124 STAT. 4089 PUBLIC LAW 111–374—JAN. 4, 2011 Public Law 111–374 111th Congress An Act To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons with disabilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010’’. (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, section 811 or any other provision of section 811, the reference shall be considered to be made to section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013). SEC. 2. TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. (a) RENEWAL THROUGH SECTION 8.—Section 811(d)(4) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(4) TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Tenant-based rental assistance pro- vided under subsection (b)(1) shall be provided under sec- tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)). ‘‘(B) CONVERSION OF EXISTING ASSISTANCE.—There is authorized to be appropriated for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons with disabilities an amount not less than the amount necessary to convert the number of authorized vouchers and funding under an annual contributions contract in effect on the date of enact- ment of the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010. Such converted vouchers may be administered by the entity administering the vouchers prior to conver- sion. For purposes of administering such converted vouchers, such entities shall be considered a ‘public housing agency’ authorized to engage in the operation of tenant- based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS UPON TURNOVER.—The Secretary shall develop and issue, to public housing agencies that receive voucher assistance made available under this sub- section and to public housing agencies that received voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 42 USC 8013. 42 USC 8001 note. Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010. Jan. 4, 2011 [S. 1481]
