPPORTUNITY To DISPUTE.—Before an adverse action is 
taken with respect to an applicant for federally assisted housing 
on the basis that an individual is subject to a lifetime registration 
requirement under a State sex offender registration program, the 
public housing agency obtaining the record shall provide the tenant 
or applicant with a copy of the registration information and an 
opportunity to dispute the accuracy and relevance of that informa-
tion. 
(e) FEE.—^A public housing agency may be charged a reasonable 
fee for taking actions under subsection (b). In the case of a public 
housing agency taking actions on behalf of another owner of feder-
ally assisted housing pursuant to subsection (c), the agency may 
pass such fee on to the owner making the request and may charge 
an additional reasonable fee for making the request on behalf 
of the owner. 
(f) RECORDS MANAGEMENT.—Each public housing agency shall 
establish and implement a system of records management that 
ensures that any criminal record or information regarding a lifetime 
registration requirement under a State sex offender registration 
program that is obtained under this section by the public housing 
agency is— 
(1) maintained confidentially; 
(2) not misused or improperly disseminated; and 
(3) destroyed, once the purpose for which the record was 
requested has been accomplished. 
42 use 13664. 
SEC. 579. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subtitle, the following 
definitions shall apply: 
(1) DRUG-RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.—The term "drug-
related criminal activity has the meaning given the term in 
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(2) FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.—The term "federally 
assisted housing" means a dwelling unit— 
(A) in public housing (as such term is defined in section 
3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a)); 
(B) assisted with tenant-based assistance under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(C) in housing that is provided project-based assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
including new construction and substantial rehabilitation 
projects; 
(D) in housing that is assisted under section 202 of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (as amended by section 801 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act); 
(E) in housing that is assisted under section 202 of 
the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before 
the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act; 
(F) in housing that is assisted under section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; 
(G) in housing financed by a loan or mortgage insured 
under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act that 
bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso of 
section 221(d)(5) of such Act; 
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112 STAT. 2643 
(H) in housing insured, assisted, or held by the Sec-
retary or a State or State agency under section 236 of 
the National Housing Act; or 
(I) in housing assisted under section 514 or 515 of 
the Housing Act of 1949. 
(3) OWNER.—^The term "owner" means, with respect to fed-
erally assisted housing, the entity or private person (including 
a cooperative or public housing agency) that has the legal 
right to lease or sublease dwelling units in such housing. 
Subtitle G—Repeals and Related 
Provisions 
SEC. 581. ANNUAL REPORT. 
42 USC 1437 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Not later than 1 year after the date of the Deadline, 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereeifter, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Congress on— 
(1) the impact of the amendments made by this Act on— 
(A) the demographics of public housing residents and 
families receiving tenant-based assistance under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937; and 
(B) the economic viability of public housing agencies; 
and 
(2) the effectiveness of the rent policies established by 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act on the employ-
ment status and earned income of public housing residents. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 582. REPEALS RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING AND SECTION 8 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^The following provisions of law are hereby 
repealed: 
(1) PUBLIC HOUSING RENT WAIVERS FOR POLICE.—Section 
519 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1437a-l). 
(2) TREATMENT OF CERTIFICATE AND VOUCHER HOLDERS.— 
Subsection (c) of section 183 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note). 
(3) REPORT REGARDING FAIR HOUSING OBJECTIVES.—Section 
153 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f note). 
(4) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.—Subsections (b)(1) and (c) 
of section 326 of the Housing and Community Development 
Amendments of 1981 (Public Law 97-35, 95 Stat. 406; 42 
U.S.C. 1437f note). 
(5) PAYMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS.—Section 329A 
of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 1437J-1). 
(6) PUBLIC HOUSING CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.—Section 
222 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 
(12 U.S.C. 1701Z-6 note). 
(7) 
INDIAN HOUSING CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.—Section 
518 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1701Z-6 note). 
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(8) 
PUBLIC HOUSING COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION DEM-
ONSTRATION.—Section 126 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note). 
(9) PUBLIC HOUSING ONE-STOP PERINATAL SERVICES DEM-
ONSTRATION.—Section 521 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437t note). 
(10) PUBLIC HOUSING MINCS DEMONSTRATION.—Section 522 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note). 
(11) 
PUBLIC 
HOUSING ENERGY EFFICIENCY DEMONSTRA-
TION.—Section 523 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g note). 
(12) 
OMAHA 
HOMEOWNERSHIP 
DEMONSTRATION.—Section 
132 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(Public Law 102-550; 106 Stat. 3712). 
(13) PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING YOUTH SPORTS PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 520 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 11903a). 
(14) MULTIFAMILY FINANCING.—^The penultimate sentence 
of section 302(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1717(b)(2)) and the penultimate sentence of section 305(a)(2) 
of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 
1454(a)(2)). 
(15) SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED FAMI-
LIES.—Section 209 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1438). 
12 use 1454 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—^Except to the extent otherwise pro-
J^ote. 
vided in this Act, the repeals made by subsection (a) shall not 
affect any legally binding obligations entered into before the effec-
tive date under section 503(a) of this Act. 
SEC. 583. PUBUC HOUSING FLEXIBILITY IN CHAS. 
Section 105(b) of the Cranston-Gronzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705(b)) is amended— 
(1) by transferring and inserting the flush material that 
precedes the first paragraph that is designated as (17) (relating 
to abbreviated housing strategies and consisting of 2 sentences) 
to the end of the subsection (following the last numbered para-
graph); 
(2) by redesignating the second paragraph that is des-
ignated as paragraph (17) (as added by section 681(2) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Public Law 
102-550; 106 Stat. 3830)) as paragraph (20); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (17) (as added by section 
220(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1992 (Public Law 102-550; 106 Stat. 3761)) as paragraph (19); 
(4) in the second paragraph designated as paragraph (16) 
(as so designated by section 220(c)(1) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-550; 
106 Stat. 3762))— 
(A) by striking "and" at the end; and 
(B) by striking "(16)" and inserting "(18)"; 
(5) in paragraph (16) (as added by section 1014(3) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Public Law 
102-550; 106 Stat. 3908))— 
(A) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
a semicolon; and 
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112 STAT. 2645 
(B) by striking "(16)" and inserting "(17)"; 
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (15) as para-
graphs (12) through (16), respectively; and 
(7) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new 
paragraph: 
"(11) describe the manner in which the plan of the jurisdic-
tion will help address the needs of public housing;". 
SEC. 584. USE OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS. 
42 USC 1437 
(a) 
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PROD-
UCTS.—It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent 
practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made 
available in this Act should be American made. 
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial assistance 
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds 
made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to 
the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 585. GAO STUDY ON HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COSTS. 
42 USC 1437 
(a) STUDY.—^The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study that provides an objective and independent account-
ing and analysis of the full cost to the Federal Government, public 
housing agencies, State and local governments, and other entities, 
per assisted household, of the Federal assisted housing programs, 
taking into account the qualitative differences among Federal 
assisted housing programs in accordance with applicable standards 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
(b) CONTENTS.—^The study under this section shall— 
(1) analyze the full cost to the Federal Government, public 
housing agencies, State and local governments, and other par-
ties, per assisted household, of the Federal assisted housing 
programs, in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles, and shall conduct the analysis on a nationwide 
and regional basis and in a manner such that accurate per 
unit cost comparisons may be made between Federal assisted 
housing programs, including grants, direct subsidies, tax 
concessions. Federal mortgage insurance liability, periodic ren-
ovation and rehabilitation, and modernization costs, demolition 
costs, and other ancillary costs such as security; and 
(2) measure and evaluate qualitative differences among 
Federal 
assisted 
housing 
programs 
in 
accordance 
with 
applicable standards of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. 
(c) PROHIBITION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—In conducting the 
study under this section and reporting under subsection (e), the 
Comptroller General may not make any recommendations regarding 
Federal housing policy. 
(d) FEDERAL ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS.—For purposes of 
this section, the term "Federal assisted housing programs" means— 
(1) the public housing program under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, except that the study under this section 
shall differentiate between and compare the development and 
construction of new public housing and the assistance of exist-
ing public housing structures; 
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(2) the certificate program for rental assistance under sec-
tion 8(b)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(3) the voucher program for rental assistance under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(4) the programs for project-based assistance under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(5) the rental assistance payments program under section 
521(a)(2)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949; 
(6) the program for housing for the elderly under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959; 
(7) the program for housing for persons with disabilities 
under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act; 
(8) the program for financing housing by a loan or mortgage 
insured under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act 
that bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso 
of section 221(d)(5) of such Act; 
(9) the program under section 236 of the National Housing 
Act; 
(10) the program for construction or substantial rehabilita-
tion under section 8(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, as in effect before October 1, 1983; and 
(11) any other program for housing assistance administered 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the 
Secretary of Agriculture, under which occupancy in the housing 
assisted or housing assistance provided is based on income, 
as the Comptroller General may determine. 
Deadline. 
(e) REPORT.—^Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
the Congress a final report which shall contain the results of 
the study under this section, including the analysis and estimates 
required under subsection (b). 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
PubUcand 
SEC. 686. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG 
Assisted Housing 
ELIMINATION ACT OF 1990. 
Drug Elimmation 
Program 
(a) SHORT TiTLE.—^This section may be cited as the "Public 
Amendments of 
and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program Amendments of 
1998. 
1998" 
i^J^T*""^"* 
(b) FINDINGS.—Section 5122 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 
42 uscngoi 
^^^^ ^^^ U.S.C. 11901) is amended— 
note. 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting "or violent" after "drug-
related"; 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by inserting "and violent" after "drug-related"; and 
(B) by striking "and" at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
"(6) the Federal Grovernment should provide support for 
effective safety and security measures to combat drug-related 
and violent crime, primarily in and around public housing 
projects with severe crime problems; 
"(7) closer cooperation should be encouraged between public 
and assisted housing managers, local law enforcement agencies. 
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112 STAT. 2647 
and residents in developing and implementing anti-crime pro-
grams; and 
"(8) anti-crime strategies should be improved through the 
expansion of community-oriented policing initiatives.". 
(c) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—Section 5123 of the Anti-
Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11902) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(a) IN GENERAL.—" before "The"; 
(2) by striking "tribally designated housing entities" and 
inserting "recipients of assistance under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996"; 
(3) by inserting "and violent" after "drug-related"; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(b) CONSORTlA.—^ubject to terms and conditions established 
by the Secretary, public housing agencies may form consortia for 
purposes of applying for grants under this chapter.". 
(d) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Section 5124 of the Anti-Drug Abuse 
Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11903) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking "drug-related crime 
on or about" and inserting "drug-related or violent crime 
in and around"; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking "and" at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) by striking "tribally designated housing entity" 
and inserting "recipient of assistance under the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996"; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
"; and"; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(8) sports programs and sports activities that serve pri-
marily youths from public or other federally assisted low-income 
housing projects and are operated in conjunction with, or in 
furtherance of, an organized program or plan designed to reduce 
or eliminate drugs and drug-related problems in and around 
such projects."; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
"drug-related crime in" and inserting "drug-related crime 
in and around"; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking "drug-related activity 
at" and inserting "drug-related or violent activity in or 
around". 
(e) APPLICATIONS.—Section 5125 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act 
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11904) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking "tribally designated housing entity" and 
inserting "recipient of assistance under the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996"; 
(B) by striking "crime on the premises" and inserting 
"or violent crime in and around"; and 
(C) by inserting before the period at the end the follow-
ing: ", which plan shall be coordinated with and may be 
included in the public housing agency plan submitted to 
the Secretary pursuant to section 5A of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937"; 
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Regulations. 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter that precedes paragraph (1), by strik-
ing "Except as" and all that follows through "on—*' and 
inserting the following: "The Secretary shall approve 
applications under subsection (b) that are not subject to 
a preference under subsection (b)(2)(A) on the basis of 
thresholds or criteria such as—"; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking "crime problem in" 
and inserting "or violent crime problem in and around"; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
"subsection (b)" and inserting "subsection (c)"; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting "or violent" after 
"drug-related" each place it appears; 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking "subsection (b)" and insert-
ing "subsection (c)"; 
(5) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as sub-
sections (c) through (e), respectively; and 
(6) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new sub-
section: 
"(b) One-Year Renewable Grants.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^An eligible applicant that is a public 
housing agency may apply for a 1-year grant under this chapter 
that, subject to the availability of appropriated amounts, shall 
be renewed annually for a period of not more than 4 additional 
years, except that such renewal shall be contingent upon the 
Secretary finding, upon an annual or more frequent review, 
that the grantee agency is performing under the terms of the 
grant and applicable laws in a satisfactory manner and meets 
such other requirements as the Secretary may prescribe. The 
Secretary may adjust the amount of any grant received or 
renewed under this paragraph to take into account increases 
or decreases in amounts appropriated for these purposes or 
such other factors as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate. 
"(2) ELIGIBILITY AND PREFERENCE.—^The Secretary may 
not 
provide assistance under this chapter to an applicant that 
is a public housing agency unless— 
"(A) the agency will use the grants to continue or 
expand activities eligible for assistance under this chapter, 
as in effect immediately before the effective date under 
section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility Act of 1998, in which case the Secretary shall 
provide preference to such applicant; except that preference 
under this subparagraph shall not preclude selection by 
the Secretary of other meritorious applications that address 
urgent or serious crime problems nor be construed to 
require continuation of activities determined by the Sec-
retary to be unworthy of continuation; or 
"(B) the agency is in the class established under para-
graph (3). 
"(3) PHA'S HAVING URGENT OR SERIOUS CRIME PROBLEMS.— 
The Secretary shall, by regulations issued after notice and 
opportunity for public comment, set forth criteria for establish-
ing a class of public housing agencies that have urgent or 
serious crime problems. The Secretary may reserve a portion 
of the amount appropriated to carry out this chapter in each 
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fiscal year only for grants for public housing agencies in such 
class, except that any amounts from such portion reserved 
that are not obligated to agencies in the class shall be made 
available only for agencies that are subject to a preference 
under paragraph (2)(A). 
"(4) INAPPLICABILITY TO FEDERALLY ASSISTED LOW-INCOME 
HOUSING.—^The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
to federally assisted low-income housing.". 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 5126 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act 
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11905) is amended by striking paragraph (5) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
"(5) RECIPIENT.—The term 'recipient', when used in ref-
erence to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996, has the meaning given such term 
in section 4 of such Act.". 
(g) REPORTS, MONITORING, AND FUNDING.—Chapter 2 of subtitle 
C of title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 is amended by 
striking sections 5127, 5128, 5129, and 5130 and inserting the 
following new sections: 
"SEC. 5127. REPORTS. 
"(a) GRANTEE REPORTS.—^The Secretary shall require grantees 
under this chapter to provide periodic reports that include the 
obligation and expenditure of grant funds, the progress made by 
the grantee in implementing the plan described in section 5125(a), 
and any change in the incidence of drug-related crime in projects 
assisted under this chapter. 
"(b) HUD REPORTS.—^The Secretary shall submit a report to 
the Congress not later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 
describing the system used to distribute funding to grantees under 
this section, which shall include descriptions of— 
"(1) the methodology used to distribute amounts made 
available under this chapter among public housing agencies, 
including provisions used to provide for renewals of ongoing 
programs funded under this chapter; and 
"(2) actions taken by the Secretary to ensure that amounts 
made available under this chapter are not used to fund baseline 
local government services, as described in section 5128(b). 
"(c) NOTICE OF FUNDING AWARDS.—^The Secretary shall cause 
to be published in the Federal Register notice of all grant awards 
made pursuant to this chapter, which shall identify the grantees 
and the amount of the grants. Such notice shall be published 
not less frequently than annually. 
"SEC. 5128. MONITORING. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary shall audit and monitor the 
programs funded under this chapter to ensure that assistance pro-
vided under this chapter is administered in accordance with the 
provisions of this chapter. 
"(b) PROHIBITION OF FUNDING BASELINE SERVICES.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts provided under this chapter 
may not be used to reimburse or support any local law enforce-
ment agency or unit of general local government for the provi-
sion of services that are included in the baseline of services 
required to be provided by any such entity pursuant to a 
local cooperation agreement under section 5(e)(2) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 or any provision of an annual 
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contributions contract for payments in lieu of taxation pursuant 
to section 6(d) of such Act. 
"(2) 
DESCRIPTION.—Each public housing agency 
that 
receives grant amounts under this chapter shall describe, in 
the report under section 5127(a), such baseline of services for 
the unit of general local government in which the jurisdiction 
of the agency is located. 
"(c) ENFORCEMENT.—^The Secretary shall provide for the effec-
tive enforcement of this section, which may include the use of 
on-site monitoring, independent public audit requirements, certifi-
cation by local law enforcement or local government officials regard-
ing the performance of baseline services referred to in subsection 
(b), and entering into agreements with the Attorney General to 
achieve compliance, and verification of compliance, with the provi-
sions of this chapter. 
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"SEC. 5129. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^There are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this chapter $310,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 
and 2003. 
"(b) SET-ASIDE FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED LOW-INCOME HOUS-
ING.—Of any amounts made available in any fiscal year to carry 
out this chapter not more than 6.25 percent shall be available 
for grants for federally assisted low-income housing. 
"(c) SET-ASIDE FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAM OVER-
SIGHT.—Of any amounts appropriated in any fiscal year to carry 
out this chapter, amounts shall be available to the extent provided 
in appropriations Acts to provide training, technical assistance, 
contract expertise, program oversight, program assessment, execu-
tion, and other assistance for or on behalf of public housing agencies, 
recipients of assistance under the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, resident organizations, 
and officials and employees of the Department (including training 
and the cost of necessary travel for participants in such training, 
by or to officials and employees of the Department and of public 
housing agencies, and to residents and to other eligible grantees). 
Assistance and other activities carried out using amounts made 
available under this subsection may be provided directly or 
indirectly by grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.". 
SEC. 587. REVIEW OF DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM CONTRACTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—^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 dwell-
ing units— 
(1) to determine whether the contractors under such con-
tracts have complied with all laws and regulations regarding 
prohibition of discrimination in hiring practices; 
(2) to determine whether such contracts were awarded 
in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations regard-
ing the award of such contracts; 
(3) to determine how many such contracts were awarded 
under emergency contracting procedures; and 
(4) to evaluate the effectiveness of the contracts. 
Deadline. 
(b) REPORT.—^Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the investigation 
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112 STAT. 2651 
required under subsection (a) and submit a report to the Congress 
regarding the findings under the investigation. With respect to 
each such contract, the report shall (1) state whether the contract 
was made and is operating, or was not made or is not operating, 
in full compliemce with applicable laws and r e l a t i o n s , eind (2) 
for each contract that the Secreteiry determines is in such compli-
ance issue a certification of such compliance by the Secreteiry of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
(c) ACTIONS.—For each contract that is described in the report 
imder subsection (b) as not made or not operating in full compliance 
with applicable laws and regulations, the Secretary of Housing 
£uid Urban Development shall promptly take any actions available 
under law or regulation that are necessary— 
(1) to bring such contract into compliance; or 
(2) to terminate the contract. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 588. PROHmrnON ON USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR EMPLOYMENT 
RELOCATION ACTIVITIES. 
Section 105 of the Housing £uid Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
"(h) PROHIBITION ON USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR EMPLOYMENT 
RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no amount fi'om a grant under section 106 made in fiscal 
year 1999 or einy succeeding fiscal year may be used to assist 
directly in the relocation of any industrial or commercial plant, 
facility, or operation, fi*om 1 area to Euiother area, if the relocation 
is likely to result in a significant loss of employment in the labor 
market area 
fi*om 
which the relocation occurs. . 
SEC. 589. TREATMENT OF OCCUPANCY STANDARDS. 
42USC3608 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICY.—Not later than 60 days after 
Deadline. 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing Federal Register, 
and Urban Development shall pubUsh a notice in the Federal Reg- publication, 
ister for effect that takes effect upon publication and provides N
^
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-
that the specific and unmodified standeirds provided in the March 
20, 1991, Memorandimi fi'om the CJeneral Counsel of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development to all Regionsd Coimsel 
shall be the policy of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development with respect to complaints of discrimination imder 
the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) on the basis of 
familial status which involve an occupancy standard established 
by a housing provider. 
(b) PROHIBITION OF NATIONAL STANDARD.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall not directly or indirectly 
establi^ a national occupancy steuidard. 
SEC. 590. INCOME EUGIBILITY FOR HOME AND CDBG PROGRAMS. 
42 USC 5301 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary of Housing and Urbem Develop-
ment shsill, for not less than 10 jurisdictions that are metropoUtan 
cities or urban counties for purposes of title I of the Housing 
and Community Development A<rt of 1974, grant exceptions not 
later tiian 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
for such jurisdictions that provide that— 
(1) for purposes of the HOME investment partnerships 
progrsun imder title II of ihe Cranston-Gonzalez National 
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Affordable Housing Act, the limitation based on percentage 
of median income that is applicable under section 104(10), 
214(1XA), or 215(a)(1)(A) for any area of the jurisdiction shall 
be the numerical percentage that is specified in such section; 
and 
(2) for purposes of the community development block grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, the limitation based on percentage of median 
income that is applicable pursuant to section 102(a)(20) for 
any area within the State or unit of general local government 
shall be the numerical percentage that is specified in subpara-
graph (A) of such section. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC 691. REPORT ON SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY HOMES. 
Deadline. 
(^i) IN GENERAL.—^Not later than 12 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector (Jeneral of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Con-
gress a report, which shall include information relating to— 
(1) with respect to 1- to 4-family dwellings owned by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, on a monthly 
average basis— 
(A) the total number of units in those dwellings; 
(B) the number and percentage of units in those dwell-
ings that are unoccupied, and their average period of 
vacancy, and the number and percentage of units in those 
dwellings that have been unoccupied for more than 1 year, 
as of that date; and 
(C) the number and percentage of units in those 
E
rejects that are determined by the Inspector General to 
e substandard, based on any— 
(i) lack of hot or cold piped water; 
(ii) lack of working toilets; 
(iii) regular and prolonged breakdowns in heating; 
(iv) dangerous electrical problems; 
(v) unsafe hallways or stairways; 
(vi) leaking roofs, windows, or pipes; 
(vii) open holes in walls and ceilings; and 
(viii) indications of rodent infestation; and 
(2) with respect to multifamily housing projects (as that 
term is defined in section 203 of the Housing and Community 
Development Amendments of 1978) owned by the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development on a monthly average 
basis— 
(A) the total number of units in those projects; 
(B) the number and percentage of units in those 
projects that are unoccupied, and their average period of 
vacancy, and the number and percentage of units in those 
projects that have been unoccupied for more than 1 year, 
as of that date; and 
(C) the number and percentage of units in those 
e
rojects that are determined by the Inspector General to 
e substandard, based on any— 
(i) lack of hot or cold piped water; 
(ii) lack of working toilets; 
(iii) regular and prolonged breakdowns in heating; 
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(iv) dangerous electrical problems; 
(v) unsafe hallways or stairways; 
(vi) leaking roofs, windows, or pipes; 
(vii) open holes in walls and ceilings; and 
(viii) indications of rodent infestation; and 
(3) the Department's plans and operations to address 
vacancies and substandard physical conditions described in 
paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE,—^This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 592. USE OF ASSISTED HOUSING BY AUENS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development" and inserting "applicable Secretary"; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by moving clauses (ii) and (iii) 
2 ems to the left; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (IXA)— 
(i) by striking "Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development" and inserting "applicable Secretary"; and 
(ii) by striking "the Secretarj^' and inserting "the 
applicable Secretary"; 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter following subpara-
graph (B)— 
(i) by inserting "applicable" before "Secretary"; and 
(ii) by moving such matter (as so amended by 
clause (i)) 2 ems to the right; 
(C) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by inserting "applicable" 
before "Secretary"; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by striking "the Secretary" and 
inserting "the applicable Secretary"; and 
(E) in paragraph (6), by inserting "applicable" before 
"Secretary"; 
(4) in subsection (h) (as added by section 576 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(division C of Public Law 104-208))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking "Except in the case of an election 
under paragraph (2)(A), no" and inserting "No"; 
(ii) by striking "this section" and inserting "sub-
section (d)"; and 
(iii) by inserting "applicable" before "Secretary"; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
following new subparagraph: 
"(A) may, notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, elect not to affirmatively establish and verify eligi-
bility before providing financial assistance"; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking "in complying 
with this section" and inserting "in carrying out sub-
section (d)"; and 
(5) by redesignating subsection (h) (as amended by para-
graph (4)) as subsection (i). 
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note. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by this section 
are made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 593. PROTECTION OF SENIOR HOMEOWNERS UNDER REVERSE 
MORTGAGE PROGRAM. 
(a) MORTGAGE INSURANCE AUTHORITY.—Section 255(g) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)) is amended by strik-
ing the first 2 sentences and inserting the following new sentence: 
"The aggregate number of mortgages insured under this section 
may not exceed 150,000.". 
(b) OTHER APPROACHES TO CONSUMER EDUCATION.—Section 
255(f) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(f)) is 
amended by adding after paragraph (5) the following: 
"The Secretary shall consult with consumer groups, industry rep-
resentatives, representatives of counseling organizations, and other 
interested parties to identify alternative approaches to providing 
consumer information required by this subsection that may be 
feasible and desirable for home equity conversion mortgages insured 
under this section and other types of reverse mortgages. The Sec-
retary may, in lieu of providing the consumer education required 
by this subsection, adopt alternative approaches to consumer edu-
cation that may be developed as a result of such consultations, 
but only if the alternative approaches provide all of the information 
specified in this subsection.". 
(c) FUNDING FOR COUNSELING AND CONSUMER EDUCATION AND 
OUTREACH.—Section 255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z-20) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
"(1) FUNDING FOR COUNSELING AND CONSUMER EDUCATION AND 
OUTREACH.—Of any amounts made available for any of fiscal years 
2000 through 2003 for housing counseling under section 106 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, up to a total 
of $1,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary in each such 
fiscal year, in such amounts as the Secretary determines appro-
priate, for the following purposes in connection with home equity 
conversion mortgages insured under this section: 
"(1) COUNSELING.—For housing counseling authorized by 
section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1968. 
"(2) CONSUMER EDUCATION.—For transfer to the depart-
mental salaries and expenses account for consumer education 
and outreach activities.". 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 255 of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking "DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM OF"; 
(2) in subsections (a) and (i)(l), by striking "demonstration" 
each place it appears; 
(3) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting "and" after the semi-
colon at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking "; and" at the end 
and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); 
(4) by striking subsection (k) (relating to reports to Con-
gress); and 
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112 STAT. 2655 
(5) by redesignating subsection (1) (as added by subsection 
(c) of this section) as subsection (k). 
