ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 302. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) Resident Aliens.— Section 501 of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(h) (1) The Secretary may not restrict the availability of assistance under this title for any alien for whom assistance may not be restricted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980. “(2) In carrying out any restriction established by the Secretary on the availability of assistance under this title for any alien, the Secretary shall follow procedures comparable to the procedures established in section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980.”. (b) Income Levels.— (1) Section 501(b)(4) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Notwithstand-101 STAT. 1894ing the preceding sentence, the maximum income levels established for purposes of this title for such families and persons in the Virgin Islands shall not be less than the highest such levels established for purposes of this title for such families and persons in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.”. (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be applicable to any determination of eligibility for assistance under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.