[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5384]
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  SA 3575. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division D, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. (a) The funds made available under this Act for 
     the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be 
     increased by an additional $5,000,000, in accordance with 
     subsection (b), provided that not less than $720,000 of which 
     shall be made available for low-income and very low-income 
     families affected by any State-mandated fire.
       (b) The additional amount provided under subsection (a) 
     shall be made available--
       (1) notwithstanding section 11(d) of the Housing 
     Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 
     note), to cover the cost of--
       (A) acquiring land (including financing and closing costs), 
     which may include reimbursing an organization, consortium, or 
     affiliate, upon approval of any required environmental 
     review, for nongrant amounts of the organization, consortium, 
     or affiliate advanced before the review to acquire land;
       (B) dwelling construction (including the cost of building 
     materials and construction equipment); and
       (C) installing, extending, constructing, rehabilitating, or 
     otherwise improving utilities and other infrastructure; and
       (2) for grants that allow for a maximum expenditure of not 
     less than $20,000 per dwelling.
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