(e) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITION OF FUNDING 
OF UNNECESSARY OR EXCESSIVE COSTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 255(d) of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(d)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking "and" at the 
end; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subpara-
graph (D); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the follow-
ing: 
"(C) has received full disclosure, as prescribed by the 
Secretary, of all costs charged to the mortgagor, including 
costs of estate planning, financial advice, and other services 
that are related to the mortgage but are not required 
to obtain the mortgage, which disclosure shall clearly state 
which charges are required to obtain the mortgage and 
which are not required to obtain the mortgage; and" 
(B) in paragraph (9)(F), by striking "and"; 
(C) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting "; and"; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
"(11) have been made with such restrictions as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate to ensure that the mortga-
gor does not fund any unnecessary or excessive costs for obtain-
ing the mortgage, including any costs of estate planning, finan-
cial advice, or other related services.". 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(A) NOTICE.—^The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall, by interim notice, implement the 
amendments made by paragraph (1) in an expeditious man-
ner, as determined by the Secretary. Such notice shall 
not be effective after the date of the effectiveness of the 
final regulations issued under subparagraph (B) of this 
paragraph. 
(B) REGULATIONS.—^The Secretary shall, not later than 
the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, issue final regulations to 
implement the amendments made by paragraph (1). Such 
regulations shall be issued only after notice and opportunity 
for public comment pursuant to the provisions of section 
553 of title 5, United States Code (notwithstanding sub-
sections (a)(2) and (b)(3)(B) of such section). 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on, and 
the amendments made by this section are made on, and shall 
apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 594. HOUSING COUNSELING. 
(a) EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELING.— 
Section 106(c)(9) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(c)(9)) is amended by striking "September 
30, 1994" and inserting "September 30, 2000". 
(b) 
NOTIFICATION OF 
DELINQUENCY ON 
VETERANS HOME 
LOANS.— 
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Subparagraph (C) of section 106(c)(5) of the Housing and Urban 
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Development Act of 1968 is amended to read as follows: 
"(C) NOTIFICATION.—Notification under subparagraph 
(A) shall not be required with respect to any loan for 
which the eligible homeowner pays the amount overdue 
before the expiration of the 45-day period under subpara-
graph (B)(ii).". 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
iiote- 
are made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 595. NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
(a) 
SUBSIDY LAYERING CERTIFICATION.—Section 206 
of 
the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4136) is amended— 
(1) by striking "certification by the Secretary" and inserting 
"certification by a recipient to the Secretary"; and 
(2) by striking "any housing project" and inserting "the 
housing project involved". 
(b) INCLUSION OF HOMEBUYER SELECTION POLICIES AND CRI-
TERIA.—Section 207(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4137(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking "TENANT 
SELECTION.—" and 
inserting 
"TENANT AND HOMEBUYER SELECTION.—"; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
"and homebuyer" after "tenant"; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting "and homebuyers" 
after "tenants". 
(c) REPAYMENT OF GRANT AMOUNTS FOR VIOLATION OF AFFORD-
ABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT.—Section 209 of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4139) is amended by striking "section 205(2)" and inserting "section 
205(a)(2)". 
(d) AMENDMENT TO UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937.— 
Section 7 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437e) is amended by striking subsection (h). 
(e) MISCELLANEOUS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF INDIAN AREAS.—Section 4(10) of 
the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(10)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(10) INDIAN AREA.—^The term 'Indian area' means the area 
within which an Indian tribe or a tribally designated housing 
entity, as authorized by 1 or more Indian tribes, provides 
assistance under this Act for affordable housing.", 
"(2) CROSS-REFERENCE.—Section 4(12)(C)(i)(II) of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(12)(C)(i)(II)) is amended by striking "sec-
tion 107" and inserting "section 705". 
(3) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.—Section 101(c) of 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111(c)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(c) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT.—^Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, grant amounts provided under this 
Act on behalf of an Indian tribe may not be used for rental or 
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lease-purchase homeownership units that are owned by the recipi-
ent for the tribe unless the governing body of the locality within 
which the property subject to the development activities to be 
assisted with the grant amounts is or will be situated has entered 
into an agreement with the recipient for the tribe providing for 
local cooperation required by the Secretary pursuant to this Act.". 
(4) EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.—Section 101(d) of the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111(d)) is amended— 
"(A) by striking the subsection designation and sub-
section heading and all that follows through the end of 
paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
"(d) EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, grant amounts provided under this Act on 
behalf of an Indian tribe may not be used for affordable housing 
activities under this Act for rental or lease-purchase dwelling units 
developed under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437 et seq.) or with amounts provided under this Act that are 
owned by the recipient for the tribe unless— 
"(1) such dwelling units (which, in the case of units in 
a multi-unit project, shall be exclusive of any portions of the 
project not developed under the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 or with amounts provided under this Act) are exempt 
from all real and personal property taxes levied or imposed 
by any State, tribe, city, county, or other political subdivision; 
and"; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting "for the tribe" after "the recipient". 
(5) SUBMISSION OF INDIAN HOUSING PLAN.—Section 102(a) 
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4112(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting "(A)" after "(1)"; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(A), as so designated by subpara-
graph (A) of this paragraph, by adding "or" at the end; 
(C) by striking "(2)" and inserting "(B)"; and 
(D) by striking "(3)" and inserting "(2)". 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—Section 103(c)(3) of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4113(c)(3)) is amended by inserting "not" before 
"prohibited". 
(7) APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS.—Section 
201(b)(5) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4131(b)(5)) is amended— 
(A) by striking "Indian tribes" and inserting "federally 
recognized tribes and the tribally designated housing enti-
ties of those tribes"; and 
(B) by striking "under this subsection" and inserting 
"under this Act". 
(8) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 205(a)(1) of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4135(a)(1)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "and" at the end; 
and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following: 
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"(B) in the case of a contract to purchase existing 
housing, is made available for purchase only by a family 
that is a low-income family at the time of purchase; 
"(C) in the case of a lease-purchase agreement for 
existing housing or for housing to be constructed, is made 
available for lease-purchase only by a family that is a 
low-income family at the time the agreement is entered 
into; and 
"(D) in the case of a contract to purchase housing 
to be constructed, is made available for purchase only 
by a family that is a low-income family at the time the 
contract is entered into; and". 
(9) TENANT SELECTION.—Section 207(b)(3)(B) of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4137(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking "of any 
rejected applicant of the grounds for any rejection" and insert-
ing "to any rejected applicant of that rejection and the grounds 
for that rejection". 
(10) AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS.—Section 208 of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4138) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking "paragraph (2)" and 
inserting "subsection (b)"; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking "paragraph (1)" and 
inserting "subsection (a)". 
(11) IHP REQUIREMENT.—Section 184(b)(2) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13a(b)(2)) is amended by striking "that is under the jurisdiction 
of an Indian tribe" and all that follows before the period at 
the end. 
(12) 
AUTHORIZATION 
OF 
APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
184(i)(5)(C) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(i)(5)(C)) is amended by striking 
"note" and inserting "not". 
(13) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER THE INDIAN HOUSING 
LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.—Section 184 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a) 
is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (1); 
and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (j) the following: 
"(k) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For purposes of environmental, 
review, decisionmaking, and action under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and any other 
law that furthers the purposes of that Act, a loan guarantee under 
this section shall— 
"(1) be treated as a grant under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 
"(2) be subject to the regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary to carry out section 105 of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4115).". 
(14) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
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(25 U.S.C. 4161 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
"SEC. 408. PUBLIC AVAIIJVBILITY OF INFORMATION, 
25 USC 4168. 
"Each recipient shall make any housing plan, policy, or annual 
report prepared by the recipient available to the general public". 
(B) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section Kb) of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 note) is amended in the table 
of contents by inserting after the item relating to section 
407 the following: 
"Sec. 408. Public availability of information.". 
(15) INELIGIBILITY OF INDIAN TRIBES.—Section 460 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12899h-l) is amended by striking "fiscal year 1997" and insert-
ing "fiscal year 1998". 
(16) TREiVTMENT OF PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS.—Section 4 0 2 
of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I (42 U.S.C. 1437a 
42 USC 1437 
note) is amended by striking subsection (e). 
note, 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by this section 
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of this Act. 
SEC. 596. CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CAP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended 
by striking "1998" and inserting "2000". 
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is made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enact- note. 
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 597. MODERATE REHABILITATION PROGRAM. 
(a) REPROGRAMMING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, but only to the extent specifically provided in advance in 
a subsequent appropriations Act, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban 
Development 
shall 
reprogram 
funds 
under 
contracts 
NY36K113004 and NY36K113005 of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development and shall allocate such funds to the City 
of New Roche 
lie, New York. Such allocation shall be consistent 
with the requirements of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act. 
This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of Effective date, 
this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTION PROJECTS.—Section 524(a)(2) of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "and subject to section 516 of this subtitle" 
after "Notwithstanding paragraph (1)"; and 
(2) by striking "the base rent adjusted by an operating 
cost adjustment factor established by the Secretary" and insert-
ing "the lesser of existing rents, adjusted by an operating 
cost adjustment factor established by the Secretary, fair market 
rents (less any amounts allowed for tenant-purchased utilities), 
or comparable market rents for the market area". 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on, and 42usei437f 
the amendments made by this section are made on, and shall note, 
apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Effective date. 
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SEC. 598. NATIONAL CITIES IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM. 
From amounts that are or have been recaptured in the Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing account, before any rescissions 
of such amounts, $5,000,000, shall be transferred to the National 
Cities in Schools Community Development Program account, to 
remain available until expended, that the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall make available to carry out the 
National Cities in Schools Community Development Program under 
section 930 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1992 (Public Law 102-550, 106 Stat. 3672, 3887). This section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 599. TENANT 
PARTICIPATION 
IN MULTIFAMILY 
HOUSING 
PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^The last sentence of subsection (a) of section 
202 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments 
of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-lb(a)) is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ", or a project which receives 
project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or enhanced vouchers under 
the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeowner-
ship Act of 1990, the provisions of the Emergency Low Income 
Housing Preservation Act of 1987, or the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997". 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendment made by this section is 
made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 599A. CLARIFICATION REGARDING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 603(6) of the Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5402(6)) 
is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the follow-
ing: "; and except that such term shall not include any self-propelled 
recreational vehicle". 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendment made by this section is 
made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 599B. DETERMINATION 
OF LOW-INCOME 
EUGIBILITY FOR 
HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE. 
(a) 
INCOME TARGETING.—Section 214(2) of the Cranston-
CJonzalez National Affordable Housing Act is amended by striking 
"at the time of occupancy or at the time funds are invested, which-
ever is later". 
(b) QUALIFICATION AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.—Section 215(b)(2) 
of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) is the principal residence of an owner whose family 
qualifies as a low-income family— 
"(A) in the case of a contract to purchase existing 
housing, at the time of purchase; 
"(B) in the case of a lease-purchase agreement for 
existing housing or for housing to be constructed, at the 
time the agreement is signed; or 
"(C) in the case of a contract to purchase housing 
to be constructed, at the time the contract is signed;". 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendments made by this section are 
made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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SEC. 599C. AMENDMENTS TO RURAL HOUSING PROGRAMS. 
(a) 
PERMANENT EXTENSION OF UNDERSERVED AREAS PRO-
GRAM.—Section 509(f)(4)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1479(f)(4)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking "fiscal year 1998" 
and inserting "each fiscal year"; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking "such fiscal year" 
and inserting "each fiscal year". 
(b) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF SECTION 515 PROGRAM.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOANS.—Section 515(b) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(b)(4)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as 
paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively. 
(2) SET-ASIDE FOR NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—^The first sentence 
of section 515(w)(l) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1485(w)(l)) is amended by striking "fiscal year 1998" and insert-
ing "each fiscal year". 
(c) 
LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM FOR MULTIFAMILY RENTAL 
HOUSING IN RURAL AREAS.—Section 538 of the Housing Act of 
1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490p-2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (t), by striking "fiscal year 1998" and 
inserting "each fiscal year"; and 
(2) by striking subsection (u) and inserting the following 
new subsection: 
"(u) TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING.—^The Secretary may not deny a 
guarantee under this section on the basis that the interest on 
the loan or on an obligation supporting the loan for which a guaran-
tee is sought is exempt from inclusion in gross income for purposes 
of chapter I of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.". 
(d) FARM LABOR HOUSING ELIGIBILITY FOR LOW-INCOME HOUS-
ING TAX CREDIT FINANCING.—The first sentence of section 514(a) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484(a)) is amended by 
inserting ", or any nonprofit limited partnership in which the gen-
eral partner is a nonprofit entity," after "private nonprofit organiza-
tion". 
(e) OPTIONAL CONVERSION OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS 
TO OPERATING SUBSIDY FOR MIGRANT FARMWORKER PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 521(a) of the Housing Act of 42USCi490a. 
1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
"(5) 
OPERATING 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
MIGRANT 
FARMWORKER 
PROJECTS.— 
"(A) AUTHORITY.—In the case of housing (and related facili-
ties) for migrant farmworkers provided or assisted with a loan 
under section 514 or a grant under section 516, the Secretary 
may, at the request of the owner of the project, use amounts 
provided for rental assistance payments under paragraph (2) 
to provide assistance for the costs of operating the project. 
Any project assisted under this paragraph may not receive 
rental assistance under paragraph (2). 
"(B) AMOUNT.—In any fiscal year, the assistance provided 
under this paragraph for any project shall not exceed an amount 
equal to 90 percent of the operating costs for the project for 
the year, as determined by the Secretary. The amount of assist-
ance to be provided for a project under this paragraph shall 
be an amount that makes units in the project available to 
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migrant farmworkers in the area of the project at rates not 
exceeding 30 percent of the monthly adjusted incomes of such 
farmworkers, based on the prevaihng incomes of such farm-
workers in the area. 
"(C) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—^The owner of a project 
assisted under this paragraph shall be required to provide 
to the Secretary, at least annually, a budget of operating 
expenses and estimated rental income, which the Secretary 
may use to determine the amount of assistance for the project. 
"(D) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this paragraph, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
"(i) The term 'migrant farmworker' has the same mean-
ing given such term in section 516(k)(7). 
"(ii) The term 'operating cost' means expenses incurred 
in operating a project, including expenses for— 
"(I) administration, maintenance, repair, and secu-
rity of the project; 
"(II) utilities, fuel, furnishings, and equipment for 
the project; and 
"(III) maintaining adequate reserve funds for the 
project.". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—^Title V of the Housing 
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) is amended— 
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(A) in section 502— 
(i) in subsection (c)(l)(A)(i), by striking "or (a)(2)" 
and inserting ", (a)(2), or (5)"; 
(ii) in subsection (c)(4)(B)(ii), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ", or additional 
assistance or an increase in assistance provided under 
section 521(a)(5)"" 
(iii) in subsection (c)(4)(B)(iii), by "or 521(a)(5)" 
after "section 521(a)(2)"; 
(iv) in subsection (c)(4)(B)(v), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ", or current ten-
ants of projects not assisted under section 521(a)(5)"; 
(v) in subsection (c)(5)(C)(iii)— 
(I) by striking the second comma; and 
(II) by inserting "or any assistance payments 
received under section 521(a)(5)," before "with 
respect"; and 
(vi) in subsection (c)(5)(D), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: "or, in the case of 
housing assisted under section 521(a)(5), does not 
exceed the rents established for the project under such 
section"; 
(B) in the second sentence of subparagraph (A) of sec-
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tion 509(f)(4), by striking "an amount of section 521 rental 
assistance" and inserting "from amounts available for 
assistance under paragraphs (2) and (5) of section 521(a), 
an amount"; 
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(C) in section 513(c)(2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting "or contracts for operating assistance under 
section 521(a)(5)" after "section 521(a)(2)(A)"; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting "or operating 
assistance contracts" after "contracts"; 
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(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking "rental" each 
place it appears; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting "or operating 
assistance contracts" after "contracts"; 
(D) in section 521(a)(2)(B)— 
42 USC 1490a. 
(i) by inserting "or paragraph (5)" after "this para-
graph"; and 
(ii) by striking "which shall" and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting the follow-
ing: ". The budget (and the income, in the case of 
a project assisted under this paragraph) shall be used 
to determine the amount of the assistance for each 
project."; 
(E) in section 521(c), by striking "subsection (a)(2)" 
and inserting "subsections (a)(2) and (a)(5)"; 
(F) in section 521(e), by inserting after "recipient" the 
following: "or any tenant in a project assisted under sub-
section (a)(5)"; and 
(G) in section 530, by striking "rental assistance pay- 42 USC 1490j. 
ments 
with 
respect 
to 
such 
project 
under 
section 
521(a)(2)(A)" and inserting "assistance payments with 
respect to such project under section 521(a)(2)(A) or 
521(a)(5)". 
(f) RURAL HOUSING GUARANTEED LOANS.—Section 502(h)(6)(C) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)(6)(C)) is amended 
by striking ", subject to the maximum dollar amount limitation 
of section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act" each place it 
appears. 
(g) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendments made by this section are 
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made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment note. 
of this Act. 
SEC. 599D. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM EXPIRATION.—Section 1319 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking 
"September 30, 1998" and inserting "September 30, 2001". 
(b) 
EMERGENCY 
IMPLEMENTATION 
OF 
PROGRAM.—Section 
1336(a) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4056(a)) is amended by striking "September 30, 1998" and inserting 
"September 30, 2001". 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendments made by this section are 
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made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment note. 
of this Act. 
SEC. 599E. ASSISTANCE FOR SELF-HELP HOUSING PROVIDERS 
(a) NATIONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Section 11 of the Housing 
Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking "to—" and all that follows 
and inserting the following: "to national and regional organiza-
tions and consortia that have experience in providing or facili-
tating self-help housing homeownership opportunities."; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking "Habitat for Human-
ity, its affiliates, and other"; and 
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(B) in paragraph (5), by striking "similar to the 
homeownership program carried out by Habitat for Human-
ity International,"; 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following 
new subsection: 
"(c) 
NATIONAL 
COMPETITION.—^The Secretary 
shall 
select 
organizations and consortia referred to in subsection (a) to receive 
grants through a national competitive process, which the Secretary 
shall establish."; 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
"(2) ASSISTANCE TO AFFILIATES.—^Any organization or con-
sortia that receives a grant under this section may use amounts 
in the fund established for such organization or consortia pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) for the purposes under subsection (d) 
by providing assistance from the fund to local affiliates of 
such organization or consoria."; 
(5) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking "TO OTHER 
ORGANIZATIONS"; and 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
"subsection (a)(2)" and inserting "subsection (a)"; 
(6) by striking subsection (g); 
(7) in subsection (h)— 
(A) by striking the first sentence; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking "subsection 
(a)(2)" and inserting "subsection (a)"; 
(8) in subsection (i)(5), by inserting "(or, in the case of 
grant amounts from amounts made available for fiscal year 
1996 to carry out this section, within 36 months)" before the 
comma; 
(9) in subsection (j), by inserting "(or, in the case of grant 
amounts from amounts made available for fiscal year 1996 
to carry out this section, within 36 months)" before the second 
comma; 
(10) in subsection (k)(l), by striking "under subsection (a)(1) 
or (a)(2)"; 
(11) by redesignatii^ subsection (p) as subsection (q); 
(12) by inserting after subsection (o) the following new 
subsection: 
"(p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry out this 
section, there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
1999 and 2000 such sums as may be necessary."; and 
(13) in the section heading, by striking "HABITAT FOR 
HUMANITY AND OTHER". 
Arelicability. 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—^Notwithstanding the amendments 
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made by subsection (a), any grant under section 11 of the Housing 
note. 
Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) 
from amounts appropriated in fiscsd year 1998 or any prior fiscal 
year shall be governed by the provisions of such section 11 as 
in effect immediately before the enactment of this Act, except that 
the amendments made by paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection 
<a) of this section shall apply to such grants. 
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<c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect, and the 
note. 
amendments made by this section are made on, and shall apply 
beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 599F. SPECIAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 237 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715Z-2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting "not more than 26 percent 
of the total principal obligation (including such initial service 
charges, and such appraisal, inspection, and other fees as the 
Secretary shall approve) of before "any mortgage"; 
(2) in paragraph (c)(2) by striking "$18,000:" and all that 
follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting 
"$70,000;"; 
(3) in paragraph (c)(3)— 
(A) by inserting ", prior to and during the 12 months 
immediately following the purchase of the property, from 
a community development financial institution under sec-
tion 103(5) of the Community Development Banking and 
Financial Institutions Act of 1994" after "budget, debt 
management, and related counseling"; and 
(B) by striking "and" at the end; 
(4) in paragraph (c)(4)— 
(A) by striking "25" and inserting "36"; and 
(B) by striking the period and inserting "; and"; 
(5) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
"(5) require the mortgagor to be subject, if necessary, to 
a default mitigation effort undertaken by an intermediary 
community development financial institution under section 
103(5) of the Community Development Banking and Financial 
Institutions Act of 1994, that is acting as a sponsor and pass-
through of insurance under section 203 and is approved by 
the Secretary; 
"(6) involve a total principal obligation (including such 
initial service charges, and such appraisal, inspection, and other 
fees as the Secretary shall approve) that is not more than 
90 percent of the value of the property for which the mortgage 
is provided; and 
"(7) involve a total principal obligation (including such 
initial service charges, and such appraisal, inspection, and other 
fees as the Secretary shall approve) in which the mortgagor 
has equity (as defined by the Secretary) of not less than 10 
percent and such equity shall be subordinate to the interest 
of the Secretary in the mortgaged property."; 
(6) in subsection (d), by striking "and (2)" and inserting 
"(2) to families living in empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities (as those terms are defined in section 1393(b) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1393(b)) who 
are eligible for homeownership assistance, and (3)"; 
(7) in subsection (e), by striking "public or private organiza-
tions" and inserting "community development financial institu-
tions under section 103(5) of the Community Development 
Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994"; 
(8) in subsection (f), by striking "all mortgages" and insert-
ing "the portions of mortgages"; 
(9) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (j); and 
(10) by inserting after subsection (f), the following new 
subsections: 
"(g) Mortgages insured under this section shall be subject to 
an insurance premium fee of not more than 1.25 percent of the 
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total mortgage principal obligation (including such initial service 
charges, and such appraisal, inspection, and other fees as the Sec-
retary shall approve). 
"(h) Before insuring a mortgage under this section, the Sec-
retary shall enter into such contracts or other agreements as may 
be necessary to ensure that the mortgagee or other holder of the 
mortgage shall assume not less than 10 percent and not more 
than 50 percent of any loss on the insured mortgage, subject to 
any reasonable limit on the liability of the mortgagee or holder 
of the mortgage that may be specified in the event of unusual 
or catastrophic losses that may be incurred by any one mortgagee 
or mortgage holder. 
"(i) No guarantees may be issued under section 306(g) for 
the timely payment of interest or principal on securities backed, 
in whole or in part, by mortgages insured under this section.". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments under by this section 
are made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 599G. REHABIUTATION DEMONSTRATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall, to the extent amounts are provided in appropriation 
Acts to carry out this section, carry out a program to demonstrate 
the effectiveness of making grants for rehabilitation of single family 
housing located within 10 demonstration areas designated by the 
Secretary. Of the areas designated by the Secretary under this 
section— 
(1) 6 shall be areas that have primarily urban characteris-
tics; 
(2) 3 shall be areas that are outside of a metropolitan 
statistical area; and 
(3) 1 shall be an area that has primarily rural characteris-
tics. 
In selecting areas, the Secretary shall provide for national 
geographic and demographic diversity. 
(b) GRANTEES.—Grants under the program under this section 
may be made only to agencies of State and local governments 
and non-profit organizations operating within the demonstration 
areas. 
(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting among applications for 
designation of demonstration areas and grants under this section, 
the Secretary shall consider— 
(1) the extent of single family residences located in the 
proposed area that have rehabilitation needs; 
(2) the ability and expertise of the applicant in can:ying 
out the purposes of the demonstration program, including the 
availability of qualified housing counselors and contractors in 
the proposed area willing and able to participate in rehabilita-
tion activities funded with grant amounts; 
(3) the extent to which the designation of such area and 
the grant award would promote affordable housing opportuni-
ties; 
(4) the extent to which selection of the proposed area would 
have a beneficial effect on the neighborhood or community 
in the area and on surrounding areas; 
(5) the extent to which the applicant has demonstrated 
that grant amounts will be used to leverage additional public 
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or private funds to carry out the purposes of the demonstration 
program; 
(6) the extent to which lenders (including local lenders 
and lenders outside the proposed area) are willing and able 
to make loans for rehabilitation activities assisted with grant 
funds; and 
(7) the extent to which the application provides for the 
involvement of local residents in the planning of rehabilitation 
activities in the demonstration area. 
(d) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Funds from grants made under 
this section may be used by grantees— 
(1) to subsidize interest on loans, over a period of not 
more than 5 years from the origination date of the loan, made 
after the date of the enactment of this Act for rehabilitation 
of any owner-occupied 1- to 4-family residence, including the 
payment of interest during any period in which a residence 
is uninhabitable because of rehabilitation activities; 
(2) to facilitate loans for rehabilitation of 1- to 4-family 
properties previously subject to a mortgage insured under the 
National Housing Act that has been foreclosed or for which 
insurance benefits have been paid, including to establish revolv-
ing loan funds, loan loss reserves, and other financial struc-
tures; and 
(3) to provide technical assistance in conjunction with the 
rehabilitation of owner-occupied 1- to 4-family residences, 
including counseling, selection contractors, monitoring of work, 
approval of contractor payments, and final inspection of work. 
(e) DEFINITION OF REHABILITATION.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term "rehabilitation" has the meaning given such term 
in section 203(k)(2)(B) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1709(k)(2)(B)). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 
2003. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 599H. ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN LOCALITIES. 
(a) USE OF HOME FUNDS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING MODERNIZA-
TION.—^Notwithstanding section 212(d)(5) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12742(d)(5)), amounts 
made available to the City of Bismarck, North Dakota or the State 
of North Dakota, under subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et 
seq.) for fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, or 2002, may be used 
to carry out activities authorized under section 14 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 14371) for the purpose of 
modernizing the Crescent Manor public housing project located 
at 107 East Bowen Avenue, in Bismarck, North Dakota, i
f
— 
(1) the Burleigh County Housing Authority (or any succes-
sor public housing agency that owns or operates the Crescent 
Manor public housing project) has obligated all other Federal 
assistance made available to that public housing agency for 
that fiscal year; or 
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(2) the Secreteiry of Housing and Urban Development 
authorizes the use of those amounts for the purpose of mod-
ernizing that public housing project, which authorization may 
be made with respect to 1 or more of those fisced years. 
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(b) CONSULTATION WiTH AFFECTED AEEAS IN SETTLEMENT OF 
LITIGATION.—In negotiating any settlement of, or consent decree 
for, signific£uit litigation regarding public housing or section 8 ten-
ant-based assistance that involves the Secretary and any public 
housing agency or any unit of genersd loc£d government, the Sec-
retary shall seek the views of any units of genered local government 
and public housing agencies having jurisdictions that are adjacent 
to the jurisdiction of the public housing agency involved, if the 
resolution of such litigation would involve the acquisition or develop-
ment of public housing dwelling units or the use of vouchers under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 in jurisdictions 
that are adjacent to the jurisdiction of the public housing agency 
involved in the litigation. 
