Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 123.djvu/998

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123STA T .978PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11 , 2 0 09 shal l int h er e po rti d enti fy all e x istin gu nits m aintained b y region as se c tion 8 pro j ect - based units and all project-based units that ha v e opted out of section 8 or have other w ise been eliminated as section 8 project-based units .T he S ecretary shall identify in detail and by project all the efforts made by the D epartment to preserve all section 8 project-based housing units and all the reasons for any units which opted out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units. Such analysis shall include a review of the impact of the loss of any subsidi z ed units in that housing mar k et- place , such as the impact of cost and the loss of available subsidized, low-income housing in areas with scarce housing resources for low- income families. S EC . 2 28. Section 6 8 3( 2 ) of the H ousing and C ommunity Development A ct of 19 92( 4 2 U .S.C. 13641(2)) is amended — (1) in subparagraph ( F ), by striking ‘ ‘and ’ ’

(2) in subparagraph ( G ) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding a new subparagraph (H) as follows

‘‘(H) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Affording Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8 0 13).’’. SEC. 229. The Home I nvestment P artnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12 7 21etse q .) is amended— (1) in section 233(d)(1) by striking ‘‘20’’ and inserting ‘‘40’’; (2) in section 233(e) by striking ‘‘40’’ and inserting ‘‘2 5 ’’; (3) in section 243(b), in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘20’’ and inserting ‘‘40’’; and (4) in section 271(i) by striking ‘‘Act after December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘section after December 31, 2011’’. SEC. 230. N o official or employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the O ffice of the Chief Financial Officer has determined that such allotment holder has implemented an adequate system of funds control and has received training in funds control proce- dures and directives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a trained allotment holder shall be designated for each HUD sub- account under the headings ‘‘ E xecutive Direction’’ and ‘‘Administra- tion, Operations, and M anagement’’ as well as each account receiving appropriations for ‘‘personnel compensation and benefits’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. SEC. 231. Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation must be paid from individual program office personnel benefits and compensation funding. The annual budget submission for pro- gram office personnel benefit and compensation funding must include program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a sepa- rate line item request. SEC. 232. Of the unobligated balances remaining from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Tenant- B ased R ental Assistance’’ under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appro- priations Act, 2008, $ 750,000,000 are rescinded from the $4,158,000,000 which are available on October 1, 2008. Such amount shall be derived from reductions to public housing agencies’ calendar year 2009 allocations based on amounts in public housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts (in accordance with V MS data in calendar year 2008 that is verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary. Deadlin e . De s i g na t i o n. A llot m ent h olde r . 42USC1 2 8 21. 42 USC 12 7 8 3 . 42 USC 12773.