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<dc:title>114 HR 10009 IH: Revitalizing America’s Housing Act</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 10009</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20241018">October 18, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="L000599">Mr. Lawler</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HBA00">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name>, and in addition to the Committees on <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Ways and Means</committee-name>, <committee-name committee-id="HGO00">Oversight and Accountability</committee-name>, <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Energy and Commerce</committee-name>, and <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Veterans' Affairs</committee-name>, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned</action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To improve the safety of, affordability of, and access to housing.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H161BBC32673B4FBCA2CAACB938BC3B27" style="OLC"><section id="H1427DDFE2CF34DCFAFA47B65F10F5799" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title; Table of contents</header><subsection id="H69B81DCE1B0D4197812B4DC2F69008AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Revitalizing America’s Housing Act</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC853EE6A4D3A4DBEBBA25A9E3E04CD38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for this Act is as follows:</text><toc container-level="legis-body-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"><toc-entry idref="H1427DDFE2CF34DCFAFA47B65F10F5799" level="section">Sec. 1. Short title; Table of contents.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H28106CD7A8E9421B96649283E28C97CD" level="title">Title I—Promoting opportunity and increasing supply</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H7974A535E59B41ABA79133808C9D7B93" level="section">Sec. 101. Identification of regulatory barriers to affordable housing in HUD annual report.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HD1B1E7E12C164405A55B4FAFC6BCE749" level="section">Sec. 102. Opportunity zones transparency, extension, and improvement.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HFFCE80BA88D94AB38905D4BE12B73487" level="section">Sec. 103. Qualifying ordinary income added to special rules for investments in opportunity zones.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H7DE36763EBFC46B1AE20EE486B6E4FD0" level="section">Sec. 104. Relieving strain from shortages of transformers.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H95AA52C676654A0DA3D3279CB89845D6" level="section">Sec. 105. Incentivizing zoning reform.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H788FA63932D94DA4B7F8F0154745CBD0" level="section">Sec. 106. Expanding and strengthening the low-income housing tax credit.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H0DDC8702849541C4AE26D2F3AF341935" level="section">Sec. 107. Decreasing the equity penalty and incentivizing more long-term owners to sell homes.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H822F38B5E7EE4EDC95BD76518F1E0DF9" level="title">Title II—Increasing access to housing and addressing cost</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HB1992F9B203B4B42B79E709A68B0462C" level="section">Sec. 201. Expanding workforce and volunteer housing.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H18CDB25C4B47425D837C003472E7504B" level="section">Sec. 202. Supporting affordability and safety for public servants.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HB437701397864C1CA8CCDA671F6367C2" level="section">Sec. 203. Expanding programs supporting homeownership for those serving the community.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HD3A0BD35958242BDAB6CBC94C9988016" level="section">Sec. 204. Improving volunteer first responder housing.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H61243A6B7F384BD88DDC23D0791F5533" level="section">Sec. 205. Improving access to housing for veterans.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H124F134BE5CA486EB6A4864CE93CC572" level="section">Sec. 206. Supporting veteran families in need.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H4048E307463E46948659873B64B68CC4" level="section">Sec. 207. Attracting private investment to build and rehabilitate owner-occupied homes.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H711603A8A8084B03A8F6C1C9F93CC3DC" level="section">Sec. 208. Better utilizing and disposing of unused military and government lands for housing.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H7512B2BD8F8049B8AC9F1A1AC5BF36BB" level="section">Sec. 209. Energy conservation standards for manufactured housing.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H3F909CFBA9594CDF9F7CFAF0D653C96A" level="section">Sec. 210. Rental assistance demonstration program.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H69E3944292FE484A9537C8753404FF53" level="section">Sec. 211. Creating incentives for small dollar loan originators.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H7C0CFE995DAF435A9A4A50B77DF1A06B" level="section">Sec. 212. Small dollar mortgage points and fees.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H28E10FFF159D4BBAADF0D1203F3979F6" level="section">Sec. 213. Removing Outdated Regulation for Manufactured Housing.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H478603DA6CAE4524B6B854FDB1C24CF4" level="section">Sec. 214. Relieving Burdens on Affordability.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H78F18EFF268C401BB9F4C8FCCA88AB29" level="section">Sec. 215. Protecting Home Affordability from Energy Mandates.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H82DF6904DC6148A5A5F1296638951300" level="title">Title III—Serving the most vulnerable; health and safety</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H7474D1D329314DFAB7B1929D709A4F72" level="section">Sec. 301. GAO study to determine proximity of housing to Superfund sites.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H3592ED572BDC490BA51B48514DF9421E" level="section">Sec. 302. Ensuring public housing agencies inspect each dwelling unit each year.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H11C678C52A3243CBB1881DFEAD2A13B6" level="section">Sec. 303. Incentivizing local solutions to homelessness.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HB07ED1800B0045DAAA191B8901FAD038" level="section">Sec. 304. Improving mold and health standards.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HC9E6E380125E42DC9DA61F0563F78C83" level="section">Sec. 305. Improving Protection from Lead Hazards.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HE502A4C8618F44C4919E3C05DE85A22B" level="section">Sec. 306. Improving housing for the elderly and disabled.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H603342825C8A44C0AEC07BBEFBE87D63" level="title">Title IV—Good Governance</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HEB1AC2E48A464496AED4E7E3725E8560" level="section">Sec. 401. Requiring annual testimony and oversight from housing regulators.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HFFE05D7D785E4B368818C245AFC8669B" level="section">Sec. 402. Requiring annual testimony and oversight for government guaranteed or insured mortgage programs.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H6F9C857E57564018B8D01C90E393CA8D" level="section">Sec. 403. Testimony and report from United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HC35BBC35E5DE411D9A7F10B2993F5218" level="section">Sec. 404. Report detailing NYCHA compliance with and HUD oversight of 2019 agreement.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H839DF5DF3D7C424B9B692CB441637345" level="section">Sec. 405. FHA reporting requirements on safety and soundness.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HCF6DF1E30928459D9E88FFF2EB9F5ED2" level="section">Sec. 406. Combatting squatting.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="HF4E32152B23D4F4EBFFD42CD4B5AFC89" level="section">Sec. 407. Reallocation of voucher funding.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H12B28AB927D94A878186218B465FB891" level="title">Title V—Regulatory flexibility</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H4404AFC2B5C145DDA4ADF17887313003" level="section">Sec. 501. Authorization of Moving to Work Program.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H4027F2A48F7C4985BF0B3319CF14A8BA" level="section">Sec. 502. Rescission of Public and Indian Housing Notice 2021–18.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H0C6BAD5F739440D7847EEFEC22399C9B" level="title">Title VI—Improving financial literacy regarding housing</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="H0D198DCE5251411D99BB27137D83B013" level="section">Sec. 601. Reforms to housing counseling and financial literacy programs.</toc-entry></toc></subsection></section><title id="H28106CD7A8E9421B96649283E28C97CD"><enum>I</enum><header>Promoting opportunity and increasing supply</header><section id="H7974A535E59B41ABA79133808C9D7B93"><enum>101.</enum><header>Identification of regulatory barriers to affordable housing in HUD annual report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3536">42 U.S.C. 3536</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Each such annual report shall include an identification of significant regulatory barriers to affordable housing, within the meaning of such term as provided in the first sentence of section 1203 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12705b">42 U.S.C. 12705b</external-xref>), and a discussion and analysis of how to reduce or remove such barriers.</quote>.</text></section><section id="HD1B1E7E12C164405A55B4FAFC6BCE749"><enum>102.</enum><header>Opportunity zones transparency, extension, and improvement</header><subsection id="H71242CB0B90444BF9006313663FA9D74" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Modification of population census tracts designated as qualified opportunity zones</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1400Z">Section 1400Z–1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9F431EB148841238B6D7966CB9B0E7D"><subsection id="H079E6FCEA3AA4E31AB6CF0FEFE78BE06"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Disqualification of certain population census tracts</header><paragraph id="HBC3CF29B2A1448B8B08D55516B2AF4CB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (5), any disqualified census tract shall not be treated as a qualified opportunity zone for any period after the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary publishes the final list of disqualified census tracts under paragraph (4)(B).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3CFFEC1437544DCAD3CCAADA2D20263"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Replacement zones</header><subparagraph id="H67867BEE777042B08BA701E8964E77F9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The chief executive officer of a State shall nominate additional population census tracts to replace any population census tract the designation of which as a qualified opportunity zone was terminated by reason of paragraph (1). Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the rules of subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f) shall apply to any population census tract nominated under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AD5AEEAE7A34F569F0CCBC8F0D73A7D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>No population census tract nominated under subparagraph (A) may be designated as a qualified opportunity zone unless the chief executive officer of the State certifies in writing to the Secretary that the chief executive officer has consulted with the chief executive officer (or the equivalent) of each local jurisdiction in which the population census tract is located. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44DA6FAF4D2B4E39A1CF1838D7E18776"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text>For purposes of this subchapter—</text><clause id="HD06E0D505D4E4FA78B1CAABBB13DB621"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any population census tract which is a disqualified census tract (as defined in paragraph (3) without regard to subparagraph (A)(i) thereof) may not be nominated as a qualified opportunity zone under this paragraph,</text></clause><clause id="H24BD8702448C412ABF8E47B06DF4CB91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the determination period with respect to a nomination under subparagraph (A) shall be the 45-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary publishes the final list of disqualified census tracts under paragraph (4)(B), as extended under subsection (b)(2), and</text></clause><clause id="H51435BACB58C4FCBB216AEAFE5E62037"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the period for which any such designation is in effect shall be the period beginning on the date such designation takes effect and ending on the last day of the 10th calendar year beginning on or after the designation date as a qualified opportunity zone for the population census tract which it is replacing as such a zone by reason of the termination under paragraph (1).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF7F85ECA96044FDA308607EF2040070"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Regulations and guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this paragraph. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H15A8A4D4CB9347CEBEEB2EADB274947B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disqualified census tract</header><text>For purposes of this subsection—</text><subparagraph id="HD5D3AB76A58246EAAD14CD676C306915"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>disqualified census tract</term> means any population census tract which—</text><clause id="HAA876626C163400EA81C8A2C30E178C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was designated as a qualified opportunity zone before the date of the enactment of this subsection, and</text></clause><clause id="H73EAD8170A03485CBC4603EEDE88CDE7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is described in subparagraph (B) or (C).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0AC581B037F84627A2635D12E496F77D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>High median family income tracts</header><clause id="HDAD28A45375C4F7DBDAE408B1D5F8C04"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), a population census tract is described in this subparagraph if the median family income for such tract exceeds 130 percent of the national median family income as published by Department of Housing and Urban Development or the CDFI Fund.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HA24C20B13F70489A9C38320CCDDA0CB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply if the poverty rate of such population census tract (excluding students enrolled in an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965)) is equal to or greater than 30 percent. </text></clause><clause id="H485FA9F22E3C41798EA51FAB6E97B460"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Request to retain designation for certain population census tracts</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply if the Secretary, upon a request of the chief executive officer of the State made not later than 60 days after the date the Secretary publishes the list described in paragraph (4)(A), determines that—</text><subclause id="HDA753BAEB97C42CAAEA3743DA6526B46"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the designation of such population census tract was consistent with the purposes of this subchapter, or </text></subclause><subclause id="H6C0229C15C644586A93064988D6D6FBD"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the median family income for the population census tract does not exceed 130 percent of the national median family income as published by Department of Housing and Urban Development or the CDFI Fund. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H86F33ED772324B40A9532EC88C92B772"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Election to include additional population census tracts</header><clause commented="no" id="H59C786DFEAE34D49B08DD8DDB4467BA2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A population census tract is described in this subparagraph if the Secretary, upon the request of the chief executive officer of the State submitted not later than 60 days after the date the Secretary publishes the list described in paragraph (4)(A), determines that the continued designation of such population census tract as a qualified opportunity zone is not consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.</text></clause><clause id="H008B6A58D0A4441DA23AD398C066E85E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No population census tract nominated under clause (i) may be designated as a qualified opportunity zone unless the chief executive officer of the State certifies in writing to the Secretary that the chief executive officer has consulted with the chief executive officer (or the equivalent) of each local jurisdiction in which the population census tract is located.</text></clause><clause id="H85B98FF2FC8347B19D00B0DE6FF2BCF7"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Regulations and guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date on which the Secretary publishes the final list of disqualified census tracts under paragraph (4)(B), the Secretary shall issue regulations or guidance with respect to the criteria to be used for making a determination by the Secretary under clause (i). </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5A282E3728884AD0826AB659A7B757B6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Identification and publication of disqualified census tracts</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8746E40E68264086993B5E8E40591095"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial identification</header><text>As soon as practical, but not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall make public—</text><clause commented="no" id="H827370DFA3C647AD923502732A467866"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a list of population census tracts described in paragraph (3)(B) (determined without regard to clause (iii) thereof), and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HA075401F7BCF49298BC4B4F368AE4E85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a list of population census tracts which are low-income communities and were not designated as a qualified opportunity zone before the date of enactment of this subsection. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9BF1360A25D94410B215B48A9EC95502"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final list of disqualified census tracts</header><text>Not later than 105 days after the date the Secretary publishes the list described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall make public a final list of disqualified census tracts. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H36BB84B29EBE44729063380478403EDF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rules for qualified preexisting investments</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="H587639B27FF4422D8B36A4F3077D489F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of this subchapter, section 1400Z–2 shall be applied without regard to paragraph (1) with respect to any qualified preexisting trade or business.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9D6C278ABC744FC6A32A3B5FA9E83B10"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified preexisting trade or business</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph—</text><clause commented="no" id="H909A82F89905426BB0DCCEACE4673F42"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified preexisting trade or business</term> means any trade or business of a qualified opportunity fund or qualified opportunity zone business which meets the requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 1400Z–2(d)(3)(A) and with respect to which—</text><subclause id="H983533A2DCB644839D5618443A1D210D" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>before the date of the enactment of this subsection, a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/77a">15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.</external-xref>) is filed or any comparable offering memorandum or similar disclosure document is provided in reliance on section 230.506 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, that discloses the intent of such trade or business to invest in the disqualified census tract,</text></subclause><subclause id="HA4F601A818BB4F8CA1A41895B9424611" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">before the first date on which the disqualified census tract appears on any list published under paragraph (4), investments in the disqualified census tract are made or agreed pursuant to a binding agreement to be made which—</text><item commented="no" id="HCE95D910EF024085B89A25EF3530851B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>aggregate more than $250,000, and</text></item><item commented="no" id="H6343664D23024B69931DF455B5D98302"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>have been designated in writing for the use in, or the development of, such trade or business, or</text></item></subclause><subclause id="HDE51A4CB08014F788152EEFED2081FC3" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the qualified opportunity fund or qualified opportunity zone business is determined by the Secretary to have relied on the designation of the disqualified census tract as a qualified opportunity zone and to have suffered or is expected to suffer a loss as a result of the application of paragraph (1).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H646D299E723A47A0AD624B86DAD92D7B" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Trade or business</header><text>The term <term>trade or business</term> includes any activity intended to qualify as a trade or business within the meaning of section 162. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD032BCEFF0E54CA0A200B82F2BDF7337"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations and guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, including guidance to prevent speculative investment solely for the purpose of falling within the definition of a qualified preexisting trade or business. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD586035B0B44A1FACEC442D3619F577"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Determination of population census tract data</header><text>For purposes of applying this subsection, in determining whether a population census tract meets any qualification with respect to poverty rate or any aspect of median income, such determination shall be made using the most recent census data that has been published by the Bureau of the Census as of the date of enactment of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H8EA9EF75EA2D4AB2B5D6BECCCF50223D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain former industrial tracts permitted To be designated as opportunity zones</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1400Z">Section 1400Z–1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 101, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE0EE313877FC49DCA9A6286C3AA76761" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HC30667AE416C4F509D366CB2D76941D9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Special rule for former industrial tracts contiguous to designated opportunity zones</header><paragraph id="H348F4A5426814250B7A007BEADE8E374"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this chapter, the term <term>qualified opportunity zone</term> means an population census tract which is described in paragraph (2) and designated as a qualified opportunity zone under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6E1B6E1946DD41938BBA82962A6DCAF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Population census tract described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A population census tract is described in this subparagraph if—</text><subparagraph id="H9327553284424C008BA1738F1072E1AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the tract—</text><clause id="H7D29D488CD6A42439E5D477BE2F6186B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has a population of zero, </text></clause><clause id="HBEB4E94FE35E423681D93D4A6A61FC80"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was previously used for industrial purposes and is a brownfield industrial site, and </text></clause><clause id="H8E19B54B7DD54A3C940DE7B23DBA32A3" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is contiguous, including by water, to a population census tract on at least 1 side that has been designated as a qualified opportunity zone under this section, or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBD290A080584985A06247627511A9CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the tract was merged, as a result of the 2020 decennial census, into a census tract described in subparagraph (A)(iii) and met all requirements described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B3614E5960846DA82048AE05EEAD95C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), a population census tract that is described in paragraph (2) is designated as a qualified opportunity zone if—</text><subparagraph id="H66BCE969D14341929DD175B563D24E83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the chief executive officer of the State in which the tract is located—</text><clause id="H0D7DE935E5D2479596FB189197FDC075"><enum>(i)</enum><text>nominates the tract for designation as a qualified opportunity zone, and</text></clause><clause id="H21BA6E0C1F854471826997F22F8F601B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notifies the Secretary in writing of such nomination, and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H636BF5E320D54ED5AD544B3DBF8486DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after receiving the notification under subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary certifies such nomination and designates such tract as a qualified opportunity zone. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8FFBD9E2F3241C9AA803F7D481F54A4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Determination of census tract information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the boundaries and population of a census tract shall be determined based on United States Census Bureau data for the 2010 decennial census. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1E57576C2D4A48CF8CAC403856BA16D1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Number of designations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Population census tracts designated as a qualified opportunity zone under this subsection shall not be taken into account for purposes of subsection (d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEFC1995977DD4BC9A5FA3C1E2F6FA643"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subsection—</text><subparagraph id="HCAC0C66525204B94AC1C647136145BE1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Brownfield industrial site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>brownfield industrial site</term> means a population census tract that includes real property the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant, including real property covered by a prospective purchaser agreement or similar agreement entered into by the Environmental Protection Agency or the appropriate State authority. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9DEB17D9AA940F5B3AA55C959AFE3BC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Hazardous substance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hazardous substance</term> means—</text><clause id="H231F6AEF4E6B4C4FB4C3482E9B96A0E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a hazardous substance as defined in section 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601(14)</external-xref>), or</text></clause><clause id="HC4476AF744344563B6504E5F7E6B3F1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>petroleum or a petroleum product. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H210EF936986C47DCB0F990268CD91050"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Pollutant or contaminant</header><text>The term <quote>pollutant or contaminant</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 101(33) of such Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HE91E876F35EC42B0A2E3789DEE457138" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information reporting on qualified opportunity funds</header><paragraph id="H78AF5AC560B4469A9A60094425AF6360"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="H1597CA5DF6DE418F97E967040F6C2F53"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Filing requirements for funds and investors</header><text>Subpart A of part III of subchapter A of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/61">chapter 61</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 6039J the following new sections:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE09F0E8C7F4946ACB5DCD3EC71B3BAEE"><section id="HDAD3DE5CE3ED464588AD811D2A2FDC0F"><enum>6039K.</enum><header>Returns with respect to qualified opportunity funds</header><subsection id="H544315469C144536865798FF95527793"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Every qualified opportunity fund shall file an annual return (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe) containing the information described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H5AF8E6F003D94E60930A348B08ABB505"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information from qualified opportunity funds</header><text>The information described in this subsection is—</text><paragraph id="H6E70A886C4B14D838358B0058D0C69A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of the qualified opportunity fund,</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4BE82279FD84BECA8B7CD91C661D9B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whether the qualified opportunity fund is organized as a corporation or a partnership,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H37F695729E9D4803BE1AF4EED636017A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the value of the total assets held by the qualified opportunity fund as of each date described in section 1400Z–2(d)(1),</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEDA9657938694244BE44506BAF7F3547"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the value of all qualified opportunity zone property held by the qualified opportunity fund on each such date,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBFCAE898C55B4C819B2DEE776248F625"><enum>(5)</enum><text>with respect to each investment held by the qualified opportunity fund in qualified opportunity zone stock or a qualified opportunity zone partnership interest—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCF65C6F2625D4369B32B59AC3E522A44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of the corporation in which such stock is held or the partnership in which such interest is held, as the case may be,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE752C63724DB4168B3205AC54307371C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each North American Industry Classification Code that applies to the trades or businesses conducted by such corporation or partnership,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2011912502284ABBA12A533A347B752A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the population census tracts in which the qualified opportunity zone business property of such corporation or partnership is located,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE4AB556E8B3E4329A864AE6FE8BEF625"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the amount of the investment in such stock or partnership interest as of each date described in section 1400Z–2(d)(1),</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3C6274A673AB4713B9CB52078C351F74"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the value, as determined under regulations issued by the Secretary, of tangible property held by such corporation or partnership on each such date which is owned by such corporation or partnership,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5520EF5E521843EC94777B9FBEFE0828"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the value, as determined under regulations issued by the Secretary, of tangible property held by such corporation or partnership on each such date which is leased by such corporation or partnership,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3066765B7F6C44F09E08461A2F06C9FF"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the information described in paragraph (6)(E) with respect to buildings with 1 or more residential rental units which are held by such corporation or partnership, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H30B24C081EFE471092E1A79399CD37DB"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the approximate average monthly number of full-time equivalent employees of such corporation or partnership for the year (within numerical ranges identified by the Secretary) or such other indication of the employment impact of such corporation or partnership as determined appropriate by the Secretary, which shall account for direct and indirect, temporary and permanent jobs,</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC1E7016F0A5D4C0EA6E5C7463F29DF96"><enum>(6)</enum><text>with respect to the items of qualified opportunity zone business property held by the qualified opportunity fund—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1FA60D8083AE4A98AC4D27425A2CE6FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the North American Industry Classification Code that applies to the trades or businesses in which such property is held,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3E6B692F2CE74FDAB5C81C015DE1FBC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the population census tract in which the property is located,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H633954B1F6F043A9B2E565DE48818C1A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the property is owned or leased,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEEE9B91978D5423A8BA0EA7B857823DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the aggregate value, as determined under regulations issued by the Secretary, of the items of qualified opportunity zone property held by the qualified opportunity fund as of each date described in section 1400Z–2(d)(1), and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H184130BD27B84C5DAE48722F0E055AEA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of each building with 1 or more residential rental units—</text><clause id="H3C1724BF26D94EE0B80478BB59589EB1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total number of such residential rental units,</text></clause><clause id="HCF38AC0ABBCD43F993A9148395766C09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of such units occupied by tenants with an income of 50 percent or less of area median income adjusted for family size,</text></clause><clause id="HCFFFBC8FAE884B47AF104DAF85C5FB57"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of such units occupied by tenants with an income in excess of 50 percent, but not exceeding 60 percent of area median income adjusted for family size, and</text></clause><clause id="HB78E635933C346C7859B55E46ACE8239"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>whether—</text><subclause id="HADA1D22D4CA64FF6BBFB66A7ECA376FC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>at least 20 percent of such units are occupied by tenants described in clause (ii), or</text></subclause><subclause id="H928D921D65414269A94DEC04D6EC8CA0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 40 percent of such units are occupied by tenants with income averaging not more than 60 percent of area median income adjusted for family size,</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9A7F6A30D54543EF98B9723CDCED4F8E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the approximate average monthly number of full-time equivalent employees for the year of the trades or businesses of the qualified opportunity fund in which qualified opportunity zone business property is held (within numerical ranges identified by the Secretary) or such other indication of the employment impact of such trades or businesses as determined appropriate by the Secretary, which shall account for direct and indirect, temporary and permanent jobs,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1D9BA356FA7E408AB1E4907E16973658"><enum>(8)</enum><text>with respect to each person who disposed of an investment in the qualified opportunity fund during the year—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1D356AC6E97E45E5A88E24754108794F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name and taxpayer identification number of such person,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC8AE65AD80904902B2658C9E2E62573E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date or dates on which the investment disposed was acquired, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC353907AF4F2497A9718E3F44FD054E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the date or dates on which any such investment was disposed and the amount of the investment disposed, and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB6AB16CCEDA94FFF92545A03402646EB"><enum>(9)</enum><text>such other information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA7B2FDC6A1A74D1B8571DC1AD98F9B52"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statement required To be furnished to investors</header><text>Every person required to make a return under subsection (a) shall furnish to each person whose name is required to be set forth in such return by reason of subsection (b)(8) a written statement showing—</text><paragraph id="HF33D2C615ED54D9D9F93E499084D4A6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the name, address and phone number of the information contact of the person required to make such return, and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A85F712036A4EBBB19966F1D07CCA0A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the information required to be shown on such return by reason of subsection (b)(8) with respect to such person.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6F811A6A43034251B8F67FA3B0DA2F6A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H071858FBC6034D9F8EC30C26B96D5CE9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any term used in this section which is also used in subchapter Z of chapter 1 shall have the meaning given such term under such subchapter.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7658F7F2C48D435FA1CD465EB8B447F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Full-time equivalent employees</header><text>The term <term>full-time equivalent employees</term> means, with respect to any month, the sum of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5B0E097DC79B4E18BEFBCEE33D65E1E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of full-time employees (as defined in section 4980H(c)(4)) for the month, plus</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCD106208A4B6431993FAE72EAFF3BEA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of employees determined (under rules similar to the rules of section 4980H(c)(2)(E)) by dividing the aggregate number of hours of service of employees who are not full-time employees for the month by 120.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HE4BC268D8C4F49C7905EBA2FB451EC07"><enum>6039L.</enum><header>Information on persons investing in qualified opportunity funds</header><subsection commented="no" id="H8EF4BB7911DF43C18246BFB6F40F9883"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every taxpayer who makes an investment in a qualified opportunity fund shall provide an annual statement (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe) containing the information described in subsection (b) with respect to each such investment.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9A96F68E9198423783769AA24614A81E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information from investors</header><text>The information described in this subsection is—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H5A88727B550E47A88DEE25E4CC9E99A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of the taxpayer,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7DB6E1167A7B4ABCA36FA56D6524AAE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the name and taxpayer identification number of the qualified opportunity fund in which the investment was made,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3AE6517E957E4A4A9FDBA60F5250244C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of such investment,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H66DE1E20793C4C08A79494000E809C7E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the date such investment was made,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6DA6D0DA007743CD8B8A824D2C667A43"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the amount of short-term and long-term capital gains for which an election was made under section 1400Z–2(a)(1) for such investment,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H464AE250C6F946BD899808195AC7C412"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in the case of any disposition of any investment in a qualified opportunity fund during the taxable year—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H53C22D4D142749B48559330482D04047"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the investment disposed,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H246CECABE8754EE98C4A14DA438E0F71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date of the disposition, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H83E6DA6D72F7434290FE46E3DD30AEFB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the amount of any previously deferred short-term and long-term capital gain included in income as a result of such disposition, and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC6BD84D47C9C457B9B4AB838268A6BCE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>such other information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H08A90CB9D0654C1ABE1664971013FCA8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Any term used in this section which is also used in subchapter Z of chapter 1 shall have the meaning given such term under such subchapter.