(c) TREATMENT OF P H A REPAYMENT AGREEMENT.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON SECRETARY.—During the 2-ye£ir period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, if the 
Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, is other-
wise in compliance with the Repayment Lien Agreement and 
Repayment Plan approved by the Secretary on February 12, 
1997, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
not take any action that has the effect of reducing the inventory 
of senior citizen housing owned by such housing authority 
that does not receive assisteuice from the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development. 
(2) ALTERNATIVE REPAYMENT OPTIONS.—During the period 
referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall assist the 
housing authority referred to in such paragraph to identify 
edtemative repajonent options to the plan referred to in such 
paragraph and to execute an amended repajrment plan that 
will not adversely affect the housing referred to in such para-
graph. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This subsection may not be 
construed to alter— 
(A) any lien held by the Secretary pursuant to the 
agreement referred to in p£u*agraph (1); or 
(B) the obUgation of the housing authority referred 
to in paragraph (1) to close all remedning items contained 
in the Inspector General audits numbered 89 SF 1004 
(issued January 20, 1989), 93 SF 1801 (issued October 
30, 1993), and 96 SF 1002 (issued February 23, 1996). 
Deadline. 
(d) CEILING RENTS FOR CERTAIN SECTION 8 PROPERTIES.—Not-
Chicago. 
withstanding any other provision of law, within 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 
ceiling rents for the Marshall Field Garden Apartments Homes 
in Chicago, Illinois, at rent levels, in the determination of the 
Secretary made in consultation with the owner, that facilitate 
retaining or attracting working class families. 
(e) APPLICATION FOR MOVING TO WORK DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM.—Upon the submission of an application for participation 
in the moving to work demonstration progrsun under section 204 
of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
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112 STAT. 2669 
(as contained in section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescis-
sions and Appropriations Act of 1996; 42 U.S.C. 1437f note) by 
the Charlotte Housing Authority of Charlotte, North Carolina, or 
the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall— 
(1) consider such application, notwithstanding— 
(A) the limitation under subsection (b) of such section 
on the number of public housing agencies that may partici-
pate in such program; or 
(B) any limitation regarding the date for the submis-
sion of applications for participation in such program; and 
(2) approve or disapprove the application based on the 
criteria for selection for participation in such program, notwith-
standing the limitations referred to in paragraph (1) of this 
subsection. 
(f) USE OF PROJECT TO BENEFIT LOW-INCOME PERSONS.—^The 
project funded by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
under the supportive housing program of title IV of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act through grant number FL 
29T90-1285 (commonly known as Royal Pointe) shall be considered 
to have been approved pursuant to section 423(b)(3) of such Act 
as of December 31, 1995 for use for the direct benefit of low-
income persons. 
(g) RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—The last sentence of section Oklahoma. 
520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490) is amended by 
inserting before the period the following: ", and the city of Altus, 
Oklahoma, shall be considered a rural area for purposes of this 
title until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the 
year 2000". 
(h) FUNDING FOR PURCHASE AND CONVERSION OF EXISTING 
ASSISTED HOUSING.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and only to the extent specifically provided in a subsequent appro-
priations Act, from any amounts previously appropriated for Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing or for the Public Housing Cap-
ital Fund and not obligated by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
make available to the Lockport Housing Authority in Lockport, 
New York, such sums as may be necessary for use in accordance 
with section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437c) for the purchase and rehabilitation of a project that is 
assisted under section 8 of such Act and located on a site contiguous 
to the site of a public housing project administered by the agency. 
(i) RURAL AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE.—From the amounts that 
were made available to the Secretary under the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, for grants for rural 
and tribal areas pursuant to the 5th undesignated paragraph of 
the heading "COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT—COMMU-
NITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS" (Public Law 105-65; 
111 Stat. 1357), the Secretary shall provide from any amounts 
remaining unobligated— 
(1) $2,800,000 for seed money for a multi-State rural 
homeownership 
campaign 
administered 
by 
the 
Rural 
Opportunities Affordable Housing Finance Alliance; and 
(2) $500,000 to the Rural Housing Institute of the 
Muscatine Center for Strategic Action. 
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Florida. 
Bethune-
Cookman 
College. 
Contracts. 
Rhode Island. 
42 use 1436d 
note. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, this subsection 
shall take affect only to the extent specifically provided in a subse-
quent appropriations Act. 
(j) COMMUNITY SERVICES DEMONSTRATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall, to the extent amounts are appropriated 
to ceury out this subsection, provide financial assistance to 
the Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida (in 
this subsection referred to as the "College"), in accordance 
with the provisions of this subsection, for the College to estab-
lish and operate, as a national demonstration, the Bethune-
Cookman Community Services Student Union Center. 
(2) USE.—^Any financial assistsince provided to the College 
piu*sueuit to this subsection shall be used by the College for 
the construction, maintenance, and endowment of the Bethune-
Cookm£ui Community Services Student Union Center through— 
(A) the acquisition of necessary equipment, including 
utility vehicles; or 
(B) the acquisition of necessary real property; 
(3) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall provide financied 
assistsuice luider this subsection only pursuant to application 
by the College for such assistance at such time, in such manner, 
and providing such information as the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may reasonably require. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
assistance under this subsection. Any amoiuits appropriated 
piu'suant to this subsection shedl remain avsulable until 
expended. 
(k) INDEPENDENCE SQUARE FOUNDATION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including 28 U.S.C. 516, the Secreteuy of 
Housing and Urban Development shsdl enforce the use agreement 
entered into between the Secretary and the Independence SquEu-e 
Foundation of Newport, Rhode Island: Provided further. That such 
enforcement shall include the option of instituting civil litigation 
to determine the current applicabiUty of the aforementioned use 
agreement or petition for the issuance of an injunction to prevent 
the demohtion of the property subject to the eiforementioned use 
agreement. 
(1) REMOVAL OF HOPE VI DEMOLITION REQUIREMENT.—The 
SecretEiry may approve otherwise qualified applications received 
in response to a notice pubUshed at 63 Federal Register 15489 
(March 31, 1998) for grants fi-om the $26,000,000 set-aside of 
amounts made available under the head 'REVITALIZATION OF 
SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)' in the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 
105-65, 111 Stat. 1354) without regard to whether such apphcations 
propose or plan demohtion of obsolete public housing projects. 
(m) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on, and 
the amendments made by this section are made on, and shedl 
apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE VI—FHA PROPERTY DISPOSITION REFORM 
SEC. 601. SINGLE FAMILY CLAIMS REFORM AND SALE OF 
PROPERTY, (a) REVISION OF CLAIMS PROCEDURES.—Section 204 
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112 STAT. 2671 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710) is amended by 
striking "SEC. 204." and all that follows through the end of 
subsection (a) and inserting the following: 
"SEC. 204. (a) IN GENERAL.— 
"(1) AUTHORIZED CLAIMS PROCEDURES.—^The Secretary may, 
in accordance with this subsection and terms and conditions 
prescribed by the Secretary, pay insurance benefits to a mortga-
gee for any mortgage insured under section 203 through any 
of the following methods: 
"(A) ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE.—^The Secretary may 
pay insurance benefits whenever a mortgage has been in 
a monetary default for not less than 3 full monthly install-
ments or whenever the mortgagee is entitled to foreclosure 
for a nonmonetary default. Insurance benefits shall be paid 
pursuant to this subparagraph only upon the assignment, 
transfer, and delivery to the Secretary of— 
"(i) all rights and interests arising under the mort-
gage; 
"(ii) all claims of the mortgagee against the mort-
gagor or others arising out of the mortgage transaction; 
"(iii) title evidence satisfactory to the Secretary; 
and 
"(iv) such records relating to the mortgage trans-
action as the Secretary may require. 
"(B) CONVEYANCE OF TITLE TO PROPERTY.—^The Sec-
retary may pay insurance benefits if the mortgagee has 
acquired title to the mortgaged property through fore-
closure or has otherwise acquired such property from the 
mortgagor after a default upon— 
"(i) the prompt conveyance to the Secretary of title 
to the property which meets the standards of the Sec-
retary in force at the time the mortgage was insured 
and which is evidenced in the manner provided by 
such standards; and 
"(ii) the assignment to the Secretary of all claims 
of the mortgagee against the mortgagor or others, aris-
ing out of mortgage transaction or foreclosure proceed-
ings, except such claims as may have been released 
with the consent of the Secretary. 
The Secretary may permit the mortgagee to tender to the 
Secretary a satisfactory conveyance of title and transfer 
of possession directly from the mortgagor or other appro-
priate grantor, and may pay to the mortgagee the insurance 
benefits to which it would otherwise be entitled if such 
conveyance had been made to the mortgagee and from 
the mortgagee to the Secretary. 
"(C) CLAIM WITHOUT CONVEYANCE OF TITLE.—The Sec-
retary may pay insurance benefits upon sale of the mort-
gaged property at foreclosure where such sale is for at 
least the fair market value of the property (with appro-
priate adjustments), as determined by the Secretary, and 
upon assignment to the Secretary of all claims referred 
to in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B). 
"(D) PREFORECLOSURE SALE.—The Secretary may pay 
insurance benefits upon the sale of the mortgaged property 
by the mortgagor after default and the assignment to the 
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Secretary of all claims referred to in clause (ii) of subpara-
graph (B), if— 
"(i) the sale of the mortgaged property has been 
approved by the Secretary; 
"(ii) the mortgagee receives an amiount at least 
equal to the fair market value of the property (with 
appropriate adjustments), as determined by the Sec-
retary; and 
"(iii) the mortgagor has received an appropriate 
disclosure, as determined by the Secretary. 
(2) PAYMENT FOR LOSS MITIGATION.—The Secretary may 
pay 
insurance benefits to the mortgagee to recompense the mortgagee 
for all or part of any costs of the mortgagee for taking loss mitigation 
actions that provide an alternative to foreclosure of a mortgage 
that is in default (including but not limited to actions such as 
specied forbearance, loan modification, and deeds in lieu of fore-
closure, but not including assignment of mortgages to the Secretary 
under section 204(a)(lXA)). No actions taken under this paragraph, 
nor any failure to act under this paragraph, by the Secretary 
or by a mortgagee shall be subject to judicial review. 
PubHcation. 
"(3) DETERMINATION OF CLAIMS PROCEDURE.—The Secretary 
Guidelines. 
shall publish g^delines for determining which of the procedures 
for pa3anent of insiu-ance under paragraph (1) are available 
to a mortgagee when it claims insurance benefits. At least 
one of the procedures for pajonent of insurance benefits speci-
fied in p8u*agraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) shcdl be available to a mortga-
gee with respect to a mortgage, but the seune procedure shedl 
not be required to be available for all of the mortgages held 
by a mortgagee. 
"(4) SERVICING OF ASSIGNED MORTGAGES.—If a mortgage 
is assigned to the Secretary imder paragraph (IXA), the Sec-
retary may permit the assigning mortgagee or its servicer to 
continue to service the mortgage for reasonable compensation 
£Uid on terms and conditions determined by the Secretary. 
Neither the Secretary nor any servicer of the mortgage shall 
be required to forbear fi*om collection of amounts due tinder 
the mortgage or otherwise pursue loss mitigation measures. 
"(5) 
CALCULATION OF INSURANCE BENEFITS.—Insurance 
benefits shall be paid in accordance with section 520 and shall 
be equal to the original principal obligation of the mortgage 
(with such additions and deductions as the Secretary deter-
mines are appropriate) which was unpaid upon the date of— 
"(A) assignment of the mortgage to the Secretary; 
"(B) the institution of foreclostu'e proceedings; 
**(C) the acquisition of the property after default other 
than hy foreclosure; or 
''(D) sale of the mortgaged property by the mortgagor. 
"(6) FORBEARANCE AND RECASTING AFTER DEFAULT.—The 
mortgagee may, upon such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may prescribe— 
"{A) extend the time for the curing of the default and 
the lime for commencing foreclosure proceedings or for 
otherwise acquiring title to the mortgaged property, to 
such time as the mortgagee determines is necessary and 
desirable to enable the mortgap^r to complete the mortgage 
payments, indudin^ an extension of time beyond the stadbed 
maturity of the mortage, and in the event of a subsequent 
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112 STAT. 2673 
foreclosure or acquisition of the property by other meEins 
the Secretary may include in the amount of insurance 
benefits an amoimt equal to £uiy xmpaid mortgage interest; 
or 
"(B) provide for a modification of the terms of the mortgage 
for the purpose of recasting, over the remsdning term of the 
mortgage or over such longer period pursuant to guidelines 
as may be prescribed by the Secretary, the toted unpaid amount 
then due, with the modification to become effective currently 
or to become effective upon the termination of an agreed-upon 
extension of the period for curing the default; and the principal 
amount of the mortgage, as modified, shedl be considered the 
'original principed obligation of the mortgage' for purposes of 
paragraph (5). 
"(7) TERMINATION OF PREMIUM OBLIGATION.—The obligation 
of the mortgagee to pay the premium charges for insurance 
shall cease upon fulfillment of the appropriate requirements 
under which the Secretary may pay insureuice benefits, as 
described in peiragraph (1). The Secretary may also terminate 
the mortgagee's obligation to pay mortgage insiu"£uice premiums 
upon receipt of an application filed by the mortgagee for insur-
ance benefits under paragraph (1), or in the event the contract 
of insurance is terminated pursuant to section 229. 
"(8) EFFECT ON PAYMENT OF INSURANCE BENEFITS UNDER 
SECTION 230.—Nothing in this section shall limit the authority 
of the Secretsiry to pay insurance benefits under section 230. 
"(9) TREATMENT OF MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM.—Not-
withstEuiding any other provision of law, or the Amended Stipu-
lation entered as a consent decree on November 8, 1979, in 
Ferrell v. Cuomo, No. 73 C 334 (N.D. 111.), or any other order 
intended to require the Secretary to operate the progr£im of 
mortgage assignment and forbeareuice that was operated by 
the Secretary pursuEuit to the Amended Stipulation and under 
the authority of section 230, prior to its amendment by section 
407(b) of The Balanced Budget Downpajonent Act, I (Public 
Law 104-99; 110 Stat. 45), no mortgage assigned under this 
section may be included in any mortgage foreclosure avoidsuice 
program that is the same or substantially equivalent to such 
a program of mortgage assignment and forbearance.". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary shall publish a notice in Federal Register, 
the Federal Register stating the effective date of the terms and publication. 
conditions prescribed by the Secretary under section 204(a)(1) of i^U^C 1710 
the National Housing Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this note. 
section. Subsections (a) and (k) of section 204 of the Nationsd 
Housing Act, as in effect immediately before such effective date, 
shall continue to apply to any mortgage insiu-ed under section 
203 of the National Housing Act before such effective date, except 
that the Secretary may, at the request of the mortgagee, pay insur-
ance benefits as provided in subparagraphs (A) and (D) of section 
204(a)(1) of such Act to calculate insurance benefits in accordance 
with section 204(aX5) of such Act. 
(c) REPEAL OF REDUNDANT PROVISION.—Subsection (k) of sec-
tion 204 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710(k)) is hereby 
repesded. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO SELL.—Section 204(g) of the National Hous-
ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710(g)) is amended by adding at the end 
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12 use 1715U. 
12 use 
1735f-14. 
the following new sentence: "The Secretary may sell real and per-
sonal property acquired by the Secretary pursuant to the provisions 
of this Act on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
prescribe.". 
(e) AUTHORITY To INSURE MORTGAGE.—Section 223(c) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715n(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "him" each place it appears and inserting 
"the Secretary"; and 
(2) by inserting before "of any property acquired", the fol-
lowing: ", including a sale through another entity acting under 
authority of the fourth sentence of section 204(g),". 
(f) Loss MITIGATION.—Section 230 of the National Housing 
Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (e) as (b) 
through (f); and 
(2) by inserting a new subsection (a) as follows: 
"(a) Upon default of any mortgage insured under this title, 
mortgagees shall engage in loss mitigation actions for the purpose 
of providing an alternative to foreclosure (including but not limited 
to actions such as special forbearance, loss modification, and deeds 
in lieu of foreclosure, but not including assignment of mortgages 
to the Secretary under section 204(a)(1)(A)) as provided in regula-
tions by the Secretary.". 
(g) PENALTY.—Section 536(a) of the National Housing Act is 
amended by inserting at the end of paragraph (2) the following: 
"In the case of the mortgagee's failure to engage in loss mitiga-
tion activities, as provided in section 536(b)(l)(I), the penalty shall 
be in the amount of three times the amount of any insurance 
benefits claimed by the mortgagee with respect to any mortgage 
for which the mortgagee failed to engage in such loss mitigation 
actions.". 
(h) VIOLATION.—Section 536(b)(1) of the National Housing Act 
is amended by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following: 
"(I) Failure to engage in loss mitigation actions as provided 
in section 230(a) of this Act.". 
SEC. 602. DISPOSITION OF HUD-OWNED SINGLE FAMILY ASSETS 
IN REVITALIZATION AREAS.—Section 204 of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1710) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new sub-
section: 
"(h) DISPOSITION OF ASSETS IN REVITALIZATION AREAS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The purpose of this subsection is to 
require the Secretary to carry out a program under which 
eligible assets (as such term is defined in paragraph (2)) shall 
be made available for sale in a manner that promotes the 
revitalization, through expanded homeownership opportunities, 
of revitalization areas. Notwithstanding the authority under 
the last sentence of subsection (g), the Secretary shall dispose 
of all eligible assets under the program and shall establish 
the program in accordance with the requirements under this 
subsection. 
"(2) ELIGIBLE ASSETS.—For purposes of this subsection, the 
term 'eligible asset' means any of the following assets of the 
Secretary: 
"(A) PROPERTIES.—Any property that— 
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112 STAT. 2675 
"(i) is designed as a dwelling for occupancy by 
1 to 4 families; 
"(ii) is located in a revitalization area; 
"(iii) was previously subject to a mortgage insured 
under the provisions of this Act; and 
"(iv) is owned by the Secretary pursuant to the 
payment of insurance benefits under this Act. 
"(B) MORTGAGES.—Any mortgage that— 
"(i) is an interest in a property that meets the 
requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph 
(A); 
"(ii) was previously insured under the provisions 
of this Act; and 
"(iii) is held by the Secretary pursuant to the pay-
ment of insurance benefits under this Act. 
For purposes of this subsection, an asset under this 
subparagraph shall be considered to be located in a revital-
ization area, or in the asset control area of a preferred 
purchaser, if the property described in clause (i) is located 
in such area. 
"(C) 
FUTURE 
INTERESTS.—Any 
contingent 
future 
interest of the Secretary in an asset described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B). 
"(3) REVITALIZATION AREAS.—^The Secretary shall designate 
areas as revitalization areas for purposes of this subsection. 
Before designation of an area as a revitalization area, the 
Secretary shall consult with affected units of general local 
government and interested nonprofit organizations. The Sec-
retary may designate as revitalization areas only areas that 
meet one of the following requirements: 
"(A) VERY-LOW INCOME AREA.—^The median household 
income for the area is less than 60 percent of the median 
household income for— 
"(i) in the case of any area located within a metro-
politan area, such metropolitan area; or 
"(ii) in the case of any area not located within 
a metropolitan area, the State in which the area is 
located. 
"(B) 
HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ELIGIBLE ASSETS.—A 
high rate of default or foreclosure for single family mort-
gages insured under the National Housing Act has resulted, 
or may result, in the area— 
"(i) having a disproportionately high concentration 
of eligible assets, in comparison with the concentration 
of such assets in surrounding areas; or 
"(ii) being detrimentally impacted by eligible assets 
in the vicinity of the area. 
"(C) Low HOME OWNERSHIP RATE.—The rate for home 
ownership of single family homes in the area is substan-
tially below the rate for homeownership in the metropolitan 
area. 
"(4) PREFERENCE FOR SALE TO PREFERRED PURCHASERS.— 
The^ Secretary shall provide a preference, among prospective 
purchasers of eligible assets, for sale of such assets to any 
purchaser who— 
"(A) is— 
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"(i) the unit of general local government having 
jurisdiction with respect to the area in which are 
located the eligible assets to be sold; or 
"(ii) a nonprofit organization; 
"(B) in making a purchase under the program under 
this subsection— 
"(i) establishes an asset control area, which shall 
be an area that consists of part or all of a revitalization 
area; and 
"(ii) purchases all interests of the Secretary in 
all assets of the Secretary that, at any time during 
the period which shall be set forth in the sale agree-
ment required under paragraph (7)— 
"(I) are or become eligible assets; and 
"(II) are located in the asset control area of 
the purchaser; and 
"(C) has the capacity to carry out the purchase of 
eligible assets under the program under this subsection 
and under the provisions of this paragraph. 
"(5) AGREEMENTS REQUIRED FOR PURCHASE.— 
"(A) PREFERRED PURCHASERS.—^Under the program 
under this subsection, the Secretary may sell an eligible 
asset as provided in paragraph (4) to a preferred purchaser 
only pursuant to a binding agreement by the preferred 
purchaser that the eligible asset will be used in conjunction 
with a home ownership plan that provides as follows: 
"(i) The plan has as its primary purpose the expan-
sion of home ownership in, and the revitalization of, 
the asset control area, established pursuant to para-
graph (4)(B)(i) by the purchaser, in which the eligible 
asset is located. 
"(ii) Under the plan, the preferred purchaser has 
established, and agreed to meet, specific performance 
goals for increasing the rate of home ownership for 
eligible assets in the asset control area that are under 
the purchaser's control. The plan shall provide that 
the Secretary may waive or modify such goals or dead-
lines only upon a determination by the Secretary that 
a good faith effort has been made in complying with 
the goals through the homeownership plan and that 
exceptional neighborhood conditions prevented attain-
ment of the goal. 
"(iii) Under the plan, the preferred purchaser has 
established rehabilitation standards that meet or 
exceed the standards for housing quality established 
under subparagraph (B)(iii) by the Secretary, and has 
agreed that each asset property for an eligible asset 
purchased will be rehabilitated in accordance with such 
standards. 
"(B) NON-PREFERRED PURCHASERS.—Under the pro-
gram under this subsection, the Secretary may sell an 
eligible asset to a purchaser who is not a preferred pur-
chaser only pursuant to a binding agreement by the pur-
chaser that complies with the following requirements: 
"(i) The purchaser has agreed to meet specific 
performance goals established by the Secretary for 
home ownership of the asset properties for the eligible 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2677 
assets purchased by the purchaser, except that the 
Secretary may, by including a provision in the sale 
agreement required under paragraph (7), provide for 
a lower rate of home ownership in sales involving 
exceptional circumstances. 
"(ii) The purchaser has agreed that each asset 
property for an eligible asset purchased will be 
rehabilitated to comply with minimum standards for 
housing quality established by the Secretary for pur-
poses of the program under this subsection. 
"(6) DISCOUNT FOR PREFERRED PURCHASERS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of providing a pub-
lic purpose discount for the bulk sales of eligible assets 
made under the program under this subsection by preferred 
purchasers, each eligible asset sold through the program 
under this subsection to a preferred purchaser shall be 
sold at a price that is discounted from the value of the 
asset, as based on the appraised value of the asset property 
(as such term is defined in paragraph (8)). 
"(B) APPRAiSALS.^The Secretary shall require that 
each appraisal of an eligible asset under this paragraph 
is based upon— 
"(i) the market value of the asset property in its 
*as is* physical condition, which shall take into consider-
ation age and condition of major mechanical and struc-
tural systems; and 
"(ii) the value of the property appraised for home 
ownership. 
"(C) DISCOUNT CLASSES.—^The Secretary, in the sole 
discretion of the Secretary, shall establish the discount 
under this paragraph for an eligible asset, which shall 
be in one of the following amounts: 
"(i) STANDARD DISCOUNT.—In the case only of 
eligible assets with asset properties that, at the time 
of sale under this subsection, do not meet the standards 
for housing quality established pursuant to paragraph 
(5)(BXii), an amount that— 
"(I) is appropriate to provide reasonable 
resources for the improvement such assets; and 
"(II) takes into consideration the financial 
safety and soundness of the Mutual Mortgage 
Insurance Fund. 
"(ii) DEEP DISCOUNT.—^In the case only of eligible 
assets described in clause (i) for which the Secretary 
determines a deep discount is appropriate, an amount 
that exceeds the amount of a standard discount under 
clause (i). In making a determination whether a deep 
discount is appropriate, the Secretary may consider 
the condition of the asset property, the extent of 
resources available to the preferred purchaser, the com-
prehensive revitalization plan undertaken by such pur-
chaser, or any other circumstances the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
"(iii) MINIMAL DISCOUNT.—In the case only of 
eligible assets with asset properties that, at the time 
of sale under this subsection, meet or substantially 
meet the standards for housing quality established 
112 STAT. 2678 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
pursuant to paragraph (5)(B)(ii), an amount that is 
less than the amount of a standard discount under 
clause (i) of this subparagraph and is sufficient to 
provide assistance to the preferred purchaser in meet-
ing costs associated with compliance with the program 
requirements under this subsection. 
"(D) DETERMINATION OF DISCOUNT CLASS.—^The Sec-
retary shall, in the sole discretion of the Secretary, estab-
lish a method for determining which discount under clause 
(i) or (ii) subparagraph (C) shall be provided for an eligible 
asset that is described in such clause (i) and sold to a 
preferred purchaser. The method may result in the assign-
ment of discounts on any basis consistent with subpara-
graph (C) that the Secretary considers appropriate to carry 
out the purposes of this subsection. 
"(7) SALE AGREEMENT.—^The Secretary may sell an eligible 
asset under this subsection only pursuant to a sale agreement 
entered into under this paragraph with the purchaser, which 
shall include the following provisions: 
"(A) ASSETS.—The sale agreement shall identify the 
eligible assets to be purchased and the interests sold. 
"(B) REVITALIZATION AREA AND ASSET CONTROL AREA.— 
The sale agreement shall identify— 
"(i) the boundaries of the specific revitalization 
areas (or portions thereof) in which are located the 
eligible assets that are covered by the agreement; and 
"(ii) in the case of a preferred purchaser, the asset 
control area established pursuant to paragraph (4)(B)(i) 
that is covered by the agreement. 
"(C) FINANCING.—^The sale agreement shall identify the 
sources of financing for the purchase of the eligible assets. 
"(D) BINDING AGREEMENTS.—^The sale agreement shall 
contain binding agreements by the purchaser sufficient 
to comply with— 
"(i) in the case of a preferred purchaser, the 
requirements under paragraph (5)(A), which agree-
ments shall provide that the eligible assets purchased 
will be used in conjunction with a home ownership 
plan meeting the requirements of such paragraph, and 
shall set forth the terms of the homeownership plan, 
including— 
"(I) the goals of the plan for the eligible assets 
purchased and for the asset control area subject 
to the plan; 
"(II) the revitalization areas (or portions 
thereof) in which the homeownership plan is 
operating or will operate; 
"(III) the specific use or disposition of the 
eligible assets under the plan; and 
"(IV) any activities to be conducted and serv-
ices to be provided under the plan; or 
"(ii) in the case of a purchaser who is not a pre-
ferred purchaser, the requirements under paragraph 
(5)(B). 
