[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1124 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1124

   To terminate the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 
   Development providing Federal assistance for new construction of 
  housing and increase the amount of Federal assistance available for 
         vouchers for rental of privately owned dwelling units.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 1993

Mr. Santorum (for himself, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Doolittle, 
 and Mr. Zimmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
          the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To terminate the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 
   Development providing Federal assistance for new construction of 
  housing and increase the amount of Federal assistance available for 
         vouchers for rental of privately owned dwelling units.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Voucher Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC HOUSING.

    (a) Loan Authority.--After the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not enter into any 
new commitment to make loans under section 4 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 to public housing agencies for the development or 
acquisition of public housing projects by such agencies.
    (b) Contribution Authority.--After the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not enter 
into any new contract to make contributions under section 5 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 to public housing agencies for the 
development or acquisition of public housing projects by such agencies.
    (c) Existing Commitments.--After the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make 
contributions and loans for the development or acquisition of public 
housing projects only pursuant to legally binding commitments to make 
such loans or contracts for such contributions entered into on or 
before the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Inapplicability to Indian Housing.--The provisions of this 
section shall not apply to public housing developed pursuant to a 
contract between the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and an 
Indian housing authority.
    (e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms ``Indian 
housing authority'', ``project'', ``public housing'', and ``public 
housing agency'' have the meanings given the terms in section 3(b) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SUPPORTIVE 
              HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY.

    (a) Authority.--After the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not enter into any new 
commitment to make capital advances under section 202(c)(1) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 for the construction, reconstruction, 
rehabilitation, or acquisition of supportive housing for the elderly 
under such section 202.
    (b) Existing Commitments.--After the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make capital 
advances for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or 
acquisition of supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of 
the Housing Act of 1959 only pursuant to legally binding commitments to 
make such advances entered into on or before the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SUPPORTIVE 
              HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

    (a) Authority.--After the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not enter into any new 
commitment to make capital advances under section 811(d)(1) of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act for the construction, 
reconstruction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of supportive housing 
for the persons with disabilities under such section 811.
    (b) Existing Commitments.--After the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make capital 
advances for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or 
acquisition of supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
only pursuant to legally binding commitments to make such advances 
entered into on or before the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. INCREASE OF VOUCHER AUTHORITY AND SET-ASIDES FOR THE ELDERLY 
              AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

    (a) Budget Authority.--Any budget authority available under section 
5(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for assistance under 
section 8(o) of such Act is authorized to be increased by $150,000,000 
on or after October 1, 1993.
    (b) Set-Aside.--From any amount appropriated pursuant to subsection 
(a) in any fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available an amount 
for voucher assistance for elderly persons (as such term is defined in 
section 202(k) of the Housing Act of 1959) and for persons with 
disabilities (as such term is defined in section 811(k) of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act) that bears 
approximately the same ratio to such amount appropriated as--
            (1) the actual need for such assistance for elderly persons 
        and persons with disabilities bears to the total national need 
        for such assistance, as determined by the Secretary; or
            (2) the total annual amount of assistance provided by the 
        Secretary for construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or 
        acquisition of housing for elderly persons and persons with 
        disabilities bears to the total annual amount of housing 
        assistance provided by the Secretary, as determined by the 
        Secretary for recent years.
    (c) Permissible Uses.--Vouchers for rental assistance provided with 
the amounts made available under this section may be used for the 
rental of dwelling units or costs of residency as determined by 
qualified voucher recipients.

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