[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1094

   To authorize the use of certain public housing operating funds to 
      provide tenant-based assistance to public housing residents.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 1997

  Mr. Allard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the use of certain public housing operating funds to 
      provide tenant-based assistance to public housing residents.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF OPERATING FUNDS FOR TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.

    Title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by designating the second section designated as section 
        27 (as added by section 903(b) of Public Law 104-193 (110 Stat. 
        2348)) as section 28; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 29. USE OF OPERATING FUNDS FOR TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--In each fiscal year, a public housing agency 
shall set aside 10 percent of the operating funds of the public housing 
agency to provide tenant-based assistance in accordance with section 8, 
upon request, to any resident of a public housing project seeking to 
receive tenant-based assistance in lieu of public housing assistance.
    ``(b) Preference for Victims of Certain Crimes.--In providing 
tenant-based assistance under this section, a public housing agency 
shall give preference to public housing residents who are victims of a 
crime of violence (as that term is defined in section 16 of title 18, 
United States Code) that has been reported to an appropriate law 
enforcement agency.
    ``(c) Unexpended Amounts.--Amounts set aside by a public housing 
agency under this section in any fiscal year that remain unobligated at 
the end of that fiscal year, shall be used for the operation and 
management of the public housing projects of the public housing agency 
in accordance with this title.
    ``(d) Notice to Public Housing Residents.--In each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall provide written notice to each public housing resident 
of the opportunity to receive tenant-based assistance in lieu of public 
housing assistance with amounts set aside under this section.''.
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