[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 56 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2169]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                                 H.R. 2

                  Offered by: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 50: Page 152, line 2, strike ``and''.
       Page 152, line 6, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
       Page 152, after line 6, insert the following:
       (7) how the agency will comply with the requirement under 
     subsection (k)(3), if applicable.
       Page 153, after line 15, insert the following:
       (3) Replacement requirement for pha's with long waiting 
     lists.--In the case only of public housing agencies having 
     waiting lists for occupancy in public housing that contain 
     9,000 or more families at the time of demolition or 
     disposition, the agency may demolish or dispose of a public 
     housing development (or portion of a development) only if the 
     agency provides an additional safe, clean, healthy, and 
     affordable dwelling unit for each public housing dwelling 
     unit to be demolished or disposed of. Such additional 
     dwelling units may be provided for through acquisition or 
     development of additional public housing dwelling units or as 
     provided under paragraph (1).

                                 H.R. 2

                   Offered By: Mr. Moran of Virginia

       Amendment No. 51: Page 99, after line 11, insert the 
     following new subsection:
       (e) Optional Time Limitation on Occupancy by Families for 
     PHA's With Waiting Lists of 1 Year or Longer.--
       (1) 5-year limitation.--A public housing agency described 
     in paragraph (2) may, at the option of the agency and on an 
     agency-wide basis, limit the duration of occupancy in public 
     housing of each family to 60 consecutive months. Occupancy in 
     public housing occurring before the effective date of this 
     Act shall not count toward such 60 months.
       (2) Applicability only to pha's with waiting lists of 1 
     year or longer.--A public housing agency described in this 
     paragraph is an agency that, upon the conclusion of the 60-
     month period referred to in paragraph (1) for any family, has 
     a waiting list for occupancy in public housing dwelling units 
     that contains a sufficient number of families such that the 
     last family on such list who will be provided a public 
     housing dwelling unit will be provided the unit 1 year or 
     more from such date (based on the turnover rate for public 
     housing dwelling units of the agency).
       (3) Exceptions for working, elderly, and disabled 
     families.--The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply 
     to--
       (A) any family that contains an adult member who, during 
     the 60-month period referred to in such paragraph, obtains 
     employment; except that, if at any time during the 12-month 
     period beginning upon the commencement of such employment, 
     the family does not contain an adult member who has 
     employment, the provisions of paragraph (1) shall apply and 
     the nonconsecutive months during which the family did not 
     contain an employed member shall be treated for purposes of 
     such paragraph as being consecutive;
       (B) any elderly family; or
       (C) any disabled family.
       (4) Preferences for families moving to find employment.--A 
     public housing agency may, in establishing preferences under 
     section 321(d), provide a preference for any family that--
       (A) occupied a public housing dwelling unit owned or 
     operated by a different public housing agency, but was 
     limited in the duration of such occupancy by reason of 
     paragraph (1) of this subsection; and
       (B) is determined by the agency to have moved to the 
     jurisdiction of the agency to obtain employment.
       (5) Preferences for families moving to find employment.--A 
     public housing agency may, in establishing preferences under 
     section 321(d), provide a preference for any family that--
       (A) occupied a public housing dwelling unit owned or 
     operated by a different public housing agency, but was 
     limited in the duration of such occupancy by reason of 
     paragraph (1) of this subsection; and
       (B) is determined by the agency to have moved to the 
     jurisdiction of the agency to obtain employment.
       (5) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
     following definitions shall apply:
       (A) Employment.--The term ``employment'' means employment 
     in a position that--
       (i) is not a job training or work program required under a 
     welfare program; and
       (ii) involves an average of 20 or more hours of work per 
     week.
       (B) Welfare program.--The term ``welfare program'' means a 
     program for aid or assistance under a State program funded 
     under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (as in 
     effect before or after the effective date of the amendments 
     made by section 103(a) of the Personal Responsibility and 
     Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996).