To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to permanently authorize the emergency safety and security grant program, and fo...
Officially: “To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to permanently authorize the emergency safety and security grant program, and for other purposes.” Read the full text
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1Emergency safety and security grant program
This section would amend section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, the subsection that covers the Capital Fund for public housing agencies. It would add the emergency safety and security grant program as a new listed item in the paragraph that already lists other items under that subsection, alongside the items already there. It would also add a new paragraph that creates the program itself, described below. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development would be required to establish an emergency safety and security grant program. Under the program the Secretary would award grants to public housing agencies, funded by amounts appropriated for this purpose plus a set-aside amount that the Secretary determines from the Capital Fund's annual formula. Public housing agencies would use the grants to purchase, install, repair, or replace items relating to security and safety. To receive a grant, a public housing agency would have to submit an application to the Secretary at the time, in the manner, and with the information the Secretary requires. A public housing agency could submit a separate application for each different use listed below. Grant funds could be used for two categories of items. The first category covers items that address the threat to safety posed by crime and drug-related activity, including security systems and cameras, fencing, lighting systems, emergency alarm systems, window bars, deadbolt locks, or doors. The second category covers items that address the threat to health and safety posed by carbon monoxide, including carbon monoxide alarms and detectors; by fire, including smoke detectors and heat detectors; or by extreme temperatures, including items needed to comply with any model guidelines the Secretary sets for minimum heating requirements in public housing. The Secretary could not award more than $250,000 to a public housing agency in a fiscal year, unless the Secretary categorizes that agency as extra large or the agency has more than 5,000 units, in which case the $250,000 cap would not apply. The bill would authorize $225,000,000 to be appropriated to the Secretary for this program in each fiscal year following enactment of this provision, in addition to any amounts appropriated under subsection (c)(2)(A) of section 9 of the Act. Because this authorization carries no end date, it would make the program's funding authorization permanent, consistent with the bill's stated purpose to permanently authorize the emergency safety and security grant program.
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1. Emergency safety and security grant program Section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (K), by striking appropriate; and and inserting appropriate; ; (B) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (M) the emergency safety and security grant program established under paragraph (4). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (4) Emergency safety and security grant program (A) In general The Secretary shall establish an emergency safety and security grant program to award grants of amounts appropriated under this paragraph, in addition to a set-aside amount determined by the Secretary from the annual formula of the Capital Fund, to public housing agencies to purchase, install, repair, or replace items relating to security and safety. (B) Applications (i) In general To be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph, a public housing agency shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. (ii) Multiple applications A public housing agency may submit a separate grant application for each use under subparagraph (C). (C) Use of funds A public housing agency that receives a grant under this paragraph shall use the grant to purchase, install, repair, or replace— (i) items that address the threat to safety posed by crime and drug-related activity, including— (I) security systems and cameras; (II) fencing; (III) lighting systems; (IV) emergency alarm systems; (V) window bars; (VI) deadbolt locks; or (VII) doors; or (ii) items that address the threat to health and safety posed by— (I) the presence of carbon monoxide, including carbon monoxide alarms and carbon monoxide detectors; (II) fire, including smoke detectors and heat detectors; or (III) extreme temperatures, including to comply with any model guidelines established by the Secretary with respect to minimum heating requirements in public housing. (D) Grant amounts The Secretary may not award more than $250,000 to a public housing agency in a fiscal year unless such public housing agency is categorized as extra large by the Secretary, or unless such public housing agency has more than 5,000 units. (E) Authorization of appropriations In addition to any amounts appropriated under subsection (c)(2)(A), there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph $225,000,000 in each fiscal year following the date of the enactment of this paragraph. .
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