TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

SEC. 623. TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) In General.—Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended— (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: “SEC. 811. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.” (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the matter following paragraph (2)— (i) by moving such matter 2 ems to the right; and (ii) by striking “Such assistance” and inserting “assistance under this paragrap.”; (B) by striking the subsection heading and all that follows through the end of paragraph (2) and inserting the following: “(b) Authority To Provide Assistance.—The Secretary is authorized— “(1) to provide tenant-based rental assistance to eligible persons with disabilities, in accordance with subsection (d)(4); and “(2) to provide assistance to private, nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of supportive housing for persons with disabilities, which shall be provided as— “(A) capital advances in accordance with subsection (d)(1), and “(B) contracts for project rental assistance in accordance with subsection (d)(2);”; (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by striking “this section” and inserting “subsection (b)(2)”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph— “(4) Tenant-Based Rental Assistance.— Tenant-based rental assistance provided under subsection (b)(1) may be provided only through a public housing agency that has submitted, and had approved, an allocation plan under section 7(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and a public housing agency shall be eligible to apply under this section only for the purposes of providing such assistance. Such assistance shall be made available to eligible persons with disabilities and administered under the same rules that govern rental assistance made available under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. In determining the amount of assistance provided under subsection (b)(1) for a public housing agency, the Secretary shall consider the needs of the agency as described in the allocation plan.”; (4) in subsection (e)(i), by striking “this section” and inserting “subsection (b)(2)”; 106 STAT. 3819 (5) in subsection (0, in the first and second sentences, by striking “this section” and inserting “subsection (b)(2)”; and (6) in subsection (g), by striking “this section” and inserting “subsection (b)(2)”. (b) Section 8 Assistance.—Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 14370, is amended by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection: “(i) The Secretary may not consider the receipt by a public housing agency of assistance under section 811(b)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, or the amount received, in approving assistance for the agency under this section or determining the amount of such assistance to be provided”.