[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1982 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1982


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2007

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To authorize appropriations for the rural housing and economic 
development 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 ``Rural Housing and Economic 
Development Improvement Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Use.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may carry 
out a program, through the Office of Rural Housing and Economic 
Development, to provide assistance to Indian tribes, State housing 
finance agencies, State community or economic development agencies, 
local nonprofit organizations and community development corporations in 
rural areas to support innovative housing and economic development 
activities in rural areas.
    (b) Requirement of Social Security Account Number for Assistance.--
As a condition of initial or continuing assistance under any housing or 
economic development activity that is provided assistance with amounts 
made available under this section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall require that each member of a family so assisted (or 
of a family applying for such assistance) who is 18 years of age or 
older or is the spouse of the head of household of such family, shall 
have a valid social security number.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
assistance under this section--
            (1) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
            (2) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, 2011, 
        2012, and 2013.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 16, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.