(Sec. 103) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to state that the regulatory barriers clearinghouse shall be established within the Office of Policy Development of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
Title II: Homeownership for Working Families - Authorizes the Secretary to insure refinancing of home equity conversions for elderly home owners. Provides for: (1) specified transaction disclosures; (2) waiver of counseling under specified conditions; (3) fee limitations; (4) single premium reduction; and (5) an actuarial study to determine insurance premium adequacy.
Includes housing cooperatives in the demonstration program of insurance of home equity conversion mortgages for elderly home owners. Directs the Secretary to waive up-front premiums for mortgages used for costs of long-term care insurance or health care.
(Sec. 202) Amends the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 to authorize FY 2001 appropriations for self-help housing providers. Makes certain nongrant fund advances by an organization eligible for reimbursement. Revises fund recapture provisions.
Title III: Section 8 Homeownership Option - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide a single grant home ownership downpayment option (in lieu of monthly payments) under the section 8 housing assistance program.
(Sec. 302) Authorizes a public housing agency providing tenant-based section 8 housing assistance to provide assistance for a qualifying disabled family that purchases a home which will be owned and occupied by one or more members of such family. Sets forth program provisions.
(Sec. 303) Authorizes FY 2001 appropriations (with a 50 percent matching requirement) for home ownership programs under the section 8 home ownership demonstration program.
Title IV: Private Mortgage Insurance Cancellation and Termination - Private Mortgage Insurance Technical Corrections and Clarification Act - Amends the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 with respect to the definition of "cancellation date" to replace "amortization schedules" with, and define, "amortization schedule then in effect" for purposes of adjustable rate mortgages.
Includes balloon mortgages within the definition of "adjustable rate mortgages."
States that if a residential mortgage loan is modified (with mortgagor-mortgagee agreement) the cancellation date, termination date, or final agreement shall be recalculated to reflect such modifications.
(Sec. 404) Extends mortgage insurance cancellation rights beyond the cancellation date for a qualifying borrower who is current on required payments.
(Sec. 405) Revises the automatic termination date with respect to a mortgagor who is not current on payments as of the mortgage termination date.
States that the cancellation or termination of private mortgage insurance shall not affect the rights of any mortgagee, servicer, or insurer to enforce any accrued obligation for premium payments.
(Sec. 406) Revises and defines specified terms.
Title V: Native American Homeownership - Subtitle A: Native American Housing - Establishes the Lands Title Report Commission to facilitate home loan mortgages on Indian trust lands. Terminates the Commission one year after its initial meeting. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 502) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to make permanent the Indian housing loan guarantee authority.
(Sec. 503) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to: (1) restrict the Secretary's authority to waive housing plan requirements to not more than 90 days; (2) permit the Secretary to waive local cooperation requirements upon a good faith showing and agreement to make certain payments in lieu of taxes; (3) permit assistance to Indian families that are not low-income upon a showing of need; (4) eliminate separate housing plan requirements for small tribes; (5) permit the Secretary to waive certain environmental review requirements under specified conditions; (6) permit reservation housing assistance for specified full-time Federal, State, county, or tribal law enforcement officers; (7) revise audit, review, and hearing provisions; (8) prescribe a funding formula for housing authorities operating fewer than 250 units based on an average of FY 1992 through 1997 allocations; and (9) repeal the requirement regarding the certification of compliance with subsidy layering requirements.
Subtitle B: Native Hawaiian Housing - Hawaiian Homelands Homeownership Act of 2000 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to add a new Title VIII, Housing Assistance for Native Hawaiians. Directs the Secretary to make block grants to carry out affordable housing activities for Native Hawaiian families on or near Hawaiian Home Lands. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (defined as the agency or department of Hawaii responsible for administration of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920) only if the Director of the Department has submitted a housing plan that meets requirements under this Act, unless otherwise waived by the Secretary. Sets forth plan terms, conditions, and requirements, including a condition that, to the extent practicable, the Department use private nonprofit organizations in the planning and development of such housing. Provides for plan review by the Secretary.
Sets forth provisions regarding the treatment of program income, project labor standards, and environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Limits assistance for affordable housing activities under the program to low-income Native Hawaiian families, with specified exceptions for: (1) certain home ownership activities; and (2) assistance to non-Native Hawaiians if the presence of the family in the housing involved is essential to the well-being of Native Hawaiian families and the housing need cannot be met without assistance.
Describes eligible affordable housing activities. Sets forth program requirements, including the development of policies governing rents, home buyer payments, eligibility, management, leases, and tenant selection. Sets the maximum monthly rent or home buyer payment at 30 percent of the monthly adjusted family income.
Directs the Secretary, in instances of substantial Department noncompliance, to terminate, reduce, or limit payments. Authorizes the Secretary, in addition to such actions, to refer the matter to the Attorney General for civil action.
Sets forth review, auditing, and reporting requirements for the Secretary and the Director. Provides for discretionary audits by the Comptroller General. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2005.
(Sec. 514) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to guarantee up to $100 million in loans from approved lenders in each of FY 2001 through 2005 to provide access to sources of private financing to Native Hawaiian families who could otherwise not acquire housing financing because of the unique legal status of the Hawaiian Home Lands or as a result of a lack of access to private financial markets. Authorizes loan guarantees of up to 100 percent of unpaid interest and principal. Provides that a loan will be used to construct, acquire, or rehabilitate not more than four-family dwellings that are standard housing and located on Hawaiian Home Lands for which an approved housing plan to provide affordable home ownership housing applies.
Sets forth eligible lender categories.
Limits loans to 30-year terms. Permits the Secretary to guarantee a loan only upon determining that there is a reasonable prospect of repayment. Establishes a loan guarantee fee. Authorizes loan transfer and assumption, subject to governmental supervision.
Provides for lender disqualification for specified violations, and civil monetary penalties for intentional violations. Establishes a Hawaiian Housing Guarantee Fund for the purpose of providing loan guarantees under this Act. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2005.
Directs the Secretary to establish safety and quality standards for housing financed under these provisions.
Title VI: Manufactured Housing Improvement - Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to define specified terms.
(Sec. 604) Directs the Secretary to establish manufactured home construction and safety standards in accordance with the consensus standards development process (provided for by this Act).
Directs the Secretary to contract with: (1) a temporary administering organization to appoint the initial members of the consensus committee and administer the consensus standards development and related procedural and enforcement processes; and (2) a subsequent administering organization for the development of Federal standards and related procedural and enforcement regulations.
Establishes the consensus committee which shall provide the Secretary with periodic recommendations respecting Federal manufactured housing construction and safety standards and related procedural and enforcement regulations. States that committee members shall represent producer, consumer, and general interest and public official interests. Sets forth related administrative provisions.
(Sec. 605) Eliminates the National Manufactured Home Advisory Council.
Requires manufacturers to provide approved design and installation instructions with each manufactured home.
Requires, within specified deadlines: (1) the consensus committee to develop and submit to the Secretary proposed model manufactured home installation standards; and (2) the Secretary to develop model standards. Requires an opportunity for public comment prior to such standards' issuance. Prohibits a State or manufacturer, during the five-year period beginning with the enactment of this Act, from establishing manufactured home installation standards that provide less protection than existing standards. Directs the Secretary, not later than the expiration of such five-year period, to implement in a State that has not adopted a similar program a program which provides for: (1) installation standards and designs and instructions that meet or exceed model standards; (2) installer training and licensing; and (3) installation inspection.
(Sec. 606) Directs the Secretary to submit cost information to the consensus committee.
(Sec. 607) Includes among research and testing activities: (1) encouraging government-sponsored housing entities to implement secondary market securitization programs for manufactured home loans; and (2) reviewing the programs for Federal Housing Administration manufactured home loans.
(Sec. 608) Makes it a prohibited act to fail to comply with the Secretary's installation standards in any State that has not adopted a State installation program.
(Sec.609) Authorizes the Secretary to collect manufacturer fees, and sets forth their permitted and prohibited uses. Establishes in the Treasury a Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund.
Requires inspection and monitoring work to be carried out by independent contractors..
Requires the Secretary to continue funding States with approved plans at levels not less than those existing immediately prior to enactment of this Act.
(Sec. 610) Directs the Secretary to establish a dispute resolution program within five years of the enactment of this Act.
(Sec. 611) Eliminates the manufactured housing annual reporting requirement.
(Sec. 612) Sets forth effective date provisions.
(Sec. 613) Sets forth savings provisions, including certain contract duration provisions.
Title VII: Rural Housing Ownership - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary to provide guarantees for rural housing loan refinancing.
(Sec. 702) Increases from $2,500 to $7,500 the amount of a rural housing repair loan that needs to be evidenced only by a promissory note.
(Sec. 703) Makes limited partnerships eligible for farm labor housing loans.
(Sec. 704) Sets forth project accounting and recordkeeping requirements.
(Sec. 705) Extends the rural designation of certain areas until the 2010 census.
(Sec. 707) Makes Indian tribes (as defined by this Act) eligible for the multifamily rental housing loan guarantee program.
(Sec. 708) Establishes civil and criminal penalties for rural housing program equity skimming. Authorizes the Secretary to impose civil monetary penalties and prohibit renewal or extension of loan or assistance agreements for program violations.
(Sec. 709) Amends Federal criminal law to include such equity skimming under money laundering provisions.
Title VIII: Housing for Elderly and Disabled Families - Affordable Housing for Seniors and Families Act - Subtitle A: Refinancing for Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly - Directs the Secretary: (1) to approve prepayment of indebtedness, including refinancing under specified conditions, provided the project sponsor continues to operate the project on terms at least as advantageous to tenants as required under the original agreement; and (2) upon refinancing, to use at least 50 percent of the resultant savings in a manner that is advantageous to the tenants.
Subtitle B: Authorization of Appropriations for Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to authorize FY 2001 through 2003 appropriations for supportive housing for the elderly.
(Sec. 822) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize FY 2001 through 2003 appropriations for supportive housing for persons with disabilities.
(Sec. 823) Authorizes FY 2001 through 2003 appropriations for: (1) grants for service coordinators for elderly and disabled residents of certain federally assisted multifamily housing; and (2) contracts for congregate services for certain federally assisted housing.
Subtitle C: Expanding Public Housing Opportunities for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities - Part 1: Housing for the Elderly - Amends the Housing Act of 1959, with respect to supportive services for the elderly, to make for-profit limited partnerships eligible program participants.
(Sec. 832) Permits owners to use mixed funding sources for amenities and other design features.
(Sec. 833) Expands acquisition authority.
(Sec. 834) Authorizes project reserves to be used to reduce the number of dwelling units by retrofitting unmarketable units.
(Sec. 835) States that no provision of law shall be construed to prohibit commercial operations in a project location that benefits project residents.
Part 2: Housing for Persons with Disabilities - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to make certain for-profit limited partnerships eligible recipients under the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program.
(Sec. 842) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act with respect to the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program to permit owners to use mixed funding sources for amenities and other design features.
(Sec. 843) Provides that tenant-based assistance may be provided through a qualifying public housing agency or a private nonprofit organization. Limits tenant-based assistance to 25 percent of fiscal year program assistance.
(Sec. 844) Authorizes project reserves to be used to reduce the number of dwelling units by retrofitting unmarketable units.
(Sec. 845) States that no provision of law shall be construed to prohibit commercial operations in a project location that benefits project residents.
Part 3: Other Provisions - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to permit service coordinator services to be provided to low-income or elderly persons living in the vicinity of specified federally assisted housing.
Includes telemarketing fraud protection among the services provided to elderly residents of federally assisted housing and under the supportive housing program. Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to establish related service coordinator guidelines.
Subtitle D: Preservation of Affordable Stock - Amends the National Housing Act, as amended by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, respecting rental and cooperative housing for lower- income families, to eliminate certain restrictions on owner retention of excess charges, including retention and use of certain previously collected excess charges.
Title IX: Other Related Housing Provisions - Amends the National Housing Act to extend the insurance-eligible loan term for manufactured home lots to 20 years and 32 days.
(Sec. 902) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, respecting enhanced section 8 voucher assistance, to: (1) include within the definition of "eligibility event" any termination or expiration of a contract for rental assistance during any fiscal year after 1994; and (2) provide that a maximum payment adversely affecting assisted families shall not be considered reasonable.
(Sec. 904) Permits section 8 assistance to "grand-families."
Title X: Federal Reserve Board Provisions - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to authorize the Board to acquire sites or property.
(Sec. 1002) Revises the positions of Board members on the Executive Schedule (increasing their salary levels).
(Sec. 1003) Revises Federal Reserve System semi-annual reporting requirements.
Title XI: Banking and Housing Agency Reports - Federal Reporting Act of 2000 - Makes a specified provision of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (reporting requirements included on a list prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the first session of the 103rd Congress) inapplicable to certain monetary policy, banking, and housing reporting requirements under specified Acts (Sec. 1103) Sets forth specified report coordination requirements respecting: (1) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (2) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; (3) the Comptroller of the Treasury; (4) the Export-Import Bank; (5) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and (6) the Federal Housing Administration.
(Sec. 1104) Amends the: (1) Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to eliminate certain activity and fiscal authority reporting requirements of the Export-Import Bank; and (2) Federal Deposit Insurance Act to eliminate the requirement for a semiannual report on activities and efforts of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Title XII: Financial Regulatory Relief - Financial Regulatory Relief and Economic Efficiency Act of 2000 - Subtitle A: Improving Monetary Policy and Financial Institution Management Practices - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act (HOLA) to: (1) repeal savings association liquid asset requirements; and (2) permit a savings and loan holding company, with the prior approval by the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, to acquire more than five percent of the voting shares of a non-subsidiary savings association or non-subsidiary savings and loan holding company.
(Sec. 1203) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to repeal deposit broker notification and recordkeeping requirements.
(Sec. 1204) Amends the National Bank Consolidation and Merger Act to prescribe expedited procedures permitting a national bank to: (1) reorganize as either a bank holding company, or as a bank holding company subsidiary; or (2) merge with subsidiaries or nonbank affiliates.
(Sec. 1205) Amends Federal banking law to increase from one year to three years the term of the national bank director. Amends the Banking Act of 1933 to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency to exempt a national banking association from the 25-member limit on the number of members of an association's governing body.
(Sec. 1207) Amends Federal banking law and the FDIA to: (1) repeal the mandate that the purchase or acquisition by a national banking association or depository institution of its own capital stock to prevent loss upon a previously contracted debt be disposed of within six months from the time of purchase; and (2) provide that if an institution acquires its own stock to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted for in good faith, such transaction shall not be deemed to be a loan or discount on the security of its own capital stock.
(Sec. 1208) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to increase from 90 percent to 100 percent of fair market value the permissible valuation of readily marketable purchased mortgage servicing rights that may be included in calculating an insured depository institution's tangible capital, risk-based capital, or leverage limit, if the Federal regulatory agencies jointly find that such an increase will not adversely affect the deposit insurance funds or the safety and soundness of insured depository institutions.
Subtitle B: Streamlining Activities of Institutions - Requires that Federal banking agencies work jointly to develop: (1) electronic filing and public dissemination of depository institution status reports (call reports); and (2) uniform formats and simplified filing instructions for such reports.
Subtitle C: Streamlining Agency Actions - Amends the FDIA to: (1) repeal the mandate that Federal banking agencies develop jointly a method for supplemental disclosures in required Federal filings of the estimated fair market value of depository institution assets and liabilities; (2) authorize the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish the interest rate for or make post-insolvency interest payments to creditors' claims against the receivership estates of insured Federal or State depository institutions following satisfaction by the receiver of the principal amount of all creditor claims; and (3) mandate that Federal banking agencies jointly submit an annual report to certain congressional banking committees regarding differences in accounting and capital standards used by such agencies (currently such reports must be filed by the agencies individually).
(Sec. 1224) Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to extend the deadline for the Finance Board's issuance of regulations respecting Federal home loan bank capital standards.
Subtitle D: Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to related Acts.
(Sec. 1233) Amends Federal banking law to: (1) authorize the Comptroller of the Currency to waive the citizenship requirement for a minority of the total number of directors sitting on the board of a national bank; (2) declare it is unlawful for the Comptroller to hold an interest in any national bank; and (3) repeal specified capital and surplus requirements for national banking associations.
(Sec. 1234) Amends the International Bank Act of 1978 to modify examination requirements pertaining to establishment and operation by a foreign bank of Federal branches and agencies.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3274 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3274
To expand homeownership in the United States, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 5 (legislative day, September 22), 2000
Mr. Allard (for himself, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Kerry, Mr.
Shelby, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Grams, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Inouye)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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A BILL
To expand homeownership in the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``American
Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
TITLE I--REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Grants for regulatory barrier removal strategies.
Sec. 103. Regulatory barriers clearinghouse.
TITLE II--HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Sec. 201. Home equity conversion mortgages.
Sec. 202. Assistance for self-help housing providers.
TITLE III--SECTION 8 HOMEOWNERSHIP OPTION
Sec. 301. Downpayment assistance.
Sec. 302. Pilot program for homeownership assistance for disabled
families.
Sec. 303. Funding for pilot programs.
TITLE IV--PRIVATE MORTGAGE INSURANCE CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Changes in amortization schedule.
Sec. 403. Deletion of ambiguous references to residential mortgages.
Sec. 404. Cancellation rights after cancellation date.
Sec. 405. Clarification of cancellation and termination issues and
lender paid mortgage insurance disclosure
requirements.
Sec. 406. Definitions.
TITLE V--NATIVE AMERICAN HOMEOWNERSHIP
Subtitle A--Native American Housing
Sec. 501. Lands title report commission.
Sec. 502. Loan guarantees.
Sec. 503. Native American housing assistance.
Subtitle B--Native Hawaiian Housing
Sec. 511. Short title.
Sec. 512. Findings.
Sec. 513. Housing assistance.
Sec. 514. Loan guarantees.
TITLE VI--MANUFACTURED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT
Sec. 601. Short title; references.
Sec. 602. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 603. Definitions.
Sec. 604. Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards.
Sec. 605. Abolishment of National Manufactured Home Advisory Council;
manufactured home installation.
Sec. 606. Public information.
Sec. 607. Research, testing, development, and training.
Sec. 608. Prohibited acts.
Sec. 609. Fees.
Sec. 610. Dispute resolution.
Sec. 611. Elimination of annual reporting requirement.
Sec. 612. Effective date.
Sec. 613. Savings provisions.
TITLE VII--RURAL HOUSING HOMEOWNERSHIP
Sec. 701. Guarantees for refinancing of rural housing loans.
Sec. 702. Promissory note requirement under housing repair loan
program.
Sec. 703. Limited partnership eligibility for farm labor housing loans.
Sec. 704. Project accounting records and practices.
Sec. 705. Definition of rural area.
Sec. 706. Operating assistance for migrant farmworkers projects.
Sec. 707. Multifamily rental housing loan guarantee program.
Sec. 708. Enforcement provisions.
Sec. 709. Amendments to title 18 of United States Code.
TITLE VIII--HOUSING FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED FAMILIES
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Regulations.
Sec. 803. Effective date.
Subtitle A--Refinancing for Section 202 Supportive Housing for the
Elderly
Sec. 811. Prepayment and refinancing.
Subtitle B--Authorization of Appropriations for Supportive Housing for
the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities
Sec. 821. Supportive housing for elderly persons.
Sec. 822. Supportive housing for persons with disabilities.
Sec. 823. Service coordinators and congregate services for elderly and
disabled housing.
Subtitle C--Expanding Housing Opportunities for the Elderly and Persons
With Disabilities
Part 1--Housing for the Elderly
Sec. 831. Eligibility of for-profit limited partnerships.
Sec. 832. Mixed funding sources.
Sec. 833. Authority to acquire structures.
Sec. 834. Use of project reserves.
Sec. 835. Commercial activities.
Part 2--Housing for Persons With Disabilities
Sec. 841. Eligibility of for-profit limited partnerships.
Sec. 842. Mixed funding sources.
Sec. 843. Tenant-based assistance.
Sec. 844. Use of project reserves.
Sec. 845. Commercial activities.
Part 3--Other Provisions
Sec. 851. Service coordinators.
Subtitle D--Preservation of Affordable Housing Stock
Sec. 861. Section 236 assistance.
TITLE IX--OTHER RELATED HOUSING PROVISIONS
Sec. 901. Extension of loan term for manufactured home lots.
Sec. 902. Use of section 8 vouchers for opt-outs.
Sec. 903. Maximum payment standard for enhanced vouchers.
Sec. 904. Use of section 8 assistance by ``grand-families'' to rent
dwelling units in assisted projects.
TITLE X--FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD PROVISIONS
Sec. 1001. Federal Reserve Board buildings.
Sec. 1002. Positions of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System on the Executive schedule.
Sec. 1003. Amendments to the Federal Reserve Act.
TITLE XI--BANKING AND HOUSING AGENCY REPORTS
Sec. 1101. Short title.
Sec. 1102. Preservation of certain reporting requirements.
Sec. 1103. Coordination of reporting requirements.
Sec. 1104. Elimination of certain reporting requirements.
TITLE XII--FINANCIAL REGULATORY RELIEF
Sec. 1200. Short title.
Subtitle A--Improving Monetary Policy and Financial Institution
Management Practices
Sec. 1201. Repeal of savings association liquidity provision.
Sec. 1202. Noncontrolling investments by savings association holding
companies.
Sec. 1203. Repeal of deposit broker notification and recordkeeping
requirement.
Sec. 1204. Expedited procedures for certain reorganizations.
Sec. 1205. National bank directors.
Sec. 1206. Amendment to National Bank Consolidation and Merger Act.
Sec. 1207. Loans on or purchases by institutions of their own stock;
affiliations.
Sec. 1208. Purchased mortgage servicing rights.
Subtitle B--Streamlining Activities of Institutions
Sec. 1211. Call report simplification.
Subtitle C--Streamlining Agency Actions
Sec. 1221. Elimination of duplicative disclosure of fair market value
of assets and liabilities.
Sec. 1222. Payment of interest in receiverships with surplus funds.
Sec. 1223. Repeal of reporting requirement on differences in accounting
standards.
Sec. 1224. Extension of time.
Subtitle D--Technical Corrections
Sec. 1231. Technical correction relating to deposit insurance funds.
Sec. 1232. Rules for continuation of deposit insurance for member banks
converting charters.
Sec. 1233. Amendments to the Revised Statutes of the United States.
Sec. 1234. Conforming change to the International Banking Act of 1978.
TITLE I--REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Housing Affordability Barrier
Removal Act of 2000''.
SEC. 102. GRANTS FOR REGULATORY BARRIER REMOVAL STRATEGIES.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subsection (a) of section
1204 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
12705c(a)) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated for grants
under subsections (b) and (c) such sums as may be necessary for each of
fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.''.
(b) Consolidation of State and Local Grants.--Subsection (b) of
section 1204 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 12705c(b)) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``State Grants''
and inserting ``Grant Authority'';
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting
after ``States'' the following: ``and units of general local
government (including consortia of such governments)'';
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``a State program to
reduce State and local'' and inserting ``State, local, or
regional programs to reduce'';
(4) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or local'' after
``State''; and
(5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``State''.
(c) Repeal of Local Grants Provision.--Section 1204 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 12705c) is amended by
striking subsection (c).
(d) Application and Selection.--The last sentence of section
1204(e) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
12705c(e)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and for the selection of units of general
local government to receive grants under subsection (f)(2)'';
and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``and such criteria shall require that grant amounts
be used in a manner consistent with the strategy contained in
the comprehensive housing affordability strategy for the
jurisdiction pursuant to section 105(b)(4) of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act''.
(e) Selection of Grantees.--Subsection (f) of section 1204 of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 12705c(f)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(f) Selection of Grantees.--To the extent amounts are made
available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall provide grants
on a competitive basis to eligible grantees based on the proposed uses
of such amounts, as provided in applications under subsection (e).''.
(f) Technical Amendments.--Section 107(a)(1) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (G), by inserting ``and'' after the
semicolon at the end;
(2) by striking subparagraph (H); and
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (H).
SEC. 103. REGULATORY BARRIERS CLEARINGHOUSE.
