[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1024. Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 3__.  In providing assistance under title V of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) using amounts 
     made available under this title under the heading ``Rural 
     Housing Service'', the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     prioritize the maintenance needs for rural housing facilities 
     and staff needs, which shall include prioritizing--
       (1) capital repairs for aging properties participating in 
     the rental housing programs of the Rural Housing Service;
       (2) the needs of staff overseeing the Rural Housing Service 
     and field staff conducting housing inspections; and
       (3) enforcement against property owners when those owners 
     fail to make necessary repairs.
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