MOVING TO OPPORTUNITY FOR FAIR HOUSING.

SEC. 152. MOVING TO OPPORTUNITY FOR FAIR HOUSING. (a) Authority.—Using any amounts available under subsection (e), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall carry out a demonstration program to provide tenant-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to assist very low-in come families with children who reside in public housing or housing receiving project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to move out of areas with high concentrations of persons living in poverty to areas with low concentrations of such persons. The demonstration program carried out under this section shall compare and contrast the costs associated with implementing such a program (including the costs of counseling, supportive services, housing assistance payments and other relevant program elements) with the costs associated with the routine implementation of the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance programs. The Secretary shall enter into annual contributions contracts with public housing agencies to administer housing assistance payments contracts under the demonstration. (b) Eligible Cities.— (1) In general.—The Secretary shall carry out the demonstration only in cities with populations exceeding 350,000 that are located in consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (as designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget) having populations exceeding 1,500,000. (2) 1993.— Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in fiscal year 1993, only the 5 cities selected for the demonstration under the item relating to “Housing Programs—annual contributions for assisted housing (including rescission of funds)” of title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (105 Stat. 745), and the City of Los Angeles, California, shall be eligible for the demonstration under this section. (c) Services.—The Secretary shall enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations to provide counseling and services in connection with the demonstration. (d) Reports.— (1) Biennial.—Not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter), the Secretary shall submit interim reports to the Congress evaluating the effectiveness of the demonstration program under this section. The interim reports shall include a statement of the number of persons served, the level of counseling and the types of services provided, 106 STAT. 3717the cost of providing such counseling and services, updates on the employment record of families assisted under the pro-gram, and any other information the Secretary considers appropriate in evaluating the demonstration. (2) Final.—Not later than September 30, 2004, the Secretary shall submit a final report to the Congress describing the long-term housing, employment, and educational achievements of the families assisted under the demonstration pro-gram. Such report shall also contain an assessment of such achievements for a comparable population of section 8 recipients who have not received assistance under the demonstration program. (e) Funding.—The budget authority available under section 5(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for tenant-based assistance under section 8 of such Act is authorized to be increased by $50,000,000, on or after October 1, 1992, and by $52,100,000, on or after October 1, 1993, to carry out the demonstration under this section. Any amounts made available under this paragraph shall be used in connection with the demonstration under this section. (f) Implementation.—The Secretary may, by notice published in the Federal Register, establish any requirements necessary to carry out the demonstration under this section and the amendment made by this section. The Secretary shall publish such notice not later than the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall submit a copy of such notice to the Congress not less than 15 days before publication.