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        S.1481

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten


                                 An Act


 
   To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
  Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive 
                 housing for persons with disabilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Frank Melville 
Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to, or repeal of, section 811 or any other provision of 
section 811, the reference shall be considered to be made to section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013).
SEC. 2. TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
    (a) Renewal Through Section 8.--Section 811(d)(4) is amended to 
read as follows:
        ``(4) Tenant-based rental assistance.--
            ``(A) In general.--Tenant-based rental assistance provided 
        under subsection (b)(1) shall be provided under section 8(o) of 
        the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)).
            ``(B) Conversion of existing assistance.--There is 
        authorized to be appropriated for tenant-based rental 
        assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
        of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons with disabilities an 
        amount not less than the amount necessary to convert the number 
        of authorized vouchers and funding under an annual 
        contributions contract in effect on the date of enactment of 
        the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010. 
        Such converted vouchers may be administered by the entity 
        administering the vouchers prior to conversion. For purposes of 
        administering such converted vouchers, such entities shall be 
        considered a `public housing agency' authorized to engage in 
        the operation of tenant-based assistance under section 8 of the 
        United States Housing Act of 1937.
            ``(C) Requirements upon turnover.--The Secretary shall 
        develop and issue, to public housing agencies that receive 
        voucher assistance made available under this subsection and to 
        public housing agencies that received voucher assistance under 
        section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
        U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for non-elderly disabled families pursuant to 
        appropriation Acts for fiscal years 1997 through 2002 or any 
        other subsequent appropriations for incremental vouchers for 
        non-elderly disabled families, guidance to ensure that, to the 
        maximum extent possible, such vouchers continue to be provided 
        upon turnover to qualified persons with disabilities or to 
        qualified non-elderly disabled families, respectively.''.
    (b) Provision of Technical Assistance.--The Secretary is authorized 
to the extent amounts are made available in future appropriations Acts, 
to provide technical assistance to public housing agencies and other 
administering entities to facilitate using vouchers to provide 
permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, help States 
reduce reliance on segregated restrictive settings for people with 
disabilities to meet community care requirements, end chronic 
homelessness, as ``chronically homeless'' is defined in section 401 of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361), and for 
other related purposes.
SEC. 3. MODERNIZED CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM.
    (a) Project Rental Assistance Contracts.--Section 811 is amended--
        (1) in subsection (d)(2)--
            (A) by inserting ``(A) Initial project rental assistance 
        contract.--'' after ``Project rental assistance.--'';
            (B) in the first sentence, by inserting after ``shall'' the 
        following: ``comply with subsection (e)(2) and shall'';
            (C) by striking ``annual contract amount'' each place such 
        term appears and inserting ``amount provided under the contract 
        for each year covered by the contract''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
        ``(B) Renewal of and increases in contract amounts.--
            ``(i) Expiration of contract term.--Upon the expiration of 
        each contract term, subject to the availability of amounts made 
        available in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall adjust the 
        annual contract amount to provide for reasonable project costs, 
        including adequate reserves and service coordinators as 
        appropriate, except that any contract amounts not used by a 
        project during a contract term shall not be available for such 
        adjustments upon renewal.
            ``(ii) Emergency situations.--In the event of emergency 
        situations that are outside the control of the owner, the 
        Secretary shall increase the annual contract amount, subject to 
        reasonable review and limitations as the Secretary shall 
        provide.''.
        (2) in subsection (e)(2)--
            (A) in the first sentence, by inserting before the period 
        at the end the following: ``, except that, in the case of the 
        sponsor of a project assisted with any low-income housing tax 
        credit pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986 or with any tax-exempt housing bonds, the contract shall 
        have an initial term of not less than 360 months and shall 
        provide funding for a term of 60 months''; and
            (B) by striking ``extend any expiring contract'' and insert 
        ``upon expiration of a contract (or any renewed contract), 