"(E) PURCHASE PRICE AND DISCOUNT.—^The sale agree-
ment shall establish the purchase price of the eligible 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2679 
assets, which in the case of a preferred purchaser shall 
provide for a discount in accordance with paragraph (6). 
"(F) HOUSING QUALITY.—^The sale agreement shall pro-
vide for compliance of the eligible assets purchased with 
the rehabilitation standards established under paragraph 
(5)(A)(iii) or the minimum standards for housing quality 
established under paragraph (5)(B)(ii), as applicable, and 
shall specify such standards. 
"(G) PERFORMANCE GOALS AND SANCTIONS.—^The sale 
agreement shall set forth the specific performance goals 
applicable to the purchaser, in accordance with paragraph 
(5), shall set forth any sanctions for failure to meet such 
goals and deadlines, and shall require the purchaser to 
certify compliance with such goals. 
"(H) PERIOD COVERED.—^The sale agreement shall 
establish— 
"(i) in the case of a preferred purchaser, the time 
period referred to in paragraph (4)(B)(ii); and 
"(ii) in the case of a purchaser who is not a pre-
ferred purchaser, the time period for purchase of 
eligible assets that may be covered by the purchase. 
"(I) OTHER TERMS.—^The agreement shall contain such 
other terms and conditions as may be necessary to require 
that eligible assets purchased under the agreement are 
used in accordance with the program under this subsection. 
"(8) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions shall apply: 
"(A) ASSET CONTROL AREA.—^The term 'asset control 
area' means the area established by a preferred purchaser 
pursuant to paragraph (4)(B)(i). 
"(B) ASSET 
PROPERTY.—^The term 'asset property' 
means— 
"(i) with respect to an eligible asset that is a prop-
erty, such property; and 
"(ii) with respect to an eligible asset that is a 
mortgage, the property that is subject to the mortgage. 
"(C) ELIGIBLE ASSET.—^The term 'eligible asset' means 
an asset described in paragraph (2). 
"(D) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—^The term 'nonprofit 
organization' means a private organization that— 
"(i) is organized under State or local laws; 
"(ii) has no part of its net earnings inuring to 
the benefit of any member, shareholder, founder, 
contributor, or individual; and 
"(iii) complies with standards of financial respon-
sibility that the Secretary may require. 
"(E) PREFERRED PURCHASER.—^The term 'preferred pur-
chaser' means a purchaser described in paragraph (4). 
"(F) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—^The term 
'unit of general local government' means any city, town, 
township, county, parish, village, or other general purpose 
political subdivision of a State. 
112 STAT. 2680 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
"(9) SECRETARY'S DISCRETION.—^The Secretary shall have 
the authority to implement and administer the program under 
this subsection in such manner as the Secretary may determine. 
The Secretary may, in the sole discretion of the Secretary, 
enter into contracts to provide for the proper administration 
of the program with such public or nonprofit entities as the 
Secretary determines are qualified. 
"(10) REGULATIONS.—^The Secretary shall issue regulations 
to implement the program under this subsection through rule-
making in accordance with the procedures established under 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code, regarding substantive 
Effective date. 
rules. Such regulations shall take effect not later than the 
expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1999.". 
Titles I, II, III, IV, and VI of this Act may be cited as the 
"Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999". 
Approved October 21, 1998. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4194 (S. 2168): 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 105-610 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 105-769 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-216 accompanying S. 2168 (Comm. on Appropria-
tions). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998): 
July 17, 23, 29, considered and passed House. 
July 30, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2168. 
Oct. 6, House agreed to conference report. 
Oct. 8, Senate agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 34 (1998): 
Oct. 21, Presidential statement. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2679 
assets, which in the case of a preferred purchaser shall 
provide for a discount in accordance with paragraph (6). 
"(F) HOUSING QUALITY.—^The sale agreement shall pro-
vide for compliance of the eligible assets purchased with 
the rehabilitation standards established under paragraph 
(5)(A)(iii) or the minimum standards for housing quality 
established under paragraph (5)(B)(ii), as applicable, and 
shall specify such standards. 
"(G) PERFORMANCE GOALS AND SANCTIONS.—^The sale 
agreement shall set forth the specific performance goals 
applicable to the purchaser, in accordance with paragraph 
(5), shall set forth any sanctions for failure to meet such 
goals and deadlines, and shall require the purchaser to 
certify compliance with such goals. 
"(H) PERIOD COVERED.—^The sale agreement shall 
establish— 
"(i) in the case of a preferred purchaser, the time 
period referred to in paragraph (4)(B)(ii); and 
"(ii) in the case of a purchaser who is not a pre-
ferred purchaser, the time period for purchase of 
eligible assets that may be covered by the purchase. 
"(I) OTHER TERMS.—^The agreement shall contain such 
other terms and conditions as may be necessary to require 
that eligible assets purchased under the agreement are 
used in accordance with the program under this subsection. 
"(8) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions shall apply: 
"(A) ASSET CONTROL AREA.—^The term 'asset control 
area' means the area established by a preferred purchaser 
pursuant to paragraph (4)(B)(i). 
"(B) ASSET 
PROPERTY.—^The term 'asset property' 
means— 
"(i) with respect to an eligible asset that is a prop-
erty, such property; and 
"(ii) with respect to an eligible asset that is a 
mortgage, the property that is subject to the mortgage. 
"(C) ELIGIBLE ASSET.—^The term 'eligible asset' means 
an asset described in paragraph (2). 
"(D) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—^The term 'nonprofit 
organization' means a private organization that— 
"(i) is organized under State or local laws; 
"(ii) has no part of its net earnings inuring to 
the benefit of any member, shareholder, founder, 
contributor, or individual; and 
"(iii) complies with standards of financial respon-
sibility that the Secretary may require. 
"(E) PREFERRED PURCHASER.—^The term 'preferred pur-
chaser' means a purchaser described in paragraph (4). 
"(F) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—^The term 
'unit of general local government' means any city, town, 
township, county, parish, village, or other general purpose 
political subdivision of a State. 
112 STAT. 2680 
PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 
"(9) SECRETARY'S DISCRETION.—^The Secretary shall have 
the authority to implement and administer the program under 
this subsection in such manner as the Secretary may determine. 
The Secretary may, in the sole discretion of the Secretary, 
enter into contracts to provide for the proper administration 
of the program with such public or nonprofit entities as the 
Secretary determines are qualified. 
"(10) REGULATIONS.—^The Secretary shall issue regulations 
to implement the program under this subsection through rule-
making in accordance with the procedures established under 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code, regarding substantive 
Effective date. 
rules. Such regulations shall take effect not later than the 
expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1999.". 
Titles I, II, III, IV, and VI of this Act may be cited as the 
"Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999". 
Approved October 21, 1998. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4194 (S. 2168): 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 105-610 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 105-769 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-216 accompanying S. 2168 (Comm. on Appropria-
tions). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998): 
July 17, 23, 29, considered and passed House. 
July 30, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2168. 
Oct. 6, House agreed to conference report. 
Oct. 8, Senate agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 34 (1998): 
Oct. 21, Presidential statement. 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
Al 
Page 
A 
Act to Prevent Pollution from 
Ships, amendments 
1965 
Adams National Historical Park 
Act of 1998 
3200 
Adiilt Education Act, 
amendments 
1079 
Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act, amendments 
1059, 
2681-416, 2681-417, 3126 
Advisory Council on California 
Indian Policy Act of 1992 
2818, 
2819 
Advisory Council on California 
Indian Policy Extension Act of 
1998 
2818 
Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 
1998 
3460 
African Elephant Conservation Act, 
amendments 
911 
African Elephant Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
911 
Age Discrimination Act of 1975, 
amendments 
2681-427 
Age Discrimination in Emplojrment 
Act of 1967, amendments.... 1092, 1834, 
1835 
Agricultural Act of 1980, 
amendments 
3465-3467 
Agricultural Foreign Investment 
Disclosure Act of 1978, 
amendments 
3281 
Agricultural Market Transition 
Act, amendments 
1516, 2681-36, 
2681-38, 2681-46 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 
amendments 
2681-34 
^^icultural Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 
1998 
523 
Agricultiu*al Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 
1998, amendments 
2681-33 
Agricultural Trade Suspension 
Adjustment Act of 1980, 
amendments 
3467 
Agriculture Export Relief Act of 
1998 
627 
Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, 
and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681 
Agua Caliente Equalization Act of 
1959, amendments 
2934 
Alaska Federal Civilian Energy 
Efficiency Swap Act of 1980, 
amendments 
3282 
Alaska Land Status Technical 
Corrections Act of 1992, 
amendments 
3130 
Page 
Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act, 
amendments 
2681-296, 3129, 3134, 
3516 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, amendments 
2516, 3130, 3131, 
3133-3135 
Alternative Dispute Resolution Act 
of 1998 
2993 
Alzheimei^s Disease and Related 
Dementias Research Act of 
1992, amendments 
3286 
Amateur Sports Act of 1978, 
amendments 
1507 
American Competitiveness and 
Workforce Improvement Act of 
1998 
2681-641 
American Fisheries Act 
2681-616 
American Folklife Preservation 
Act, amendments 
2458, 2469 
Amy Somers Volunteers at Food 
Banks Act 
1248 
ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act 
of 1998 
3129 
Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act 
of 1986, amendments... 2681-851, 2681-
852 
Anti-Drug Ahuse Act of 1988, 
amendments 
1621, 2646, 2647, 2649, 
2755 
Anti-Economic Discrimination Act 
of 1994, amendments 
2681-790 
Antimicrohial Regulation 
Technical Corrections Act of 
1998 
3035 
Appalachian Regional 
Development Act of 1965, 
amendments.... 160, 193, 223, 224, 1059, 
3126, 3618-3625 
Appalachian Regional 
Development Reform Act of 
1998 
3618 
Arches National Park Expansion 
Act of 1998 
3060 
Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984, 
amendments 
1857 
Armament Retooling and 
Manufacturing Support Act of 
1992, amendments 
1939 
Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Act of 1991, amendments 
2124, 2125 
Armored Car Industry Reciprocity 
Act of 1993, amendments 
2776 
Armored Car Reciprocity 
Amendments of 1998 
2776 
Arms Control and Disarmament 
Act, amendments... 2681-768, 2681-839 
Arms Export Control Act, 
amendments.... 627, 2681-177, 2681-773 
Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act, 
amendments 
2681-294 
Asia Foundation Act, 
amendments 
2681-803 
NOTE: Part 1 contains pages 3-912; Part 2 contains pages 913-1868; Part 3 contains pages 1869-2680; Part 4 contains 
pages 2681-2786; Part 5 contains pages 2787-3823. Each part contains entire Popular Name and Subject Indexes. 
A2 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
Page 
Asset Forfeiture Amendments Act 
of 1988, amendments 
2681-692 
Assets for Independence Act 
2759 
Assistive Technology Act of 
1998 
3627 
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 
1975, amendments 
3452 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
amendments 
2681-774, 3292, 3485 
Automobile National Heritage Area 
Act 
3247 
Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 
1998 
47 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 
amendments 
673, 2420, 2433-2428, 
2681-530—2681-533,2681-535—2681-538, 
2681-914 
Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
amendments 
488-490, 865 
Balanced Budget Downpayment 
Act, I, amendments.... 2440, 2525, 2548, 
2659 
Bandelier National Monument 
Administrative Improvement 
and Watershed Protection Act 
of 1998 
3388 
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and 
Excellence in Education Act, 
amendments 
1618 
Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 
Act 
3467 
Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 
Act of 1998 
3465 
Biomaterials Access Asstirance Act 
of 1998 
1519 
Birth Defects Prevention Act of 
1998 
, 
43 
Border Smog Reduction Act of 
1998 
2773 
Bretton Woods Agreements Act, 
amendments 
2681-224 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant 
Act of 1998 
512 
Canadian River Project 
Prepayment Act 
2999 
Cape Lookout National Seashore 
Act, amendments 
676, 1517 
Care for Police Survivors Act of 
1998 
511 
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
Applied Technology Education 
Act, amendments 
1618, 3076 
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
Applied Technology Education 
Amendments of 1998 
3076 
Page 
Carl D. Perkins Vocational 
Education Act, amendments 
2681-
423 
Centennial of Flight 
Commemoration Act 
3486 
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 
1949, amendments 
2403, 2404, 2414 
Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement Act, amendments 
2404 
Charter School Expansion Act of 
1998 
2682 
Chemical Weapons Convention 
Implementation Act of 1998 
2681-
856 
Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 
1998 
2961 
Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990, 
amendments 
1621 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
amendments 
3146, 3153, 3158-3165, 
3167, 3281 
Child Nutrition Amendments of 
1992, amendments 
3157 
Child Online Protection Act 
2681-736 
Child Support Performance and 
Incentive Act of 1998 
645 
Child Support Performance and 
Incentive Act of 1998, 
amendments 
2927 
Children's Online Privacy 
Protection Act of 1998 
2681-728 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
amendments 
1092 
Clayton Act, amendments 
2824 
Clean Air Act, amendments 
2681-36, 
2681-37, 2773, 3283, 3294 
Coast and Geodetic Survey 
Commissioned Officers' Act of 
1948, amendments 
3457, 3458 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
1996, amendments 
1900, 3427, 3439 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
1998 
3411 
Coats Human Services 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
2702 
Collegiate Initiative To Reduce 
Binge Drinking and Illegal 
Alcohol Consumption 
1596 
Colorado River Floodway 
Protection Act, 1953, 
amendments 
3289 
Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area Act, amendments.... 2681-
303 
Combating Proliferation of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Act of 1996, amendments 
2681-390, 
2681-391 
Commercial Fishing Industry 
Vessel Anti-Reflagging Act of 
1987, amendments 
2681-620 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
A3 
Page 
Commercial Space Act of 1998 
2843 
Commission on the Advancement 
of Women and Minorities in 
Science, Engineering, and 
Technology Development 
Act 
1889 
Commodity Credit Corporation 
Charter Act, amendments ... 580, 2681-
34 
Commodity Distribution Reform 
Act and WIC Amendments of 
1987, amendments 
3167, 3168 
Communications Act of 1934, 
amendments 
2681-736, 2681-739 
Community Economic 
Development Act of 1981, 
amendments 
2681-427, 2681-434, 
2755 
Community Opportunities, 
Accountability, and Training 
and Educational Services Act 
of 1998 
2702 
Community Scholarship 
Mobilization Act 
1810 
Community School Partnership 
Act, amendments 
2681-410 
Community Schools Youth Service 
and Supervision Grant 
Program Act of 1994, 
amendments 
1621 
Community Services Block Grant 
Act, amendments 
1621, 2728 
Compact of Free Association Act of 
1985, amendments 
880 
Competitive, Special, and Facilities 
Research Grant Act, 
amendments 
536, 563, 604 
Comprehensive Drug Abuse 
Prevention and Control Act of 
1970, amendments 
3285 
Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and 
LiabiUty Act of 1980, 
amendments 
2497 
Computer Maintenance 
Competition Assurance Act 
2886 
Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995, amendments 
2436 
Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1989, 
amendments 
2434 
Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1996, 
amendments 
2433 
Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2430 
Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, 
amendments 
2681-32, 2681-37— 
2681-40, 3281 
Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1985, 
amendments 
3286 
Page 
Consumer Reporting Employment 
Clarification Act of 1998 
3208 
Controlled Substances Act, 
amendments 
2681-68, 2681-759 
Controlled Substances Import and 
Export Act, amendments 
2681-707, 
2681-759, 3271 
Controlled Substances Trafficking 
Prohibition Act 
2681-707, 3271 
Convention on Cultural Property 
Implementation Act, 
amendments 
2681-788 
Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw 
Restoration Act, amendments 
1897 
Copyright Amendments Act of 
1992, amendments 
2828 
Corporation for the Promotion of 
Rifle Practice and Firearms 
Safety Act, amendments 
1511 
Correction Officers Health and 
Safety Act of 1998 
3374 
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe 
of Indians Recognition Act, 
amendments 
1898 
Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, 
amendments 
1621, 2547, 2548, 2565, 
2609, 2634, 2643, 2644, 2659, 2660, 2681-
428, 2681-434 
Credit Union Membership Access 
Act 
913 
Crime Control Act of 1990, 
amendments 
2681-67, 3291 
Crime Identification Technology 
Act of 1998 
1871 
Crime Victims With Disabilities 
Awareness Act 
2838 
Critical Agricultural Materials Act, 
amendments 
563 
Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 
1996, amendments 
2681-790 
Curt Flood At of 1998 
2824 
D 
Dale Bumpers Wildlife Resources 
Protection Act 
1857 
Dante Fascell Biscayne National 
Park Visitor Center 
Designation Act 
2931 
David L. Boren National Security 
Education Act of 1991, 
amendments 
1622, 2400, 2401 
Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act 
of 1998 
618 
Defense Against Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Act of 1996, 
amendments 
2136 
Defense Against Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Act of 1998 
2167 
Defense Dependents* Education Act 
of 1978, amendments 
2026, 2054 
A4 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
Page 
Defense Production Act of 1950, 
amendments 
2137 
Delaware and Lehigh Navigation 
Canal National Heritage 
Corridor Act of 1988, 
amendments 
3258-3261 
Denali Commission Act of 1998 
2681-
637 
Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994, 
Eimendments 
585 
Department of Commerce and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-77 
Department of Defense 
Appropriation Authorization 
Act, 1978, amendments 
2681-886 
Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1992, 
amendments 
2681-610, 3131 
Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1997, 
amendments 
2681-609 
Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1998 
2054 
Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2279 
Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1999, 
amendments 
2054, 2681-559, 2681-
609 
Department of Defense 
Authorization Act, 1986, 
amendments 
1942, 1943 
Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 1998, 
amendments 
88 
Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-363 
Department of Education 
Organization Act, 
amendments 
1836, 2681-421 
Department of Energy 
Organization Act, 
amendments 
1853 
Department of Energy Science 
Education Enhancement Act, 
amendments 
1853 
Department of Health and Human 
Services Appropriations Act, 
1998, amendments 
87 
Department of Health and Human 
Services Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2681-347 
Department of Housing and Urhan 
Development Act, 
amendments 
3287 
Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1992, 
amendments 
1899 
Page 
Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1996, 
amendments 
2681-291 
Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997, 
amendments 
2681-266 
Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1998, 
amendments 
74, 87, 1900, 2681-293, 
2681-295 
Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-232 
Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 1998, 
amendments 
2681-585 
Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-50 
Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-337 
Department of State Appropriation 
Act of 1937, amendments 
2681-812 
Department of State and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1995, amendments 
2681-789 
Department of State and Related 
Agencies Appropriations, 
1999 
2681-92 
Department of State Special Agents 
Retirement Act of 1998 
3406 
Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1993, 
amendments 
3295 
Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1996, 
amendments 
3187 
Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-139 
Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Personnel 
Incentive Act of 1998 
3352 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1988, 
amendments 
2681-837 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciaiy, and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1993, 
amendments 
3291 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1995, 
amendments 
2681-789 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
A5 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related w^encies 
Appropriations Act, 1998, 
amendments 
2681-585 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-50 
Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and 
Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1998, amendments 
87, 88 
Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and 
Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2681-337 
Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent. 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996 
2483, 2564, 2592 
Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1997 
2484, 2499 
Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1998 
2486 
Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1998, amendments 
93, 3244 
Departments of Veterans AfEairs 
and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2461 
Depository Institution-GSE 
AfmiationActof 1998 
2681-854 
Digital Millennium Copyright 
Act 
2860 
Dire Emexgency Supplemental 
Appropriations for Disaster 
Assistance, Food Stamps, 
Un^nployment Compensation 
Administration, and Other 
Ux^nt Needs, and Transfers, 
and Reducing Funds Budgeted 
for Military Spending Act of 
1990, amendments 
2457 
Displaced Homemakers Self-
SufScien^ AMistaxwe Aet, 
amendments 
1059 
District of C<4umbia Adoption 
ImiHrovMaent Act of 1998.... 2681-146 
Page 
District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-121 
District of Columbia Convention 
Center and Sports Arena 
Authorization Act of 1996, 
amendments 
1515 
District of Columbia Court Reform 
and Criminal Procedure Act of 
1970, amendments 
2427, 2428 
District of Columbia Coiuts and 
Justice Technical Corrections 
Act of 1998 
2419 
District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 
1995, amendments 
2681-146, 2681-
148, 2681-149 
District of Columbia Government 
Comprehensive Merit 
Personnel Act of 1978, 
amendments 
2681-144 
District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act, amendments 
2681-149 
District of Columbia Public 
Education Act, amendments 
2681-
142 
District of Columbia Retirement 
Reform Act, amendments... 2421, 2422, 
2681-536, 2681-537 
District of Columbia School 
Reform Act of 1995, 
amendments 
2681-422, 2681-431 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973, amendments 
1242, 2681-427, 
2681-434 
Drive for Teen Employment Act 
3137 
Drug Demand Reduction Act.... 2681-751 
Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 
1998 
2681-752 
Drug-Free Prisons and Jails Act of 
1998 
2681-753 
Drug-Free Schools Quality 
Assurance Act 
2681-756 
Drug-Free Worl^lace Act of 
1998 
2681-707 
Dutch John Federal Plroperty 
Disposition and Assistance Act 
of 1998 
3040 
Economic Development 
Administration and 
Appalachian Regional 
Development Reform Act of 
1998 
3698 
Economic Dev^opment 
Administrati<m Reform Act of 
1998 
3697 
Edacation Amendments of 1978» 
amendments 
32% 
Education of tibe Deaf Aefc of 198^, 
amendments 
1829-1833 
A6 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
Page 
Education of the Deaf 
Amendments 
1829 
Education for Economic Security 
Act, amendments 
1618 
Educational Research, 
Development, Dissemination, 
and Improvement Act of 1994, 
amendments 
2681-410 
Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, 
amendments 
1079, 1080, 1619, 1837, 
2681-365, 2681-391, 2681-406—2681-410, 
2681-422, 2681-431, 2681-756, 2682, 3125 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 
1996, amendments 
80 
Emergency Farm Financial Relief 
Act 
1516 
Emergency Home Finance Act of 
1970, amendments 
2644 
Emergency Johs and 
Unemployment Assistance Act 
of 1974, amendments... 2681-422, 2681-
423, 2681-431 
Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, 
amendments 
662, 668, 2681-436, 
2681-437 
Employment Act of 1946, 
amendments 
2681-420 
Employment Opportunities for 
Individuals With Disahilities 
Act 
1210 
Energy Conservation and 
Production Act, amendments 
1242, 
2681-427, 2681-434, 3479 
Energy Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
3477 
Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
amendments 
1853, 2681-48, 2681-49, 
3282, 3283, 3480-3482, 3484, 3485 
Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act, amendments 
105, 1620, 3477-
3479, 3482 
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, 
amendments 
2247 
Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
1838 
Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 1999, 
amendments 
2681-543 
Environmental Policy and Conflict 
Resolution Act of 1998 
8 
Environmental Programs 
Assistance Act of 1984, 
amendments 
2681-426, 2681-434 
Equity in Educational Land-Grant 
Status Act of 1994, 
amendments 
557, 563, 3126 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 
amendments 
3011 
European Security Act of 1998 
2681-
839 
Page 
Examination Parity and Year 2000 
Readiness for Financial 
Institutions Act 
32 
Executive Office Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681-492 
Export Administration Act of 1979, 
amendments 
2681-793 
Extradition Treaties Interpretation 
Act of 1998 
3033 
FAA Research, Engineering, and 
Development Authorization Act 
of 1998 
5 
Fair Credit Reporting Act, 
amendments 
3208-3211 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 
amendments 
1248, 3137 
Fair Trade in Automotive Parts Act 
of 1998 
2275 
Fairness In Music Licensing Act of 
1998 
2830 
Fall River Water Users District 
Rural Water System Act of 
1998 
3222 
Family and Community Endeavor 
Schools Act, amendments 
2681-410 
Family Educational Rights and 
Privacy Act of 1974, 
amendments 
1835 
Family Violence Prevention and 
Services Act, amendments 
3589 
Farmer-to-Consumer Direct 
Marketing Act of 1976, 
amendments 
3281 
Fascell Fellowship Act, 
amendments 
2681-788 
Fastener Quality Act, 
amendments 
1536 
Federal Activities Inventory 
Reform Act of 1998 
2382 
Federal Agriculture Improvement 
and Reform Act of 1996, 
amendments.... 557, 563, 603, 604, 1617, 
2681-33 
Federal Aid in Fish Restoration 
Act, amendments 
483-486 
Federal Aviation Reauthorization 
Act of 1996, amendments 
2681-587 
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 
Adjustment Act of 1990, 
amendments 
3293 
Federal Credit Union Act, 
amendments 
35, 913 
Federal Crop Insurance Act, 
amendments 
580-583, 2681-38 
Federal Crop Insurance Reform 
and Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994, 
amendments 
2681-41, 2681-305 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 
amendments 
35, 2681-854, 3291 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
A7 
Page 
Federal Employees Health Care 
Protection Act of 1998 
2363 
Federal Employees Life Insurance 
