[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[S. 1769 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

              103d CONGRESS

               1st Session

S. 1769

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                               AMENDMENT
                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                      November 23 (legislative day, November 22), 1993.
      Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1769) entitled ``An 
Act to make a technical amendment, and for other purposes'', do pass 
with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

        Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. CDBG TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of Slidell, 
Louisiana may submit, not later than 10 days after the enactment of 
this Act, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
consider and accept, the final statement of community development 
objectives and projected use of funds required by section 104(a)(1) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 in connection with a 
grant to the city of Slidell under title 1 of such Act for fiscal year 
1994.

SEC. 2. INCREASE OF CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CAP.

    (a) In General.--Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after the penultimate comma; and
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
        following: ``, and except that of any amount of assistance 
        under this title (including program income) in fiscal year 1994 
        to the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, such city may use not 
        more than 20 percent in each such fiscal year for activities 
        under this paragraph''.

SEC. 3. CONVERSION PROJECTS.

    (a) Section 23 Conversion.--
            (1) Authorization.--Notwithstanding contracts entered into 
        pursuant to section 14(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
        of 1937, the Secretary is authorized to enter into obligations 
        for conversion of Leonard Terrace Apartments in Grand Rapids, 
        Michigan, from a leased housing contract under section 23 of 
        such Act to a project-based rental assistance contract under 
        section 8 of such Act.
            (2) Repayment required.--The authorization made in 
        paragraph (1) is conditioned on the repayment to the Secretary 
        of all amounts received by the public housing agency under the 
        comprehensive improvement assistance program under section 14 
        of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the Leonard 
        Terrace Apartment project and the amounts, as determined by the 
        Secretary, received by the public housing agency under the 
        formula in section 14(k) of such Act by reason of the project.

SEC. 4. EXCEPTION TO FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENT FOR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED 
              MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY.

    In the case of any newly constructed multifamily property, as 
defined in section 31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974, in the city of New York in the State of New York, 
the requirement contained in section 31(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 with respect to an automatic 
sprinkler system shall be deemed to be met if such property meets an 
equivalent level of safety (as defined in section 31(a)(3) of such 
Act).

            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.