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HC3B6D41F369E47D98B786BD98A114E1A"><enum>6039M.</enum><header>Information required from certain qualified opportunity zone businesses</header><subsection commented="no" id="H77533C8C5C974994BF5216C4EB8D1207"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every applicable qualified opportunity zone business shall furnish to the qualified opportunity fund described in subsection (b) a written statement in such manner and setting forth such information as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe for purposes of enabling such qualified opportunity fund to meet the requirements of section 6039(b)(5).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8D0EA91307694D7DBCA32AD966F3B5F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable qualified opportunity zone business</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection (a), the term <term>applicable qualified opportunity zone business</term> means any qualified opportunity zone business (as defined in section 1400Z–2(d)(3))—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="HB45D30B5727A4436855A494E8525C2FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which is a trade or business of a qualified opportunity fund,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAB361D91B5FF4767A0885055676E2173"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in which a qualified opportunity fund holds qualified opportunity zone stock, or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEA3D0E5A63C043E7924471652B1579DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in which a qualified opportunity fund holds a qualified opportunity zone partnership interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD3064C53E32A45B7803DEBC6755010AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any term used in this section which is also used in subchapter Z of chapter 1 shall have the meaning given such term under such subchapter.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41598BF780FE4E5CBAB44DDFA0DF5A21"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Penalties</header><clause id="H2F516DA232724E23AE3C8DC4B1B38024" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part II of subchapter B of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/68">chapter 68</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 6725 the following new section:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA190CB5AE66B414C979E78F9738C6CD3"><section id="HA78D7EF3897147A0BA27F60072607833" commented="no"><enum>6726.</enum><header>Failure to comply with information reporting requirements relating to qualified opportunity funds</header><subsection id="HD3F260DA76E340289FCC162C22C35551" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Information returns by qualified opportunity funds</header><paragraph id="H037940D04419439786BC2999E722BB2B" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of any person required to file a return under section 6039K fails to file a complete and correct return under such section in the time and in the manner prescribed therefor, such person shall pay a penalty of $500 for each day during which such failure continues.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H30739E507A8E41A2A050C2C752133AAE" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><subparagraph id="H7D85B68CB8654545A778823A319FB26A" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The maximum penalty under this subsection on failures with respect to any 1 return shall not exceed $10,000.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD17DE9C4B27D4F7791D5806B5BF1292F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Large qualified opportunity funds</header><text>In the case of any failure described in paragraph (1) with respect to a fund the gross assets of which (determined on the last day of the taxable year) are in excess of $10,000,000, subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting <quote>$50,000</quote> for <quote>$10,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA71428C602C64A55B619409A2D74B61C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reduction where correction in specified period</header><text>If any failure described in paragraph (1) is corrected on or before the day 60 days after the due date (including extensions) for filing the return, the penalty imposed by paragraph (1) shall be $500 in lieu of the amount determined under such paragraph.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD57A8F2AE8C0496AA9E6746C0AD4DD09"><enum>(4)</enum><header>De minimis errors</header><text>If—</text><subparagraph id="H8C80139BCAE84768B4A291C2FC1E2B91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>there are one or more such failures described in paragraph (1) relating to an incorrect dollar amount, and no single amount in error differs from the correct amount by more than $100, or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0AA52B8758A24836990E99F274B270B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there are one or more such failures described in paragraph (1) relating to a non-numerical amount and such error is inconsequential, then no correction shall be required, and, for purposes of this section, such statement shall be treated as having been filed with all correct required information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD443450E50D4792A00936E106B8CFDE" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Penalty in cases of intentional disregard</header><text>If a failure described in paragraph (1) is due to intentional disregard, then—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE588249581E14A1A89DB139BC0EEAA1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting <quote>$2,500</quote> for <quote>$500</quote>,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H85BB8F060DF74BBEB3CEFBF756B2479F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>paragraph (2)(A) shall be applied by substituting <quote>$50,000</quote> for <quote>$10,000</quote>, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBF8A38293C804DB6BEEBEB1C8FF5DCA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>paragraph (2)(B) shall be applied by substituting <quote>$250,000</quote> for <quote>$50,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7BFCE99DC7E640E7B3BDA40A11D10399" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Inflation adjustment</header><subparagraph id="H53C564C0797D495589555895D5AF24D6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of any failure relating to a return required to be filed in a calendar year beginning after 2023, each of the dollar amounts in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) shall be increased by an amount equal to such dollar amount multiplied by the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2022</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC75C836F48A488A9E11212955BB7AB8" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rounding</header><clause id="HE6CFCE278A0B4BFDB12F8689B87F1494" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the $500 dollar amount in paragraph (1), (3), or (5)(A) or the $2,500 amount in paragraph (5)(A), after being increased under subparagraph (A), is not a multiple of $10, such dollar amount shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $10.</text></clause><clause id="H83B2E2CE6CAF41B2A65FB7C97F030AFD" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Asset threshold</header><text>If the $10,000,000 dollar amount in paragraph (2)(B), after being increased under subparagraph (A), is not a multiple of $10,000, such dollar amount shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $10,000.</text></clause><clause id="HE67BD1AB4BC742F6913544BC4D42C6E4" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Other dollar amounts</header><text>If any dollar amount in paragraph (2), (3), or (5) (other than any amount to which clause (i) or (ii) applies), after being increased under subparagraph (A), is not a multiple of $1,000, such dollar amount shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $1,000.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEDED656DE9F04312B0607709E1B3FEB6" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statements by investors</header><paragraph commented="no" id="HC3D2E8A187D24D5D95337F23597683DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8EFE41CCDE154A14809422DFD5EC6027"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any person is required to file a statement under section 6039L for any period, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9DA02BBA8B474765BFA5B7C7F0720E81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fails—</text><clause commented="no" id="HA69778D4FA6A448489A7539E4AB69451"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to file such statement on or before the required filing date, or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H784CAE09E99E459F829CDFFC82DF88EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fails to include all of the information required to be shown on the statement or includes incorrect information,</text></clause></subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">such person shall pay a penalty of $5,000.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H82EDCE77AB244DB88AA5E36FD55642B5" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reduction where correction in specified period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any failure described in paragraph (1)(B) is corrected on or before the day 60 days after the due date (including extensions) for filing the return, the penalty imposed by paragraph (1) shall be $500 in lieu of the amount determined under such paragraph.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE551E00C492445289CC7526BD6F914C" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>De minimis errors</header><text>If—</text><subparagraph id="H205B44F1BEF04AA2BF2F73F72E9A091B" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there are one or more such failures described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) relating to an incorrect dollar amount, and no single amount in error differs from the correct amount by more than $100, or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80406D8C13E74195A6B273DC9E34AF48" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there are one or more such failures described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) relating to a non-numerical amount and such error is inconsequential,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph" commented="no">then no correction shall be required, and, for purposes of this section, such statement shall be treated as having been filed with all correct required information.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F499E77B53742C9AD71C25EA33265A1" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Penalty in cases of intentional disregard</header><text>If one or more failures described in paragraph (1)(B) are due to intentional disregard of the filing requirement (or the correct information reporting requirement), then, with respect to each such failure—</text><subparagraph id="H3C06B399788849AC8588B86AC04B7713" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB49E56CAB8F431D8AA10BE814E0479A" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of the penalty determined under paragraph (1) shall be $25,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7903BF5F583B4DD88BF060EF559E255F" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Inflation adjustment</header><subparagraph id="H13BA118CF3C945E1ADC7E25323D9C44D" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of any failure relating to a statement required to be filed in a calendar year beginning after 2023, each of the dollar amounts in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) shall be increased by an amount equal to such dollar amount multiplied by the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2022</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AB2E092B6C74365B9FC976CB9F6D87E" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>The amount of any increase under subparagraph (A) shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 ($10 in the case of any increase in the amount under paragraph (2)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H50CBF284CB9B4D0B8089B9027D1E6586"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Information required to be sent to other taxpayers</header><text>Section 6724(d)(2) of such Code is amended—</text><subclause id="H20F9F64706D343298C0F8C3E66E7D258"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (II),</text></subclause><subclause id="HB9741FCF14184C30959A701B0CB273CD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of the first subparagraph (JJ) (relating to section 6226) and inserting a comma,</text></subclause><subclause id="H87018D967CBE49058F2354ADA93F0DDA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating the second subparagraph (JJ) (relating to section 6050Y) as subparagraph (KK),</text></subclause><subclause id="HE9219C4F98B44CE8825390A4B9FCED3E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (KK) (as redesignated by subclause (III)) and inserting a comma, and</text></subclause><subclause id="HCE7CFA6FA82A47268B0EBC5B4F3F56A0"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (KK) (as so redesignated) the following new subparagraphs: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75B31B3BDB40447B8E9A611EB518AB40"><subparagraph id="H9E36C10D07DC43089282076D704E6764"><enum>(LL)</enum><text>section 6039K(c) (relating to disposition of qualified opportunity fund investments), or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EE374E34EBB46118328D198070B7D2D"><enum>(MM)</enum><text>section 6039M (relating to information required from certain qualified opportunity zone businesses).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E08E3041BF24325BB53B6E9EAA3B2F2" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Electronic filing</header><text>Section 6011(e) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47B0B827DA7142DC9CB2B5F1CCD211B8"><paragraph id="H8977256F32834FC7B2B6F5C77FECD3CF" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Qualified opportunity funds</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), any return filed by a qualified opportunity fund shall be filed on magnetic media or other machine-readable form.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H275E31ED50584F53B6B6C15BF46DBD6A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><clause id="HDE8FD9CF05FC4D1CB131F949A4A381DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The table of sections for subpart A of part III of subchapter A of chapter 61 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6039J the following new items:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF8F42DC9F38D4235A74058784BFF86F8"><toc><toc-entry level="section" idref="HDAD3DE5CE3ED464588AD811D2A2FDC0F">Sec. 6039K. Returns with respect to qualified opportunity funds. </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="HE4BC268D8C4F49C7905EBA2FB451EC07">Sec. 6039L. Information on persons investing in qualified opportunity funds. </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="HC3B6D41F369E47D98B786BD98A114E1A">Sec. 6039M. Information required from certain qualified opportunity zone businesses.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H3F23B4E46365469AB2D848A41088E57A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The table of sections for part II of subchapter B of chapter 68 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6725 the following new item:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H85118C3BAA554CF292C068B9782BC4EF"><toc><toc-entry idref="HA78D7EF3897147A0BA27F60072607833" level="section">Sec. 6726. Failure to comply with information reporting requirements relating to qualified opportunity funds.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33ED42B322DA4CFD862434CDE66A4202" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6A6958E89A544CCAA15A253D50A1D19B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting of data on opportunity zone tax incentives</header><subparagraph id="HF15CFFBE22C6419D9EF6D66CE881FBC2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practical after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s delegate (referred to in this section as the <term>Secretary</term>), in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of the Census and such other agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate, shall make publicly available a report on qualified opportunity funds.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77FD2A6ABEDF4CB9BA4A850533CBF0C9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information included</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subparagraph (A) shall include, to the extent available, the following information:</text><clause id="H3E216EE8FDE740D8BA8F855AFB62F9E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of qualified opportunity funds.</text></clause><clause id="H1A4D8152CF56444C8F65321468423578"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The aggregate dollar amount of assets held in qualified opportunity funds.</text></clause><clause id="H4154D4396FAC4E6B8D81F428E3E11BC1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The aggregate dollar amount of investments made by qualified opportunity funds in qualified opportunity fund property across each industry class under the North American Industry Classification Code.</text></clause><clause id="HA05366B3F7394742A86E5FEC3A52CB23"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The percentage of population census tracts designated as qualified opportunity zones that have received qualified opportunity fund investments.</text></clause><clause id="H5F66A679775E49EF996F476BE848B98A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>For each population census tract designated as a qualified opportunity zone, the approximate average monthly number of full-time equivalent employees of the qualified opportunity zone businesses in such qualified opportunity zone for the preceding 12-month period (within numerical ranges identified by the Secretary) or such other indication of the employment impact of such qualified opportunity fund businesses as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></clause><clause id="HD24A4B1575704D4E9B70D3ABBA983DDF"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage of the total amount of investments made directly or indirectly by qualified opportunity funds in—</text><subclause id="H07CACFAF3B2540C6AC347CEAABAFDB0A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualified opportunity zone business property which is real property; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HDDBC19FC9AC0430FAF06B1A733B70AE6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other qualified opportunity zone business property.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HAAC597753DBB4A3A93DA145A24210214"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>For each population census tract, the aggregate approximate number of residential units resulting from investments made by qualified opportunity funds in real property.</text></clause><clause id="H9ED5D0A91ED941028D9E5B61F6D669D9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>The aggregate dollar amount of investments made by qualified opportunity funds in each population census tract.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE64560E2B6FA4196AD3029A365DCD1DA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Additional information</header><clause id="H767C5FF74B6B4C4EB97590C295F7BF11"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning with the report submitted under subparagraph (A) for the 6th year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall include in such report the impacts and outcomes of a designation of a population census tract as a qualified opportunity zone as measured by economic indicators, such as job creation, poverty reduction, new business starts, and other metrics as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause><clause id="H93E3B05B45344F8EBC021175AD1B83A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Semi-decennial information</header><subclause id="H6A52DFC2A80D44F2BA72A9273163F88C"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of any report submitted under subparagraph (A) in the 6th year or the 11th year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall include the following information:</text><item id="HA29B60BF1DC24BC4ADD67496936154A6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>For population census tracts designated as a qualified opportunity zone, a comparison (based on aggregate information) of the factors listed in subclause (III) between the 5-year period ending on the date of the enactment of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</external-xref> and the most recent 5-year period for which data is available.</text></item><item id="HBE0AA853FC0F4DD5BFF3ADD3EBEFA54E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>For population census tracts designated as a qualified opportunity zone, a comparison (based on aggregate information) of the factors listed in subclause (III) for the most recent 5-year period for which data is available between such population census tracts and a similar population census tracts that were not designated as a qualified opportunity zone.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="HF8CC67EEF689447EB7428509C9722DC3"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Control groups</header><text>For purposes of subclause (I), the Secretary may combine population census tracts into such groups as the Secretary determines appropriate for purposes of making comparisons.</text></subclause><subclause id="H26436A087DF0485E80FB4F3564552453"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Factors listed</header><text>The factors listed in this subclause are the following:</text><item id="H0D44989885014D57AB728888E0CC0F3C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>The unemployment rate.</text></item><item id="H692FA347F2DF4811809B77E9A3A086EC"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>The number of persons working in the population census tract, including the percentage of such persons who were not residents in the population census tract in the preceding year.</text></item><item id="H3B0A0791FF324A24A81C659EDDE340A4"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>Individual, family, and household poverty rates.</text></item><item id="HEE9C8E4882CB472294336A911391CE9E"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>Median family income of residents of the population census tract.</text></item><item id="H1A465E2748824F7B9E9FABF08C7A9417"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>Demographic information on residents of the population census tract, including age, income, education, race, and employment.</text></item><item id="HE8B94F8349494EF0BF5B89D4404006F8"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>The average percentage of income of residents of the population census tract spent on rent annually.</text></item><item id="H7E62D1D495D947DEA10B39AB70158028"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>The number of residences in the population census tract.</text></item><item id="H181984E8B7D74AAEAEFC3CA19D265D7A"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>The rate of home ownership in the population census tract. </text></item><item id="HE2286CFA0E7940FBB8471F64DA856278"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The average value of residential property in the population census tract.</text></item><item id="H8B9F53292F9F4C1AB47BA40DBC2BB014"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>The number of affordable housing units in the population census tract.</text></item><item id="H920DFD70F5D9436196236D966F5E22C1"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>The number and percentage of residents in the population census tract that were not employed for the preceding year.</text></item><item id="HC4F5D2E31E2D4D6B9991D6A00AF21E12"><enum>(ll)</enum><text>The number of new business starts in the population census tract.</text></item><item id="HE84EF464E6CF4F29831F7425590F9A33"><enum>(mm)</enum><text>The distribution of employees in the population census tract by North American Industry Classification Code.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H273FF20FFFC946799751B7440C820E45"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Protection of identifiable return information</header><text>In making reports required under this paragraph, the Secretary—</text><clause id="HECF06FF6B39C4FB897814ADC756367A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall establish appropriate procedures to ensure that any amounts reported do not disclose taxpayer return information that can be associated with any particular taxpayer or competitive or proprietary information, </text></clause><clause id="H9BC0183235874F1E9D5AD61A446B02EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if necessary to protect taxpayer return information, may combine information required with respect to individual population census tracts into larger geographic areas, and</text></clause><clause id="H72E1AE3982DA4C6CA5C383876CD1577B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall treat any violation of this subparagraph as a violation of section 6103.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E5D6F528CFA4352A69D2167C0F22F2B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any term used in this paragraph which is also used in subchapter Z of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the meaning given such term under such subchapter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD132E22F8BE24672A92338E90C9B805B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extension of deferral and investment period</header><paragraph id="H3AE55938C7EB4492AD0F6F3B83EAB4DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of sections 1400Z–2(a)(2) and 1400Z–2(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2026</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2028</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE0C8E42DDB348DFBC12F5B91EB281BA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to amounts invested after December 22, 2017.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE6A431756B843C6B8D5C0AFAE417246" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Modification of definition of qualified opportunity fund</header><paragraph id="H6A229170039C4376AC524A1AA679700E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1400Z">Section 1400Z–2(d)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A190842803348648A81E76C36BC9A54"><paragraph id="H0494E41F025C454C8A08F17495B5A5B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>qualified opportunity fund</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="H9CF4BF71573E4AEC805DCEBE9C36DEA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any qualified feeder fund, or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FA241A273934A4798325A7C58F6EBB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other investment vehicle if—</text><clause id="HA75D1CFAA7BA40B3AC1CD0D36AE4D051"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such investment vehicle is organized as a corporation or a partnership for the purpose of investing in qualified opportunity zone property (other than another qualified opportunity fund), and</text></clause><clause id="HCA98C028DF22484397DD37867BB66158"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such investment vehicle holds at least 90 percent of its assets in qualified opportunity zone property, determined by the average of the percentage of qualified opportunity zone property held in the fund as measured—</text><subclause id="H86227AC01B6C49C4BAF7166B21613CD7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>on the last day of the first 6-month period of the taxable year of the fund, and</text></subclause><subclause id="HC60A1711A3A042AFB09C6D20C9F5EDA7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>on the last day of the taxable year of the fund.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE8753C29BBF466BB222E13F971D417F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified feeder fund</header><text>Section 1400Z–2(d) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF2C48BD3C1B422D99991C61E411905C"><paragraph id="H244B8A9F0B964147B606D65BC963C676"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Qualified feeder fund</header><text>The term <term>qualified feeder fund</term> means any investment vehicle that invests in a qualified opportunity fund if—</text><subparagraph id="HBD6089F5F76740D2A4DC4C3686BEAD29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such investment vehicle is organized as a domestic partnership for the purpose of investing in one more corporations or partnerships described in paragraph (1)(B),</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H541C865377704C2FA527C3537AC9EE55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all investments made in the investment vehicle are made in cash, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H140DDE2492CB4405B78DD7547116DAFB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 95 percent of the assets of which are equity investments in corporations or partnerships described in paragraph (1)(B) as measured—</text><clause id="H0E33F8AE882C4303BE97CDBC9C159589"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on the last day of the first 6-month period of the taxable year of the feeder fund, and</text></clause><clause id="HB2E20055E4D3499DB31FA03295C945B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on the last day of the tax- able year of the feeder fund.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AFFCBFB01DE4519B274DD6DB914054C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66FA8181B0A14965807655D12B49292E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State and community dynamism fund</header><paragraph id="H06F9CDC990004AE3A2CD0673FC9614FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established a State and Community Dynamism Fund to support public and private investment, including capital for qualified opportunity zones designated under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1400Z">section 1400Z–1(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and existing small business and community economic development programs and incentives, to underserved businesses and communities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3617FBCF05FB4327ADD251AF46246C7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><subparagraph id="HEEED316A1DAB421B9CA8695698B1FC71"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds appropriated to the State and Community Dynamism Fund shall be allocated to States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8794828A9D57430BBF04776264A3A96C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Formula</header><clause id="H79DCE5E96C274460A54F468AB058B1C4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury shall determine the allocation by allocating Federal funds among the States based on the proportion of prime working age adults not employed in each State bears to the total of prime working age adults not employed for all the States. </text></clause><clause id="H100EA22EA3A84232B899D3CE55A0930D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Minimum allocation</header><text>The Secretary shall adjust the allocations under clause (i) for each State to the extent necessary to ensure that no State receives less than 0.9 percent of the Federal funds.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71BA5E8D215943DD8465DDEB67CAFF79"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>To receive an allocation under subparagraph (B), a State shall certify that the State will use funds to—</text><clause id="H64BFD3AAFF454A029EB827E4EC30FE7D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>build capacity in high-poverty, underbanked, rural, and otherwise underserved communities;</text></clause><clause id="H5305736258154D8D93479A66A4675156"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>advance investment in minority-, women, and veteran-owned businesses;</text></clause><clause id="HDAF35CBE59E44DC18211489FBADF8077"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>address workforce development in strategic sectors of the State’s economy; and</text></clause><clause id="HEEF4CC529F36471394189E36D00B31E6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>align priorities to support affordably priced housing.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD31DB75859F447F4A3DD0513A13B24D6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Suballocation</header><text>A State may spend funds allocated under this paragraph directly or suballocate the funds to other entities, including units of general local government and nonprofits.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF76DA9D4FFF8451CBC164B5E3862EAB4"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Eligible uses</header><text>Funds allocated under this paragraph shall be used for any eligible use in a low-income community, as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/45D">section 45D(e)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including for—</text><clause id="H3ABD50D2CB9A459985D5D5BA503A0023"><enum>(i)</enum><text>operating support and community capacity building, with priority to given to operating support and community capacity building in qualified opportunity zones, including—</text><subclause id="H8282376A83E048F1B589C70185CC29AA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>personnel to support activities, including coordination, education, and investment;</text></subclause><subclause id="HC0520712C9BC45898EE0DE798B0EBD0A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>community-level capacity building, training, and strategic planning; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H5628EDFB3CD04385A2848990C62D36F0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>outreach, technical assistance, and professional services to underserved businesses and underserved opportunity zone fund managers;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H0A3EEA8C25D24B00AF15BBECD31C4C03"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>high-impact projects, including—</text><subclause id="H0756C660EA404730A120E374921B676A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>predevelopment costs associated with individual Qualified Opportunity Zone projects; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HF252707C77694EC3B109EB34A8E2D61F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>risk mitigation for qualified opportunity zone funds; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H15A2EE3655784C21889A80797F754BCA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>administrative costs, not to exceed 3 percent of the funds allocated.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB820E39E26F944BAAFFE4B0E6510DE5C"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>Funds used for high-impact project activities, as described in subparagraph (E)(ii), shall only be used for—</text><clause id="HCC6A5CACC82241EEBCD1CBBCC2A82F86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>business with less than 200 employees;</text></clause><clause id="H6D043C393D9947E6AC02E8C5E90F8751"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>projects that provide community goods or services, including health care, social services, healthy food access, education, broadband, and culture; or</text></clause><clause id="HB708848D81A14242A736ED0A353C5514"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>affordable housing with at least 50 percent of the units that are affordable to families making less than 80 percent of area median family income.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF37950AB12E42A4906E8966F4CB1A76"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>A State that receives funds under this subsection must prioritize activities that—</text><clause id="HF6CE14497FE44790B3220FB9671EB7D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promote investment in projects that substantially support minorities, as defined in section 1204(c) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1811">12 U.S.C. 1811</external-xref> note), or other targeted populations, as defined in section 103 of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/4702">12 U.S.C. 4702</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause id="H5F32D1DF456143579BFFBBD1732FE560"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have demonstrated meaningful engagement with community stakeholders.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0CA82F63EB47448EAB9B3BD9AD2E7876"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C374B2D9145451D830F97D154CDD969"><enum>(4)</enum><header>GAO audit</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall perform an annual audit of the Fund and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing the results of the audit.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H47D1529141AC4435AA377731081EEF0A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than March 31 of each year, each State receiving funds under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary a report on the performance of the State and participating entities in the State that includes—</text><subparagraph id="H5927ABE0643F4BE389974BE483640456"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an accounting of the expenditure of funds received by the State, including on administrative or indirect costs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE67FB1DDA9F748F99FCD1CD2EAF62B3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on the number and characteristics of participants served under this subsection; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEB2D0A5C1B541FCB923E8234A6C5120"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a summary describing the training, capacity-building, and technical assistance offered by the State and participating entities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0337525330DC47B584607BFD697BEC50"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="H324FED7EC2DA46EF98EF7F97E7C4C26F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prime working age adults not employed</header><text>The term <term>prime working age adults not employed</term> means, with respect to a State, the share of the adult population aged 25 to 54 that was not employed for the most recent year for which data is available. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA5B477893C1344B9A342FA99043D5C26"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States, and any Indian Tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFFCE80BA88D94AB38905D4BE12B73487" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Qualifying ordinary income added to special rules for investments in opportunity zones</header><subsection id="HB09B6E1BAAB34996BAB8EFA7AB4DCD62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1400Z">Section 1400Z–2</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><paragraph id="H25AA74A1572448DBB1FA7339A30927E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">capital gains invested</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">investments</header-in-text></quote>,</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5922CDD48CDA4D0584710DFA7BE3B3B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="HB2154D4D4ABD4012B9113BB9DA0AFDCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="HBAD95A4AF00A4486AFF991BA897DEEB9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">qualifying ordinary income and</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">of</header-in-text></quote>,</text></clause><clause id="H3749C12DF0074AA3A11C82EED83E57FB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>qualifying ordinary income and</quote> after <quote>case of</quote>,</text></clause><clause id="H59671EFDC6AE436B9B132A36350A08E5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H09E9C9DFD4FC4932AD1E34832F2C8834" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="HD2E128AF5013446887B308780CDFDDBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gross income for the taxable year shall not include—</text><clause id="H7C6E075501EB484A949A904527C503AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">so much of such gain as does not exceed the aggregate amount invested by the taxpayer in a qualified opportunity fund during the 180-day period beginning on the date of such sale or exchange, and</text></clause><clause id="H1401C6AFD01E4A0EAE4926EE2BAEF779"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">so much of such qualifying ordinary income as does not exceed the aggregate amount invested by the taxpayer in a qualified opportunity fund during such taxable year,</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H8B2F9995DC614CD6B712E8E0F58FE551"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>qualifying ordinary income and</quote> after <quote>amount of</quote>,</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C7262DDB8984EEEA485B295500FAA23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="H948047150AA940DB8E6ABE4DA130D4F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end, </text></clause><clause id="H4F9BE200CEFC42E09E5C1F8CE4850AB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, or</quote>, and</text></clause><clause id="HAA82EA930FC548BC9B669981A7FD0BD8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA5070ABED7CF402BACD535706F49086D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H8302E6024A184AFF9ABC4AD70164CBBA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to qualified ordinary income received in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2026.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72325CF629C14058916BF158E737C35B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEF7D8EDF6C1B4672A335768C6F81175F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HCCB6BFA70CDD419B8120E1643F3A7444"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifying ordinary income defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <quote>qualifying ordinary income</quote> means ordinary income other than income attributable to capital gains.