S.Amdt. 887

SA 887. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Brown of Massachusetts)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 738
proposed by Mr. Inouye to the bill H.R. 2112, making appropriations for
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2012, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 371, after line 7, add the following:
Sec. __.  Owners of properties supported by the Secretary
other than under section 9 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g), for which an event causing the
cessation of rental assistance or affordability restrictions
has resulted or will result in eligibility for tenant
protection vouchers under section 8(o) or enhanced vouchers
under section 8(t) of such Act, shall be eligible for,
subject to requirements established by the Secretary,
including tenant consultation procedures, and in lieu of
issuance or continuation of such vouchers, conversion of
assistance available for such vouchers to assistance under
section 8(o)(13) of such Act, except that, only with respect
to such conversions, the Secretary may alter or waive the
provisions of subsections 8(o)(13)(B), (C), and (D) and, for
enhanced voucher being converted, of subsection 8(o)(13)(H).
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