    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 124, 111th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 111-374
    111th Congress

    An Act

    To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
    Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive
    housing for persons with disabilities. <>

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    United States of America in Congress assembled, <>
    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

    (a) <>  Short Title.--This Act may be cited as
    the ``Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010''.

    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in
    this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
    to, or repeal of, section 811 or any other provision of section 811, the
    reference shall be considered to be made to section 811 of the Cranston-
    Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013).
    SEC. 2. <>  TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Renewal Through Section 8.--Section 811(d)(4) is amended to read
    as follows:
    ``(4) Tenant-based rental assistance.--
    ``(A) In general.--Tenant-based rental assistance
    provided under subsection (b)(1) shall be provided under
    section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
    (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)).
    ``(B) Conversion of existing assistance.--There is
    authorized to be appropriated for tenant-based rental
    assistance under section 8(o) of the United States
    Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons
    with disabilities an amount not less than the amount
    necessary to convert the number of authorized vouchers
    and funding under an annual contributions contract in
    effect on the date of enactment of the Frank Melville
    Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010. Such
    converted vouchers may be administered by the entity
    administering the vouchers prior to conversion. For
    purposes of administering such converted vouchers, such
    entities shall be considered a `public housing agency'
    authorized to engage in the operation of tenant-based
    assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing
    Act of 1937.
    ``(C) Requirements upon turnover.--The Secretary
    shall develop and issue, to public housing agencies that
    receive voucher assistance made available under this
    subsection and to public housing agencies that received
    voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the United
    States

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    Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for non-elderly
    disabled families pursuant to appropriation Acts for
    fiscal years 1997 through 2002 or any other subsequent
    appropriations for incremental vouchers for non-elderly
    disabled families, guidance to ensure that, to the
    maximum extent possible, such vouchers continue to be
    provided upon turnover to qualified persons with
    disabilities or to qualified non-elderly disabled
    families, respectively.''.

    (b) <>  Provision of Technical
    Assistance.--The Secretary is authorized to the extent amounts are made
    available in future appropriations Acts, to provide technical assistance
    to public housing agencies and other administering entities to
    facilitate using vouchers to provide permanent supportive housing for
    persons with disabilities, help States reduce reliance on segregated
    restrictive settings for people with disabilities to meet community care
    requirements, end chronic homelessness, as ``chronically homeless'' is
    defined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
    U.S.C. 11361), and for other related purposes.
    SEC 3. MODERNIZED <>  CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Project Rental Assistance Contracts.--Section 811 is amended--
    (1) in subsection (d)(2)--
    (A) by inserting ``(A) Initial project rental
    assistance contract.--'' after ``Project rental
    assistance.--'';
    (B) in the first sentence, by inserting after
    ``shall'' the following: ``comply with subsection (e)(2)
    and shall'';
    (C) by striking ``annual contract amount'' each
    place such term appears and inserting ``amount provided
    under the contract for each year covered by the
    contract''; and
    (D) by adding at the end the following new
    subparagraph:
    ``(B) Renewal of and increases in contract amounts.--
    ``(i) Expiration of contract term.--Upon the
    expiration of each contract term, subject to the
    availability of amounts made available in appropriation
    Acts, the Secretary shall adjust the annual contract
    amount to provide for reasonable project costs,
    including adequate reserves and service coordinators as
    appropriate, except that any contract amounts not used
    by a project during a contract term shall not be
    available for such adjustments upon renewal.
    ``(ii) Emergency situations.--In the event of
    emergency situations that are outside the control of the
    owner, the Secretary shall increase the annual contract
    amount, subject to reasonable review and limitations as
    the Secretary shall provide.''.
    (2) in subsection (e)(2)--
    (A) in the first sentence, by inserting before the
    period at the end the following: ``, except that, in the
    case of the sponsor of a project assisted with any low-
    income housing tax credit pursuant to section 42 of the
    Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or with any tax-exempt
    housing bonds, the contract shall have an initial term
    of not less than 360 months and shall provide funding
    for a term of 60 months''; and

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    (B) by striking ``extend any expiring contract'' and
    insert ``upon expiration of a contract (or any renewed
    contract), renew such contract''.