Section 1205 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(42 U.S.C. 12705d) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``receive, collect, process, and assemble''
and inserting ``serve as a national repository to
receive, collect, process, assemble, and disseminate'';
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``, including'' and
inserting ``(including''; and
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following: ``), and the prevalence
and effects on affordable housing of such laws,
regulations, and policies'';
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the
semicolon the following: ``, including particularly
innovative or successful activities, strategies, and
plans''; and
(D) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ``, including
particularly innovative or successful strategies,
activities, and plans'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(3) by making available through a World Wide Web site of
the Department, by electronic mail, or otherwise, provide to
each housing agency of a unit of general local government that
serves an area having a population greater than 100,000, an
index of all State and local strategies and plans submitted
under subsection (a) to the clearinghouse, which--
``(A) shall describe the types of barriers to
affordable housing that the strategy or plan was
designed to ameliorate or remove; and
``(B) shall, not later than 30 days after
submission to the clearinghouse of any new strategy or
plan, be updated to include the new strategy or plan
submitted.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(c) Organization.--The clearinghouse under this section shall be
established within the Office of Policy Development of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development and shall be under the direction of
the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
``(d) Timing.--The clearinghouse under this section (as amended by
section 103 of the Housing Affordability Barrier Removal Act of 2000)
shall be established and commence carrying out the functions of the
clearinghouse under this section not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of such Act. The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development may comply with the requirements under this section by
reestablishing the clearinghouse that was originally established to
comply with this section and updating and improving such clearinghouse
to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of this section
as in effect pursuant to the enactment of such Act.''.
TITLE II--HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR WORKING FAMILIES
SEC. 201. HOME EQUITY CONVERSION MORTGAGES.
(a) Insurance for Mortgages to Refinance Existing HECMs.--
(1) In general.--Section 255 of the National Housing Act
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-20) is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection
(m); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (j) the following
new subsection:
``(k) Insurance Authority for Refinancings.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may, upon application by a
mortgagee, insure under this subsection any mortgage given to
refinance an existing home equity conversion mortgage insured
under this section.
``(2) Anti-churning disclosure.--The Secretary shall, by
regulation, require that the mortgagee of a mortgage insured
under this subsection, provide to the mortgagor, within an
appropriate time period and in a manner established in such
regulations, a good faith estimate of: (A) the total cost of
the refinancing; and (B) the increase in the mortgagor's
principal limit as measured by the estimated initial principal
limit on the mortgage to be insured under this subsection less
the current principal limit on the home equity conversion
mortgage that is being refinanced and insured under this
subsection.
``(3) Waiver of counseling requirement.--The mortgagor
under a mortgage insured under this subsection may waive the
applicability, with respect to such mortgage, of the
requirements under subsection (d)(2)(B) (relating to third
party counseling), but only if--
``(A) the mortgagor has received the disclosure
required under paragraph (2);
``(B) the increase in the principal limit described
in paragraph (2) exceeds the amount of the total cost
of refinancing (as described in such paragraph) by an
amount to be determined by the Secretary; and
``(C) the time between the closing of the original
home equity conversion mortgage that is refinanced
through the mortgage insured under this subsection and
the application for a refinancing mortgage insured
under this subsection does not exceed 5 years.
``(4) Credit for premiums paid.--Notwithstanding section
203(c)(2)(A), the Secretary may reduce the amount of the single
premium payment otherwise collected under such section at the
time of the insurance of a mortgage refinanced and insured
under this subsection. The amount of the single premium for
mortgages refinanced under this subsection shall be determined
by the Secretary based on the actuarial study required under
paragraph (5).
``(5) Actuarial study.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of the American Homeownership and
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, the Secretary shall conduct
an actuarial analysis to determine the adequacy of the
insurance premiums collected under the program under this
subsection with respect to--
``(A) a reduction in the single premium payment
collected at the time of the insurance of a mortgage
refinanced and insured under this subsection;
``(B) the establishment of a single national limit
on the benefits of insurance under subsection (g)
(relating to limitation on insurance authority); and
``(C) the combined effect of reduced insurance
premiums and a single national limitation on insurance
authority.
``(6) Fees.--The Secretary may establish a limit on the
origination fee that may be charged to a mortgagor under a
mortgage insured under this subsection, except that such
limitation shall provide that the origination fee may be fully
financed with the mortgage and shall include any fees paid to
correspondent mortgagees approved by the Secretary.''.
(2) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue any final
regulations necessary to implement the amendments made by
paragraph (1) of this subsection, which shall take effect not
later than the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act. The regulations shall be
issued after notice and opportunity for public comment in
accordance with the procedure under section 553 of title 5,
United States Code, applicable to substantive rules
(notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), and (d)(3) of such
section).
(b) Housing Cooperatives.--Section 255(b) of the National Housing
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ```mortgage',''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(4) Mortgage.--The term `mortgage' means a first mortgage
or first lien on real estate, in fee simple, on all stock
allocated to a dwelling in a residential cooperative housing
corporation, or on a leasehold--
``(A) under a lease for not less than 99 years that
is renewable; or
``(B) under a lease having a period of not less
than 10 years to run beyond the maturity date of the
mortgage.
``(5) First mortgage.--The term `first mortgage' means such
classes of first liens as are commonly given to secure advances
on, or the unpaid purchase price of, real estate or all stock
allocated to a dwelling unit in a residential cooperative
housing corporation, under the laws of the State in which the real
estate or dwelling unit is located, together with the credit
instruments, if any, secured thereby.''.
(c) Waiver of Up-Front Premiums for Mortgages Used to Fund Long-
Term Care Insurance.--
(1) In general.--Section 255 of the National Housing Act
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-20) is amended by inserting after subsection
(k) (as added by subsection (a) of this section) the following
new subsection:
``(l) Waiver of Up-Front Premiums for Mortgages to Fund Long-Term
Care Insurance.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of any mortgage insured
under this section under which the total amount (except as
provided in paragraph (2)) of all future payments described in
subsection (b)(3) will be used only for costs of a qualified
long-term care insurance contract that covers the mortgagor or
members of the household residing in the property that is
subject to the mortgage, notwithstanding section 203(c)(2), the
Secretary shall not charge or collect the single premium
payment otherwise required under subparagraph (A) of such
section to be paid at the time of insurance.
``(2) Authority to refinance existing mortgage and finance
closing costs.--A mortgage described in paragraph (1) may
provide financing of amounts that are used to satisfy
outstanding mortgage obligations (in accordance with such
limitations as the Secretary shall prescribe) and any amounts
used for initial service charges, appraisal, inspection, and
other fees (as approved by the Secretary) in connection with
such mortgage, and the amount of future payments described in
subsection (b)(3) under the mortgage shall be reduced
accordingly.
``(3) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the
term `qualified long-term care insurance contract' has the
meaning given such term in section 7702B of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 7702B)), except that such
contract shall also meet the requirements of--
``(A) sections 9 (relating to disclosure), 24
(relating to suitability), and 26 (relating to
contingent nonforfeiture) of the long-term care
insurance model regulation promulgated by the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners (as adopted as
of September 2000); and
``(B) section 8 (relating to contingent
nonforfeiture) of the long-term care insurance model
Act promulgated by the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners (as adopted as of September
2000).''.
(2) Applicability.--The provisions of section 255(l) of the
National Housing Act (as added by paragraph (1) of this
subsection) shall apply only to mortgages closed on or after
April 1, 2001.
(d) Study of Single National Mortgage Limit.--The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall conduct an actuarially based study
of the effects of establishing, for mortgages insured under section 255
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20), a single maximum
mortgage amount limitation in lieu of applicability of section
203(b)(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)). The study shall--
(1) examine the effects of establishing such limitation at
different dollar amounts; and
(2) examine the effects of such various limitations on--
(A) the risks to the General Insurance Fund
established under section 519 of such Act;
(B) the mortgage insurance premiums that would be
required to be charged to mortgagors to ensure
actuarial soundness of such Fund; and
(C) take into consideration the various approaches
to providing credit to borrowers who refinance home
equity conversion mortgages insured under section 255
of such Act.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall complete the study under this subsection and submit
a report describing the study and the results of the study to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of
Representatives and to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate.
SEC. 202. ASSISTANCE FOR SELF-HELP HOUSING PROVIDERS.
(a) Reauthorization.--Subsection (p) of section 11 of the Housing
Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) is
amended to read as follows:
``(p) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2001.''.
(b) Eligible Expenses.--Section 11(d)(2)(A) of the Housing
Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) is
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``,
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 such review to acquire land''.
(c) Deadline for Recapture of Funds.--Section 11 of the Housing
Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (i)(5)--
(A) by striking ``if the organization or consortia
has not used any grant amounts'' and inserting ``the
Secretary shall recapture any grant amounts provided to
the organization or consortia that are not used'';
(B) by striking ``(or,'' and inserting ``, except
that such period shall be 36 months''; and
(C) by striking ``within 36 months), the Secretary
shall recapture such unused amounts'' and inserting
``and in the case of a grant amounts provided to a
local affiliate of the organization or consortia that is developing
five or more dwellings in connection with such grant amounts''; and
(2) in subsection (j), by inserting after ``carry out this
section'' the following: ``and grant amounts provided to a
local affiliate of the organization or consortia that is
developing five or more dwellings in connection with such grant
amounts''.
(d) Technical Corrections.--Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity
Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``Habitat for
Humanity International, its affiliates, and other''; and
(2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``consoria'' and
inserting ``consortia''.
TITLE III--SECTION 8 HOMEOWNERSHIP OPTION
SEC. 301. DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
(a) Amendments.--Section 8(y) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(y)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new
paragraph:
``(7) Downpayment assistance.--
``(A) Authority.--A public housing agency may, in
lieu of providing monthly assistance payments under
this subsection on behalf of a family eligible for such
assistance and at the discretion of the public housing
agency, provide assistance for the family in the form
of a single grant to be used only as a contribution
toward the downpayment required in connection with the
purchase of a dwelling for fiscal year 2000 and each
fiscal year thereafter to the extent provided in
advance in appropriations Acts.
``(B) Amount.--The amount of a downpayment grant on
behalf of an assisted family may not exceed the amount
that is equal to the sum of the assistance payments
that would be made during the first year of assistance
on behalf of the family, based upon the income of the
family at the time the grant is to be made.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect immediately after the amendments made by section 555(c) of
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 take effect
pursuant to such section.
SEC. 302. PILOT PROGRAM FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE FOR DISABLED
FAMILIES.
(a) In General.--A public housing agency providing tenant-based
assistance on behalf of an eligible family under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) may provide
assistance for a disabled family that purchases a dwelling unit
(including a dwelling unit under a lease-purchase agreement) that will
be owned by one or more members of the disabled family and will be
occupied by the disabled family, if the disabled family--
(1) purchases the dwelling unit before the expiration of
the 3-year period beginning on the date that the Secretary
first implements the pilot program under this section;
(2) demonstrates that the disabled family has income from
employment or other sources (including public assistance), as
determined in accordance with requirements of the Secretary,
that is not less than twice the payment standard established by
the public housing agency (or such other amount as may be
established by the Secretary);
(3) except as provided by the Secretary, demonstrates at
the time the disabled family initially receives tenant-based
assistance under this section that one or more adult members of
the disabled family have achieved employment for the period as
the Secretary shall require;
(4) participates in a homeownership and housing counseling
program provided by the agency; and
(5) meets any other initial or continuing requirements
established by the public housing agency in accordance with
requirements established by the Secretary.
(b) Determination of Amount of Assistance.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Monthly expenses not exceeding payment
standard.--If the monthly homeownership expenses, as
determined in accordance with requirements established
by the Secretary, do not exceed the payment standard,
the monthly assistance payment shall be the amount by
which the homeownership expenses exceed the highest of
the following amounts, rounded to the nearest dollar:
(i) 30 percent of the monthly adjusted
income of the disabled family.
(ii) 10 percent of the monthly income of
the disabled family.
(iii) If the disabled family is receiving
payments for welfare assistance from a public
agency, and a portion of those payments,
adjusted in accordance with the actual housing
costs of the disabled family, is specifically
designated by that agency to meet the housing
costs of the disabled family, the portion of
those payments that is so designated.
(B) Monthly expenses exceed payment standard.--If
the monthly homeownership expenses, as determined in
accordance with requirements established by the
Secretary, exceed the payment standard, the monthly
assistance payment shall be the amount by which the
applicable payment standard exceeds the highest of the
amounts under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of
subparagraph (A).
(2) Calculation of amount.--
(A) Low-income families.--A disabled family that is
a low-income family shall be eligible to receive 100
percent of the amount calculated under paragraph (1).
(B) Income between 81 and 89 percent of median.--A
disabled family whose income is between 81 and 89
percent of the median for the area shall be eligible to receive 66
percent of the amount calculated under paragraph (1).
(C) Income between 90 and 99 percent of median.--A
disabled family whose income is between 90 and 99
percent of the median for the area shall be eligible to
receive 33 percent of the amount calculated under
paragraph (1).
(D) Income more than 99 percent of median.--A
disabled family whose income is more than 99 percent of
the median for the area shall not be eligible to
receive assistance under this section.
(c) Inspections and Contract Conditions.--
(1) In general.--Each contract for the purchase of a
dwelling unit to be assisted under this section shall--
(A) provide for pre-purchase inspection of the
dwelling unit by an independent professional; and
(B) require that any cost of necessary repairs be
paid by the seller.
(2) Annual inspections not required.--The requirement under
subsection (o)(8)(A)(ii) of section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 for annual inspections shall not apply to
dwelling units assisted under this section.
(d) Other Authority of the Secretary.--The Secretary may--
(1) limit the term of assistance for a disabled family
assisted under this section;
(2) provide assistance for a disabled family for the entire
term of a mortgage for a dwelling unit if the disabled family
remains eligible for such assistance for such term; and
(3) modify the requirements of this section as the
Secretary determines to be necessary to make appropriate
adaptations for lease-purchase agreements.
(e) Assistance Payments Sent to Lender.--The Secretary shall remit
assistance payments under this section directly to the mortgagee of the
dwelling unit purchased by the disabled family receiving such
assistance payments.
(f) Inapplicability of Certain Provisions.--Assistance under this
section shall not be subject to the requirements of the following
provisions:
(1) Subsection (c)(3)(B) of section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937.
(2) Subsection (d)(1)(B)(i) of section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937.
(3) Any other provisions of section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 governing maximum amounts payable to owners
and amounts payable by assisted families.
(4) Any other provisions of section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 concerning contracts between public housing
agencies and owners.
(5) Any other provisions of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 that are inconsistent with the provisions of this
section.
(g) Reversion to Rental Status.--
(1) Non-fha mortgages.--If a disabled family receiving
assistance under this section defaults under a mortgage not
insured under the National Housing Act, the disabled family may
not continue to receive rental assistance under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 unless it complies with
requirements established by the Secretary.
(2) All mortgages.--A disabled family receiving assistance
under this section that defaults under a mortgage may not
receive assistance under this section for occupancy of another
dwelling unit owned by 1 or more members of the disabled
family.
(3) Exception.--This subsection shall not apply if the
Secretary determines that the disabled family receiving
assistance under this section defaulted under a mortgage due to
catastrophic medical reasons or due to the impact of a
federally declared major disaster or emergency.
(h) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to
implement this section. Such regulations may not prohibit any public
housing agency providing tenant-based assistance on behalf of an
eligible family under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 from participating in the pilot program under this section.
(i) Definition of Disabled Family.--For the purposes of this
section, the term ``disabled family'' has the meaning given the term
``person with disabilities'' in section 811(k)(2) of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(k)(2)).
SEC. 303. FUNDING FOR PILOT PROGRAMS.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 for
assistance in connection with the existing homeownership pilot programs
carried out under the demonstration program authorized under to section
555(b) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998
(Public Law 105-276; 112 Stat. 2613).
(b) Use.--Subject to subsection (c), amounts made available
pursuant to this section shall be used only through such homeownership
pilot programs to provide, on behalf of families participating in such
programs, amounts for downpayments in connection with dwellings
purchased by such families using assistance made available under
section 8(y) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f(y)). No such downpayment grant may exceed 20 percent of the
appraised value of the dwelling purchased with assistance under such
section 8(y).
(c) Matching Requirement.--The amount of assistance made available
under this section for any existing homeownership pilot program may not
exceed twice the amount donated from sources other than this section
for use under the program for assistance described in subsection (b).
Amounts donated from other sources may include amounts from State
housing finance agencies and Neighborhood Housing Services of America.
TITLE IV--PRIVATE MORTGAGE INSURANCE CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Private Mortgage Insurance
Technical Corrections and Clarification Act''.
SEC. 402. CHANGES IN AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE.
(a) Treatment of Adjustable Rate Mortgages.--The Homeowners
Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4901 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 2--
(A) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking
``amortization schedules'' and inserting ``the
amortization schedule then in effect'';
(B) in paragraph (16)(B), by striking
``amortization schedules'' and inserting ``the
amortization schedule then in effect'';
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (16)
(as amended by the preceding provisions of this
paragraph) as paragraphs (8) through (18),
respectively; and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following
new paragraph:
``(6) Amortization schedule then in effect.--The term
`amortization schedule then in effect' means, with respect to
an adjustable rate mortgage, a schedule established at the time
at which the residential mortgage transaction is consummated
or, if such schedule has been changed or recalculated, is the
most recent schedule under the terms of the note or mortgage,
which shows--
``(A) the amount of principal and interest that is
due at regular intervals to retire the principal
balance and accrued interest over the remaining
amortization period of the loan; and
``(B) the unpaid balance of the loan after each
such scheduled payment is made.''; and
(2) in section 3(f)(1)(B)(ii), by striking ``amortization
schedules'' and inserting ``the amortization schedule then in
effect''.
(b) Treatment of Balloon Mortgages.--Paragraph (1) of section 2 of
the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4901(1)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ``A residential mortgage
that (A) does not fully amortize over the term of the obligation, and
(B) contains a conditional right to refinance or modify the unamortized
principal at the maturity date of the term, shall be considered to be
an adjustable rate mortgage for purposes of this Act.''.
(c) Treatment of Loan Modifications.--
(1) In general.--Section 3 of the Homeowners Protection Act
of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4902) is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as
subsections (e) through (g), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subsection (c) the following
new subsection:
``(d) Treatment of Loan Modifications.--If a mortgagor and
mortgagee (or holder of the mortgage) agree to a modification of the
terms or conditions of a loan pursuant to a residential mortgage
transaction, the cancellation date, termination date, or final
termination shall be recalculated to reflect the modified terms and
conditions of such loan.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Section 4(a) of the Homeowners
Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4903(a)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``section 3(f)(1)'' and
inserting ``section 3(g)(1)'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(IV), by
striking ``section 3(f)'' and inserting
``section 3(g)''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking
``section 3(f)'' and inserting ``section
3(g)''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section
3(f)(1)'' and inserting ``section 3(g)(1)''.
SEC. 403. DELETION OF AMBIGUOUS REFERENCES TO RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGES.
(a) Termination of Private Mortgage Insurance.--Section 3 of the
Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4902) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ``on residential
mortgage transactions'' after ``imposed''; and
(2) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated by the preceding
provisions of this title)--
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``mortgage or'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``mortgage or'';
and
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``mortgage or''
and inserting ``residential mortgage or residential''.
(b) Disclosure Requirements.--Section 4 of the Homeowners
Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4903(a)) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``mortgage or'' the first
place it appears; and
(ii) by striking ``mortgage or'' the second
place it appears and inserting ``residential'';
and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``mortgage or''
and inserting ``residential'';
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``paragraphs (1)(B) and
(3) of subsection (a)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)'';
and
(3) in subsection (d), by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ``, which disclosures shall relate to
the mortgagor's rights under this Act''.
(c) Disclosure Requirements for Lender-Paid Mortgage Insurance.--
Section 6 of the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4905) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``a residential mortgage or''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``transaction''
after ``residential mortgage''; and
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ``transaction'' after
``residential mortgage''.
SEC. 404. CANCELLATION RIGHTS AFTER CANCELLATION DATE.
Section 3 of the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4902)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
inserting after ``cancellation date'' the following:
``or any later date that the mortgagor fulfills all of
the requirements under paragraphs (1) through (4)'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(4); and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following
new paragraph:
``(3) is current on the payments required by the terms of
the residential mortgage transaction; and''; and
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(B) (as so redesignated by the
preceding provisions of this title), by striking ``subsection
(a)(3)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(4)''.
SEC. 405. CLARIFICATION OF CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION ISSUES AND
LENDER PAID MORTGAGE INSURANCE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Good Payment History.--Section 2(4) of the Homeowners
Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4901(4)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by inserting ``the later of (i)'' before ``the
date''; and
(B) by inserting ``, or (ii) the date that the
mortgagor submits a request for cancellation under
section 3(a)(1)'' before the semicolon; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by inserting ``the later of (i)'' before ``the
date''; and
(B) by inserting ``, or (ii) the date that the
mortgagor submits a request for cancellation under
section 3(a)(1)'' before the period at the end.
(b) Automatic Termination.--Paragraph (2) of section 3(b) of the
Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4902(b)(2)) is amended to
read as follows:
``(2) if the mortgagor is not current on the termination
date, on the first day of the first month beginning after the
date that the mortgagor becomes current on the payments
required by the terms of the residential mortgage
transaction.''
(c) Premium Payments.--Section 3 of the Homeowners Protection Act
of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4902) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(h) Accrued Obligation for Premium Payments.--The cancellation or
termination under this section of the private mortgage insurance of a
mortgagor shall not affect the rights of any mortgagee, servicer, or
mortgage insurer to enforce any obligation of such mortgagor for
premium payments accrued prior to the date on which such cancellation
or termination occurred.''.
SEC. 406. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Refinanced.--Section 6(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Homeowners
Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4905(c)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by
inserting after ``refinanced'' the following: ``(under the meaning
given such term in the regulations issued by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System to carry out the Truth in Lending Act (15
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.))''.
(b) Midpoint of the Amortization Period.--Section 2 of the
Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4901) is amended by
inserting after paragraph (6) (as added by the preceding provisions of
this title) the following new paragraph:
``(7) Midpoint of the amortization period.--The term
`midpoint of the amortization period' means, with respect to a
residential mortgage transaction, the point in time that is
halfway through the period that begins upon the first day of
the amortization period established at the time a residential
mortgage transaction is consummated and ends upon the
completion of the entire period over which the mortgage is
scheduled to be amortized.''.
(c) Original Value.--Section 2(12) of the Homeowners Protection Act
of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4901(10)) (as so redesignated by the preceding
provisions of this title) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``transaction'' after ``a residential
mortgage''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In
the case of a residential mortgage transaction for refinancing
the principal residence of the mortgagor, such term means only
the appraised value relied upon by the mortgagee to approve the
refinance transaction.''.
(d) Principal Residence.--Section 2 of the Homeowners Protection
Act of 1998 (12 U.S.C. 4901) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (14) (as so redesignated by the preceding
provisions of this title) by striking ``primary'' and inserting
``principal''; and
(2) in paragraph (15) (as so redesignated by the preceding
provisions of this title) by striking ``primary'' and inserting
``principal''.
TITLE V--NATIVE AMERICAN HOMEOWNERSHIP
Subtitle A--Native American Housing
SEC. 501. LANDS TITLE REPORT COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--Subject to sums being provided in advance in
appropriations Acts, there is established a Commission to be known as
the Lands Title Report Commission (hereafter in this section referred
to as the ``Commission'') to facilitate home loan mortgages on Indian
trust lands. The Commission will be subject to oversight by the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate.
(b) Membership.--
(1) Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 12
members, appointed not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act as follows:
(A) Four members shall be appointed by the
President.
(B) Four members shall be appointed by the
Chairperson of the Committee on Banking and Financial
Services of the House of Representatives.
(C) Four members shall be appointed by the
Chairperson of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate.
(2) Qualifications.--
(A) Members of tribes.--At all times, not less than
eight of the members of the Commission shall be members
of federally recognized Indian tribes.
(B) Experience in land title matters.--All members
of the Commission shall have experience in and
knowledge of land title matters relating to Indian
trust lands.
(3) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Commission shall
be one of the members of the Commission appointed under
paragraph (1)(C), as elected by the members of the Commission.
(4) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Commission shall not
affect its powers, but shall be filled in the manner in which
the original appointment was made.
(5) Travel expenses.--Members of the Commission shall serve
without pay, but each member shall receive travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with
sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
(c) Initial Meeting.--The Chairperson of the Commission shall call
the initial meeting of the Commission. Such meeting shall be held
within 30 days after the Chairperson of the Commission determines that
sums sufficient for the Commission to carry out its duties under this
Act have been appropriated for such purpose.
(d) Duties.--The Commission shall analyze the system of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior for maintaining
land ownership records and title documents and issuing certified title
status reports relating to Indian trust lands and, pursuant to such
analysis, determine how best to improve or replace the system--
(1) to ensure prompt and accurate responses to requests for
title status reports;
(2) to eliminate any backlog of requests for title status
reports; and
(3) to ensure that the administration of the system will
not in any way impair or restrict the ability of Native
Americans to obtain conventional loans for purchase of
residences located on Indian trust lands, including any actions
necessary to ensure that the system will promptly be able to
meet future demands for certified title status reports, taking
into account the anticipated complexity and volume of such
requests.
(e) Report.--Not later than the date of the termination of the
Commission under subsection (h), the Commission shall submit a report
to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate describing the analysis and determinations made
pursuant to subsection (d).
(f) Powers.--
(1) Hearings and sessions.--The Commission may, for the
purpose of carrying out this section, hold hearings, sit and
act at times and places, take testimony, and receive evidence
as the Commission considers appropriate.
