April 5, 2000 (9:30 a.m.)
Amendments Submitted to H.R. 1776,
American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act(in alphabetical order) Andrews #15 Permits state probation offices to collect and hold in trust the money equal to the present value of unpaid child support for the rest of the child's period of entitlement. These monies would be collected from the sale proceeds of the parent at the time of the home sale, or the refinancing proceeds at the time of refinancing.
Andrews #16 Makes HUD's rules regarding lead testing standards more stringent by: (1) requiring lead inspection/risk assessment and appropriate lead hazard reduction for all day care centers housed in pre-1978 buildings; (2) requiring lead inspection/risk assessment as a part of all real estate transactions for residential housing built before 1978; and (3) requiring any contractor engaged in work on a pre-1978 property to have at least one day of lead awareness training or a full state certification course.
Andrews #17 Excludes certain veterans' compensation and pension amounts from consideration as adjusted income for purposes of determining the amount of rent paid by a family for a dwelling unit assisted under the United States Housing Act.
Andrews #18 Requires that anyone who certifies an FHA financed home for energy efficiency must be "an accredited home energy rating system provider."
Baca #28 Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should consult with other agencies to make additional properties available for law enforcement officers, teachers, and fire fighters.
Bentsen #11 Clarifies Title VI of the bill as it relates to the selection criteria for the Homeownership Zone Grant program and provides that the Department of Housing and Urban Development may not reject an applicant who meets the selection criteria solely on the basis that the homeownership zone is located in an unincorporated area.
Coburn #21 Strikes Section 404 - Homeownership for municipal employees.
Coburn #22 Strikes Section 505 - Homeownership for municipal employees.
Coburn #23 Strikes Section 203.
Coburn #24 Expands availability of housing assistance provided under Section 203 to the following individuals: those employed by a tax-exempt entity, employed by the Government of the United States; those employed as a member of an organization under the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board and those individuals who are an employee or have a financial interest in a small business; or those who qualify for the child care tax credit.
Coburn #25 Expands availability of housing assistance provided under Section 505 to the following individuals: those employed by a tax-exempt entity, employed by the Government of the United States; those employed as a member of an organization under the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board and those individuals who are an employee or have a financial interest in a small business; or those who qualify for the child care tax credit.
Coburn #26 Expands availability of housing assistance provided under Section 404 to any individual residing in the community that has received CDBG funds provided that they meet the other conditions established in the bill.
Frank #3 Amends existing law to require the Secretary to make available information regarding manufactured housing defects and other information that the Secretary determines will assist in carrying out the Title within 60 days of the request; requires that within 7 days of a request for information, the Secretary will notify all parties who have asked to be notified of such request, to give them the opportunity to comment on the information being released and in providing information, the Secretary must comply with FOIA and Privacy Act protections governing the release of information, and must establish a process by which to verify and ensure the reliability of the information being provided.
Inslee #19 Increase the authorization of appropriations level for self-help housing providers from $25,000,000 to $40,000,000.
Jackson-Lee #4 Requires each grantee and each general local government receiving Community Development Block Grant Funds to maintain and update annually, an analysis of impediments to fair housing and a fair housing action plan. The Secretary of HUD shall monitor compliance with this requirement by regulation establishing the standards, requirements for analysis, and penalties for non-compliance.
Jackson-Lee #5 Requires the Secretary of HUD to establish and appoint members to a Task Force on Sub-prime and Predatory Lending Practices. The Task Force shall study and examine predatory lending practices in the United States, as well as, report to Congress within one year after enactment of the bill the results and recommendations of their findings.
Leach/Lazio #29 Manager's Amendment. Amends Section 205 to include law enforcement officers, teachers as presently incorporated in the reported bill, and firefighters; amends Section 249 of the Natl. Housing Act and allows Community Development Financial Institutions, along with Private Mortgage Insurance Companies to engage in risk-sharing activities with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration single family mortgage insurance programs; amends Section 211 of the bill to require a report, within 3 months after the date of enactment, on the Title I Home Improvement Loan Program with recommendations for improvements; expands housing assistance for native Hawaiians by extending to them the same type of federal housing programs available to American Indians and Alaska Natives; amends Section 1006 of the bill by striking subparagraph (u)(2) that allows the USDA Secretary to use excess guarantee fees to offset administering costs; enhances the Secretary of HUD's authority over the appointment of members to the consensus committee by requiring that the administering organization "recommend" consensus committee members to the Secretary as opposed to "appointing" members to the consensus committee contingent upon approval by the Secretary; clarifies the findings and purposes section of the bill by inserting language to protect the quality, durability, safety and affordability of manufactured homes and protect residents with respect to personal injury and the amount of insurance costs and property damage in manufactured homes; addresses concerns over states' rights issues regarding primary inspection agencies' roles in inspecting homes at the manufacturing plants and monitoring homes once they reach retail sites; incorporates language to address concerns about changes in the distribution of manufactured program fees to states; and addresses concerns of conflicts of interest by requiring the Secretary to retain at least three separate and independent contractors to carry out the work of Title XI. LATE
Miller(Gary) #20 Modifies the eligible local housing authority definition for the HUD Public Housing Drug Elimination Program Grants to include local housing authorities that can show evidence, through local efforts between the housing authority and police department, that they were able to eliminate drug and crime problems in public housing.
Paul/Kilpatrick #13 Amends the Community Development Block Grant program to prohibit the use of funds for "activities involving the acquisition of church property, unless the consent of the governing body of the church is obtained."
Rush #6 Adds nurses to section 203 of the bill; allows the Secretary of HHS to define the term "nurse", which includes nurses employed in hospitals and nursing homes; specifies that under the bill, nurses would be required to live in the jurisdiction where the hospital, nursing home or other place of nursing employment is located.
Rush #7 Adds nurses to section 404 of the bill which shall include nurses employed in hospitals and nursing homes.
Sanchez #10 Allows shared housing agencies to run background checks on applicants in order to ensure the safety of their clients and creates a penalty for referral service employees that abuse background checking privileges and relieves services using background checks from civil liability.
Shays/Nadler/Crowley/Morella #8 Increases the funding authorization for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA) program from $260 million to $292 million for fiscal year 2001.
Shays/Meek (FL) #9 Increases authorization for the Community Development Block Grant to $5.52 billion in FY01, a 15% increase over the FY00 appropriation.
Souder #12 Allows religious organizations to compete for the block grants provided in the bill on the same basis that other private organizations compete.
Traficant #1 Authorizes $35 million special purpose Community Development Block Grant for site acquisition, planning, architectural design and construction of a convocation and community center in Youngstown, Ohio.
Traficant #2 Requires homeowners who are delinquent on their payments be given a notice, within 45 days of their initial delinquency, stating that they are delinquent in payments. The notice will also provide information about housing counselors in the area so that homeowners can contact someone who can assist them in setting their financial affairs straight and prevent foreclosure.
Waters #27 Strikes language in Title IV that raises the CDBG income eligibility for a median household income to 150% and 115% and brings it back down to the existing level.
Waters #30 Strikes language in Title IV which gives HUD’s Secretary the authority to exempt 10 additional jurisdictions from income cap requirements. LATE
Weygand #14 Increases the loan limit for the Title I single family home improvement program from $25,000 to $32,500 to reflect the increase in housing material costs since 1991 when the limit was last increased.
* Summaries derived from information submitted by the amendment sponsors.
