[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 169 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6166]
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  SA 1076. Mr. ENZI 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 II of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 2__. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development, in consultation with the head of each Federal 
     agency that administers a Federal housing assistance program, 
     shall conduct an interdepartmental review of each Federal 
     housing assistance program in order to--
       (1) make recommendations to Congress for streamlining 
     Federal housing assistance programs for efficiency to 
     increase the quality of services provided to people in the 
     United States who are the most in need of assistance; and
       (2) develop a plan to address the programmatic 
     fragmentation, duplication, and overlap among Federal housing 
     assistance programs, as identified by those Federal agencies 
     in consultation with the Government Accountability Office and 
     in consideration of the findings of the Government 
     Accountability Office relating to addressing fragmentation, 
     duplication, and overlap among Federal housing assistance 
     programs.
       (b) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in 
     consultation with the head of each Federal agency that 
     administers a Federal housing assistance program, shall 
     submit to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee 
     on the Budget of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget of the House 
     of Representatives a detailed report that outlines the 
     efficiencies that can be achieved by, and specific 
     recommendations for addressing fragmentation, duplication, 
     and overlap among Federal housing assistance programs.
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