[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 582 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 582

To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program 
          of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2009

Ms. Lee of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination 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 ``Public Housing Drug Elimination 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 5129 of the Anti-Drug 
Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11908) is amended by striking subsection 
(a) and inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this chapter such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2009, 2010, and 2011.''.
    (b) Eligible Activities.--Section 5124(a)(6) of the Anti-Drug Abuse 
Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11903(a)(6)) is amended by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting the following: ``, except that the 
activities conducted under any program carried out in whole or in part 
with grant amounts provided pursuant to this paragraph may include 
only--
                    ``(A) providing treatment for drug abuse through 
                rehabilitation or relapse prevention;
                    ``(B) providing education about the dangers and 
                adverse consequences of drug use or violent crime;
                    ``(C) identifying drug users, assisting such users 
                in discontinuing their drug use through an education 
                program, and, if appropriate, referring the users to a 
                drug treatment program;
                    ``(D) providing after school activities for youths 
                for the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or 
                eliminating drug use or violent crime by youths;
                    ``(E) providing capital improvements for the 
                purpose of discouraging, reducing, or eliminating drug 
                use or violent crime; and
                    ``(F) providing security services for the purpose 
                of discouraging, reducing, or eliminating drug use or 
                violent crime.''.
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