[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3689 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3689

   To limit occupancy of nonelderly single persons in dwelling units 
        located in public housing projects for elderly families.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

 Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mrs. Roukema) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To limit occupancy of nonelderly single persons in dwelling units 
        located in public housing projects for elderly families.

    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 ``Public Housing for the Elderly 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON OCCUPANCY OF NONELDERLY SINGLE PERSONS IN PUBLIC 
              HOUSING PROJECTS FOR THE ELDERLY.

    Section 7(a) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437e(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by inserting before the first comma 
        the following: ``and subject only to the limitation under 
        paragraph (4)'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) (as amended by paragraph 
        (1) of this subsection) as paragraph (5); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(4) Limitation on occupancy of nonelderly single 
        persons.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with 
        respect to any public housing project designed, developed, or 
        acquired for elderly families before the effectiveness of final 
        regulations implementing subtitle B of title VI of the Housing 
        and Community Development Act of 1992 or any public housing 
        project (or portion of a project) designated for occupancy 
        under clause (A) or (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
        single persons who are not elderly or near-elderly persons may 
        occupy units in such projects (subject to the limitations under 
        section 3(b)(3)(A)) only--
                    ``(A) in circumstances described in regulations 
                issued by the Secretary; and
                    ``(B) if the Secretary, after consultation with the 
                public housing agency involved, authorizes such 
                occupancy under such regulations.
        If the Secretary authorizes occupancy in such a project for 
        such single persons, the public housing agency shall take such 
        actions as may be necessary to minimize the effects the 
        occupancy of such single persons has on elderly occupants of 
        the project and the character of the project.''.

SEC. 3. INAPPLICABILITY OF REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING CRANSTON-GONZALEZ 
              NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amendments made to 
parts 905, 912, and 960 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, by 
the final rule issued by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to implement section 573(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, entitled ``Occupancy by Single Persons'' and 
published in the Federal Register of July 26, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 39658-
39660), shall not apply to--
            (1) any public housing project designed, developed, or 
        acquired for elderly families before the effectiveness of final 
        regulations implementing subtitle B of title VI of the Housing 
        and Community Development Act of 1992; or
            (2) any public housing project (or portion of a project) 
        designated for occupancy under clause (A) or (C) of section 
        7(a)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall be made and shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding any 
absence of regulations to implement--
            (1) such amendments; or
            (2) the amendments made by subtitle B of title VI of the 
        Housing and Community Development Act of 1992.

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