        renew such contract''.
    (b) Program Requirements.--Section 811 is amended--
        (1) in subsection (e)--
            (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting the 
        following: ``Program Requirements'';
            (B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following 
        new paragraph:
        ``(1) Use restrictions.--
            ``(A) Term.--Any project for which a capital advance is 
        provided under subsection (d)(1) shall be operated for not less 
        than 40 years as supportive housing for persons with 
        disabilities, in accordance with the application for the 
        project approved by the Secretary and shall, during such 
        period, be made available for occupancy only by very low-income 
        persons with disabilities.
            ``(B) Conversion.--If the owner of a project requests the 
        use of the project for the direct benefit of very low-income 
        persons with disabilities and, pursuant to such request the 
        Secretary determines that a project is no longer needed for use 
        as supportive housing for persons with disabilities, the 
        Secretary may approve the request and authorize the owner to 
        convert the project to such use.''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
        ``(3) Limitation on use of funds.--No assistance received under 
    this section (or any State or local government funds used to 
    supplement such assistance) may be used to replace other State or 
    local funds previously used, or designated for use, to assist 
    persons with disabilities.
        ``(4) Multifamily projects.--
            ``(A) Limitation.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
        of the total number of dwelling units in any multifamily 
        housing project (including any condominium or cooperative 
        housing project) containing any unit for which assistance is 
        provided from a capital grant under subsection (d)(1) made 
        after the date of the enactment of the Frank Melville 
        Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010, the aggregate number 
        that are used for persons with disabilities, including 
        supportive housing for persons with disabilities, or to which 
        any occupancy preference for persons with disabilities applies, 
        may not exceed 25 percent of such total.
            ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the 
        case of any project that is a group home or independent living 
        facility.''; and
        (2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4).
    (c) Delegated Processing.--Subsection (g) of section 811 (42 U.S.C. 
8013(g)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``Selection Criteria.--'' and inserting 
    ``Selection Criteria and Processing.--(1) Selection criteria.--'';
        (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), 
    and (7) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), and (H), 
    respectively; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) Delegated Processing.--
        ``(A) In issuing a capital advance under subsection (d)(1) for 
    any multifamily project (but not including any project that is a 
    group home or independent living facility) for which financing for 
    the purposes described in the last sentence of subsection (b) is 
    provided by a combination of the capital advance and sources other 
    than this section, within 30 days of award of the capital advance, 
    the Secretary shall delegate review and processing of such projects 
    to a State or local housing agency that--
            ``(i) is in geographic proximity to the property;
            ``(ii) has demonstrated experience in and capacity for 
        underwriting multifamily housing loans that provide housing and 
        supportive services;
            ``(iii) may or may not be providing low-income housing tax 
        credits in combination with the capital advance under this 
        section; and
            ``(iv) agrees to issue a firm commitment within 12 months 
        of delegation.
        ``(B) The Secretary shall retain the authority to process 
    capital advances in cases in which no State or local housing agency 
    is sufficiently qualified to provide delegated processing pursuant 
    to this paragraph or no such agency has entered into an agreement 
    with the Secretary to serve as a delegated processing agency.
        ``(C) The Secretary shall--
            ``(i) develop criteria and a timeline to periodically 
        assess the performance of State and local housing agencies in 
        carrying out the duties delegated to such agencies pursuant to 
        subparagraph (A); and
            ``(ii) retain the authority to review and process projects 
        financed by a capital advance in the event that, after a review 
        and assessment, a State or local housing agency is determined 
        to have failed to satisfy the criteria established pursuant to 
        clause (i).
        ``(D) An agency to which review and processing is delegated 
    pursuant to subparagraph (A) may assess a reasonable fee which 
    shall be included in the capital advance amounts and may recommend 
    project rental assistance amounts in excess of those initially 
    awarded by the Secretary. The Secretary shall develop a schedule 
    for reasonable fees under this subparagraph to be paid to delegated 
    processing agencies, which shall take into consideration any other 
    fees to be paid to the agency for other funding provided to the 
    project by the agency, including bonds, tax credits, and other gap 