Improvement Act 
2950 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act, amendments 
2681-30, 3035-
^3037, 3285 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage^ 
Corporation Act, 
amendments 
2483 
Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Housing Safety and 
Soundness Act of 1992, 
amendments 
2483 
Federal Lands Cleanup Act of 1985, 
amendments 
1509 
Federal Maritime Commission 
Authorization Act of 1990, 
amendments 
3443 
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act of 1982, 
amendments 
3290 
Federal Power Act, amendments 
625 
Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 
1949, amendments 
2083, 2085 
Federal Reports Elimination Act of 
1998 
3280 
Federal Reports Elimination and 
Sunset Act of 1995, 
amendments 
2681-790 
Federal Transit Act of 1998 
338 
Federal Transit Act of 1998, 
amendments 
852-863, 2681-^76 
Federal Triangle Development Act, 
amendments 
2681-788 
Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
1998 
2681-611 
Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, amendments 
1620, 3283, 3284, 
3432 
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Effect Prevention and 
Services Act 
3591 
Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, 
amendments 
1574-1578 
Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act 
of 1978, amendments 
3058 
Fish and Wildlife Revenue 
Enhancement Act of 1998 
3057 
Fisheries Financing Act, 
amendments 
2681-635 
Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, 
amendments 
3281 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act Amendments of 
1991, amendments 
2681-31 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990, 
amendments 
547, 549, 554r-556, 562, 
563, 604 
Food for Progress Act of 1985, 
amendments 
2681-45 
Page 
Food Security Act of 1985 
2681-32 
Food Security Wheat Reserve Act 
of 1980, amendments 
3466 
Food Stamp Act of 1977, 
amendments... 575, 2681-418, 2681-429, 
3281, 3399 
Foreign Affairs Agencies 
ConsoUdation Act of 1998.... 2681-765 
Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998... 2681-761 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
1938, amendments 
39 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
amendments... 885, 2681-156, 2681-157, 
2681-174, 2681-198, 2681-205, 2681-773, 
2681-815, 2681-817, 2681-849—2681-851, 
2794, 2795, 2809-2811, 3017, 3293 
Foreign Assistance and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 
1985, amendments 
2681-156 
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 
1977, amendments 
3304-3306 
Foreign Direct Investment and 
International Financial Data 
Improvements Act of 1990, 
amendments 
2136 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978, amendments.... 2404, 2410, 
2412 
Foreign Missions Act, 
amendments 
3385 
Foreign Operations Appropriations 
Act, 1996, amendments 
2160 
Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1990, amendments 
2681-389 
Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 
1997, amendments 
99, 2681-823 
Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2681-150 
Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987, 
amendments 
1619, 2681-817 
Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989, 
amendments 
2681-790, 2681-817 
Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, 
amendments 
2681-811, 2681-817 
Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, 
amendments 
2681-787, 2681-789, 
2681-790, 2681-817, 2681-832 
Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, 
amendments 
1619, 2681-811, 2681-
824, 2681-825 
A8 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
Page 
Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 
1999 
2681-801 
Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act of 1972, amendments 
2681-775, 
2681-789 
Foreign Service Act, 
amendments 
2681-585 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, 
amendments 
2681-788, 2681-793, 
2681-808—2681-810, 2681-819, 2681-826— 
2681-828, 2795, 2811, 2812, 3406-3408 
Foreign Service Buildings Act, 
1926, amendments 
2681-814 
Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 
1988, amendments 
1911 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Research Act of 
1978, amendments 
558, 559, 561, 
2681-32 
FREEDOM Support Act, 
amendments 
2681-422 
Full Employment and Balanced 
Growth Act of 1978, 
amendments 
2681-421, 2681-431 
G 
Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 
1998 
2371 
General Education Provisions Act, 
amendments 
1618, 1835, 1836, 2681-
374 
Glacier Bay National Park 
Boundary Acyustment Act of 
1998 
3002 
Goals 2000: Educate America Act, 
amendments 
2681-410, 2681-788 
Government Paperwork 
Elimination Act 
2681-749 
Granger-Thye Act, amendments 
2681-
298 
Granite Watershed Enhancement 
and Protection Act of 1998 
2695 
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National 
Historic Site Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 1998 
3301 
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1990, 
amendments 
2358, 2359, 2361 
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1998 
2358 
Guam Organic Act Amendments of 
1998 
2785 
Haitian Refugee Immigration 
Fairness Act of 1998 
2681-538 
Harmfid Algal Bloom and Hj^oxia 
Research and Control Act of 
1998 
3447 
Page 
Harry S Truman Memorial 
Scholarship Act, amendments 
1618 
Haskell Indian Nations University 
and Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute 
Administrative Systems Act of 
1998 
3171 
Hatch Act of 1887, amendments... 526, 528, 
529, 532-535, 2681-33 
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 
Adjustment Act of 1998 
3401 
Head Start Act, amendments.... 1621, 2703, 
2705, 2710-2719, 2721-2723, 2727 
Head Start Amendments of 
1998 
2703 
Head Start Transition Project Act, 
amendments 
2728 
Health Professions Education 
Extension Amendments of 1992, 
amendments 
3552 
Health Professions Education 
Partnerships Act of 1998 
3524 
Helen Keller National Center Act, 
amendments 
1241 
Helium Act, amendments 
3291 
Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library 
Group Forest Recovery Act 
2681-
305 
High-Performance Computing Act 
of 1991, amendments... 2919-2921, 2924 
High Seas Driftnet Fisheries 
Enforcement Act, 
amendments 
1908 
Higher Education Act of 1965, 
amendments 
496-498, 908, 1585, 
1618, 1636, 2681-421, 2681-431, 2681-788 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1986, amendments 
3127 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1992, amendments 
1618, 1619, 1820, 
3128, 3282 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 
1581 
Highway Safety Act of 1966, 
amendments 
452 
Holocaust Victims Redress Act 
15 
Home Owners* Loan Act, 
amendments 
33 
Homeowners Protection Act of 
1998 
897 
Honey Research, Promotion, and 
Consumer Information Act, 
amendments.... 587-590, 594-€02, 2681-
33 
Hoopa Valley Reservation South 
Boundary Adjustment Act, 
amendments 
1897 
Housing Act of 1949, 
amendments 
2610, 2661-2663, 2669, 
2681-425, 2681-433, 3281 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
A9 
Page 
Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, 
amendments 
2487, 2492, 2564, 2610, 
2644, 2651, 2659 
Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1978, 
amendments 
2660 
Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1980, 
eimendments 
2653 
Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1987, 
amendments 
2610, 2643, 2644, 3287 
Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992, 
amendments 
2486, 2548, 2610, 2643, 
2644, 2658, 3287, 3292 
Housing and Community 
Development Amendments of 
1978, amendments 
2548, 2610 
Housing and Community 
Development Amendments of 
1981, amendments 
2643 
Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965, amendments 
2548 
Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968, amendments 
2655, 2656 
Housing and Urban-Rural 
Recovery Act of 1983, 
amendments 
2643, 3287 
Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996, 
amendments 
2663 
Human Rights, Refugee, and Other 
Foreign Relations Provisions 
Act, 1996, amendments 
2681-834 
Human Services Reauthorization 
Act of 1986, amendments 
2755 
Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act of 1998 
3454 
Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act of 1998, 
amendments 
3445 
Idaho Admission Act, 
amendments 
2822 
Identity Theft and Assumption 
Deterrence Act of 1998 
3007 
Illegal Immigration and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996, 
amendments 
2681-67, 2681-68 
Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act 
of 1996, amendments 
1918, 2653, 
2681-104 
Illinois and Michigan Canal 
National Heritage Corridor Act 
of 1984, amendments 
3261 
Page 
Immigration and Nationality Act, 
amendments 
56, 2681-68, 2681-419, 
2681-430, 2681-641—2681-643, 2681-645, 
2681-648—2681-652, 2681-654, 2681-657, 
2681-658, 2681-819, 2681-820, 2812, 2814, 
3014, 
3015, 
3125 
Immigration Reform and Control 
Act of 1986, amendments... 1058, 2681-
417 
Improving America's Schools Act of 
1994, amendments 
1618, 2681-410, 
3126 
Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-498 
India-Pakistan Relief Act of 
1998 
2681-40 
Indian Child Protection and 
Family Violence Prevention 
Act, amendments 
3287 
Indian Financing Act of 1974, 
amendments 
3287 
Indian Health Care Amendments of 
1988, amendments 
3286 
Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act, amendments 
1897, 1900, 2681-
295, 3285, 3286 
Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act, 
amendments 
3288 
Indian Tribal Tort Claims and Risk 
Management Act of 1998 
2681-335 
Inspector General Act of 1978, 
amendments 
705-709, 2415, 2417, 
2681-776, 2681-792 
Intelligence Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 1992, 
amendments 
2681-788 
Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999 
2396 
Intelligence Community 
Whistleblower Protection Act 
of 1998 
2413 
Intelligent Transportation Systems 
Act of 1998 
452 
Interior Department Appropriation 
Act, 1953, amendments 
3289 
Interior Department Appropriation 
Act, 1954, amendments 
3289 
Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991, 
amendments 
136, 151, 154, 185, 188-
192, 194, 211, 212, 379-381, 463, 2681-480, 
3294 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
amendments 
499, 685, 1511, 2681-
741, 2681-742, 2681-887, 2681-906—2681-
912 
Internal Revenue Service 
Restructiuring and Reform Act 
of 1998 
685 
AlO 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
Page 
Internal Revenue Service 
Restructuring and Reform Act 
of 1998, amendments... 2681-906, 2681-
907 
International Anti-Bribery and 
Fair Competition Act of 
1998 
3302 
International Child Abduction 
Remedies Act, amendments 
2681-
812 
International Claims Settlement 
Act of 1949, amendments 
2681-812 
International Coffee Agreement 
Act of 1980, amendments 
3294 
International Development 
Cooperation Act of 1979, 
amendments 
2681-793 
International Financial 
Institutions Act, amendments.... 2681-
224, 2681-228, 2681-230, 2810 
International Health Research Act 
of 1960, amendments 
3286 
International Maritime and Port 
Security Act of 1986, 
amendments 
2681-819 
International Organization 
Immunities Act, amendments 
2681-
101 
International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 
2787 
International Security and 
Development Cooperation Act 
of 1985, amendments... 2681-115, 2681-
817 
Internet Tax Freedom Act 
2681-719 
Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 
1998 
2681-326 
Investment Company Act of 1940, 
amendments 
3236, 3237 
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 
3178 
Irish Peace Process Cultural and 
Training Program Act of 
1998 
3013 
Irrigation Project Contract 
Extension Act of 1998 
2816 
James Madison Memorial 
Fellowship Act, amendments 
1618 
Japan-United States Friendship 
Act, amendments 
2681-101 
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus 
Security Policy and Campus 
Crime Statistics Act 
1745 
Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water 
Rights Settlement Act, 
amendments 
1898, 1899 
Job Training Partnership Act, 
amendments 
1059 
Job Training Reform Amendments 
of 1992, amendments 
2681-423 
Page 
John F. Kennedy Center Act, 
amendments 
1513 
John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts Authorization 
Act of 1998 
1513 
Judicial Improvements and Access 
to Justice Act, amendments 
2998 
Judiciary Appropriations Act, 1999, 
The 
2681-89 
Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal 
Act 
2226 
Justice Assistance Act of 1984, 
amendments 
3291 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974, 
amendments 
2681-75, 2681-76 
King Holiday and Service Act of 
1994, amendments 
1510 
Land Between the Lakes 
Protection Act of 1998 
2681-310 
Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 
1992, amendments 
2854 
Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965, 
amendments.... 
500, 3055 
Launch Services Purchase Act of 
1990, amendments 
2855 
Law Enforcement Scholarship and 
Recruitment Act, 
amendments 
1621 
Lead-Based Paint Poisoning 
Prevention Act, amendments 
2564 
Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1977, amendments 
2434 
Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1989, amendments 
2434, 2445 
Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1991, amendments 
2439 
Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1996, amendments 
2433 
Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1998, amendments 
2445, 2452-
2454 
Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2430 
Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1999, amendments 
2681-545 
Library of Congress Bicentennial 
Commemorative Coin Act of 
1998 
2378 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 
amendments 
38 
Lobbying Disclosure Technical 
Amendments Act of 1998 
38 
Lorton Technical Corrections Act 
of 1998 
2681-600 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
All 
Page 
Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Act of 1981, 
amendments 
2756-2759 
Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Amendments of 
1998 
2756 
Low-Income Housing Preservation 
and Resident Homeownership 
Act of 1990, amendments 
2548 
M 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management 
Act, amendments 
3454 
Mammography Quality Standards 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
1864 
Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety 
Standards Act of 1974, 
amendments 
2660 
Marine Mammal Protection Act, 
amendments 
2681-238 
Marion National Fish Hatchery 
and Claude Harris National 
Aquacultural Research Center 
Conveyance Act 
1564 
Marsh-BilUngs National Historical 
Park Establishment Act, 
amendments 
2681-267 
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal 
Holiday Commission Extension 
Act, amendments 
1510 
Merchant Marine Act, 1920, 
amendments 
1915 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
amendments 
2031, 2137, 3467 
Methamphetamine Trafficking 
Penalty Enhancement Act of 
1998 
2681-759 
Miccosukee Reserved Area Act 
2964 
Michigan Indian Land Claims 
Settlement Act, amendments 
87 
Migratory Bird Hunting and 
Conservation Stamp Promotion 
Act 
2381 
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, 
amendments 
2381 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 
amendments 
2956 
Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act 
of 1998 
2956 
Miles Land Exchange Act of 
1998 
2778 
Military Construction 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
1553 
Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1995, amendments 
2197, 2223 
Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1996, amendments 
2209, 2217, 
2225 
Page 
Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1997, amendments 
2196 
Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1998, amendments 
2185, 2198, 
2208 
Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999 
2182 
Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Years 1990 and 1991, 
amendments 
2197 
Military Construction 
Authorization Act, 1979, 
amendments 
2223 
Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment 
Fund Distribution Act of 
1998 
3471 
Money Laundering and Financial 
Crimes Strategy Act of 1998 
2941 
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National 
Environmental and Native 
American Public Policy Act of 
1992, amendments 
8-10, 12, 1619, 
2681-512 
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic 
Monument Completion Act 
2690 
Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act of 
1997, amendments 
2608, 2659 
Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961, 
amendments 
1619, 2681-790, 2681-
832, 2811 
N 
Nation's Capital Bicentennial 
Designation Act, amendments.... 2681-
149 
National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 1993, 
amendments 
2851, 3292 
National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization 
Act, 1984, amendments 
3292 
National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization 
Act, 1985, amendments 
3292 
National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization 
Act of 1986, amendments 
3292 
National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization 
Act of 1988, amendments 
3292 
National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act Amendments ofl981, 
amendments 
563 
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National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act Amendments ofl985, 
amendments 
563 
National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977, amendments 
528, 537-
547, 562, 563, 603, 604, 1617, 3281 
National and Community Service 
Act of 1990, amendments.... 1242, 1621, 
1622, 2681-427, 2681-428, 2681-434, 2681-
787, 3244 
National Aquaculture Act of 1980, 
amendments 
563 
National Bone Marrow Registry 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
631 
National Capital Revitalization and 
Self-Government Improvement 
Act of 1997, amendments 
2681-147, 
2681-600 
National Cave and Karst Research 
Institute Act of 1998 
3038 
National Child Protection Act of 
1993, amendments 
1885 
National Crime Prevention and 
Privacy Compact Act of 
1998 
1874 
National Criminal History Access 
and Child Protection Act 
1874 
National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1987, 
amendments 
2225 
National Defense Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 1989, 
amendments 
2123 
National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1991, 
amendments 
877, 2109, 2120, 2681-
419 
National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1993, 
amendments 
1618, 2025, 2026, 2681-
419, 2681-420, 2681-430, 3125 
National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1994, 
amendments 
1617, 1952, 1954, 2681-
420, 2681-^30 
National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1995, 
amendments 
2225, 2248, 2253, 2257 
National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1996, 
amendments 
1953, 1983 
National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1997, 
amendments 
2054, 2086, 2125, 2161, 
2271, 2681-609 
National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1998, 
amendments 
1940, 1992, 2014, 2038, 
2083, 2134, 2136, 2156, 2168, 2171, 2180, 
2246, 2257, 2681-420, 2681-430 
Page 
National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, 
amendments 
1620, 1946, 3282 
National Drought Policy Act of 
1998 
641 
National Education Statistics Act 
of 1994, amendments 
1619 
National Emergencies Act, 
amendments 
3291 
National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act, amendments 
2681-427, 
2681-434, 3477, 3479 
National Fallen Firefighters 
Foundation Act, amendments 
1510, 
2510, 2511 
National Film Preservation 
Foundation Act, amendments 
1511 
National Fish and Wildlife 
Establishment Act, 
amendments 
2681-120 
National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968, amendments 
2502, 2503, 2663 
National Foundation on the Arts 
and Humanities Act of 1965, 
amendments 
2681-293 
National Geologic Mapping Act of 
1992, amendments 
3291 
National Highway System 
Designation Act of 1995, 
amendments 
188, 192 
National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
465 
National Housing Act, 
amendments 
1837, 2486, 2489-2491, 
2644, 2654, 2655, 2665, 2671, 2673, 2674 
National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act, amendments 
2935, 
2937 
National Institutes of Health 
Revitalization Act of 1993, 
amendments 
3590 
National Kiwifruit Research, 
Promotion, and Consumer 
Information Act, amendments 
585 
National Literacy Act of 1991, 
amendments 
1079 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Authorization 
Act of 1992, amendments 
3282 
National Park Foundation Act, 
amendments 
3520 
National Park Service Concessions 
Management Improvement Act 
of 1998 
3503 
National Park Service Concessions 
Policy Act, amendments 
3515 
National Park Service Organic Act, 
amendments 
3515 
National Park System Greneral 
Authorities Act, amendments 
3501, 
3515, 3522 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
A13 
Page 
National Park System New Areas 
Studies Act 
3501 
National Parks Omnibus 
Management Act of 1998 
3497 
National Parks and Recreation Act 
of 1978, amendments 
3202 
National School Lunch Act, 
amendments 
1242, 3144-3154, 3156, 
3157 
National Science Foundation Act of 
1960, amendments 
873, 875 
National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act, 1976, 
amendments 
874 
National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 1998 
869 
National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 1988, 
amendments 
874 
National Sea Grant College 
Program Act, amendments 
21, 99 
National Sea Grant College 
Program Reauthorization Act 
of 1998 
21 
National Security Act of 1947, 
amendments 
2400, 2401, 2681-693, 
2800 
National Skill Standards Act of 
1994, amendments 
2681-422 
National Space Grant College and 
Fellowship Act, amendments 
3292 
National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration 
Organization Act, 
amendments 
2132 
National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Act of 
1998 
678 
National Visitor Center Facilities 
Act of 1968, amendments 
188 
National Whale Conservation Fund 
Act of 1998 
2681-119 
National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1966, 
amendments 
2958 
National Wildlife Refuge System 
Improvement Act of 1998 
2957 
National Wildlife Refuge System 
Volunteer and Community 
Partnership Enhancement Act 
of 1998 
1574 
Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996, 
amendments 
1900, 2656-2659 
Native American Programs Act 
Amendments of 1998 
3278 
Native American Programs Act of 
1974, amendments 
3278 
Native Americans Educational 
Assistance Act, amendments 
3288 
Page 
Native Hawaiian Health Care 
Improvement Act, 
amendments 
1899 
NATO Participation Act of 1994, 
amendments 
2681-842 
Navajo Community College Act, 
amendments 
1829 
Nav^Jo-Hopi Land Dispute 
Settlement Act of 1996, 
amendments 
1897 
Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act 
1859 
Next Generation Internet Research 
Act of 1998 
2919 
1997 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for 
Recovery fk-om Natural 
Disasters, and for Overseas 
Peacekeeping Efforts, 
Including Those in Bosnia, 
amendments 
2271 
1998 Supplemental Appropriations 
and Rescissions Act 
58 
1998 Supplemental Appropriations 
and Rescissions Act, 
amendments 
2486, 2681-236 
Niobrara Scenic River Designation 
Act of 1991, amendments 
3290 
Noncitizen Benefit Clarification 
and Other Technical 
Amendments Act of 1998 
2926 
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
Prevention and Control Act of 
1990, amendments 
3295 
North American Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation 
Act, amendments 
790, 2926 
North American Wetlands 
Conservation Act, 
amendments 
2958 
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 
Convention Act of 1995, 
amendments 
3451, 3452 
Northwest Straits Marine 
Conservation Initiative Act 
3458 
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 
1978, amendments 
2681-775 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 
amendments 
1853 
Nursing Education and Practice 
Improvement Act of 1998 
3562 
Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970, amendments 
638, 640, 
1572 
Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration Compliance 
Assistance Authorization Act of 
1998 
638 
Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 
1998 
1902 
A14 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
Page 
Oceans Act of 1992, amendments 
3439 
Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy Act, amendments 
2083, 2136, 
2681-879 
Office of National Drug Control 
Policy Reauthorization Act of 
1998 
2681-670 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
amendments 
2681-471, 3421, 3429, 
3440 
Older Americans Act of 1965, 
amendments 
1080, 1087, 1620, 2681-
416, 2681-425, 2681-426, 2681-433, 2755, 
3126 
Oljrmpic and Amateur Sports Act 
Amendments of 1998 
2681-603 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1985, amendments 
3286 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1987, amendments 
3286 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1989, amendments 
3286 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1990, amendments 
1856, 3286 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1993, amendments 
668 
Omnibus Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 1997, 
amendments 
1918, 2681-526 
Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681, 
2681-919 
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions 
and Appropriations Act of 1996, 
amendments 
2681-291 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, 
amendments 
511, 512, 515, 1620, 
2681-70, 2681-76, 2681-426, 2681-433, 
2841, 3495 
Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986, 
amendments 
2681-586 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996, 
amendments 
1618, 3205, 3266 
Online Copyright Infringement 
Liability Limitation Act 
2877 
Oregon Public Lands Transfer and 
Protection Act of 1998 
3020 
Organic Act of Guam, 
amendments 
2785, 2786, 3290 
Organic Foods Production Act of 
1990, amendments 
585 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 
amendments 
3290 
Pacific Yew Act, amendments 
3289 
Packers and Stockyards Act, 
amendments 
2681-46 
Page 
Panama Canal Act Amendments of 
1996, amendments 
2271 
Panama Canal Act of 1979, 
amendments 
2268 
Panama Canal Commission 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999 
2267 
Partnerships for Wildlife Act, 
amendments 
2958 
Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 
1998 
2681-742 
Persian Gulf War Veterans' 
Benefits Act, amendments 
3325 
Persian Gulf War Veterans' Health 
Status Act, amendments 
3323, 3325 
Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
of 1996, amendments 
578-580, 657, 
2681-419, 2681-429, 2681-430, 2926, 2927, 
3149 
Petrogljrph National Monument 
Boundary Adjustment Act 
82 
Petrogl3rph National Monument 
Establishment Act of 1990, 
amendments 
84, 85 
Petroleum Overcharge Distribution 
and Restitution Act of 1986, 
amendments 
2681-295 
Plant Patent Amendments Act of 
1998 
2780 
Police Corps Act, amendments 
1621, 
2681-597 
Police, Fire, and Emergency 
Officers Educational Assistance 
Act of 1998 
3495 
Ports and Waterways Safety Act, 
amendments 
3417 
Postal Employees Safety 
Enhancement Act 
1572 
Postal Service Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2681-492 
Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies 
Act, amendments 
1504 
Preventive Health Amendments of 
1993, amendments 
3587 
Protection of Children From 
Sexual Predators Act of 
1998 
2974 
Public and Assisted Housing Drug 
Elimination Act of 1990, 
amendments 
2488 
Public and Assisted Housing Drug 
Elimination Program 
Amendments of 1998, 
amendments 
2646 
Public Health Service Act, 
amendments 
43, 82, 631, 1620, 1853, 
1864, 2681-359, 2681-362, 2681-387, 2681-
388, 2681-438, 2681-741, 3191-3195, 3285, 
3525, 3537, 3539, 3541, 3552, 3553, 3557, 
3559-3579, 3581, 3582, 3585-3591, 3593 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
A15 
Page 
Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965, 
amendments 
3597, 3616, 3617 
Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998 
2518 
R 
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, 
amendments 
2681-780 
Radio Free Asia Act of 1998 
2277 
Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 
amendments 
2681-391 
Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, 
amendments 
471, 477 
Randolph-Sheppard Act, 
amendments 
1241 
Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment 
Act of 1992, amendments 
3025 
Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area 
Establishment Act of 1990, 
amendments 
2349 
Refugee Education Assistance Act 
of 1980, amendments.... 1079, 2681-419, 
2681-430 
Regional Rail Reorganization Act 
of 1973, amendments 
477 
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 
1998 
1092 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
amendments 
1092, 1093, 1116, 1167, 
