[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1981 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1981

To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program 
          of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2003

 Ms. Lee (for herself, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Rangel, 
    Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Baird, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Jefferson, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. 
 Velazquez, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Costello, Mr. Towns, 
  Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
Texas, Mr. Israel, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Frost, Ms. Carson of 
 Indiana, Mr. Clay, Mr. Watt, Ms. Waters, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Capuano, 
  Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Cummings, 
  Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Watson, Mr. Payne, Mr. Ballance, Mr. 
  Engel, Ms. Solis, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Lynch, Ms. 
 Baldwin, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Davis of Alabama, 
Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Hinojosa, 
Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Sabo, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. George Miller 
of California, Mr. Doyle, and Mr. Reyes) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program 
          of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

    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 Drug Elimination 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 5129 of the Anti-Drug 
Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11908) is amended by striking subsection 
(a) and inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this chapter such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2004, 2005, and 2006.''.
    (b) Eligible Activities.--Section 5124(a)(6) of the Anti-Drug Abuse 
Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11903(a)(6)) is amended by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting the following: ``, except that the 
activities conducted under any program carried out in whole or in part 
with grant amounts provided pursuant to this paragraph may include 
only--
                    ``(A) providing treatment for drug abuse through 
                rehabilitation or relapse prevention;
                    ``(B) providing education about the dangers and 
                adverse consequences of drug use or violent crime;
                    ``(C) identifying drug users, assisting such users 
                in discontinuing their drug use through an education 
                program, and, if appropriate, referring the users to a 
                drug treatment program;
                    ``(D) providing after school activities for youths 
                for the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or 
                eliminating drug use or violent crime by youths;
                    ``(E) providing capital improvements for the 
                purpose of discouraging, reducing, or eliminating drug 
                use or violent crime; and
                    ``(F) providing security services for the purpose 
                of discouraging, reducing, or eliminating drug use or 
                violent crime.''.
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