To amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to reserve assistance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act for certain insular areas.
PL 102-230 (H.R.3576), enacted 12/12/1991

105 STAT. 1720 
PUBLIC LAW 102-230—DEC. 12, 1991 
Public Law 102-230 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 12, 1991 
To amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to reserve assist-
[H.R. 3576] 
ance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act for certain insular areas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RESERVATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
Section 217(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by inserting "and 
after reserving amounts for the insular areas under paragraph 
(3)" before the first comma; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(3) INSULAR AREAS.— 
Grants. 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, of any amount 
approved in an appropriations Act to carry out this title, 
the Secretary shall reserve for grants to the insular areas 
an amount that reflects— 
"(i) their share of the total population of eligible 
jurisdictions; and 
"(ii) any adjustments that the Secretary determines 
are reasonable in light of available data that are re-
lated to factors set forth in subsection (b)(1)(B). 
Regulations. 
"(B) SPECIFIC CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall provide for 
the distribution of amounts reserved under this paragraph 
among the insular areas in accordance with specific criteria 
to be set forth in a regulation promulgated by the Secretary 
after notice and public comment. 
"(C) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.—For fiscal year 1992, the 
reservation for insular areas specified in subparagraph (A) 
shall be made from any funds which become available for 
reallocation in accordance with the provisions of section 
216(6)(A).". 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking "Guam" and all that follows 
through "the Marshall Islands" and inserting "the insular 
areas"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(24) The term 'insular areas' means Guam, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, and Amer-
ican Samoa.". 
Virginia. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF TIME TO SUBMIT CDBG STATEMENT. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of Peters-
burg, Virginia is authorized to submit not later than 10 days follow-
ing the enactment of this Act, and the Secretary of Housing and 
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Urban Development shall consider and accept, the final statement 
of community development objectives and projected use of funds 
required by section 104(aXl) of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(a)(1)) in connection with a grant 
to the City of Petersburg under title I of such Act for fiscal year 
1991. 
SEC. 4. LOW-INCOME HOUSING COVENANTS. 
Section 515(p)(4) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(p)(4)) is 
amended by adding at the end "The preceding sentence shall not be 
interpreted as authorizing the Secretary to— 
"(A) limit the ability of a housing credit agency to require an 
owner of housing, in order to receive a low-income housing tax 
credit, to enter into a restrictive covenant, in such form and for 
such period as the housing credit agency deems appropriate, to 
maintain the occupancy characteristics of the project as pre-
scribed in section 42(hX6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
or 
"(B) deny or delay closing of financing under this section by 
reason of the existence, or occupancy terms, of any such restric-
tive covenant.". 
SEC. 5. FLOOD ELEVATION DETERMINATION. 
Louisiana. 
Notwithstanding the time limit set forth in section 1363(c) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104 (c) and (d)), St. 
Charles Parish, Louisiana, may file an appeal with the Director of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency with respect to certain 
flood elevation determinations for the area in and near the Ormond 
Country Club Estates located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, not 
later than June 1,1992. 
Approved December 12, 1991. 
LEGISLATIVE fflSTORY—H.R. 3576: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): 
Oct. 21, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 23, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Nov. 26, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
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