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H94CDF5693B704A2494F514B3EDEBDF0C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="H28C0D6D1D4BE4285806762F9D05FE5C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">qualifying ordinary income and</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">deferral of</header-in-text></quote>,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB7216E288B14085970070890DA52055"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Gain</quote> and inserting <quote>Qualifying ordinary income and gain</quote>, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4457BCDC3D243F485EBD8A3117D14F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="HF3673B1DDAAF40609D2C2546D15ADA0F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="HD03BD98BB77241DFA11621DEAC7D6BF2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>qualifying ordinary income and</quote> after <quote>amount of</quote>, and</text></subclause><subclause id="H4AFAEC0E402D4C038FB42F4ADD5FE3F3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>of gain</quote>, and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H4AF38FF47EB14B51BED4CF81C5F4ED58"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="HF70A7F5E82F14979AF5CB39C97692C1D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the clause (ii) heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">gain</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">amount</header-in-text></quote>, and</text></subclause><subclause id="H7167DB4F48FC47EEA13B52869B43CB2D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the amount of gain</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the amount</quote>, and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0600102C847C4150B06B6A1B9A74AD9B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1), by inserting <quote>qualifying ordinary income and</quote> after <quote>investments of</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB36587B20F9420B9B5A15AB87F27951"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts invested after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H7DE36763EBFC46B1AE20EE486B6E4FD0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Relieving strain from shortages of transformers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 321(35) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291(35)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59130F72654A489AADFF64CDDAA7D800"><subparagraph id="H7956097312DF41DCBD329F70650959E1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Efficiency level</header><text>The Secretary shall not finalize any rule under which the efficiency level of a liquid-immersed type, low voltage dry type, or medium voltage dry type distribution transformer is greater than trial standard level 2 (as described in table V.1 in the proposed rule entitled <quote>Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers</quote> (88 Fed. Reg. 1722 (January 11, 2023))).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6E797C152784805A585952265C93C97" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effective date for certain rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any rule finalized by the Secretary under which the efficiency level of a liquid-immersed type, low voltage dry type, or medium voltage dry-type distribution transformer is trial standard level 1 or 2 (as described in table V.1 in the proposed rule entitled ‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers’ (88 Fed. Reg. 1722 (January 11, 2023))) shall not take effect until 10 years after the date on which the rule is finalized.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H95AA52C676654A0DA3D3279CB89845D6"><enum>105.</enum><header>Incentivizing zoning reform</header><subsection id="H20165BBEBB6E4F9D8CCC7BDA27D88961"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to discourage the use of discriminatory land use policies and remove barriers to making housing more affordable in order to further the original intent of the Community Development Block Grant program.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA2AD43799FDC439BBCA0F9683F6EEF16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Land use plan</header><paragraph id="HFBE5D04926DE4B0FA993BB37BD0CF3BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5304">42 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74A748F53F144E7F8C82B4278B8E81F1"><subsection id="H6BE86348ABB1429FB7EAF65A4BD77E09"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Plan To track discriminatory land use policies</header><paragraph id="H80E3FC1EA1004CF7A76334D2378923B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to receipt in any fiscal year of a grant from the Secretary under subsection (b), (d)(1), or (d)(2)(B) of section 106, each recipient shall have prepared and submitted, not less frequently than once during the preceding 5-year period, in accordance with this subsection and in such standardized form as the Secretary shall, by regulation, prescribe, with respect to each land use policy described in paragraph (2) that is applicable to the jurisdiction served by the recipient, a description of—</text><subparagraph id="HEA4A1A3804B649D997460BB60599AA13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether the recipient has already adopted the policy in the jurisdiction served by the recipient;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1DF640495A24405809D0A1BE8486322"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the plan of the recipient to implement the policy in that jurisdiction; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEA1E54383074636B114C3128344AFC6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ways in which adopting the policy will benefit the jurisdiction.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F152D78831D44A18695D45980091F82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Land use policies</header><text>The policies described in this paragraph are as follows:</text><subparagraph id="HFA237BA49EE84E05B8F8F7A5DA39D8DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Enacting high-density single-family and multifamily zoning.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0FA398CFDA647DF863AB1430728EDF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Expanding by-right multifamily zoned areas.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AA644836D3D4DDE9A765C9BF7374055"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Allowing duplexes, triplexes, or fourplexes in areas zoned primarily for single-family residential homes.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFEDE7424AAC24FD884814E3EE6E2C18E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Allowing manufactured homes in areas zoned primarily for single-family residential homes.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6A8899DD23F441EA0308201D59EFD1D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Allowing multifamily development in retail, office, and light manufacturing zones.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C894F7C6361416DB30FCDE8D6D7F99D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Allowing single-room occupancy development wherever multifamily housing is allowed.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE6F199BE4604E41B7E661583D60141A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Reducing minimum lot size.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC1631E1277E4B128C95666F3F969A8E"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring historic preservation requirements and other land use policies or requirements are coordinated to encourage creation of housing in historic buildings and historic districts.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FF14E69D58A47B8AD62BA8DA3CDBF72"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Increasing the allowable floor area ratio in multifamily housing areas.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1366B403BE7845D1A6D49691D8A78973"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Creating transit-oriented development zones.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB38845D54A374D07B8B3D6E510563F0D"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Streamlining or shortening permitting processes and timelines, including through one-stop and parallel-process permitting.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB0EBB2CB0CC4442BD026E2355CF0E46"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Eliminating or reducing off-street parking requirements.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H043D171BF9B34B00925166D3A3848F47"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring impact and utility investment fees accurately reflect required infrastructure needs and related impacts on housing affordability are otherwise mitigated.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7118E9D2669A4A56B883EDCD30785B42"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Allowing prefabricated construction.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3FA9B2565AF440EB064CFABCBDB7B1E"><enum>(O)</enum><text>Reducing or eliminating minimum unit square footage requirements.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AE9499487014D9DB676ADC22EA1ED8B"><enum>(P)</enum><text>Allowing the conversion of office units to apartments.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65F8125DD567487586E4BF4D0D5B829F"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>Allowing the subdivision of single-family homes into duplexes.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H428511C1899F4FD7A8DBF70D277E9170"><enum>(R)</enum><text>Allowing accessory dwelling units, including detached accessory dwelling units, on all lots with single-family homes.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H597283A7CE274C0C9C8D413EE7E8BEAE"><enum>(S)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishing density bonuses.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA30CF47F020E4262A05AFD2E9CBE7594"><enum>(T)</enum><text>Eliminating or relaxing residential property height limitations.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03C589AF21A94001B966C6E2B34324F5"><enum>(U)</enum><text>Using property tax abatements to enable higher density and mixed-income communities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3FE530678F942D59AD930EF01542C1A"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Donating vacant land for affordable housing development.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H62C6263E8D9E45CF8E6F2CDBF4BB7788"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of submission</header><text>A submission under this subsection shall not be binding with respect to the use or distribution of amounts received under section 106.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7CD4FB0FF2E1445D953D7E5032300A68"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Acceptance or nonacceptance of plan</header><text>The acceptance or nonacceptance of any plan submitted under this subsection in which the information required under this subsection is provided is not an endorsement or approval of the plan, policies, or methodologies, or lack thereof.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H31C5B0B4900C4068B61F0399A18F8B9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements under subsection (n) of section 104 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5304">42 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>), as added by paragraph (1), shall—</text><subparagraph id="HF982E38CEFBE4625A08C1424DA972A7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5079A76A1874420F9BEAE0B69E79CAFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply to recipients of a grant under subsection (b), (d)(1), or (d)(2)(B) of section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5306">42 U.S.C. 5306</external-xref>) before, on, and after such date.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H788FA63932D94DA4B7F8F0154745CBD0"><enum>106.</enum><header>Expanding and strengthening the low-income housing tax credit</header><subsection id="H6B59164FDA3C4027BD166F95C5F03D44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increases in State allocations</header><paragraph id="H0888B4EA62014D7499123A4D7523C75F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Clause (ii) of section 42(h)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H43051B29319B425A8AD53AA80D6A773F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>$1.75</quote> and inserting <quote>the per capita amount</quote>, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C4197FF0ABE47009AAEBEC1C7FE7B81"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II), by striking <quote>$2,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>the minimum amount</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C18A8197B7B46A1B118B92578B76C4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Per capita amount; minimum amount</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">Section 42(h)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraphs (H) and (I) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB1E52A489F8F427AA4DB99C4555DF274" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H87D07695B8BC4D55A7D5EDBAB28BB1BC"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Per capita amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subparagraph (C)(ii)(I), the per capita amount shall be determined as follows:</text><clause id="HBA969C7158EF4D059805AF6703CAFBAE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Calendar year 2023</header><text>For calendar year, 2023, the per capita amount is $3.90.</text></clause><clause id="H1A23FD23A9AD424EBF6F5AE7F570C275"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Calendar year 2024</header><text>For calendar year 2024, the per capita amount is the product of—</text><subclause id="H8ED3950CE75C41FEA53F0CF9CD0EEBBD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1.25, and</text></subclause><subclause id="H8E71E93D5AC4459FB0303F9E9AE8A050"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the dollar amount under clause (i) increased by an amount equal to—</text><item id="H4CDAF26412E04C60BBA8F150F396E1FA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></item><item id="HAB2D5F8C25B24D92BEDDA1782AEBE73D"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2022</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></item><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subclause">If the amount determined after application of the preceding sentence is not a multiple of $5,000, such amount shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $5,000.</continuation-text></subclause></clause><clause id="H49DF90322951427AB6559E9AF13B103E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Calendar years after 2024</header><text>In the case of any calendar year after 2024, the per capita amount is the dollar amount determined under clause (ii) increased by an amount equal to—</text><subclause id="H028CB285918E4FBCBA3E11975D26B586"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></subclause><subclause id="H06ED84E4E1BC4889AC9AB77B24DFB1E9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2023</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">Any amount increased under the preceding sentence which is not a multiple of 5 cents shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of 5 cents.</continuation-text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3CA17254F0DB40C3819667FEBF728BCF"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Minimum amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subparagraph (C)(ii)(II), the minimum amount shall be determined as follows:</text><clause id="H90D410F4DC244E689E294C8E7912CFAE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Calendar year 2023</header><text>For calendar year, 2023, the minimum amount is $4,495,000.</text></clause><clause id="H0AC7D1C8FC594E679AB547043D937E45"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Calendar year 2024</header><text>For calendar year 2024, the minimum amount is the product of—</text><subclause id="HD70A790B5151403B9236BA2BAB56C738"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1.25, and</text></subclause><subclause id="H62A96D3212634F999794E9A33E25E735"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the dollar amount under clause (i) increased by an amount equal to—</text><item id="H026DCEC45BD74252BCE64DC3D4C22A8E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></item><item id="H329A2330C1D84BC2A673E06EACEFB997"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2022</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></item><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subclause">If the amount determined after application of the preceding sentence is not a multiple of 5 cents, such amount shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of 5 cents.</continuation-text></subclause></clause><clause id="HDEB2197159DC43CCB7BCB7B31E6B880A"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Calendar years after 2024</header><text>In the case of any calendar year after 2024, the minimum amount is the dollar amount determined under clause (ii) increased by an amount equal to—</text><subclause id="HEE0B3AB972824E569DEAA3D54C328C49"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></subclause><subclause id="HB18EBDB2D80640A6BA7549F54501C0EB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2023</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">Any amount increased under the preceding sentence which is not a multiple of $5,000 shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $5,000.</continuation-text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4A48C78DB0D4EFC88FB43BF3A46EAB1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2022.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4963AA1F41F3461EB4233ADCE9E82B75"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reforms relating to tenant eligibility</header><paragraph id="HDABEA7AB5C444545BDE4098EF1E03E6A" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Average income test applicability to exempt facility bonds</header><subparagraph id="H7481A3E6799244D29C97C647EE1C90B3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/142">section 142(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><clause id="H4EDD974BACF340C78A3842328B92329C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(A) or (B)</quote> and inserting <quote>(A), (B), or (C)</quote>, and</text></clause><clause id="HECEBA462C118463F8CBECBA42A8926BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H296D6093DB424D9FA9F4FA9682D7EEF4"><subparagraph id="HFA113B0CDB4444A4AA12B6E887BB3697"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Average income test</header><text>A project meets the requirements of this subparagraph if it meets the minimum requirements of section 42(g)(1)(C).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80450B6D89014B0B9BADEBF7FF24CDBE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to elections made under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/142">section 142(d)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after March 23, 2018.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10E30F2B957D45D0BF0879E88C05BDD1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Codification of rules relating to increased tenant income</header><subparagraph id="H9F8558D89944489D92D4126C435C04C9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Clause (i) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(g)(2)(D)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv)</quote> and all that follows and inserting “clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (vi), notwithstanding an increase in the income of the occupants above the income limitation applicable under paragraph (1)—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0EB0C1E4EC24FDA88F74E2C19A80911"><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC02BA896382A412BB09ED25B80568F10"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a low-income unit shall continue to be treated as a low-income unit if the income of such occupants initially was 60 percent or less of area median gross income and such unit continues to be rent-restricted, and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5BCF56D9E944B9A93665E686387590F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a unit to which, at the time of initial occupancy by such occupants, any Federal, State, or local government income restriction applied, and which subsequently becomes part of a building with respect to which rehabilitation expenditures are taken into account under subsection (e), shall be treated as a low-income unit if the income of such occupants initially was 60 percent or less of area median gross income and does not exceed 120 percent of area median gross income as of the date of acquisition of the property by the taxpayer.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64CF7FB059374EC1A9DA47CC3BDE25AE" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subparagraph (D) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(g)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H37E1786607F24431BCD500866D4C10AC"><clause id="HD901CFCE524C4908A83F51C6BF4BC19A"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Exception to rule relating to increased tenant income</header><text>In the case of an occupant of a low-income unit who initially qualified to occupy such unit by reason of paragraph (1)(C) with an income in excess of 60 percent of area median gross income but not in excess of 80 percent of area median gross income, clause (i) shall be applied for substituting <quote>80 percent</quote> for <quote>60 percent</quote> each place it appears.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69F21B887BF54E2F91AFDC3771CC357A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H401D9C02A23E463DB21F8743EEE6903B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Modification of student occupancy rules</header><subparagraph id="H7CCB2559E3CF45EBAA2D8A7477B75106"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Subparagraph (D) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(i)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1B88DE795CC499B95351A2BCFE9B160"><subparagraph id="H66D1043EFE1B4B82B494D5CE766B2C18"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Rules relating to students</header><clause id="H5903F1C3286D4381AC8E003B0BB12A72"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A unit occupied solely by individuals who—</text><subclause id="HD7AC90DC69CA4562AB891BF5082BEA87"><enum>(I)</enum><text>have not attained age 24, and</text></subclause><subclause id="HF45D763DE4754BB585172246B5B9BC21"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 3304(f)),</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">shall not be treated as a low-income unit. </continuation-text></clause><clause id="H62979A0083954A0BAACE5B97D8B42741"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception for certain Federal programs</header><text>In the case of a federally-assisted building (as defined in subsection (d)(6)(C)(i)), clause (i) shall not apply to a unit all of the occupants of which meet all applicable requirements under the housing program described in such subsection through which the building is assisted, financed, or operated.</text></clause><clause id="H889EC27217AD4B8798B01575E17702F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Other exceptions</header><text>An individual shall not be treated as described in clause (i) if the individual meets the income limitation applicable under subsection (g)(1) to the project of which the building is a part and—</text><subclause id="HE6B3B0C2EFD447C9B3C66BADD12A5166"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is married,</text></subclause><subclause id="HF7198318B23F46B09BD2595F9840030A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is a person with disabilities (as defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937),</text></subclause><subclause id="HD2BBACB833694C3E95AF4F24764D3EED"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is a veteran (as defined in section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code),</text></subclause><subclause id="HC009FB5045A84AAD9B7BBA3B7C9AD531"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>has 1 or more qualifying children (as defined in section 152(c)),</text></subclause><subclause id="HB639A3F85EF24C1C8B1CFC76200A3481"><enum>(V)</enum><text>is or has been a victim or threatened victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (as defined in section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994),</text></subclause><subclause id="H0425FDDADCE34B119B1F0FE2974D1028"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>is or has been a victim of any form of human trafficking, or</text></subclause><subclause id="H25C059D5934D4B298D4F36EC312E66F6"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>is, or was prior to attaining the age of majority—</text><item id="H8AFE0127F10F46228D91476148E2E5A3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>an emancipated minor or in legal guardianship as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in the individual's State of legal residence,</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00B30DA712B74A4EBA5E9C2D8083C7C1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under the care and placement responsibility of the State agency responsible for administering a plan under part B or part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, or</text></item><item id="H9C3152C119A645858A4DFC5E7B33EDF0"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>an unaccompanied youth (within the meaning of section 725(6) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11434a">42 U.S.C. 11434a(6)</external-xref>)) or a homeless child or youth (within the meaning of section 725(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11434a">42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)</external-xref>)).</text></item><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subclause">For purposes of subclause (VI), an individual is or has been a victim of human trafficking if such individual was subjected to an act or practice described in paragraph (11) or (12) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.</continuation-text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27E9D163F7A4443CB77A67138375B658" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this paragraph shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C5F47F4887942B991EE855509B0CF68" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Tenant voucher payments taken into account as rent for certain purposes</header><subparagraph id="H74F21AB93B634EFCBEB1CEE38140DF86" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(g)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>In the case of a project with respect to which the taxpayer elects the requirements of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), or the portion of a project to which subsection (d)(5)(C) applies, clause (i) shall not apply with respect to any tenant-based assistance (as defined in section 8(f)(7) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(f)(7)</external-xref>)).</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECEC81F7324F47FC82CF5A5E2D4D344A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to rent paid in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCCF1D1EAA58A4DD799D5ED3344F6360E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Requirement that low-income housing credit-supported housing protect victims of domestic abuse</header><subparagraph id="H12EA20DED4A84B6BAEDD525B64B87F72"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(h)(6)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (v), by striking the period at the end of clause (vi) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new clause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H290705A44A0A4F97801A9611FB96377E"><clause id="H08386FF1499949319E830D290D2CA6B4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>which—</text><subclause id="H6EBDAA84CE9947BBBBD0FAE981E43B88"><enum>(I)</enum><text>prohibits the refusal to lease to, or termination of a lease by, a person solely on the basis of criminal activity directly relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking that is engaged in by a member of the household of the tenant or any guest or other person under the control of the tenant, if the tenant or an affiliated individual of the tenant is the victim or threatened victim of such domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and</text></subclause><subclause id="H7D4A274665A0451E9917CB0A8311A1D4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>allows prospective, present, or former occupants of the building the right to enforce in any State court the prohibition of subclause (I).</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25131C2E4C4448AFA386AB368DBEAAFA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bifurcation</header><clause id="H80EFF372ABD34F9698E743D880A41A43"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(h)(6)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BF769EABEEF476188D45C67498089EA"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">For purposes of clause (vii)(I), rules similar to the rules of section 41411(b)(3)(B) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 shall apply with respect to the owner or manager of a building.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H0263193508BF4C9FB542B5FF7F58E79E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Effect of bifurcation</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 42(g) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91A02F399B4A455E988030964D5BD914"><subparagraph id="H1866490CFAFF406FBE77395BE4E5AF51"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Treatment of bifurcation in cases of domestic violence</header><text>In any case in which—</text><clause id="HC773874F14FE424DA07D163C980E9ED3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an occupant is evicted or removed from a low-income unit because such occupant has engaged in criminal activity directly relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking against an affiliated individual or other individual on the basis of criminal activity directly relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and</text></clause><clause id="HC4DB9AB1D1B942889701D89A14785010"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the lease on such unit is bifurcated as provided in the last sentence of subsection (h)(6)(B),</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">then the remaining occupants of such low-income unit shall not be treated as a new tenant for purposes of this section.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E2EEC3D6E354B60AB5E83EE2A83D646"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Clarification of general public use requirement</header><text>Paragraph (9) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(g)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting <quote>, or</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB33791D93DF4C708AB1FC0AACC9AF40"><subparagraph id="HD5EB196B107B47F6BED5573E2FA3C45B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>who are victims or threatened victims of criminal activity directly relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC89126F8CFF745C0AFB72EE946602ADC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effective dates</header><clause id="H3BE9E46AE12E45A2BB16FBB8B73DC3FC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to agreements executed or modified on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></clause><clause id="HEEC61ADDE1324BF1BF4D94673DE06801" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Public use requirement</header><text>The amendments made by subparagraph (C) shall apply to buildings placed in service before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB0CEF6569DC40D1AF16A5C6878DBF51" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Clarification of general public use requirement relating to veterans, etc</header><subparagraph id="H124F66096E824D2C8858992EA13C605B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (9) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(g)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by paragraph (5) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following flush language:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BDAD18354CE40218610AD1CEB014D20"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="paragraph">Any veteran of the Armed Forces shall be treated as a member of a specified group under a Federal program for purposes of subparagraph (B).</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19B6895827424AE39B6BA036975918CB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified residential rental projects</header><text>Paragraph (2) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/142">section 142(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB66F0143B9848148A8C9238B4323B7F"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FBB3CBB70B74CA8B4B4E0BD862E8060"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Clarification of general public use requirement</header><text>A unit shall not fail to meet the general public use requirement solely because of occupancy restrictions or preferences, if such restrictions or preferences meet the general public use requirement of section 42.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H312F6074174549879F0C983FF188DC63" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective dates</header><clause id="H411FC6EE1DD94972AA8C1FF86B0DF8ED" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply to buildings placed in service before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></clause><clause id="H037849C4ABEC4C9DAA2781F765804917" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Qualified residential rental projects</header><text>The amendment made by subparagraph (B) shall apply to bonds issued before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE9418BD61E0A48AB94E804E4DBEE0E79"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rules relating to credit eligibility and determination</header><paragraph id="H982D0A395FAA4508957AF299D160B72D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reconstruction or replacement period after casualty loss</header><subparagraph id="HE1D7FB585A1B448FB07C96F7BCC7FEE3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No recapture following casualty loss</header><text>Subparagraph (E) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(j)(4)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CC8DE885D6540DCBDE9BA7418C1E6F9"><subparagraph id="H1AC7F236591746EC991D667A92155A9B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>No recapture by reason of casualty loss</header><clause id="HA2C5E1C38DD14732B73862948A181A77"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The increase in tax under this subsection shall not apply to a reduction in qualified basis by reason of a casualty loss to the extent such loss is restored by reconstruction or replacement within a reasonable period established by the applicable housing credit agency, not to exceed 25 months from the date on which the qualified casualty loss arises.</text></clause><clause id="H4B995001661F47E1A33F768AADA9284E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Qualified casualty losses</header><text>In the case of a qualified casualty loss, the period described in clause (i) may be extended, but not in excess of 12 months, if the applicable housing credit agency determines the qualified casualty arose by reason of an event which was not discrete to the building and which made a reconstruction or replacement within 25 months impractical. In the event the applicable housing credit agency determines a period in excess of 25 months is necessary for such reconstruction or replacement, the compliance period shall be increased by any such additional time.</text></clause><clause id="HB24200CDA46A456CA8965B528EB1FF4A"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The determination under paragraph (1) shall not be made with respect to a property the basis of which is affected by a qualified casualty loss until the period described in clause (i) (as modified by clause (ii), if applicable) with respect to such property has expired.</text></clause><clause id="HBAA9F1586F9F4BF3BF9CC86294A0C8D0"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Qualified casualty loss</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term <term>qualified casualty loss</term> means a casualty loss that is the result of a federally declared disaster (as defined in section 165(i)(5)).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A29F8C0943D4321B8F8A54336352404"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified basis following casualty loss</header><text>Paragraph (1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H631A39EA71BE433899F4400350AB0BD8"><subparagraph id="H9BE23DDD0C814B30ACC9CB7472903A1B"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Qualified basis following casualty loss</header><text>If a casualty causes the qualified basis of a building in any year to be less than the qualified basis in the immediately preceding year then, in the year of such casualty and each succeeding year until such building or the units affected by the casualty are reconstructed or replaced (but only through the last year of the period permitted for reconstruction or replacement under subsection (j)(4)(E))—</text><clause id="H9F119F9E75DB4731A5DEBB333BEBEE1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the qualified basis of such building shall be equal to the qualified basis of such building as of the last day of the year preceding the year in which such casualty occurred,</text></clause><clause id="HDA8DB7281C6D4ABD8076C9A2B35A4719"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if such building is not reconstructed or replaced by the expiration of the applicable period for such reconstruction or replacement under subsection (j)(4), then the recapture amount provided for in subsection (j)(1) shall include the amount of any credit claimed under this section by reason of the application of clause (i), and</text></clause><clause id="H6BC8AC1C11AA4EA88CF9274A97A1A861"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a building which was a qualified low-income building as of the last day of the year preceding the year in which such casualty occurred shall not cease to be a qualified low-income building solely because of such casualty.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6011BB00F57A4735AA1F43700EE7D562"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to casualties occurring after the date which is 25 months before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H36BAF02DBB7F46CDA9A1F51405649CC9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modification of previous ownership rules; limitation on acquisition basis</header><subparagraph id="H47024E3CBF994B61AA9DC083AF715389" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Clause (ii) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>, or the taxpayer elects the application of subparagraph (C)(ii)</quote> after <quote>service</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F9A50F3369F4C36AF9AFA095AB4162C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on acquisition basis</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><clause id="H9CE43AFC456B47078630375F7A051716" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the adjusted basis</quote> and inserting “For purposes of subparagraph (A)—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72E883E730F14AAEB90755AB57108767"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3AD29EAA359472794249437D223EC12"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The adjusted basis</text></clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="HE29835EBC8384A85B2270258988354EE" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clauses:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H5AE7F86B3B164D878FB9F47FA27CB737"><clause id="H7E2F98A52C624B6D9577A2B066EAB988"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Buildings in service within previous 10 years</header><text>If the period between the date of acquisition of the building by the taxpayer and the date the building was last placed in service is less than 10 years, the taxpayer's basis attributable to the acquisition of the building which is taken into account in determining the adjusted basis shall not exceed the sum of—</text><subclause id="H3E199805DD144669B4114E17511C99E4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the lowest amount paid for acquisition of the building by any person during the 10 years preceding the date of the acquisition of the building by the taxpayer, adjusted as provided in clause (iii), and</text></subclause><subclause id="HAE4F98E7413E4BEAAD4A9C66B30B039C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the value of any capital improvements made by the person who sells the building to the taxpayer which are reflected in such seller's basis.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HDECD810E518A495BB3F5B4E5312BEC1C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>With respect to a basis determination made in any taxable year, the amount described in clause (ii)(I) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text><subclause id="HC22B8F89DE404494B7893A73AA04DA1F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such amount, multiplied by</text></subclause><subclause id="H7654C26F3E8548EE94AA1FCB367AC87D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a cost-of-living adjustment, determined in the same manner as under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins by taking into account the acquisition year in lieu of calendar year 1992.</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">For purposes of the preceding sentence, the acquisition year is the calendar year in which the lowest amount referenced in clause (ii)(I) was paid for the acquisition of the building.