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[CITE: 42USC11903]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
              CHAPTER 124--PUBLIC HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION
 
       SUBCHAPTER I--PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION
 
Sec. 11903. Eligible activities


(a) Public and assisted housing

    Grants under this subchapter may be used in public housing or other 
federally assisted low-income housing projects for--
        (1) the employment of security personnel;
        (2) reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for 
    additional security and protective services;
        (3) physical improvements which are specifically designed to 
    enhance security;
        (4) the employment of one or more individuals--
            (A) to investigate drug-related or violent crime in and 
        around the real property comprising any public or other 
        federally assisted low-income housing project; and
            (B) to provide evidence relating to such crime in any 
        administrative or judicial proceeding;

        (5) the provision of training, communications equipment, and 
    other related equipment for use by voluntary tenant patrols acting 
    in cooperation with local law enforcement officials;
        (6) programs designed to reduce use of drugs in and around 
    public or other federally assisted low-income housing projects, 
    including drug-abuse prevention, intervention, referral, and 
    treatment programs;
        (7) where a public housing agency, an Indian tribe, or recipient 
    of assistance under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
    Determination Act of 1996 [25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.] receives a grant, 
    providing funding to nonprofit resident management corporations and 
    resident councils to develop security and drug abuse prevention 
    programs involving site residents; and
        (8) sports programs and sports activities that serve primarily 
    youths from public or other federally assisted low-income housing 
    projects and are operated in conjunction with, or in furtherance of, 
    an organized program or plan designed to reduce or eliminate drugs 
    and drug-related problems in and around such projects.

(b) Other PHA-owned housing

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, grants under 
this subchapter may be used to eliminate drug-related crime in and 
around housing owned by public housing agencies that is not public 
housing assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 
1437 et seq.] and is not otherwise federally assisted, for the 
activities described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) of 
this section, but only if--
        (1) the housing is located in a high intensity drug trafficking 
    area designated pursuant to section 1504 \1\ of title 21; and
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        (2) the public housing agency owning the housing demonstrates, 
    to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that drug-related or violent 
    activity in or around the housing has a detrimental effect on or 
    about the real property comprising any public or other federally 
    assisted low-income housing.

(Pub. L. 100-690, title V, Sec. 5124, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4301; 
Pub. L. 101-625, title V, Sec. 581(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4246; 
Pub. L. 102-550, title I, Sec. 161(c), (d)(2), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 
3718, 3719; Pub. L. 104-330, title VII, Sec. 704(2), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 
Stat. 4051; Pub. L. 105-276, title II, Sec. 220(2), title V, 
Sec. 586(d), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2488, 2647.)

                       References in Text

    The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996, referred to in subsec. (a)(7), is Pub. L. 104-330, Oct. 26, 1996, 
110 Stat. 4016, which is classified principally to chapter 43 (Sec. 4101 
et seq.) of Title 25, Indians. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4101 of Title 25 
and Tables.
    The United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in subsec. (b), 
is act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, as revised generally by Pub. L. 93-383, 
title II, Sec. 201(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 653, and amended, which 
is classified generally to chapter 8 (Sec. 1437 et seq.) of this title. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 1437 of this title and Tables.
    Section 1504 of title 21, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 100-690, title I, Sec. 1009, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 
Stat. 4188, as amended.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a)(4)(A). Pub. L. 105-276, Sec. 586(d)(1)(A), 
substituted ``drug-related or violent crime in and around'' for ``drug-
related crime on or about''.
    Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 105-276, Sec. 586(d)(1)(C)(i), substituted 
``recipient of assistance under the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996'' for ``tribally designated housing 
entity''.
    Pub. L. 105-276, Sec. 220(2), inserted ``, an Indian tribe,'' after 
``public housing agency''.
    Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 105-276, Sec. 586(d)(1)(B), (C)(ii), 
(8)[(D)], added par. (8).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-276, Sec. 586(d)(2)(A), substituted ``drug-
related crime in and around'' for ``drug-related crime in'' in 
introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105-276, Sec. 586(d)(2)(B), substituted 
``drug-related or violent activity in or around'' for ``drug-related 
activity at''.
    1996--Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 104-330 inserted ``or tribally 
designated housing entity'' after ``public housing agency'' and struck 
out ``public housing'' after ``nonprofit''.
    1992--Pub. L. 102-550 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
inserted heading, inserted ``where a public housing agency receives a 
grant,'' in par. (7), and added subsec. (b).
    1990--Pub. L. 101-625 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``A public housing agency may use a grant under 
this subchapter for--
        ``(1) the employment of security personnel in public housing 
    projects;
        ``(2) reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for 
    additional security and protective services for public housing 
    projects;
        ``(3) physical improvements in public housing projects which are 
    specifically designed to enhance security;
        ``(4) the employment of 1 or more individuals--
            ``(A) to investigate drug-related crime on or about the real 
        property comprising any public housing project; and
            ``(B) to provide evidence relating to any such crime in any 
        administrative or judicial proceeding;
        ``(5) the provision of training, communications equipment, and 
    other related equipment for use by voluntary public housing tenant 
    patrols acting in cooperation with local law enforcement officials;
        ``(6) innovative programs designed to reduce use of drugs in and 
    around public housing projects; and
        ``(7) providing funding to nonprofit public housing resident 
    management corporation and tenant councils to develop security and 
    drug abuse prevention programs involving site residents.''


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by title V of Pub. L. 105-276 effective and applicable 
beginning upon Oct. 1, 1999, except as otherwise provided, with 
provision that Secretary may implement amendment before such date, 
except to extent that such amendment provides otherwise, and with 
savings provision, see section 503 of Pub. L. 105-276, set out as a note 
under section 1437 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-330 effective Oct. 1, 1997, except as 
otherwise expressly provided, see section 107 of Pub. L. 104-330, set 
out as an Effective Date note under section 4101 of Title 25, Indians.
