USE OF ASSISTED HOUSING BY ALIENS.

SEC. 592. USE OF ASSISTED HOUSING BY ALIENS. (a) In General.— Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking “Secretary of Housing and Urban Development” and inserting “applicable Secretary”; (2) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by moving clauses (ii) and (iii) 2 ems to the left; (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (I)(A)— (i) by striking “Secretary of Housing and Urban Development” and inserting “applicable Secretary”; and (ii) by striking “the Secretary” and inserting “the applicable Secretary”; (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter following subparagraph (B)— (i) by inserting “applicable” before “Secretary”; and (ii) by moving such matter (as so amended by clause (i)) 2 ems to the right; (C) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by inserting “applicable” before “Secretary”; (D) in paragraph (5), by striking “the Secretary” and inserting “the applicable Secretary”; and (E) in paragraph (6), by inserting “applicable” before “Secretary”; (4) in subsection (h) (as added by section 576 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208))— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking “Except in the case of an election under paragraph (2)(A), no” and inserting “No”; (ii) by striking “this section” and inserting “subsection (d)”; and (iii) by inserting “applicable” before “Secretary”; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following new subparagraph: “(A) may, notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, elect not to affirmatively establish and verify eligibility before providing financial assistance”; and (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking “in complying with this section” and inserting “in carrying out subsection (d)”; and (5) by redesignating subsection (h) (as amended by paragraph (4)) as subsection (i). 112 STAT. 2654 (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section are made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act.