</continuation-text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6BA7173148A415B8885A5CB6CDC4AA3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Clause (i) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(2)(D)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><clause id="H51E0817713F1430A9FCE4935034A4F18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">for subparagraph (B)</header-in-text></quote> in the heading, and</text></clause><clause id="H85FDFBF23E1A4EC688B064AB7680B0BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraph (B)(ii)</quote> in the matter preceding subclause (I) and inserting <quote>subparagraph (B)(ii) or (C)(ii)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B9BE7267F2145A49AD7E31F95B985C0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Modification of placed in service rule</header><text>Clause (iii) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H864EB4DC2D1E45FB888166B578F650CE"><clause id="H9404EC7F9EDA446C862D9BD37FBB89F1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the building was not owned by the taxpayer or by any person related (as of the date of acquisition by the taxpayer) to the taxpayer at any time during the 5-year period ending on the date of acquisition by the taxpayer, and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26CEF1D0F677459A9F2BB2D877B6287C"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to buildings placed in service after December 31, 2022.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C0E7AAE25A84736A54E3073B1518D69" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certain relocation costs taken into account as rehabilitation expenditures</header><subparagraph id="HA07025D832B0431DB25C75BF0EAFCBFE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (2) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(e)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H62A8F1EFB9A4426AB12C7DC2EEB9FEDB"><subparagraph id="H2E92C090234D4456A6517FFBAC63393F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Certain relocation costs</header><text>In the case of a rehabilitation of a building to which section 280B does not apply, costs relating to the relocation of occupants, including—</text><clause id="H1F2EF59CF64F4BE89595FF0ACEDBD447"><enum>(i)</enum><text>amounts paid to occupants,</text></clause><clause id="HE0078F3222C44206A02DA28A1EAE473D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>amounts paid to third parties for services relating to such relocation, and</text></clause><clause id="HBD0908BD751B476AB88319B2E8B3340C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>amounts paid for temporary housing for occupants,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">shall be treated as chargeable to capital account and taken into account as rehabilitation expenditures.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC24759670B8D44F7BA567B3C6D455562"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this paragraph shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred after December 31, 2022.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF7792DDC35847D9BE3ABE09556AD275"><enum>(C)</enum><header>No inference</header><text>Nothing in the amendment made by this paragraph shall be construed to create any inference with respect to the treatment of relocation costs paid or incurred before December 31, 2022.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9EAFB79198BB43FBB8023B298AEF13BC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Repeal of qualified census tract population cap</header><subparagraph id="H72840FB978854432AC07D65B6C31EA5C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Clause (ii) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><clause id="H02D610186C74408BB519C4635F8F7DF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subclauses (II) and (III), and</text></clause><clause id="H6EFF7410233C4301B4F0576BCAF8865A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking “<header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Qualified census tract</header-in-text>.—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12D3FC5A9CAC4016935A10F44FAA478E"><subclause id="H77ED3699448947818F645BCF877B5F05"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Qualified census tract</header-in-text>.—The term</quote>. </continuation-text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF958C92672746A6B8F8E92F23CBFF16"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to designations of qualified census tracts under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)(ii)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8404E871B37457197D4E8C60943BDF7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Determination of community revitalization plan to be made by housing credit agency</header><subparagraph id="H348F348D0573439A9A0501009905A5E2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subclause (III) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(m)(1)(B)(ii)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>, as determined by the housing credit agency according to criteria established by such agency,</quote> after <quote>(d)(5)(B)(ii)) and</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36E53AE86B4B4FA3BA0CBBCA2FF8F2AE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>Paragraph (1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(m)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="HFD33FF92CA494DED8FEABDE0AD390153"><subparagraph id="H0E46E5A4C99443F193EF7186DC147E58"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Criteria for determination relating to concerted community revitalization plan</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii)(III), the criteria which shall be established by a housing credit agency for determining whether the development of a project contributes to a concerted community development plan shall take into account any factors the agency deems appropriate, including the extent to which the proposed plan—</text><clause id="H5E7CA540399944ABA7F46F3BF8A23BD7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is geographically specific,</text></clause><clause id="H5CBF61CE52544CCDA81A2688047AA983"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>outlines a clear plan for implementation and goals for outcomes,</text></clause><clause id="H0CA97CF088DC4BE4950C827D0ECE991E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes a strategy for applying for or obtaining commitments of public or private investment (or both) in nonhousing infrastructure, amenities, or services, and</text></clause><clause id="HBA6FF58F912B4E11A366890840990E08"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>demonstrates the need for community revitalization.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BC5BD6129C44C7A877DC5BB4D453DC5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to allocations of housing credit dollar amounts made under qualified allocation plans (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(m)(1)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) adopted after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H37C4A4420CBC495F8F0B39E1A52D3C38" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Prohibition of local approval and contribution requirements</header><subparagraph id="H58060F9E76A14E489A44758AC5FEBD7C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(m)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by paragraph (5) of this subsection, is further amended—</text><clause id="H9E44291DD87241CA8BF81C720678C1DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) and by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) thereof as clauses (ii) and (iii), and</text></clause><clause id="H90E8C5A2648447658F061FBD8D8FA346"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H9D35CD27CAC44B3194176706705FD99B"><subparagraph id="H3CC572AC5AAC4DC894540678A4806CD3"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Local approval or contribution not taken into account</header><text>The selection criteria under a qualified allocation plan shall not include consideration of—</text><clause id="HD3FAB7677DE54F009196EBE26FFB9856"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any support or opposition with respect to the project from local or elected officials, or</text></clause><clause id="H7849822DFAD544269E3460272DD2DF3A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any local government contribution to the project, except to the extent such contribution is taken into account as part of a broader consideration of the project's ability to leverage outside funding sources, and is not prioritized over any other source of outside funding.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H628D062A58B64850AA1DDC0150A20013"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to allocations of housing credit dollar amounts made under qualified allocation plans (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(m)(1)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) adopted after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF4EFFA6A3B8C43FDA30F4D2870A4CFD0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Increase in credit for certain projects designated to serve extremely low-income households</header><subparagraph id="H058BEE78555B4D298FCF39A4397B7D1F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (5) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="HA8F4DF5BE6994945AC657CA6B7E5C5BC"><subparagraph id="H9E3FDCA57D8E46BEBD709992F114D589"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Increase in credit for projects designated to serve extremely low-income households</header><text>In the case of any building—</text><clause id="H38280D0CFA56411DAB7137042E66F3A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">20 percent or more of the residential units (determined as if the imputed income limitation applicable to such units were 30 percent of area median gross income) in which are designated by the taxpayer for occupancy by households the aggregate household income of which does not exceed the greater of—</text><subclause id="HE4904BF585244EBCAAA33A253923C520"><enum>(I)</enum><text>30 percent of area median gross income, or</text></subclause><subclause id="H0E91712AA07342059AA71222F953661F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>100 percent of an amount equal to the Federal poverty line (within the meaning of section 36B(d)(3)), and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H86C21F1CECB54457AED500A8BFECC6AD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>which is designated by the housing credit agency as requiring the increase in credit under this subparagraph in order for such building to be financially feasible as part of a qualified low-income housing project,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">subparagraph (B) shall not apply to the portion of such building which is comprised of such units (determined in a manner similar to the unit fraction under subsection (c)(1)(C)), and the eligible basis of such portion of the building shall be 150 percent of such basis determined without regard to this subparagraph.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5008442D023D49BE84676F3043758262"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this paragraph shall apply to buildings which receive allocations of housing credit dollar amount after the date of enactment of this Act, or in the case of buildings that are described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(h)(4)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, for obligations that are part of an issue the issue date of which is after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H42568A26CCC24250A165A30B3BB0FA51" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Increase in credit for bond-financed projects designated by State agency</header><subparagraph id="H1E475E4C9124457385B59E8864B45D19"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Clause (v) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the second sentence.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DFF1AF51D9245E08F648EF883960770"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>Clause (v) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subparagraph (A), is further amended—</text><clause id="H8931B2F5F1BD42F5A89481C2EFB70BEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">State</header-in-text></quote> in the heading, and</text></clause><clause id="H45FD2076CE0A491BA00D6E89ED1D46BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>State housing credit agency</quote> and inserting <quote>housing credit agency</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E5D8CA895EF45BF8990C481412FBC83" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to buildings that are described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(h)(4)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, taking into account only obligations that are part of an issue the issue date of which is after December 31, 2023. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AF60EE2C82644FFBE2450A8AFAFCAC4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Elimination of basis reduction for low-income housing properties energy efficient commercial building deduction</header><subparagraph id="HC741C04786D94007B9F0B5097A2B8C9D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Energy efficient commercial buildings deduction</header><text>Subsection (e) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/179D">section 179D</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><clause id="H2B3CAD9BF82646AD9FB57CDDA4693522"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">reduction</header-in-text>.—For purposes</quote> and inserting “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">reduction</header-in-text>.—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD516FADBDF1F4FDDA2978F467DBCDD65"><paragraph id="H9C9E31F4571D4F5EBEDAC3BBC7A181A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H49569596489343D9A4621BFBD99BCE63"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="HA24BE326153241FCB335C4C03D3F5319"><paragraph id="H07D07419B03B4596906605F6FB1B45C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for affordable housing properties</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply for purposes of determining eligible basis under section 42.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H869D96B86A9F45AB8117033B641B2376" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to buildings which receive allocations of housing credit dollar amount after the date of the enactment of this Act and to buildings that are described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(h)(4)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 taking into account only obligations that are part of an issue the issue date of which is after December 31, 2023. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5509FCBE465E4DEA9BDA2457952A481E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Restriction of planned foreclosures</header><subparagraph id="H4BD8C5A671704DCBB515B238AD5B9E31"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subclause (I) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(h)(6)(E)(i)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H60A0638A6D8C4F55A180BEF34F32EB60"><subclause id="H42279631814D431EBD76436F3FB2B04A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>on the 61st day after the taxpayer (or a successor in interest) provides notice to the Secretary and the housing credit agency that the building has been acquired by foreclosure (or instrument in lieu of foreclosure) and that the taxpayer intends the termination of such period, unless, before such date, the Secretary or the housing credit agency determines that such acquisition is part of an arrangement with the taxpayer a purpose of which is to terminate such period, or</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC286880EEE574A23A54C092ED06AE70E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The second sentence of clause (i) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(h)(6)(E)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>Subclause (II)</quote> and inserting <quote>Subclauses (I) and (II)</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13C178CCC3B9489889838D6AA5237D6E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to acquisitions by foreclosure (or instrument in lieu of foreclosure) after December 31, 2022.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4981343C4594474596F7DB606AB98BE8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Increase of population cap for difficult development areas</header><subparagraph id="H7FC552259CC54C8FAED8D7993411CD02"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subclause (II) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>20 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>30 percent</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H328C7B104CFC4522A54FD8EEA9440976"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this paragraph shall apply to designations made under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H83F3D324DFA5419A86E4C955A47FD4C5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Increased cost oversight and accountability</header><subparagraph id="HCF07AD6D5B9C4D1F90EDAFB41EA7F378"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(m)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ix), by striking the period at the end of clause (x) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new clause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3D7A174BAB24072913CA9A063A70684"><clause id="H10F9C2DE9ED747A3833356BDAAFFF60B"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the reasonableness of the development costs of the project.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42D48684388A4565BD97D0695FC28E24"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to allocations of credits under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 made after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB60EE4CB01C143E392403559A10783B7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Tax-exempt bond financing requirement</header><subparagraph id="H75F3292AF93D460CB8CF7E47C30A7050"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(h)(4)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>In the case of buildings financed by an obligation first taken into account under section 146 in calendar years beginning after the date of the enactment of this sentence, the preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting <quote>25 percent</quote> for <quote>50 percent</quote>.</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H898313ECE3D94D67BE4D004C652EDBB9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this paragraph shall apply to any building some portion of which, or of the land on which the building is located, is financed by an obligation which is described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(h)(4)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and which is part of an issue the issue date of which is after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H80010A4E80314ECCAC3C5D26EF736C4A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reforms relating to Native American assistance</header><paragraph id="HDF5F498FE83540E880471E98E35E5277" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Selection criteria under qualified allocation plans</header><subparagraph id="HF7E0F17D92064FF08D2DEB20C73A51DE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(m)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subsection (c)(2), is further amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (x), by striking the period at the end of clause (xi) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new clause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H930AF964467E4A43B6A853C0E262B0D8"><clause id="H40EA0D5E00AF476E990CF3DC5D351687"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>the affordable housing needs of individuals in the State who are—</text><subclause id="HA6B09B19EED047A4A2CB6C2B52BDC3DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>enrolled members of a tribe with respect to an Indian tribal government (including any agencies or instrumentalities of an Indian tribal government and any Alaska Native regional or village corporation, as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>), or</text></subclause><subclause id="H439B0038191C40948299BD4E4908623D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>described in section 801(9) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4221">25 U.S.C. 4221(9)</external-xref>).</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8063B96431AB4D1E8C60E0140297EC09"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to allocations of credits under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 made after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9FB52D9EEE714AA08DAEADBB009556A4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion of Indian areas as difficult development areas for purposes of certain buildings</header><subparagraph id="HB604A82A7A014C9FA7774904CF79ACE9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subclause (I) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before the period the following: <quote>, and any Indian area</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA37D7CE79B3438CB697E6410FDB0AF1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Indian area</header><text>Clause (iii) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III) and by inserting after subclause (I) the following new subclause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H1FEAFC44BC084E04A5148D4A759A48E1"><subclause id="HEC06E94EE908424F814096346E1AE560"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Indian area</header><text>For purposes of subclause (I), the term <term>Indian area</term> means any Indian area (as defined in section 4(11) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103(11)</external-xref>)) and any housing area (as defined in section 801(5) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4221">25 U.S.C. 4221(5)</external-xref>)).</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7B484AD034B48DCBBCC3E839CB67637"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligible buildings</header><text>Clause (iii) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subparagraph (B), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subclause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H2D0F173C3F8B44EAB7BF7D024C7200A2"><subclause id="HAF35A350106A491C9F52CA94A7DBF70B"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Special rule for buildings in Indian areas</header><text>In the case of an area which is a difficult development area solely because it is an Indian area, a building shall not be treated as located in such area unless such building is assisted or financed under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4101">25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.</external-xref>) or the project sponsor is an Indian tribe (as defined in section 45A(c)(6)), a tribally designated housing entity (as defined in section 4(22) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103(22)</external-xref>)), or wholly owned or controlled by such an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4514C94F9AC245A69DFDEE8E1BD93616"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to buildings placed in service after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE60316BEF3894078A5BEDA3596AF0FF9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reforms relating to rural assistance</header><paragraph id="H0B92103956F14531902BF69060C156E0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inclusion of rural areas as difficult development areas</header><subparagraph id="HCD4B1F502CCD4F2783680106529458A0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subclause (I) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subsection (d)(2), is further amended by inserting <quote>, any rural area</quote> after <quote>median gross income</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8B1F683AA084B6B92D6F6A68E4E84D1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rural area</header><text>Clause (iii) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(d)(5)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subsection (d)(2), is further amended by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause (IV) and by inserting after subclause (II) the following new subclause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H5D340D295CAB454A81F064D2DA023C32"><subclause id="H8340DB077E28466DA351BF3526BE47DA"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Rural area</header><text>For purposes of subclause (I), the term <term>rural area</term> means any non-metropolitan area, or any rural area as defined by section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949, which is identified by the qualified allocation plan under subsection (m)(1)(B).</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC6167880FB94C739839636E4BC712D0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to buildings placed in service after December 31, 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8CF967F74F024E06AC2C385AA250F8F4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uniform income eligibility for rural projects</header><subparagraph id="H7BE80047F45C45E29882C7F14FEB2DA4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (8) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42(i)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the second sentence.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H105D6682E554498B94548908CA379448" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this paragraph shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF55CB9D329E94ADD8FAF7A239E5F2F3B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Treatment of exempt facility bonds refunding issues</header><paragraph id="H7164E6ED774E449DBF342BE86C3E8019" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/146">section 146(i)(6)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA739B281807642768F2D009D07A5E2BC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD30F08333D064A51B906619EE6C06510"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During the 12-month period beginning on the date of a repayment of a loan financed by an issue 95 percent or more of the net proceeds of which are used to provide projects described in section 142(d), if such repayment is used to provide a new loan for any project described in section 142(a)(7) or for any purpose described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or (b) of section 143, any bond which is issued to refinance such issue shall be treated as a refunding issue. Any issue treated as a refunding issue by reason of the preceding sentence shall be so treated only to the extent the principal amount of such refunding issue does not exceed the principal amount of the bonds refunded.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H822D77BDF66A49A6A405FD360C568538" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Removal of one-Refunding limit</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/146">section 146(i)(6)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H3338B4E408D94D8AAE33B6A8B6645A5C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>4 years</quote> in clause (i) and inserting <quote>10 years</quote>,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35F7F813FAC1484B8ABE69398CF1B30E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>was issued</quote> in clause (ii) and inserting <quote>is issued</quote>,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D4ABC4C833C48F6A3F948BC40C0C7A2" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) (as so amended), (ii) (as so amended), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and by moving such subclauses 2 ems to the right,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3744D6C5C35C4CA68CDA14B5CCE1B39D" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Limitations</header-in-text>.—Subparagraph (A) shall apply to only one refunding of the original issue and</quote> and inserting “<header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Limitations</header-in-text>.—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD22EE867098D42188FE9A72F2D42C696"><clause commented="no" id="H3A3ED139DB2B4E64B26747F36F2B52FC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall apply to a bond</text></clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H677FAFBC50AB458C89278B64924D2911" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27D7BF7814F2499FB35304ADFC6B70C0"><clause commented="no" id="H3AA56FDEA31141BF83C76C90BCDAD3F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Source of loan repayment</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any repayment of a loan which is—</text><subclause commented="no" id="H073F6C2F5301432D9F54E079D9EF64DE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>made by a repayment of another loan, or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H38FB554258084B68B92B48E2F4A0FF8B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>financed by an issue treated as a refunding issue under subparagraph (A).</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H43DABB5696CD4E5A8248346391E14151" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The heading of paragraph (6) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/146">section 146(i)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">residential rental project bonds as refunding bonds irrespective of obligor</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">bonds as refunding bonds</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC52E90587CE14474B4776D856CB21C0F" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective dates</header><subparagraph id="H974B0974F5AA4822BB5E43F86EA39EE6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (3) shall apply to refunding issues described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/146">section 146(i)(6)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 issued on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DE5920FD19C4D0494062DA407FF81B2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Removal of one-refunding limit</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (2) shall apply to repayments of loans received after July 30, 2008.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H180617B89B0540229A2E9C655021A520" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Affordable housing tax credit</header><paragraph id="H26FBB2FF67494D9DA96E74F2E385E0B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The heading of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Low-income</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Affordable</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7002557BC070496EB3097308A511C14D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><subparagraph id="H2EC2FD3C0D99431AA72085CE9308B079"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>low-income</quote> and inserting <quote>affordable</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEDA987BF23D480EA20BA63F16C224CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Paragraph (5) of section 38(b) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>low-income</quote> and inserting <quote>affordable</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1F71569B38E487384ADEA8B170616CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The heading of subparagraph (D) of section 469(i)(3) of such Code is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">low-income</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">affordable</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAFD289B1E938469EAD36773414A83F74"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The heading of subparagraph (B) of section 469(i)(6) of such Code is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">low-income</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">affordable</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C50DBCCDC034548B01D58C382CE5330"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Paragraph (7) of section 772(a) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>low-income</quote> and inserting <quote>affordable</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H626694E180704112A21D79CF6E65DED8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Paragraph (5) of section 772(d) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>low-income</quote> and inserting <quote>affordable</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H54DBF1A369DD4ED786C3FB667F4787E5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 42 in the table of sections for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBAA9DD52F654A55A8BC186E84F68134"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 42. Affordable housing credit.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCBE74FD33A3E4F3A87E79C9211634A9F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding data and transparency</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that in addition to expanding and strengthening the affordable housing credit through the provisions in this section, subsequent steps should also be taken to share data and identify other ways to increase the transparency of the program, and the House of Representatives and the Senate should work together with Federal agencies to identify data sources that can be shared. </text></subsection></section><section id="H0DDC8702849541C4AE26D2F3AF341935"><enum>107.</enum><header>Decreasing the equity penalty and incentivizing more long-term owners to sell homes</header><subsection id="H1B0B16C7B5F942B6AD9894814255FED7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase of exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/121">Section 121(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><paragraph id="H1D84A9AC06F74FE4914FD630E11B2AEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$250,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000</quote> each place it appears,</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C46138A85EE4088BC52A142FA527311"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote> each place it appears, </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD61A74F7EE1B4A4AAD79D2B9AD8690C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">$500,000</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">$1,000,000</header-in-text></quote>, and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H24AD0E1D567E483D86D8A37AF84AB824"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0F28989C7A24F598753832F7545E84D"><paragraph id="H6000DE326023472EA8D9799FF2AD1C95"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a taxable year beginning after 2023, the $500,000 and $1,000,000 amounts in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text><subparagraph id="H9E4BFDB5F8B34B18A51E813A620A605A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E3C31878E9746D2835E660909A0F535"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting <quote>2022</quote> for <quote>2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">If any increase under this clause is not a multiple of $100, such increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $100.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2DB58551ED1D40938F721225D0892E82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to sales and exchanges after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></title><title id="H822F38B5E7EE4EDC95BD76518F1E0DF9"><enum>II</enum><header> Increasing access to housing and addressing cost</header><section id="HB1992F9B203B4B42B79E709A68B0462C"><enum>201.</enum><header>Expanding workforce and volunteer housing</header><subsection id="HD7ED6AE866E340BFA12A5DC324851F44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Congressional findings</header><text>The Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="HCDAC1A88D5AE4ED3836150E2A5663BA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the lack of affordable housing in the United States is an issue impacting millions of middle-class, working American families;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE9B783BF9774405879D3641BAEE34B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>many of these families earn more annually than the income limits for certain Federal housing financing and benefits; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D419687911645D58BFC992B345EE271"><enum>(3)</enum><text>these families are often excluded from living in neighborhoods near their places of work, schools, shopping, and healthcare due to a lack of affordability.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB875AA2F28E240CAB6CC4CC0B8D20824"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Congress a report that—</text><paragraph id="HBBB072E34FA045E4A24F13FBCF4C08F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifies issues with housing affordability for America’s middle-income homeowners and renters, including identifying geographically where housing is the most unaffordable for these populations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H13ED67279D3244A782084A0A3995812D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies Federal housing programs, including Federal tax credits, grants, credit programs, and other programs that currently benefit lower-income households, which are not available to middle-income households;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1986FA2602941B7AE859D3DB935AB26"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies any gaps in the inclusion of middle-income households in Federal housing programs designed to promote affordability;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H91887361BD824CAEAE9A835284C0CA6D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sets forth recommendations for a definition of <quote>workforce housing</quote> based on income parameters in order to assist Federal agencies in including middle-income households under existing Federal programs; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB77A0BD9F804742A0F14B9BCA3D6C17"><enum>(5)</enum><text>analyzes how such a definition could relate to incentives for workforce housing development through Federal programs, policies, and other initiatives.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H18CDB25C4B47425D837C003472E7504B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Supporting affordability and safety for public servants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437a">42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H329AB6FE2F314BF58C026F9C55DB1F68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (4)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A4EB3E1B05C49C9964D53BFF2C3679A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><subparagraph id="H85A0A7A3000F4F3A93F472F51C9890F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Occupancy by police officers</header-in-text></quote> and inserting, <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Occupancy by police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians</header-in-text></quote>; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5C6586784FF4FA8BB8A8E165AB2803D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A16B1C2953747A8B443E8B0C2999E95"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF20AD2A5CB554BB4996A2148E5B98E7D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H1573715C11B64F72B3BE4588D80619A6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rental payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a family of which one or more members are a police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician shall pay as rent for a dwelling unit assisted under this Act the highest of the following amounts, rounded to the nearest dollar:</text><clause id="HC8604F38A0EA45B1AFADB5490D858D87"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">15 per centum of the family's monthly adjusted income; or</text></clause><clause id="HB2B2B7207CBA416AA4BA4A42B98BAC47"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 per centum of the family's monthly income</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7BAAF1A7D83944E59BB15083A8DB1172"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5BA01A7D87C64A9EAE382009B3C5E2EF" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H99EBE9BE94684C1DBBDBE023084EAC3A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph:</text><clause id="HBD786B9D3E404CB98841908D222CA85E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Police officer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>police officer</quote> means 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).</text></clause><clause id="H620DB92805A04FACAB2850F59C9C314A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Firefighter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>firefighter</quote> means 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 firefighter by a fire department or emergency medical services responder unit of the Federal Government, a State, unit of general local government, or an Indian tribal government.</text></clause><clause id="H5E4219AF545A44DBA99692F95B0955F6"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Emergency medical technician</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>emergency medical technician</quote> means 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 an emergency medical technician by a fire department or emergency medical services responder unit of the Federal Government, a State, unit of general local government, or an Indian tribal government.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HB437701397864C1CA8CCDA671F6367C2"><enum>203.</enum><header>Expanding programs supporting homeownership for those serving the community</header><subsection id="H3B74E1B715C741E08BF2EDE6607623F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility for Good Neighbors Next Door Sales Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Armed Forces, firefighters, and law enforcement officers shall be eligible to purchase eligible properties under the Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as provided under subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H58172DD5A8A04A59886494BAF38216B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible properties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 204 of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1710">12 U.S.C. 1710</external-xref>), part 291 of the regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (24 C.F.R. part 291), or any other provision of law, regulation, guideline, order, or notice, in carrying out the Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program for single-unit properties acquired by the Secretary, properties shall be made available for purchase under the Program by members of the Armed Forces, by firefighters, and by law enforcement officers without regard to whether or not they are located in a revitalization area.