HOPE PROGRAMS.

SEC. 181. HOPE PROGRAMS. (a) Authorization of Appropriations and Technical Assistance.— (1) In general.—Title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12871 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 401 the following new section: “SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. “(a) Fiscal Year 1993.—There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this title $855,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, of which— “(1) $285,000,000 shall be available for activities authorized under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937, of which up to $4,500,000 of any amounts appropriated may be made available for technical assistance to potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assistance under this title; “(2) $285,000,000 shall be available for activities authorized under subtitle B, of which up to $3,250,000 of any amounts appropriated may be made available for technical assistance to potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assistance under this subtitle; and “(3) $285,000,000 shall be available for activities under subtitle C, of which up to $2,250,000 of any amounts appropriated may be made available for technical assistance to potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assistance under this subtitle. Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection, up to $40,000,000, but not less than 5 percent, shall be available for activities authorized under subtitle D. Any amount appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended. “(b) Fiscal Year 1994.—There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this title $883,641,000 for fiscal year 1994, of which— “(1) $294,547,000 shall be available for activities authorized under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937, up to $4,500,000 of which may be made available for technical assistance to potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assistance under this title; “(2) $294,547,000 shall be available for activities authorized under subtitle B, up to $3,250,000 of which may be made available for technical assistance to potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assistance under this subtitle; and “(3) $294,547,000 shall be available for activities under subtitle C, up to $2,250,000 of which may be made available for technical assistance to potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assistance under this subtitle. 106 STAT. 3735 Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection, up to $41,680,000, but not less than 5 percent, shall be available for activities authorized under subtitle D. Any amount appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended. “(c) Technical Assistance.—Technical assistance made avail-able under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or subtitle B or subtitle C of this title may include, but shall not be limited to, training, clearinghouse services, the collection, processing and dissemination of program information useful for local and national program management, and provision of seed money. Such technical assistance may be made available directly, or indirectly under contracts and grants, as appropriate. In any fiscal year, no single applicant, potential applicant, or recipient under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or subtitle B or subtitle C of this title may receive technical assistance in an amount exceeding 20 percent of the total amount made available for technical assistance under such title or subtitle for the fiscal year.”. (2) Conforming amendments.— (A) Hope I.—Section 301 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa(c)) is amended by striking subsection (c). (B) Hope II and hope III.—Title IV of the Cranston- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12871 et seq.) is amended— (i) by striking subsection (c) of section 421; and (ii) in section 441— (I) by striking “(a) In General.—”; and (II) by striking subsection (b). (3) GAO audit of technical assistance contracts.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit of all of the technical assistance contracts awarded for fiscal years 1993 and 1994 pursuant to section 402 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. The Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress describing the results of such audit not later than September 30, 1994. (b) Hope i Matching Funding.—Section 303(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa-2(c)(l)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after “expenses’* the fol-lowing: “and replacement housing”; and (2) by inserting at the end the following new paragraph; “(3) Reduction of requirement.—The Secretary shall reduce the matching requirement for homeownership programs carried out under this section in accordance with the formula established under section 220(d) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act”. (c) Grant Selection Criteria for HOPE I.—Section 303(e)(8) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa- 2(e)(8)) is amended— (1) by striking “of the type assisted under this title”; and (2) by striking “appreciably”. (d) Eligibility of Mutual Housing Associations for HOPE II grants.—Section 426(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12876(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 106 STAT. 3736 “(G) A mutual housing association.” (e) Eligible Property Under HOPE it.—Section 426(3)(D) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12876(3)(D)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following “or an agency or instrumentality thereof”. (f) Preference for Acquisition of Vacant Units Under HOPE III.— Section 444 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12894) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) Preference for Acquisition of Vacant Units.—Each homeownership program under this subtitle shall provide that, in making vacant units in eligible properties available for acquisition by eligible families, preference shall be given to eligible families who reside in public or Indian housing.”. (g) Transfer of Scattered Site Public and Indian Housing To HOPE Programs.— (1) Hope i.— (A) In general.—Sections 303(b)(2) and 304(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa–2(b)(2) and 42 U.S.C. 1437aaa–3(d)) are each amended by striking “(not including scattered site single family housing of a public housing agency)”. (B) Operating subsidies.—Section 303(b)(9) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa–2(b)(9)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , and except that implementation grants may not be used under this paragraph to fund operating expenses for scattered site public housing acquired under a homeownership program”. (2) Hope III.—Section 446(4) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12896(4» is amended by striking “(including scattered site single family properties, and” and inserting “(excluding public or Indian housing under the United States Housing Act of 1937 and including”. (h) Eligibility of Other Federal Property for HOPE Programs.—Sections 426(3X0 and 446(4) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12876(3)(D) and 42 U.S.C. 12896(4)) are each amended by inserting after “Corporation,” the following: “the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, the General Services Administration, any other Federal agency,”.