(2) Staff of federal agencies.--Upon request of the
Commission, the head of any Federal department or agency may
detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that
department or agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying
out its duties under this section.
(3) Obtaining official data.--The Commission may secure
directly from any department or agency of the United States
information necessary to enable it to carry out this section.
Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of
that department or agency shall furnish that information to the
Commission.
(4) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails
in the same manner and under the same conditions as other
departments and agencies of the United States.
(5) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of
the Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall
provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the
administrative support services necessary for the Commission to
carry out its duties under this section.
(6) Staff.--The Commission may appoint personnel as it
considers appropriate, subject to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive
service, and shall pay such personnel in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
that title relating to classification and General Schedule pay
rates.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary,
and any amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain
available until expended.
(h) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 1 year after the
date of the initial meeting of the Commission.
SEC. 502. LOAN GUARANTEES.
Section 184(i) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(i)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking subparagraph (C) and
inserting the following new subparagraph:
``(C) Limitation on outstanding aggregate principal
amount.--Subject to the limitations in subparagraphs
(A) and (B), the Secretary may enter into commitments
to guarantee loans under this section in each fiscal year with an
aggregate outstanding principal amount not exceeding such amount as may
be provided in appropriation Acts for such fiscal year.''; and
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ``each of fiscal years
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001'' and inserting ``each fiscal
year''.
SEC. 503. NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
(a) Restriction on Waiver Authority.--
(1) In general.--Section 101(b)(2) of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25
U.S.C. 4111(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``if the Secretary''
and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting the following: ``for a period of not more than 90
days, if the Secretary determines that an Indian tribe has not
complied with, or is unable to comply with, those requirements
due to exigent circumstances beyond the control of the Indian
tribe.''.
(2) Local cooperation agreement.--Section 101(c) of the
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ``The Secretary may waive the requirements of this
subsection and subsection (d) if the recipient has made a good
faith effort to fulfill the requirements of this subsection and
subsection (d) and agrees to make payments in lieu of taxes to
the appropriate taxing authority in an amount consistent with
the requirements of subsection (d)(2) until such time as the
matter of making such payments has been resolved in accordance
with subsection (d).''.
(b) Assistance to Families That Are Not Low-Income.--Section 102(c)
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4112(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Certain families.--With respect to assistance
provided under section 201(b)(2) by a recipient to Indian
families that are not low-income families, evidence that there
is a need for housing for each such family during that period
that cannot reasonably be met without such assistance.''.
(c) Elimination of Waiver Authority for Small Tribes.--Section 102
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4112) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (f); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).
(d) Environmental Compliance.--Section 105 of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4115)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Environmental Compliance.--The Secretary may waive the
requirements under this section if the Secretary determines that a
failure on the part of a recipient to comply with provisions of this
section--
``(1) will not frustrate the goals of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) or
any other provision of law that furthers the goals of that Act;
``(2) does not threaten the health or safety of the
community involved by posing an immediate or long-term hazard
to residents of that community;
``(3) is a result of inadvertent error, including an
incorrect or incomplete certification provided under subsection
(c)(1); and
``(4) may be corrected through the sole action of the
recipient.''.
(e) Oversight.--
(1) Repayment.--Section 209 of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4139)
is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 209. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT.
``If a recipient uses grant amounts to provide affordable housing
under this title, and at any time during the useful life of the housing
the recipient does not comply with the requirement under section
205(a)(2), the Secretary shall take appropriate action under section
401(a).''.
(2) Audits and reviews.--Section 405 of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25
U.S.C. 4165) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 405. REVIEW AND AUDIT BY SECRETARY.
``(a) Requirements Under Chapter 75 of Title 31, United States
Code.--An entity designated by an Indian tribe as a housing entity
shall be treated, for purposes of chapter 75 of title 31, United States
Code, as a non-Federal entity that is subject to the audit requirements
that apply to non-Federal entities under that chapter.
``(b) Additional Reviews and Audits.--
``(1) In general.--In addition to any audit or review under
subsection (a), to the extent the Secretary determines such
action to be appropriate, the Secretary may conduct an audit or
review of a recipient in order to--
``(A) determine whether the recipient--
``(i) has carried out--
``(I) eligible activities in a
timely manner; and
``(II) eligible activities and
certification in accordance with this
Act and other applicable law;
``(ii) has a continuing capacity to carry
out eligible activities in a timely manner; and
``(iii) is in compliance with the Indian
housing plan of the recipient; and
``(B) verify the accuracy of information contained
in any performance report submitted by the recipient
under section 404.
``(2) On-site visits.--To the extent practicable, the
reviews and audits conducted under this subsection shall
include on-site visits by the appropriate official of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
``(c) Review of Reports.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide each
recipient that is the subject of a report made by the Secretary
under this section notice that the recipient may review and
comment on the report during a period of not less than 30 days
after the date on which notice is issued under this paragraph.
``(2) Public availability.--After taking into consideration
any comments of the recipient under paragraph (1), the
Secretary--
``(A) may revise the report; and
``(B) not later than 30 days after the date on
which those comments are received, shall make the
comments and the report (with any revisions made under
subparagraph (A)) readily available to the public.
``(d) Effect of Reviews.--Subject to section 401(a), after
reviewing the reports and audits relating to a recipient that are
submitted to the Secretary under this section, the Secretary may adjust
the amount of a grant made to a recipient under this Act in accordance
with the findings of the Secretary with respect to those reports and
audits.''.
(f) Allocation Formula.--Section 302(d)(1) of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C.
4152(d)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The formula,'' and inserting the
following:
``(A) In general.--Except with respect to an Indian
tribe described in subparagraph (B), the formula''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Certain indian tribes.--With respect to
fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter, for
any Indian tribe with an Indian housing authority that
owns or operates fewer than 250 public housing units,
the formula shall provide that if the amount provided
for a fiscal year in which the total amount made
available for assistance under this Act is equal to or
greater than the amount made available for fiscal year
1996 for assistance for the operation and modernization
of the public housing referred to in subparagraph (A),
then the amount provided to that Indian tribe as
modernization assistance shall be equal to the average
annual amount of funds provided to the Indian tribe
(other than funds provided as emergency assistance)
under the assistance program under section 14 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437l) for
the period beginning with fiscal year 1992 and ending
with fiscal year 1997.''.
(g) Hearing Requirement.--Section 401(a) of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C.
4161(a)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as
subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and realigning
such subparagraphs (as so redesignated) so as to be indented 4
ems from the left margin;
(2) by striking ``Except as provided'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--Except as provided'';
(3) by striking ``If the Secretary takes an action under
paragraph (1), (2), or (3)'' and inserting the following:
``(2) Continuance of actions.--If the Secretary takes an
action under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1)'';
and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Exception for certain actions.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subsection, if the Secretary makes a
determination that the failure of a recipient of
assistance under this Act to comply substantially with
any material provision (as that term is defined by the
Secretary) of this Act is resulting, and would continue
to result, in a continuing expenditure of Federal funds
in a manner that is not authorized by law, the
Secretary may take an action described in paragraph
(1)(C) before conducting a hearing.
``(B) Procedural requirement.--If the Secretary
takes an action described in subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall--
``(i) provide notice to the recipient at
the time that the Secretary takes that action;
and
``(ii) conduct a hearing not later than 60
days after the date on which the Secretary
provides notice under clause (i).
``(C) Determination.--Upon completion of a hearing
under this paragraph, the Secretary shall make a
determination regarding whether to continue taking the
action that is the subject of the hearing, or take
another action under this subsection.''.
(h) Performance Agreement Time Limit.--Section 401(b) of the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25
U.S.C. 4161(b)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``If the Secretary'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--If the Secretary'';
(2) by striking ``(1) is not'' and inserting the following:
``(A) is not'';
(3) by striking ``(2) is a result'' and inserting the
following:
``(B) is a result'';
(4) in the flush material following paragraph (1)(B), as
redesignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection--
(A) by realigning such material so as to be
indented 2 ems from the left margin; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, if the recipient enters into a
performance agreement with the Secretary that specifies
the compliance objectives that the recipient will be
required to achieve by the termination date of the
performance agreement''; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Performance agreement.--The period of a performance
agreement described in paragraph (1) shall be for 1 year.
``(3) Review.--Upon the termination of a performance
agreement entered into under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
review the performance of the recipient that is a party to the
agreement.
``(4) Effect of review.--If, on the basis of a review under
paragraph (3), the Secretary determines that the recipient--
``(A) has made a good faith effort to meet the
compliance objectives specified in the agreement, the
Secretary may enter into an additional performance
agreement for the period specified in paragraph (2);
and
``(B) has failed to make a good faith effort to
meet applicable compliance objectives, the Secretary
shall determine the recipient to have failed to comply
substantially with this Act, and the recipient shall be
subject to an action under subsection (a).''.
(i) Labor Standards.--Section 104(b) of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4114(b) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Davis-Bacon Act (40
U.S.C. 276a-276a-5)'' and inserting ``Act of March 3, 1931
(commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act; chapter 411; 46 Stat.
1494; 40 U.S.C. 276a et seq.)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Application of tribal laws.--Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to any contract or agreement for assistance, sale, or
lease pursuant to this Act, if such contract or agreement is
otherwise covered by one or more laws or regulations adopted by
an Indian tribe that requires the payment of not less than
prevailing wages, as determined by the Indian tribe.''.
(j) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Table of contents.--Section 1(b) of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25
U.S.C. 4101 note) is amended in the table of contents--
(A) by striking the item relating to section 206;
and
(B) by striking the item relating to section 209
and inserting the following:
``209. Noncompliance with affordable housing requirement.''.
(2) Certification of compliance with subsidy layering
requirements.--Section 206 of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4136)
is repealed.
(3) Terminations.--Section 502(a) of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25
U.S.C. 4181(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Any housing that is the subject of a contract for tenant-
based assistance between the Secretary and an Indian housing
authority that is terminated under this section shall, for the
following fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, be
considered to be a dwelling unit under section 302(b)(1).''.
Subtitle B--Native Hawaiian Housing
SEC. 511. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Hawaiian Homelands
Homeownership Act of 2000''.
SEC. 512. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the United States has undertaken a responsibility to
promote the general welfare of the United States by--
(A) employing its resources to remedy the unsafe
and unsanitary housing conditions and the acute
shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for
families of lower income; and
(B) developing effective partnerships with
governmental and private entities to accomplish the
objectives referred to in subparagraph (A);
(2) the United States has a special responsibility for the
welfare of the Native peoples of the United States, including
Native Hawaiians;
(3) pursuant to the provisions of the Hawaiian Homes
Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.), the United States
set aside 200,000 acres of land in the Federal territory that
later became the State of Hawaii in order to establish a
homeland for the native people of Hawaii--Native Hawaiians;
(4) despite the intent of Congress in 1920 to address the
housing needs of Native Hawaiians through the enactment of the
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.),
Native Hawaiians eligible to reside on the Hawaiian home lands
have been foreclosed from participating in Federal housing
assistance programs available to all other eligible families in
the United States;
(5) although Federal housing assistance programs have been
administered on a racially neutral basis in the State of
Hawaii, Native Hawaiians continue to have the greatest unmet
need for housing and the highest rates of overcrowding in the
United States;
(6) among the Native American population of the United
States, Native Hawaiians experience the highest percentage of
housing problems in the United States, as the percentage--
(A) of housing problems in the Native Hawaiian
population is 49 percent, as compared to--
(i) 44 percent for American Indian and
Alaska Native households in Indian country; and
(ii) 27 percent for all other households in
the United States; and
(B) overcrowding in the Native Hawaiian population
is 36 percent as compared to 3 percent for all other
households in the United States;
(7) among the Native Hawaiian population, the needs of
Native Hawaiians, as that term is defined in section 801 of the
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (as added by this subtitle), eligible to reside on the
Hawaiian Home Lands are the most severe, as--
(A) the percentage of overcrowding in Native
Hawaiian households on the Hawaiian Home Lands is 36
percent; and
(B) approximately 13,000 Native Hawaiians, which
constitute 95 percent of the Native Hawaiians who are
eligible to reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands, are in
need of housing;
(8) applying the Department of Housing and Urban
Development guidelines--
(A) 70.8 percent of Native Hawaiians who either
reside or who are eligible to reside on the Hawaiian
Home Lands have incomes that fall below the median
family income; and
(B) 50 percent of Native Hawaiians who either
reside or who are eligible to reside on the Hawaiian
Home Lands have incomes below 30 percent of the median
family income;
(9) \1/3\ of those Native Hawaiians who are eligible to
reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands pay more than 30 percent of
their income for shelter, and \1/2\ of those Native Hawaiians
face overcrowding;
(10) the extraordinarily severe housing needs of Native
Hawaiians demonstrate that Native Hawaiians who either reside
on, or are eligible to reside on, Hawaiian Home Lands have been
denied equal access to Federal low-income housing assistance
programs available to other qualified residents of the United
States, and that a more effective means of addressing their
housing needs must be authorized;
(11) consistent with the recommendations of the National
Commission on American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native
Hawaiian Housing, and in order to address the continuing
prevalence of extraordinarily severe housing needs among Native
Hawaiians who either reside or are eligible to reside on the
Hawaiian Home Lands, Congress finds it necessary to extend the
Federal low-income housing assistance available to American
Indians and Alaska Natives under the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101
et seq.) to those Native Hawaiians;
(12) under the treatymaking power of the United States,
Congress had the constitutional authority to confirm a treaty
between the United States and the government that represented
the Hawaiian people, and from 1826 until 1893, the United
States recognized the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii,
extended full diplomatic recognition to the Hawaiian
Government, and entered into treaties and conventions with the
Hawaiian monarchs to govern commerce and navigation in 1826,
1842, 1849, 1875, and 1887;
(13) the United States has recognized and reaffirmed that--
(A) Native Hawaiians have a cultural, historic, and
land-based link to the indigenous people who exercised
sovereignty over the Hawaiian Islands, and that group
has never relinquished its claims to sovereignty or its
sovereign lands;
(B) Congress does not extend services to Native
Hawaiians because of their race, but because of their
unique status as the indigenous people of a once
sovereign nation as to whom the United States has
established a trust relationship;
(C) Congress has also delegated broad authority to
administer a portion of the Federal trust
responsibility to the State of Hawaii;
(D) the political status of Native Hawaiians is
comparable to that of American Indians and Alaska
Natives; and
(E) the aboriginal, indigenous people of the United
States have--
(i) a continuing right to autonomy in their
internal affairs; and
(ii) an ongoing right of self-determination
and self-governance that has never been
extinguished;
(14) the political relationship between the United States
and the Native Hawaiian people has been recognized and
reaffirmed by the United States as evidenced by the inclusion
of Native Hawaiians in--
(A) the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 2291 et seq.);
(B) the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (42
U.S.C. 1996 et seq.);
(C) the National Museum of the American Indian Act
(20 U.S.C. 80q et seq.);
(D) the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
(E) the National Historic Preservation Act (16
U.S.C. 470 et seq.);
(F) the Native American Languages Act of 1992 (106
Stat. 3434);
(G) the American Indian, Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian Culture and Arts Development Act (20 U.S.C.
4401 et seq.);
(H) the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.); and
(I) the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001
et seq.); and
(15) in the area of housing, the United States has
recognized and reaffirmed the political relationship with the
Native Hawaiian people through--
(A) the enactment of the Hawaiian Homes Commission
Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.), which set aside
approximately 200,000 acres of public lands that became
known as Hawaiian Home Lands in the Territory of Hawaii
that had been ceded to the United States for
homesteading by Native Hawaiians in order to
rehabilitate a landless and dying people;
(B) the enactment of the Act entitled ``An Act to
provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into
the Union'', approved March 18, 1959 (73 Stat. 4)--
(i) by ceding to the State of Hawaii title
to the public lands formerly held by the United
States, and mandating that those lands be held
in public trust, for the betterment of the
conditions of Native Hawaiians, as that term is
defined in section 201 of the Hawaiian Homes
Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.);
and
(ii) by transferring the United States
responsibility for the administration of
Hawaiian Home Lands to the State of Hawaii, but
retaining the authority to enforce the trust,
including the exclusive right of the United
States to consent to any actions affecting the
lands which comprise the corpus of the trust
and any amendments to the Hawaiian Homes
Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.),
enacted by the legislature of the State of
Hawaii affecting the rights of beneficiaries
under the Act;
(C) the authorization of mortgage loans insured by
the Federal Housing Administration for the purchase,
construction, or refinancing of homes on Hawaiian Home
Lands under the National Housing Act (Public Law 479;
73d Congress; 12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
(D) authorizing Native Hawaiian representation on
the National Commission on American Indian, Alaska
Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing under Public Law
101-235;
(E) the inclusion of Native Hawaiians in the
definition under section 3764 of title 38, United
States Code, applicable to subchapter V of chapter 37
of title 38, United States Code (relating to a housing
loan program for Native American veterans); and
(F) the enactment of the Hawaiian Home Lands
Recovery Act (109 Stat. 357; 48 U.S.C. 491, note prec.)
which establishes a process for the conveyance of
Federal lands to the Department of Hawaiian Homes Lands
that are equivalent in value to lands acquired by the
United States from the Hawaiian Home Lands inventory.
SEC. 513. HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``TITLE VIII--HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS
``SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS.
``In this title:
``(1) Department of hawaiian home lands; department.--The
term `Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' or `Department' means
the agency or department of the government of the State of
Hawaii that is responsible for the administration of the
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.).
``(2) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director of
the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
``(3) Elderly families; near-elderly families.--
``(A) In general.--The term `elderly family' or
`near-elderly family' means a family whose head (or his
or her spouse), or whose sole member, is--
``(i) for an elderly family, an elderly
person; or
``(ii) for a near-elderly family, a near-
elderly person.
``(B) Certain families included.--The term `elderly
family' or `near-elderly family' includes--
``(i) two or more elderly persons or near-
elderly persons, as the case may be, living
together; and
``(ii) one or more persons described in
clause (i) living with one or more persons
determined under the housing plan to be
essential to their care or well-being.
``(4) Hawaiian home lands.--The term `Hawaiian Home Lands'
means lands that--
``(A) have the status as Hawaiian home lands under
section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act,
1920(42 Stat. 110); or
``(B) are acquired pursuant to that Act.
``(5) Housing area.--The term `housing area' means an area
of Hawaiian Home Lands with respect to which the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands is authorized to provide assistance for
affordable housing under this Act.
``(6) Housing entity.--The term `housing entity' means the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
``(7) Housing plan.--The term `housing plan' means a plan
developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
``(8) Median income.--The term `median income' means, with
respect to an area that is a Hawaiian housing area, the greater
of--
``(A) the median income for the Hawaiian housing
area, which shall be determined by the Secretary; or
``(B) the median income for the State of Hawaii.
``(9) Native hawaiian.--The term `Native Hawaiian' means
any individual who is--
``(A) a citizen of the United States; and
``(B) a descendant of the aboriginal people, who,
prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in
the area that currently constitutes the State of
Hawaii, as evidenced by--
``(i) genealogical records;
``(ii) verification by kupuna (elders) or
kama'aina (long-term community residents); or
``(iii) birth records of the State of
Hawaii.
``SEC. 802. BLOCK GRANTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ACTIVITIES.
``(a) Grant Authority.--For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall
(to the extent amounts are made available to carry out this title) make
a grant under this title to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to
carry out affordable housing activities for Native Hawaiian families
who are eligible to reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands.
``(b) Plan Requirement.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make a grant under
this title to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for a
fiscal year only if--
``(A) the Director has submitted to the Secretary a
housing plan for that fiscal year; and
``(B) the Secretary has determined under section
804 that the housing plan complies with the
requirements of section 803.
``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the applicability of
the requirements under paragraph (1), in part, if the Secretary
finds that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has not
complied or cannot comply with those requirements due to
circumstances beyond the control of the Department of Hawaiian
Home Lands.
``(c) Use of Affordable Housing Activities Under Plan.--Except as
provided in subsection (e), amounts provided under a grant under this
section may be used only for affordable housing activities under this
title that are consistent with a housing plan approved under section
804.
``(d) Administrative Expenses.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, by regulation,
authorize the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to use a
percentage of any grant amounts received under this title for
any reasonable administrative and planning expenses of the
Department relating to carrying out this title and activities
assisted with those amounts.
``(2) Administrative and planning expenses.--The
administrative and planning expenses referred to in paragraph
(1) include--
``(A) costs for salaries of individuals engaged in
administering and managing affordable housing
activities assisted with grant amounts provided under
this title; and
``(B) expenses incurred in preparing a housing plan
under section 803.
``(e) Public-Private Partnerships.--The Director shall make all
reasonable efforts, consistent with the purposes of this title, to
maximize participation by the private sector, including nonprofit
organizations and for-profit entities, in implementing a housing plan
that has been approved by the Secretary under section 803.
``SEC. 803. HOUSING PLAN.
``(a) Plan Submission.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) require the Director to submit a housing plan under
this section for each fiscal year; and
``(2) provide for the review of each plan submitted under
paragraph (1).
``(b) Five-Year Plan.--Each housing plan under this section shall--
``(1) be in a form prescribed by the Secretary; and
``(2) contain, with respect to the 5-year period beginning
with the fiscal year for which the plan is submitted, the
following information:
``(A) Mission statement.--A general statement of
the mission of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to
serve the needs of the low-income families to be served
by the Department.
``(B) Goal and objectives.--A statement of the
goals and objectives of the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands to enable the Department to serve the needs
identified in subparagraph (A) during the period.
``(C) Activities plans.--An overview of the
activities planned during the period including an
analysis of the manner in which the activities will
enable the Department to meet its mission, goals, and
objectives.
``(c) One-Year Plan.--A housing plan under this section shall--
``(1) be in a form prescribed by the Secretary; and
``(2) contain the following information relating to the
fiscal year for which the assistance under this title is to be
made available:
``(A) Goals and objectives.--A statement of the
goals and objectives to be accomplished during the
period covered by the plan.
``(B) Statement of needs.--A statement of the
housing needs of the low-income families served by the
Department and the means by which those needs will be
addressed during the period covered by the plan,
including--
``(i) a description of the estimated
housing needs and the need for assistance for
the low-income families to be served by the
Department, including a description of the
manner in which the geographical distribution
of assistance is consistent with--
``(I) the geographical needs of
those families; and
``(II) needs for various categories
of housing assistance; and
``(ii) a description of the estimated
housing needs for all families to be served by
the Department.
``(C) Financial resources.--An operating budget for
the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, in a form
prescribed by the Secretary, that includes--
``(i) an identification and a description
of the financial resources reasonably available
to the Department to carry out the purposes of
this title, including an explanation of the
manner in which amounts made available will be
used to leverage additional resources; and
``(ii) the uses to which the resources
described in clause (i) will be committed,
including--
``(I) eligible and required
affordable housing activities; and
``(II) administrative expenses.
``(D) Affordable housing resources.--A statement of
the affordable housing resources currently available at
the time of the submittal of the plan and to be made
available during the period covered by the plan,
including--
``(i) a description of the significant
characteristics of the housing market in the
State of Hawaii, including the availability of
housing from other public sources, private
market housing;
``(ii) the manner in which the
characteristics referred to in clause (i)
influence the decision of the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands to use grant amounts to be
provided under this title for--
``(I) rental assistance;
``(II) the production of new units;
``(III) the acquisition of existing
units; or
``(IV) the rehabilitation of units;
``(iii) a description of the structure,
coordination, and means of cooperation between
the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and any
other governmental entities in the development,
submission, or implementation of housing plans,
including a description of--
``(I) the involvement of private,
public, and nonprofit organizations and
institutions;
``(II) the use of loan guarantees
under section 184A of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992; and
``(III) other housing assistance
provided by the United States,
including loans, grants, and mortgage
insurance;
``(iv) a description of the manner in which
the plan will address the needs identified
pursuant to subparagraph (C);
``(v) a description of--
``(I) any existing or anticipated
homeownership programs and rental
programs to be carried out during the
period covered by the plan; and
``(II) the requirements and
assistance available under the programs
referred to in subclause (I);
``(vi) a description of--
``(I) any existing or anticipated
housing rehabilitation programs
necessary to ensure the long-term
viability of the housing to be carried
out during the period covered by the
plan; and
``(II) the requirements and
assistance available under the programs
referred to in subclause (I);
``(vii) a description of--
``(I) all other existing or
anticipated housing assistance provided
by the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands during the period covered by the
plan, including--
``(aa) transitional
housing;
``(bb) homeless housing;
``(cc) college housing; and
``(dd) supportive services
housing; and
``(II) the requirements and
assistance available under such
programs;
``(viii)(I) a description of any housing to
be demolished or disposed of;
``(II) a timetable for that demolition or
disposition; and
``(III) any other information required by
the Secretary with respect to that demolition
or disposition;
``(ix) a description of the manner in which
the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will
coordinate with welfare agencies in the State
of Hawaii to ensure that residents of the
affordable housing will be provided with access
to resources to assist in obtaining employment
and achieving self-sufficiency;
``(x) a description of the requirements
established by the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands to--
``(I) promote the safety of
residents of the affordable housing;
``(II) facilitate the undertaking
of crime prevention measures;
``(III) allow resident input and
involvement, including the
establishment of resident
organizations; and
``(IV) allow for the coordination
of crime prevention activities between
the Department and local law
enforcement officials; and
``(xi) a description of the entities that
will carry out the activities under the plan,
including the organizational capacity and key
personnel of the entities.