    funding.
        ``(E) Under such delegated system, the Secretary shall retain 
    the authority to approve rents and development costs and to execute 
    a capital advance within 60 days of receipt of the commitment from 
    the State or local agency. The Secretary shall provide to such 
    agency and the project sponsor, in writing, the reasons for any 
    reduction in capital advance amounts or project rental assistance 
    and such reductions shall be subject to appeal.''.
    (d) Leveraging Other Resources.--Paragraph (1) of section 811(g) 
(as so designated by subsection (c)(1) of this section) is amended by 
inserting after subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated by subsection 
(c)(2) of this section) the following new subparagraph:
            ``(F) the extent to which the per-unit cost of units to be 
        assisted under this section will be supplemented with resources 
        from other public and private sources;''.
    (e) Tenant Protections and Eligibility for Occupancy.--Section 811 
is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following new 
subsection:
    ``(i) Admission and Occupancy.--
        ``(1) Tenant selection.--
            ``(A) Procedures.--An owner shall adopt written tenant 
        selection procedures that are satisfactory to the Secretary as 
        (i) consistent with the purpose of improving housing 
        opportunities for very low-income persons with disabilities; 
        and (ii) reasonably related to program eligibility and an 
        applicant's ability to perform the obligations of the lease. 
        Owners shall promptly notify in writing any rejected applicant 
        of the grounds for any rejection.
            ``(B) Requirement for occupancy.--Occupancy in dwelling 
        units provided assistance under this section shall be available 
        only to persons with disabilities and households that include 
        at least one person with a disability.
            ``(C) Availability.--Except only as provided in 
        subparagraph (D), occupancy in dwelling units in housing 
        provided with assistance under this section shall be available 
        to all persons with disabilities eligible for such occupancy 
        without regard to the particular disability involved.
            ``(D) Limitation on occupancy.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the owner of housing developed under this 
        section may, with the approval of the Secretary, limit 
        occupancy within the housing to persons with disabilities who 
        can benefit from the supportive services offered in connection 
        with the housing.
        ``(2) Tenant protections.--
            ``(A) Lease.--The lease between a tenant and an owner of 
        housing assisted under this section shall be for not less than 
        one year, and shall contain such terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary shall determine to be appropriate.
            ``(B) Termination of tenancy.--An owner may not terminate 
        the tenancy or refuse to renew the lease of a tenant of a 
        rental dwelling unit assisted under this section except--
                ``(i) for serious or repeated violation of the terms 
            and conditions of the lease, for violation of applicable 
            Federal, State, or local law, or for other good cause; and
                ``(ii) by providing the tenant, not less than 30 days 
            before such termination or refusal to renew, with written 
            notice specifying the grounds for such action.
            ``(C) Voluntary participation in services.--A supportive 
        service plan for housing assisted under this section shall 
        permit each resident to take responsibility for choosing and 
        acquiring their own services, to receive any supportive 
        services made available directly or indirectly by the owner of 
        such housing, or to not receive any supportive services.''.
    (f) Development Cost Limitations.--Subsection (h) of section 811 is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting ``Group 
        homes'';
            (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``various types and 
        sizes'' and inserting ``group homes'';
            (C) by striking subparagraph (E); and
            (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as 
        subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;
        (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``established pursuant to 
    paragraph (1)'' after ``cost limitation''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(6) Applicability of home program cost limitations.--
            ``(A) In general.--The provisions of section 212(e) of the 
        Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
        12742(e)) and the cost limits established by the Secretary 
        pursuant to such section with respect to the amount of funds 
        under subtitle A of title II of such Act that may be invested 
        on a per unit basis, shall apply to supportive housing assisted 
        with a capital advance under subsection (d)(1) and the amount 
        of funds under such subsection that may be invested on a per 
        unit basis.
            ``(B) Waivers.--The Secretary may provide for waiver of the 
        cost limits applicable pursuant to subparagraph (A)--
                ``(i) in the cases in which the cost limits established 
            pursuant to section 212(e) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
            National Affordable Housing Act may be waived; and
                ``(ii) to provide for--