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC2A6155F8EA947EC9C9A020109CBCA7B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall amend the regulations of the Secretary as necessary to carry out subsections (a) and (b). </text></subsection></section><section id="HD3A0BD35958242BDAB6CBC94C9988016"><enum>204.</enum><header>Improving volunteer first responder housing</header><subsection id="HB0FB8B5B736745E9A8D73B7651CC892F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="HE53173467BA94BED9405B75363DE161A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bona fide volunteer; eligible employer; qualified services</header><text>The terms <term>bona fide volunteer</term>, <term>eligible employer</term>, and <term>qualified services</term> have the meanings given those terms in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/457">section 457(e)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2D4684502BC24E89A78C05D8787E2B19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term <term>Indian tribe</term> in section 501(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1471">42 U.S.C. 1471(b)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4DCA0254CF264BCFBCC7964E69FB4A03"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified volunteer first responder</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified volunteer first responder</term> means any individual who—</text><subparagraph id="H61F96F5C41F7410DA50C88E4868C1394"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a bona fide volunteer performing qualified services for an eligible employer;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4758BDEC9D7E44E78B545EBD52CFDA8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>continuously served as a volunteer for the eligible employer during the 2-year period preceding the date on which the individual submits a verification letter under section 3(b) or 4(b);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6948E55BE43A4F54948D83ED0F80D1C0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text>during each of the 2 years described in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="H5DE1F81D70414EC4A05EC084F90C41A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>met the minimum requirements for active membership established by the eligible employer; or</text></clause><clause id="H0146522CC8EE4AE5A51E1E7EDB2ED847" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the eligible employer did not establish minimum requirements, volunteered for not less than 200 hours; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53A316189753431B8DC5A8EA1E8683CE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is certified as a firefighter or other first responder in the State, political subdivision of a State, or jurisdiction of an Indian Tribe in which the individual is serving as volunteer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H352F66F9B3B047839370E1C9BACFFBFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of Agriculture Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program</header><paragraph id="H8D03D5A2D06647FAA266E5DE8B1C090E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified volunteer first responder who submits to the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) a verification letter in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be eligible for a deduction in annual income under section 3555.152(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), in the amount of $18,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D265D6E13A441CAB0116C499C5B34B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Verification letter</header><text>To be eligible for a deduction under paragraph (1), a qualified volunteer first responder shall submit to the Secretary a verification letter from the head of the eligible employer for which the qualified volunteer first responder volunteers, which shall—</text><subparagraph id="H08AA374BEA674B1FAD74FA647DCC15FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include the date on which the qualified volunteer first responder joined the eligible employer as a volunteer;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H772C0C41000B4034B9F607D4C74CBB97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>attest to the Secretary that the qualified volunteer first responder meets the requirements under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(3); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF75843C956040318D9DAE56437A012D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include a copy of the certification described in subsection (a)(3)(D).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2A6DD15F25F349F9BAFAA455B9797ED1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program and similar programs</header><paragraph id="H671CC090366A44B592BB6BB7E57E1168"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified volunteer first responder who submits to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) a verification letter in accordance with paragraph (2) shall qualify as a firefighter or emergency medical technician for purposes of any single family property disposition program carried out by the Secretary by regulation under section 204(g) of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1710">12 U.S.C. 1710(g)</external-xref>) that offers discounted home prices to firefighters or emergency medical technicians.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9477EC08FE0B47419470189C4F95CB57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Verification letter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To qualify to purchase a home under a single family property disposition program referred to in paragraph (1), a qualified first responder shall submit to the Secretary a verification letter from the head of the eligible employer for which the qualified volunteer first responder volunteers, which shall—</text><subparagraph id="H48289DD2FC164E94AB77626B1DD9F6E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include the date on which the qualified volunteer first responder joined the eligible employer as a volunteer;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AD4E2724AE64ED996F67AE7CA1407E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>attest to the Secretary that the qualified volunteer first responder meets the requirements under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(3);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5315500829CB4F40A4061CE7066B7C88" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include a copy of the certification described in subsection (a)(3)(D); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H243CE6595D044B69856B5D64BF57CB7A" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a certification from the qualified volunteer first responder of the responder’s good faith intention to continue serving as a volunteer for the eligible employer for not less than 1 year following the date of closing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H61243A6B7F384BD88DDC23D0791F5533"><enum>205.</enum><header>Improving access to housing for veterans</header><subsection id="HCA2013F6FD5143E79E29072052C78125"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Service connected disability compensation</header><text>Section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5302">42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(20)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H870F36F354744FFC8B11EEC3CEB8CF34" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H04222939234449A6A2A3D2E6A3920ADD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Service-connected disability compensation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When determining whether a person is of a person of low and moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate income under this paragraph, a State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe shall exclude any service-connected disability compensation received by such person from the Department of Veterans Affairs. </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H3039EAB521CA43BDAB2FE6C3E510C41E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress a report that—</text><paragraph id="H178AA0D312AD400B97E1439A9AF3A03E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examines how service-connected disability compensation is treated for the purposes of determining eligibility for all programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and identifies any cases where service-connected disability compensation is treated inconsistently across a program; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8779DD2221214CA990A067915D6585C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to each program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, provides legislative recommendations relating to how such program could better serve veteran populations, and under-served communities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H124F134BE5CA486EB6A4864CE93CC572"><enum>206.</enum><header>Supporting veteran families in need</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="HBDC234351F944188BB88B6067C25B1EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF3CBF9970C0C4AB094893DE5C8D132B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block id="H7E8FFDDD916C4684A433DF513F6FE94F" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H063220E7303145B4B73FFBFFEBE2E994" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts that are appropriated to carry out such subsections for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H4048E307463E46948659873B64B68CC4"><enum>207.</enum><header>Attracting private investment to build and rehabilitate owner-occupied homes</header><subsection id="H9B39560D2F5444DDBA3F1CC4B3EADACC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 42 the following new section:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2282070886F94A159CDB164AEFA43F93"><section id="H0EFBA34BB7CC4D4FBF41F551783DEA17"><enum>42A.</enum><header>Neighborhood homes credit</header><subsection id="HB23D4295D0314144833BC0E2105DB7BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance of credit</header><text>For purposes of section 38, the neighborhood homes credit determined under this section for the taxable year is, with respect to each qualified residence sold by the taxpayer during such taxable year in an affordable sale, the lesser of—</text><paragraph id="HF59B98CF6FF24AC68ADA93AAC2984C50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an amount equal to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94EB363D172F4FE8833F463BCBA4224F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the excess (if any) of—</text><clause id="H78D7D084284743FBB1091BB6384DD321"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the reasonable development costs paid or incurred by the taxpayer with respect to such qualified residence, over</text></clause><clause id="HCEDFB30F18D849D096F590F62F59B987"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the sale price of such qualified residence (reduced by any reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer in connection with such sale), or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA187790C4BE4069B389BACAC68BE163"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the neighborhood homes credit agency determines it is necessary to ensure financial feasibility, an amount not to exceed 120 percent of the amount under subparagraph (A),</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3D72978688BC4CADB73C9E61597DA6AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>35 percent of the eligible development costs paid or incurred by the taxpayer with respect to such qualified residence, or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H01708B02061741A79EACC54EF041961A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>28 percent of the national median sale price for new homes (as determined pursuant to the most recent census data available as of the date on which the neighborhood homes credit agency makes an allocation for the qualified project).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H24CB34A53F784ACAA592C33A61474284"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Development costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section—</text><paragraph id="H7E8C6BEC07AC42FA97424D9793CC5EC3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reasonable development costs</header><subparagraph id="HF0A3D39ACC9D4727983A0AB8D1A443FA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>reasonable development costs</term> means amounts paid or incurred for the acquisition of buildings and land, construction, substantial rehabilitation, demolition of structures, or environmental remediation, to the extent that the neighborhood homes credit agency determines that such amounts meet the standards specified pursuant to subsection (f)(1)(C) (as of the date on which construction or substantial rehabilitation is substantially complete, as determined by such agency) and are necessary to ensure the financial feasibility of such qualified residence. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29AE0D043C1247CABA1DEF8B6FA8540E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations in making determination</header><text>In making the determination under subparagraph (A), the neighborhood homes credit agency shall consider—</text><clause id="H56B298DE304B4B1FA7CE07B58208238C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sources and uses of funds and the total financing, </text></clause><clause id="H39E8CE3A10F3402488E9EFCD7A5219BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any proceeds or receipts generated or expected to be generated by reason of tax benefits, and </text></clause><clause id="H4F278549C5994ADD9725039AF0E04BCD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the reasonableness of the developmental costs and fees.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3E00065D142A43608E2E4E4AA7EB5A68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible development costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>eligible development costs</quote> means the amount which would be reasonable development costs if the amounts taken into account as paid or incurred for the acquisition of buildings and land did not exceed 75 percent of such costs determined without regard to any amount paid or incurred for the acquisition of buildings and land.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H763BE68258794BF4B7E4F2040F83A666"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Substantial rehabilitation</header><text>The term <term>substantial rehabilitation</term> means amounts paid or incurred for rehabilitation of a qualified residence if such amounts exceed the greater of—</text><subparagraph id="HA0E894EB8DDD4A71833BA3EFF402C5F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000, or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H846DD50FC51049EEB0E16A48A64CDDFE" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">20 percent of the amounts paid or incurred by the taxpayer for the acquisition of buildings and land with respect to such qualified residence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE54994CF8DBA44AD9DCB6BBE0C78A185"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Construction and rehabilitation only after allocation taken into account</header><subparagraph id="H7AEF56B68D2744568E51C0C9E8E8F9A8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The terms <quote>reasonable development costs</quote> and <quote>eligible development costs</quote> shall not include any amount paid or incurred before the date on which an allocation is made to the taxpayer under subsection (e) with respect to the qualified project of which the qualified residence is part unless such amount is paid or incurred for the acquisition of buildings or land.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14CBB3FDCD734F008FBA23AA94E86A3A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Land and building acquisition costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts paid or incurred for the acquisition of buildings or land shall be included under paragraph (A) only if paid or incurred not more than 3 years before the date on which the allocation referred to in subparagraph (A) is made. If the taxpayer acquired any building or land from an entity (or any related party to such entity) that holds an ownership interest in the taxpayer, then such entity must also have acquired such property within such 3-year period, and the acquisition cost included under subparagraph (A) with respect to the taxpayer shall not exceed the amount such entity paid or incurred to acquire such property.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7990490868C24828A6B84302A7C5DBBF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified residence</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text><paragraph id="H403C30852B1D45448BF9422405724134"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>qualified residence</term> means a residence that—</text><subparagraph id="HE06F0CF0414049B99A8EA6328D34EEC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is real property affixed on a permanent foundation,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC799E2F179E04E4DAF5D6296F2125E0B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is—</text><clause id="HE52ECE37041C4978AEBF9D8B25A95685" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a house which is comprised of 4 or fewer residential units,</text></clause><clause id="H683622E8E7124388AE0EB14BA5DD1FF3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a condominium unit, or</text></clause><clause id="HEBB58D0C385245C98924594C2BBC8119"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a house or an apartment owned by a cooperative housing corporation (as defined in section 216(b)),</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09623BC530FF49AD993A3DC6FEF7C35B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is part of a qualified project with respect to which the neighborhood homes credit agency has made an allocation under subsection (e), and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCD384F3F5164DB69B23FE48AFA34649"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is located in a qualified census tract (determined as of the date of such allocation).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H51BD085CCB824772B279F06BD7F8D622"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified census tract</header><subparagraph id="H6AE982ADFE3C4F668FC91A590E8970C9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>qualified census tract</term> means a census tract—</text><clause id="H4E43D6ED89E94CFD97EF7544902F17B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>which—</text><subclause id="HCEB30461AE0A48C5898512963AF9B9A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has a median family income which does not exceed 80 percent of the median family income for the applicable area,</text></subclause><subclause id="HB14C425F41A54EC6B13B7F6077380309"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has a poverty rate that is not less than 130 percent of the poverty rate of the applicable area, and</text></subclause><subclause id="H06F7CEE654D8493F97FEE67E81963F7D"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a median value for owner-occupied homes that does not exceed the median value for owner-occupied homes in the applicable area,</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HC1F80A3F782744F8BDF5073B7B6190BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which—</text><subclause id="H657B0834D43848679CEEDFF4AC9C98B1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is located in a city which has a population of not less than 50,000 and such city has a poverty rate that is not less than 150 percent of the poverty rate of the applicable area, </text></subclause><subclause id="H2F0E50DABCB147A98186764F5E59D4F5"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a median family income which does not exceed the median family income for the applicable area, and</text></subclause><subclause id="H3CC576994824455197AE0D1C894C4E67"><enum>(III)</enum><text>has a median value for owner-occupied homes that does not exceed 80 percent of the median value for owner-occupied homes in the applicable area,</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H1667EDD1C1144DEA80A91D4567079181"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which—</text><subclause id="HA99D1EB5AA6D4A17B68D8A156C131479"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is located in a nonmetropolitan county,</text></subclause><subclause id="H878BF434204D4225B15F1CA5D0642655"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has a median family income which does not exceed the median family income for the applicable area, and</text></subclause><subclause id="H6CD292F071594127B974A3E2123B537E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>has been designated by a neighborhood homes credit agency under this clause, or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H1360E0C8B6DA479FBFF36B64352A44BB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which is not otherwise a qualified census tract and is located in a disaster area (as defined in section 7508A(d)(3)), but only with respect to credits allocated in any period during which the President of the United States has determined that such area warrants individual or individual and public assistance by the Federal Government under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF08CCAF96B1145009350E682B8EC1C2E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicable area</header><text>The term <term>applicable area</term> means—</text><clause id="HE44030641ADB4EAAAA96328B6F78FA52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of a metropolitan census tract, the metropolitan area in which such census tract is located, and</text></clause><clause id="H01C9F94E65584C34AD24A7B2D8947497"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a census tract other than a census tract described in clause (i), the State.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEBA0FD06699241C9A24E8CB5A7DE59DA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Affordable sale</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text><paragraph id="H07F3E20E25124289A93AF57B8885F459" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>affordable sale</term> means a sale to a qualified homeowner of a qualified residence that the neighborhood homes credit agency certifies as meeting the standards promulgated under subsection (f)(1)(D) for a price that does not exceed—</text><subparagraph id="H3205AA3A0476466FA3D61469E2E66D48" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of any qualified residence not described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D), the amount equal to the product of 4 multiplied by the median family income for the applicable area (as determined pursuant to the most recent census data available as of the date of the contract for such sale),</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59A5F9B7E28B4E889F1B13CB229C47A4" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a house comprised of 2 residential units, 125 percent of the amount described in subparagraph (A),</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9C1B734BED84A17BF14A6B175ACAE9B" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a house comprised of 3 residential units, 150 percent of the amount described in subparagraph (A), or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3DC873AF9FD4CEA801D6B3D55F3B10D" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a house comprised of 4 residential units, 175 percent of the amount described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C4929FB0E4143A386C8B2452509CD4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified homeowner</header><text>The term <term>qualified homeowner</term> means, with respect to a qualified residence, an individual—</text><subparagraph id="HB25BDC9643304220B0995DA7B8B45EF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who owns and uses such qualified residence as the principal residence of such individual, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62D09C09C8D2405D96351135AED6E058"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose family income (determined as of the date that a binding contract for the affordable sale of such residence is entered into) is 140 percent or less of the median family income for the applicable area in which the qualified residence is located.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82ACD74E1C03498A952A014EB68E66FA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Credit ceiling and allocations</header><paragraph id="HE82AAFC0DABC4A7BB14F222DDDF21AF5" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Credit limited based on allocations to qualified projects</header><subparagraph id="H0544BE352CE94608AC5E2937DE357EC0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The credit allowed under subsection (a) to any taxpayer for any taxable year with respect to one or more qualified residences which are part of the same qualified project shall not exceed the excess (if any) of—</text><clause id="HE82B79FAF7DA40B2BA6A15B822DC02E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount allocated by the neighborhood homes credit agency under this paragraph to such taxpayer with respect to such qualified project, over</text></clause><clause id="H8748CEA904A8480EAD5C99748D13715B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the aggregate amount of credit allowed under subsection (a) to such taxpayer with respect to qualified residences which are a part of such qualified project for all prior taxable years.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H143300FBB0E6465E9F5250112FFF81C4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadline for completion</header><text>No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) with respect to any qualified residence unless the affordable sale of such residence is during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the allocation to the qualified project of which such residence is a part (or, in the case of a qualified residence to which subsection (i) applies, the rehabilitation of such residence is completed during such 5-year period).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H95FC8605C5F94DD3802500D7E1A0FB27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations on allocations to qualified projects</header><subparagraph id="H9A193799A12B4DF58D3619F598CF9405"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allocations limited by State neighborhood homes credit ceiling</header><text>The aggregate amount allocated to taxpayers with respect to qualified projects by the neighborhood homes credit agency of any State for any calendar year shall not exceed the State neighborhood homes credit amount of such State for such calendar year. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADCA8522D58045CD8B5801CA00867C48" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Set-aside for certain projects involving qualified nonprofit organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rules similar to the rules of section 42(h)(5) shall apply for purposes of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H728C938D209B40E5AB4238627A66696C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determination of State neighborhood homes credit ceiling</header><subparagraph id="HFC166C4ADE5A4A0981A546E5330DE647"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State neighborhood homes credit amount for a State for a calendar year is an amount equal to the sum of—</text><clause id="H41A05FF9B1524894A409A6F6077E57C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the greater of—</text><subclause id="H16D761E72B7E47C4903022B530A87773"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product of $7, multiplied by the State population (determined in accordance with section 146(j)), or</text></subclause><subclause id="H7B062D6BB6C74E85A207C9E6EC5A0E4E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,000,000, and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HD1BC9F8D6ECA47CAAAD64DEB11CC40D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any amount previously allocated to any taxpayer with respect to any qualified project by the neighborhood homes credit agency of such State which can no longer be allocated to any qualified residence because the 5-year period described in paragraph (1)(B) expires during calendar year.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7093C2BD63DE41D3A09426FF1DAC2B6A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>3-year carryforward of unused limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State neighborhood homes credit amount for a State for a calendar year shall be increased by the excess (if any) of the State neighborhood homes credit amount for such State for the preceding calendar year over the aggregate amount allocated by the neighborhood homes credit agency of such State during such preceding calendar year. Any amount carried forward under the preceding sentence shall not be carried past the third calendar year after the calendar year in which such credit amount originally arose, determined on a first-in, first-out basis.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC9B88AE03F3949E1B1596E515F92C262"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Responsibilities of neighborhood homes credit agencies</header><paragraph commented="no" id="H22EDDB512C9D4C148501335DEE3A2ED4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (e), the State neighborhood homes credit dollar amount shall be zero for a calendar year unless the neighborhood homes credit agency of the State—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD6B16367FAAD440CAA8BB1DE2A908D79"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allocates such amount pursuant to a qualified allocation plan of the neighborhood homes credit agency,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78880963129F423D8B660CF3ACA56C63" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allocates not more than 20 percent of amounts allocated in the previous year (or for allocations made in 2023, not more than 20 percent of the neighborhood homes credit ceiling for such year) to projects with respect to qualified residences which—</text><clause id="HABFEC64E6A314F8BAFCDF336B06C3C46" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are located in census tracts described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii), (c)(2)(A)(iv), (i)(5), or</text></clause><clause id="H59CF405147E747B5978DC9E450DB1908" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are not located in a qualified census tract but meet the requirements of subsection (i)(8),</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFF24EC4DDC0645A8AD7B9D7C4C35F08D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>promulgates standards with respect to reasonable qualified development costs and fees,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD9506DE981344B8A4E133C596743B1C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>promulgates standards with respect to construction quality,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C66C0DFCE084FC88DEF672A91D68FAE"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of any neighborhood homes credit agency which makes an allocation to a qualified project which includes any qualified residence to which subsection (i) applies, promulgates standards with respect to protecting the owners of such residences, including the capacity of such owners to pay rehabilitation costs not covered by the credit provided by this section and providing for the disclosure to such owners of their rights and responsibilities with respect to the rehabilitation of such residences,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB4CD5ADDB9094EA59BD172A3F4F3C8F9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>submits to the Secretary (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe) an annual report specifying—</text><clause commented="no" id="HB54132335361476AA3ED6CF0775ACC47"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of the neighborhood homes credits allocated to each qualified project for the previous year,</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HD605B1B5F51C48E6B3BE6E6D322DCE69"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to each qualified residence completed in the preceding calendar year—</text><subclause commented="no" id="H294F4269513949E68798DE1D5C006745"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the census tract in which such qualified residence is located,</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HA18810821E6E444B8449E513851477B9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>with respect to the qualified project that includes such qualified residence, the year in which such project received an allocation under this section,</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H66262616A474447CAC3EC8D289D38293"><enum>(III)</enum><text>whether such qualified residence was new, substantially rehabilitated and sold to a qualified homeowner, or substantially rehabilitated pursuant to subsection (i),</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H4F56F8AD901D4D41A0324DB536C6C2E9"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the eligible development costs of such qualified residence,</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1E6D2BB8F4004E05BD18A7BDC396A6A1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the amount of the neighborhood homes credit with respect to such qualified residence,</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HDF2CC35AAB99463EAC861DF921F3EE71"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the sales price of such qualified residence, if applicable, and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HA037FA12D29E47F3912BDAD0526CE54B"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>the family income of the qualified homeowner (expressed as a percentage of the applicable area median family income for the location of the qualified residence), and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HCBEB1FE888E344C9A5116A0672286D77"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such other information as the Secretary may require, and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBBA513FBD28E45C082F40877BB4974C5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>makes available to the general public a written explanation for any allocation of a neighborhood homes credit dollar amount which is not made in accordance with established priorities and selection criteria of the neighborhood homes credit agency. </text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Subparagraph (B) shall be applied by substituting <quote>40 percent</quote> for <quote>20 percent</quote> each place it appears in the case of any State in which at least 45 percent of the State population resides outside metropolitan statistical areas (within the meaning of section 143(k)(2)(B)) and less than 20 percent of the census tracts located in the State are described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5D4B519302264FFA8F046F2341D5CDE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified allocation plan</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>qualified allocation plan</term> means any plan which—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEF7E1CEA097B4B379ACF1570B05F9A86"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sets forth the selection criteria to be used to prioritize qualified projects for allocations of State neighborhood homes credit dollar amounts, including—</text><clause commented="no" id="HC09FC68377AD4717B1F7C5F1208DBE8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the need for new or substantially rehabilitated owner-occupied homes in the area addressed by the project,</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H0D12FB874F404BBAA25854F527244F00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expected contribution of the project to neighborhood stability and revitalization, including the impact on neighborhood residents,</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H91A2BB3C5A85484594CB99152134B9FD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the capability and prior performance of the project sponsor, and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HD38DD7CDA8EF4E4D985EA45B73124E95"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the likelihood the project will result in long-term homeownership,</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3D1A11CF1A894ACE9A322E9E79AA7E94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been made available for public comment, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD388982B9EAF4E60B2BE64952AA6DBC6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides a procedure that the neighborhood homes credit agency (or any agent or contractor of such agency) shall follow for purposes of—</text><clause commented="no" id="HC0FE6978DE784443B9BDDA9CEDB81116"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifying noncompliance with any provisions of this section, and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HB03EAC432AF14B469F9A9C97C3305277"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notifying the Internal Revenue Service of any such noncompliance of which the agency becomes aware.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H292754CAFB794D70A9B3998B78C2F084"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Repayment</header><paragraph commented="no" id="H19D229960642482886657D08C4E983CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="H054AF2A55CD54EB3B43B24F8C384C31A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Sold during 5-year period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a qualified residence is sold during the 5-year period beginning immediately after the affordable sale of such qualified residence referred to in subsection (a), the seller shall transfer an amount equal to the repayment amount to the relevant neighborhood homes credit agency. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFADF6CF623F14633A0BC87D76ADA8EBC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of repayments</header><text>A neighborhood homes credit agency shall use any amount received pursuant to subparagraph (A) only for purposes of qualified projects. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H88497F1B66EB411C923588BEEAD8D42B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repayment amount</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(A)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCBFA38F87110420DA176B20654E293CF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The repayment amount is an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the gain from the sale to which the repayment relates.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8361B58F310B41C59374B17C3F960B6C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicable percentage</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the applicable percentage is 50 percent, reduced by 10 percentage points for each year of the 5-year period referred to in paragraph (1)(A) which ends before the date of such sale.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6959A8580D884F169B1DBB153CC86B31"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Lien for repayment amount</header><text>A neighborhood homes credit agency receiving an allocation under this section shall place a lien on each qualified residence that is built or rehabilitated as part of a qualified project for an amount such agency deems necessary to ensure potential repayment pursuant to paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H139264A9FE344B109D357F7688B62D4D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Waiver</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DA02A384EA647918304506024DC8686"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The neighborhood homes credit agency may waive the repayment required under paragraph (1)(A) if the agency determines that making a repayment would constitute a hardship to the seller.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C607853B38546A1ACD5114999DBE8D8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Hardship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subparagraph (A), with respect to the seller, a hardship may include—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C2068B752644517B3959F329AA1287B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">divorce,</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64C3E5DC486B40CD9DDC30E08E20E927"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>disability,</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF1E64152AD34D7EA9954C755E5A7FC3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>illness, or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EE54AE9478E4015A75B84644B21FB5C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other hardship identified by the neighborhood homes credit agency for purposes of this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D40C3E5D38849F294A2162D845FE77D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Other definitions and special rules</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text><paragraph id="HB59F40EB89BF4F5DA77F2E9D26C48DC5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Neighborhood homes credit agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>neighborhood homes credit agency</term> means the agency designated by the governor of a State as the neighborhood homes credit agency of the State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8ED2F62025C544A5AFAC355A1D1E16C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified project</term> means a project that a neighborhood homes credit agency certifies will build or substantially rehabilitate one or more qualified residences.