``(E) Certification of compliance.--Evidence of
compliance that shall include, as appropriate--
``(i) a certification that the Department
of Hawaiian Home Lands will comply with--
``(I) title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.)
or with the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
3601 et seq.) in carrying out this
title, to the extent that such title is
applicable; and
``(II) other applicable Federal
statutes;
``(ii) a certification that the Department
will require adequate insurance coverage for
housing units that are owned and operated or
assisted with grant amounts provided under this
title, in compliance with such requirements as
may be established by the Secretary;
``(iii) a certification that policies are
in effect and are available for review by the
Secretary and the public governing the
eligibility, admission, and occupancy of
families for housing assisted with grant
amounts provided under this title;
``(iv) a certification that policies are in
effect and are available for review by the
Secretary and the public governing rents
charged, including the methods by which such
rents or homebuyer payments are determined, for
housing assisted with grant amounts provided
under this title; and
``(v) a certification that policies are in
effect and are available for review by the
Secretary and the public governing the
management and maintenance of housing assisted
with grant amounts provided under this title.
``(d) Applicability of Civil Rights Statutes.--
``(1) In general.--To the extent that the requirements of
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et
seq.) or of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) apply
to assistance provided under this title, nothing in the
requirements concerning discrimination on the basis of race
shall be construed to prevent the provision of assistance under
this title--
``(A) to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on
the basis that the Department served Native Hawaiians;
or
``(B) to an eligible family on the basis that the
family is a Native Hawaiian family.
``(2) Civil rights.--Program eligibility under this title
may be restricted to Native Hawaiians. Subject to the preceding
sentence, no person may be discriminated against on the basis
of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial
status, or disability.
``(e) Use of Nonprofit Organizations.--As a condition of receiving
grant amounts under this title, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
shall, to the extent practicable, provide for private nonprofit
organizations experienced in the planning and development of affordable
housing for Native Hawaiians to carry out affordable housing activities
with those grant amounts.
``SEC. 804. REVIEW OF PLANS.
``(a) Review and Notice.--
``(1) Review.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a
review of a housing plan submitted to the Secretary
under section 803 to ensure that the plan complies with
the requirements of that section.
``(B) Limitation.--The Secretary shall have the
discretion to review a plan referred to in subparagraph
(A) only to the extent that the Secretary considers
that the review is necessary.
``(2) Notice.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after
receiving a plan under section 803, the Secretary shall
notify the Director of the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands whether the plan complies with the requirements
under that section.
``(B) Effect of failure of secretary to take
action.--For purposes of this title, if the Secretary
does not notify the Director, as required under this
subsection and subsection (b), upon the expiration of
the 60-day period described in subparagraph (A)--
``(i) the plan shall be considered to have
been determined to comply with the requirements
under section 803; and
``(ii) the Director shall be considered to
have been notified of compliance.
``(b) Notice of Reasons for Determination of Noncompliance.--If the
Secretary determines that a plan submitted under section 803 does not
comply with the requirements of that section, the Secretary shall
specify in the notice under subsection (a)--
``(1) the reasons for noncompliance; and
``(2) any modifications necessary for the plan to meet the
requirements of section 803.
``(c) Review.--
``(1) In general.--After the Director of the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands submits a housing plan under section 803,
or any amendment or modification to the plan to the Secretary,
to the extent that the Secretary considers such action to be
necessary to make a determination under this subsection, the
Secretary shall review the plan (including any amendments or
modifications thereto) to determine whether the contents of the
plan--
``(A) set forth the information required by section
803 to be contained in the housing plan;
``(B) are consistent with information and data
available to the Secretary; and
``(C) are not prohibited by or inconsistent with
any provision of this Act or any other applicable law.
``(2) Incomplete plans.--If the Secretary determines under
this subsection that any of the appropriate certifications
required under section 803(c)(2)(E) are not included in a plan,
the plan shall be considered to be incomplete.
``(d) Updates to Plan.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), after a plan
under section 803 has been submitted for a fiscal year, the
Director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands may comply
with the provisions of that section for any succeeding fiscal
year (with respect to information included for the 5-year
period under section 803(b) or for the 1-year period under
section 803(c)) by submitting only such information regarding
such changes as may be necessary to update the plan previously
submitted.
``(2) Complete plans.--The Director shall submit a complete
plan under section 803 not later than 4 years after submitting
an initial plan under that section, and not less frequently
than every 4 years thereafter.
``(e) Effective Date.--This section and section 803 shall take
effect on the date provided by the Secretary pursuant to section 807(a)
to provide for timely submission and review of the housing plan as
necessary for the provision of assistance under this title for fiscal
year 2001.
``SEC. 805. TREATMENT OF PROGRAM INCOME AND LABOR STANDARDS.
``(a) Program Income.--
``(1) Authority to retain.--The Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands may retain any program income that is realized from any
grant amounts received by the Department under this title if--
``(A) that income was realized after the initial
disbursement of the grant amounts received by the
Department; and
``(B) the Director agrees to use the program income
for affordable housing activities in accordance with
the provisions of this title.
``(2) Prohibition of reduction of grant.--The Secretary may
not reduce the grant amount for the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands based solely on--
``(A) whether the Department retains program income
under paragraph (1); or
``(B) the amount of any such program income
retained.
``(3) Exclusion of amounts.--The Secretary may, by
regulation, exclude from consideration as program income any
amounts determined to be so small that compliance with the
requirements of this subsection would create an unreasonable
administrative burden on the Department.
``(b) Labor Standards.--
``(1) In general.--Any contract or agreement for
assistance, sale, or lease pursuant to this title shall
contain--
``(A) a provision requiring that an amount not less
than the wages prevailing in the locality, as
determined or adopted (subsequent to a determination
under applicable State or local law) by the Secretary,
shall be paid to all architects, technical engineers,
draftsmen, technicians employed in the development and
all maintenance, and laborers and mechanics employed in
the operation, of the affordable housing project
involved; and
``(B) a provision that an amount not less than the
wages prevailing in the locality, as predetermined by
the Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Act commonly
known as the `Davis-Bacon Act' (46 Stat. 1494; chapter
411; 40 U.S.C. 276a et seq.) shall be paid to all
laborers and mechanics employed in the development of
the affordable housing involved.
``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) and provisions relating to
wages required under paragraph (1) in any contract or agreement
for assistance, sale, or lease under this title, shall not
apply to any individual who performs the services for which the
individual volunteered and who is not otherwise employed at any
time in the construction work and received no compensation or
is paid expenses, reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee for
those services.
``SEC. 806. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Release of funds.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may carry out the
alternative environmental protection procedures
described in subparagraph (B) in order to ensure--
``(i) that the policies of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law that
further the purposes of such Act (as specified
in regulations issued by the Secretary) are
most effectively implemented in connection with
the expenditure of grant amounts provided under
this title; and
``(ii) to the public undiminished
protection of the environment.
``(B) Alternative environmental protection
procedure.--In lieu of applying environmental
protection procedures otherwise applicable, the
Secretary may by regulation provide for the release of
funds for specific projects to the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands if the Director of the Department
assumes all of the responsibilities for environmental
review, decisionmaking, and action under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), and such other provisions of law as the
regulations of the Secretary specify, that would apply
to the Secretary were the Secretary to undertake those
projects as Federal projects.
``(2) Regulations.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall issue
regulations to carry out this section only after
consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality.
``(B) Contents.--The regulations issued under this
paragraph shall--
``(i) provide for the monitoring of the
environmental reviews performed under this
section;
``(ii) in the discretion of the Secretary,
facilitate training for the performance of such
reviews; and
``(iii) provide for the suspension or
termination of the assumption of
responsibilities under this section.
``(3) Effect on assumed responsibility.--The duty of the
Secretary under paragraph (2)(B) shall not be construed to
limit or reduce any responsibility assumed by the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands for grant amounts with respect to any
specific release of funds.
``(b) Procedure.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall authorize the
release of funds subject to the procedures under this section
only if, not less than 15 days before that approval and before
any commitment of funds to such projects, the Director of the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands submits to the Secretary a
request for such release accompanied by a certification that
meets the requirements of subsection (c).
``(2) Effect of approval.--The approval of the Secretary of
a certification described in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to
satisfy the responsibilities of the Secretary under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.) and such other provisions of law as the regulations of
the Secretary specify to the extent that those responsibilities
relate to the releases of funds for projects that are covered
by that certification.
``(c) Certification.--A certification under the procedures under
this section shall--
``(1) be in a form acceptable to the Secretary;
``(2) be executed by the Director of the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands;
``(3) specify that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
has fully carried out its responsibilities as described under
subsection (a); and
``(4) specify that the Director--
``(A) consents to assume the status of a
responsible Federal official under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.) and each provision of law specified in
regulations issued by the Secretary to the extent that
those laws apply by reason of subsection (a); and
``(B) is authorized and consents on behalf of the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Director to
accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts for the
purpose of enforcement of the responsibilities of the
Director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands as
such an official.
``SEC. 807. REGULATIONS.
``The Secretary shall issue final regulations necessary to carry
out this title not later than October 1, 2001.
``SEC. 808. EFFECTIVE DATE.
``Except as otherwise expressly provided in this title, this title
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of the American
Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000.
``SEC. 809. AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES.
``(a) National Objectives and Eligible Families.--
``(1) Primary objective.--The national objectives of this
title are--
``(A) to assist and promote affordable housing
activities to develop, maintain, and operate affordable
housing in safe and healthy environments for occupancy
by low-income Native Hawaiian families;
``(B) to ensure better access to private mortgage
markets and to promote self-sufficiency of low-income
Native Hawaiian families;
``(C) to coordinate activities to provide housing
for low-income Native Hawaiian families with Federal,
State and local activities to further economic and
community development;
``(D) to plan for and integrate infrastructure
resources on the Hawaiian Home Lands with housing
development; and
``(E) to--
``(i) promote the development of private
capital markets; and
``(ii) allow the markets referred to in
clause (i) to operate and grow, thereby
benefiting Native Hawaiian communities.
``(2) Eligible families.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided under
subparagraph (B), assistance for eligible housing
activities under this title shall be limited to low-
income Native Hawaiian families.
``(B) Exception to low-income requirement.--
``(i) In general.--The Director may provide
assistance for homeownership activities under--
``(I) section 810(b);
``(II) model activities under
section 810(f); or
``(III) loan guarantee activities
under section 184A of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992 to
Native Hawaiian families who are not
low-income families, to the extent that
the Secretary approves the activities
under that section to address a need
for housing for those families that
cannot be reasonably met without that
assistance.
``(ii) Limitations.--The Secretary shall
establish limitations on the amount of
assistance that may be provided under
this title for activities for families that are not low-income
families.
``(C) Other families.--Notwithstanding paragraph
(1), the Director may provide housing or housing
assistance provided through affordable housing
activities assisted with grant amounts under this title
to a family that is not composed of Native Hawaiians
if--
``(i) the Department determines that the
presence of the family in the housing involved
is essential to the well-being of Native
Hawaiian families; and
``(ii) the need for housing for the family
cannot be reasonably met without the
assistance.
``(D) Preference.--
``(i) In general.--A housing plan submitted
under section 803 may authorize a preference,
for housing or housing assistance provided
through affordable housing activities assisted
with grant amounts provided under this title to
be provided, to the extent practicable, to
families that are eligible to reside on the
Hawaiian Home Lands.
``(ii) Application.--In any case in which a
housing plan provides for preference described
in clause (i), the Director shall ensure that
housing activities that are assisted with grant
amounts under this title are subject to that
preference.
``(E) Use of nonprofit organizations.--As a
condition of receiving grant amounts under this title,
the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, shall to the
extent practicable, provide for private nonprofit
organizations experienced in the planning and
development of affordable housing for Native Hawaiians
to carry out affordable housing activities with those
grant amounts.
``SEC. 810. ELIGIBLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES.
``(a) In General.--Affordable housing activities under this section
are activities conducted in accordance with the requirements of section
811 to--
``(1) develop or to support affordable housing for rental
or homeownership; or
``(2) provide housing services with respect to affordable
housing, through the activities described in subsection (b).
``(b) Activities.--The activities described in this subsection are
the following:
``(1) Development.--The acquisition, new construction,
reconstruction, or moderate or substantial rehabilitation of
affordable housing, which may include--
``(A) real property acquisition;
``(B) site improvement;
``(C) the development of utilities and utility
services;
``(D) conversion;
``(E) demolition;
``(F) financing;
``(G) administration and planning; and
``(H) other related activities.
``(2) Housing services.--The provision of housing-related
services for affordable housing, including--
``(A) housing counseling in connection with rental
or homeownership assistance;
``(B) the establishment and support of resident
organizations and resident management corporations;
``(C) energy auditing;
``(D) activities related to the provisions of self-
sufficiency and other services; and
``(E) other services related to assisting owners,
tenants, contractors, and other entities participating
or seeking to participate in other housing activities
assisted pursuant to this section.
``(3) Housing management services.--The provision of
management services for affordable housing, including--
``(A) the preparation of work specifications;
``(B) loan processing;
``(C) inspections;
``(D) tenant selection;
``(E) management of tenant-based rental assistance;
and
``(F) management of affordable housing projects.
``(4) Crime prevention and safety activities.--The
provision of safety, security, and law enforcement measures and
activities appropriate to protect residents of affordable
housing from crime.
``(5) Model activities.--Housing activities under model
programs that are--
``(A) designed to carry out the purposes of this
title; and
``(B) specifically approved by the Secretary as
appropriate for the purpose referred to in subparagraph
(A).
``SEC. 811. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
``(a) Rents.--
``(1) Establishment.--Subject to paragraph (2), as a
condition to receiving grant amounts under this title, the
Director shall develop written policies governing rents and
homebuyer payments charged for dwelling units assisted under
this title, including methods by which such rents and homebuyer
payments are determined.
``(2) Maximum rent.--In the case of any low-income family
residing in a dwelling unit assisted with grant amounts under
this title, the monthly rent or homebuyer payment (as
applicable) for that dwelling unit may not exceed 30 percent of
the monthly adjusted income of that family.
``(b) Maintenance and Efficient Operation.--
``(1) In general.--The Director shall, using amounts of any
grants received under this title, reserve and use for operating
under section 810 such amounts as may be necessary to provide
for the continued maintenance and efficient operation of such
housing.
``(2) Disposal of certain housing.--This subsection may not
be construed to prevent the Director, or any entity funded by
the Department, from demolishing or disposing of housing,
pursuant to regulations established by the Secretary.
``(c) Insurance Coverage.--As a condition to receiving grant
amounts under this title, the Director shall require adequate insurance
coverage for housing units that are owned or operated or assisted with
grant amounts provided under this title.
``(d) Eligibility for Admission.--As a condition to receiving grant
amounts under this title, the Director shall develop written policies
governing the eligibility, admission, and occupancy of families for
housing assisted with grant amounts provided under this title.
``(e) Management and Maintenance.--As a condition to receiving
grant amounts under this title, the Director shall develop policies
governing the management and maintenance of housing assisted with grant
amounts under this title.
``SEC. 812. TYPES OF INVESTMENTS.
``(a) In General.--Subject to section 811 and an applicable housing
plan approved under section 803, the Director shall have--
``(1) the discretion to use grant amounts for affordable
housing activities through the use of--
``(A) equity investments;
``(B) interest-bearing loans or advances;
``(C) noninterest-bearing loans or advances;
``(D) interest subsidies;
``(E) the leveraging of private investments; or
``(F) any other form of assistance that the
Secretary determines to be consistent with the purposes
of this title; and
``(2) the right to establish the terms of assistance
provided with funds referred to in paragraph (1).
``(b) Investments.--The Director may invest grant amounts for the
purposes of carrying out affordable housing activities in investment
securities and other obligations, as approved by the Secretary.
``SEC. 813. LOW-INCOME REQUIREMENT AND INCOME TARGETING.
``(a) In General.--Housing shall qualify for affordable housing for
purposes of this title only if--
``(1) each dwelling unit in the housing--
``(A) in the case of rental housing, is made
available for occupancy only by a family that is a low-
income family at the time of the initial occupancy of
that family of that unit; and
``(B) in the case of housing for homeownership, is
made available for purchase only by a family that is a
low-income family at the time of purchase; and
``(2) each dwelling unit in the housing will remain
affordable, according to binding commitments satisfactory to
the Secretary, for--
``(A) the remaining useful life of the property (as
determined by the Secretary) without regard to the term
of the mortgage or to transfer of ownership; or
``(B) such other period as the Secretary determines
is the longest feasible period of time consistent with
sound economics and the purposes of this title, except
upon a foreclosure by a lender (or upon other transfer
in lieu of foreclosure) if that action--
``(i) recognizes any contractual or legal
rights of any public agency, nonprofit sponsor,
or other person or entity to take an action
that would--
``(I) avoid termination of low-
income affordability, in the case of
foreclosure; or
``(II) transfer ownership in lieu
of foreclosure; and
``(ii) is not for the purpose of avoiding
low-income affordability restrictions, as
determined by the Secretary.
``(b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), housing assisted
pursuant to section 809(a)(2)(B) shall be considered affordable housing
for purposes of this title.
``SEC. 814. LEASE REQUIREMENTS AND TENANT SELECTION.
``(a) Leases.--Except to the extent otherwise provided by or
inconsistent with the laws of the State of Hawaii, in renting dwelling
units in affordable housing assisted with grant amounts provided under
this title, the Director, owner, or manager shall use leases that--
``(1) do not contain unreasonable terms and conditions;
``(2) require the Director, owner, or manager to maintain
the housing in compliance with applicable housing codes and
quality standards;
``(3) require the Director, owner, or manager to give
adequate written notice of termination of the lease, which
shall be the period of time required under applicable State or
local law;
``(4) specify that, with respect to any notice of eviction
or termination, notwithstanding any State or local law, a
resident shall be informed of the opportunity, before any
hearing or trial, to examine any relevant documents, record, or
regulations directly related to the eviction or termination;
``(5) require that the Director, owner, or manager may not
terminate the tenancy, during the term of the lease, except for
serious or repeated violation of the terms and conditions of
the lease, violation of applicable Federal, State, or local
law, or for other good cause; and
``(6) provide that the Director, owner, or manager may
terminate the tenancy of a resident for any activity, engaged
in by the resident, any member of the household of the
resident, or any guest or other person under the control of the
resident, that--
``(A) threatens the health or safety of, or right
to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by, other
residents or employees of the Department, owner, or
manager;
``(B) threatens the health or safety of, or right
to peaceful enjoyment of their premises by, persons
residing in the immediate vicinity of the premises; or
``(C) is criminal activity (including drug-related
criminal activity) on or off the premises.
``(b) Tenant or Homebuyer Selection.--As a condition to receiving
grant amounts under this title, the Director shall adopt and use
written tenant and homebuyer selection policies and criteria that--
``(1) are consistent with the purpose of providing housing
for low-income families;
``(2) are reasonably related to program eligibility and the
ability of the applicant to perform the obligations of the
lease; and
``(3) provide for--
``(A) the selection of tenants and homebuyers from
a written waiting list in accordance with the policies
and goals set forth in an applicable housing plan
approved under section 803; and
``(B) the prompt notification in writing of any
rejected applicant of the grounds for that rejection.
``SEC. 815. REPAYMENT.
``If the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands uses grant amounts to
provide affordable housing under activities under this title and, at
any time during the useful life of the housing, the housing does not
comply with the requirement under section 813(a)(2), the Secretary
shall--
``(1) reduce future grant payments on behalf of the
Department by an amount equal to the grant amounts used for
that housing (under the authority of section 819(a)(2)); or
``(2) require repayment to the Secretary of any amount
equal to those grant amounts.
``SEC. 816. ANNUAL ALLOCATION.
``For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate any amounts
made available for assistance under this title for the fiscal year, in
accordance with the formula established pursuant to section 817 to the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands if the Department complies with the
requirements under this title for a grant under this title.
``SEC. 817. ALLOCATION FORMULA.
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall, by regulation issued not
later than the expiration of the 6-month period beginning on the date
of the enactment of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity
Act of 2000, in the manner provided under section 807, establish a
formula to provide for the allocation of amounts available for a fiscal
year for block grants under this title in accordance with the
requirements of this section.
``(b) Factors for Determination of Need.--The formula under
subsection (a) shall be based on factors that reflect the needs for
assistance for affordable housing activities, including--
``(1) the number of low-income dwelling units owned or
operated at the time pursuant to a contract between the
Director and the Secretary;
``(2) the extent of poverty and economic distress and the
number of Native Hawaiian families eligible to reside on the
Hawaiian Home Lands; and
``(3) any other objectively measurable conditions that the
Secretary and the Director may specify.
``(c) Other Factors for Consideration.--In establishing the formula
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider the relative
administrative capacities of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and
other challenges faced by the Department, including--
``(1) geographic distribution within Hawaiian Home Lands;
and
``(2) technical capacity.
``(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date
of the enactment of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity
Act of 2000.
``SEC. 818. REMEDIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
``(a) Actions by Secretary Affecting Grant Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (b), if
the Secretary finds after reasonable notice and opportunity for
a hearing that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has failed
to comply substantially with any provision of this title, the
Secretary shall--
``(A) terminate payments under this title to the
Department;
``(B) reduce payments under this title to the
Department by an amount equal to the amount of such
payments that were not expended in accordance with this
title; or
``(C) limit the availability of payments under this
title to programs, projects, or activities not affected
by such failure to comply.
``(2) Actions.--If the Secretary takes an action under
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall continue that action until the Secretary determines that
the failure by the Department to comply with the provision has
been remedied by the Department and the Department is in
compliance with that provision.
``(b) Noncompliance Because of a Technical Incapacity.--The
Secretary may provide technical assistance for the Department, either
directly or indirectly, that is designed to increase the capability and
capacity of the Director of the Department to administer assistance
provided under this title in compliance with the requirements under
this title if the Secretary makes a finding under subsection (a), but
determines that the failure of the Department to comply substantially
with the provisions of this title--
``(1) is not a pattern or practice of activities
constituting willful noncompliance; and
``(2) is a result of the limited capability or capacity of
the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
``(c) Referral for Civil Action.--
``(1) Authority.--In lieu of, or in addition to, any action
that the Secretary may take under subsection (a), if the
Secretary has reason to believe that the Department of Hawaiian
Home Lands has failed to comply substantially with any
provision of this title, the Secretary may refer the matter to
the Attorney General of the United States with a recommendation
that an appropriate civil action be instituted.
``(2) Civil action.--Upon receiving a referral under
paragraph (1), the Attorney General may bring a civil action in
any United States district court of appropriate jurisdiction
for such relief as may be appropriate, including an action--
``(A) to recover the amount of the assistance
furnished under this title that was not expended in
accordance with this title; or
``(B) for mandatory or injunctive relief.
``(d) Review.--
``(1) In general.--If the Director receives notice under
subsection (a) of the termination, reduction, or limitation of
payments under this Act, the Director--
``(A) may, not later than 60 days after receiving
such notice, file with the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, or in the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, a
petition for review of the action of the Secretary; and
``(B) upon the filing of any petition under
subparagraph (A), shall forthwith transmit copies of
the petition to the Secretary and the Attorney General
of the United States, who shall represent the Secretary
in the litigation.
``(2) Procedure.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall file in the
court a record of the proceeding on which the Secretary
based the action, as provided in section 2112 of title
28, United States Code.
``(B) Objections.--No objection to the action of
the Secretary shall be considered by the court unless
the Department has registered the objection before the
Secretary.
``(3) Disposition.--
``(A) Court proceedings.--
``(i) Jurisdiction of court.--The court
shall have jurisdiction to affirm or modify the
action of the Secretary or to set the action
aside in whole or in part.
``(ii) Findings of fact.--If supported by
substantial evidence on the record considered
as a whole, the findings of fact by the
Secretary shall be conclusive.
``(iii) Addition.--The court may order
evidence, in addition to the evidence submitted
for review under this subsection, to be taken
by the Secretary, and to be made part of the
record.
