[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 169 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1142. Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Tester) 
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 VII of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 7__.  In providing assistance under title V of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) using amounts 
     made available under title III 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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