1183, 1198, 1202, 1203, 1206, 1210, 1217, 
1241, 1620, 2681-412—2681-416, 3127, 
3651, 3653, 3661, 3662 
Religious Liberty and Charitable 
Donation Protection Act of 
1998 
517 
Renewable Resources Extension 
Act of 1978, amendments 
563 
Research Facilities Act, 
amendments 
530, 563 
Residency Requirement 
Reinstatement Amendment Act 
of 1998, amendments 
2681-146 
Resolution Trust Corporation 
Completion Act, amendments 
910 
Revised Organic Act of the Virgin 
Islands, amendments 
3290 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation 
Act of 1994, amendments 
2959-2961 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation 
Act of 1998 
2959 
Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund 
Act of 1998 
3368 
Right to Financial Privacy Act of 
1978, amendments 
2351 
Page 
Route 66 Study Act of 1990, 
amendments 
3290 
Rural Development, Agriculture, 
and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1988, 
amendments 
2681-32 
S 
Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 
1998 
3377 
San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights 
Settlement Act, amendments 
1899 
Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Study Act of 
1998 
1579 
School-to-Work Opportunities Act 
of 1994, amendments 
1622 
School-to-Work Opportunity Act of 
1994, amendments 
3288 
Science and Engineering Equal 
Opportunities Act, 
amendments 
874 
Scientific and Advanced-
Technology Act of 1992, 
amendments 
1620 
Sea Grant Program Improvement 
Act of 1976, amendments 
, 
24 
Securities Act of 1933, 
amendments 
3227, 3230, 3235, 3237 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
amendments 
3230, 3233-3235, 3302, 
3303 
Securities Litigation Uniform 
Standards Act of 1998 
3227 
Shipping Act of 1984, 
amendments 
1902, 3440, 3441 
Sikes Act, amendments 
2206 
Small Business Act, amendments 
2681-
420, 2681-430, 2681-708, 2681-710 
Small Business Job Protection Act 
of 1996, amendments 
822, 823 
Smith-Lever Act, amendments 
525, 528, 
529, 531, 534, 536, 2681-33 
Snyder Act, amendments 
1619 
Social Security Act, amendments 
498, 
499, 646-648, 657, 658, 661, 662, 668-674, 
2681-361, 2681-389, 2681-425, 2681-432, 
2681-911, 2681-913—2681-917, 2927-2929, 
3286 
Social Security Act Amendments of 
1994, amendments 
674 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, 
amendments 
3284 
Solid Waste Disposal Act 
Amendments of 1980, 
amendments 
3284 
Sonny Bono Copyright Term 
Extension Act 
2827 
Southern Nevada Public Land 
Management Act of 1998 
2343 
Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983, 
amendments 
1619 
A16 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
Page 
Special Foreign Assistance Act of 
1986, amendments 
2681-817 
Sportfishing and Boating Safety 
Act of 1998 
482 
State Department Authorities Act 
of 1956, amendments 
2681-789 
State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956, 
amendments 
2681-767, 2681-775, 
2681-776, 2681-792, 2681-804, 2681-805, 
2681-808—2681-810, 2681-812, 2681-815, 
2681-818, 2681-^23—2681-826, 3029, 3385 
Stevenson-Wydler Teclinology 
Innovation Act of 1980, 
amendments 
2935, 2938, 2939, 3655 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act, amendments 
1059, 
2681-417, 2681-427—2681-429, 2681-434 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Amendments Act of 
1988, amendments 
2529 
Strategic and Critical Materials 
Stock Piling Act, 
amendments 
2264 
Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999 
1920 
Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999, amendments 
2681-610 
Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
amendments 
3284 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1973 
2432, 2433 
Support for East European 
Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 
amendments 
790 
Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977, 
amendments 
1620 
Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1978, amendments 
193 
Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1982, amendments 
192 
Surface Transportation Revenue 
Act of 1998 
499 
Surface Transportation and 
Uniform Relocation Assistance 
Act of 1987, amendments 
192 
Sustainable Fisheries Act, 
amendments 
3454 
Tariff Act of 1930, amendments 
1916 
Tax and Trade Relief Extension 
Act of 1998 
2681-886 
Tax Technical Corrections Act of 
1998 
790 
Taxpayer Bill of Rights 3 
726 
Paga 
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, 
amendments 
506, 792, 796, 800, 806, 
807, 809, 812, 813, 815-822, 2681-902, 
2681-909 
TEA 21 Restoration Act 
834 
Tech-Prep Education Act 
3117 
Technical and Miscellaneous 
Revenue Act of 1988, 
amendments 
722, 3286 
Technology Administration Act of 
1998 
2935 
Technology-Related Assistance for 
Individuals With DisabiUties 
Act of 1988, amendments.... 1242, 1620, 
3661 
Telecommunications Act of 1934, 
amendments 
1621 
Telemarketing Fraud Prevention 
Act of 1998 
520 
Television Broadcasting to Cuba 
Act, amendments 
2681-781 
Texas Low-Level Radioactive 
Waste Disposal Compact 
Consent Act 
1542 
Thomas Alva Edison 
Coznmemorative Coin Act 
3073 
Torture Victims Relief Act of 
1998 
3016 
Trade Act of 1974, amendments 
789, 
1087, 2681-421, 2681-431, 2681-726, 2681-
900, 2681-901, 3294 
Trade and Tariff Act of 1984, 
amendments 
2681-524 
Trade Deficit Review Commission 
Act 
2681-547 
Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 
amendments 
789 
Trademark Act of 1946, 
amendments 
3064-3070 
Trademark Law Treaty 
Implementation Act 
3064 
Trans-Atlantic Pipeline System 
Reform Act of 1990, 
amendments 
2681-471 
Transportation Equity Act for the 
21st Century 
107 
Transportation Equity Act for the 
21st Century, amendments 
834, 
2681-474, 2681-476—2681-^78 
Transportation Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 
1998 
241 
Travel and Transportation Reform 
Act of 1998, amendments 
2350 
Treasury Department 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-480 
Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-480 
Treasury, Postal Service, and 
General Grovemment 
Appropriations Act, 1988, 
amendments 
3294 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
A17 
Page 
Treasury, Postal Service, and 
General Government 
Appropriations Act, 1997, 
amendments 
2681-519 
Tribal Economic Development and 
Technology Related Education 
Assistance Act of 1990, 
amendments 
1827 
Tribal Self-Governance Act, 
amendments 
2681-264 
Tribally Controlled Colleges or 
University Act of 1978, 
amendments 
1829 
Tribally Controlled Community 
College Assistance Act, 
amendments 
1619 
Tribally Controlled Community 
College Assistance Act of 1978, 
amendments 
1827 
TribaUy Controlled Schools Act of 
1988, amendments 
3288 
Tropical Forest Conservation Act 
of 1998 
885 
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, 
amendments 
3237 
Twenty-First Century Workforce 
Commission Act 
1087 
U 
U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission 
Act of 1998 
611 
Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988, 
amendments 
2681-528 
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
Absentee Voting Act of 1986, 
amendments 
2681-817 
United States Canada Free-Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act 
of 1988, amendments 
789 
United States-Hong Kong Policy 
Act of 1992, amendments 
790 
United States Housing Act of 1937, 
amendments 
2485, 2511, 2522-2531, 
2539, 2543, 2547, 2549-2551, 2561-2565, 
2567-2570, 2573-2576, 2579, 2581, 2586, 
2588, 2592, 2594, 2596, 2604-2607, 2609-
2611, 2613, 2616, 2627, 2631, 2632, 2634, 
2635, 2637, 2640, 2656, 2681-433, 2828 
United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 
1948, amendments 
2681-786, 2681-
790, 2681-832, 2681-835 
United States Institute of Peace 
Act, amendments 
1834, 2681-773 
United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994, 
amendments 
2681-777—2681-780, 
2811 
United States National Tourism 
Organization Act of 1996, 
amendments 
2681-789 
Page 
United States Patent and 
Trademark Office 
Reauthorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 1999 
3272 
Upper Mississippi River Wild Life 
and Fish Refuge Act, 
amendments 
2957 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 
amendments 
790, 3294 
USEC Privatization Act, 
amendments 
1853 
Used Oil Recycling Act of 1980, 
amendments 
3284 
Utah Schools and Lands Exchange 
Act of 1998 
3139 
Utah Schools and Lands 
Improvement Act of 1993, 
amendments 
3142 
Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Modification Act 
2681-
741 
Vessel Hull Design Protection 
Act 
2905 
Veterans Benefits Act of 1998 
492 
Veterans' Benefits Improvements 
Act of 1996, amendments 
3366 
Veterans' Benefits and Programs 
Improvement Act of 1988, 
amendments 
2681-423, 2681-^32 
Veterans Employment 
Opportunities Act of 1998 
3182 
Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, 
amendments 
3358 
Veterans' Job Training Act, 
amendments 
2681-423, 2681-424, 
2681-432 
Veterans Programs Enhancement 
Act of 1998 
3315 
Veterans' Rehabilitation and 
Education Amendments of 
1980, amendments 
2681-424, 2681-
432 
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, 
amendments 
2983 
Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994, 
amendments 
2681-72, 2681-428, 
2681-434, 2681-760, 2985, 2989 
Vocational Education Amendments 
of 1968, amendments 
3126 
Volunteers for Children Act 
1885 
W 
Wagner-Peyser Act, amendments 
1080, 
2681-416, 3127 
Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Control Act of 1992, 
amendments 
2180 
A18 
POPULAR NAME INDEX 
Page 
Web-Based Education Commission 
Act 
1822 
Weir Farm National Historic Site 
Establishment Act of 1990, 
amendments 
3296 
Western Hemisphere Drug 
Elimination Act 
2681-693 
Wetlands and Wildlife 
Enhancement Act of 1998 
2958 
WiUiam F. Goodling Child 
Nutrition Reauthorization Act 
of 1998 
3143 
WIPO Cop3nright and Performances 
and Phonograms Treaties 
Implementation Act of 1998 
2861 
Wireless Telephone Protection 
Act 
53 
Women's Health and Cancer Rights 
Act of 1998 
2681-436 
Women's Health Research and 
Prevention Amendments of 
1998 
3191 
Page 
Women's Progress Commemoration 
Act 
3196 
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 
1968, amendments 
2681-788 
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge 
Authority Act of 1995, 
amendments 
158-160 
Worker Adjustment and Retraining 
Notification Act, amendments.... 2681-
424, 2681-432 
Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 
936 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 
amendments 
1622, 2681-411, 2681-
412, 2681-417, 2681-435, 3126, 3127 
Year 2000 Information and 
Readiness Disclosure Act 
2386 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Bl 
Page 
Adoption 
See Children, Youth, and Families 
Africa 
Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 
1998 
3460 
African Americans 
Black Revolutionary War Patriots 
Memorial, extension 
3205 
Commission on the Advancement of 
Women and Minorities in Science, 
Engineering, and Technology 
Development Act 
1889 
Little Rock Central High School 
National Historic Site, AR, 
establishment 
3268 
National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Act of 
1998 
678 
Agriculture 
Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 
1998 
3460 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 
1998 
523 
Agriculture Export Relief 
Act of 
1998 
627 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681 
Antimicrobial Regulation Technical 
Corrections Act of 1998 
3035 
Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act 
of 1998 
3465 
Emergency Farm Financial Relief 
Act 
1516 
Fanning losses, 5-year net operating 
loss carryback 
2681-902 
Federal means-tested public 
assistance programs database, 
study 
3399 
Food stamps, deceased individuals, 
denial 
3399 
National Drought Policy Act of 
1998 
641 
Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681 
Plant Patent Amendments Act of 
1998 
2780 
AIDS 
Correction Ofiicers Health and Safety 
Act of 1998 
3374 
Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief 
Fund Act 
of 1998 
3368 
Air PoUution 
See Enviroimiental Protection 
Aircraft and Aviation 
See Transportation 
Airports 
See Transportation 
Page 
Alabama 
Justice John McKinley Federal 
Building, designation 
2835 
Marion National Fish Hatchery and 
Claude Harris National 
Aquacultural Research Center 
Conveyance Act 
1564 
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic 
Site, establishment 
3254 
Alaska 
ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 
1998 
3129 
Denali Commission Act of 1998.... 2681-637 
Glacier Bay National Park Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 1998 
3002 
Glacier Bay National Park, 
commercial fishing 
2681-259 
Katmai National Park, land 
exchange 
2681-264 
Pacific Nor^west Emergency 
Management Arrangement 
3402 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement 
3391 
Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse 
Collegiate Initiative To Reduce Binge 
Drinking and Illegal Alcohol 
Consumption 
1596 
Animals 
African Elephant Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 1998... 
911 
Horses, wild, Cape Lookout National 
Seashore, maintenance 
631 
Annan, Kofi 
1540 
Antitrust 
CurtFlood Actof 1998 
2824 
Appalachian 
Appalachian Regional Development 
Reform Act of 1998 
3618 
Economic Development 
Administration and Appalachian 
Regional Development Reform 
Act of 1998 
3204 
Appropriations 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and 
related agencies, 1999 
2681 
Authorizations 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
1998 
3411 
FAA Research, Engineering, and 
Development Authorization Act 
of 1998 
5 
Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 
1999 
2681-801 
Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999 
2396 
John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts Authorization 
Act of 1998 
1513 
National Hi^way Traffic Safety 
Administration 
Reauthorization Act of 
1998 
465 
B2 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Appropriations—Continued 
National Institute of Standards and 
Technology 
2935 
National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 1998 
869 
National Sea Grant College 
Program Reauthorization Act of 
1998 
21 
Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999 
1920 
United States Patent and 
Trademark Office 
Reauthorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 1999 
3272 
Commerce Department and related 
agencies, 1999 
2681-77 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies, 
1999 
2681-50 
Congressional operations, 1999 
Continuing, 1999.... 1566,1868,1888,1901, 
1919,2418 
Defense Department, 1999 
2279 
District of 
Columbia, 1999 
2681-121 
Education Department, 1999 
2681-363 
Emergency supplemental, 1998 
58 
Energy and water development, 
1999 
1838 
Executive OSice, 1999 
2681-492 
Foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs, 1999... 2681-150 
Health and Human Services 
Department, 1999 
2681-347 
Independent agencies, 1999 
2681-498 
Interior Department and related 
agencies, 1999 
2681-232 
Judiciary, 1999 
2681-89 
Justice Department, 1999 
2681-50 
Labor Department, 1999 
2681-337 
Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related 
agencies, 1999 
2681-337 
Legislative Branch, 1999 
2430 
Military construction, 1998 
Cancellation of 
line items, 
disapproval 
19 
Military construction, 1999 
1553 
Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681 
Postal Service, 1999 
2681-492 
State Department and related 
agencies, 1999 
2681-92 
Transportation Department and 
related agencies, 1999 
2681-439 
Treasury and general Government, 
1999 
2681-480 
Treasury Department, 1999 
2681-480 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and 
independent agencies, 1999 
2461 
PkfB 
Arbitration 
Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 
1998 
2993 
Arizona 
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, 
land conveyance, prohibition 
3204 
Casa Malpais Nationsa Historic 
Landmark, cooperative 
agreement 
3397 
Land conveyance 
3297 
Arluuisas 
Charleston National Commemorative 
Site, designation 
2681-262 
Dale Bumpers Wildlife Resources 
Protection Act 
1857 
Hydroelectric project construction 
2700 
Little Rock Central High School 
National Historic Site, 
establishment 
3268 
Armed Forces 
Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2279 
Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-150 
Military Construction Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
1553 
Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act of 
Fiscal Year 
1999 
1920 
Arms and Munitions 
Armored Car Reciprocity 
Amendments of 1998 
2776 
Chemical Weapons Convention 
Implementation Act of 1998 
2681-
856 
Defense Against Weapons of 
Mass 
Destruction Act of 1998 
2167 
Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999 
1920 
Automobiles 
See Transportation 
Awards, Decorations, and Medals 
American GI Forum of 
the United 
States, federal charter 
1530 
Congressional gold medals 
Gerald R. and Betty Ford 
2681-598 
Little Rock Nine 
2681-^97 
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 
895 
Congressional Medal of Honor 
Theodore Roosevelt 
3376 
Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award, 
additional awards 
2935 
National Technology Medal for 
Environmental Technology, 
establishment 
2939 
Bankruptcy 
Religious Liberty and Charitable 
Donation Protection Act of 
1998 
517 
SUBJECTINDEX 
B3 
Pag» 
Banks and Banking 
Assets for Independence Act 
2759 
Credit Union Membership Access 
Act 
913 
Depository Institution-GSE AfiOiation 
Act of 1998 
2681-864 
Examination Parity and Year 2000 
Readiness for Financial 
Institutions Act 
32 
Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-160 
Homeowners Protection Act of 
1998 
897 
International Financial Institution 
Advisory Commission, 
establishment 
2681-220 
Money Laundering and Financial 
Crimes Strategy Act of 1998 
2941 
Baseball 
CurtFlood Actof 1998 
2824 
Beals, Melba PatiUo 
2681-697 
Bethune-Cookman College, FL 
2670 
Biehl, Amy Elizabeth 
896 
Biehl, Linda 
896 
Biehl, Peter 
896 
Birth Defects 
See Health and Health Care 
Boards, Committees, Commissions, 
Etc. 
Advisory Commission on Electronic 
Commerce, establishment 
2681-722 
Advisory Committee on 
Interdisciplinary, Community-
Based Linkages, 
establishment 
3649 
Advisory Committee on Minority 
Health, program revision and 
extension 
3682 
Athletes' Advisory Council, 
establishment 
2681-604 
Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory 
Commission, reauthorization 
2694 
Centennial of 
Flight Commission, 
establishment 
3486 
Commission on Online Child 
Protection, establishment 
2681-739 
Commission on the Advancement of 
Women and Minorities in Science, 
Engineering, and Technology 
Development, establishment 
1890 
Denali Commission, 
establishment 
2681-637 
Enterprise for the Americas Board, 
additional members 
892 
First Flight Centennial Federal 
Advisory Board, 
establishment 
3492 
Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory 
Committee, establishment 
3418 
Industry Councils, establishment 
1016 
Interagency Committee on Disability 
Research, establishment 
1173 
Fag0 
Internal Revenue Service Oversight 
Board, establishment 
691 
International Financial Institution 
Advisory Commission, 
establishment 
2681-220 
Jacob K Javits Fellows Program 
Fellowship Board, 
establishment 
1787 
Land Between the Lakes Advisory 
Board, establishment 
2681-314 
Local Workforce Investment Boards, 
establishment 
964 
National Advisory Council on Nurse 
Education and Practice, 
establishment 
3672 
National Board of 
the Fund for the 
Improvement of Postsecondary 
Education, establishment 
1797 
National Cave and Karst Research 
Institute, establishment 
3038 
National Coundl on Disability, 
establishment 
1198 
National Drought Policy Commission, 
establishment 
641 
National Institute for Literacy 
Advisory Board, 
establishment 
1076 
National Park Service Concessions 
Management Advisory Board, 
establishment 
3612 
National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol 
Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol 
Effect, establishment 
3694 
Northwest Straits Advisory 
Commission,establishment.. 
3468 
Parents Advisoiy Council on Youth 
Drug Abuse, establishment... 2681-689 
President's Council on Counter-
Narcotics, establishment 
2681-688 
Rehabilitation Research Advisor>-
Coimcil, establishment 
1182 
Salton Sea Research Management 
Committee, establishment 
3379 
State Workforce Investment Boards, 
establishment 
946 
The National Commission on 
Terrorism, establishment 
2681-210 
Twenty-First Century Workforce 
Commission, establishment 
1088 
U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission 
Actof 1998 
611 
United States Advisory Commission 
on Public Diplomacy, 
abolition 
2681-786 
United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom, 
establishment 
2797 
United States Institute for 
Environmental Conflict 
Resolution, establishment 
9 
Web-Based Education Commission, 
establishment 
1822 
B4 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Boards, Committees, Commissions, 
Etc.—Continued 
Women's Progress Commemoration 
Commission, establishment 
3196 
Working Group on United States 
Government-Sponsored 
International Exchanges and 
Training, establishment 
2681-832 
Boats 
Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 
1998 
482 
Bone Marrow 
See Health and Health Care 
Bono, Maiy 
88 
Burlington Resources Oil & Gas 
Company 
40 
Business and Industry 
Commercial Space Act of 1998 
2843 
Employment Opportunities for 
Individuals With Disabilities 
Act 
1210 
Industry Councils, establishment 
1015 
Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 
936 
Butler, Richard 
1540 
California 
Advisory Council on California Indian 
Policy Extension Act of 1998 
2818 
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
Indians, revenue distribution 
2932 
Alamo River and New River, water 
quality improvement 
3380 
Dungeness credb fishery management 
authority 
3453 
El Portal Administrative Site, land 
exchange 
3298 
Folsom Dam, temperature control 
devices, authorization 
2820 
Granite Watershed Enhancement and 
Protection Act of 1998 
2695 
Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library 
Group Forest Recovery Act.... 2681-305 
Land conveyances 
629,879 
Salton Sea feasibility study 
2618-658 
Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 
1998 
3377 
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National 
Wildlife Refuge, designation 
3380 
Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area, 
designation 
1857 
Canada 
Canadian River Project Prepayment 
Act 
2999 
Pacific Northwest Emergency 
Management Arrangement 
3402 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement 
>
. 
3391 
Cancer 
Mammography Quality Standards 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
1864 
Page 
National Bone Marrow Registry 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
631 
Capps, Lois G 
88 
Cars 
See Transportation 
Caves 
National Cave and Karst Research 
Institute Act of 1998 
3038 
Charities 
See Nonprofit Organizations 
Chemicals 
Antimicrobial Regulation Technical 
Corrections Act of 1998 
3035 
Chestnut, Jacob Joseph 
1250 
Child Support 
See Chil^n, Youth, and Families 
Children, Youth, and Families 
Adoption provisions 
658 
Birdi Defects Prevention Act of 
1998 
43 
Child custody and visitation court 
orders, enforcement 
3383 
Child Online Protection Act 
2681-736 
Child Support Performance and 
Incentive Act of 1998 
645 
Children's Online Privacy Protection 
Act of 1998 
2681-728 
Coats Human Services 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
2702 
Community Opportunities, 
Accountability, and Training and 
Educational Services Act of 
1998 
2702 
Community Services Block Grant 
Act 
2728 
Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 
1998 
618 
District of Columbia Adoption 
Improvement Act of 1998 
2681-146 
Drive for Teen Employment Act 
3137 
Drug Demand Reduction Act 
2681-751 
Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 
1998 
2681-752 
Drug-Free Schools Quality Assurance 
Act 
2681-756 
Extradition Treaties Interpretation 
Act of 1998 
3033 
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Efifect Prevention and 
Services Act 
3591 
Head Start Amendments of 1998 
2703 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 
1581 
National Criminal History Access and 
Child Protection Act 
1874 
Parents Advisory Council on Youth 
Drug Abuse, establishment... 2681-689 
Protection of 
Children From Sexual 
Predators Act of 1998 
2974 
Volunteers for Children Act 
1885 
William F. Goodling Child Nutrition 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
3143 
SUBJECT INDEX 
B5 
Page 
China 
Radio Free Asia Act of 1998 
2277 
ChongHo Kwak 
3670 
CivU Rii^ts 
Smithsonian Institution, employment 
discrimination and labor-
management, application 
1092 
Coast Guard 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
1998 
3411 
Coins 
See Currency 
Colleges and Universities 
See Education 
Colorado 
Dan Schaefer Federal Building, 
designation 
2681-304 
David Skaggs Federal Building, 
designation 
2681-304 
FERC project deadline and license, 
extension 
883 
Miles Land Exchange Act of 
1998 
2778 
Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Study Act of 
1998 
1579 
Commerce and Trade 
Armored Car Reciprocity 
Amendments of 1998 
2776 
Consumer Reporting Employment 
Clarification Act of 1998 
3208 
Department of 
Commerce and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2681-77 
Fair Trade in Automotive Parts Act of 
1998 
2276 
Financial report program, 
extension 
1886 
International Anti-Bribery and Fair 
Competition Act of 1998 
3302 
Securities Litigation Uniform 
Standards Act of 1998 
3227 
Tax and Trade Relief Extension Act of 
1998 
2681-^86 
Technology Administration Act of 
1998 
2935 
Trade Deficit Review Commission 
Act 
2681-547 
Trademark Law Treaty 
Implementation Act 
3064 
Year 2000 Information and Readiness 
Disclosure Act 
2386 
Common Carriers 
See Transportation 
Communications and 
Telecommunications 
Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 
1998 
2681-752 
Government Paperwork Elimination 
Act 
2681-749 
Wireless Telephone Protection 
Act 
53 
Page 
World Wide Web 
See Internet 
Year 2000 Information and Readiness 
Disclosure Act 
2386 
Compacts Between States 
See Interstate Compacts 
Computers 
See also Internet 
Computer Maintenance Competition 
Assurance Act 
2886 
Digital Millennium Copyright Act 
2860 
Examination Parity and Year 2000 
Readiness for Financial 
Institutions Act 
32 
Technology Administration Act of 
1998 
2935 
Year 2000 Information and Readiness 
Disclosure Act 
2386 
Concurrent Resolutions 
Adjournment 
3673,3674,3681,3683, 
3688,3699 
Capitol buildings and grounds 
Breast cancer survivors event 
3674 
Days of remembrance of 
victims of 
the Holocaust, ceremony 
3673 
Disabled American veterans 
event 
3681 
John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts 
3676 
John Michael Gibson and Jacob 
Joseph Chestnut Memorial 
Service 
3685 
National Peace Officers' Memorial 
Service 
3679 
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 
3691 
POW/MIAflag, display 
3681 
Soap box derby races 
3677 
Special Olympics torch nm 
3678 
Child abduction, international 
cooperation 
3694 
Country Miisic, TN and VA, 
birthplace 
3691 
Eney, Chestnut, Gibson Memorial 
Building, designation 
3693 
Enrolled bills, corrections 
Automobile National Heritage Area 
Act 
3698 
Birth Defects Prevention Act of 
1998 
3675 
Poland, international fishery 
sigreement 
3699 
Florida wild land fires, 
condolences 
3684 
George Washington, two hundredth 
anniversary of death 
3692 
Joanne Chesimard and other 
fugitives, return from Cuba 
3695 
John Michael Gibson and Jacob 
Joseph Chestnut, 
commendation 
3686 
Little League Baseball Incorporated, 
recognition 
3675 
B6 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Concurrent Resolutions—Continued 
National Emergency Medical Services 
Memorial Service, official site 
designation 
3680 
New Tribes Mission, hostage 
crisis 
3696 
Publications, printing 
"The United States Capitol" 
3690 
John Michael Gibson and Jacob 
Joseph Chestnut, eulogies 
3687 
Slobodan Milosevic, war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, and 
genocide 
3688 
Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights, fiftieth anniversary 
3693 
Violent criminals, mandatory 
minimum 
3682 
Congress 
Congressional gold medals 
Gerald R. and Betty Ford 
2681-598 
Little Rock Nine 
2681-597 
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 
895 
Congressional Medal of 
Honor 
Theodore Roosevelt 
3376 
Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2430 
Enrolled bills, parchment printing, 
waiver 
1887 
Interstate Compacts, congressional 
consent 
National Crime Prevention and 
Privacy Compact 
1875 
Pacific Northwest Emezgency 
Management Arrangement 
3402 
Potomac Highlands Airport 
Authority Compact 
3212 
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Compact 
1642 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement..... 