``(B) Secretary.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary, by reason
of the additional evidence referred to in
subparagraph (A) and filed with the court--
``(I) may--
``(aa) modify the findings
of fact of the Secretary; or
``(bb) make new findings;
and
``(II) shall file--
``(aa) such modified or new
findings; and
``(bb) the recommendation
of the Secretary, if any, for
the modification or setting
aside of the original action of
the Secretary.
``(ii) Findings.--The findings referred to
in clause (i)(II)(bb) shall, with respect to a
question of fact, be considered to be
conclusive if those findings are--
``(I) supported by substantial
evidence on the record; and
``(II) considered as a whole.
``(4) Finality.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), upon the filing of the record under
this subsection with the court--
``(i) the jurisdiction of the court shall
be exclusive; and
``(ii) the judgment of the court shall be
final.
``(B) Review by supreme court.--A judgment under
subparagraph (A) shall be subject to review by the
Supreme Court of the United States upon writ of
certiorari or certification, as provided in section
1254 of title 28, United States Code.
``SEC. 819. MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE.
``(a) Enforceable Agreements.--
``(1) In general.--The Director, through binding
contractual agreements with owners or other authorized
entities, shall ensure long-term compliance with the provisions
of this title.
``(2) Measures.--The measures referred to in paragraph (1)
shall provide for--
``(A) to the extent allowable by Federal and State
law, the enforcement of the provisions of this title by
the Department and the Secretary; and
``(B) remedies for breach of the provisions
referred to in paragraph (1).
``(b) Periodic Monitoring.--
``(1) In general.--Not less frequently than annually, the
Director shall review the activities conducted and housing
assisted under this title to assess compliance with the
requirements of this title.
``(2) Review.--Each review under paragraph (1) shall
include onsite inspection of housing to determine compliance
with applicable requirements.
``(3) Results.--The results of each review under paragraph
(1) shall be--
``(A) included in a performance report of the
Director submitted to the Secretary under section 820;
and
``(B) made available to the public.
``(c) Performance Measures.--The Secretary shall establish such
performance measures as may be necessary to assess compliance with the
requirements of this title.
``SEC. 820. PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
``(a) Requirement.--For each fiscal year, the Director shall--
``(1) review the progress the Department has made during
that fiscal year in carrying out the housing plan submitted by
the Department under section 803; and
``(2) submit a report to the Secretary (in a form
acceptable to the Secretary) describing the conclusions of the
review.
``(b) Content.--Each report submitted under this section for a
fiscal year shall--
``(1) describe the use of grant amounts provided to the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for that fiscal year;
``(2) assess the relationship of the use referred to in
paragraph (1) to the goals identified in the housing plan;
``(3) indicate the programmatic accomplishments of the
Department; and
``(4) describe the manner in which the Department would
change its housing plan submitted under section 803 as a result
of its experiences.
``(c) Submissions.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) establish a date for submission of each report under
this section;
``(2) review each such report; and
``(3) with respect to each such report, make
recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate to carry
out the purposes of this title.
``(d) Public Availability.--
``(1) Comments by beneficiaries.--In preparing a report
under this section, the Director shall make the report publicly
available to the beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission
Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.) and give a sufficient amount
of time to permit those beneficiaries to comment on that report
before it is submitted to the Secretary (in such manner and at
such time as the Director may determine).
``(2) Summary of comments.--The report shall include a
summary of any comments received by the Director from
beneficiaries under paragraph (1) regarding the program to
carry out the housing plan.
``SEC. 821. REVIEW AND AUDIT BY SECRETARY.
``(a) Annual Review.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, not less frequently
than on an annual basis, make such reviews and audits as may be
necessary or appropriate to determine whether--
``(A) the Director has--
``(i) carried out eligible activities under
this title in a timely manner;
``(ii) carried out and made certifications
in accordance with the requirements and the
primary objectives of this title and with other
applicable laws; and
``(iii) a continuing capacity to carry out
the eligible activities in a timely manner;
``(B) the Director has complied with the housing
plan submitted by the Director under section 803; and
``(C) the performance reports of the Department
under section 821 are accurate.
``(2) Onsite visits.--Each review conducted under this
section shall, to the extent practicable, include onsite visits
by employees of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
``(b) Report by Secretary.--The Secretary shall give the Department
of Hawaiian Home Lands not less than 30 days to review and comment on a
report under this subsection. After taking into consideration the
comments of the Department, the Secretary may revise the report and
shall make the comments of the Department and the report with any
revisions, readily available to the public not later than 30 days after
receipt of the comments of the Department.
``(c) Effect of Reviews.--The Secretary may make appropriate
adjustments in the amount of annual grants under this title in
accordance with the findings of the Secretary pursuant to reviews and
audits under this section. The Secretary may adjust, reduce, or
withdraw grant amounts, or take other action as appropriate in
accordance with the reviews and audits of the Secretary under this
section, except that grant amounts already expended on affordable
housing activities may not be recaptured or deducted from future
assistance provided to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
``SEC. 822. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE AUDITS.
``To the extent that the financial transactions of the Department
of Hawaiian Home Lands involving grant amounts under this title relate
to amounts provided under this title, those transactions may be audited
by the Comptroller General of the United States under such regulations
as may be prescribed by the Comptroller General. The Comptroller
General of the United States shall have access to all books, accounts,
records, reports, files, and other papers, things, or property
belonging to or in use by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
pertaining to such financial transactions and necessary to facilitate
the audit.
``SEC. 823. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
``(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the conclusion of
each fiscal year in which assistance under this title is made
available, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that
contains--
``(1) a description of the progress made in accomplishing
the objectives of this title;
``(2) a summary of the use of funds available under this
title during the preceding fiscal year; and
``(3) a description of the aggregate outstanding loan
guarantees under section 184A of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992.
``(b) Related Reports.--The Secretary may require the Director to
submit to the Secretary such reports and other information as may be
necessary in order for the Secretary to prepare the report required
under subsection (a).
``SEC. 824. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development for grants under this title such sums as
may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and
2005.''.
SEC. 514. LOAN GUARANTEES.
Subtitle E of title I of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 is amended by inserting after section 184 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a)
the following:
``SEC. 184A. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Department of hawaiian home lands.--The term
`Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' means the agency or
department of the government of the State of Hawaii that is
responsible for the administration of the Hawaiian Homes
Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.).
``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a
Native Hawaiian family, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands,
the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and private nonprofit or
private for-profit organizations experienced in the planning
and development of affordable housing for Native Hawaiians.
``(3) Family.--The term `family' means one or more persons
maintaining a household, as the Secretary shall by regulation
provide.
``(4) Guarantee fund.--The term `Guarantee Fund' means the
Native Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund established under
subsection (i).
``(5) Hawaiian home lands.--The term `Hawaiian Home Lands'
means lands that--
``(A) have the status of Hawaiian Home Lands under
section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (42
Stat. 110); or
``(B) are acquired pursuant to that Act.
``(6) Native hawaiian.--The term `Native Hawaiian' means
any individual who is--
``(A) a citizen of the United States; and
``(B) a descendant of the aboriginal people, who,
prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in
the area that currently constitutes the State of
Hawaii, as evidenced by--
``(i) genealogical records;
``(ii) verification by kupuna (elders) or
kama'aina (long-term community residents); or
``(iii) birth records of the State of
Hawaii.
``(7) Office of hawaiian affairs.--The term `Office of
Hawaiian Affairs' means the entity of that name established
under the constitution of the State of Hawaii.
``(b) Authority.--To provide access to sources of private financing
to Native Hawaiian families who otherwise could not acquire housing
financing because of the unique legal status of the Hawaiian Home Lands
or as a result of a lack of access to private financial markets, the
Secretary may guarantee an amount not to exceed 100 percent of the
unpaid principal and interest that is due on an eligible loan under
subsection (b).
``(c) Eligible Loans.--Under this section, a loan is an eligible
loan if that loan meets the following requirements:
``(1) Eligible borrowers.--The loan is made only to a
borrower who is--
``(A) a Native Hawaiian family;
``(B) the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands;
``(C) the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; or
``(D) a private nonprofit organization experienced
in the planning and development of affordable housing
for Native Hawaiians.
``(2) Eligible housing.--
``(A) In general.--The loan will be used to
construct, acquire, or rehabilitate not more than 4-
family dwellings that are standard housing and are
located on Hawaiian Home Lands for which a housing plan
described in subparagraph (B) applies.
``(B) Housing plan.--A housing plan described in
this subparagraph is a housing plan that--
``(i) has been submitted and approved by
the Secretary under section 803 of the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996; and
``(ii) provides for the use of loan
guarantees under this section to provide
affordable homeownership housing on Hawaiian
Home Lands.
``(3) Security.--The loan may be secured by any collateral
authorized under applicable Federal or State law.
``(4) Lenders.--
``(A) In general.--The loan shall be made only by a
lender approved by, and meeting qualifications
established by, the Secretary, including any lender
described in subparagraph (B), except that a loan
otherwise insured or guaranteed by an agency of the
Federal Government or made by the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands from amounts borrowed from the
United States shall not be eligible for a guarantee
under this section.
``(B) Approval.--The following lenders shall be
considered to be lenders that have been approved by the
Secretary:
``(i) Any mortgagee approved by the
Secretary for participation in the single
family mortgage insurance program under title
II of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.A.
1707 et seq.).
``(ii) Any lender that makes housing loans
under chapter 37 of title 38, United States
Code, that are automatically guaranteed under
section 3702(d) of title 38, United States
Code.
``(iii) Any lender approved by the
Secretary of Agriculture to make guaranteed
loans for single family housing under the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.A. 1441 et seq.).
``(iv) Any other lender that is supervised,
approved, regulated, or insured by any agency
of the Federal Government.
``(5) Terms.--The loan shall--
``(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 years;
``(B) bear interest (exclusive of the guarantee fee
under subsection (d) and service charges, if any) at a
rate agreed upon by the borrower and the lender and
determined by the Secretary to be reasonable, but not
to exceed the rate generally charged in the area (as
determined by the Secretary) for home mortgage loans
not guaranteed or insured by any agency or
instrumentality of the Federal Government;
``(C) involve a principal obligation not
exceeding--
``(i) 97.75 percent of the appraised value
of the property as of the date the loan is
accepted for guarantee (or 98.75 percent if the
value of the property is $50,000 or less); or
``(ii) the amount approved by the Secretary
under this section; and
``(D) involve a payment on account of the
property--
``(i) in cash or its equivalent; or
``(ii) through the value of any
improvements to the property made through the
skilled or unskilled labor of the borrower, as
the Secretary shall provide.
``(d) Certificate of Guarantee.--
``(1) Approval process.--
``(A) In general.--Before the Secretary approves
any loan for guarantee under this section, the lender
shall submit the application for the loan to the
Secretary for examination.
``(B) Approval.--If the Secretary approves the
application submitted under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall issue a certificate under this
subsection as evidence of the loan guarantee approved.
``(2) Standard for approval.--The Secretary may approve a
loan for guarantee under this section and issue a certificate
under this subsection only if the Secretary determines that
there is a reasonable prospect of repayment of the loan.
``(3) Effect.--
``(A) In general.--A certificate of guarantee
issued under this subsection by the Secretary shall be
conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the loan for
guarantee under this section and the amount of that
guarantee.
``(B) Evidence.--The evidence referred to in
subparagraph (A) shall be incontestable in the hands of
the bearer.
``(C) Full faith and credit.--The full faith and
credit of the United States is pledged to the payment
of all amounts agreed to be paid by the Secretary as
security for the obligations made by the Secretary
under this section.
``(4) Fraud and misrepresentation.--This subsection may not
be construed--
``(A) to preclude the Secretary from establishing
defenses against the original lender based on fraud or
material misrepresentation; or
``(B) to bar the Secretary from establishing by
regulations that are on the date of issuance or
disbursement, whichever is earlier, partial defenses to
the amount payable on the guarantee.
``(e) Guarantee Fee.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall fix and collect a
guarantee fee for the guarantee of a loan under this section,
which may not exceed the amount equal to 1 percent of the
principal obligation of the loan.
``(2) Payment.--The fee under this subsection shall--
``(A) be paid by the lender at time of issuance of
the guarantee; and
``(B) be adequate, in the determination of the
Secretary, to cover expenses and probable losses.
``(3) Deposit.--The Secretary shall deposit any fees
collected under this subsection in the Native Hawaiian Housing
Loan Guarantee Fund established under subsection (j).
``(f) Liability Under Guarantee.--The liability under a guarantee
provided under this section shall decrease or increase on a pro rata
basis according to any decrease or increase in the amount of the unpaid
obligation under the provisions of the loan agreement involved.
``(g) Transfer and Assumption.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, any loan guaranteed under this section, including the security
given for the loan, may be sold or assigned by the lender to any
financial institution subject to examination and supervision by an
agency of the Federal Government or of any State or the District of
Columbia.
``(h) Disqualification of Lenders and Civil Money Penalties.--
``(1) In general.--
``(A) Grounds for action.--The Secretary may take
action under subparagraph (B) if the Secretary
determines that any lender or holder of a guarantee
certificate under subsection (c)--
``(i) has failed--
``(I) to maintain adequate
accounting records;
``(II) to service adequately loans
guaranteed under this section; or
``(III) to exercise proper credit
or underwriting judgment; or
``(ii) has engaged in practices otherwise
detrimental to the interest of a borrower or
the United States.
``(B) Actions.--Upon a determination by the
Secretary that a holder of a guarantee certificate
under subsection (c) has failed to carry out an
activity described in subparagraph (A)(i) or has
engaged in practices described in subparagraph (A)(ii),
the Secretary may--
``(i) refuse, either temporarily or
permanently, to guarantee any further loans
made by such lender or holder;
``(ii) bar such lender or holder from
acquiring additional loans guaranteed under
this section; and
``(iii) require that such lender or holder
assume not less than 10 percent of any loss on
further loans made or held by the lender or
holder that are guaranteed under this section.
``(2) Civil money penalties for intentional violations.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may impose a civil
monetary penalty on a lender or holder of a guarantee
certificate under subsection (d) if the Secretary
determines that the holder or lender has intentionally
failed--
``(i) to maintain adequate accounting
records;
``(ii) to adequately service loans
guaranteed under this section; or
``(iii) to exercise proper credit or
underwriting judgment.
``(B) Penalties.--A civil monetary penalty imposed
under this paragraph shall be imposed in the manner and
be in an amount provided under section 536 of the
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.A. 1735f-1) with respect
to mortgagees and lenders under that Act.
``(3) Payment on loans made in good faith.--Notwithstanding
paragraphs (1) and (2), if a loan was made in good faith, the
Secretary may not refuse to pay a lender or holder of a valid
guarantee on that loan, without regard to whether the lender or
holder is barred under this subsection.
``(i) Payment Under Guarantee.--
``(1) Lender options.--
``(A) In general.--
``(i) Notification.--If a borrower on a
loan guaranteed under this section defaults on
the loan, the holder of the guarantee
certificate shall provide written notice of the
default to the Secretary.
``(ii) Payment.--Upon providing the notice
required under clause (i), the holder of the
guarantee certificate shall be entitled to
payment under the guarantee (subject to the
provisions of this section) and may proceed to
obtain payment in one of the following manners:
``(I) Foreclosure.--
``(aa) In general.--The
holder of the certificate may
initiate foreclosure
proceedings (after providing
written notice of that action
to the Secretary).
``(bb) Payment.--Upon a
final order by the court
authorizing foreclosure and
submission to the Secretary of
a claim for payment under the
guarantee, the Secretary shall
pay to the holder of the
certificate the pro rata
portion of the amount
guaranteed (as determined
pursuant to subsection (f))
plus reasonable fees and
expenses as approved by the
Secretary.
``(cc) Subrogation.--The
rights of the Secretary shall
be subrogated to the rights of
the holder of the guarantee.
The holder shall assign the obligation and security to the Secretary.
``(II) No foreclosure.--
``(aa) In general.--Without
seeking foreclosure (or in any
case in which a foreclosure
proceeding initiated under
clause (i) continues for a
period in excess of 1 year),
the holder of the guarantee may
submit to the Secretary a
request to assign the
obligation and security
interest to the Secretary in
return for payment of the claim
under the guarantee. The
Secretary may accept assignment
of the loan if the Secretary
determines that the assignment
is in the best interest of the
United States.
``(bb) Payment.--Upon
assignment, the Secretary shall
pay to the holder of the
guarantee the pro rata portion
of the amount guaranteed (as
determined under subsection
(f)).
``(cc) Subrogation.--The
rights of the Secretary shall
be subrogated to the rights of
the holder of the guarantee.
The holder shall assign the
obligation and security to the
Secretary.
``(B) Requirements.--Before any payment under a
guarantee is made under subparagraph (A), the holder of
the guarantee shall exhaust all reasonable
possibilities of collection. Upon payment, in whole or
in part, to the holder, the note or judgment evidencing
the debt shall be assigned to the United States and the
holder shall have no further claim against the borrower
or the United States. The Secretary shall then take
such action to collect as the Secretary determines to
be appropriate.
``(2) Limitations on liquidation.--
``(A) In general.--If a borrower defaults on a loan
guaranteed under this section that involves a security
interest in restricted Hawaiian Home Land property, the
mortgagee or the Secretary shall only pursue
liquidation after offering to transfer the account to
another eligible Hawaiian family or the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands.
``(B) Limitation.--If, after action is taken under
subparagraph (A), the mortgagee or the Secretary
subsequently proceeds to liquidate the account, the
mortgagee or the Secretary shall not sell, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of or alienate the property described
in subparagraph (A) except to another eligible Hawaiian
family or to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
``(j) Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund.--
``(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury
of the United States the Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund
for the purpose of providing loan guarantees under this
section.
``(2) Credits.--The Guarantee Fund shall be credited with--
``(A) any amount, claims, notes, mortgages,
contracts, and property acquired by the Secretary under
this section, and any collections and proceeds
therefrom;
``(B) any amounts appropriated pursuant to
paragraph (7);
``(C) any guarantee fees collected under subsection
(d); and
``(D) any interest or earnings on amounts invested
under paragraph (4).
``(3) Use.--Amounts in the Guarantee Fund shall be
available, to the extent provided in appropriations Acts, for--
``(A) fulfilling any obligations of the Secretary
with respect to loans guaranteed under this section,
including the costs (as that term is defined in section
502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C.
661a)) of such loans;
``(B) paying taxes, insurance, prior liens,
expenses necessary to make fiscal adjustment in
connection with the application and transmittal of
collections, and other expenses and advances to protect
the Secretary for loans which are guaranteed under this
section or held by the Secretary;
``(C) acquiring such security property at
foreclosure sales or otherwise;
``(D) paying administrative expenses in connection
with this section; and
``(E) reasonable and necessary costs of
rehabilitation and repair to properties that the
Secretary holds or owns pursuant to this section.
``(4) Investment.--Any amounts in the Guarantee Fund
determined by the Secretary to be in excess of amounts
currently required at the time of the determination to carry
out this section may be invested in obligations of the United
States.
``(5) Limitation on commitments to guarantee loans and
mortgages.--
``(A) Requirement of appropriations.--The authority
of the Secretary to enter into commitments to guarantee
loans under this section shall be effective for any
fiscal year to the extent, or in such amounts as are,
or have been, provided in appropriations Acts, without
regard to the fiscal year for which such amounts were
appropriated.
``(B) Limitations on costs of guarantees.--The
authority of the Secretary to enter into commitments to
guarantee loans under this section shall be effective
for any fiscal year only to the extent that amounts in
the Guarantee Fund are or have been made available in appropriations
Acts to cover the costs (as that term is defined in section 502 of the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of such loan
guarantees for such fiscal year. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to
this subparagraph shall remain available until expended.
``(C) Limitation on outstanding aggregate principal
amount.--Subject to the limitations in subparagraphs
(A) and (B), the Secretary may enter into commitments
to guarantee loans under this section for each of
fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 with an
aggregate outstanding principal amount not exceeding
$100,000,000 for each such fiscal year.
``(6) Liabilities.--All liabilities and obligations of the
assets credited to the Guarantee Fund under paragraph (2)(A)
shall be liabilities and obligations of the Guarantee Fund.
``(7) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Guarantee Fund to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of
fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
``(k) Requirements for Standard Housing.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, by regulation,
establish housing safety and quality standards to be applied
for use under this section.
``(2) Standards.--The standards referred to in paragraph
(1) shall--
``(A) provide sufficient flexibility to permit the
use of various designs and materials in housing
acquired with loans guaranteed under this section; and
``(B) require each dwelling unit in any housing
acquired in the manner described in subparagraph (A)
to--
``(i) be decent, safe, sanitary, and modest
in size and design;
``(ii) conform with applicable general
construction standards for the region in which
the housing is located;
``(iii) contain a plumbing system that--
``(I) uses a properly installed
system of piping;
``(II) includes a kitchen sink and
a partitional bathroom with lavatory,
toilet, and bath or shower; and
``(III) uses water supply,
plumbing, and sewage disposal systems
that conform to any minimum standards
established by the applicable county or
State;
``(iv) contain an electrical system using
wiring and equipment properly installed to
safely supply electrical energy for adequate
lighting and for operation of appliances that
conforms to any appropriate county, State, or
national code;
``(v) be not less than the size provided
under the applicable locally adopted standards
for size of dwelling units, except that the
Secretary, upon request of the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands may waive the size
requirements under this paragraph; and
``(vi) conform with the energy performance
requirements for new construction established
by the Secretary under section 526(a) of the
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.A. 1735f-4),
unless the Secretary determines that the
requirements are not applicable.
``(l) Applicability of Civil Rights Statutes.--To the extent that
the requirements of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000d et seq.) or of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.A. 3601 et seq.)
apply to a guarantee provided under this subsection, nothing in the
requirements concerning discrimination on the basis of race shall be
construed to prevent the provision of the guarantee to an eligible
entity on the basis that the entity serves Native Hawaiian families or
is a Native Hawaiian family.''.
TITLE VI--MANUFACTURED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``Manufactured
Housing Improvement Act of 2000''.
(b) References.--Whenever in this title an amendment is expressed
in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section
or other provision of the National Manufactured Housing Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.).
SEC. 602. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
Section 602 (42 U.S.C. 5401) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 602. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
``(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
``(1) manufactured housing plays a vital role in meeting
the housing needs of the Nation; and
``(2) manufactured homes provide a significant resource for
affordable homeownership and rental housing accessible to all
Americans.
``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are--
``(1) to protect the quality, durability, safety, and
affordability of manufactured homes;
``(2) to facilitate the availability of affordable
manufactured homes and to increase homeownership for all
Americans;
``(3) to provide for the establishment of practical,
uniform, and, to the extent possible, performance-based Federal
construction standards for manufactured homes;
``(4) to encourage innovative and cost-effective
construction techniques for manufactured homes;
``(5) to protect residents of manufactured homes with
respect to personal injuries and the amount of insurance costs
and property damages in manufactured housing, consistent with
the other purposes of this section;
``(6) to establish a balanced consensus process for the
development, revision, and interpretation of Federal
construction and safety standards for manufactured homes and
related regulations for the enforcement of such standards;
``(7) to ensure uniform and effective enforcement of
Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured
homes; and
``(8) to ensure that the public interest in, and need for,
affordable manufactured housing is duly considered in all
determinations relating to the Federal standards and their
enforcement.''.
SEC. 603. DEFINITIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 603 (42 U.S.C. 5402) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``dealer'' and inserting
``retailer'';
(2) in paragraph (12), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end
and inserting a semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(14) `administering organization' means the recognized,
voluntary, private sector, consensus standards body with
specific experience in developing model residential building
codes and standards involving all disciplines regarding
construction and safety that administers the consensus
standards through a development process;
``(15) `consensus committee' means the committee
established under section 604(a)(3);
``(16) `consensus standards development process' means the
process by which additions, revisions, and interpretations to
the Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards
and enforcement regulations shall be developed and recommended
to the Secretary by the consensus committee;
``(17) `primary inspection agency' means a State agency or
private organization that has been approved by the Secretary to
act as a design approval primary inspection agency or a
production inspection primary inspection agency, or both;
``(18) `design approval primary inspection agency' means a
State agency or private organization that has been approved by
the Secretary to evaluate and either approve or disapprove
manufactured home designs and quality control procedures;
``(19) `installation standards' means reasonable
specifications for the installation of a manufactured home, at
the place of occupancy, to ensure proper siting, the joining of
all sections of the home, and the installation of
stabilization, support, or anchoring systems;
``(20) `monitoring' means the process of periodic review of
the primary inspection agencies, by the Secretary or by a State
agency under an approved State plan pursuant to section 623, in
accordance with regulations promulgated under this title,
giving due consideration to the recommendations of the
consensus committee under section 604(b), which process shall
be for the purpose of ensuring that the primary inspection
agencies are discharging their duties under this title; and
``(21) `production inspection primary inspection agency'
means a State agency or private organization that has been
approved by the Secretary to evaluate the ability of
manufactured home manufacturing plants to comply with approved
quality control procedures and with the Federal manufactured
home construction and safety standards promulgated hereunder,
including the inspection of homes in the plant.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--The National Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.)
is amended--
(1) in section 613 (42 U.S.C. 5412), by striking ``dealer''
each place it appears and inserting ``retailer'';
(2) in section 614(f) (42 U.S.C. 5413(f)), by striking
``dealer'' each place it appears and inserting ``retailer'';
(3) in section 615 (42 U.S.C. 5414)--
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``dealer''
and inserting ``retailer'';
(B) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``dealer or
dealers'' and inserting ``retailer or retailers''; and
(C) in subsections (d) and (f), by striking
``dealers'' each place it appears and inserting
``retailers'';
(4) in section 616 (42 U.S.C. 5415), by striking ``dealer''
and inserting ``retailer''; and
(5) in section 623(c)(9), by striking ``dealers'' and
inserting ``retailers''.
