PUBLIC LAW 102-550—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 3867 shall transfer to the Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs any functions and duties described in section 4(e)(l)(B) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection). (3) STAFF.— Not later than the expiration of the 1-year 42 USC 3533 period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, ^°^- the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall transfer from offices within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the office of the Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs such staff, having experience and capacity to administer Indian housing and community development programs, as may be necessary and appropriate to assist the Special Assistant in carrying out the responsibilities under section 4(e)(l)(B) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection). (b) AVOIDANCE OF FORECLOSURE ON MORTGAGES HELD BY SEC- RETARY.—Section 7(i) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(i)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the semicolon the following: "; except that with respect to any mortgage held by the Secretary, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of amounts provided in appropriation Acts, implement the authority under this paragraph to reduce the interest rate on the mortgage to a rate not less than the rate for recently issued marketable obligations of the Treasury having a comparable maturity if (and to the extent that) such a reduction, when taken together with other actions authorized under the National Housing Act, is necessary to avoid foreclosure on the mortgage; and except that for any mortgage for which the interest rate is reduced pursuant to an appropriation under the preceding clause, if the Secretary determines that the income or ability of the mortgagor to make interest payments has increased, the Secretary may (not more than once for each such mortgage) increase such interest rate to a rate not exceeding the prevailing market rate, as determined by the Secretary^; and (2) in paragraph (6), by inserting before the period the foUoMdng: ", including any provisions relating to the authority or reqiiirements under paragraph (5)". (c) PROGRAM MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— The first sentence Appropriation of section 7(r)(6) of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- authorization. ment Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(r)(6)) is amended to read as follows: There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1993 and fiscal year 1994.". SEC. 903. PARTICIPANT'S CONSENT TO RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 904 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e) CONDITIONS OF RELEASE OF INFORMATION BY THIRD PAR- TIES. —An applicant or participant under any program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development may not be required or requested to consent to the release of information by third parties as a condition of initial or continuing eligibility for psurticipation in the program unless—
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