PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 105 STAT. 743 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in accordance with the Secretary's authority under title 38, United States Code, shall prescribe regulations to assure consistent performance by medical facility laboratories under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of valid and reliable laboratory examinations and other procedures. Such regulations shall be prescribed in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and shall establish standards equal to that applicable to other medical facility laboratories in accordance with the requirements of section 353(f) of the Public Health Service Act. (2) Such regulations— (A) may include appropriate provisions respecting waivers described in section 353(d) of such Act and accreditations described in section 353(e) of such Act; and (B) shall include appropriate provisions respecting compliance with such requirements. (b) REPORT.—Within the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs prescribes regulations required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report on those regulations. (c) DEFINITION. —As used in this section, the term "medical facility laboratories" means facilities for the biological, micro-biological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, etiological, pathological, or other physical examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings. TITLE II DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE GRANTS (HOPE GRANTS) (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the HOPE for Public and Indian Housing Homeownership Program as authorized under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa et seq) and subtitle A of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), $161,000,000; for the HOPE for Homeownership of Multifamily Units Program as authorized under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and subtitle B of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), $95,000,000; for the HOPE for Homeownership of Single Family Homes Program as authorized under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and subtitle C of title IV of the Cranston- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, $95,000,000; and for the HOPE for Elderly Independence demonstration program as authorized under section 803(k) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, $10,000,000: Provided, That all amounts shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mutual housing association shall qualify as an applicant under the HOPE for
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