SEC. 604. FEDERAL MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
Section 604 (42 U.S.C. 5403) is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the
following:
``(a) Establishment.--
``(1) Authority.--The Secretary shall establish, by order,
appropriate Federal manufactured home construction and safety
standards, each of which--
``(A) shall--
``(i) be reasonable and practical;
``(ii) meet high standards of protection
consistent with the purposes of this title; and
``(iii) be performance-based and
objectively stated, unless clearly
inappropriate; and
``(B) except as provided in subsection (b), shall
be established in accordance with the consensus
standards development process.
``(2) Consensus standards and regulatory development
process.--
``(A) Initial agreement.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of the Manufactured Housing
Improvement Act of 2000, the Secretary shall enter into
a contract with an administering organization. The contractual
agreement shall--
``(i) terminate on the date on which a
contract is entered into under subparagraph
(B); and
``(ii) require the administering
organization to--
``(I) recommend the initial members
of the consensus committee under
paragraph (3);
``(II) administer the consensus
standards development process until the
termination of that agreement; and
``(III) administer the consensus
development and interpretation process
for procedural and enforcement
regulations and regulations specifying
the permissible scope and conduct of
monitoring until the termination of
that agreement.
``(B) Competitively procured contract.--Upon the
expiration of the 4-year period beginning on the date
on which all members of the consensus committee are
appointed under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall,
using competitive procedures (as such term is defined
in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy Act), enter into a competitively awarded
contract with an administering organization. The
administering organization shall administer the
consensus process for the development and
interpretation of the Federal standards, the procedural
and enforcement regulations, and regulations specifying
the permissible scope and conduct of monitoring, in
accordance with this title.
``(C) Performance review.--The Secretary--
``(i) shall periodically review the
performance of the administering organization;
and
``(ii) may replace the administering
organization with another qualified technical
or building code organization, pursuant to
competitive procedures, if the Secretary
determines in writing that the administering
organization is not fulfilling the terms of the
agreement or contract to which the
administering organization is subject or upon
the expiration of the agreement or contract.
``(3) Consensus committee.--
``(A) Purpose.--There is established a committee to
be known as the `consensus committee', which shall, in
accordance with this title--
``(i) provide periodic recommendations to
the Secretary to adopt, revise, and interpret
the Federal manufactured housing construction
and safety standards in accordance with this
subsection;
``(ii) provide periodic recommendations to
the Secretary to adopt, revise, and interpret
the procedural and enforcement regulations,
including regulations specifying the
permissible scope and conduct of monitoring in
accordance with subsection (b);
``(iii) be organized and carry out its
business in a manner that guarantees a fair
opportunity for the expression and
consideration of various positions and for
public participation; and
``(iv) be deemed to be an advisory
committee not composed of Federal employees.
``(B) Membership.--The consensus committee shall be
composed of--
``(i) 21 voting members appointed by the
Secretary, after consideration of the
recommendations of the administering
organization, from among individuals who are
qualified by background and experience to
participate in the work of the consensus
committee; and
``(ii) 1 nonvoting member appointed by the
Secretary to represent the Secretary on the
consensus committee.
``(C) Disapproval.--The Secretary shall state, in
writing, the reasons for failing to appoint any
individual recommended under paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(I).
``(D) Selection procedures and requirements.--Each
member of the consensus committee shall be appointed in
accordance with selection procedures, which shall be
based on the procedures for consensus committees
promulgated by the American National Standards
Institute (or successor organization), except that the
American National Standards Institute interest
categories shall be modified for purposes of this
paragraph to ensure equal representation on the
consensus committee of the following interest
categories:
``(i) Producers.--Seven producers or
retailers of manufactured housing.
``(ii) Users.--Seven persons representing
consumer interests, such as consumer
organizations, recognized consumer leaders, and
owners who are residents of manufactured homes.
``(iii) General interest and public
officials.--Seven general interest and public
official members.
``(E) Balancing of interests.--
``(i) In general.--In order to achieve a
proper balance of interests on the consensus
committee, the Secretary, in appointing the
members of the consensus committee--
``(I) shall ensure that all
directly and materially affected
interests have the opportunity for fair
and equitable participation without
dominance by any single interest; and
``(II) may reject the appointment
of any 1 or more individuals in order
to ensure that there is not dominance
by any single interest.
``(ii) Dominance defined.--In this
subparagraph, the term `dominance' means a
position or exercise of dominant authority,
leadership, or influence by reason of superior
leverage, strength, or representation.
``(F) Additional qualifications.--
``(i) Financial independence.--No
individual appointed under subparagraph (D)(ii)
shall have, and 3 of the individuals appointed
under subparagraph (D)(iii) shall not have--
``(I) a significant financial
interest in any segment of the
manufactured housing industry; or
``(II) a significant relationship
to any person engaged in the
manufactured housing industry.
``(ii) Post-employment ban.--Each
individual described in clause (i) shall be
subject to a ban disallowing compensation from
the manufactured housing industry during the
period of, and during the 1-year following, the
membership of the individual on the consensus
committee.
``(G) Meetings.--
``(i) Notice; open to public.--The
consensus committee shall provide advance
notice of each meeting of the consensus
committee to the Secretary and cause to be
published in the Federal Register advance
notice of each such meeting. All meetings of
the consensus committee shall be open to the
public.
``(ii) Reimbursement.--Members of the
consensus committee in attendance at meetings
of the consensus committee shall be reimbursed
for their actual expenses as authorized by
section 5703 of title 5, United States Code,
for persons employed intermittently in
Government service.
``(H) Administration.--The consensus committee and
the administering organization shall--
``(i) operate in conformance with the
procedures established by the American National
Standards Institute for the development and
coordination of American National Standards;
and
``(ii) apply to the American National
Standards Institute and take such other actions
as may be necessary to obtain accreditation
from the American National Standards Institute.
``(I) Staff and technical support.--The
administering organization shall, upon the request of
the consensus committee--
``(i) provide reasonable staff resources to
the consensus committee; and
``(ii) furnish technical support in a
timely manner to any of the interest categories
described in subparagraph (D) represented on
the consensus committee, if--
``(I) the support is necessary to
ensure the informed participation of
the consensus committee members; and
``(II) the costs of providing the
support are reasonable.
``(J) Date of initial appointments.--The initial
appointments of all of the members of the consensus
committee shall be completed not later than 90 days
after the date on which a contractual agreement under
paragraph (2)(A) is entered into with the administering
organization.
``(4) Revisions of standards.--
``(A) In general.--Beginning on the date on which
all members of the consensus committee are appointed
under paragraph (3), the consensus committee shall, not
less than once during each 2-year period--
``(i) consider revisions to the Federal
manufactured home construction and safety
standards; and
``(ii) submit proposed revised standards,
if approved in a vote of the consensus
committee by \2/3\ of the members, to the
Secretary in the form of a proposed rule,
including an economic analysis.
``(B) Publication of proposed revised standards.--
``(i) Publication by secretary.--The
consensus committee shall provide a proposed
revised standard under subparagraph (A)(ii) to
the Secretary who shall, not later than 30 days
after receipt, cause such proposed revised
standard to be published in the Federal
Register for notice and comment in accordance
with section 553 of title 5, United States
Code. Unless clause (ii) applies, the Secretary
shall provide an opportunity for public comment
on such proposed revised standard in accordance
with such section 553 and any such comments
shall be submitted directly to the consensus
committee, without delay.
``(ii) Publication of rejected proposed
revised standards.--If the Secretary rejects
the proposed revised standard, the Secretary
shall cause to be published in the Federal
Register the rejected proposed revised
standard, the reasons for rejection, and any
recommended modifications set forth.
``(C) Presentation of public comments; publication
of recommended revisions.--
``(i) Presentation.--Any public comments,
views, and objections to a proposed revised
standard published under subparagraph (B) shall
be presented by the Secretary to the consensus
committee upon their receipt and in the manner
received, in accordance with procedures
established by the American National Standards
Institute.
``(ii) Publication by the secretary.--The
consensus committee shall provide to the
Secretary any revision proposed by the
consensus committee, which the Secretary shall,
not later than 30 calendar days after receipt,
cause to be published in the Federal Register a
notice of the recommended revisions of the
consensus committee to the standards, a notice
of the submission of the recommended revisions
to the Secretary, and a description of the
circumstances under which the proposed revised
standards could become effective.
``(iii) Publication of rejected proposed
revised standards.--If the Secretary rejects
the proposed revised standard, the Secretary
shall cause to be published in the Federal
Register the rejected proposed revised
standard, the reasons for rejection, and any
recommended modifications set forth.
``(5) Review by the secretary.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall either
adopt, modify, or reject a standard, as submitted by
the consensus committee under paragraph (4)(A).
``(B) Timing.--Not later than 12 months after the
date on which a standard is submitted to the Secretary
by the consensus committee, the Secretary shall take
action regarding such standard under subparagraph (C).
``(C) Procedures.--If the Secretary--
``(i) adopts a standard recommended by the
consensus committee, the Secretary shall--
``(I) issue a final order without
further rulemaking; and
``(II) cause the final order to be
published in the Federal Register;
``(ii) determines that any standard should
be rejected, the Secretary shall--
``(I) reject the standard; and
``(II) cause to be published in the
Federal Register a notice to that
effect, together with the reason or
reasons for rejecting the proposed
standard; or
``(iii) determines that a standard
recommended by the consensus committee should
be modified, the Secretary shall--
``(I) cause to be published in the
Federal Register the proposed modified
standard, together with an explanation
of the reason or reasons for the
determination of the Secretary; and
``(II) provide an opportunity for
public comment in accordance with
section 553 of title 5, United States
Code.
``(D) Final order.--Any final standard under this
paragraph shall become effective pursuant to subsection
(c).
``(6) Failure to act.--If the Secretary fails to take final
action under paragraph (5) and to cause notice of the action to
be published in the Federal Register before the expiration of
the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the proposed
revised standard is submitted to the Secretary under paragraph
(4)(A)--
``(A) the Secretary shall appear in person before
the appropriate housing and appropriations
subcommittees and committees of the House of
Representatives and the Senate (referred to in this
paragraph as the `committees') on a date or dates to be
specified by the committees, but in no event later than
30 days after the expiration of that 12-month period,
and shall state before the committees the reasons for
failing to take final action as required under
paragraph (5); and
``(B) if the Secretary does not appear in person as
required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
thereafter, and until such time as the Secretary does
appear as required under subparagraph (A), be
prohibited from expending any funds collected under
authority of this title in an amount greater than that
collected and expended in the fiscal year immediately
preceding the date of enactment of the Manufactured
Housing Improvement Act of 2000, indexed for inflation
as determined by the Congressional Budget Office.
``(b) Other Orders.--
``(1) Regulations.--The Secretary may issue procedural and
enforcement regulations and revisions to existing regulations
as necessary to implement the provisions of this title. The
consensus committee may submit to the Secretary proposed
procedural and enforcement regulations and recommendations for
the revision of such regulations.
``(2) Interpretative bulletins.--The Secretary may issue
interpretative bulletins to clarify the meaning of any Federal
manufactured home construction and safety standard or
procedural and enforcement regulation. The consensus committee
may submit to the Secretary proposed interpretative bulletins
to clarify the meaning of any Federal manufactured home
construction and safety standard or procedural and enforcement
regulation.
``(3) Review by consensus committee.--Before issuing a
procedural or enforcement regulation or an interpretative
bulletin--
``(A) the Secretary shall--
``(i) submit the proposed procedural or
enforcement regulation or interpretative
bulletin to the consensus committee; and
``(ii) provide the consensus committee with
a period of 120 days to submit written comments
to the Secretary on the proposed procedural or
enforcement regulation or the interpretative
bulletin; and
``(B) if the Secretary rejects any significant
comment provided by the consensus committee under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide a written
explanation of the reasons for the rejection to the
consensus committee; and
``(C) following compliance with subparagraphs (A)
and (B), the Secretary shall--
``(i) cause the proposed regulation or
interpretative bulletin and the consensus
committee's written comments, along with the
Secretary's response thereto, to be published
in the Federal Register; and
``(ii) provide an opportunity for public
comment in accordance with section 553 of title
5, United States Code.
``(4) Required action.--Not later than 120 days after the
date on which the Secretary receives a proposed regulation or
interpretative bulletin submitted by the consensus committee,
the Secretary shall--
``(A) approve the proposal and cause the proposed
regulation or interpretative bulletin to be published
for public comment in accordance with section 553 of
title 5, United States Code; or
``(B) reject the proposed regulation or
interpretative bulletin and--
``(i) provide to the consensus committee a
written explanation of the reasons for
rejection; and
``(ii) cause to be published in the Federal
Register the rejected proposed regulation or
interpretive bulletin, the reasons for
rejection, and any recommended modifications
set forth.
``(5) Authority to act and emergency.--If the Secretary
determines, in writing, that such action is necessary to
address an issue on which the Secretary determines that the
consensus committee has not made a timely recommendation
following a request by the Secretary, or in order to respond to
an emergency that jeopardizes the public health or safety, the
Secretary may issue an order that is not developed under the
procedures set forth in subsection (a) or in this subsection,
if the Secretary--
``(A) provides to the consensus committee a written
description and sets forth the reasons why action is
necessary and all supporting documentation; and
``(B) issues the order after notice and an
opportunity for public comment in accordance with
section 553 of title 5, United States Code, and causes
the order to be published in the Federal Register.
``(6) Changes.--Any statement of policies, practices, or
procedures relating to construction and safety standards,
regulations, inspections, monitoring, or other enforcement
activities that constitutes a statement of general or
particular applicability to implement, interpret, or prescribe
law or policy by the Secretary is subject to subsection (a) or
this subsection. Any change adopted in violation of subsection
(a) or this subsection is void.
``(7) Transition.--Until the date on which the consensus
committee is appointed pursuant to section 604(a)(3), the
Secretary may issue proposed orders, pursuant to notice and
comment in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United
States Code, that are not developed under the procedures set
forth in this section for new and revised standards.'';
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
``Federal preemption under this subsection shall be broadly and
liberally construed to ensure that disparate State or local
requirements or standards do not affect the uniformity and
comprehensiveness of the standards promulgated under this
section nor the Federal superintendence of the manufactured
housing industry as established by this title. Subject to
section 605, there is reserved to each State the right to
establish standards for the stabilizing and support systems of
manufactured homes sited within that State, and for the
foundations on which manufactured homes sited within that State
are installed, and the right to enforce compliance with such
standards, except that such standards shall be consistent with
the purposes of this title and shall be consistent with the
design of the manufacturer.'';
(3) by striking subsection (e);
(4) in subsection (f), by striking the subsection
designation and all of the matter that precedes paragraph (1)
and inserting the following:
``(e) Considerations in Establishing and Interpreting Standards and
Regulations.--The consensus committee, in recommending standards,
regulations, and interpretations, and the Secretary, in establishing
standards or regulations or issuing interpretations under this section,
shall--'';
(5) by striking subsection (g);
(6) in the first sentence of subsection (j), by striking
``subsection (f)'' and inserting ``subsection (e)''; and
(7) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j), as
subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively.
SEC. 605. ABOLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MANUFACTURED HOME ADVISORY COUNCIL;
MANUFACTURED HOME INSTALLATION.
(a) In General.--Section 605 (42 U.S.C. 5404) is amended to read as
follows:
``SEC. 605. MANUFACTURED HOME INSTALLATION.
``(a) Provision of Installation Design and Instructions.--A
manufacturer shall provide with each manufactured home, design and
instructions for the installation of the manufactured home that have
been approved by a design approval primary inspection agency. After
establishment of model standards under subsection (b)(2), a design
approval primary inspection agency may not give such approval unless a
design and instruction provides equal or greater protection than the
protection provided under such model standards.
``(b) Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards.--
``(1) Proposed model standards.--Not later than 18 months
after the date on which the initial appointments of all of the
members of the consensus committee are completed, the consensus
committee shall develop and submit to the Secretary proposed
model manufactured home installation standards, which shall, to
the maximum extent practicable, taking into account the factors
described in section 604(e), be consistent with--
``(A) the manufactured home designs that have been
approved by a design approval primary inspection
agency; and
``(B) the designs and instructions for the
installation of manufactured homes provided by
manufacturers under subsection (a).
``(2) Establishment of model standards.--Not later than 12
months after receiving the proposed model standards submitted
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop and establish
model manufactured home installation standards, which shall, to
the maximum extent practicable, taking into account the factors
described in section 604(e), be consistent with--
``(A) the manufactured home designs that have been
approved by a design approval primary inspection
agency; and
``(B) the designs and instructions for the
installation of manufactured homes provided by
manufacturers under subsection (a).
``(3) Factors for consideration.--
``(A) Consensus committee.--In developing the
proposed model standards under paragraph (1), the
consensus committee shall consider the factors
described in section 604(e).
``(B) Secretary.--In developing and establishing
the model standards under paragraph (2), the Secretary
shall consider the factors described in section 604(e).
``(4) Issuance.--The model manufactured home installation
standards shall be issued after notice and an opportunity for
public comment in accordance with section 553 of title 5,
United States Code.
``(c) Manufactured Home Installation Programs.--
``(1) Protection of manufactured housing residents during
initial period.--During the 5-year period beginning on the date
of enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of
2000, no State or manufacturer may establish or implement any
installation standards that, in the determination of the
Secretary, provide less protection to the residents of
manufactured homes than the protection provided by the
installation standards in effect with respect to the State or
manufacturer, as applicable, on the date of enactment of the
Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000.
``(2) Installation standards.--
``(A) Establishment of installation program.--Not
later than the expiration of the 5-year period
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
establish an installation program that meets the
requirements of paragraph (3) for the enforcement of
installation standards in each State described in
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.
``(B) Implementation of installation program.--
Beginning on the expiration of the 5-year period
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
implement the installation program established under
subparagraph (A) in each State that does not have an
installation program established by State law that
meets the requirements of paragraph (3).
``(C) Contracting out of implementation.--In
carrying out subparagraph (B), the Secretary may
contract with an appropriate agent to implement the
installation program established under that
subparagraph, except that such agent shall not be a
person or entity other than a government, nor an
affiliate or subsidiary of such a person or entity,
that has entered into a contract with the Secretary to
implement any other regulatory program under this
title.
``(3) Requirements.--An installation program meets the
requirements of this paragraph if it is a program regulating
the installation of manufactured homes that includes--
``(A) installation standards that, in the
determination of the Secretary, provide protection to
the residents of manufactured homes that equals or
exceeds the protection provided to those residents by--
``(i) the model manufactured home
installation standards established by the
Secretary under subsection (b)(2); or
``(ii) the designs and instructions
provided by manufacturers under subsection (a),
if the Secretary determines that such designs
and instructions provide protection to the
residents of manufactured homes that equals or
exceeds the protection provided by the model
manufactured home installation standards
established by the Secretary under subsection
(b)(2);
``(B) the training and licensing of manufactured
home installers; and
``(C) inspection of the installation of
manufactured homes.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 623(c) (42 U.S.C. 5422(c)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (13); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
``(11) with respect to any State plan submitted on or after
the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the date of
enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000,
provides for an installation program established by State law
that meets the requirements of section 605(c)(3);''.
SEC. 606. PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Section 607 (42 U.S.C. 5406) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``to the Secretary'' after
``submit''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: ``The
Secretary shall submit such cost and other information
to the consensus committee for evaluation.'';
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ``, the consensus
committee,'' after ``public''; and
(3) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d),
respectively.
SEC. 607. RESEARCH, TESTING, DEVELOPMENT, AND TRAINING.
(a) In General.--Section 608(a) (42 U.S.C. 5407(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) encouraging the government-sponsored housing entities
to actively develop and implement secondary market
securitization programs for the FHA manufactured home loans and
those of other loan programs, as appropriate, thereby promoting
the availability of affordable manufactured homes to increase
homeownership for all people in the United States; and
``(5) reviewing the programs for FHA manufactured home
loans and developing any changes to such programs to promote
the affordability of manufactured homes, including changes in
loan terms, amortization periods, regulations, and
procedures.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 608 (42 U.S.C. 5407) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
``(1) Government-sponsored housing entities.--The term
`government-sponsored housing entities' means the Government
National Mortgage Association of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, the Federal National Mortgage Association,
and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
``(2) FHA manufactured home loan.--The term `FHA
manufactured home loan' means a loan that--
``(A) is insured under title I of the National
Housing Act and is made for the purpose of financing
alterations, repairs, or improvements on or in
connection with an existing manufactured home, the
purchase of a manufactured home, the purchase of a
manufactured home and a lot on which to place the home,
or the purchase only of a lot on which to place a
manufactured home; or
``(B) is otherwise insured under the National
Housing Act and made for or in connection with a
manufactured home.''.
SEC. 608. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Section 610(a) (42 U.S.C. 5409(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(7) after the expiration of the period specified in
section 605(c)(2)(B), fail to comply with the requirements for
the installation program required by section 605 in any State
that has not adopted and implemented a State installation
program.''.
SEC. 609. FEES.
Section 620 (42 U.S.C. 5419) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 620. AUTHORITY TO COLLECT FEE.
``(a) In General.--In carrying out inspections under this title, in
developing standards and regulations pursuant to section 604, and in
facilitating the acceptance of the affordability and availability of
manufactured housing within the Department, the Secretary may--
``(1) establish and collect from manufactured home
manufacturers a reasonable fee, as may be necessary to offset
the expenses incurred by the Secretary in connection with
carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary under this
title, including--
``(A) conducting inspections and monitoring;
``(B) providing funding to States for the
administration and implementation of approved State
plans under section 623, including reasonable funding
for cooperative educational and training programs
designed to facilitate uniform enforcement under this
title, which funds may be paid directly to the States
or may be paid or provided to any person or entity
designated to receive and disburse such funds by
cooperative agreements among participating States,
provided that such person or entity is not otherwise an
agent of the Secretary under this title;
``(C) providing the funding for a noncareer
administrator within the Department to administer the
manufactured housing program;
``(D) providing the funding for salaries and
expenses of employees of the Department to carry out
the manufactured housing program;
``(E) administering the consensus committee as set
forth in section 604;
``(F) facilitating the acceptance of the quality,
durability, safety, and affordability of manufactured
housing within the Department; and
``(G) the administration and enforcement of the
installation standards authorized by section 605 in
States in which the Secretary is required to implement
an installation program after the expiration of the 5-
year period set forth in section 605(c)(2)(B), and the
administration and enforcement of a dispute resolution
program described in section 623(c)(12) in States in
which the Secretary is required to implement such a
program after the expiration of the 5-year period set
forth in section 623(g)(2); and
``(2) subject to subsection (e), use amounts from any fee
collected under paragraph (1) of this subsection to pay
expenses referred to in that paragraph, which shall be exempt
and separate from any limitations on the Department regarding
full-time equivalent positions and travel.
``(b) Contractors.--In using amounts from any fee collected under
this section, the Secretary shall ensure that separate and independent
contractors are retained to carry out monitoring and inspection work
and any other work that may be delegated to a contractor under this
title.
``(c) Prohibited Use.--No amount from any fee collected under this
section may be used for any purpose or activity not specifically
authorized by this title, unless such activity was already engaged in
by the Secretary prior to the date of enactment of the Manufactured
Housing Improvement Act of 2000.
``(d) Modification.--Beginning on the date of enactment of the
Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, the amount of any fee
collected under this section may only be modified--
``(1) as specifically authorized in advance in an annual
appropriations Act; and
``(2) pursuant to rulemaking in accordance with section 553
of title 5, United States Code.
``(e) Appropriation and Deposit of Fees.--
``(1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of
the United States a fund to be known as the `Manufactured
Housing Fees Trust Fund' for deposit of amounts from any fee
collected under this section. Such amounts shall be held in
trust for use only as provided in this title.
``(2) Appropriation.--Amounts from any fee collected under
this section shall be available for expenditure only to the
extent approved in advance in an annual appropriations Act. Any
change in the expenditure of such amounts shall be specifically
authorized in advance in an annual appropriations Act.
