[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 27 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 27
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 6, 2004
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs
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AN ACT
To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt small public
housing agencies from the requirement of preparing an annual public
housing agency plan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Public Housing Authority
Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS FOR CERTAIN SMALL PUBLIC HOUSING
AGENCIES.
Section 5A(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437c-1(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(3) Exemption of certain small phas from filing
requirement.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or
any other provision of this Act--
``(i) the requirement under paragraph (1)
shall not apply to any qualified small public
housing agency; and
``(ii) any reference in this section or any
other provision of law to a `public housing
agency' shall not be considered to refer to any
qualified small public housing agency, to the
extent such reference applies to the
requirement to submit a public housing agency
plan under this subsection.
``(B) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph,
the term `qualified small public housing agency' means
a public housing agency that meets all of the following
requirements:
``(i) The sum of (I) the number of public
housing dwelling units administered by the
agency, and (II) the number of vouchers under
section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) administered by
the agency, is 100 or fewer.
``(ii) The agency is not designated
pursuant to section 6(j)(2) as a troubled
public housing agency.
``(iii) The agency provides assurances
satisfactory to the Secretary that
notwithstanding the inapplicability of the
requirements under this section relating to
resident advisory boards and public hearings
and notice, residents of public housing
administered by the agency will have an
adequate and comparable opportunity for
participation and notice regarding
establishment of the goals, objectives, and
policies of the public housing agency.''.
Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2004.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.