112 STAT. 2548 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 42 USC 1437f note. 42 USC 1437f note. certificate and moderate rehabilitation programs only, for the purpose of selecting families to be assisted, the public housing agency may establish local preferences, consistent with the public housing agency plan submitted under section 5A by the public housing agency;". (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (A) LOW-INOOME HOUSING PRESERVATION AND RESIDENT HOMEOWNERSHIP ACT OF 1990. —The second sentence of section 226(b)(6)(B) of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4116(b)(6)(B)) is amended by striking "The requirement for giving preferences to certain categories of eligible families under sections 8(d)(1)(A) and 8(o)(3)" and inserting "Any system for preferences established under section 8(d)(1)(A) or 8(o)(6)(A)". (B) HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1992. — Section 655 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13615) is amended by striking "shall be given" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: "shall be given to disabled families according to any preferences established under any system established under section 8(d)(1)(A) by the public housing agency.". (C) MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSITION OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS.—Section 203(g)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 170 lz-11(g)(2)) is amended by striking "the preferences for assistance under sections 6(c)(4)(A)(i), 8(d)(l)(A)(i), and 8(o)(3)(B)" and inserting "any system of preferences established pursuant to section 6(c)(4)(A), 8(d)(1)(A), or 8(o)(6)(A)". (D) OTHER REFERENCES. — Subparagraph (D) of section 402(d)(6) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I (42 U.S.C. 1437d note) is hereby repealed. (c) SECTION 8 NEW CONSTRUCTION AND SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION.— (1) PERMANENT REPEAL.— Subsection (c) of section 545 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is hereby repealed. (2) PROHIBITION.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including subsection (f) of this section), section 402(d)(4)(B) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I (42 U.S.C. 1437a note) shall apply to fiscal year 1999 and thereafter. (d) RENT SUPPLEMENTS. —Subsection (k) of section 1010 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s(k)) is hereby repealed. (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PREFERENCE FOR ASSIST- ANCE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. —It is the sense of Congress that, each public housing agency involved in the selection of eligible families for assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (including residency in public housing and tenantbased assistance under section 8 of such Act) should, consistent with the public housing agency plan of the agency, consider pref- erences for individuals who are victims of domestic violence. (f) TERMINATION OF TEMPORARY PROVISIONS.— Section 402 of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I, and the amendments made by such section shall cease to be effective on the date of
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