``(3) Payments to states.--On and after the effective date
of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, the
Secretary shall continue to fund the States having approved
State plans in the amounts which are not less than the
allocated amounts, based on the fee distribution system in
effect on the day before such effective date.''.
SEC. 610. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
Section 623(c) (42 U.S.C. 5422(c)) is amended--
(1) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as added by the
preceding provisions of this title) the following:
``(12) with respect to any State plan submitted on or after
the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the date of
enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000,
provides for a dispute resolution program for the timely
resolution of disputes between manufacturers, retailers, and
installers of manufactured homes regarding responsibility, and
for the issuance of appropriate orders, for the correction or
repair of defects in manufactured homes that are reported
during the 1-year period beginning on the date of installation;
and''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Enforcement of Dispute Resolution Standards.--
``(1) Establishment of dispute resolution program.--Not
later than the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the
date of enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act
of 2000, the Secretary shall establish a dispute resolution
program that meets the requirements of subsection (c)(12) for
dispute resolution in each State described in paragraph (2) of
this subsection. The order establishing the dispute resolution
program shall be issued after notice and opportunity for public
comment in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United
States Code.
``(2) Implementation of dispute resolution program.--
Beginning on the expiration of the 5-year period described in
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall implement the dispute
resolution program established under paragraph (1) in each
State that has not established a dispute resolution program
that meets the requirements of subsection (c)(12).
``(3) Contracting out of implementation.--In carrying out
paragraph (2), the Secretary may contract with an appropriate
agent to implement the dispute resolution program established
under paragraph (2), except that such agent shall not be a
person or entity other than a government, nor an affiliate or
subsidiary of such a person or entity, that has entered into a
contract with the Secretary to implement any other regulatory
program under this title.''.
SEC. 611. ELIMINATION OF ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
The National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by striking section 626 (42 U.S.C. 5425); and
(2) by redesignating sections 627 and 628 (42 U.S.C. 5426,
5401 note) as sections 626 and 627, respectively.
SEC. 612. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date of
enactment of this Act, except that the amendments shall have no effect
on any order or interpretative bulletin that is issued under the
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) and published as a proposed rule pursuant
to section 553 of title 5, United States Code, on or before that date
of enactment.
SEC. 613. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.
(a) Standards and Regulations.--The Federal manufactured home
construction and safety standards (as such term is defined in section
603 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974) and all regulations pertaining thereto in effect
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act shall apply until
the effective date of a standard or regulation modifying or superseding
the existing standard or regulation that is promulgated under
subsection (a) or (b) of section 604 of the National Manufactured
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended by
this title.
(b) Contracts.--Any contract awarded pursuant to a Request for
Proposal issued before the date of enactment of this Act shall remain
in effect until the earlier of--
(1) the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act; or
(2) the expiration of the contract term.
TITLE VII--RURAL HOUSING HOMEOWNERSHIP
SEC. 701. GUARANTEES FOR REFINANCING OF RURAL HOUSING LOANS.
Section 502(h) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(13) Guarantees for refinancing loans.--
``(A) In general.--Upon the request of the
borrower, the Secretary shall, to the extent provided
in appropriation Acts and subject to subparagraph (F),
guarantee a loan that is made to refinance an existing
loan that is made under this section or guaranteed
under this subsection, and that the Secretary
determines complies with the requirements of this
paragraph.
``(B) Interest rate.--To be eligible for a
guarantee under this paragraph, the refinancing loan
shall have a rate of interest that is fixed over the
term of the loan and does not exceed the interest rate
of the loan being refinanced.
``(C) Security.--To be eligible for a guarantee
under this paragraph, the refinancing loan shall be
secured by the same single-family residence as was the
loan being refinanced, which shall be owned by the
borrower and occupied by the borrower as the principal
residence of the borrower.
``(D) Amount.--To be eligible for a guarantee under
this paragraph, the principal obligation under the
refinancing loan shall not exceed an amount equal to
the sum of the balance of the loan being refinanced and
such closing costs as may be authorized by the
Secretary, which shall include a discount not exceeding
200 basis points and an origination fee not exceeding
such amount as the Secretary shall prescribe.
``(E) Other requirements.--The provisions of the
last sentence of paragraph (1) and paragraphs (2), (5),
(6)(A), (7), and (9) shall apply to loans guaranteed
under this paragraph, and no other provisions of
paragraphs (1) through (12) shall apply to such loans.
``(F) Authority to establish limitation.--The
Secretary may establish limitations on the number of
loans guaranteed under this paragraph, which shall be
based on market conditions and other factors as the
Secretary considers appropriate.''.
SEC. 702. PROMISSORY NOTE REQUIREMENT UNDER HOUSING REPAIR LOAN
PROGRAM.
The fourth sentence of section 504(a) of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1474(a)) is amended by striking ``$2,500'' and inserting
``$7,500''.
SEC. 703. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ELIGIBILITY FOR FARM LABOR HOUSING LOANS.
The first sentence of section 514(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1484(a)) is amended by striking ``nonprofit limited
partnership'' and inserting ``limited partnership''.
SEC. 704. PROJECT ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND PRACTICES.
Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485) is amended
by striking subsection (z) and inserting the following new subsections:
``(z) Accounting and Recordkeeping Requirements.--
``(1) Accounting standards.--The Secretary shall require
that borrowers in programs authorized by this section maintain
accounting records in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles for all projects that receive funds from
loans made or guaranteed by the Secretary under this section.
``(2) Record retention requirements.--The Secretary shall
require that borrowers in programs authorized by this section
retain for a period of not less than 6 years and make available
to the Secretary in a manner determined by the Secretary, all
records required to be maintained under this subsection and
other records identified by the Secretary in applicable
regulations.
``(aa) Double Damages for Unauthorized Use of Housing Projects
Assets and Income.--
``(1) Action to recover assets or income.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may request the
Attorney General to bring an action in a United States
district court to recover any assets or income used by
any person in violation of the provisions of a loan
made or guaranteed by the Secretary under this section
or in violation of any applicable statute or
regulation.
``(B) Improper documentation.--For purposes of this
subsection, a use of assets or income in violation of
the applicable loan, loan guarantee, statute, or
regulation shall include any use for which the
documentation in the books and accounts does not
establish that the use was made for a reasonable
operating expense or necessary repair of the project or
for which the documentation has not been maintained in
accordance with the requirements of the Secretary and
in reasonable condition for proper audit.
``(C) Definition.--For the purposes of this
subsection, the term `person' means--
``(i) any individual or entity that borrows
funds in accordance with programs authorized by
this section;
``(ii) any individual or entity holding 25
percent or more interest of any entity that
borrows funds in accordance with programs
authorized by this section; and
``(iii) any officer, director, or partner
of an entity that borrows funds in accordance
with programs authorized by this section.
``(2) Amount recoverable.--
``(A) In general.--In any judgment favorable to the
United States entered under this subsection, the
Attorney General may recover double the value of the
assets and income of the project that the court
determines to have been used in violation of the
provisions of a loan made or guaranteed by the
Secretary under this section or any applicable statute
or regulation, plus all costs related to the action,
including reasonable attorney and auditing fees.
``(B) Application of recovered funds.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may use amounts recovered under this
subsection for activities authorized under this section
and such funds shall remain available for such use
until expended.
``(3) Time limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, an action under this subsection may be commenced at any
time during the 6-year period beginning on the date that the
Secretary discovered or should have discovered the violation of
the provisions of this section or any related statutes or
regulations.
``(4) Continued availability of other remedies.--The remedy
provided in this subsection is in addition to and not in
substitution of any other remedies available to the Secretary
or the United States.''.
SEC. 705. DEFINITION OF RURAL AREA.
The second sentence of section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1490) is amended--
(1) by striking ``1990 decennial census'' and inserting
``1990 or 2000 decennial census''; and
(2) by striking ``year 2000'' and inserting ``year 2010''.
SEC. 706. OPERATING ASSISTANCE FOR MIGRANT FARMWORKERS PROJECTS.
The last sentence of section 521(a)(5)(A) of the Housing Act of
1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(5)(A)) is amended by striking ``project'' and
inserting ``tenant or unit''.
SEC. 707. MULTIFAMILY RENTAL HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
Section 538 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490p-2) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ``an Indian tribe,''
after ``thereof,'';
(2) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (1) and
inserting the following new paragraph:
``(1) be made for a period of not less than 25 nor greater
than 40 years from the date the loan was made and may provide
for amortization of the loan over a period of not to exceed 40
years with a final payment of the balance due at the end of the
loan term;'';
(3) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ``(A) conveyance to
the Secretary'' and all that follows through ``(C) assignment''
and inserting ``(A) submission to the Secretary of a claim for
payment under the guarantee, and (B) assignment'';
(4) in subsection (s), by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(4) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' means--
``(A) any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other
organized group or community of Indians, including any
Alaska Native village or regional or village
corporation, as defined by or established pursuant to
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601
et seq.), that is recognized as eligible for the
special programs and services provided by the United
States to Indians because of their status as Indians
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.); or
``(B) any entity established by the governing body
of an Indian tribe described in subparagraph (A) for
the purpose of financing economic development.'';
(5) in subsection (t), by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ``to provide guarantees under this
section for eligible loans having an aggregate principal amount
of $500,000,000'';
(6) by striking subsection (l);
(7) by redesignating subsections (m) through (u) as
subsections (l) through (t), respectively; and
(8) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(u) Fee Authority.--Any amounts collected by the Secretary
pursuant to the fees charged to lenders for loan guarantees issued
under this section shall be used to offset costs (as defined by section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of loan
guarantees made under this section.
``(v) Defaults of Loans Secured by Reservation Lands.--In the event
of a default involving a loan to an Indian tribe or tribal corporation
made under this section which is secured by an interest in land within
such tribe's reservation (as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior), including a community in Alaska incorporated by the
Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act (25
U.S.C. 461 et seq.), the lender shall only pursue liquidation after
offering to transfer the account to an eligible tribal member, the
tribe, or the Indian housing authority serving the tribe. If the lender
subsequently proceeds to liquidate the account, the lender shall not
sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or alienate the property except
to one of the entities described in the preceding sentence.''.
SEC. 708. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471
et seq.) is amended by adding after section 542 the following:
``SEC. 543. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.
``(a) Equity Skimming.--
``(1) Criminal penalty.--Whoever, as an owner, agent,
employee, or manager, or is otherwise in custody, control, or
possession of property that is security for a loan made or
guaranteed under this title, willfully uses, or authorizes the
use, of any part of the rents, assets, proceeds, income, or
other funds derived from such property, for any purpose other
than to meet actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses of the
property, or for any other purpose not authorized by this title
or the regulations adopted pursuant to this title, shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not
more than 5 years, or both.
``(2) Civil sanctions.--An entity or individual who as an
owner, operator, employee, or manager, or who acts as an agent
for a property that is security for a loan made or guaranteed
under this title where any part of the rents, assets, proceeds,
income, or other funds derived from such property are used for
any purpose other than to meet actual, reasonable, and
necessary expenses of the property, or for any other purpose
not authorized by this title or the regulations adopted
pursuant to this title, shall be subject to a fine of not more
than $25,000 per violation. The sanctions provided in this
paragraph may be imposed in addition to any other civil
sanctions or civil monetary penalties authorized by law.
``(b) Civil Monetary Penalties.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may, after notice and
opportunity for a hearing, impose a civil monetary penalty in
accordance with this subsection against any individual or
entity, including its owners, officers, directors, general
partners, limited partners, or employees, who knowingly and
materially violate, or participate in the violation of, the
provisions of this title, the regulations issued by the
Secretary pursuant to this title, or agreements made in
accordance with this title, by--
``(A) submitting information to the Secretary that
is false;
``(B) providing the Secretary with false
certifications;
``(C) failing to submit information requested by
the Secretary in a timely manner;
``(D) failing to maintain the property subject to
loans made or guaranteed under this title in good
repair and condition, as determined by the Secretary;
``(E) failing to provide management for a project
which received a loan made or guaranteed under this
title that is acceptable to the Secretary; or
``(F) failing to comply with the provisions of
applicable civil rights statutes and regulations.
``(2) Conditions for renewal or extension.--The Secretary
may require that expiring loan or assistance agreements entered
into under this title shall not be renewed or extended unless
the owner executes an agreement to comply with additional
conditions prescribed by the Secretary, or executes a new loan
or assistance agreement in the form prescribed by the
Secretary.
``(3) Amount.--
``(A) In general.--The amount of a civil monetary
penalty imposed under this subsection shall not exceed
the greater of--
``(i) twice the damages the Department of
Agriculture, the guaranteed lender, or the
project that is secured for a loan under this
section suffered or would have suffered as a
result of the violation; or
``(ii) $50,000 per violation.
``(B) Determination.--In determining the amount of
a civil monetary penalty under this subsection, the
Secretary shall take into consideration--
``(i) the gravity of the offense;
``(ii) any history of prior offenses by the
violator (including offenses occurring prior to
the enactment of this section);
``(iii) the ability of the violator to pay
the penalty;
``(iv) any injury to tenants;
``(v) any injury to the public;
``(vi) any benefits received by the
violator as a result of the violation;
``(vii) deterrence of future violations;
and
``(viii) such other factors as the
Secretary may establish by regulation.
``(4) Payment of penalties.--No payment of a penalty
assessed under this section may be made from funds provided
under this title or from funds of a project which serve as
security for a loan made or guaranteed under this title.
``(5) Remedies for noncompliance.--
``(A) Judicial intervention.--If a person or entity
fails to comply with a final determination by the
Secretary imposing a civil monetary penalty under this
subsection, the Secretary may request the Attorney
General of the United States to bring an action in an
appropriate United States district court to obtain a
monetary judgment against such individual or entity and
such other relief as may be available. The monetary
judgment may, in the court's discretion, include the
attorney's fees and other expenses incurred by the
United States in connection with the action.
``(B) Reviewability of determination.--In an action
under this paragraph, the validity and appropriateness
of a determination by the Secretary imposing the
penalty shall not be subject to review.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 514 of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1484) is amended by striking subsection (j).
SEC. 709. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18 OF UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) Money Laundering.--Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ``any violation of section
543(a)(1) of the Housing Act of 1949 (relating to equity skimming),''
after ``coupons having a value of not less than $5,000,''.
(b) Obstruction of Federal Audits.--Section 1516(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``or relating to any
property that is security for a loan that is made or guaranteed under
title V of the Housing Act of 1949,'' before ``shall be fined under
this title''.
TITLE VIII--HOUSING FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED FAMILIES
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Affordable Housing for Seniors and
Families Act''.
SEC. 802. REGULATIONS.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this
title as the ``Secretary'') shall issue any regulations to carry out
this title and the amendments made by this title that the Secretary
determines may or will affect tenants of federally assisted housing
only after notice and opportunity for public comment in accordance with
the procedure under section 553 of title 5, United States Code,
applicable to substantive rules (notwithstanding subsections (a)(2),
(b)(B), and (d)(3) of such section). Notice of such proposed rulemaking
shall be provided by publication in the Federal Register. In issuing
such regulations, the Secretary shall take such actions as may be
necessary to ensure that such tenants are notified of, and provided an
opportunity to participate in, the rulemaking, as required by such
section 553.
SEC. 803. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) In General.--The provisions of this title and the amendments
made by this title are effective as of the date of enactment of this
Act, unless such provisions or amendments specifically provide for
effectiveness or applicability upon another date certain.
(b) Effect of Regulatory Authority.--Any authority in this title or
the amendments made by this title to issue regulations, and any
specific requirement to issue regulations by a date certain, may not be
construed to affect the effectiveness or applicability of the
provisions of this title or the amendments made by this title under
such provisions and amendments and subsection (a) of this section.
Subtitle A--Refinancing for Section 202 Supportive Housing for the
Elderly
SEC. 811. PREPAYMENT AND REFINANCING.
(a) Approval of Prepayment of Debt.--Upon request of the project
sponsor of a project assisted with a loan under section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959 (as in effect before the enactment of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act), the Secretary shall approve
the prepayment of any indebtedness to the Secretary relating to any
remaining principal and interest under the loan as part of a prepayment
plan under which--
(1) the project sponsor agrees to operate the project until
the maturity date of the original loan under terms at least as
advantageous to existing and future tenants as the terms
required by the original loan agreement or any rental
assistance payments contract under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (or any other rental housing
assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, including the rent supplement program under
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
(12 U.S.C. 1701s)) relating to the project; and
(2) the prepayment may involve refinancing of the loan if
such refinancing results in a lower interest rate on the
principal of the loan for the project and in reductions in debt
service related to such loan.
(b) Sources of Refinancing.--In the case of prepayment under this
section involving refinancing, the project sponsor may refinance the
project through any third party source, including financing by State
and local housing finance agencies, use of tax-exempt bonds, multi-
family mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act, reinsurance,
or other credit enhancements, including risk sharing as provided under
section 542 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12
U.S.C. 1707 note). For purposes of underwriting a loan insured under
the National Housing Act, the Secretary may assume that any section 8
rental assistance contract relating to a project will be renewed for
the term of such loan.
(c) Use of Unexpended Amounts.--Upon execution of the refinancing
for a project pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall make
available at least 50 percent of the annual savings resulting from
reduced section 8 or other rental housing assistance contracts in a
manner that is advantageous to the tenants, including--
(1) not more than 15 percent of the cost of increasing the
availability or provision of supportive services, which may
include the financing of service coordinators and congregate
services;
(2) rehabilitation, modernization, or retrofitting of
structures, common areas, or individual dwelling units;
(3) construction of an addition or other facility in the
project, including assisted living facilities (or, upon the
approval of the Secretary, facilities located in the community
where the project sponsor refinances a project under this
section, or pools shared resources from more than 1 such
project); or
(4) rent reduction of unassisted tenants residing in the
project according to a pro rata allocation of shared savings
resulting from the refinancing.
(d) Use of Certain Project Funds.--The Secretary shall allow a
project sponsor that is prepaying and refinancing a project under this
section--
(1) to use any residual receipts held for that project in
excess of $500 per individual dwelling unit for not more than
15 percent of the cost of activities designed to increase the
availability or provision of supportive services; and
(2) to use any reserves for replacement in excess of $1,000
per individual dwelling unit for activities described in
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c).
(e) Budget Act Compliance.--This section shall be effective only to
extent or in such amounts that are provided in advance in appropriation
Acts.
Subtitle B--Authorization of Appropriations for Supportive Housing for
the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities
SEC. 821. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR ELDERLY PERSONS.
Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated for providing assistance under this section such sums as
may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003.''.
SEC. 822. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended by striking subsection (m) and
inserting the following:
``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated for providing assistance under this section such sums as
may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003.''.
SEC. 823. SERVICE COORDINATORS AND CONGREGATE SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND
DISABLED HOUSING.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003, for
the following purposes:
(1) Grants for service coordinators for certain federally
assisted multifamily housing.--For grants under section 676 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
13632) for providing service coordinators.
(2) Congregate services for federally assisted housing.--
For contracts under section 802 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8011) to provide
congregate services programs for eligible residents of eligible
housing projects under subparagraphs (B) through (D) of
subsection (k)(6) of such section.
Subtitle C--Expanding Housing Opportunities for the Elderly and Persons
With Disabilities
PART 1--HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY
SEC. 831. ELIGIBILITY OF FOR-PROFIT LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS.
Section 202(k)(4) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(k)(4)) is amended by inserting after subparagraph (C) the
following:
``Such term includes a for-profit limited partnership the sole
general partner of which is an organization meeting the
requirements under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), or a
corporation wholly owned and controlled by an organization
meeting the requirements under subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C).''.
SEC. 832. MIXED FUNDING SOURCES.
Section 202(h)(6) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(h)(6)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``non-Federal sources'' and inserting
``sources other than this section''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assistance
amounts provided under this section may be treated as amounts
not derived from a Federal grant.''.
SEC. 833. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE STRUCTURES.
Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``from the Resolution
Trust Corporation''; and
(2) in subsection (h)(2)--
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``RTC
properties'' and inserting ``Acquisition''; and
(B) by striking ``from the Resolution'' and all
that follows through ``Insurance Act''.
SEC. 834. USE OF PROJECT RESERVES.
Section 202(j) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(j)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(8) Use of project reserves.--Amounts for project
reserves for a project assisted under this section may be used
for costs, subject to reasonable limitations as the Secretary
determines appropriate, for reducing the number of dwelling
units in the project. Such use shall be subject to the approval
of the Secretary to ensure that the use is designed to retrofit
units that are currently obsolete or unmarketable.''.
SEC. 835. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
Section 202(h)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(h)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Neither
this section nor any other provision of law may be construed as
prohibiting or preventing the location and operation, in a project
assisted under this section, of commercial facilities for the benefit
of residents of the project and the community in which the project is
located, except that assistance made available under this section may
not be used to subsidize any such commercial facility.''.
PART 2--HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
SEC. 841. ELIGIBILITY OF FOR-PROFIT LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS.
Section 811(k)(6) of the Housing Act of 1959 (42 U.S.C. 8013(k)(6))
is amended by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
``Such term includes a for-profit limited partnership the sole
general partner of which is an organization meeting the
requirements under subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) or a
corporation wholly owned and controlled by an organization
meeting the requirements under subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and
(D).''.
SEC. 842. MIXED FUNDING SOURCES.
Section 811(h)(5) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(h)(5)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``non-Federal sources'' and inserting
``sources other than this section''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assistance
amounts provided under this section may be treated as amounts
not derived from a Federal grant.''.
SEC. 843. TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.
Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (4) and
inserting the following:
``(4) Tenant-based rental assistance.--
``(A) Administering entities.--Tenant-based rental
assistance provided under subsection (b)(1) may be
provided only through a public housing agency that has
submitted and had approved an plan under section 7(d)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437e(d)) that provides for such assistance, or through
a private nonprofit organization. A public housing
agency shall be eligible to apply under this section
only for the purposes of providing such tenant-based
rental assistance.
``(B) Program rules.--Tenant-based rental
assistance under subsection (b)(1) shall be made
available to eligible persons with disabilities and
administered under the same rules that govern tenant-
based rental assistance made available under section 8
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, except that
the Secretary may waive or modify such rules, but only
to the extent necessary to provide for administering
such assistance under subsection (b)(1) through private
nonprofit organizations rather than through public
housing agencies.
``(C) Allocation of assistance.--In determining the
amount of assistance provided under subsection (b)(1)
for a private nonprofit organization or public housing
agency, the Secretary shall consider the needs and
capabilities of the organization or agency, in the case
of a public housing agency, as described in the plan
for the agency under section 7 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937.''; and
(2) in subsection (l)(1)--
(A) by striking ``subsection (b)'' and inserting
``subsection (b)(2)''; and
(B) by striking the last comma and all that follows
through ``subsection (n)''.
SEC. 844. USE OF PROJECT RESERVES.
Section 811(j) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Use of project reserves.--Amounts for project
reserves for a project assisted under this section may be used
for costs, subject to reasonable limitations as the Secretary
determines appropriate, for reducing the number of dwelling
units in the project. Such use shall be subject to the approval
of the Secretary to ensure that the use is designed to retrofit
units that are currently obsolete or unmarketable.''.
SEC. 845. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
Section 811(h)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(h)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ``Neither this section nor any other provision of law may be
construed as prohibiting or preventing the location and operation, in a
project assisted under this section, of commercial facilities for the
benefit of residents of the project and the community in which the
project is located, except that assistance made available under this
section may not be used to subsidize any such commercial facility.''.
PART 3--OTHER PROVISIONS
SEC. 851. SERVICE COORDINATORS.
(a) Increased Flexibility for Use of Service Coordinators in
Certain Federally Assisted Housing.--Section 676 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``multifamily
housing assisted under national housing act'' and inserting
``certain federally assisted housing'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ``(E) and
(F)'' and inserting ``(B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and
(G)''; and
(B) in the last sentence--
(i) by striking ``section 661'' and
inserting ``section 671''; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
``A service coordinator funded with a grant
under this section for a project may provide
services to low-income elderly or disabled
families living in the vicinity of such
project.'';
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) by striking ``(E) or (F)'' and inserting ``(B),
(C), (D), (E), (F), or (G)''; and
(B) by striking ``section 661'' and inserting
``section 671''; and
(4) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsection
(d) (as amended by paragraph (3) of this subsection) as
subsection (c).
(b) Requirement To Provide Service Coordinators.--Section 671 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13631) is
amended--
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking
``to carry out this subtitle pursuant to the amendments made by
this subtitle'' and inserting the following: ``for providing
service coordinators under this section'';
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ``)'' after ``section
683(2)''; and
(3) by adding at the end following:
``(e) Services for Low-Income Elderly or Disabled Families Residing
in Vicinity of Certain Projects.--To the extent only that this section
applies to service coordinators for covered federally assisted housing
described in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) of section
683(2), any reference in this section to elderly or disabled residents
of a project shall be construed to include low-income elderly or
disabled families living in the vicinity of such project.''.