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE71ABFB6326D419FB5DD467B71A82EC6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determinations of family income</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of section 143(f)(2) shall apply for purposes of this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0599ABAF2B2449CD8FC7F4D401297383"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Possessions treated as states</header><text>The term <term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia and the possessions of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H82CC094118514775B50F94127B8C0D82"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Special rules related to condominiums and cooperative housing corporations</header><subparagraph id="HD8D933C1A29C46379D2AAF44A68F81C3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Determination of development costs</header><text>In the case of a qualified residence described in clause (ii) or (iii) of subsection (c)(1)(A), the reasonable development costs and eligible development costs of such qualified residence shall be an amount equal to such costs, respectively, of the entire condominium or cooperative housing property in which such qualified residence is located, multiplied by a fraction—</text><clause id="H1B834BD138BF465B969B1E7FD62C3500"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the numerator of which is the total floor space of such qualified residence, and</text></clause><clause id="HF1D9F9BCAE694E4796D0424E422F5CF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the denominator of which is the total floor space of all residences within such property.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H582BC93FE459425C97C1078CCB67027E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tenant-stockholders of cooperative housing corporations treated as owners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a cooperative housing corporation (as such term is defined in section 216(b)), a tenant-stockholder shall be treated as owning the house or apartment which such person is entitled to occupy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A1299945560499EBAA57F7E0CC8B139" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Related party sales not treated as affordable sales</header><subparagraph id="H4E44AF8DD3B741D69709D50A666B34B4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A sale between related persons shall not be treated as an affordable sale.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE67DF31EE0546E7880F5F477EAF628E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Related persons</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, a person (in this subparagraph referred to as the <quote>related person</quote>) is related to any person if the related person bears a relationship to such person specified in section 267(b) or 707(b)(1), or the related person and such person are engaged in trades or businesses under common control (within the meaning of subsections (a) and (b) of section 52). For purposes of the preceding sentence, in applying section 267(b) or 707(b)(1), <quote>10 percent</quote> shall be substituted for <quote>50 percent</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF0C6D37D979413BBD60253649A03DDA"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Inflation adjustment</header><subparagraph id="H4232219E72F34C93BEB66A7D92CB8EDD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a calendar year after 2023, the dollar amounts in subsections (b)(3)(A), (e)(3)(A)(i)(I), (e)(3)(A)(i)(II), and (i)(2)(C) shall each be increased by an amount equal to—</text><clause id="HAE82795EAED64B1E813356CEC41063C4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></clause><clause id="H2FF7D56EF7BC47D7881EC25620A292C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year by substituting <quote>calendar year 2022</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB0BDC169E6B4645BD7E8AEBCEE4CB29"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rounding</header><clause id="HED2F6143C0EE4C86AB259C5921AB8523"><enum>(i)</enum><text>In the case of the dollar amounts in subsections (b)(3)(A) and (i)(2)(C), any increase under paragraph (1) which is not a multiple of $1,000 shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000.</text></clause><clause id="H0F8A85E686CB446682D194B1208D8128"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In the case of the dollar amount in subsection (e)(3)(A)(i)(I), any increase under paragraph (1) which is not a multiple of $0.01 shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.01.</text></clause><clause id="HE6F829312F1048D995E8B55900A5419B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In the case of the dollar amount in subsection (e)(3)(A)(i)(II), any increase under paragraph (1) which is not a multiple of $100,000 shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100,000.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC43CAAE0C69E4944965FC9398F53D0A4"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Report</header><subparagraph id="H8D0F960D75CD48C6AB39EAEE79F8A951"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall annually issue a report, to be made available to the public, which contains the information submitted pursuant to subsection (f)(1)(F).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H163249FEEB044228A57D92D755C3D0AE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>De-identification</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that any information made public pursuant to subparagraph (A) excludes any information that would allow for the identification of qualified homeowners.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC61103CED7A74398851FD034043D7B9F"><enum>(9)</enum><header>List of qualified census tracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, for each year, make publicly available a list of qualified census tracts under—</text><subparagraph id="H4BE0AD548652427D97379672D5820143"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on a combined basis, clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (c)(2)(A),</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99E9A407DB3448CDB3058F222BA1D53A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clause (iii) of such subsection, and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C12BC52D0DE44A6924E2B79382B8116"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsection (i)(5)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H72917D78DD3747DFAE39E34FB6782078"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Denial of deductions if converted to rental housing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, during the 5-year period beginning immediately after the affordable sale of a qualified residence referred to in subsection (a), an individual who owns a qualified residence (whether or not such individual was the purchaser in such affordable sale) fails to use such qualified residence as such individual’s principal residence for any period of time, no deduction shall be allowed for expenses paid or incurred by such individual with respect to renting, during such period of time, such qualified residence.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0149BEF14774DE5BAB54F4459E1A590"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application of credit with respect to owner-Occupied rehabilitations</header><paragraph id="H2105D4660B1D4249A67CEEAE72272585"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualified rehabilitation by the taxpayer of any qualified residence which is owned (as of the date that the written binding contract referred to in paragraph (3) is entered into) by a specified homeowner, the rules of paragraphs (2) through (7) shall apply.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B7F0FA8DC7D469FA688D09F186458CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alternative credit determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any qualified residence described in paragraph (1), the neighborhood homes credit determined under subsection (a) with respect to such residence shall (in lieu of any credit otherwise determined under subsection (a) with respect to such residence) be allowed in the taxable year during which the qualified rehabilitation is completed (as determined by the neighborhood homes credit agency) and shall be equal to the least of—</text><subparagraph id="H81EEE9F01F8A4402B8190A922863CDCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the excess (if any) of—</text><clause id="H4FF640D2EC8A4E4B83D2E1B5BC3A6905"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amounts paid or incurred by the taxpayer for the qualified rehabilitation of the qualified residence to the extent that such amounts are certified by the neighborhood homes credit agency (at the time of the completion of such rehabilitation) as meeting the standards specified pursuant to subsection (f)(1)(C), over</text></clause><clause id="HF053B677D1B643B4A36B5FB52628FAD7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any amounts paid to such taxpayer for such rehabilitation, </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FBA8FC8AF134D8EAAAB49F3452EF729"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent of the amounts described in subparagraph (A)(i), or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1E4C31F64F04F499633A1D4E03912C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$50,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA276FF6103AB4360837598F97EA25ED4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified rehabilitation</header><subparagraph id="HF9483A3A4D274068AE71D0DC7E039B02"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>qualified rehabilitation</quote> means a rehabilitation or reconstruction performed pursuant to a written binding contract between the taxpayer and the specified homeowner if the amount paid or incurred by the taxpayer in the performance of such rehabilitation or reconstruction exceeds the dollar amount in effect under subsection (b)(3)(A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB64E1EBBDE14455F9E765E518B7082F2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application of limitation to expenses paid or incurred after allocation</header><text>A rule similar to the rule of section (b)(4) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5CCDA93EC6A949F9A9A1E783326340CA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Specified homeowner</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>qualified homeowner</term> means, with respect to a qualified residence, an individual—</text><subparagraph id="H56B717AE96714847B147C9693BC2F5A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who owns and uses such qualified residence as the principal residence of such individual as of the date that the written binding contract referred to in paragraph (3) is entered into, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DC44FAB1E1C4D7B8C4CCA235D9ED109"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose family income (determined as of such date) does not exceed the median family income for the applicable area (with respect to the census tract in which the qualified residence is located).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BFE3E21A4294889A40C3B750EF542D9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Additional census tracts in which owner-occupied residences may be located</header><text>In the case of any qualified residence described in paragraph (1), the term <quote>qualified census tract</quote> includes any census tract which—</text><subparagraph id="H17411DA1E5484E5F9471A469CCB980A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meets the requirements of subsection (c)(2)(A)(i) without regard to subclause (III) thereof, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FF7AC0589284C37BFE57D4760B6E56A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is designated by the neighborhood homes credit agency for purposes of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5AD935E9830F49569D8D0169D9BC1D24"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Modification of repayment requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any qualified residence described in paragraph (1), subsection (g) shall be applied by beginning the 5-year period otherwise described therein on the date on which the qualified homeowner acquired such residence.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFFEB2D6416DE4837A13B336087EBB81A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Related parties</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the taxpayer is the owner of the qualified residence described in paragraph (1) or is related (within the meaning of subsection (h)(6)(B)) to such owner.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE08A46D5A78747B8B0F639DEC114327E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Pyrrhotite remediation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement of subsection (c)(1)(C) shall not apply to a qualified rehabilitation under this subsection of a qualified residence that is documented by an engineer’s report and core testing to have a foundation that is adversely impacted by pyrrhotite or other iron sulfide minerals.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA4EE99372ABF426687A4461C41CFB9CB"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including regulations that prevent avoidance of the rules, and abuse of the purposes, of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HC03B9A1288144A4F9456F30AAF55F721"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit allowed as part of general business credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/38">Section 38(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end of paragraph (37), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (38) and inserting <quote>, plus</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H39F89EEB9DFC43249244C03245146D6C"><paragraph id="HCF85AB7FB1394F598A247AB8EC4E5572"><enum>(39)</enum><text>the neighborhood homes credit determined under section 42A(a).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H4330F979DD7F41BDB28FF582493874F2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Credit allowed against alternative minimum tax</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/38">Section 38(c)(4)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating clauses (iv) through (xii) as clauses (v) through (xiii), respectively, and by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF85596D738694F4087F0074B733C5904" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="HF58D57E2522F4BE4A28A263FEA4827AC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the credit determined under section 42A,</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H43AE145A496E4C5D9F34B3174F4D0B0B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Basis adjustments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1ADD5B664984C618412A53375801491"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Energy efficient home improvement credit</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/25C">Section 25C(g)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding after the first sentence the following new sentence: <quote>This subsection shall not apply for purposes of determining the eligible development costs or adjusted basis of any building under section 42A.</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23F74613A37540D2957063A4CAFC20D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Residential clean energy credit</header><text>Section 25D(f) of such Code is amended by adding after the first sentence the following new sentence: <quote>This subsection shall not apply for purposes of determining the eligible development costs or adjusted basis of any building under section 42A.</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59CFAA15A9124B5394AAF4F05E6F8992"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">New energy efficient home credit</header><text>Section 45L(e) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>or for purposes of determining the eligible development costs or adjusted basis of any building under section 42A</quote> after <quote>section 42</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB72C7CE7104D48188D0D46243CA6F991"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion from gross income</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part III of subchapter B of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before section 140 the following new section: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF620936F406E431C8E531AAF99FBDDB0"><section commented="no" id="H18E7303E160142C39F75DF6658C0F2C3"><enum>139J.</enum><header>State energy subsidies for qualified residences</header><subsection commented="no" id="H07FAB3DBB005499E962E919BE65DA11B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exclusion from gross income</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gross income shall not include the value of any subsidy provided to a taxpayer (whether directly or indirectly) by any State energy office (as defined in section 124(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15821">42 U.S.C. 15821(a)</external-xref>)) for purposes of any energy improvements made to a qualified residence (as defined in section 42A(c)(1)).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CF67C7BD31F465FB9C0B51B3173C679"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="H0A497767C5F24CF594531F367CC01626"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsections (i)(3)(C), (i)(6)(B)(i), and (k)(1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/469">section 469</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by inserting <quote>or 42A</quote> after <quote>section 42</quote> .</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B0B23F40B114E3A82AEC78C3CFA7BDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 42 the following new item:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF6DF4B3BE79B44D7AC235D960BA283A5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><toc container-level="quoted-block-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H2282070886F94A159CDB164AEFA43F93" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"><toc-entry idref="H0EFBA34BB7CC4D4FBF41F551783DEA17" level="section">Sec. 42A. Neighborhood homes credit.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2958FB9924324007B4BCBA31F57D4815"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 140 the following new item:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C01DD2581B240FD97B3AD32767CD1B5"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 139J. State energy subsidies for qualified residences.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H13AF7BF9DA5246FE900D54A83BD14E80"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.</text></subsection></section><section id="H711603A8A8084B03A8F6C1C9F93CC3DC"><enum>208.</enum><header>Better utilizing and disposing of unused military and government lands for housing</header><subsection id="HA070D82E1A6F463C8C18FFE484A87486"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State or unit of local government may submit a petition to a Federal agency requesting to use unused property owned by such Federal agency for the construction of affordable housing.</text></subsection><subsection id="H607CD9F4C57E4EDEB249896A020D5205"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission to PBRB</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any Federal agency that receives a petition under subsection (a) shall submit a copy of such petition to the Public Buildings Reform Board.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5D77AE17CE254E4C97F909963F68C9A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>A Federal agency that receives a petition under subsection (a) shall, not less that 60 days after receiving such petition determine whether the property is excess.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA1F8F2FBCF294FD897B9FDD3D614B824"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Justification required</header><text>If a Federal agency determines under subsection (c) that a property is not excess such Federal agency shall submit to the Office of Management and Budget a statement that justifies why such property is not excess.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3E3CF81DEEAE41B69FB1F2A62E5F9915"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Donation by GSA</header><text>If a Federal agency determines a property to be excess under subsection (b), the General Services Administration may donate such property to the State or unit of local government that submitted the petition under subsection (a). </text></subsection></section><section id="H7512B2BD8F8049B8AC9F1A1AC5BF36BB"><enum>209.</enum><header>Energy conservation standards for manufactured housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy may not, by rule or otherwise, establish energy conservation standards for manufactured housing.</text></section><section id="H3F909CFBA9594CDF9F7CFAF0D653C96A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>210.</enum><header>Rental assistance demonstration program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The matter under the heading <quote>Rental Assistance Demonstration</quote> in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/55">Public Law 112–55</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph id="H4169C68DDEF741C893E205A77C32DDA3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the second proviso; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFC78B9B4F83A4422A2F8AD22025E5C74" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the fourth proviso.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H69E3944292FE484A9537C8753404FF53" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Creating incentives for small dollar loan originators</header><subsection id="H20D02124121347CEA8DE325E80A31AB2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small dollar mortgage defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>small dollar mortgage</term> means a mortgage loan that—</text><paragraph id="HC7BFA2EFD94A4B1D9EA964F5440D4B39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has an original principal obligation of not more than $70,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE3074A2821641479D76EACCC9A306D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is secured by real property designed for the occupancy of 1 to 4 families; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3704E6BE9BEF48E8990F0B8005289EBE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is—</text><subparagraph id="H7BABAE0B17504B8FA31D92F9545EEA8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>insured by the Federal Housing Administration under title II of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1707">12 U.S.C. 1707 et seq.</external-xref>); </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CB07C111B494B26A493AFD00A64A58A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made, guaranteed, or insured by the Department of Veterans Affairs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38BD776E2D2B49D68FAD2959964204A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>made, guaranteed, or insured by the Department of Agriculture; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A473DA0FCB04B388BCF2086C2C5D5D0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>eligible to be purchased or securitized by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the Federal National Mortgage Association.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7AEF77BD33044822830FB78E0E2A5697" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement To update regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall issue regulations to update part 1026 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly referred to as <quote>Regulation Z</quote>) to allow for salaried originators of residential mortgage loans that only originate small dollar mortgages. </text></subsection></section><section id="H7C0CFE995DAF435A9A4A50B77DF1A06B" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header>Small dollar mortgage points and fees</header><subsection id="HD631E9354F0C461693F2D5BFAF83FE19" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>small dollar mortgage</term> means a mortgage with an original principal obligation of less than $70,000.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB9D1A37DCC3B493C9AFB9A150551FB26" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, shall amend the limitations with respect to points and fees under section 1026.32 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, to encourage additional lending for small dollar mortgages.</text></subsection></section><section id="H28E10FFF159D4BBAADF0D1203F3979F6" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header>Removing Outdated Regulation for Manufactured Housing</header><subsection id="H945100EA0C424042B418DF97C8B3234E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 603(6) of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5402">42 U.S.C. 5402(6)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>built on a permanent chassis and</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H695B85282A16421E991EED089A27B6F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the consensus committee established under section 604(a)(3) of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5403">42 U.S.C. 5403(a)(3)</external-xref>) shall meet to develop and recommend to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development such revisions to the Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards, and related regulations, as are necessary to implement the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section. Such revised standards shall be considered by the Secretary for adoption pursuant to the process set forth in section 604 of such Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H478603DA6CAE4524B6B854FDB1C24CF4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header>Relieving Burdens on Affordability</header><subsection id="HBC726C91828849168D0B178940BA47B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/164">Section 164(b)(6)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>In the case of a joint return for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2022, and before January 1, 2024, if the taxpayer’s adjusted gross income for such taxable year is less than $500,000, subparagraph (B) shall be applied by substituting <quote>$20,000</quote> for <quote>$10,000</quote>.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HEC47183DC8B54865B865CCFA58D9734F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.</text></subsection></section><section id="H78F18EFF268C401BB9F4C8FCCA88AB29"><enum>215.</enum><header>Protecting Home Affordability from Energy Mandates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture relating to <quote>Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing</quote> (89 Fed. Reg. 33112 (April 26, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.</text></section></title><title id="H82DF6904DC6148A5A5F1296638951300"><enum>III</enum><header>Serving the most vulnerable; health and safety</header><section id="H7474D1D329314DFAB7B1929D709A4F72"><enum>301.</enum><header>GAO study to determine proximity of housing to Superfund sites</header><subsection id="HA65AB2B47BD248ACA25D1C26016D3C4E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall carry out a study to identify how many residential dwelling units, and how many dwelling units 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))), are located within one mile of a site that is included on the National Priorities List pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9605">42 U.S.C. 9605</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="H4531A4AD16F14651B8D55AD95192AAC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the expiration of the 6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress identifying, for each site referred to in subsection (a), how many residential dwelling units, and how many dwelling units in public housing, are located within one mile of such site.</text></subsection></section><section id="H3592ED572BDC490BA51B48514DF9421E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Ensuring public housing agencies inspect each dwelling unit each year</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Comptroller General of the United States shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, conduct a study and submit a report to the Congress that identifies:</text><paragraph id="H5EAE8114F33B42DD8DCC243F398535FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how many inspections required to be conducted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the 1-year period are incomplete; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1ED9DA5F36D47C1A9FBB10A9D031F15"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how many inspectors are needed to ensure that all inspections required to be conducted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development can be completed each year.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H11C678C52A3243CBB1881DFEAD2A13B6"><enum>303.</enum><header>Incentivizing local solutions to homelessness</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C09BE14FEE94AD48B41CA209C358261"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuum of care program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1186b">42 U.S.C. 1186b</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H571BB21C6D384F5A928D091734D0A000"><subsection id="HCB613D34925943ED9D259D326728EA6B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Incentives for reducing homelesness</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9326F9FA00A44566969F510913F16D02"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amounts made available to carry out this subtitle for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this subtitle for incentives described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2677AE069C9C4A5097A199BC37DC859D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide bonuses or other incentives to a geographic area under this subtitle if, during a fiscal year, the Secretary determines that an entity receiving funds under this subtitle has demonstrably and measurably improved housing outcomes for homeless individuals in the geographic area.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HF553075CD29D44D4A735E8BE95EEC918"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency solutions grants program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 413 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11372a">42 U.S.C. 11372a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H195F775DA96F45D8B63D02C3D38B01AA"><subsection id="HEFBEEA218DEC427AA36ECC4C8F68D6FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incentives for reducing homelesness</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6108A7E80B934377ABAE0E1B561AE8E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amounts made available to carry out this subtitle for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this subtitle for incentives described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88779BC04AA34EEBA15BED15B70D7673"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide bonuses or other incentives to a geographic area under this subtitle if, during a fiscal year, the Secretary determines that an entity receiving funds under this subtitle has demonstrably and measurably improved housing outcomes for homeless individuals in the geographic area.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="HB07ED1800B0045DAAA191B8901FAD038"><enum>304.</enum><header>Improving mold and health standards</header><subsection id="H39B92D9782D5469AA708AFCBEB0F526B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="HBABD794A38744988809E51AF2593F789"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Indoor residential mold</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>indoor residential mold</term> means any form of multicellular fungi in indoor environments, including cladosporium, penicillium, alternaria, aspergillus, fusarium, trichoderma, memnoniella, mucor, stachybotrys chartarum, streptomyces, and epicoccumoften found in water-damaged indoor environments and building materials. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0CD5B00648814B40A350232B5DEFB7F9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Residential mold inspection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>residential mold inspection</term> means an inspection, by a certified or licensed mold inspector or other indoor environmental professional, including through the Real Estate Assessment Center, of real property that is designed to discover—</text><subparagraph id="HC00F4AE147D94DFD96635B7874EDED10"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">indoor mold growth in residential properties;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A2AB8838CD44613BFE9394D1AFD3B57"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conditions that facilitate indoor residential mold growth; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62D3F9255A834B9FA809BEBC62BC2E0C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">indicia of conditions that are likely to facilitate indoor residential mold growth.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC04E12BA46B4AF2A6437E79CC4C343C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Toxigenic mold</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>toxigenic mold</term> means any indoor mold growth that may be capable of producing a toxin or toxic compound, including mycotoxins and mVOCs, that can cause pulmonary, respiratory, neurological, gastrointestinal, or dermatological illnesses, or other major adverse health impacts, as jointly determined by the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB82948CC605747E2A727B07DB0ACB3BC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interagency research on health impacts of indoor residential mold</header><paragraph id="HF5E8C82E761B4D15AB2EAFF65E792941"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research</header><subparagraph id="H780A1C6F6F544E079669952976E6DB8F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the National Institutes of Health, in conjunction with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the President of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Chair of the board of directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences shall jointly conduct a comprehensive study of the health effects of indoor residential mold growth, using the most up-to-date scientific peer-reviewed medical literature.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D4809A1D3B5439187535184387A4127"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study conducted under subparagraph (A) shall ascertain, among other things—</text><clause id="HC32C2B9E4E614300B1837791687EDFB5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detailed information about harmful or toxigenic mold, as well as any toxin or toxic compound such mold can produce;</text></clause><clause id="H91DB8CDB20344CE4B40C0D807B290EDA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the most accurate research-based methods of detecting harmful or toxigenic mold;</text></clause><clause id="H2322D06534B149A4B28FF4F159DF701F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>potential dangers of prolonged or chronic exposure to indoor residential mold growth;</text></clause><clause id="H55E50D4128984713A26D93FA1D2B9862"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the hazards involved with inadequate residential mold inspections and improper indoor residential mold remediation;</text></clause><clause id="H8BF9FC11C37E42D0BFBDF5C105352C82"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the estimated current public health burden of new or exacerbated physical illness resulting from exposure to indoor residential mold, including its disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities, including children and seniors;</text></clause><clause id="H0C2993C72E0E4D82BE53B1D13F690D20"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improved understanding of the different health symptomology that can result from exposure to mold in indoor residential environments;</text></clause><clause id="HF000343B751B49AE9BAA2502FE28794F"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ongoing surveillance of the prevalence of idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage (AIPH) in infants; and </text></clause><clause id="H80027958C1ED4EBFADF87C28267FE1D6"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>longitudinal studies on the effects of indoor old exposure in early childhood on the development of asthma and other respiratory illnesses.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F2AFA85CE2E4A33B68D1B37CE5A82E2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the expiration of the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to Congress and the President and made available to the general public.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAADE84D5F7F34E57A540669247444940" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mapping</header><paragraph id="HD2FB7AF8DB2C42B0AB90B85DF026A88C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, using the previous two years of inspection data, establish a geographic information system mapping tool that identifies areas which are impacted by a known presence of indoor residential mold.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD104FD963DA341AFA69BAD64925F7113"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include, as part of the mapping tool—</text><subparagraph id="HD4EF0866B8CF44FC854EE1D8178C5D9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inspection documentation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C0FB66FCEAF40F88F7A2B175E9321F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>management and occupancy reviews;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3B4AD39BE224CA2938E368D0926E492"><enum>(C)</enum><text>transfers of budget authority for contracts under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE072CB065F9942D8B26C1D84CAB79E29"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any additional information, as required by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1AA53A5E13D5415880EC92B54601D602"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Secretary shall update the mapping tool with the latest inspection data not less often than once per year.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06627BDD0B4D430C819F4C11485D25B6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public information and education campaign</header><paragraph id="H8BB65D4943244D6E8138A8D9889FCC7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the heads of any other relevant Federal agencies, as determined by such Administrator and Secretary, shall jointly develop and carry out a public information and education campaign regarding indoor air quality and related issues that provides information required under this section on a recurring and annual basis through public outreach. The campaign shall commence within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H48D1D609DEF846069BBCDEFDABF7CD80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Topics</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information and education campaign shall include information on the dangers and prevention of indoor residential moisture and mold, volatile organic compounds, dust, smoking, pollution, indoor origins of smoke, including cooking, and any other health risks, as determined by such Administrator and Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C540F8D1CDF493CA6F267568F8C2092"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indoor residential mold information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information and education campaign shall include, at minimum, the following information regarding indoor residential mold:</text><subparagraph id="H989CB447C5EC44C38A3D0F1936423E9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conditions that facilitate indoor residential moisture and mold growth.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA895006885F24DF4BA4F8388BFE20E45"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guidelines for inspecting indoor residential mold growth.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EFBC7FA367844F89C4FA3C0CEB348D6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guidelines for remediating indoor residential mold growth.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D6E18BD34874B24920E6A168D2A8001"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The dangers and health risks of exposure to indoor residential mold growth.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35527D7DBACC41DE8ACC54B0DEB60B50"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The importance of ventilation and methods to prevent moisture accumulation in indoor residential environments.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20423EDDC17A40CFB77D872656D93013"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any other information as determined appropriate by the heads of the agencies referred to in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD2A3348C0CF640AD8E869E6DA439669F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Modes of communication</header><subparagraph id="HE33C8B3D9FDD42E9B4D0284C5FC41853"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public information and education campaign shall provide education and information through modes of communication that are commonly utilized and able to be easily consumed by relevant individuals or organizations, which shall include communication through advertisements on public transit in all 50 States and in territories and possessions of the United States, and distribution of the pamphlet developed pursuant to paragraph (9) as required under such paragraph.