[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3150 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3150

To expand and enhance the Federal Government commitment to eliminating 
crime in public housing and other federally assisted low-income housing 
                   projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 1996

  Mr. Vento introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand and enhance the Federal Government commitment to eliminating 
crime in public housing and other federally assisted low-income housing 
                   projects, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Community Partnerships Against Crime 
Amendments Act''.

SEC. 2. SHORT TITLE, PURPOSES, AND AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

    Chapter 2 of subtitle C of title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.) is amended by striking the chapter 
heading and all that follows through section 5123 and inserting the 
following:

           ``CHAPTER 2--COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AGAINST CRIME

``SEC. 5121. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This chapter may be cited as the `Community Partnerships Against 
Crime Act of 1996'.

``SEC. 5122. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this chapter are to--
            ``(1) improve the quality of life for the vast majority of 
        law-abiding public housing residents by reducing the levels of 
        fear, violence, and crime in their communities;
            ``(2) substantially expand and enhance the Federal 
        Government's commitment to eliminating crime in and around 
        public housing and other federally assisted low-income housing;
            ``(3) broaden the scope of the Public and Assisted Housing 
        Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to apply to all types of crime, 
        and not simply crime that is drug-related;
            ``(4) encourage the involvement of a broad range of 
        community-based groups and residents of neighboring housing 
        that is owned or assisted by the Secretary in the development 
        and implementation of anti-crime plans;
            ``(5) reduce crime and disorder in and around public 
        housing through the expansion of community-oriented policing 
        activities and problem solving;
            ``(6) provide training, information services, and other 
        technical assistance to program participants; and
            ``(7) establish a standardized assessment system to 
        evaluate need among public housing agencies and to measure 
        progress in reaching crime reduction goals.

``SEC. 5123. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

    ``The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make grants in 
accordance with the provisions of this chapter for use in eliminating 
crime in and around public housing and other federally assisted low-
income housing projects to (1) public housing agencies, and (2) 
private, for-profit and nonprofit owners of federally assisted low-
income housing. In designing the program for grants under this chapter, 
the Secretary shall consult with the Attorney General.''.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 5124(a) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 
(42 U.S.C. 11903(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
        ``and around'' after ``used in'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the semicolon the 
        following: ``, including fencing, lighting, locking, and 
        surveillance systems'';
            (3) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
        inserting the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(A) to investigate crime; and'';
            (4) in paragraph (6)--
                    (A) by striking ``in and around public or other 
                federally assisted low-income housing projects''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon; and
            (5) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following 
        new paragraphs:
            ``(7) providing funding to nonprofit public housing 
        resident management corporations and resident councils to 
        develop security and crime prevention programs involving site 
        residents;
            ``(8) the employment or utilization of one or more 
        individuals, including law enforcement officers, made available 
        by contract or other cooperative arrangement with State or 
        local law enforcement agencies, to engage in community- and 
        problem-oriented policing involving interaction with members of 
        the community in proactive crime control and prevention 
        activities;
            ``(9) programs and activities for or involving youth, 
        including training, education, recreation and sports, career 
        planning, and entrepreneurship and employment activities and 
        after school and cultural programs; and
            ``(10) service programs for residents that address the 
        contributing factors of crime, including programs for job 
        training, education, drug and alcohol treatment, and other 
        appropriate social services.''.
    (b) Other PHA-Owned Housing.--Section 5124(b) of the Anti-Drug 
Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11903(b)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``drug-related crime in'' and 
                inserting ``crime in and around''; and
                    (B) by striking ``paragraphs (1) through (7)'' and 
                inserting ``paragraphs (1) through (10)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``drug-related'' and 
        inserting ``criminal''.

SEC. 4. GRANT PROCEDURES.

    Section 5125 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11904) 
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5125. GRANT PROCEDURES.

