[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 683 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 683

 To amend section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to ensure 
     that operating and capital assistance is provided for certain 
           previously assisted public housing dwelling units.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2007

  Mr. Schumer 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 amend section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to ensure 
     that operating and capital assistance is provided for certain 
           previously assisted public housing dwelling units.

    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 Equal Treatment Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PREVIOUSLY ASSISTED PUBLIC HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--Section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(o) Ensuring Correct Assistance.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, in determining the allocations for each public 
housing agency from the Operating and Capital Funds pursuant to this 
section, the Secretary shall include as dwelling units eligible for 
such assistance all public housing dwelling units that--
            ``(1) are owned by the public housing agency at the time of 
        such determination; and
            ``(2) before the date of the enactment of the Public 
        Housing Equal Treatment Act of 2007 have received development, 
        operating, capital, or modernization assistance pursuant to the 
        terms of any agreement with Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development authorizing the agency to expend such funds on 
        behalf of such units.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to assistance under section 9 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year 
thereafter.
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