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0AC4961DCF204AA88B141CBAF588BBE8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All education and information that is part of the information and education campaign shall be made publicly available on the websites of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and any other applicable Federal agencies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H460B58F1A1834706B534631A9AEB95C4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Targeted groups</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public information and education campaign shall be designed to reach tenants, tenant organizations working directly with tenants in project-based rental assistance and other types of federally-assisted housing, resident groups, landlords, health professionals, the general public, homeowners, prospective homeowners, the real estate industry, the home construction and renovation industries, the health, property and casualty, and life insurance industries, technical and vocational schools and colleges, and other academic institutions.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8915F6BAB69A47C0B73CCE8AA11EE759"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Information Specific to Health Professions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public information and education campaign shall include information about warning signs of mold and other indoor air exposure pollutants and shall include education for health professions on mold-related illness, including for health professions who work with vulnerable populations and children in school or daycare settings.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA5729ED107F740788E22EA6503D18A94"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing and carrying out the public information and education campaign, the heads of the agencies referred to in paragraph (1) may coordinate with the Ad Council.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H839374958EAA45B0BEB5C11BA220D759"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Language</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All information provided under the public information and education campaign—</text><subparagraph id="H682B85568C82498D86544CFAF094978D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be provided in at least two languages, as determined by the Secretary, based on the most common languages spoken in the neighborhood, tribe, municipality, State, or region, and may be provided in additional languages based on the most common languages spoken in the neighborhood, tribe, municipality, State, or region, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31CA57CE59BD4DC9898A695A7D9D857F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be provided in language that is at a sixth grade reading level and is easy to understand.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C8F27C86DF049298BD46526AAD76A31"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Pamphlet</header><subparagraph id="H0971EE897444496FB204D6E2CC3088E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads of any other agencies the Secretary considers appropriate, shall develop, publish, and revise, not less frequently than every 5 years, a pamphlet regarding indoor residential mold hazards.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55FB099DF41E4414BF03DAE0AAB10DDB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The pamphlet required under this subsection shall—</text><clause id="HDD9AAC8026944A14846898792A109029"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contain information regarding the health risks associated with exposure to indoor residential mold growth;</text></clause><clause id="H5625D8CC98E543A78C1EAF782BDAF4D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide information on the hazards of indoor residential mold growth in federally-assisted and federally-owned housing;</text></clause><clause id="H247C21DB612844CE879CD47D58B6679F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the risks of indoor residential mold exposure for persons residing in a dwelling with toxigenic mold;</text></clause><clause id="H0CAA265B1B6C4B5587F76AB567624663"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide information on approved methods for evaluating and reducing indoor residential mold growth and their effectiveness in identifying, reducing, eliminating, or preventing indoor residential mold growth;</text></clause><clause id="H2B7019D6883249FA9C8A2ED1920E4685"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide advice on how to obtain a list of persons certified to inspect or remediate indoor residential mold growth in the area in which the pamphlet is to be used;</text></clause><clause id="H126B770199B44250BE0D25C1E997792D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a statement that a risk assessment or inspection for indoor residential mold growth is recommended prior to the purchase, lease, or renovation of target housing;</text></clause><clause id="HB8AB18E749824C5BBE462993CD26375C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a statement that certain State and local laws impose additional requirements related to indoor residential mold growth in housing and provide a listing of Federal, State, and local agencies in each State, including address, telephone number, and electronic mail address, if available, that can provide information about applicable laws and available governmental and private assistance and financing;</text></clause><clause id="H120785049CE1404CA9E14249E05CFD75"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide information considered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to be appropriate or necessary to promote awareness of the hazards posed by indoor residential mold;</text></clause><clause id="H4FC29404B3034618804A61FB66C1173E"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>include information on indoor air quality safety generally, including best practices when cooking, taking a shower or bath, and smoking cessation;</text></clause><clause id="HF15F982505B947A1A080FA05E3FA7BC7"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be publicly available on the websites of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other applicable Federal agencies; and</text></clause><clause id="H9560DFCF90B74402AF0E522867350FEC"><enum>(xi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include any other information considered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to be appropriate or necessary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7751B266CA1450480CCC9D89B26177E"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDFAE416211B43BC854BED4432842F44" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header>GAO study on health and safety concerns in federally-Assisted housing</header><text>Not later than the expiration of the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the Congress analyzing and assessing the communication, as applicable, between public housing agencies, landlords, and tenants over resolving problems with the health, safety, or other issues of dwelling units that are federally subsidized and inspected through subpart G of part 5 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, landlord responsiveness regarding such issues, opportunities for improvement in such communications, and how tenants understand their rights and how they are responded to when issues arise, including protocols for responding to tenant complaints and tenant understanding of such processes. The report shall include recommendations for how to improve such communications and the physical quality of the housing stock for which such assistance is provided.</text></subsection></section><section id="HC9E6E380125E42DC9DA61F0563F78C83"><enum>305.</enum><header>Improving Protection from Lead Hazards</header><subsection id="H92E878EB3845445089A8A036E1B4E2DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text><paragraph id="H4E88AA8376A44307980AD00EC77FF5FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>covered housing</term> means a dwelling unit receiving project-based rental assistance or tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BAB301AD8214BB2AF5C10E7DED665C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE23F119F16A4458B08E9D2382D8E938"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual risk assessment and report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs of the Department, in collaboration with the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes of the Department, shall—</text><paragraph id="H13B18415BA2C4212A935336420203A6F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a risk assessment of covered housing to identify properties with the greatest risk of exposing children under the age of 6 years old to lead hazards, including lead-based paint and lead service lines;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H092A9CBB91E747D78DAC618B7154A3F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop an action plan relating to remediation, control, and safeguards to address lead hazards, including lead-based paint and lead-service lines, in covered housing identified in the risk assessment conducted under paragraph (1), with priority given to those properties with children under the age of 6 years old; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H08DC1195F5374C7BA8C2C4841DDECB46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submit to Congress a report on properties with covered housing that have lead-based paint or lead service lines, including the number of children under the age of 6 years old living at these properties. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3AEB6C3EB5F54EC89F9983F4FF0CA78B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uniform physical condition standard inspections</header><text>In conducting uniform physical condition inspections in accordance with part 5 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, the Secretary shall include lead-based paint and lead service lines in the graded scoring as an exigent health and safety deficiency to ensure that—</text><paragraph id="HC034E3003CCB43E982591C6964286B4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>lead-based paint and lead service lines are tracked at each applicable property; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC1620110EF3E4CCD94072BBDA2C0F6CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the owners of those properties are held accountable for remediating deficiencies.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE502A4C8618F44C4919E3C05DE85A22B"><enum>306.</enum><header>Improving housing for the elderly and disabled</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, conduct a study that identifies options to remove barriers and improve housing for persons who are elderly or disabled, including any potential impacts of providing capital advances for—</text><paragraph id="HC100499D1AF7421294415C22A56E4AFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H41990912C7544E85ADA1CA954BA76F71"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.</text></paragraph></section></title><title id="H603342825C8A44C0AEC07BBEFBE87D63"><enum>IV</enum><header>Good Governance</header><section id="HEB1AC2E48A464496AED4E7E3725E8560"><enum>401.</enum><header>Requiring annual testimony and oversight from housing regulators</header><subsection id="H850A2D483BCA488BABC7FC82383E9183"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Testimony by Secretary</header><text> Section 7 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3535">42 U.S.C. 3535</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA17739133BF3487FA2FF9224C265623F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HCC85C20391014E6FABF9FBF10EFA0669"><enum>(u)</enum><header>Annual testimony</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall appear before the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate at an annual hearing and present testimony regarding the operations of the Department during the preceding year, including regarding the following topics:</text><paragraph id="H3D03DC5CAE7F460D8CD01A9A989158BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The physical condition of all public housing and other housing assisted by the Department.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC67B7B7071E14386966125C55C4C4323"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The financial health of the mortgage insurance funds of the FHA.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AD9C88341B04F4BB80B42DD339F4519"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Oversight by the Department of grantees and sub-grantees engaging in waste, fraud, and abuse.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F33D27A26734C268F9318D8B1878E5F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ongoing activities of the Department, as appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H1ACDDD6AA1704697B224984188C619D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Testimony by Inspector General</header><text>Not later than October 1 of each year, the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall appear before the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and present testimony on the Office of Inspector General’s—</text><paragraph id="H87AD9340005E49DFBD8654A66974207B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>efforts to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC1F6DFCFE1054D62B3ACCE86F0AFC914"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ability to conduct and supervise audits, investigations, and reviews;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H494557CA8BC74DE0BC62E07D84BFA994"><enum>(3)</enum><text>actions to identify opportunities for the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to progress and succeed; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H76970780A7A14379B410357EB6002B76"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ongoing activities regarding any such additional work, as appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFE05D7D785E4B368818C245AFC8669B"><enum>402.</enum><header>Requiring annual testimony and oversight for government guaranteed or insured mortgage programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">On an annual basis, the following individuals shall testify before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on mortgage loans guaranteed or insured by the Federal Government:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F2C47EBB8B74A25B9D69983EF5BD50A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The President of the Government National Mortgage Association.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1014006DD7524A6C829CC312B0BE7A9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Federal Housing Commissioner.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5964AE9572E49D1AC991F3AFE1F37BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Administrator of the Rural Housing Service.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F9C857E57564018B8D01C90E393CA8D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Testimony and report from United States Interagency Council on Homelessness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11313">42 U.S.C. 11313(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B1C1F90512D471EB32DD5D03CA06831"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H871ABEBDA0BC49E48C94FBA6E25AF099"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>Revitalizing America’s Housing Act</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA91DE02CD4174F9D8BC443DD024BF4A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>update such plan annually</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7019E20BD8D9483F821584C8AACA55DC"><text>submit to the President and Congress a report every year thereafter that includes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFEF7B44A8CA47B1A77B58A8E36B3E11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the status of completion of the plan;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8048DA3BAE044D9EB8F3571E6DB2250B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any modifications that were made to the plan and the reasons for those modifications; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5CA40757B664B94B7717624B0073A9A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an estimate of when homelessness will be ended;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H396D9A6CE4AD4FAD97A7A4294CCA7A6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (13) as paragraphs (11) through (14), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H492BE7D7519E4EFA8EE978F22610B3E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating the second paragraph (9) (relating to collecting and disseminating information) as paragraph (10);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42FE2ACBFD4946F289733E847F53B662"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29FAC1BAAB6C44439729DDD00D87804F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6ACA14780D574A1AB4F8478F65BD97B8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9B211FB74D64FC9B071C5305E13CB32"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38D49F64C9AA49738382BFFFD3909651"><enum>(15)</enum><text>testify annually before Congress.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="HC35BBC35E5DE411D9A7F10B2993F5218"><enum>404.</enum><header>Report detailing NYCHA compliance with and HUD oversight of 2019 agreement</header><subsection id="HF486472B961E43409E0B8820B071B971"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Congressional findings</header><text>The Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="H287037B4304B44A690E6FE80E0A35DF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the New York City Housing Authority (in this section referred to as the <quote>Authority</quote>) is the largest housing authority in the United States, providing housing for over 520,000 residents in over 177,000 apartments in the City of New York (in this section referred to as the <quote>City</quote>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8754588587FD43DAA950C071B09575EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Authority is a public housing agency that receives Federal financial assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the <quote>Department</quote>) to administer its public housing program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4A46703AFF5C42248A98DB42F3C32B12"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Authority is required to, among other things, provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing for the public housing residents of the City and comply with Federal law protecting children from the hazards of lead poisoning;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8E5602544E44E47A955B4B3D6FA1980"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on June 11, 2018, the United States filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in this section referred to as the <quote>Complaint</quote>); which set forth the findings of the United States investigation, alleging, among other things, that the Authority had—</text><subparagraph id="HDC25669002BF4BE3811E1F27DE00ED84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>routinely failed to comply with lead-based paint safety regulations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H053B2A747D1D44F5AEAD138E9AEB3EDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>failed to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing, including with respect to the provision of heat and elevators and the control and treatment of mold and pests; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFE9308417C442C6AD15750C30E10395"><enum>(C)</enum><text>repeatedly misled the Department through false statements and deceptive practices;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF02CB184348D4E8EBCFF1EC66760F0D8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in a Consent Decree executed June 11, 2018, the Authority made admissions regarding, among other things, deficiencies in physical conditions with respect to lead, mold, heating, elevators and pests and made untrue statements to the Department regarding the conditions of the Authority’s properties and practices with regard to Public Housing Assessment System inspections;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF4ED0ED2F8E4838A26EAC9170806A80"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on the Authority’s misconduct as detailed in the Complaint, on January 31, 2019, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) declared that the Authority is in substantial default within the meaning of section 6(j)(3)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437d">42 U.S.C. 1437d(j)(3)(A)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEAF09D7524374FA4B1FC5AAF16B545B2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Department did not take possession of the Authority or appoint a receiver, but instead entered into a voluntary agreement between the Authority, the Department, and the City on January 31, 2019, under which the Authority agreed to remedy noted deficiencies subject to the oversight of a Monitor appointed by the City;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B2262191B9646669D4D1241F44BE4C8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Authority has still fully not complied with the agreement, including the remedying of deficiencies or compliance with its obligations under Federal law;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H650EEE7C4C594E7D9520029F75706FF5"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Department and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York have sought to extend the term of a Monitor over the Authority for an additional five years beginning in 2024;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2E7F8C1ECCE147B8863EEE3687260025"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the residents of housing provided by the Authority should not be required to wait five additional years for the Authority to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing conditions, as is the Authority’s most basic and necessary function under the law; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA985BFA0CE59498283C1C76412314BA3"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the Congress believes that it must provide additional oversight over the Authority, the Department, the City, and the Monitor in order to compel the Authority to fix the appalling conditions and other issues that lead to a declaration of substantial default under section 6(j)(3)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8FB6C16F10EC49AB9639E73107EC76CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigation and report to Congress</header><paragraph id="HB629FCF377DF45408449E3E86D9DA223"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Investigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct an investigation of the Authority, which shall include at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="H4AF5E1D389AD4B06972E1FBB3D59A374"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determining the status of the New York City Housing Authority’s compliance with the agreement entered into between the Authority, the Department, and the City on January 31, 2019, including specific areas of deficiency and progress towards compliance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0169EB05A5D54364911BBE35E7C243A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conducting a review of actions taken by the Monitor over the Authority pursuant to such Agreement, including any gaps in oversight by the Monitor;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED627B9EAFFE4C2DBD9816C2877AFCC4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conducting a survey of the physical conditions of housing provided by the Authority for the City’s residents;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83186B65CBFA461094823A23560DD1E7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>conducting an examination of any waste, fraud, abuse and violations of Federal law committed by employees or contractors of the Authority; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H862F66AED15D4566A9DFFFB33D7119E9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>identifying other priority issues and areas, as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Inspector General.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD47202559DDA43C291EE0A070DF4FF88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall provide to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report setting forth the findings of its investigation, a summary of actions the Department may take to compel the Authority to remedy deficiencies, and any other recommendations of the Inspector General.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H839DF5DF3D7C424B9B692CB441637345"><enum>405.</enum><header>FHA reporting requirements on safety and soundness</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B18B42EEE89425A942E0B6AC9C7F43F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Monthly reporting on Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund capital ratio</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(a) of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1708">12 U.S.C. 1708(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30F2ECF33E464684A0EDB277B126BFF4"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16F0DB1CBD304E939A67BFFD61313426"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Other required reporting</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60F5F328959C4F88BE74570FADE2607E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to Congress monthly reports on the capital ratio required under section 205(f)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EA84FBF50534C0487978C467FFFAB2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify Congress as soon as practicable after the Fund falls below the capital ratio required under section 205(f)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD032D190C42435C8D6B8B7720178936"><enum>(b)</enum><header>First-Time homebuyers</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C38F1EE24CC414AAA56ABCA22BC866B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B4BD9A9415640B181EA7ADAB4DCB648"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms <term>consumer report</term> has the meaning given the term in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681a">15 U.S.C. 1681a</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6723DBB9AD81497FA4BEBCB9BDA1C88B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Federally backed mortgage loan</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4022 of the CARES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/9056">15 U.S.C. 9056</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13792408A4D2473A970030452058FFC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of first-time homebuyer</header><text>For purposes of qualifying for a Federally backed mortgage loan for which a consumer report is furnished to a creditor by a consumer reporting agency described in section 603(p) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681a">15 U.S.C. 1681a(p)</external-xref>), a first-time homebuyer shall be defined as a borrower whose consumer report does not indicate that the borrower has or had a loan with a consumer purpose that is secured by a 1- to 4-unit residential real property.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21CB8094079C4B108AAF12C42A3ABDF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>GAO study on sustainable homeownership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB5AEAA4CA7D4D7CB5308DF4FC17C509"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the value for the Federal Housing Administration of defining what is sustainable homeownership in way that considers borrower default, refinancing to a non-insured mortgage product, paying off a mortgage loan and transitioning back to renting, and other factors that demonstrate whether insurance provided under title II of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1707">12 U.S.C. 1707 et seq.</external-xref>) has successfully served a borrower, including for first-time homebuyers as defined in subsection (b)(2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H434633A8897A4DC9B072E06A34ACF279" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the feasibility of the Federal Housing Administration developing a scorecard using the metrics described in paragraph (1) to measure borrower performance and reporting the scorecard data to Congress.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCF6DF1E30928459D9E88FFF2EB9F5ED2"><enum>406.</enum><header>Combatting squatting</header><subsection id="H7697219ECEDA419EBE5F0976A0621FDD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Congressional findings</header><text>The Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="H665B6C0296714CBF969207737418B753"><enum>(1)</enum><text>unlawfully entering a property without the permission of the property owner and residing in that property for consecutive days without the permission of the property owner and without the payment of rent or a rental contract agreed to by the property owner can be defined as <quote>squatting</quote> and should not confer any special status as a tenant or lawful occupant of the property;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB17F5271DFF94ADA80011A934DD8FC61"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">local law enforcement should take actions to expeditiously remove from a property any persons or persons engaging in squatting and should prosecute such actions as prescribed by local law;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4EA39AE2AA794F4E99B02BCA0397490F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Federal Government benefits, including loans, loan guarantees, subsidies, and tax credits, should not be used to reinforce, condone, or otherwise incentivize squatting; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H970B913F40A849CE8A78FB880899A7F3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>real estate collateral securing a government or government-sponsored enterprise loan, or subject to a loan guarantee, mortgage insurance or other Federal mortgage support program must be protected from persons engaging in squatting as it creates undue risks for the value of such property.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDD180B2BA4724B70B18D16AE6CC398E2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on CDBG funding</header><text>Section 104 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5304">42 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8CA859FD7F1B41E6B50D481D83DD59C8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H326BEAB40BD24376BEFF4CD14505A60C"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Withholding of funds for jurisdictions that permit squatting</header><paragraph id="H3DEBDA27857848EC8DFB2F2B7B6DD978"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, by regulation—</text><subparagraph id="HCB3C7AC9485F4740958859B523AF3688"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prohibit the allocation and provision of funds under this title for any unit of general local government that permits squatting or confers special status for rights of tenancy for a person or persons engaging in the practice of squatting; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD8C151A32344A35A6A9090A48FDF6DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for—</text><clause id="H3493855FF7E44045B29A17D1CCA52D86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>units of general local government to take corrective actions to remedy the applicability of the prohibition under subparagraph (A) to such unit of general local government; and</text></clause><clause id="HD3BD1436831F49FDB09568919669D75E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>certification by the Secretary upon a determination that such actions taken by a unit of general local government are sufficient for the unit of general local government to receive funds under this title.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4BF9CEAA16604EA780207C224E3B07A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public notice</header><text>The Secretary shall make publicly available for each fiscal year a list of all units of general local government that are prohibited by paragraph (1) from receiving funds under this title and the justification for inclusion in the list of each such unit of general local government.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE867DB4D29C4D5D9B5EBFA2778D6BA8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Squatting</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>squatting</quote> means the practice of entering a property without the permission of the property owner and residing in that property for 14 or more consecutive days without the permission of the property owner and without the payment of rent or a rental contract agreed to by the property owner.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HE4563BA0D14343E39965A25710FDC682"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on Federal mortgage support</header><paragraph id="H5F89FA98F3624AFE8DB0ADC051E85A4A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No Federal support may be provided for any loan that is secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential real property (including individual units of condominiums and cooperatives) and designed principally for the occupancy of from 1- to 4-families if the property securing such loan is located in a unit of general local government that is, at such time, prohibited from receiving funds under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 by section 104(n)(1)(A) of such Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C733FC397DF45DB8ACC52AA30D378C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heads of the covered agencies shall jointly develop, by regulations issued not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, guidelines for such covered agencies to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H68DB9849F38E43FCAD33CBE4002003B1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions shall apply:</text><subparagraph id="HD205809DCB3148E39523804F2CC55A20"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Covered agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>covered agency</quote> means—</text><clause id="HDA744EBC7C4B47AAB6E1222025BE63B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Department of Housing and Urban Development;</text></clause><clause id="HEAC8D420731B4CA38990BA64CEB894D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Federal Housing Finance Agency;</text></clause><clause id="H1C8D12F037E741B7A375C3172BC8DA86"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Department of Veterans Affairs; and</text></clause><clause id="H112691868CC74E7E8BE1DDB50EB109E2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Department of Agriculture.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAF5AC6ACBF54378A2123A4FC595B290"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal support</header><text>The term <quote>Federal support</quote> means, with respect to a loan—</text><clause id="H8DE0E0C4AE444228A64C396D148E78D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>insurance of the loan by the Federal Housing Administration under title II of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1707">12 U.S.C. 1707 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="HE4D1EB698B0C4DD9B5A69C685901A50C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">insurance of the loan under section 255 of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1715z-20">12 U.S.C. 1715z–20</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="H30AC3515E34F40478CCDC0990A85B5C4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">guarantee of the loan under section 184 or 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a, 1715z–13b);</text></clause><clause id="HF0AB4710EE264112A0C7EF9DBEF3319B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>guarantee or insurance of the loan by the Department of Veterans Affairs;</text></clause><clause id="H304663CA14654692B663542FB8587C22"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">guarantee or insurance of the loan by the Department of Agriculture;</text></clause><clause id="H86C703E9F4A2443DA73D4A58779D80B3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">making of the loan by the Department of Agriculture; or</text></clause><clause id="H88D1BAFC7831487E8CB8720DBEF1A79C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchase or securitization of the loan by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the Federal National Mortgage Association.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7443F90E39E34E2AAA73C99A41F5C2EF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Squatting</header><text>The term <quote>squatting</quote> means the practice of entering a property without the permission of the property owner and residing in that property for 14 or more consecutive days without the permission of the property owner and without the payment of rent or a rental contract agreed to by the property owner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF4E32152B23D4F4EBFFD42CD4B5AFC89"><enum>407.</enum><header>Reallocation of voucher funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4A5E59B4F99145FCA0FC096D4DE7F188" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H76D3DBEB0F344C1DA511A568A5570003"><enum>(24)</enum><header>Reallocation of amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, at the end of each fiscal year—</text><subparagraph id="H1DCC187A54DA406E9E63A0042DD54535"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recapture from each public housing agency any amounts provided to such public housing agency for tenant-based assistance under paragraph (1)(A) that such public housing agency did not obligate during such fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FA67EF312DB4ECF9EA12C12B30AC7DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide amounts recaptured under subparagrah (A) to public housing agencies that used all of the amounts provided to them for tenant-based assistance under paragraph (1)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></title><title id="H12B28AB927D94A878186218B465FB891"><enum>V</enum><header>Regulatory flexibility</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="H4404AFC2B5C145DDA4ADF17887313003"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of Moving to Work Program</header><subsection id="H334A66ECBFA747C8A21ED94DB9E1017C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program reforms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref> note) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H475DB7B573154DF78DC9D6D6F38237AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">demonstration</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">program</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA106AD3237BC4FC49F2648273A765671"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD561C5DB4B5747DCA15CEAB417913ECA"><subsection id="HFC96A438D9094972977FCF783B2FE37B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the program under this section are as follows:</text><paragraph id="H4C9B39028DE84B20ADCEDE8B0EAF9D5F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Economic independence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To develop measures to promote economic independence for families with children whose head of household is working, seeking work, or preparing for work, for able-bodied individuals, and for persons with disabilities who are able to work on a limited basis, to obtain employment and become economically independent, by participating in job training, educational programs, or other supportive services and programs that assist in meeting such goal.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAFBB0C7E6104300936667882393B4FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flexibility and cost-effectiveness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To give public housing agencies and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development the flexibility to design and implement various approaches for providing and administering housing assistance that reduce cost and achieve greater cost effectiveness in Federal expenditures.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H373293E8B7A8459FA973F7ADE2CF62D0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Housing choice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To increase housing choices for low-income families.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H1E906D8DEB16484C906CBAB43A309655"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="HB879F332DBB34385A8068FB8A75BA349"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Program authority</header-in-text>.—The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67E51E27DF21473FBC12C7E7F16A0472" style="OLC"><subsection id="HFF1F69593D4C44998D9F7B79E5FA84AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program authority</header><paragraph id="HD02897C8A28D4CBDAA40CAF789B0D445"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A7D52091C4141B88DAF01602912705F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>conduct a demonstration program</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Indian housing program and</quote> and inserting <quote>carry out a program under this section under which public housing agencies administering the public housing program or</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD7364720BB54B5886B0D98E7C073D29"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>There shall be no limitation on the number of public housing agencies that may participate in the program under this section.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0345247193A1418EA2215E7899D445FA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary shall</quote> and all that follows through <quote>demonstration.</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1DDDD40DF024D42ACF5501EDB983D39" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H5880859537F9402D9C019340DF143CD1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification of replicable models</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide training and technical assistance under the program and conduct detailed evaluations of various agencies to identify replicable program models promoting the purposes of the program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6498F0E056A64BB99CC7671AFB2F03FC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Under the demonstration</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40CA0442ACAA475AA9D720420868677C" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H33B714356A2748B9BFAC4BC4FBD40E1D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Combination of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under the program under this section</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D2CC73EC8844B0F81FD2548EF85E1B1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking <quote>operating assistance provided under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, modernization assistance provided under section 14</quote> and inserting <quote>amounts provided to the agency from the Operating Fund under section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, amounts provided to the agency from the Capital Fund under section 9(d)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6B9C893999C4780B8AD2808058470E0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="H05902B098E8C4B9396A59AD9430F2ECD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>demonstration</quote> and inserting <quote>program under this section</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40FE81149A1F4EB9975DFF7C758983AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>9, and 14</quote> and inserting <quote>9(d), and 9(e)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6C5C4BBA84A4354B89D735B483E349F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="HE3DF0FEC5D8F4C4D9C71B379A02983CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>demonstration</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H2BB3EDD2C19C46969EE4F8C641174672"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="HF138D3CDA1824A58B91DCE8DF7DC3A5B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>self-sufficiency</quote> and inserting <quote>economic independence</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H6C56835C6B41414098F5C43CAC1FC823"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>purpose of this demonstration</quote> and inserting <quote>purpose of the program under subsection (a)(1)</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HA16F0B22B1AD421BA92E4AEF1CE67EAF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>demonstration</quote> and inserting <quote>program under this section;</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="HA1BEC128E0E0450395405773F6BFFCED"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>demonstration program</quote> and inserting <quote>program under this section</quote>;</text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2EA46240C69E44729F6A2B015FFC4232"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (G), and (H), respectively;</text></clause><clause id="H67A4EA1BA2214ABDBE5895531E73F8F4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3774AB1962E74D078B00F9F103770974" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H949D998A25F64B61ADD46DE24E6CC521"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">actions to be taken under the proposed program to achieve the purposes of the program under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="HB1685687492F4AE9A39E0F0221A40A7E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35BE34141CDA46C1BB0AF36E9BCB7409" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HBC5A0ED2060C4C69A721A29412D5BB46"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hardship exceptions consistent with the purposes under subsection (a) under which tenants may be temporarily exempted from compliance with the program operated by the agency in the event of extenuating circumstances preventing such compliance and a process that provides tenants with recourse to a speedy determination regarding such an exception and makes available the contents and results of such a determination available to the public and the board of directors or other governing body on request of the tenant concerned or the director or other head official of the agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18F49AFAFB0B42E5936D4FB8AC360835"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing assisted families and participants in the program operated by the agency with an informal administrative hearing or grievance process, prior to any eviction or termination of assistance, which process shall make the content and determination of the hearing available to the public and the board of directors or other governing body on request of the tenant concerned or the director or other head official of the agency;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AC61ECD667C4F058DA5B0AEC1E5D1F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>demonstration</quote> and inserting <quote>proposed program</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9E8A036E00BE417FAFAAE013E9B542AA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="HE0CAB7FCA1E8403EBE0A3855F305EBE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(d) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Selection</header-in-text>.—In selecting among applications, the Secretary shall take into account the</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3ED842525744482784351DC1E2C02F64" style="OLC"><subsection id="H228E58A9AF634B8FA022659F6090F53A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications for participation</header><paragraph id="H391B94401C2C44778EEFE673E81072B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission; standards for participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide for public housing agencies to submit applications for participation in the program under this section and shall establish, and make public, standards and requirements for participation that further the purposes of this program set forth in subsection (a), which shall—</text><subparagraph id="H0CCED5D1C02B4B7D86826F131C65ACD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide that all public housing agencies not designated as troubled pursuant to part 902 or subpart B of part 985, Code of Federal Regulations, at any time during the most recent 2 fiscal years are invited to submit applications for consideration;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60BB5840362E42349D0900AD2E8CEEB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that participation of a public housing agency, upon approval, shall be for a period not shorter than 10 years;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CAB9F49167C443187727A37AEB6F79E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include a common set of budget metrics for use under the program that allow for comparison of the performance of different public housing agencies under the program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF90B90EDAFF3419CB246DFFC9589AFB9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>require that each public housing agency include in its application—</text><clause id="HE371EFA6F0B74359B451F6993C0CEA24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a list of innovative proposals to be carried out under the program that are designed to reduce the cost of, and increase the cost-efficiency of, housing provided in connection with the program and metrics to assess the progress of the agency toward such goals; and</text></clause><clause id="H685890F9E91D4F9B80716E39359AD469"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a list of innovative manners in which the public housing agency will use the authorities under the program to assist families, goals regarding such activities to accomplish on an annual basis, and metrics to assess the progress of the agency toward such goals; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EA304C220234A7EA837A57FD0A037A8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>include a plan for using, to the greatest extent feasible, electronic data-matching for income verification services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1E24746374C142D8B1D0F35BC206E9D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination and notification</header><subparagraph id="H8B016B17EC4F4609896AA1F048D04C8B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review and determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon receipt of an application for participation in the program under this section, the Secretary shall provide for review such application by a selection panel comprised of Federal officials and employees and established by the Secretary for such purpose. Based on such review, such selection panel shall make a determination of whether to approve such agency for participation in the program under this section, based on the criteria under paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4CDC993468348C5BCF861AB9DA85104"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Upon making a determination pursuant to subparagraph (A), the selection panel shall notify the public housing agency, the Secretary, and the governments for any counties and municipalities in which the jurisdiction of the public housing agency is located of such determination. In the case of disapproval of an application, such notice shall include a statement specifying the reasons for such disapproval.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC60F385A5D7445A5B802913F90F92EF4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transition</header><subparagraph id="H2C0AEA32F0774C4F8D42FC40916CB32D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Numerical limitation</header><clause id="HEEBD67EF65FB46EAAE5CDC74535FFD27"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review and process such applications as to enable the transition of not less than 25 public housing agencies per year to the program under this section (subject to approvable applications), until such time as there are not 25 public housing agencies whose applications merit approval.</text></clause><clause id="H36C71659FF944A69B0178E1A69BFA42B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reserved spots for small and rural PHAs</header><text>Of the applications of public housing agencies approved in each year pursuant to clause (i), not less than 10 shall be applications of public housing agencies that administer, in the aggregate, fewer than 6,000 vouchers for rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>) and public housing dwelling units, except that if for any year the Secretary receives fewer than 10 applications by public housing agencies described in this clause that merit approval, the requirement under this clause shall apply for such year only to the extent of the number of such approvable applications received.</text></clause><clause id="HF403D7951A2F44999D30FF666180EC85"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Treatment of new MTW agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any agency that is newly transitioned under this subparagraph to participation in the program as in effect pursuant to the amendments made by this Act shall count toward fulfillment of the numerical limitation in clause (i), notwithstanding the authority under section 239 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/113">Public Law 114–113</external-xref>) or any other provision of law other than this section authorizing participation of new agencies.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA6B944B3E2A4B3F953158E746855D70"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contract revisions</header><text>The Secretary shall, from time to time and in consultation with public housing agencies, amend contracts for participation by agencies in the program under this section as may be necessary, based on experiences of agencies that have participated in the program, to correct mistakes and better achieve the goals of this program set forth in subsection (a).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43B36074F8C642F6874336A406B04236"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Renewal of certification</header><clause id="H5ADF00FF37AF419EB7833F0506315149"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide that upon expiration of a contract for participation by a public housing agency in the program under this section, to continue participating in the program the agency shall be required to recertify with the Secretary for such renewed participation. The standards and requirements applicable to applications for initial participation in the program shall also apply to applications for renewed participation in the program.</text></clause><clause id="H548FD65E400B414D880CE7C6D224C018"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment of numerical limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agency approved for continued participation in the program pursuant to recertification under this subparagraph shall not count toward fulfillment of the numerical limitation in subparagraph (A)(i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA575CACAF69144DEA3863EB0D1B5D9A4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall establish criteria for approval of applications of public housing agencies for participation in the program under this section, which shall provide for approval of applications that are reasonably designed to carry out the purposes of the program under subsection (a). Such criteria shall take into consideration the capacity and</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85AC62FAFBA14BEB8A606EE4F748A8CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>each</quote> and inserting <quote>the</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00CDA9D2FF3C4530AF92AA7002C4C32B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a program under the demonstration</quote> and inserting <quote>the proposed program in the application</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C7CB9ED41294FB0BDAA560791369CA0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an agency</quote> and inserting <quote>the agency</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC601C06E81B451494F7BC4130F6B3B7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="HBF81B5EA2FEF4B5CB194B0940BD53963"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>this demonstration</quote> and inserting <quote>the program under this section</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CA4282911AD4BD5810D8AE5608105AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>demonstration</quote> and inserting <quote>program under this section</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5ADD9B10C5114288A53DFDA3EC26EEF2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>section 9, or pursuant to section 14 by a public housing agency participating in the demonstration under this part</quote> and inserting <quote>of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or provided from the Operating Fund under section 9(e) or from the Capital Fund under section 9(d) of such Act, by a public housing agency participating in the program under this section</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9DA9BCE95572434A8D36FFF09612CECB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text><subparagraph id="H24294804D31441B495A303B6B3139638"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, including performance in achieving each of the purposes of the program specified in subsection (a)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F6B427D447D4A24945E697E7BEFC679"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="HBEC2A2386415451198A183BB0239AD5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text><subclause id="HD35CE7D256614B9AB4DCB194BAB9AA86"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and including such content, as shall be</quote> before <quote>specified by the Secretary</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H8BF5892CFF7A4DDCAB198B92D0C571F3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, but not less often than annually</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H4C07CD99EA124DEFA5D5C5DF6384F3CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC5EB70971BC4C90A6419BFFDBF558EF" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H02EF5D27932348F984E582028B011C29"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe and analyze the effects of the program of the agency and the assisted activities under such program in addressing and achieving the objectives of the program under this section and each of the purposes specified in subsection (a), including the effects of the program on—</text><clause id="HDDE8DDA8831E411AB02DA0039B3A9C4E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of new families the agency has been able to assist from the waiting lists for housing assistance that is administered by the agency, including vouchers for rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)</external-xref>) and dwelling units in public housing and in housing assisted with project-based section 8 assistance, as a result of the flexibility of funds and achievement of economic independence;</text></clause><clause id="H098DD03238724A1AB8FF8348B7CD95BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost and annual change, per family participating in the program, of providing housing assistance referred to in clause (i) that is administered by the agency;</text></clause><clause id="H415E89C09E234644884E600E79263DA5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any cost savings and additional housing resulting from the program; </text></clause><clause id="HDF74583A211E464EB10913B0DEA27753"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the household incomes, and changes in such incomes, of members of families participating in the program who are not exempt from work requirements; and</text></clause><clause id="HEC6E45E4AD2E4DCCAF046F8837E75D92"><enum>(v)</enum><text>such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFAD0E847A3DC493287904D5F91322D79"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6790F9231104551B4957BA0F1B2E7DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AA285D69F2742E8819EBB873166DC09" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H27CD5447CA1E43AE837F63D293CCDBF9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual budget plan</header><subparagraph id="HA409971ECEB0493A86AA352B52BCE6D5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each agency shall submit annually to the Secretary, together with the report under paragraph (2), a budget plan for the program of the agency for the upcoming year and shall make such budget plan publicly available.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3822F2E51BD94C128CA9604B9F5E920E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form and metrics</header><text>Each annual budget plan shall be set forth in a standard form, prescribed by the Secretary and shall utilize a common budget metric that allows for comparison of the budget plans of all public housing agencies participating in the program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D15B8B41D2A41E09979DBE47203F7AA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Content</header><text>Each annual budget plan shall include such content as the Secretary shall specify, which shall include—</text><clause id="HB67C99A50A9F45429D5A8D8FACF98EE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description and explanation of all new rules and policy changes adopted by the agency in accordance with this section and the program under this section and, with respect to such new rules and policy changes—</text><subclause id="HBDBC119F6363463484805326B7348575"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a description of the effect such rules and changes will have on the operation of the agency as compared to the preceding year and as compared to the operations of the agency other than under the program under this section;</text></subclause><subclause id="H6A7352B9D3C144239C09934C9E5CA025"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a description of the extent to which such rules and changes helped to achieve the annual goals identified in the public housing agency’s application pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(E) and, in the case of any such goals not achieved, a description of the extent to which such goals were not achieved and the reasons for such failure; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H70CF7D809BAD4148B41EFCE9C8CAD3F8"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the adoption of such new rules and policy changes required an adjustment in the annual goals identified in the public housing agency’s application pursuant to subsection (d)(1);</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H6260E176B75F49B98DAC20990502D8A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a plan for all capital assets and anticipated construction and rehabilitation activities of the public housing agency in the upcoming year and a description of whether and how such activities are authorized and assisted under the program under this section; and</text></clause><clause id="HEC00568D3DC341C68DF8473CDEB5971A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that such plan will conform with all applicable provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000d">42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.</external-xref>), the Fair Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3601">42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.</external-xref>), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/701">29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.</external-xref>), and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12101">42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H80E01E4ED34243E3B79CD9605BA27D3F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public and resident participation</header><subparagraph id="H59945D1105EB492CA51FDB854A802828"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notification of residents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each public housing agency shall annually hold a meeting to notify all assisted families participating in the program of the public housing agency of the contents of the report under paragraph (2) for such year and budget plan under paragraph (3) for such year and impacts on such assisted families. Any public housing agency that assists, in the aggregate, more than 50,000 families or assists families in multiple counties shall hold as many meetings as necessary to provide each assisted family a good-faith opportunity to attend such a meeting.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB79F34428894901A330924B26ED2F35"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public comment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each annual report under paragraph (2) and annual plan under paragraph (3) shall—</text><clause id="HCF9F1039032A4051BC9F2FB02F6D5494"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be made available for inspection and public comment 30 days before the meeting required by subparagraph (A) regarding such plan or report; and</text></clause><clause id="H45A77228FCBA49F5AEE875C27C178BE3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be approved in a public meeting of the board of directors or other governing body of the public housing agency before submission to the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H401D03B4D00843B99BE8CECBA4ACDF75"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each annual report under paragraph (2) and annual plan under paragraph (3) shall, upon submission to the Secretary, be made publicly available and shall include all comments provided pursuant to subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H429A28DCF0FC4EF4BD24C0B7445222A4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text><subparagraph id="H4CFE2489C6C0449BB1749C692157084F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>demonstration</quote> and inserting <quote>program under this section</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D06FBC00F6C40D79E9895652B2D7133"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF27E3142B6D44EDC8B2A4107FB53B600" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HDF84A20FAE5D44038EB1D05CD4DD2210"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall annually review the activities of each public housing agency participating in the program under this section and, based on such review and the information submitted by the agency pursuant to subsection (g), determine—</text><subparagraph id="H0596C1CB8B2F43B9BCC817D5443D8C16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the impact and effectiveness of the public housing agency’s program and activities in achieving each of the purposes of the program specified in subsection (a), including an assessment of such impact and effectiveness using the common set of budget metrics established pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(D);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF508939E9AEB4C8785C56F6BDB554AB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the progress of the public housing agency toward meeting the goals identified in the public housing agency’s application pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(E), using the metrics identified in the public housing agency’s application pursuant to such subsection; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2A2EA7BD9E24091A642BEB568EC89F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent of compliance by the public housing agency with the requirements of the program under this section and, in determining such extent of compliance, shall take into consideration the unique characteristics of the public housing agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF82BE6977E134853A9A29AC2C424C245"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Verification of accuracy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In assessing information submitted by public housing agencies pursuant to subsection (g) and in reviewing such information and making determinations pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall carry out control activities and procedures designed to verify the accuracy of such information, which shall include auditing a representative sample of such information using standard statistical methods.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAECF736112394AFE846B59B0FFEC1C5B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Continued participation</header><text>The Secretary shall not terminate the participation of any public housing agency in the program under this section unless the Secretary finds that the agency—</text><subparagraph id="H97EE3E9069E149FD9A0B59F38A9E3D76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in material default of the conditions and obligations under the agreement entered into between the agency and the Secretary providing for such participation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H575CB28442134011843C8C7782F11AE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as demonstrated in its reports under subsection (g)(2) and its annual budget plans under subsection (g)(3), has persistently failed to meet the goals identified in its application, and the reasons or circumstances specified in the public housing agency’s reports and plans for such failure are not sufficient to justify the continued failure;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H374E19B394B84B75897BD8EAAF593435"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has misused or misappropriated funds;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AAA4FAA237A4B94BB437FCA3DBC807D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has failed to make a good faith effort to carry out the purposes of the program specified in subsection (a); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA9DC0E6F2954BC8B28306F76F0506AB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>has failed to cure a material deficiency in performance after notice and an opportunity to correct the deficiency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4227E952A2049768DE3E5DA63633825"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Corrective action program</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program—</text><subparagraph id="H08D52190C0AD4E8D9FEBCEA4A0ABE10A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to identify public housing agencies participating in the program under this section that are at risk of termination of such participation pursuant to paragraph (6);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24B0674169BC4AC7B9D49D55836152E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to consult with such public housing agencies regarding actions that may be taken to avoid such termination;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A67DA5A74B64754B3D601D9777D97F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to establish goals and timelines for such corrective actions; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDB47180FCA14C648E6BA4A13F1D23EA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to provide appropriate technical assistance designed to facilitate such actions and avoid such termination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7071B00C42934DDAB83E6B90A6CA80A5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Termination of participation</header><text>Any public housing agency whose participation in the program under this section is terminated shall be subject to the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437">42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.</external-xref>) and all other provisions of law applicable to public housing agencies not participating in the program, except that the Secretary shall provide a transition period, that begins upon such termination and is not shorter than 18 months, for such public housing agencies to come into compliance with such laws.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H944B296B7450474C93293E1AC273A94D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than the expiration of each successive 5-year period thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress regarding the program under this section and the results of the reviews conducted under paragraph (2), which shall—</text><subparagraph id="H28A6F2F1A438410A840A2E9908493B66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate the programs carried out by public housing agencies participating in the program, including with respect to each of the purposes specified in subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8388C05067CB4A8299AD9144327CC11C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include findings and recommendations for appropriate legislative changes to the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F565661EFDC4AC3AD7EEFC0B4D2C46A"><enum>(8)</enum><header>GAO reviews and reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 8 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text><subparagraph id="HFDF97239AC134A4DB8A107FA9F5DDBC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct and complete a review of the program under this section, which shall include examination and analysis of the implementation of the program and identification of any shortcomings and any means for improving the program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC35A18B6C12148A08C20E6EE0D5EDC55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the Congress a report regarding the review, which shall set forth a detailed description of such implementation, any shortcomings of the program identified, and recommendations for improving the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H11D712E409514B629F2DCF0696A6188B"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in subsection (i)—</text><subparagraph id="H9D17FE6B5DAD4EBF93F8D18293864E65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998</quote> and inserting <quote>the Capital Fund under section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 in each fiscal year</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE53DC8E6992C449CB82DDEA74F3FFF75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>up to 10</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70E44458098441D59C2D95113490D52A"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by striking subsection (j).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE5F99F2D5A164AD09E28723CE4D503C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of participating agencies</header><paragraph id="H04C2F81BC4D2401B89429E47D2F0A24D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Continuation of participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and the amendments made by this section shall not affect the status of any public housing agency that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is participating in the Moving to Work Program under section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref> note), as such a participating agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3E5913AC172A4FF5AA9FBEC67091F653"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any public housing agency referred to in paragraph (1) may elect—</text><subparagraph id="HD90D9449BC474E4A9DEAA1D12F57F015"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to continue participation in the Program under section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref> note) under the terms of the agreement entered into between the agency and the Secretary providing for such participation until the date of the expiration of such agreement; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5899BF9C869C42A29D58F0697603681E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at any time before date of the expiration of such agreement, to transition to participation under the program under such section 204, as amended by this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0E73A118121441D5BD23FF9322DA0CA8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conversion to reformed program</header><subparagraph id="H73C2566682D94B709CEA022B487087E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, any public housing agency that elects pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection to continue participation in the Program under section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref> note) shall, upon the expiration of the agreement referred to in such paragraph, be considered to have been approved for participation in the Program under such section 204, as amended by this Act, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide for the transition of the agency to participation under the Program under such section as so amended.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H817452A0613D4FB091FB9F6B2FBCF1D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inapplicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any public housing agency that is determined by the Secretary to be in material default, upon the expiration of the agreement referred to in paragraph (2)(A), of the conditions and obligations under such agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3538C402E05242B486919F507D0901BC" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Inapplicability of numerical limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any public housing agency transitioned pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(A) of this subsection to participation under the program under section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref> note), as amended by this section, shall not count toward fulfillment of the numerical limitation under section 204(d)(3)(A) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref> note), as added by the amendment made by this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4027F2A48F7C4985BF0B3319CF14A8BA"><enum>502.</enum><header>Rescission of Public and Indian Housing Notice 2021–18</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Public and Indian Housing Notice 2021–18 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development is hereby rescinded.</text></section></title><title id="H0C6BAD5F739440D7847EEFEC22399C9B"><enum>VI</enum><header>Improving financial literacy regarding housing</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D198DCE5251411D99BB27137D83B013"><enum>601.</enum><header>Reforms to housing counseling and financial literacy programs</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9414739338B446D911235D153A7F58E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 106(a)(4) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1701x">12 U.S.C. 1701x(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE941DC069BFF47DA9F86BCB734A27C9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B7F05424CA14D928C655F253F38D8C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D19D8EE1C3A42A7B90ABBD94B596656"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9AAE0EEBAF745418AC931FCF09A682B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1203B06D00754493AB8D93D177461FC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF97CC23819094374A43C6E80D8254380"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BD7A26583BD4743B846E8454C9F0510"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall require each organization receiving assistance under this paragraph to employ individuals providing housing counseling who—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79511E9D81BD46859DB5B74E3CE29766"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are certified to understand sustainable homeownership; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D5A0F4C4ADE4B048BA10AD8F817A246"><enum>(II)</enum><text>pass required examinations that determine the ability of the individual to counsel borrowers on responsible homeownership.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9437002CC3C44346B44C0309B24A6DEC"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Suspension of certification</header><text>If an individual employed by an organization that receives assistance under this paragraph provides counseling services to borrowers who, after receiving those services, have default rates that exceed the average default rates for borrowers counseled by individuals in the area served by the organization, the Secretary—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H739A278C91BE45EEBDE7CACD188F06B8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall suspend the certification from the individual; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40626294C10E4C5FA3B4F0B3E42DD809"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may deny future assistance under this paragraph to that organization.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3C7FA25ED9F4FB9868F6BBB22895D7D"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Prohibition on lobbying activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An organization that applies for or receives assistance under this paragraph shall not engage in political activities, advocacy, or lobbying, whether directly or through other parties.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F7907BEA7A44B2AB5B6F90F6A5BC9B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81A103C8FA2340F3A48570578ECCFB51"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39721D172DAF464DA7190B9F6507DE1C"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Set asides</header><text>The Secretary shall set aside 40 percent of amounts authorized to carry out this paragraph for organizations that provide rental counseling or pre-foreclosure counseling.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE8753ACEF77432B82597CCA39768B53"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Geographic diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure that the recipients are geographically diverse and include organizations that serve urban and rural areas.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C44A4F84D1A4A4492742AE043EA984A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requiring prepurchase and foreclosure mitigation counseling</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BC319ACEB2042D99E0AB0101A2954C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered mortgage loan defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered mortgage loan</term> means any loan which is secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential real property (including individual units of condominiums and cooperatives) designed principally for the occupancy of from 1- to 4-families that is—</text><subparagraph id="HE2A11CB51A4B4B7EA6EA0D7A5B68097F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>insured by the Federal Housing Administration under title II of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1707">12 U.S.C. 1707 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE12EC497AB9D44ACA334DAE46682AD7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>insured under section 255 of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1715z-20">12 U.S.C. 1715z–20</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H623CABE338F3490DB6C318699B7BE7D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>guaranteed under section 184 or 184A of the Housing and Community Development 3 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a, 1715z–4 13b);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82B6B18EFFD84A99906FEACADB85CF26"><enum>(D)</enum><text>guaranteed or insured by the Department of Agriculture; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1681FD5F910544A083D60296BE1CB11A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>made by the Department of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H82F38F1650DB4A1C92D1C1D452B3F532" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement for purchasers</header><text>Before purchasing residential real property that secures a covered mortgage loan, the purchaser shall participate in prepurchase housing counseling. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04D98E3483024502BD467C393FF23549"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement for borrowers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A borrower with respect to a covered mortgage loan who is 30 days or more delinquent on payments for the covered mortgage loan shall participate in foreclosure mitigation counseling.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></title></legis-body></bill> 

