S.Amdt. 3575

SA 3575. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division D, insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a) The funds made available under this Act for
the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be
increased by an additional $5,000,000, in accordance with
subsection (b), provided that not less than $720,000 of which
shall be made available for low-income and very low-income
families affected by any State-mandated fire.
(b) The additional amount provided under subsection (a)
shall be made available--
(1) notwithstanding section 11(d) of the Housing
Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805
note), to cover the cost of--
(A) acquiring land (including financing and closing costs),
which may include reimbursing an organization, consortium, or
affiliate, upon approval of any required environmental
review, for nongrant amounts of the organization, consortium,
or affiliate advanced before the review to acquire land;
(B) dwelling construction (including the cost of building
materials and construction equipment); and
(C) installing, extending, constructing, rehabilitating, or
otherwise improving utilities and other infrastructure; and
(2) for grants that allow for a maximum expenditure of not
less than $20,000 per dwelling.
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