110 HR 1982 : Rural Housing and Economic Development U.S. House of Representatives 2007-07-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
IIB 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1982 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 17, 2007 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the rural housing and economic development program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Rural Housing and Economic Development Improvement Act of 2007.
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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. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk.