[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 27 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                 H. R. 27


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 2004

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt small public 
  housing agencies from the requirement of preparing an annual public 
                          housing agency plan.

    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 ``Small Public Housing Authority 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS FOR CERTAIN SMALL PUBLIC HOUSING 
              AGENCIES.

    Section 5A(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437c-1(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(3) Exemption of certain small phas from filing 
        requirement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or 
                any other provision of this Act--
                            ``(i) the requirement under paragraph (1) 
                        shall not apply to any qualified small public 
                        housing agency; and
                            ``(ii) any reference in this section or any 
                        other provision of law to a `public housing 
                        agency' shall not be considered to refer to any 
                        qualified small public housing agency, to the 
                        extent such reference applies to the 
                        requirement to submit a public housing agency 
                        plan under this subsection.
                    ``(B) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
                the term `qualified small public housing agency' means 
                a public housing agency that meets all of the following 
                requirements:
                            ``(i) The sum of (I) the number of public 
                        housing dwelling units administered by the 
                        agency, and (II) the number of vouchers under 
                        section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
                        of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) administered by 
                        the agency, is 100 or fewer.
                            ``(ii) The agency is not designated 
                        pursuant to section 6(j)(2) as a troubled 
                        public housing agency.
                            ``(iii) The agency provides assurances 
                        satisfactory to the Secretary that 
                        notwithstanding the inapplicability of the 
                        requirements under this section relating to 
                        resident advisory boards and public hearings 
                        and notice, residents of public housing 
                        administered by the agency will have an 
                        adequate and comparable opportunity for 
                        participation and notice regarding 
                        establishment of the goals, objectives, and 
                        policies of the public housing agency.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.