[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1989 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1989

To require training for State and regional employees of the Department 
  of Agriculture on the rural housing and development programs of the 
                              Department.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2023

  Mr. Fetterman (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To require training for State and regional employees of the Department 
  of Agriculture on the rural housing and development programs of the 
                              Department.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIRED TRAINING OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EMPLOYEES ON 
              RURAL HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

    The Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that the training of 
regional and State employees of the Department of Agriculture who are 
classified as national staff and work on multifamily housing includes 
comprehensive education about rural housing and development programs of 
the Department, including--
            (1) the utilization of multiple programs of the Department 
        by 1 project, particularly by mixed-use developments;
            (2) single and multifamily loan and grant programs of the 
        Department;
            (3) loan assistance available under section 514 and 516 of 
        the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), including 
        renewal of loans and rental assistance, loan restructuring, and 
        decoupling of rental assistance;
            (4) technical assistance providers, including nonprofit 
        organizations and public housing agencies, in the region; and
            (5) information on other related Federal grant and loan 
        programs, including the HOME Investments Partnerships Program 
        under subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
        Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.), the community 
        development block grant program under title I of the Housing 
        and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
        and the low-income housing tax credit program described in 
        section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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