3391 
Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2430 
Library of 
Congress, American 
FolMife Center, permanent 
authorization 
2458 
Library of 
Congress Bicentennial 
Commemorative Coin Act of 
1998 
2378 
Lobbying Disclosure Technical 
Amendments Act of 1998 
38 
One Hundred Sixth Congress, first 
session, convening 
3218 
United States Capitol PoUce Memorial 
Fund, establishment 
1250 
Connecticut 
Richard C. Lee United States 
Courthouse, designation 
1869 
Weir Farm National Historic Site, 
land acquisition 
3296 
Conservation 
See aUo Environmental Protection 
African Elephant Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
911 
Page 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681-13 
Arches National Park Expansion Act 
of 1998 
3060 
Automobile National Heritage Area 
Act 
3247 
Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 
1998 
2961 
Energy conservation program, 
extension 
106 
Energy Conservation Reauthorization 
Act of 1998 
3477 
Fish and Wildlife Revenue 
Enhancement Act of 1998 
3057 
Glacier Bay National Park Boundary 
A^ustment Act of 1998 
3002 
Hardwood technology transfer and 
applied research 
2681-297 
Miccosukee Reserved Area Act 
2964 
Migratory Bird Hunting and 
Conservation Stamp Promotion 
Act 
2381 
Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 
1998 
2956 
National Whale Conservation Fund 
Actofl998 
2681-119 
National Wildlife Refuge System 
Improvement Act of 1998 
2957 
Northwest Straits Marine 
Conservation Initiative Act 
3458 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation 
Act of 1998, 
2959 
Wetlands and Wildlife Enhancement 
Actofl998 
2958 
Women's Progress Conunemoration 
Act 
3196 
Consumer Protection 
Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 
1998 
1519 
Homeowners Protection Act of 
1998 
897 
Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act 
of 1998 
520 
Contracts 
Coalbed methane gas 
3313 
Emergency Farm Financial Relief 
Act 
1516 
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, 
ND, mineral leasing 
620 
Irrigation Project Contract Extension 
Act of 1998 
2816 
National Park Service Concessions 
Management Improvement Act of 
1998 
3503 
Controlled Substances 
See Drugs and Drug Abuse 
Copyrights 
Computer Maintenance Competition 
Assurance Act 
2886 
Digital Milleimium Copyright Act 
2860 
SUBJECT INDEX 
B7 
Page 
Fairness In Music Licensing Act of 
1998 
2830 
Online Copyright Infringement 
liability Limitation Act 
2877 
Sonny Bono Copyright Term 
Extension Act 
2827 
Vessel Hull Design Protection 
Act 
2905 
WIPO Copyright and Performances 
and Phonograms Treaties 
Implementation Act of 1998 
2861 
Courts 
Administrative Assistant to the Chief 
Justice, voluntary services, 
authorization 
1535 
Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 
1998 
2993 
Child custody and visitation orders, 
enforcement 
3383 
District of 
Columbia Courts and 
Justice Technical Corrections Act 
of 1998 
2419 
Federal judge appointments, 
limitation 
2836 
Judiciary Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2681-89 
Credit Unions 
See Banks and Banking 
Crime 
See Law Enforcement and Crime 
Cruz, Mercedes Del Carmen Quiroz 
Martinez 
3668 
Currency 
Fifty states commemorative coin 
program, inscriptions 
104 
Library of Congress Bicentennial 
Commemorative Coin Act of 
1998 
2378 
Money Laundering and Financial 
Crimes Strategy Act of 1998 
2941 
Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative 
Coin Act 
3073 
D 
Dams 
See Water 
Debt Reduction 
Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 
1998 
885 
Decorations 
See Awards, Decorations, and Medals 
Delaware 
Killcohook Coordination Area, 
jurisdiction termination 
2957 
Developing Countries 
Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 
1998 
885 
Disabled Persons 
See Handicapped Persons 
Disaster Assistance 
Crop and livestock feed losses, 
emergency assistance 
2681-42 
National Drought Policy Act of 
1998 
641 
Pacific Northwest Emergency 
Management Arrangement 
3402 
Diseases 
Alzheimer's disease, demonstration 
projects 
3586 
Birth Diefects Prevention Act of 
1998 
43 
District of Columbia 
Convention Center and Sports Arena, 
revenues and activities, 
revising 
1515 
District of Columbia Adoption 
Improvement Act of 1998 
2681-146 
District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681-121 
District of Columbia Courts and 
Justice Technical Corrections Act 
of 1998 
2419 
Howard T. Markey National Courts 
Building, designation 
510 
Mahatma Gandhi memorial, 
establishment 
2701 
Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, 
location 
675 
Mr. Beivjamin Banneker memorial, 
authorization 
3266 
Retirement funds, technical 
amendments 
2681-530 
Ronald Reagan Washington National 
Airport, designation 
3 
Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, 
designation 
2681-305 
Domestic Relations 
Life insurance benefits, 
precedence 
683 
Drought 
See Disaster Assistance 
Drugs and Drug Abuse 
Collegiate Initiative To Reduce Binge 
Drinking and Illegal Alcohol 
Consumption 
1596 
Controlled Substances Trafficking 
Prohibition Act 
2681-707,3271 
Drug Demand Reduction Act 
2681-751 
Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 
1998 
2681-752 
Drug-Free Prisons and Jails Act of 
1998 
2681-753 
Drug-Free Schools Quality Assurance 
Act 
2681-756 
Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1998 
2681-
707 
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Effect Prevention and 
Services Act 
3591 
International narcotics trafficking 
prevention, rewards program 
3029 
Methamphetamine Trafficking 
Penalty Enhancement Act of 
1998 
2681-759 
B8 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Drags and Drag Abuse—Continued 
Office of 
National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
2681-
670 
Public and Assisted Housing Drug 
Elimination Program 
Amendments of 1998 
2646 
Western Hemisphere Drug 
Elimination Act 
2681-693 
E 
Eckford, Elizabeth 
2681-597 
Education 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 
1998 
523 
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
Applied Technology Education 
Amendments of 1998 
3076 
Charter School Expansion Act of 
1988 
2682 
Coats Human Services 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
2702 
Colleges and Universities 
CoUegiate Initiative To Reduce 
Binge Drinking and Illegal 
Alcohol Consumption 
1596 
Haskell Indian Nations University 
and Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute 
Administrative Systems Act of 
1998 
3171 
National Sea Grant College 
Program Reauthorization Act of 
1998 
21 
University of 
Idaho, land 
conveyance 
3206 
Community Opportunities, 
Accountability, and Training and 
Educational Services Act of 
1998 
2702 
Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-363 
Education of 
the Deaf Amendments of 
1998 
1829 
Fellowships and Scholarships 
Community Scholarship 
Mobilization Act 
1810 
Department of 
Veterans Affairs 
Employee Incentive 
Scholarship Program 
3352 
Jacob K Javits Fellowship 
Program 
1786 
Thurgood Marshall Legal 
Educational Opportunity 
Program 
1794 
Head Start Amendments of 1998 
2703 
Health Professions Education 
Partnerships Act of 1998 
3524 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 
1581 
Page 
National Board of 
the Fund for the 
Improvement of 
Postsecondaiy 
Education, establishment 
1797 
National Institute for Literacy 
Advisory Board, establishment 
1075 
Establishment 
1073 
Nursing Education and Practice 
Improvement Act of 1998 
3562 
Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers 
Educational Assistance Act of 
1998 
3495 
Schools 
Clint and Fabens independent 
school districts, TX, land 
conveyances 
46 
Drug-Free Schools Quality 
Assurance Act 
2681-756 
Idaho school land, sale or lease 
2822 
School resource officers 
2841 
Utah school trust land, 
exchange 
3062 
Utah Schools and Lands Exchange 
Act of 1998 
3139 
William F. Goodling Child Nutrition 
Reauthorization Act of 
1998 
3143 
Tech-Prep Education Act 
3117 
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act 
of 1998 
3315 
Web-Based Education Commission 
Act 
1822 
Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 
936 
Elections 
Guam delegate, ballot 
requirement 
880 
Electricity 
See Energy 
Elephants 
African Elephant Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
911 
Employment and Labor 
American Competitiveness and 
Workforce Improvement Act of 
1998 
2681-641 
Consumer Reporting Employment 
Clarification Act of 1998 
3208 
Department of 
Labor Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681-337 
Drive for Teen Employment Act 
3137 
Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1998 
2681-
707 
Employment Opportunities for 
Individuals With Disabilities 
Act 
1210 
Jobs Corps, establishment 
1006 
Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration Compliance 
Assistance Authorization Act of 
1998 
638 
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 
1998 
1092 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Safety inspections, investigations, and 
recordkeeping 
640 
Twenty-First Century Workforce 
Commission, establishment 
1088 
Veterans Employment Opportunities 
Act of 1998 
3182 
Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 
936 
Energy 
Biodiesel fuel use credits 
2681-48 
Conservation programs, extension 
105 
Depleted uranitun hexafluoride, 
treatment and recycling 
681 
Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 1999. 
1838 
Energjr Conservation Reauthorization 
Act of 1998 
3477 
FERC projects, deadlines and licenses, 
extension 
882,883 
Hydroelectric projects 
construction extensions 
884,2700 
deadline extensions 
622-626 
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Amendments of 1998 
2756 
Environmental Protection 
Border Smog Reduction Act of 
1998 
2773 
Environmental Policy and Conflict 
Resolution Act of 1998 
8 
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia 
Research and Control Act of 
1998 
3447 
Nutria eradication and control pilot 
program 
3027 
Ozone and particulate matter 
standards 
463 
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Compact Consent 
Act 
1542 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement 
3391 
Exports and Imports 
Agriculture Export Relief 
Act of 
1998 
627 
Controlled Substances Trafficking 
Prohibition Act 
2681-707,3271 
Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-150 
Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 
1998 
1902 
Satellite export controls 
2173 
F 
Farms and Farming 
See Agriculture 
Federal Buildings and Facilities 
Athalie Range Post Office Building, 
FL, designation 
2681-594 
Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building, 
MS, designation 
28 
Carl B. Stokes United States 
Courthouse, OH, designation 
912 
Carl D. Pursell Post Ofiice, MI, 
designation 
2681-594 
Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outreach 
Clinic, OH, designation 
3351 
Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine 
Research Facility, MD, 
designation 
2681-362 
Dale Bumpers National Rice Research 
Center, AR, designation 
2681-29 
Dan Schaefer Federal Building, CO, 
designation 
2681-304 
Daniel J. Dofifyn Post Office Building, 
IL, designation 
2681-595 
David P. Richardson, Jr., Post Office 
Building, PA, designation 
2681-695 
David Skaggs Federal Building, CO, 
designation 
2681-304 
Dick Cheney Federal Building, WY, 
designation 
2681-593 
Edgar C. Campbell, Sr., Post Office 
Building, PA, designation 
2681-594 
Essie Silva Post Office Building, FL, 
designation 
2681-593 
Garth Reeves, Sr. Post OfKce 
Building, FL, designation 
2681-594 
George Bush Center for Intelligence, 
VA, designation 
2403 
H. John Heinz III Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
PA, designation 
3351 
Helen Miller Post Office Building, FL, 
designation 
2681-593 
Howard C. Nielsen Post Office 
Building, UT, designation 
2681-595 
Howard T. Markey National Courts 
Building, DC, designation 
510 
Jacob Joseph Chestnut Post Office 
Building, MD, designation.... 2681-595 
James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office, NJ, 
designation 
2681-594 
Jere Cooper Federal Building, TN, 
designation 
2681-596 
Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. Post 
Office Building, NY, 
designation 
2681-593 
John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts Authorization 
Actofl998 
1513 
Joseph P. Kinneary United States 
Courthouse, OH, designation 
1534 
Justice John McIQnley Federal 
Building, AL, designation 
2835 
Karl Bemal Post Office Building, OH, 
designation 
2681-595 
Kika de la Garza Subtropical 
Agricultural Research Center, 
TX, designation 
608 
Larry Doby Post Office, NJ, 
designation 
29 
Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station, 
GA, designation 
2681-593 
BIO 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Federal Buildings and Facilities-
Continued 
Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
OH, designation 
2469 
Louis Stokes Laboratories, MD, 
designation 
2681-361 
Malcom Randall Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
FL, designation 
3351 
Nancy B. Jefferson Post OfHce 
Building, IL, designation 
2681-^94 
National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration John H. Glenn 
Research Center at Lewis Field, 
OH, redesignation 
2518 
Ray J. Favre Post Office Building, MS, 
designation 
2681-594 
Reverend Milton R. Brunson Post 
OfHce Building, IL, 
designation 
2681-595 
Richard C. Lee United States 
Courthouse, CT, designation 
1869 
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 
GA, designation 
37 
Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, DC, 
designation 
2681-305 
Steve SchifF 
Auditorium, NM, designation 
1249 
Post Office, NM, designation.... 2681-594 
W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury 
Department of 
Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, NC, 
designation 
2468 
William Augustus Bootle Federal 
Buildii^ and United States 
Coiui;house, GA, designation 
31 
WiUiam R. "Billy" Rolle Post OfTice 
Building, FL, designation 
2681-593 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
International humanitarian 
violations, rewards program 
3029 
Fellowships and Scholarships 
See Education 
Financial Institutions 
See Banks and Banking 
Fires and Fire Prevention 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement 
3391 
Fish and Wildlife 
Fish and Wildlife Revenue 
Enhancement Act of 1998 
3057 
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1998 
2358 
Marion National Fish Hatchery and 
Claude Harris National 
Aquacultural Research Center 
Conveyance Act 
1564 
Migratory Bird Hunting and 
Conservation Stamp Promotion 
Act 
2381 
Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 
1998... 
2956 
Page 
South Dakota terrestrial wildlife 
habitat restoration 
2681-660 
Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 
1998 
482 
Wetlands and Wildlife Enhancement 
Act of 1998 
2958 
Florida 
Athalie Range Post Office Building, 
designation 
2681-594 
Dante Fascell Biscayne National Park 
Visitor Center Designation 
Act 
2931 
Essie Silva Post Office Building, 
designation 
2681-593 
Garth Reeves, Sr. Post Ofifice 
Building, designation 
2681-594 
Helen Miller Post Office Building, 
designation 
2681-593 
Malcom Randall Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
designation 
3351 
Miccosukee Reserved Area Act 
2964 
William R. "Billy" Rolle Post Office 
Building, designation 
2681-593 
Food 
See Agriculture 
Food Banks 
Amy Somers Volunteers at Food 
Banks Act 
1248 
Ford, Betty 
2681-598 
Ford, Gerald R. 
2681-598 
Foreign Relations 
Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 
1998 
3460 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681-22 
Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 
Act 
3467 
Coats Human Services 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
2702 
Department of State and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2681-92 
Diplomatic immunity 
2681-815,3385 
European Security Act of 1998 
2681-839 
Extradition Treaties Interpretation 
Act of 1998 
3033 
Foreign Affairs Agencies 
Consolidation Act of 1998 
2681-765 
Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 
2681-761 
Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2681-150 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999... 2681-801 
India-Pakistan ReliefAct of 1998... 2681-40 
International Anti-Bribery and Fair 
Competition Act of 1998 
3302 
International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 
2787 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Bll 
Page 
International terrorism 
investigations 
2404 
International terrorism, narcotics 
trafficking prevention, and 
humanitarian violations, rewards 
program 
3029 
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 
3178 
Poland, international fishery 
agreement 
3451 
Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999 
2161 
Torture Victims Relief 
Act of 
1998 
3016 
Western Hemisphere Drug 
Elimination Act 
2681-693 
Forests and Forest Protection 
See also National Forest System 
Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 
1998 
885 
Fraud 
Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act 
of 1998 
520 
Fuel 
See Energy 
Q 
Georgia 
Chickamauga and Chattanooga 
National Military Park, land 
acquisition 
2681-266 
Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station, 
designation 
2681-593 
Sam Nunn Atianta Federal Center, 
designation 
37 
William Augustus Bootie Federal 
Building and United States 
Courthouse 
31 
Gibson, John Michael 
1250 
Government Employees 
Department of State Special Agents 
Retirement Act of 1998 
3406 
Federal Employees Health Care 
Protection Act of 1998 
2363 
Federal Employees Life Insurance 
Improvement Act 
2950 
Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
1998 
2681-611 
Firefighters, pay 
2681-519 
Life insurance benefits, domestic 
relations orders 
683 
Postal Employees Safety 
Enhancement Act 
1572 
Travel and Transportation Reform Act 
of 1998 
2350 
Veterans Employment Opportunities 
Actofl998 
3182 
Government Organization 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 
establishment 
2681-824 
Coimter-Drug Technology Assessment 
Center, establishment 
2681-687 
Page 
Federal Activities Inventory Reform 
Act of 1998 
2382 
Federal Reports Elimination Act of 
1998 
3280 
Foreign Affairs Agencies 
Consolidation Act of 1998 
2681-765 
Government Paperwork Elimination 
Act 
2681-749 
Interagency Committee on Minority 
Careers in International Affairs, 
establishment 
1785 
Internal Revenue Service 
Restructuring and Reform Act of 
1998 
685 
Liaison for Proprietaiy Institutions of 
Higher Education, 
establishment 
1836 
Morgan P. Hardiman Child Abduction 
and Serial Murder Investigative 
Resources Center, 
establishment 
2987 
National Center for Complementary 
and Alternative Medicine, 
establishment 
2681-387 
National Institute for Literacy, 
establishment 
1073 
National Institute on Disability and 
Rehabilitation Research, 
establishment 
1168 
Nazi War Criminal Records 
Interagency Working Group, 
establishment 
1859 
Office of 
Community Services, 
establishment 
2742 
Office of 
Information and Resources 
for Individuals with Disabilities, 
establishment 
1113 
Office of 
International Religious 
Freedom, establishment 
2791 
Office of 
National Drug Control Policy, 
establishment 
2681-672 
Office of 
Space Commercialization, 
establishment 
2937 
Offices of Inspectors General, 
recognition 
3216 
Rehabilitation Services 
Administration, 
establishment 
1096 
Science and Technology Policy 
Institute, designation 
877 
Smithsonian Institution, civil rights 
and labor management, 
application 
1092 
Tropical Forest Facility, 
establishment 
887 
Grants 
Assistive Technology Act of 1998 
3627 
Bulletproof 
Vest Partnership Grant 
Act of 1998 
512 
Charter School Expansion Act of 
1998 
2682 
B12 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Grants—Continued 
Chesapeake Bay Gateways Grants 
Assistance Program, 
establishment 
2962 
Community Opportunities, 
Accountability, and Training and 
Educational Services Act of 
1998 
2702 
Community Services Block Grant 
Act 
2728 
Crime Identification Technology Act of 
1998 
1871 
Economic Development 
Administration Reform Act of 
1998 
3597 
Federal Transit Act of 1998 
338 
Health Professions Education 
Partnerships Act of 1998 
3524 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 
1581 
National Sea Grant College Program 
Reauthorization of 1998 
21 
Reading and literacy grants 
2681-391 
Ricky Ray Hemoph^ Relief Fund Act 
of 1998 
3368 
TEA 21 Restoration Act 
834 
Torture Victims Relief 
Act of 
1998 
3016 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century 
107 
Transportation Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 
1998 
241 
Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 
936 
Green, Ernest 
2681-597 
Guam 
Delegate election, ballot 
requirement 
880 
Guam Organic Act Amendments of 
1998 
2785 
Land conveyance 
1825 
Guns 
See Law Enforcement and Crime 
Haiti 
Haitian Refugee Immigration 
Fairness Act of 1998 
2681-538 
Handicapped Persons 
Assistive Technology Act of 1998 
3627 
Commission on the Advancement of 
Women and Minorities in Science, 
Engineering, and Technology 
Development Act 
1889 
Crime Victims With Disabilities 
Awareness Act 
2838 
Education of 
the Deaf 
Amendments of 
1998 
1829 
Employment Opportunities for 
Individuals With Disabilities 
Act 
1210 
Page 
Improved outdoor recreational access, 
study 
3275 
Independent living services and 
centers 
1217 
Interagency Committee on Disability 
Research, establishment 
1173 
National Council on Disability, 
establishment 
1198 
National Institute on Disability and 
Rehabilitation Research, 
establishment 
1168 
Office of 
Information and Resources 
for Individuals with Disabilities, 
establishment 
1113 
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 
1998 
1092 
Rehabilitation Research Advisory 
Coimcil, establishment 
1182 
Rehabilitation Services 
Administration, 
establishment 
1096 
Hawaii 
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 
Adjustment Act of 1998 
3401 
Hazardous Waste 
See Waste Disposal 
Health and Heidth Care 
Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 
1998 
47 
Birth Defects Prevention Act of 
1998 
43 
Correction Officers Health and Safety 
Act of 1998 
3374 
Department of 
Health and Human 
Services Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2681-347 
Department of 
Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Personnel Incentive 
Act of 1998 
3352 
Federal Employees Health Care 
Protection Act of 1998 
2363 
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Effect Prevention and 
Services Act 
3591 
Health Professions Education 
Partnerships Act of 1998 
3524 
Manmiography Quality Standards 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
1864 
National Bone Marrow Registry 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
631 
Nursing Education and Practice 
Improvement Act of 1998 
3562 
Persian Gulf 
War Veterans Act of 
1998 
2681-742 
Ricky Ray Hemophilia ReUef 
Fund Act 
of 1998 
3368 
Vaccine Iqjury Compensation 
Program Modification Act 
2681-741 
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act 
of 1998 
3315 
Women's Health and Cancer Rights 
Act of 1998 
2681-436 
SUBJECT INDEX 
B13 
Page 
Women's Health Research and 
Prevention Amendments of 
1998 
3191 
Herzl, Theodore 
102 
Highways and Bridges 
iSee Transportation 
Historic Preservation 
America's National Maritime 
Museums, VA and NY, 
designation 
2135 
Charleston National Commemorative 
Site, AK, designation 
2681-262 
Holocaust 
Holocaust Victims Redress Act 
16 
Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act 
1859 
U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission 
Act of 1998 
611 
Horses 
Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC, 
maintenance 
676,1517 
Horticulture 
Plant Patent Amendments Act of 
1998 
2780 
Housing 
Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2461 
Homeowners Protection Act of 
1998 
897 
Public and Assisted Housing Drug 
Elimination Program 
Amendments of 1998 
2646 
Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998 
2518 
Hussein, Saddam 
1540 
^droelectric 
See Energy 
Idaho 
Burley Irrigation District, facilities 
conveyance 
3219 
Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal 
Act 
2226 
Pacific Northwest Emergency 
Management Arrangement 
3402 
School land, sale or lease 
2822 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement 
3391 
University of Idaho, land 
conveyance 
3206 
Illinois 
Daniel J. DofiEyn Post Office Building, 
designation 
2681-595 
Nancy B. JefiTerson Post Office 
Building, designation 
2681-594 
Reverend MUton R. Brunson Post 
Office Building, designation 
2681-
595 
Page 
Immigration 
American Competitiveness and 
Workforce Improvement Act of 
1998 
2681-641 
Automated entry-exit control system 
development, extension 
1918 
Haitian Refugee Immigration 
Fairness Act of 1998 
2681-538 
International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 
2787 
Irish Peace Process Cultural and 
Training Program Act of 
1998 
3013 
Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and 
Other Technical Amendments Act 
of 1998 
2926 
Nonimmigrant overstay rates 
program, data collection 
56 
Visas 
Applications, extension 
3276 
Pilot program, extension 
56 
India 
India-Pakistan ReliefAct of 1998... 2681-40 
Mahatma Gandhi memorial, DC, 
establishment 
2701 
Indiana 
Indiana University Libraries Slavic 
Collection, USIA television 
program "Window on America", 
availability 
3382 
See Native Americans 
Insurance 
Federal Employees Life Insurance 
Improvement Act 
2950 
Homeowners Protection Act of 
1998 
897 
Indian Tribal Tort Claims and Risk 
Management Act of 1998 
2681-335 
Life insurance benefits, domestic 
relations orders 
683 
Intergovernmental Relations 
Adoption provisions 
658 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant 
Act of 1998 
512 
Child Support Performance and 
Incentive Act of 1998 
645 
Community Opportunities, 
Accountability, and Training and 
Educational Services Act of 
1998 
2702 
Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 
1998 
618 
Federal Transit Act of 1998 
338 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 
1581 
Intelligent Transportation Systems 
Act of 1998 
462 
Motor carrier safety 
394 
TEA 21 Restoration Act 
834 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century 
107 
B14 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Intergovammeiital ReUtlons— 
G^Unued 
Transportation Infrastructure 
Finanoe and Innovation Act of 
1998 
241 
Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 
936 
Intemational Agreements 
See Foreign Relations 
Internet 
See also Computers; Communications 
and Telecommunications 
Child Online Protection Act 
2681-736 
Children's Online Privacy Protection 
Act of 1998 
2681-728 
Digital MiUennium Copyright Act 
2860 
Internet Tax Freedom Act 
2681-719 
Next Generation Internet Research 
Act of 1998 
2919 
Online Copyright Infringement 
Liability Limitation Act 
2877 
Protection of 
Children From Sexual 
Predators Act of 1998 
2974 
Religious freedom Internet site, 
establishment 
2795 
Web-Based Education Commission 
Act 
1822 
Interstate Compacts 
National Crime Prevention and 
Privacy Compact Act of 1998 
1874 
Padflc Northwest Emergency 
Management Arrangement 
3402 
Potomac Highlands Airport Authority 
Compact 
3212 
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Compact Consent 
Act 
1542 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement 
3391 
Iowa 
FERC project deadline, extension 
882 
Iraq 
Intemational obligations, material 
breach 
1538 
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 
3178 
Ireland 
Irish Peace Process Cultural and 
Training Program Act of 
1998 
3013 
Israel 
Fiftieth anniversary 
102 
Japan 
Fair Trade in Automotive Parts Act of 
1998 
2275 
Jobs 
See Employment and Labor 
Kadiri, Nuratu Olarewi^u 
Abeke 
3669 
Ktmnan 
Haskell Indian Nations University 
and Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute 
Administrative Systems Act of 
1998 
3171 
Karlmark, Gloria Ray 
2681-697 
Kentucky 
The Land Between the Lakes 
Protection Act of 1998 
2681-310 
Labor 
See Employment and Labor 
LaNier, Carlotta Walls 
2681-697 
Law Enforcement and Crime 
Adoption provisions 
658 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant 
Act of 1998 
512 
Care for Police Survivors Act of 
1998 
511 
Chemical Weapons Convention 
Implementation Act of 1998 
2681-
856 
Crime Identification Technology Act of 
1998 
1871 
Crime Victims With Disabilities 
Awareness Act 
2838 
Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 
1998 
618 
Department of 
Justice Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681-60 
Diplomatic immunity 
3385 
District of 
Columbia Courts and 
Justice Technical Corrections Act 
of 1998 
2419 
Extradition Treaties Interpretation 
Actofl998 
3033 
Federal prosecutors, ethical 
standards 
2681-118 
Guns, criminal use 
3469 
Identity Theft and Assumption 
Deterrence Act of 1998 
3007 
Intemational Anti-Bribery and Fair 
Competition Act of 1998 
3302 
Methamphetamine TrafHcking 
Penalty Enhancement Act of 
1998 
2681-759 
Money Laundering and Financial 
Crimes Strategy Act of 1998 
2941 
National Crime Prevention and 
Privacy Compact Act of 1998 
1874 
National Criminal History Access and 
Child Protection Act 
1874 
Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act 
1859 
Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers 
Educational Assistance Act of 
1998 
3495 
Prisons and Prisoners 
Convicted persons, government 
benefits, technical 
correction 
1863 
SUBJECT INDEX 
B15 
Page 
Correction Officers Health and 
Safety Act of 1998 
3374 
Drug-Free Prisons and Jails Act of 
1998 
2681-753 
Lorton Technical Corrections Act of 
1998 
2681-600 
Protection of 
Children From Sexual 
Predators Act of 1998 
2974 
Public and Assisted Housing Drug 
Elimination Program 
Amendments of 1998 
2646 
School resource officers 
2841 
Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act 
of 1998 
520 
Volunteers for Children Act 
1885 
Western Hemisphere Drug 
Elimination Act 
2681-693 
Wireless Telephone Protection 
Act 
53 
Leases 
See Contracts 
Life Insurance 
See Insurance 
Line Item Veto 
Limited tax benefits 
833 
Literacy 
See Education 
Loans 
Credit Union Membership Access 
Act 
913 
Federal Transit Act of 1998 
338 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 
1581 
TEA 21 Restoration Act 
834 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century 
107 
Transportation Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 
1998 
241 
Lobbying 
Lobbying Disclosure Technical 
Amendments Act of 1998 
38 
Maine 
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Compact Consent 
Act 
1542 
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla 
895 
Maritime Affairs 
America's National Maritime 
Museimis, VA and NY, 
designation 
2135 
American Fisheries Act 
2681-616 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
1998 
3411 
Glacier Bay National Park, AK, 
commercial fishing 
2681-259 
Hydrographic Services Improvement 
Act of 1998 
3454 
International fishery agreement with 
Poland 
3451 
Page 
Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 
1998 
1902 
PRINCE NOVA, vessel 
documentation 
13 
Maryland 
DsJe and Betty Bumpers Vaccine 
Research Facility, 
designation 
2681-362 
Jacob Joseph Chestnut Post Ofiice 
Building, designation 
2681-595 
Louis Stokes Laboratories, 
designation 
2681-361 
Nutria eradication and control pilot 
program 
3027 
Potomac Highlands Airport Authority 
Compact 
3212 
Massachusetts 
Adams National Historical Park Act of 
1998 
3200 
Cape Cod Nationcd Seashore, land 
exchange 
2694 
Frederick Law Olmsted National 
Historic Site, boundary 
modification 
3203 
Medals 
See Awards, Decorations, and Medals 
Medical Devices 
Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 
1998 
1519 
Michigan 
Automobile National Heritage Area 
Act 
3247 
Carl D. Pursell Post Office, 
designation 
2681-594 
Minerals and Mining 
Claim maintenance fee 
1570 
Coalbed methane gas, contracts and 
leases 
3313 
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, 
ND, mineral leasing 
620 
Little Missouri National Grasslands, 
ND, consolidation 
40 
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic 
Monument Completion Act 
2690 
Minnesota 
Center for National Scenic Bjrways, 
designation 
209 
Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and 
Fish Refuge, land transfer 
2957 
Minorities 
Commission on the Advancement of 
Women and Minorities in Science, 
Engineering, and Technology 
Development Act 
1889 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 
1581 
Missiles 
See Arms and Munitions 
Mississippi 
Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building, 
designation 
28 
Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment 
Fund Distribution Act of 
1998 
3471 
B16 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Mississippi—Continued 
Ray J. Favre Post Office Building, 
designation 
2681-594 
Missouri 
Devils Backbone Wilderness, 
boundary a4justment 
881 
Montana 
Canyon Ferry Reservoir, land 
conveyance 
2681-710 
Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 
1998 
2371 
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic 
Site Boundary Adjustment Act of 
1998 
3301 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement 
3391 
Motor Carriers 
See Transportation 
Motor Vehicles 
See Transportation 
Museums 
See Historic Preservation 
N 
National Defense 
Defense Against Weapons of 
Mass 
Destruction Act of 1998 
2167 
Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2279 
Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999 
2396 
Intelligence Community 
Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1998 
2413 
Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999 
1920 
National Forest System 
See also Forests and Forest Protection 
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, 
AZ, land conveyance, 
prohibition 
3204 
Carson and Santa Fe National 
Forests, NM, land 
conveyance 
1262 
Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 
1998 
2371 
George Washington and Jefferson 
National Forests, VA, land 
conveyances 
50 
Granite Watershed Enhancement and 
Protection Act of 1998 
2695 
Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library 
Group Forest Recovery Act.... 2681-305 
Improved outdoor recreational access, 
disabled persons, study 
3275 
Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 
1998 
2681-326 
Kelly Butte Special Management 
Area, WA, establishment 
2681-334 
Lake Chelan National Recreation 
Area, WA, boundary 
adjustment 
1562 
Page 
Mark Twain National Forest, MO, 
boundary adjustment 
881 
Miles Land Exchange Act of 
1998 
2778 
Rogue River National Forest 
administrative site, 
conveyance 
2698 
Tahoe National Forest, CA, land 
conveyance 
879 
The Land Between the Lakes 
Protection Act of 1998 
2681-310 
Wenatchee National Forest, WA, 
boundary adjustment 
1562 
National Historic Trails 
See National Parks, Memorials, 
Monuments, Etc. 