    (b) Program Requirements.--Section 811 is amended--
    (1) in subsection (e)--
    (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting
    the following: ``Program Requirements'';
    (B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
    following new paragraph:
    ``(1) Use restrictions.--
    ``(A) Term.--Any project for which a capital advance
    is provided under subsection (d)(1) shall be operated
    for not less than 40 years as supportive housing for
    persons with disabilities, in accordance with the
    application for the project approved by the Secretary
    and shall, during such period, be made available for
    occupancy only by very low-income persons with
    disabilities.
    ``(B) Conversion.--If the owner of a project
    requests the use of the project for the direct benefit
    of very low-income persons with disabilities and,
    pursuant to such request the Secretary determines that a
    project is no longer needed for use as supportive
    housing for persons with disabilities, the Secretary may
    approve the request and authorize the owner to convert
    the project to such use.''; and
    (C) by adding at the end the following new
    paragraphs:
    ``(3) Limitation on use of funds.--No assistance received
    under this section (or any State or local government funds used
    to supplement such assistance) may be used to replace other
    State or local funds previously used, or designated for use, to
    assist persons with disabilities.
    ``(4) Multifamily projects.--
    ``(A) Limitation.--Except as provided in
    subparagraph (B), of the total number of dwelling units
    in any multifamily housing project (including any
    condominium or cooperative housing project) containing
    any unit for which assistance is provided from a capital
    grant under subsection (d)(1) made after the date of the
    enactment of the Frank Melville Supportive Housing
    Investment Act of 2010, the aggregate number that are
    used for persons with disabilities, including supportive
    housing for persons with disabilities, or to which any
    occupancy preference for persons with disabilities
    applies, may not exceed 25 percent of such total.
    ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply
    in the case of any project that is a group home or
    independent living facility.''; and
    (2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4).

    (c) Delegated Processing.--Subsection (g) of section 811 (42 U.S.C.
    8013(g)) is amended--
    (1) by striking ``Selection Criteria.--'' and inserting
    ``Selection Criteria and Processing.--(1) Selection criteria.--
    '';
    (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5),
    (6), and (7) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), and
    (H), respectively; and
    (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

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    ``(2) Delegated Processing.--
    ``(A) <>  In issuing a capital advance
    under subsection (d)(1) for any multifamily project (but not
    including any project that is a group home or independent living
    facility) for which financing for the purposes described in the
    last sentence of subsection (b) is provided by a combination of
    the capital advance and sources other than this section, within
    30 days of award of the capital advance, the Secretary shall
    delegate review and processing of such projects to a State or
    local housing agency that--
    ``(i) is in geographic proximity to the property;
    ``(ii) has demonstrated experience in and capacity
    for underwriting multifamily housing loans that provide
    housing and supportive services;
    ``(iii) may or may not be providing low-income
    housing tax credits in combination with the capital
    advance under this section; and
    ``(iv) <>  agrees to issue a firm
    commitment within 12 months of delegation.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall retain the authority to process
    capital advances in cases in which no State or local housing
    agency is sufficiently qualified to provide delegated processing
    pursuant to this paragraph or no such agency has entered into an
    agreement with the Secretary to serve as a delegated processing
    agency.
    ``(C) The Secretary shall--
    ``(i) <> develop criteria
    and a timeline to periodically assess the performance of
    State and local housing agencies in carrying out the
    duties delegated to such agencies pursuant to
    subparagraph (A); and
    ``(ii) retain the authority to review and process
    projects financed by a capital advance in the event
    that, after a review and assessment, a State or local
    housing agency is determined to have failed to satisfy
    the criteria established pursuant to clause (i).
    ``(D) An agency to which review and processing is delegated
    pursuant to subparagraph (A) may assess a reasonable fee which
    shall be included in the capital advance amounts and may
    recommend project rental assistance amounts in excess of those
    initially awarded by the Secretary. <> The
    Secretary shall develop a schedule for reasonable fees under
    this subparagraph to be paid to delegated processing agencies,
    which shall take into consideration any other fees to be paid to
    the agency for other funding provided to the project by the
    agency, including bonds, tax credits, and other gap funding.
    ``(E) <>  Under such delegated system, the
    Secretary shall retain the authority to approve rents and
    development costs and to execute a capital advance within 60
    days of receipt of the commitment from the State or local
    agency. <> The Secretary shall provide to
    such agency and the project sponsor, in writing, the reasons for
    any reduction in capital advance amounts or project rental
    assistance and such reductions shall be subject to appeal.''.

    (d) Leveraging Other Resources.--Paragraph (1) of section 811(g) (as
    so designated by subsection (c)(1) of this section) is amended by
    inserting after subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated by subsection
    (c)(2) of this section) the following new subparagraph:

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    ``(F) the extent to which the per-unit cost of units
    to be assisted under this section will be supplemented
    with resources from other public and private sources;''.