(c) Protection Against Telemarketing Fraud.--
(1) Supportive housing for the elderly.--The first sentence
of section 202(g)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``and (F)'' and inserting
the following: ``(F) providing education and outreach regarding
telemarketing fraud, in accordance with the standards issued
under section 671(f) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13631(f)); and (G)''.
(2) Other federally assisted housing.--Section 671 of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
13631), as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is
further amended--
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by
inserting after ``response,'' the following:
``education and outreach regarding telemarketing fraud
in accordance with the standards issued under
subsection (f),''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Protection Against Telemarketing Fraud.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall establish
standards for service coordinators in federally assisted
housing who are providing education and outreach to elderly
persons residing in such housing regarding telemarketing fraud.
The standards shall be designed to ensure that such education
and outreach informs such elderly persons of the dangers of
telemarketing fraud and facilitates the investigation and
prosecution of telemarketers engaging in fraud against such
residents.
``(2) Contents.--The standards established under this
subsection shall require that any such education and outreach
be provided in a manner that--
``(A) informs such residents of--
``(i) the prevalence of telemarketing fraud
targeted against elderly persons;
``(ii) how telemarketing fraud works;
``(iii) how to identify telemarketing
fraud;
``(iv) how to protect themselves against
telemarketing fraud, including an explanation
of the dangers of providing bank account,
credit card, or other financial or personal
information over the telephone to unsolicited
callers;
``(v) how to report suspected attempts at
telemarketing fraud; and
``(vi) their consumer protection rights
under Federal law;
``(B) provides such other information as the
Secretary considers necessary to protect such residents
against fraudulent telemarketing; and
``(C) disseminates the information provided by
appropriate means, and in determining such appropriate
means, the Secretary shall consider on-site
presentations at federally assisted housing, public
service announcements, a printed manual or pamphlet, an
Internet website, and telephone outreach to residents
whose names appear on `mooch lists' confiscated from
fraudulent telemarketers.''.
Subtitle D--Preservation of Affordable Housing Stock
SEC. 861. SECTION 236 ASSISTANCE.
(a) Extension of Authority to Retain Excess Charges.--Section
236(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(g)), as amended
by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Subject to paragraph
(3) and notwithstanding'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding'';
and
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph
(4) as paragraph (3).
(b) Treatment of Excess Charges Previously Collected.--Any excess
charges that a project owner may retain pursuant to the amendments made
by subsections (b) and (c) of section 532 of the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-74; 113 Stat. 1116)
that have been collected by such owner since the date of the enactment
of such Appropriations Act and that such owner has not remitted to the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may be retained by such
owner unless such Secretary otherwise provides. To the extent that a
project owner has remitted such excess charges to the Secretary since
such date of enactment, the Secretary may return to the relevant
project owner any such excess charges remitted. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, amounts in the Rental Housing Assistance Fund,
or heretofore or subsequently transferred from the Rental Housing
Assistance Fund to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, shall be available to
make such return of excess charges previously remitted to the
Secretary, including the return of excess charges referred to in
section 532(e) of such Appropriations Act.
TITLE IX--OTHER RELATED HOUSING PROVISIONS
SEC. 901. EXTENSION OF LOAN TERM FOR MANUFACTURED HOME LOTS.
Section 2(b)(3)(E) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1703(b)(3)(E)) is amended by striking ``fifteen'' and inserting
``twenty''.
SEC. 902. USE OF SECTION 8 VOUCHERS FOR OPT-OUTS.
(a) In General.--Section 8(t)(2) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)(2)), as amended by the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, is amended by striking ``fiscal year
1996'' and inserting ``fiscal year 1994''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment under subsection (a) shall be
made and shall apply--
(1) upon the enactment of this Act, if the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, is enacted
before the enactment of this Act; and
(2) immediately after the enactment of such appropriations
Act, if such appropriations Act is enacted after the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 903. MAXIMUM PAYMENT STANDARD FOR ENHANCED VOUCHERS.
(a) In General.--Section 8(t)(1)(B) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)(1)(B)), as amended by the Departments
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, is amended by inserting before the
semicolon at the end the following: ``, except that a limit shall not
be considered reasonable for purposes of this subparagraph if it
adversely affects such assisted families''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment under subsection (a) shall be
made and shall apply--
(1) upon the enactment of this Act, if the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, is enacted
before the enactment of this Act; and
(2) immediately after the enactment of such appropriations
Act, if such appropriations Act is enacted after the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 904. USE OF SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE BY ``GRAND-FAMILIES'' TO RENT
DWELLING UNITS IN ASSISTED PROJECTS.
Section 215(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 12745(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(6) Waiver of qualifying rent.--
``(A) In general.--For the purpose of providing
affordable housing appropriate for families described
in subparagraph (B), the Secretary may, upon the
application of the project owner, waive the
applicability of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) with
respect to a dwelling unit if--
``(i) the unit is occupied by such a
family, on whose behalf tenant-based assistance
is provided under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);
``(ii) the rent for the unit is not greater
than the existing fair market rent for
comparable units in the area, as established by
the Secretary under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937; and
``(iii) the Secretary determines that the
waiver, together with waivers under this
paragraph for other dwelling units in the
project, will result in the use of amounts
described in clause (iii) in an effective
manner that will improve the provision of
affordable housing for such families.
``(B) Eligible families.--A family described in
this subparagraph is a family that consists of at least
one elderly person (who is the head of household) and
one or more of such person's grandchildren, great
grandchildren, great nieces, great nephews, or great
great grandchildren (as defined by the Secretary), but
does not include any parent of such grandchildren,
great grandchildren, great nieces, great nephews, or
great great grandchildren. Such term includes any such
grandchildren, great grandchildren, great nieces, great
nephews, or great great grandchildren who have been
legally adopted by such elderly person.''.
TITLE X--FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD PROVISIONS
SEC. 1001. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD BUILDINGS.
The 3rd undesignated paragraph of section 10 of the Federal Reserve
Act (12 U.S.C. 243) is amended--
(1) by inserting after the 1st sentence the following new
sentence: ``After September 1, 2000, the Board may also use
such assessments to acquire, in its own name, a site or
building (in addition to the facilities existing on such date)
to provide for the performance of the functions of the
Board.''; and
(2) in the sentences following the sentence added by the
amendment made by paragraph (1) of this section--
(A) by striking ``the site'' and inserting ``any
site''; and
(B) by inserting ``or buildings'' after
``building'' each place such term appears.
SEC. 1002. POSITIONS OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
SYSTEM ON THE EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.
(a) In General.--
(1) Positions at level i of the executive schedule.--
Section 5312 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.''.
(2) Positions at level ii of the executive schedule.--
Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``Chairman, Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System.''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``Members, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.''.
(3) Positions at level iii of the executive schedule.--
Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``Members, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.''.
(b) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period for
the Chairman and Members of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1003. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT.
(a) Repeal.--Section 2A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 225a)
is amended by striking all after the first sentence.
(b) Appearances Before and Reports to the Congress.--
(1) In general.--The Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 2A the following
new section:
``SEC. 2B. APPEARANCES BEFORE AND REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.
``(a) Appearances Before the Congress.--
(1) In general.--The Chairman of the Board shall appear
before the Congress at semi-annual hearings, as specified in
paragraph (2), regarding--
``(A) the efforts, activities, objectives and plans
of the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee with
respect to the conduct of monetary policy; and
``(B) economic developments and prospects for the
future described in the report required in subsection
(b).
``(2) Schedule.--The Chairman of the Board shall appear--
``(A) before the Committee on Banking and Financial
Services of the House of Representatives on or about
February 20 of even numbered calendar years and on or
about July 20 of odd numbered calendar years;
``(B) before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate on or about July 20 of even
numbered calendar years and on or about February 20 of
odd numbered calendar years; and
``(C) before either Committee referred to in
subparagraph (A) or (B), upon request, following the
scheduled appearance of the Chairman before the other
Committee under subparagraph (A) or (B).
``(b) Congressional Report.--The Board shall, concurrent with each
semi-annual hearing required by this section, submit a written report
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of
Representatives, containing a discussion of the conduct of monetary
policy and economic developments and prospects for the future, taking
into account past and prospective developments in employment,
unemployment, production, investment, real income, productivity,
exchange rates, international trade and payments, and prices.''.
TITLE XI--BANKING AND HOUSING AGENCY REPORTS
SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Federal Reporting Act of 2000''.
SEC. 1102. PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Section 3003(a)(1) of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset
Act of 1995 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note) shall not apply to any report
required to be submitted under any of the following provisions of law:
(1) Section 3 of the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1022).
(2) Section 309 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50
U.S.C. App. 2099).
(3) Section 603 of the Public Works and Economic
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3213).
(4) Section 7(o)(1) of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(o)(1)).
(5) Section 540(c) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1735f-18(c)).
(6) Paragraphs (2) and (6) of section 808(e) of the Civil
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)).
(7) Section 1061 of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4856).
(8) Section 203(v) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1709(v)), as added by section 504 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-550; 106 Stat. 3780).
(9) Section 802 of the Housing Act of 1954 (12 U.S.C.
1701o).
(10) Section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3536).
(11) Section 1320 of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4027).
(12) Section 4(e)(2) of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3533(e)(2)).
(13) Section 205(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1711(g)).
(14) Section 701(c)(1) of the International Financial
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d(c)(1)).
(15) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 5302(c) of title 31,
United States Code.
(16) Section 18(f)(7) of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
(15 U.S.C. 57a(f)(7)).
(17) Section 333 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States (12 U.S.C. 14).
(18) Section 3(g) of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C.
1462a(g)).
(19) Section 304 of the Appalachian Regional Development
Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App. 304).
(20) Sections 2(b)(1)(A), 8(a), 8(c), 10(g)(1), and 11(c)
of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(A),
635g(a), 635g(c), 635i-3(g), and 635i-5(c)).
(21) Section 17(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. 1827(a)).
(22) Section 13 of the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973
(12 U.S.C. 2292).
(23) Section 2B(d) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12
U.S.C. 1422b(d)).
(24) Section 1002(b) of Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1811 note).
(25) Section 8 of the Fair Credit and Charge Card
Disclosure Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 1637 note).
(26) Section 136(b)(4)(B) of the Truth in Lending Act (15
U.S.C. 1646(b)(4)(B)).
(27) Section 707 of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15
U.S.C. 1691f).
(28) Section 114 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C.
1613).
(29) The seventh undesignated paragraph of section 10 of
the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 247).
(30) The tenth undesignated paragraph of section 10 of the
Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 247a).
(31) Section 815 of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
(15 U.S.C. 1692m).
(32) Section 102(d) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12
U.S.C. 1752a(d)).
(33) Section 21B(i) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12
U.S.C. 1441b(i)).
(34) Section 607(a) of the Housing and Community
Development Amendments of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8106(a)).
(35) Section 708(l) of the Defense Production Act of 1950
(50 U.S.C. Ap. 2158(l)).
(36) Section 2546 of the Comprehensive Thrift and Bank
Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C.
522 note).
(37) Section 202(b)(8) of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1708(b)(8)).
SEC. 1103. COORDINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.--Section 17(a) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1827(a)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Coordination with other report requirements.--The
report required under this subsection shall include the report
required under section 18(f)(7) of the Federal Trade Commission
Act.''.
(b) Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.--The 7th
undesignated paragraph of section 10 of the Federal Reserve Act (12
U.S.C. 247) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``The report required under this paragraph shall include the reports
required under section 707 of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, section
18(f)(7) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, section 114 of the Truth
in Lending Act, and the 10th undesignated paragraph of this section.''.
(c) Comptroller of the Currency.--Section 333 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States (12 U.S.C. 14) is amended by adding at
the end the following new sentence: ``The report required under this
section shall include the report required under section 18(f)(7) of the
Federal Trade Commission Act.''.
(d) Export-Import Bank.--
(1) In general.-- Section 2(b)(1)(A) of the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(A)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``a annual'' and inserting ``an
annual''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``The annual report required under this
subparagraph shall include the report required under
section 10(g).''.
(2) Technical and conforming amendment.--Section 10(g)(1)
of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635i-3(g)(1))
is amended--
(A) by striking ``On or'' and all that follows
through ``the Bank'' and inserting ``The Bank''; and
(B) by striking ``a report'' and inserting ``an
annual report''.
(e) Department of Housing and Urban Development.--Section 8 of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3536) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The report
required under this section shall include the reports required under
paragraphs (2) and (6) of section 808(e) of the Civil Rights Act of
1968, the reports required under subsections (a) and (b) of section
1061 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, the report
required under section 802 of the Housing Act of 1954, and the report
required under section 4(e)(2) of this Act.''.
(f) Federal Housing Administration.--Section 203(v) of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(v)), as added by section 504 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992, is amended by adding at the end
the following new sentence:
``The report required under this subsection shall include the report
required under section 540(c) and the report required under section
205(g).''.
(g) International Financial Institutions Act.--Section 701(c)(1) of
the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d(c)(1)) is
amended by striking ``Not later'' and all that follows through
``quarterly'' and inserting ``The Secretary of the Treasury shall
report annually''.
SEC. 1104. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Export-Import Bank.--The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12
U.S.C. 635 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 2(b)(1)(D)--
(A) by striking ``(i)''; and
(B) by striking clause (ii);
(2) in section 2(b)(8), by striking the last sentence;
(3) in section 6(b), by striking paragraph (2) and
redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and
(4) in section 8, by striking subsections (b) and (d) and
redesignating subsections (c) and (e) as subsections (b) and
(c), respectively.
(b) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.--Section 17 of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1827) is amended by striking
subsection (h).
TITLE XII--FINANCIAL REGULATORY RELIEF
SEC. 1200. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Financial Regulatory Relief and
Economic Efficiency Act of 2000''.
Subtitle A--Improving Monetary Policy and Financial Institution
Management Practices
SEC. 1201. REPEAL OF SAVINGS ASSOCIATION LIQUIDITY PROVISION.
(a) Repeal of Liquidity Provision.--Section 6 of the Home Owners'
Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1465) is hereby repealed.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 5.--Section 5(c)(1)(M) of the Home Owners' Loan
Act (12 U.S.C. 1464(c)(1)(M)) is amended to read as follows:
``(M) Liquidity investments.--Investments (other
than equity investments), identified by the Director,
for liquidity purposes, including cash, funds on
deposit at a Federal reserve bank or a Federal home
loan bank, or bankers' acceptances.''.
(2) Section 10.--Section 10(m)(4)(B)(iii) of the Home
Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a(m)(4)(B)(iii)) is amended by
inserting ``as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of the Financial Regulatory Relief and Economic
Efficiency Act of 2000,'' after ``Loan Act,''.
SEC. 1202. NONCONTROLLING INVESTMENTS BY SAVINGS ASSOCIATION HOLDING
COMPANIES.
Section 10(e)(1)(A)(iii) of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C.
1467a(e)(1)(A)(iii)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``, except with the prior written approval
of the Director,'' after ``or to retain''; and
(2) by striking ``so acquire or retain'' and inserting
``acquire or retain, and the Director may not authorize
acquisition or retention of,''.
SEC. 1203. REPEAL OF DEPOSIT BROKER NOTIFICATION AND RECORDKEEPING
REQUIREMENT.
Section 29A of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831f-
1) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 1204. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN REORGANIZATIONS.
The National Bank Consolidation and Merger Act (12 U.S.C. 215 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating section 5 as section 7; and
(2) by inserting after section 4 the following new section:
``SEC. 5. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN REORGANIZATIONS.
``(a) In General.--A national bank may, with the approval of the
Comptroller, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the
Comptroller, and upon the affirmative vote of the shareholders of such
bank owning at least two-thirds of its capital stock outstanding,
reorganize so as to become a subsidiary of a bank holding company or of
a company that will, upon consummation of such reorganization, become a
bank holding company.
``(b) Reorganization Plan.--A reorganization authorized under
subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with a reorganization
plan that--
``(1) specifies the manner in which the reorganization
shall be carried out;
``(2) is approved by a majority of the entire board of
directors of the national bank;
``(3) specifies--
``(A) the amount of cash or securities of the bank
holding company, or both, or other consideration to be
paid to the shareholders of the reorganizing bank in
exchange for their shares of stock of the bank;
``(B) the date as of which the rights of each
shareholder to participate in such exchange will be
determined; and
``(C) the manner in which the exchange will be
carried out; and
``(4) is submitted to the shareholders of the reorganizing
bank at a meeting to be held on the call of the directors in
accordance with the procedures prescribed in connection with a
merger of a national bank under section 3.
``(c) Rights of Dissenting Shareholders.--If, pursuant to this
section, a reorganization plan has been approved by the shareholders
and the Comptroller, any shareholder of the bank who has voted against
the reorganization at the meeting referred to in subsection (b)(4), or
has given notice in writing at or prior to that meeting to the
presiding officer that the shareholder dissents from the reorganization
plan, shall be entitled to receive the value of his or her shares, as
provided by section 3 for the merger of a national bank.
``(d) Effect of Reorganization.--The corporate existence of a
national bank that reorganizes in accordance with this section shall
not be deemed to have been affected in any way by reason of such
reorganization.
``(e) Approval Under the Bank Holding Company Act.--This section
does not affect in any way the applicability of the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956 to a transaction described in subsection (a).''.
SEC. 1205. NATIONAL BANK DIRECTORS.
(a) Amendments to the Revised Statutes.--Section 5145 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States (12 U.S.C. 71) is amended--
(1) by striking ``for one year'' and inserting ``for a
period of not more than 3 years''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ``In accordance
with regulations issued by the Comptroller of the Currency, a
national bank may adopt bylaws that provide for staggering the
terms of its directors.''.
(b) Amendment to the Banking Act of 1933.--Section 31 of the
Banking Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C. 71a) is amended in the first sentence,
by inserting before the period ``, except that the Comptroller of the
Currency may, by regulation or order, exempt a national bank from the
25-member limit established by this section''.
SEC. 1206. AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL BANK CONSOLIDATION AND MERGER ACT.
The National Bank Consolidation and Merger Act (12 U.S.C. 215 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5, as added by this title,
the following new section:
``SEC. 6. MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS WITH SUBSIDIARIES AND NONBANK
AFFILIATES.
``(a) In General.--Upon the approval of the Comptroller, a national
bank may merge with 1 or more of its nonbank subsidiaries or
affiliates.
``(b) Scope.--Nothing in this section shall be construed--
``(1) to affect the applicability of section 18(c) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act; or
``(2) to grant a national bank any power or authority that
is not permissible for a national bank under other applicable
provisions of law.
``(c) Regulations.--The Comptroller shall promulgate regulations to
implement this section.''.
SEC. 1207. LOANS ON OR PURCHASES BY INSTITUTIONS OF THEIR OWN STOCK;
AFFILIATIONS.
(a) Amendment to the Revised Statutes.--Section 5201 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States (12 U.S.C. 83) is amended to read as
follows:
``SEC. 5201. LOANS BY BANK ON ITS OWN STOCK.
``(a) General Prohibition.--No national bank shall make any loan or
discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock.
``(b) Exclusion.--For purposes of this section, a national bank
shall not be deemed to be making a loan or discount on the security of
the shares of its own capital stock if it acquires the stock to prevent
loss upon a debt previously contracted for in good faith.''.
(b) Amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.--Section 18 of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (t), as added by section
730 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Public Law 106-102; 113
Stat. 1476), as subsection (u); and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(v) Loans by Insured Institutions on Their Own Stock.--
``(1) General prohibition.--No insured depository
institution may make any loan or discount on the security of
the shares of its own capital stock.
``(2) Exclusion.--For purposes of this subsection, an
insured depository institution shall not be deemed to be making
a loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own
capital stock if it acquires the stock to prevent loss upon a
debt previously contracted for in good faith.''.
SEC. 1208. PURCHASED MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS.
Section 475 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Improvement Act of 1991 (12 U.S.C. 1828 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``(or such other
percentage exceeding 90 percent but not exceeding 100 percent,
as may be determined under subsection (b))'' after ``90
percent'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
(c) and (d), respectively, and by inserting after subsection
(a) the following new subsection:
``(b) Authority To Determine Percentage by Which To Discount Value
of Servicing Rights.--The appropriate Federal banking agencies may
allow readily marketable purchased mortgage servicing rights to be
valued at more than 90 percent of their fair market value but at not
more than 100 percent of such value, if such agencies jointly make a
finding that such valuation would not have an adverse effect on the
deposit insurance funds or the safety and soundness of insured
depository institutions.''; and
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ``and'' and inserting
``, `deposit insurance fund', and''.
Subtitle B--Streamlining Activities of Institutions
SEC. 1211. CALL REPORT SIMPLIFICATION.
(a) Modernization of Call Report Filing and Disclosure System.--In
order to reduce the administrative requirements pertaining to bank
reports of condition, savings association financial reports, and bank
holding company consolidated and parent-only financial statements, and
to improve the timeliness of such reports and statements, the Federal
banking agencies shall--
(1) work jointly to develop a system under which--
(A) insured depository institutions and their
affiliates may file such reports and statements
electronically; and
(B) the Federal banking agencies may make such
reports and statements available to the public
electronically; and
(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, report to the Congress and make recommendations for
legislation that would enhance efficiency for filers and users
of such reports and statements.
(b) Uniform Reports and Simplification of Instructions.--The
Federal banking agencies shall, consistent with the principles of
safety and soundness, work jointly--
(1) to adopt a single form for the filing of core
information required to be submitted under Federal law to all
such agencies in the reports and statements referred to in
subsection (a); and
(2) to simplify instructions accompanying such reports and
statements and to provide an index to the instructions that is
adequate to meet the needs of both filers and users.
(c) Review of Call Report Schedule.--Each Federal banking agency
shall--
(1) review the information required by schedules
supplementing the core information referred to in subsection
(b); and
(2) eliminate requirements that are not warranted for
reasons of safety and soundness or other public purposes.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Federal banking
agency'' has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
Subtitle C--Streamlining Agency Actions
SEC. 1221. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE DISCLOSURE OF FAIR MARKET VALUE
OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
Section 37(a)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
1831n(a)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (D).
SEC. 1222. PAYMENT OF INTEREST IN RECEIVERSHIPS WITH SURPLUS FUNDS.
Section 11(d)(10) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
1821(d)(10)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) Rulemaking authority of corporation.--The
Corporation may prescribe such rules, including
definitions of terms, as it deems appropriate to
establish a single uniform interest rate for or to make
payments of post insolvency interest to creditors
holding proven claims against the receivership estates
of insured Federal or State depository institutions
following satisfaction by the receiver of the principal
amount of all creditor claims.''.
SEC. 1223. REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON DIFFERENCES IN ACCOUNTING
STANDARDS.
Section 37(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
1831n(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Each'' and all that
follows through ``a report'' and inserting ``The Federal
banking agencies shall jointly submit an annual report''; and
(2) by inserting ``any'' before ``such agency'' each place
that term appears.
SEC. 1224. EXTENSION OF TIME.
Section 6(a)(1) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C.
1426(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``1 year'' and inserting ``18
months''.
Subtitle D--Technical Corrections
SEC. 1231. TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATING TO DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Section 2707 of the Deposit Insurance Funds Act of
1996 (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-496) is amended--
(1) by striking ``7(b)(2)(C)'' and inserting
``7(b)(2)(E)''; and
(2) by striking ``, as redesignated by section 2704(d)(6)
of this subtitle''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be
deemed to have the same effective date as section 2707 of the Deposit
Insurance Funds Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-496).
SEC. 1232. RULES FOR CONTINUATION OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE FOR MEMBER BANKS
CONVERTING CHARTERS.
Section 8(o) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
1818(o)) is amended in the second sentence, by striking ``subsection
(d) of section 4'' and inserting ``subsection (c) or (d) of section
4''.
SEC. 1233. AMENDMENTS TO THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Waiver of Citizenship Requirement for National Bank
Directors.--Section 5146 of the Revised Statutes of the United States
(12 U.S.C. 72) is amended in the first sentence, by inserting before
the period ``, and waive the requirement of citizenship in the case of
not more than a minority of the total number of directors''.
(b) Technical Amendment to the Revised Statutes.--Section 329 of
the Revised Statutes of the United States (12 U.S.C. 11) is amended by
striking ``to be interested in any association issuing national
currency under the laws of the United States'' and inserting ``to hold
an interest in any national bank''.
(c) Repeal of Unnecessary Capital and Surplus Requirement.--Section
5138 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (12 U.S.C. 51) is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 1234. CONFORMING CHANGE TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANKING ACT OF 1978.
Section 4(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C.
3102(b)) is amended in the second sentence, by striking paragraph (1)
and by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (1)
through (3), respectively.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11576-11577, S11602-11607)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11577-11607)
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