I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1989 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2009 Mrs. Capito introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To provide for subsidies for interest on loans for rural multifamily housing guaranteed by the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture.

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This Act may be cited as the Section 538 Improvement Act of 2009.

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Subsidies for interest on guaranteed loans for rural multifamily housing

The item relating to Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account in title III of division A of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–8) is amended by striking That, for applications received under the 2009 notice of funding availability, section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans funded pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to a guarantee fee and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized and inserting the following: That the Secretary may reduce the funding for section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans by up to $29,090,000, and use such amounts as equivalent funds to subsidize the interest on 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans for which applications are received under the 2009 notice of funding availability.