National Parks, Memorials, 
Monuments, Etc. 
Adams National Historical Park Act of 
1998 
3200 
Arches National Park Expansion Act 
of 1998 
3060 
Bandolier National Monument 
Administrative Improvement and 
Watershed Protection Act of 
1998 
3388 
Black Revolutionary War Patriots 
Memorial, extension 
3205 
Cape Cod National Seashore, MA, 
land exchange 
2694 
Cape Lookout National Seashore, wild 
horses, maintenance 
676,1517 
Center for National Scenic B3rways, 
MN, designation 
209 
Charleston National Commemorative 
Site, AR, designation 
2681-262 
Chickamauga and Chattanooga 
National Military Park, GA and 
TN, land acquisition 
2681-266 
Dante Fascell Biscayne National Park 
Visitor Center Designation 
Act 
2931 
Delaware and Lehi£^ National 
Heritage Corridor, PA, name 
change 
3258 
Frederick Law Olmsted National 
Historic Site, MA, boimdary 
modification 
3203 
George Mason Memorial, VA, 
legislative extension 
616 
Glacier Bay National Park, AK, 
commercial fishing 
2681-259 
Glacier Bay National Park Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 1998 
3002 
Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument, UT, boundaiy 
adjustments and conveyances 
3262 
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic 
Site Boundary Adjustment Act of 
1998 
3301 
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 
Adjustment Act of 1998 
3401 
SUBJECT INDEX 
BI7 
Page 
Improved outdoor recreational access, 
disabled persons, study 
3275 
Katmai National Park, AK, land 
exchange 
2681-264 
Lewis and Clark National Trail, SD, 
land acquisition 
2681-592 
Little Rock Central High School 
National Historic Site, AR, 
establishment 
3268 
Lower East Side Tenement National 
Historic Site, NY, 
establishment 
3395 
Mahatma Gandhi memorial, DC, 
establishment 
2701 
Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, 
DC, location 
675 
Miccosukee Reserved Area Act 
2964 
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic 
Monument Completion Act 
2690 
Mr. Bem'amin Banneker memorial, 
DC, authorization 
3266 
National Historic Trails Interpretive 
Center, WY, establishment 
2782 
National Park Service Concessions 
Management Improvement Act of 
1998 
3503 
National Park System New Areas 
Studies Act 
3501 
National Parks Omnibus 
Management Act of 1998 
3497 
National Peace Garden, construction 
authority, extension 
676 
National Undergroimd Railroad 
Network to Freedom Act of 
1998 
678 
North-South Trail, designation as 
national recreation trail 
2681-317 
Petroglyph National Monimient 
Boundary Adjustment Act 
82 
Recreational fees, use 
3055 
Roosevelts, National historic sites, 
NY, land acquisition 
3300 
Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Study Act of 
1998 
1579 
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic 
Site, AL, establishment 
3254 
Weir Farm National Historic Site, CT, 
land acquisition 
3296 
National Wilderness Preservation 
System 
Dale Bumpers Wildlife Resources 
Protection Act 
1857 
Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area, NV, boundary 
modification 
2349 
Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area, CA, 
designation 
1857 
National WildlifSe Refuge System 
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1998 
2358 
Improved outdoor recreational access, 
disabled persons, study 
3275 
PtlffB 
National Wildlife Refuge System 
Improvement Act of 1998 
2957 
National Wildlife Refuge System 
Volunteer and Community 
Partnership Enhancement Act of 
1998 
1574 
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National 
Wildlife Refuge, CA, 
designation 
3380 
Native Americans 
Advisory Council on California Indian 
Policy Extension Act of 1998 
2818 
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
Indians, CA, revenue 
distribution 
2932 
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
Applied Technology Education 
Amendments of 1998 
3076 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, 
terrestrial wildlife habitat 
restoration 
2681-660 
Commission on the Advancement of 
Women and Minorities in Science, 
Engineering, and Technology 
Development Act 
1889 
Conmiunity Services Block Grant 
Act 
2741 
Department of 
the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681-232 
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, 
ND, mineral leasing 
620 
Haskell Indian Nations University 
and Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute 
Administrative Systems Act of 
1998 
3171 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 
1581 
Indian Tribal Tort Claims and Risk 
Management Act of 1998 
2681-335 
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, terrestrial 
wildlife habitat restoration... 2618-660 
Miccosukee Reserved Area Act 
2964 
Miscellaneous laws, technical 
corrections 
1896 
Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment 
Fund Distribution Act of 
1998 
3471 
Native American Programs Act 
Amendments of 1998 
3278 
Official insignia, protection 
3071 
Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Study Act of 
1998 
1579 
Nebraska 
Irrigation Project Contract Extension 
Act of 1998 
2816 
Nevada 
Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area, boundary 
modification 
2349 
B18 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Nevada—Continued 
Southern Nevada Public Land 
Management Act of 1998 
2343 
New Jersey 
James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office, 
designation 
2681-594 
Killcohook Coordination Area, 
jurisdiction termination 
2957 
Larry Doby Post Office, 
designation 
29 
New Mexico 
Bandelier National Monument 
Administrative Improvement and 
Watershed Protection Act of 
1998 
3388 
Carson and Santa Fe National 
Forests, land conveyance 
1262 
Haskell Indian Nations University 
and Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute 
Administrative Systems Act of 
1998 
3171 
National Cave and Karst Research 
Institute Act of 1998 
3038 
Petroglyph National Monument 
Boimdary Adjustment Act 
82 
Steve SchifT 
Auditorium, 
designation 
1249 
Steve Schifif Post Office, 
designation 
2681-594 
New York 
America's National Maritime 
Museum, designation 
2135 
Hydroelectric project deadline, 
extension 
624 
Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. Post 
Office Building, designation 
2681-
593 
Lower East Side Tenement National 
Historic Site, establishment 
3395 
Roosevelts, National historic sites, 
land acquisition 
3300 
Nonprofit Organizations 
American GI Forum of 
the United 
States, federal charter 
1530 
Amy Somers Volunteers At Food 
Banks Act 
1248 
Religious Liberty and Charitable 
Donation Protection Act of 
1998 
517 
North Carolina 
Cape Lookout National Seashore, wild 
horses, maintenance 
676,1517 
North Dakota 
Fort Bethold Indian Reservation, 
mineral leasing 
620 
Lake Elsie National Wildlife Refuge, 
jurisdiction termination 
2957 
Little Missouri National Grasslands, 
mineral interests, 
consolidation 
40 
Page 
o 
Oceans 
See Water 
Ohio 
Carl B. Stokes United States 
CoiuUiouse, designation 
912 
Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outreach 
Clinic, designation 
3351 
Joseph P. Kinneary United States 
Courthouse, designation 
1534 
Karl Bemal Post Office Building, 
designation 
2681-595 
Ukrainian Museum and Archives, 
USIA television program 
"Window on America", 
availability 
3382 
Oregon 
Dungeness crab fishery management 
authority 
3453 
Oregon Public Lands Transfer and 
Protection Act of 1998 
3020 
Pacific Northwest Emergency 
Management Arrangement 
3402 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement 
3391 
Pakistan 
India-Pakistan Relief 
Act of 1998... 2681-40 
Panama 
Panama Canal Commission 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999 
2267 
Patents and Trademarks 
Plant Patent Amendments Act of 
1998 
2780 
Trademark Law Treaty 
Implementation Act 
3064 
United States Patent and Trademark 
Office Reauthorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 1999 
3272 
Patriotic and National 
Observances, Ceremonies, and 
Observances 
Centennial of 
Flight Commemoration 
Act 
3486 
United States Code, revision and 
codification 
1253,3238 
Pennsylvania 
David P. Richardson, Jr., Post Office 
Biiilding, designation 
2681-595 
Delaware and Lehigh National 
Heritage Corridor, name 
change 
3258 
Edgar C. Campbell, Sr., Post Office 
Building, designation 
2618-594 
H. John Heinz III Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
designation 
3351 
Pesticides 
See Chemicals 
SUBJECT INDEX 
B19 
Page 
Pieterse, Larry Errol 
3666 
Plants 
See Agriculture 
Poland 
International fishery agreement 
3461 
Police 
See Law Enforcement and Crime 
Pollution 
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e Environmental Protection 
Pornography 
Protection of Children from Sexual 
Predators Act of 1998 
2974 
Postal Service 
Migratory Bird Himting and 
Conservation Stamp Promotion 
Act 
2381 
Postal Employees Safety 
Enhancement Act 
1572 
Postal Service Appropriations Act, 
1999 
2681-492 
Prison and Prisoners 
See Law Enforcement and Crime 
Prisons 
See Law Enforcement and Crime 
Privacy 
Children's Online Privacy Protection 
Act of 1998 
2681-728 
Proclamations 
Africa, victims of 
bombing 
incidents 
3789 
American Heritage Rivers, 
designation 
3782 
Deaths 
BanyM. Goldwater 
3760 
Lewis F. Powell, Jr 
3791 
Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Entry 
Angola, suspension 
3714 
Sierra Leone, suspension 
3716 
Klondike Gold Rush International 
Historical Park, designation 
3788 
Special observances 
African American History 
Month 
3722 
Alternative Fuels Week 
3760 
America Goes Back to School 
3792 
American Heart Month 
3720 
American Red Cross Month 
,. 3724 
Armed Forces, integration, fiftieth 
anniversary 
3778 
Asian/Pacific American Heritage 
Month 
3747 
Breast Cancer Awareness 
Month 
3808 
Cancer Control Month 
3731 
Captive Nations Week 
3779 
Character Counts Week 
3821 
Child Abuse Prevention Month 
3732 
Child Health Day 
3811 
Children's Day 
3818 
Citizenship Day 
3798 
Columbus Day 
3815 
Constitution Week 
3798 
Page 
Crime Victims'Rights Week 
3741 
D.A.R.E. Day 
3737 
Day of 
Concern About Young People 
and Gun Violence 
3813 
Day of 
Prayer 
3746 
Defense Transportation Day 
3752 
Disability Employment Awareness 
Month 
3806 
Domestic Violence Awareness 
Month 
3807 
Drunk and Drugged Driving 
Prevention Month 
3710 
Education and Sharing Day, 
U.S.A. 
3735 
Equal Pay Day 
3733 
Family Caregivers Week 
3707 
Family Week 
3706 
Farm-City Week 
3705 
Farm Safety and Health Week 
3804 
Father's Day 
3768 
Fire Prevention Week 
3810 
Flag Day 
3766 
Flag Week 
3766 
Forest Products Week 
3822 
Former Prisoner of 
War Recognition 
Day 
3736 
General Pulaski Memorial Day 
3817 
German-American Day 
3812 
Gold Star Mother's Day 
3805 
Great American Smokeout Day 
3703 
Greek Independence Day: A 
National Day of Celebration of 
Greek and American 
Democracy 
3730 
Hispanic Heritage Month 
3796 
Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities Week 
3797 
Homeownership Week 
3765 
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights 
Day, and Himian Rights 
Week 
3712 
Irish-American Heritage Month. 
3725 
Jewish Heritage Week 
3745 
Korean War Veterans Armistice 
Day 
3780 
Law Day, U.SA 
3748 
Leif Erikson Day 
3814 
Loyalty Day 
3749 
Maritime Day 
3757 
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal 
Holiday 
3718 
Minority Enterprise Development 
Week 
3793 
Mother's Day 
3751 
Older Americans Month 
3750 
Older Workers Employment 
Week 
3728 
Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness 
Week 
3740 
Ovarian Cancer Awareness 
Week 
3795 
Pan American Day 
3738 
B20 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Proclamations—Continued 
Pan American Week 
3738 
Parents' Day 
3781 
Park Week 
3744 
Peace Officers Memorial Day 
3754 
Pearl Harbor Remembrcnce 
Day 
3711 
Poison Prevention Week 
3729 
Police Week 
3754 
POW/MIA Recognition Day 
3799 
Prayer for Peace, Memorial 
Day 
3758 
Recall Round-Up Day 
3739 
Religious Freedom Day 
3717 
Safe Boating Week 
3755 
Save Your Vision Week 
3723 
School Lunch Week 
3816 
Small Business Week 
3761 
Thanksgiving Day 
3704 
Transportation Week 
3752 
Volunteer Week 
3742 
White Cane Safety Day 
3819 
Women's Equality Day 
3790 
Women's History Month 
3726 
World AIDS Day 
3708 
World Trade Week 
3756 
Wright Brothers Day 
3715 
Year of the Ocean 
3719 
Tariffs 
Accelerated schedule of duty 
elimination, 
implementation 
3784 
Genercdized System of Preferences, 
amendments and 
modifications 
3768 
Special textile and apparel regime, 
modification 
3801 
Wheat gluten imports 
3762 
Product Liability 
See Consimier I^tection 
Public Lands 
ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 
1998 
3129 
Arizona, land conveyance 
3297 
California, land conveyances 
629,879, 
3298 
Canadian River Project Prepayment 
Act 
2999 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and 
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, land 
conveyances 
2681-667 
Clint and Fabens independent school 
districts, TX, land 
conveyances 
46 
Devils Backbone Wilderness, MO, 
boundary adjustment 
881 
Dutch John Federal Property 
Disposition and Assistance Act of 
1998 
3040 
Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 
1998 
2371 
Guam, land conveyance 
1825 
Fkge 
Idaho school land, sale or lease 
2822 
Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 
1998 
2681-326 
Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal 
Act 
2226 
Miles Land Exchange Act of 
1998 
2778 
Montana, land conveyance 
2681-710 
Oregon PubUc Lands Transfer and 
Protection Act of 1998 
3020 
Petroglyph National Monument 
Boimdary Adjustment Act 
82 
Roosevelts, National historic sites, 
NY, land acquisition 
3300 
South Dakota, land transfer 
2681-665 
Southern Nevada Public Land 
Management Act of 1998 
2343 
Utah, land acquisition and 
management 
3297 
Utah school trust land, exchange 
3062 
Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act 
of 1998 
3139 
Virginia, land conveyances 
50 
Recreation and Recreational Areas 
Improved outdoor recreational access, 
disabled persons, study 
3275 
Land Between the LaJies National 
Recreation Area, KY and TN 
establishment 
2681-312 
Recycling 
Depleted uranium hexafluoride 
681 
Refugees 
See Immigration 
Religion 
International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 
2787 
Religious Liberty and Charitable 
Donation Protection Act 
517 
Research and Development 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 
1998 
523 
Assistive Technology Act of 1998 
3627 
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia 
Research and Control Act of 
1998 
3447 
National Cave and Karst Research 
Institute Act of 1998 
3038 
Next Generation Internet Research 
Act of 1998 
2919 
Women's Health Research and 
Prevention Amendments of 
1998 
3191 
Retirement 
Department of State Special Agents 
Retirement Act of 1998 
3406 
Rivers and Harbors 
Alamo River and New River, CA, 
water quality improvement 
3380 
SUBJECT INDEX 
B21 
Page 
Canadian River Project Prepayment 
Act 
2999 
Roberts, Terrence 
2681-597 
Safety 
Inspections, investigations and 
recordkeeping 
640 
Motor carriers 
394 
National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration Reauthorization 
Act of 1998 
465 
Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration Compliance 
Assistance Authorization Act of 
1998 
638 
Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers 
Educational Assistance Act of 
1998 
3495 
Postal Employees Safety 
Enhancement Act 
1572 
Sportfushing and Boating Safety Act of 
1998 
482 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century 
107 
Salehi, Mai Hoa 
3667 
Scanning Receivers 
See Wireless Telephones 
Schools 
See Education 
Science and Technology 
Assistive Technology Act of 1998 
3627 
Automated entry-exit control system 
development, extension 
1918 
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
Applied Technology Education 
Amendments of 1998 
3076 
Commercial Space Act of 1998 
2843 
Commission on the Advancement of 
Women and Minorities in Science, 
Engineering, and Technology 
Development Act 
1889 
Crime Identification Technology Act of 
1998 
1871 
National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 1998 
869 
Science and Technology Policy 
Institute, designation 
877 
Tech-Prep Education Act 
3117 
Technology Administration Act of 
1998 
2935 
Seas 
Sec Water 
Securities 
Securities Litigation Uniform 
Standards Act of 1998 
3227 
Ships and Sliipping 
See Maritime Affairs 
Social Security 
Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and 
Other Technical Amendments Act 
of 1998 
2926 
Page 
South Dakota 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and 
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, land 
conveyances 
2681-668 
Fall River Water Users District Rural 
Water System Act of 1998 
3222 
Land transfer 
2681-665 
Terrestrial wildlife habitat 
restoration 
2681-660 
Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company 
629 
Space 
See Science and Technology 
Sports 
CurtFlood Actof 1998 
2824 
Olympic and Amateur Sports Act 
Amendments of 1998 
2681-603 
Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur 
Sports Act 
2681-603 
State and Local Governments 
See Intergovernmental Relations 
Taxes 
Internal Revenue Service 
Restructuring and Reform Act of 
1998 
685 
Internet Tax Freedom Act 
2681-719 
Line item veto, limited tax 
benefits 
833 
Surface Transportation Revenue Act 
of 1998 
499 
Tax and Trade Relief Extension Act of 
1998 
2681-886 
Tax Technical Corrections Act of 
1998 
790 
Taxpayer Bill of 
Rights 3 
726 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century 
107 
Teachers 
See Education 
Technology 
See Science and Technology 
Telecommunications 
See Communications and 
Telecommunications 
Telemarketing 
See Consumer Protection 
Tennessee 
Chickamauga and Chattanooga 
National Military Park, land 
acquisition 
2681-266 
Jere Cooper Federal Building, 
designation 
2681-596 
The Land Between the Lakes 
Protection Act of 1998 
2681-310 
Terrorism 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 
establishment 
2681-824 
Defense Against Weapons of 
Mass 
Destruction Actof 1998 
2167 
B22 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Terrorism—Continued 
International 
Investigations 
2404 
Rewards program 
3029 
The National Commission on 
Terrorism, establishment 
2681-210 
Texas 
Canadian River Project Prepayment 
Act 
2999 
Clint and Fabens independent school 
districts, land conveyances 
46 
Kika de la Garza Subtropical 
Agricultural Reseaivh Center, 
designation 
608 
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Compact Consent 
Act 
1642 
Thomas, Jefferson 
2681-597 
Tibet 
Radio Free Asia Act of 1998 
2277 
ToUey, Heradio 
3665 
Trade 
See Commerce and Trade 
Transportation 
Aircraft and Aviation 
Aircraft fasteners, exemption 
1536 
Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 
1998 
47 
FAA Research, Engineering, and 
Development Authorization Act 
of 1998 
5 
Airports 
Potomac Highlands Airport 
Authority Compact 
3212 
Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport, DC and VA, 
designation 
3 
Department of 
Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681-439 
Federal Transit Act of 1998 
338 
Highways and Bridges 
Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 
1998 
2681-326 
National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration 
Reauthorization Act of 
1998 
465 
Transportation Equity Act for the 
21st Century 
107 
Transportation Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 
1998 
241 
Intelligent Transportation Systems 
Actofl998 
452 
Motor carrier safety 
394 
Motor vehicles 
Automobile National Heritage Area 
Act 
3247 
Border Smog Reduction Act of 
1998 
2773 
Fair Trade in Automotive Parts Act 
of 1998 
2275 
Pag* 
National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration 
Reauthorization Act of 
1998 
466 
Surface Transportation Revenue Act 
of 1998 
499 
TEA 21 Restoration Act 
834 
Travel and Transportation Ref<nm Act 
of 1998 
2360 
Treaties 
Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 
1998 
2966 
Trademark Law Treaty 
Implementation Act of 1998 
3064 
Trickey, Jean Brown 
2681-697 
Tracks 
See Transportation 
Tutu, Desmond 
896 
U 
Ukraine 
Ukrainian Museum and Archives, 
USIA television program 
'Window on America", 
availability 
3382 
United States Code 
Patriotic and national observances, 
revision and codification 
1253,3238 
Universities 
See Education 
Uranium 
Depleted hexafluoride, treatment and 
recycling 
681 
Urban and Rural Areas 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 
2681 
Appalachian Regional Development 
Reform Act of 1998 
3618 
Denali Commission Act of 1998.... 2681-637 
Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2461 
Economic Development 
Administration and Appalachian 
Regional Development Reform 
Act of 1998 
3596 
Economic Development 
Administration Reform Act of 
1998 
3597 
Federal Transit Act of 1998 
338 
Intelligent Transportation Systems 
Act of 1998 
452 
Utah 
Arches National Park Expansion Act 
of 1998 
3060 
Dutch John Federal Property 
Disposition and Assistance Act of 
1998 
3040 
SUBJECT INDEX 
B23 
Page 
Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument, boundary 
adjustments and conveyances 
3262 
Howard C, Nielson Post Office 
Building, designation 
2681-695 
Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act 
of 1998 
3139 
Wilcox Ranch, land acquisition and 
management 
3297 
Vermont 
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Compact Consent 
Act 
1642 
Vessels 
See Maritime Affairs 
Veterans 
Department of 
Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Personnel Incentive 
Act of 1998 
3352 
Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
2461 
Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 
1998 
2681-742 
Veterans Benefits Act of 1998 
492 
Veterans Employment Opportunities 
Act of 1998 
3182 
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act 
of 1998 
3316 
Virginia 
America's National Maritime 
Museum, designation 
2135 
George Bush Center for Intelligence, 
designation 
2403 
George Mason Memorial, legislative 
extension 
616 
Land conveyances 
50 
Lorton Technical Corrections Act of 
1998 
2681-600 
Ronald Reagan Washington National 
Airport, designation 
3 
Voluntarism 
Administrative Assistant to the Chief 
Justice, voluntary services, 
authorization 
1536 
Amy Somers Volunteers at Food 
Banks Act 
1248 
National Wildlife Refuge System 
Volunteer and Community 
Partnership Enhancement Act of 
1998 
1574 
Volunteers for Children Act 
1885 
Wair, Thelma Mothershed 
2681-697 
Washington 
Dungeness crab fishery management 
authority 
3463 
Page 
Hydroelectric project deadlines, 
extension 
622,623,625,626 
Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 
1998 
2681-326 
Kelly Butte Special Management 
Area, establishment 
2681-334 
Lake Chelan National Recreation 
Area, boundary adjustment 
1562 
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic 
Monument Completion Act 
2690 
Pacific Northwest Emergency 
Management Arrangement 
3402 
The Northwest Wildland Fire 
Protection Agreement 
3391 
Wenatchee National Forest, boundary 
adjustment 
1562 
Waste Disposal 
See Environmental Protection 
Water 
Bandelier National Moniunent 
Administrative Improvement and 
Watershed Protection Act of 
1998 
3388 
Burley Irrigation District, ID, 
facilities conveyance 
3219 
Canadian River Project Prepayment 
Act 
2999 
Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 1999 
1838 
Fall River Water Users District Rural 
Water System Act of 1998 
3222 
Folsom Dam, CA, temperature control 
devices, authorization 
2820 
Granite Watershed Enhancement and 
Protection Act of 1998 
2696 
Hydrographic Services Improvement 
Act of 1998 
3464 
Irrigation Project Contract Extension 
Act of 1998 
2816 
National Drought Policy Act of 
1998 
641 
National Sea Grant College Program 
Reauthorization Act 
21 
Salton Sea feasibility study 
2681-658 
Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 
1998 
3377 
Weapons 
See Arms and Munitions 
Welfare 
Federal means-tested public 
assistance programs database, 
study 
3399 
Head Start Amendments of 1998 
2703 
West Virginia 
Potomac Highlands Airport Authority 
Compact 
3212 
Whales 
National Whale Conservation Fund 
Act of 1998 
2681-119 
Wildlife 
See Fish and Wildlife; National 
Wildlife Refuge System 
B24 
SUBJECT INDEX 
Page 
Wireless Telephones 
See Communications and 
Telecommunications 
Women 
Commission on the Advancement of 
Women and Minorities in Science, 
Engineering, and Technology 
Development Act 
1889 
Higher Education Amendments of 
1998 
1581 
Mammography Quality Standards 
Reauthorization Act of 1998 
1864 
Women's Health and Cancer Rights 
Act of 1998 
2681-436 
Women's Health Research and 
Prevention Amendments of 
1998 
3191 
Women's Progress Commemoration 
Act 
3196 
Page 
Wyoming 
Dick Cheney Federal Building, 
designation 
2681-593 
Irrigation Project Contract Extension 
Actofl998 
2816 
National Historic Trails Interpretive 
Center, establishment 
2782 
Year 2000 Conversion 
See Computers 
Yugoslavia 
See Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
Zurita, Manuel 
92