    ``(a) PHA's With 250 or More Units.--
            ``(1) Grants.--In each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        make a grant under this chapter from any amounts available 
        under section 5131(b)(1) for the fiscal year to each of the 
        following public housing agencies:
                    ``(A) New applicants.--Each public housing agency 
                that owns or operates 250 or more public housing 
                dwelling units and has--
                            ``(i) submitted an application to the 
                        Secretary for a grant for such fiscal year, 
                        which includes a 5-year crime deterrence and 
                        reduction plan under paragraph (2); and
                            ``(ii) had such application and plan 
                        approved by the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Renewals.--Each public housing agency that 
                owns or operates 250 or more public housing dwelling 
                units and for which--
                            ``(i) a grant was made under this chapter 
                        for the preceding Federal fiscal year;
                            ``(ii) the term of the 5-year crime 
                        deterrence and reduction plan applicable to 
                        such grant includes the fiscal year for which 
                        the grant under this subsection is to be made; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) the Secretary has determined, 
                        pursuant to a performance review under 
                        paragraph (4), that during the preceding fiscal 
                        year the agency has substantially fulfilled the 
                        requirements under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
                        paragraph (4).
            ``(2) 5-year crime deterrence and reduction plan.--Each 
        application for a grant under this subsection shall contain a 
        5-year crime deterrence and reduction plan. The plan shall 
        describe, for the public housing agency submitting the plan--
                    ``(A) the nature of the crime problem in public 
                housing owned or operated by the public housing agency;
                    ``(B) the building or buildings of the public 
                housing agency affected by the crime problem;
                    ``(C) the impact of the crime problem on residents 
                of such building or buildings; and
                    ``(D) the actions to be taken during the term of 
                the plan to reduce and deter such crime, which shall 
                include actions involving residents, law enforcement, 
                and service providers.
        The term of a plan shall be the period consisting of 5 
        consecutive fiscal years, which begins with the first fiscal 
        year for which funding under this chapter is provided to carry 
        out the plan.
            ``(3) Amount.--In any fiscal year, the amount of the grant 
        for a public housing agency receiving a grant pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall be the amount that bears the same ratio to 
        the total amount made available under section 5131(b)(1) as the 
        total number of public dwelling units owned or operated by such 
        agency bears to the total number of dwelling units owned or 
        operated by all public housing agencies that own or operate 250 
        or more public housing dwelling units that are approved for 
        such fiscal year.
            ``(4) Performance review.--For each fiscal year, the 
        Secretary shall conduct a performance review of the activities 
        carried out by each public housing agency receiving a grant 
        pursuant to this subsection to determine whether the agency--
                    ``(A) has carried out such activities in a timely 
                manner and in accordance with its 5-year crime 
                deterrence and reduction plan; and
                    ``(B) has a continuing capacity to carry out such 
                plan in a timely manner.
            ``(5) Submission of applications.--The Secretary shall 
        establish such deadlines and requirements for submission of 
        applications under this subsection.
            ``(6) Review and determination.--The Secretary shall review 
        each application submitted under this subsection upon 
        submission and shall approve the application unless the 
        application and the 5-year crime deterrence and reduction plan 
        are inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter or any 
        requirements established by the Secretary or the information in 
        the application or plan is not substantially complete. Upon 
        approving or determining not to approve an application and plan 
        submitted under this subsection, the Secretary shall notify the 
        public housing agency submitting the application and plan of 
        such approval or disapproval.
            ``(7) Disapproval of applications.--If the Secretary 
        notifies an agency that the application and plan of the agency 
        is not approved, not later than the expiration of the 15-day 
        period beginning upon such notice of disapproval, the Secretary 
        shall also notify the agency, in writing, of the reasons for 
        the disapproval, the actions that the agency could take to 
        comply with the criteria for approval, and the deadlines for 
        such actions.
            ``(8) Failure to approve or disapprove.--If the Secretary 
        fails to notify an agency of approval or disapproval of an 
        application and plan submitted under this subsection before the 
        expiration of the 60-day period beginning upon the submission 
        of the plan or fails to provide notice under paragraph (7) 
        within the 15-day period under such paragraph to an agency 
        whose application has been disapproved, the application and 
        plan shall be considered to have been approved for purposes of 
        this section.
    ``(b) PHA's With Fewer Than 250 Units and Owners of Federally 
Assisted Low-Income Housing.--
            ``(1) Applications and plans.--To be eligible to receive a 
        grant under this chapter, a public housing agency that owns or 
        operates fewer than 250 public housing dwelling units or an 
        owner of federally assisted low-income housing shall submit an 
        application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
        accompanied by such additional information as the Secretary may 
        require. The application shall include a plan for addressing 
        the problem of crime in and around the housing for which the 
        application is submitted, describing in detail activities to be 
        conducted during the fiscal year for which the grant is 
        requested.
            ``(2) Grants for pha's with fewer than 250 units.--In each 
        fiscal year the Secretary may, to the extent amounts are 
        available under section 5131(b)(2), make grants under this 
        chapter to public housing agencies that own or operate fewer 
        than 250 public housing dwelling units and have submitted 
        applications under paragraph (1) that the Secretary has 
        approved pursuant to the criteria under paragraph (4).
            ``(3) Grants for federally assisted low-income housing.--In 
        each fiscal year the Secretary may, to the extent amounts are 
        available under section 5131(b)(3), make grants under this 
        chapter to owners of federally assisted low-income housing that 
        have submitted applications under paragraph (1) that the 
        Secretary has approved pursuant to the criteria under 
        paragraphs (4) and (5).
            ``(4) Criteria for approval of applications.--The Secretary 
        shall determine whether to approve each application under this 
        subsection on the basis of--
                    ``(A) the extent of the crime problem in and around 
                the housing for which the application is made;
                    ``(B) the quality of the plan to address the crime 
                problem in the housing for which the application is 
                made;
                    ``(C) the capability of the applicant to carry out 
                the plan; and
                    ``(D) the extent to which the tenants of the 
                housing, the local government, local community-based 
                nonprofit organizations, local tenant organizations 
                representing residents of neighboring projects that are 
                owned or assisted by the Secretary, and the local 
                community support and participate in the design and 
                implementation of the activities proposed to be funded 
                under the application.
        In each fiscal year, the Secretary may give preference to 
        applications under this subsection for housing made by 
        applicants who received a grant for such housing for the 
        preceding fiscal year under this subsection or under the 
        provisions of this chapter as in effect immediately before the 
        date of the enactment of the Community Partnerships Against 
        Crime Amendments Act.
            ``(5) Additional criteria for federally assisted low-income 
        housing.--In addition to the selection criteria under paragraph 
        (4), the Secretary may establish other criteria for evaluating 
        applications submitted by owners of federally assisted low-
        income housing, except that such additional criteria shall be 
        designed only to reflect--
                    ``(A) relevant differences between the financial 
                resources and other characteristics of public housing 
                authorities and owners of federally assisted low-income 
                housing; or
                    ``(B) relevant differences between the problem of 
                crime in public housing administered by such public 
                housing agencies and the problem of crime in federally 
                assisted low-income housing.''.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 5126 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11905) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``section'' before 
        ``221(d)(4)'';
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) (as so amended) 
        as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Public housing agency.--The term `public housing 
        agency' has the meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the 
        United States Housing Act of 1937.''.

SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION.

    Section 5127 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11906) 
is amended by striking ``Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act'' and inserting ``Community Partnerships Against Crime Amendments 
Act''.

SEC. 7. REPORTS.

    Section 5128 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11907) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``drug-related crime in'' and inserting 
        ``crime in and around''; and
            (2) by striking ``described in section 5125(a)'' and 
        inserting ``for the grantee submitted under subsection (a) or 
        (b) of section 5125, as applicable''.

SEC. 8. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING.

    Chapter 2 of subtitle C of title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 
1988 is amended by striking section 5130 (42 U.S.C. 11909) and 
inserting the following new sections:

``SEC. 5130. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--To the extent amounts are made available under 
section 5131(c), the Secretary may provide training, information 
services, and other technical assistance to public housing agencies and 
other entities with respect to their participation in the program under 
this chapter, which shall include activities under subsection (b) of 
this section. Such technical assistance may be provided directly by the 
Secretary or indirectly pursuant to grants, contracts, or cooperative 
agreements.
    ``(b) Use.--The Secretary may use amounts available for use under 
this section--
            ``(1) to establish and operate the clearinghouse on drug 
        abuse in public housing and the regional training program on 
        drug abuse in public housing under sections 5143 and 5144 of 
        this Act;
            ``(2) to obtain assistance in establishing and managing 
        assessment and evaluation criteria and specifications and to 
        obtain the opinions of experts in relevant fields; and
            ``(3) upon the request of a public housing agency, to 
        assist the agency in evaluating the extent of the crime problem 
        in any public housing administered by the agency and preparing 
        a 5-year crime deterrence and reduction plan under section 
        5125(a) or an application and plan under section 5125(b)(1), 
        which assistance may include providing personnel and funding to 
        identify and secure local resources to assist in deterring and 
        reducing crime.
    ``(c) Priority.--In selecting entities to receive technical 
assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to 
public housing agencies that have submitted applications and plans 
under section 5125 that the Secretary has determined do not meet the 
requirements for approval for assistance under this chapter.

``SEC. 5131. FUNDING.

    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this chapter $340,000,000 for fiscal year 
1997 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1998, 
1999, 2000, and 2001. Any amount appropriated under this subsection 
shall remain available until expended.
    ``(b) Allocation.--Of any amounts available, or that the Secretary 
is authorized to use, to carry out this chapter in any fiscal year that 
remain after reserving amounts for use under subsection (c)--
            ``(1) 85 percent shall be available only for assistance 
        pursuant to section 5125(a) to public housing agencies that own 
        or operate 250 or more public housing dwelling units;
            ``(2) 10 percent shall be available only for assistance 
        pursuant to section 5125(b)(2) to public housing agencies that 
        own or operate fewer than 250 public housing dwelling units; 
        and
            ``(3) 5 percent shall be available only for assistance to 
        federally assisted low-income housing pursuant to section 
        5125(b)(3).
Any other provision of law enacted before or after the date of the 
enactment of the Community Partnerships Against Crime Amendments Act 
that limits the authority of the Secretary to use amounts to carry out 
this chapter upon the apportionment of such amounts in a manner not 
provided for in this subsection shall not be effective.
    ``(c) Set-Aside for Technical Assistance.--Of any amount made 
available in fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 to carry out 
this chapter, the Secretary shall use not more than $10,000,000 in each 
such fiscal year to provide technical assistance under section 5130.''.

SEC. 9. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The table of contents in section 5001 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 
1988 (Public Law 100-690; 102 Stat. 4295) is amended--
            (1) by striking the item relating to the heading for 
        chapter 2 of subtitle C of title V and inserting the following:

          ``Chapter 2--Community Partnerships Against Crime'';

            (2) by striking the item relating to section 5122 and 
        inserting the following new item:

``Sec. 5122. Purposes.'';
            (3) by striking the item relating to section 5125 and 
        inserting the following new item:

``Sec. 5125. Grant procedures.'';
        and
            (4) by striking the item relating to section 5130 and 
        inserting the following new items:

``Sec. 5130. Technical Assistance.
``Sec. 5131. Funding.''.
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