[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 493 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 493

 To amend section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 
to improve the housing counseling program of the Department of Housing 
             and Urban Development, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 
to improve the housing counseling program of the Department of Housing 
             and Urban Development, 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 ``Housing Counseling Enhancement Act 
of 1995''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.

    (a) Emergency Homeownership Counseling.--Section 106(c)(9) of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(c)(9)) is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 1994'' and inserting ``September 
30, 1997''.
    (b) Prepurchase and Foreclosure-Prevention Counseling 
Demonstration.--Section 106(d)(13) of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(d)(13)) is amended by striking ``fiscal 
year 1994'' and inserting ``fiscal year 1997''.

SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF DELINQUENCY ON VETERANS HOME LOANS.

    Subparagraph (C) of section 106(c)(5) of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1968 is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(C) Notification.--Notification under 
                subparagraph (A) shall not be required with respect to 
                any loan for which the eligible homeowner pays the 
                amount overdue before the expiration of the 45-day 
                period under subparagraph (B)(ii).''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 
U.S.C. 1701x) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3);
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (8); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (9) (as amended by 
                section 2) as paragraph (8);
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (12); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (13) (as amended by 
                subsection (a)) as paragraph (12);
            (4) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (7); and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $62,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 
and $65,000,000 for fiscal year 1997. Of any amounts appropriated for 
any such year to carry out this section, the Secretary shall use not 
less than 50 percent to carry out subsection (c) and the Secretary may 
use 50 percent (or such lesser amount as may be appropriate) for 
counseling for renters. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this 
subsection shall remain available until expended.''.
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