    (e) Tenant Protections and Eligibility for Occupancy.--Section 811
    is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following new
    subsection:
    ``(i) Admission and Occupancy.--
    ``(1) Tenant selection.--
    ``(A) Procedures.--An owner shall adopt written
    tenant selection procedures that are satisfactory to the
    Secretary as (i) consistent with the purpose of
    improving housing opportunities for very low-income
    persons with disabilities; and (ii) reasonably related
    to program eligibility and an applicant's ability to
    perform the obligations of the
    lease. <> Owners shall promptly
    notify in writing any rejected applicant of the grounds
    for any rejection.
    ``(B) Requirement for occupancy.--Occupancy in
    dwelling units provided assistance under this section
    shall be available only to persons with disabilities and
    households that include at least one person with a
    disability.
    ``(C) Availability.--Except only as provided in
    subparagraph (D), occupancy in dwelling units in housing
    provided with assistance under this section shall be
    available to all persons with disabilities eligible for
    such occupancy without regard to the particular
    disability involved.
    ``(D) Limitation on occupancy.--Notwithstanding any
    other provision of law, the owner of housing developed
    under this section may, with the approval of the
    Secretary, limit occupancy within the housing to persons
    with disabilities who can benefit from the supportive
    services offered in connection with the housing.
    ``(2) Tenant protections.--
    ``(A) Lease.--The lease between a tenant and an
    owner of housing assisted under this section shall be
    for not less than one year, and shall contain such terms
    and conditions as the Secretary shall determine to be
    appropriate.
    ``(B) Termination of tenancy.--An owner may not
    terminate the tenancy or refuse to renew the lease of a
    tenant of a rental dwelling unit assisted under this
    section except--
    ``(i) for serious or repeated violation of the
    terms and conditions of the lease, for violation
    of applicable Federal, State, or local law, or for
    other good cause; and
    ``(ii) by providing the tenant, not less than
    30 days before such termination or refusal to
    renew, with written notice specifying the grounds
    for such action.
    ``(C) Voluntary participation in services.--A
    supportive service plan for housing assisted under this
    section shall permit each resident to take
    responsibility for choosing and acquiring their own
    services, to receive any supportive services made
    available directly or indirectly by the owner of such
    housing, or to not receive any supportive services.''.

    (f) Development Cost Limitations.--Subsection (h) of section 811 is
    amended--
    (1) in paragraph (1)--

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    (A) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting
    ``Group homes'';
    (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``various
    types and sizes'' and inserting ``group homes'';
    (C) by striking subparagraph (E); and
    (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as
    subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;
    (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``established pursuant to
    paragraph (1)'' after ``cost limitation''; and
    (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(6) Applicability of home program cost limitations.--
    ``(A) In general.--The provisions of section 212(e)
    of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
    (42 U.S.C. 12742(e)) and the cost limits established by
    the Secretary pursuant to such section with respect to
    the amount of funds under subtitle A of title II of such
    Act that may be invested on a per unit basis, shall
    apply to supportive housing assisted with a capital
    advance under subsection (d)(1) and the amount of funds
    under such subsection that may be invested on a per unit
    basis.
    ``(B) Waivers.--The Secretary may provide for waiver
    of the cost limits applicable pursuant to subparagraph
    (A)--
    ``(i) in the cases in which the cost limits
    established pursuant to section 212(e) of the
    Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
    may be waived; and
    ``(ii) to provide for--
    ``(I) the cost of special design
    features to make the housing accessible
    to persons with disabilities;
    ``(II) the cost of special design
    features necessary to make individual
    dwelling units meet the special needs of
    persons with disabilities; and
    ``(III) the cost of providing the
    housing in a location that is accessible
    to public transportation and community
    organizations that provide supportive
    services to persons with
    disabilities.''.

    (g) Congressional Notification of Waiver.--Section 811(k) is
    amended--
    (1) <> in paragraph (1), by adding the
    following after the second sentence: ``Not later than the date
    of the exercise of any waiver permitted under the previous
    sentence, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Banking,
    Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
    Financial Services of the House of Representatives of the waiver
    or the intention to exercise the waiver, together with a
    detailed explanation of the reason for the waiver.''; and
    (2) in paragraph (4)--
    (A) by striking ``prescribe, subject to the
    limitation under subsection (h)(6) of this section)''
    and inserting ``prescribe)''; and
    (B) <> by adding the following
    after the first sentence: ``Not later than the date that
    the Secretary prescribes a limit exceeding the 24 person
    limit in the previous sentence, the Secretary shall
    notify the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
    Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial
    Services of the House of Representatives of the limit or
    the intention to prescribe a limit

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    in excess of 24 persons, together with a detailed
    explanation of the reason for the new limit.''.