                    ``(I) the cost of special design features to make 
                the housing accessible to persons with disabilities;
                    ``(II) the cost of special design features 
                necessary to make individual dwelling units meet the 
                special needs of persons with disabilities; and
                    ``(III) the cost of providing the housing in a 
                location that is accessible to public transportation 
                and community organizations that provide supportive 
                services to persons with disabilities.''.

    (g) Congressional Notification of Waiver.--Section 811(k) is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by adding the following after the second 
    sentence: ``Not later than the date of the exercise of any waiver 
    permitted under the previous sentence, the Secretary shall notify 
    the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
    and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
    Representatives of the waiver or the intention to exercise the 
    waiver, together with a detailed explanation of the reason for the 
    waiver.''; and
        (2) in paragraph (4)--
            (A) by striking ``prescribe, subject to the limitation 
        under subsection (h)(6) of this section)'' and inserting 
        ``prescribe)''; and
            (B) by adding the following after the first sentence: ``Not 
        later than the date that the Secretary prescribes a limit 
        exceeding the 24 person limit in the previous sentence, the 
        Secretary shall notify the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
        Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
        Services of the House of Representatives of the limit or the 
        intention to prescribe a limit in excess of 24 persons, 
        together with a detailed explanation of the reason for the new 
        limit.''.
    (h) Minimum Allocation for Multifamily Projects.--Paragraph (1) of 
section 811(l) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(1) Minimum allocation for multifamily projects.--The 
    Secretary shall establish a minimum percentage of the amount made 
    available for each fiscal year for capital advances under 
    subsection (d)(1) that shall be used for multifamily projects 
    subject to subsection (e)(4).''.
SEC. 4. PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
    Section 811(b) is amended--
        (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``is 
    authorized--'' and inserting ``is authorized to take the following 
    actions:'';
        (2) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by striking ``(1) to provide tenant-based'' and 
        inserting ``(1) Tenant-based assistance.--To provide tenant-
        based''; and
            (B) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;
        (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) to provide assistance'' 
    and inserting ``(2) Capital advances.--To provide assistance''; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) Project rental assistance.--
            ``(A) In general.--To offer additional methods of financing 
        supportive housing for non-elderly adults with disabilities, 
        the Secretary shall make funds available for project rental 
        assistance pursuant to subparagraph (B) for eligible projects 
        under subparagraph (C). The Secretary shall provide for State 
        housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities to 
        apply to the Secretary for such project rental assistance 
        funds, which shall be made available by such agencies and 
        entities for dwelling units in eligible projects based upon 
        criteria established by the Secretary. The Secretary may not 
        require any State housing finance agency or other entity 
        applying for such project rental assistance funds to identify 
        in such application the eligible projects for which such funds 
        will be used, and shall allow such agencies and applicants to 
        subsequently identify such eligible projects pursuant to the 
        making of commitments described in subparagraph (C)(ii).
            ``(B) Contract terms.--
                ``(i) Contract terms.--Project rental assistance under 
            this paragraph shall be provided--

                    ``(I) in accordance with subsection (d)(2); and
                    ``(II) under a contract having an initial term of 
                not less than 180 months that provides funding for a 
                term 60 months, which funding shall be renewed upon 
                expiration, subject to the availability of sufficient 
                amounts in appropriation Acts.

                ``(ii) Limitation on units assisted.--Of the total 
            number of dwelling units in any multifamily housing project 
            containing any unit for which project rental assistance 
            under this paragraph is provided, the aggregate number that 
            are provided such project rental assistance, that are used 
            for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, or to 
            which any occupancy preference for persons with 
            disabilities applies, may not exceed 25 percent of such 
            total.
                ``(iii) Prohibition of capital advances.--The Secretary 
            may not provide a capital advance under subsection (d)(1) 
            for any project for which assistance is provided under this 
            paragraph.
                ``(iv) Eligible population.--Project rental assistance 
            under this paragraph may be provided only for dwelling 
            units for extremely low-income persons with disabilities 
            and extremely low-income households that include at least 
            one person with a disability.
            ``(C) Eligible projects.--An eligible project under this 
        subparagraph is a new or existing multifamily housing project 
        for which--
                ``(i) the development costs are paid with resources 
            from other public or private sources; and
                ``(ii) a commitment has been made--

                    ``(I) by the applicable State agency responsible 
                for allocation of low-income housing tax credits under 
                section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, for an 
                allocation of such credits;
                    ``(II) by the applicable participating jurisdiction 
                that receives assistance under the HOME Investment 
                Partnership Act, for assistance from such jurisdiction; 
                or
                    ``(III) by any Federal agency or any State or local 
                government, for funding for the project from funds from 
                any other sources.

