INDIAN PUBLIC HOUSING.

SEC. 115. INDIAN PUBLIC HOUSING. Section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as amended by section 114 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(l) The Secretary may not use as a criterion for distributing assistance under this section the progress made by an Indian public housing agency in collecting rents owed by tenants unless— “(1) such criterion is used as 1 of several criteria that are weighted proportionally and is established by regulations issued after public notice and opportunity to comment in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code; or 101 STAT. 1826 “(2) the Secretary determines that the Indian public housing agency has demonstrated a pattern of substantial noncompliance with requirements governing the collection of rents.”.