    (h) Minimum Allocation for Multifamily Projects.--Paragraph (1) of
    section 811(l) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(1) Minimum allocation for multifamily projects.--The
    Secretary shall establish a minimum percentage of the amount
    made available for each fiscal year for capital advances under
    subsection (d)(1) that shall be used for multifamily projects
    subject to subsection (e)(4).''.
    SEC. 4. <>  PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 811(b) is amended--
    (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``is
    authorized--'' and inserting ``is authorized to take the
    following actions:'';
    (2) in paragraph (1)--
    (A) by striking ``(1) to provide tenant-based'' and
    inserting ``(1) Tenant-based assistance.--To provide
    tenant-based''; and
    (B) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;
    (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) to provide
    assistance'' and inserting ``(2) Capital advances.--To provide
    assistance''; and
    (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) Project rental assistance.--
    ``(A) In general.--To offer additional methods of
    financing supportive housing for non-elderly adults with
    disabilities, the Secretary shall make funds available
    for project rental assistance pursuant to subparagraph
    (B) for eligible projects under subparagraph (C). The
    Secretary shall provide for State housing finance
    agencies and other appropriate entities to apply to the
    Secretary for such project rental assistance funds,
    which shall be made available by such agencies and
    entities for dwelling units in eligible projects based
    upon criteria established by the Secretary. The
    Secretary may not require any State housing finance
    agency or other entity applying for such project rental
    assistance funds to identify in such application the
    eligible projects for which such funds will be used, and
    shall allow such agencies and applicants to subsequently
    identify such eligible projects pursuant to the making
    of commitments described in subparagraph (C)(ii).
    ``(B) Contract terms.--
    ``(i) Contract terms.--Project rental
    assistance under this paragraph shall be
    provided--
    ``(I) in accordance with subsection
    (d)(2); and
    ``(II) under a contract having an
    initial term of not less than 180 months
    that provides funding for a term 60
    months, which funding shall be renewed
    upon expiration, subject to the
    availability of sufficient amounts in
    appropriation Acts.
    ``(ii) Limitation on units assisted.--Of the
    total number of dwelling units in any multifamily
    housing project containing any unit for which
    project rental assistance under this paragraph is
    provided, the aggregate number that are provided
    such project rental assistance, that are used for
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    persons with disabilities, or to which any
    occupancy preference for persons with disabilities
    applies, may not exceed 25 percent of such total.
    ``(iii) Prohibition of capital advances.--The
    Secretary may not provide a capital advance under
    subsection (d)(1) for any project for which
    assistance is provided under this paragraph.
    ``(iv) Eligible population.--Project rental
    assistance under this paragraph may be provided
    only for dwelling units for extremely low-income
    persons with disabilities and extremely low-income
    households that include at least one person with a
    disability.
    ``(C) Eligible projects.--An eligible project under
    this subparagraph is a new or existing multifamily
    housing project for which--
    ``(i) the development costs are paid with
    resources from other public or private sources;
    and
    ``(ii) a commitment has been made--
    ``(I) by the applicable State agency
    responsible for allocation of low-income
    housing tax credits under section 42 of
    the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, for
    an allocation of such credits;
    ``(II) by the applicable
    participating jurisdiction that receives
    assistance under the HOME Investment
    Partnership Act, for assistance from
    such jurisdiction; or
    ``(III) by any Federal agency or any
    State or local government, for funding
    for the project from funds from any
    other sources.
    ``(D) State agency involvement.--Assistance under
    this paragraph may be provided only for projects for
    which the applicable State agency responsible for health
    and human services programs, and the applicable State
    agency designated to administer or supervise the
    administration of the State plan for medical assistance
    under title XIX of the Social Security Act, have entered
    into such agreements as the Secretary considers
    appropriate--
    ``(i) to identify the target populations to be
    served by the project;
    ``(ii) to set forth methods for outreach and
    referral; and
    ``(iii) to make available appropriate services
    for tenants of the project.
    ``(E) Use requirements.--In the case of any project
    for which project rental assistance is provided under
    this paragraph, the dwelling units assisted pursuant to
    subparagraph (B) shall be operated for not less than 30
    years as supportive housing for persons with
    disabilities, in accordance with the application for the
    project approved by the Secretary, and such dwelling
    units shall, during such period, be made available for
    occupancy only by persons and households described in
    subparagraph (B)(iv).
    ``(F) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date
    of the enactment of this paragraph, and again 2 years
    thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
    report--

