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123STA T .976PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 09 SEC.219 . Duringf i scalye ar2 0 09 , in th e p r ov ision of rental assistance un d er section 8( o ) of the U nited States H ousing A ct of 19 37 ( 4 2 U.S. C . 1437f(o)) in connection w ith a progra m to dem - onstrate the economy and effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in assisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties of the State of M ichigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)( B )(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in an assisted living facility in any such county, on b ehalf of which a public housing agency provides assistance pursuant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be re q uired, at the time the family initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an amount e x ceeding 40 percent of the monthly ad j usted income of the family by such a percentage or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines to be appropriate. SEC. 220. T he Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall report quarterly to the House of R epresentatives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on HUD ’ s use of all sole source contracts, including terms of the contracts, cost, and a substantive rationale for using a sole source contract. SEC. 221. N otwithstanding any other provision of law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the Housing Act of 19 5 9 (12 U.S.C. 1701q – 2) after December 2 6 , 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered paragraph at the end of section 202(b) of such Act, may, at its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity, which may be a private nonprofit organi z ation described in section 831 of the American Homeownership and E conomic O pportunity Act of 2000. SEC. 222. (a) The amounts provided under the subheading ‘ ‘ P rogram Account’’ under the heading ‘‘Community Development L oan G uarantees’’ may be used to guarantee, or ma k e commitments to guarantee, notes, or other obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in accordance with the requirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

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d, That, any State receiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general local government in non- entitlement areas that received the commitment. (b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall promulgate regulations governing the administration of the funds described under subsection (a). SEC. 223. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended — (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’

and (2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. SEC. 224. (a) RE QUIR E D SU BM I S SI ON S F OR F ISC ALY EARS 2008 AND 2009.— (1) I N G ENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the relevant authorizing commit- tees and to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives for fiscal years 2008 and 2009— Deadlin e . Deadline. R e gu la t i o n s . Re p o r ts. Deadline. C ontra c ts.