            ``(D) State agency involvement.--Assistance under this 
        paragraph may be provided only for projects for which the 
        applicable State agency responsible for health and human 
        services programs, and the applicable State agency designated 
        to administer or supervise the administration of the State plan 
        for medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security 
        Act, have entered into such agreements as the Secretary 
        considers appropriate--
                ``(i) to identify the target populations to be served 
            by the project;
                ``(ii) to set forth methods for outreach and referral; 
            and
                ``(iii) to make available appropriate services for 
            tenants of the project.
            ``(E) Use requirements.--In the case of any project for 
        which project rental assistance is provided under this 
        paragraph, the dwelling units assisted pursuant to subparagraph 
        (B) shall be operated for not less than 30 years as supportive 
        housing for persons with disabilities, in accordance with the 
        application for the project approved by the Secretary, and such 
        dwelling units shall, during such period, be made available for 
        occupancy only by persons and households described in 
        subparagraph (B)(iv).
            ``(F) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this paragraph, and again 2 years thereafter, the 
        Secretary shall submit to Congress a report--
                ``(i) describing the assistance provided under this 
            paragraph;
                ``(ii) analyzing the effectiveness of such assistance, 
            including the effectiveness of such assistance compared to 
            the assistance program for capital advances set forth under 
            subsection (d)(1) (as in effect pursuant to the amendments 
            made by such Act); and
                ``(iii) making recommendations regarding future models 
            for assistance under this section.''.
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
    Section 811 is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) by striking ``provides'' and inserting ``makes 
            available''; and
                (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
            ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(3) promotes and facilitates community integration for people 
    with significant and long-term disabilities.'';
        (2) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``special'' and inserting 
        ``housing and community-based services''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
            following:
            ``(A) make available voluntary supportive services that 
        address the individual needs of persons with disabilities 
        occupying such housing;''; and
                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma and 
            inserting a semicolon;
        (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``provided under'' and 
    all that follows through ``shall bear'' and inserting ``provided 
    pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall bear'';
        (4) in subsection (f)--
            (A) in paragraph (3)--
                (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``receive'' and 
            inserting ``be offered'';
                (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the 
            following:
            ``(C) evidence of the applicant's experience in--
                ``(i) providing such supportive services; or
                ``(ii) creating and managing structured partnerships 
            with service providers for the delivery of appropriate 
            community-based services;'';
                (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``such persons'' 
            and all that follows through ``provision of such services'' 
            and inserting ``tenants''; and
                (iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``other Federal, 
            and'' before ``State''; and
            (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``special'' and inserting 
        ``housing and community-based services'';
        (5) in subsection (g), in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated by 
    section 3(c)(1) of this Act)--
            (A) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated by section 
        3(c)(2) of this Act), by striking ``the necessary supportive 
        services will be provided'' and inserting ``appropriate 
        supportive services will be made available''; and
            (B) by striking subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated by 
        section 3(c)(2) of this Act) and inserting the following:
            ``(E) the extent to which the location and design of the 
        proposed project will facilitate the provision of community-
        based supportive services and address other basic needs of 
        persons with disabilities, including access to appropriate and 
        accessible transportation, access to community services 
        agencies, public facilities, and shopping;'';
        (6) in subsection (j)--
            (A) by striking paragraph (4); and
            (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as 
        paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;
        (7) in subsection (k)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the 
        end of the first sentence the following: ``, which provides a 
        separate bedroom for each tenant of the residence'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the first sentence, and 
        inserting the following: ``The term `person with disabilities' 
        means a household composed of one or more persons who is 18 
        years of age or older and less than 62 years of age, and who 
        has a disability.'';
            (C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following 
        new paragraph:
        ``(3) The term `supportive housing for persons with 
    disabilities' means dwelling units that--
            ``(A) are designed to meet the permanent housing needs of 
        very low-income persons with disabilities; and
            ``(B) are located in housing that make available supportive 
        services that address the individual health, mental health, or 
        other needs of such persons.'';
            (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``a project for''; and
            (E) in paragraph (6)--
                (i) by inserting after and below subparagraph (D) the 
            matter to be inserted by the amendment made by section 841 
            of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act 
            of 2000 (Public Law 106-569; 114 Stat. 3022); and
                (ii) in the matter inserted by the amendment made by 
            subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking ``wholly 
            owned and''; and
        (8) in subsection (l)--
            (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection (c)(1)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (d)(1)''; and
            (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``subsection (c)(2)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (d)(2)''.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    Subsection (m) of section 811 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for providing assistance pursuant to this section 
$300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.''.
SEC. 7. GAO STUDY.
    The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study 
of the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program under 
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013) to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of such 
program in assisting households of persons with disabilities. Such 
study shall determine--
        (1) the total number of households assisted under such program;
        (2) the extent to which households assisted under other 
    programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development that 
    provide rental assistance or rental housing would be eligible to 
    receive assistance under such section 811 program; and
        (3) the extent to which households described in paragraph (2) 
    who are eligible for, but not receiving, assistance under such 
    section 811 program are receiving supportive services from, or 
    assisted by, the Department of Housing and Urban Development other 
    than through the section 811 program (including under the Resident 
    Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program) or from other sources.
Upon the completion of the study required under this section, the 
Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress setting forth 
the findings and conclusions of the study.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.