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    ``(i) describing the assistance provided under
    this paragraph;
    ``(ii) analyzing the effectiveness of such
    assistance, including the effectiveness of such
    assistance compared to the assistance program for
    capital advances set forth under subsection (d)(1)
    (as in effect pursuant to the amendments made by
    such Act); and
    ``(iii) making recommendations regarding
    future models for assistance under this
    section.''.
    SEC. 5. <> TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    Section 811 is amended--
    (1) in subsection (a)--
    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the
    end;
    (B) in paragraph (2)--
    (i) by striking ``provides'' and inserting
    ``makes available''; and
    (ii) by striking the period at the end and
    inserting ``; and''; and
    (C) by adding at the end the following new
    paragraph:
    ``(3) promotes and facilitates community integration for
    people with significant and long-term disabilities.'';
    (2) in subsection (c)--
    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``special'' and
    inserting ``housing and community-based services''; and
    (B) in paragraph (2)--
    (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting
    the following:
    ``(A) make available voluntary supportive services
    that address the individual needs of persons with
    disabilities occupying such housing;''; and
    (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
    comma and inserting a semicolon;
    (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``provided under'' and
    all that follows through ``shall bear'' and inserting ``provided
    pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall bear'';
    (4) in subsection (f)--
    (A) in paragraph (3)--
    (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking
    ``receive'' and inserting ``be offered'';
    (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and
    inserting the following:
    ``(C) evidence of the applicant's experience in--
    ``(i) providing such supportive services; or
    ``(ii) creating and managing structured
    partnerships with service providers for the
    delivery of appropriate community-based
    services;'';
    (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``such
    persons'' and all that follows through ``provision
    of such services'' and inserting ``tenants''; and
    (iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``other
    Federal, and'' before ``State''; and
    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``special'' and
    inserting ``housing and community-based services'';
    (5) in subsection (g), in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated
    by section 3(c)(1) of this Act)--

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    (A) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated by
    section 3(c)(2) of this Act), by striking ``the
    necessary supportive services will be provided'' and
    inserting ``appropriate supportive services will be made
    available''; and
    (B) by striking subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated
    by section 3(c)(2) of this Act) and inserting the
    following:
    ``(E) the extent to which the location and design of
    the proposed project will facilitate the provision of
    community-based supportive services and address other
    basic needs of persons with disabilities, including
    access to appropriate and accessible transportation,
    access to community services agencies, public
    facilities, and shopping;'';
    (6) in subsection (j)--
    (A) by striking paragraph (4); and
    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as
    paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;
    (7) in subsection (k)--
    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period
    at the end of the first sentence the following: ``,
    which provides a separate bedroom for each tenant of the
    residence'';
    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the first
    sentence, and inserting the
    following: <>  ``The term `person
    with disabilities' means a household composed of one or
    more persons who is 18 years of age or older and less
    than 62 years of age, and who has a disability.'';
    (C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
    following new paragraph:
    ``(3) <>  The term `supportive housing
    for persons with disabilities' means dwelling units that--
    ``(A) are designed to meet the permanent housing
    needs of very low-income persons with disabilities; and
    ``(B) are located in housing that make available
    supportive services that address the individual health,
    mental health, or other needs of such persons.'';
    (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``a project for'';
    and
    (E) in paragraph (6)--
    (i) by inserting after and below subparagraph
    (D) the matter to be inserted by the amendment
    made by section 841 of the American Homeownership
    and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (Public Law
    106-569; 114 Stat. 3022); and
    (ii) in the matter inserted by the amendment
    made by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by
    striking ``wholly owned and''; and
    (8) in subsection (l)--
    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection
    (c)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)(1)''; and
    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``subsection
    (c)(2)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)(2)''.
    SEC. 6. <>  AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Subsection (m) of section 811 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated for providing assistance pursuant to this section
    $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.''.

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    SEC. 7. GAO STUDY.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study
    of the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program under
    section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42
    U.S.C. 8013) to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of such program
    in assisting households of persons with disabilities. Such study shall
    determine--
    (1) the total number of households assisted under such
    program;
    (2) the extent to which households assisted under other
    programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development that
    provide rental assistance or rental housing would be eligible to
    receive assistance under such section 811 program; and
    (3) the extent to which households described in paragraph
    (2) who are eligible for, but not receiving, assistance under
    such section 811 program are receiving supportive services from,
    or assisted by, the Department of Housing and Urban Development
    other than through the section 811 program (including under the
    Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program) or from other
    sources.

    Upon <>  the completion of the study required under this
    section, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress
    setting forth the findings and conclusions of the study.

    Approved January 4, 2011.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1481 (H.R. 1675):
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010):
    Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate.
    Dec. 21, considered and passed House.