118 STAT. 394 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh Cary, North Carolina Metropoli tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan statistical area. SEC. 215. Section 224 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1735o) is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end of the first paragraph: ‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence and the following paragraph, if an insurance claim is paid in cash for any mortgage that is insured under section 203 or 234 of this Act and is endorsed for mortgage insurance after the date of enactment of this sentence, the debenture interest rate for pur poses of calculating such a claim shall be the monthly average yield, for the month in which the default on the mortgage occurred, on United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a constant matu rity of 10 years.’’. SEC. 216. The McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 101(b), by striking ‘‘Interagency Council on the Homeless’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Interagency Council on Homelessness’’; (2) in section 102(b)(1), by striking ‘‘an Interagency Council on the Homeless’’ and inserting ‘‘the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness’’; (3) in the heading for title II, by striking ‘‘INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS’’ and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS’’; and (4) in sections 201, 207(1), 501(c)(2)(a), and 501(d)(3), by striking ‘‘Interagency Council on the Homeless’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Interagency Council on Homelessness’’. SEC. 217. (a) INFORMATION COMPARISONS FOR PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS.—Section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(7) INFORMATION COMPARISONS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— ‘‘(A) FURNISHING OF INFORMATION BY HUD.—Subject to subparagraph (G), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall furnish to the Secretary, on such peri odic basis as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with the Secretary, information in the custody of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for comparison with information in the National Directory of New Hires, in order to obtain information in such Directory with respect to individuals who are participating in any program under— ‘‘(i) the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); ‘‘(ii) section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); ‘‘(iii) section 221(d)(3), 221(d)(5), or 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l(d) and 1715z– 1); ‘‘(iv) section 811 of the Cranston Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or ‘‘(v) section 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s). 42 USC 11311, 11317, 11411. 42 USC 11301. 101 Stat. 482. 112 USC 1715o.
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