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[CITE: 42USC12701]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POLICIES
 
Sec. 12701. National housing goal

    The Congress affirms the national goal that every American family be 
able to afford a decent home in a suitable environment.

(Pub. L. 101-625, title I, Sec. 101, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4085.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 101-625 provided that: ``This Act [see 
Tables for classification] may be cited as the `Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act'.''
    Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 101-625 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter, amending section 1437f of 
this title, and repealing sections 1437o and 1452b of this title, 
section 1706e of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and provisions set out as 
a note under section 1715l of Title 12] may be cited as the `HOME 
Investment Partnerships Act'.''
    Section 301 of Pub. L. 101-625 provided that: ``This subtitle 
[subtitle A (Secs. 301-310) of title III of Pub. L. 101-625, enacting 
subchapter III of this chapter] may be cited as the `National 
Homeownership Trust Act'.''


                      Millennial Housing Commission

    Pub. L. 106-74, title II, Sec. 206, Oct. 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 1070, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a commission to be 
known as the Millennial Housing Commission (in this section referred to 
as the `Commission').
    ``(b) Study.--The duty of the Commission shall be to conduct a study 
that examines, analyzes, and explores--
        ``(1) the importance of housing, particularly affordable housing 
    which includes housing for the elderly, to the infrastructure of the 
    United States;
        ``(2) the various possible methods for increasing the role of 
    the private sector in providing affordable housing in the United 
    States, including the effectiveness and efficiency of such methods; 
    and
        ``(3) whether the existing programs of the Department of Housing 
    and Urban Development work in conjunction with one another to 
    provide better housing opportunities for families, neighborhoods, 
    and communities, and how such programs can be improved with respect 
    to such purpose.
    ``(c) Membership.--
        ``(1) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed 
    of 22 members, appointed not later than January 1, 2000, as follows:
            ``(A) Two co-chairpersons appointed by--
                ``(i) one co-chairperson appointed by a committee 
            consisting of the chairmen of the Subcommittees on the 
            Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
            Development, and Independent Agencies of the Committees on 
            Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
            Senate, and the chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing and 
            Community Opportunities of the House of Representatives and 
            the chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing and 
            Transportation of the Senate; and
                ``(ii) one co-chairperson appointed by a committee 
            consisting of the ranking minority members of the 
            Subcommittees on the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
            Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies of 
            the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
            Representatives and the Senate, and the ranking minority 
            member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
            Opportunities of the House of Representatives and the 
            ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on Housing and 
            Transportation of the Senate.
            ``(B) Ten members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
        of Representatives and the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
        of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House 
        of Representatives.
            ``(C) Ten members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
        and the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on 
        Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
        ``(2) Qualifications.--Appointees should have proven expertise 
    in directing, assemblying, or applying capital resources from a 
    variety of sources to the successful development of affordable 
    housing or the revitalization of communities, including economic and 
    job development.
        ``(3) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Commission shall not affect 
    its powers and shall be filled in the manner in which the original 
    appointment was made.
        ``(4) Chairpersons.--The members appointed pursuant to paragraph 
    (1)(A) shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Commission.
        ``(5) Prohibition of pay.--Members of the Commission shall serve 
    without pay.
        ``(6) Travel expenses.--Each member of the Commission shall 
    receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
    in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States 
    Code.
        ``(7) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
    constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings.
        ``(8) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
    Chairpersons.
    ``(d) Director and Staff.--
        ``(1) Director.--The Commission shall have a Director who shall 
    be appointed by the Chairperson. The Director shall be paid at a 
    rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the 
    Executive Schedule.
        ``(2) Staff.--The Commission may appoint personnel as 
    appropriate. The staff of the Commission shall be appointed subject 
    to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
    appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid in 
    accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
    chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General 
    Schedule pay rates.
        ``(3) Experts and consultants.--The Commission may procure 
    temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 
    5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
    the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable 
    for the General Schedule.
        ``(4) Staff of federal agencies.--Upon request of the 
    Commission, the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, 
    on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department or 
    agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties 
    under this Act.
    ``(e) Powers.--
        ``(1) Hearings and sessions.--The Commission may, for the 
    purpose of carrying out this section, hold hearings, sit and act at 
    times and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as the 
    Commission considers appropriate.
        ``(2) Powers of members and agents.--Any member or agent of the 
    Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action 
    which the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
        ``(3) Obtaining official data.--The Commission may secure 
    directly from any department or agency of the United States 
    information necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon 
    request of the Chairpersons of the Commission, the head of that 
    department or agency shall furnish that information to the 
    Commission.
        ``(4) Gifts, bequests, and devises.--The Commission may accept, 
    use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of services or 
    property, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or 
    facilitating the work of the Commission. Gifts, bequests, or devises 
    of money and proceeds from sales of other property received as 
    gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and 
    shall be available for disbursement upon order of the Commission.
        ``(5) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in 
    the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments 
    and agencies of the United States.
        ``(6) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of the 
    Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to 
    the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support 
    services necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
    responsibilities under this section.
        ``(7) Contract Authority.--The Commission may contract with and 
    compensate Government and private agencies or persons for services, 
    without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 
    5).
    ``(f) Report.--The Commission shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations and Banking and Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a final report not later than 
March 1, 2002. The report shall contain a detailed statement of the 
findings and conclusions of the Commission with respect to the study 
conducted under subsection (b), together with its recommendations for 
legislation, administrative actions, and any other actions the 
Commission considers appropriate.
    ``(g) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on June 30, 2002. 
Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.; relating to the termination of advisory committees) shall not 
apply to the Commission.''


 Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility Needs in the 
                              21st Century

    Pub. L. 106-74, title V, Sec. 525, Oct. 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 1106, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a commission to be 
known as the Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility 
Needs in the 21st Century (in this section referred to as the 
`Commission'.
    ``(b) Study.--The duty of the Commission shall be to conduct a study 
that--
        ``(1) compiles and interprets information regarding the expected 
    increase in the population of persons 62 years of age or older, 
    particularly information regarding distribution of income levels, 
    homeownership and home equity rates, and degree or extent of health 
    and independence of living;
        ``(2) provides an estimate of the future needs of seniors for 
    affordable housing and assisted living and health care facilities;
        ``(3) provides a comparison of estimate of such future needs 
    with an estimate of the housing and facilities expected to be 
    provided under existing public programs, and identifies possible 
    actions or initiatives that may assist in providing affordable 
    housing and assisted living and health care facilities to meet such 
    expected needs;
        ``(4) identifies and analyzes methods of encouraging increased 
    private sector participation, investment, and capital formation in 
    affordable housing and assisted living and health care facilities 
    for seniors through partnerships between public and private entities 
    and other creative strategies;
        ``(5) analyzes the costs and benefits of comprehensive aging-in-
    place strategies, taking into consideration physical and mental 
    well-being and the importance of coordination between shelter and 
    supportive services;
        ``(6) identifies and analyzes methods of promoting a more 
    comprehensive approach to dealing with housing and supportive 
    service issues involved in aging and the multiple governmental 
    agencies involved in such issues, including the Department of 
    Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human 
    Services; and
        ``(7) examines how to establish intergenerational learning and 
    care centers and living arrangements, in particular to facilitate 
    appropriate environments for families consisting only of children 
    and a grandparent or grandparents who are the head of the household.
    ``(c) Membership.--
        ``(1) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed 
    of 14 members, appointed not later than January 1, 2000, as follows:
            ``(A) Two co-chairpersons, of whom--
                ``(i) one co-chairperson shall be appointed by a 
            committee consisting of the chairman of the Subcommittee on 
            Housing and Community Opportunities of the House of 
            Representatives and the chairman of the Subcommittee on 
            Housing and Transportation of the Senate, and the chairmen 
            of the Subcommittees on the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
            and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
            of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
            Representatives and the Senate; and
                ``(ii) one co-chairperson shall be appointed by a 
            committee consisting of the ranking minority member of the 
            Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunities of the 
            House of Representatives and the ranking minority member of 
            the Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the 
            Senate, and the ranking minority members of the 
            Subcommittees on the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
            Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies of 
            the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
            Representatives and the Senate.
            ``(B) Six members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Banking and Financial 
        Services of the House of Representatives and the Chairman and 
        Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives.
            ``(C) Six members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
        Affairs of the Senate and the Chairman and Ranking Minority 
        Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
        ``(2) Qualifications.--Appointees should have proven expertise 
    in directing, assembling, or applying capital resources from a 
    variety of sources to the successful development of affordable 
    housing, assisted living facilities, or health care facilities.
        ``(3) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Commission shall not affect 
    its powers and shall be filled in the manner in which the original 
    appointment was made.
        ``(4) Chairpersons.--The members appointed pursuant to paragraph 
    (1)(A) shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Commission.
        ``(5) Prohibition of pay.--Members of the Commission shall serve 
    without pay.
        ``(6) Travel expenses.--Each member of the Commission shall 
    receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
    in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States 
    Code.
        ``(7) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
    constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings.
        ``(8) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
    Chairpersons.
    ``(d) Director and Staff.--
        ``(1) Director.--The Commission shall have a Director who shall 
    be appointed by the Chairperson. The Director shall be paid at a 
    rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the 
    Executive Schedule.
        ``(2) Staff.--The Commission may appoint personnel as 
    appropriate. The staff of the Commission shall be appointed subject 
    to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
    appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid in 
    accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
    chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General 
    Schedule pay rates.
        ``(3) Experts and consultants.--The Commission may procure 
    temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 
    5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
    the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable 
    for the General Schedule.
        ``(4) Staff of federal agencies.--Upon request of the 
    Commission, the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, 
    on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department or 
    agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties 
    under this Act.
    ``(e) Powers.--
        ``(1) Hearings and sessions.--The Commission may, for the 
    purpose of carrying out this section, hold hearings, sit and act at 
    times and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as the 
    Commission considers appropriate.
        ``(2) Powers of members and agents.--Any member or agent of the 
    Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action 
    which the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
        ``(3) Obtaining official data.--The Commission may secure 
    directly from any department or agency of the United States 
    information necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon 
    request of the Chairpersons of the Commission, the head of that 
    department or agency shall furnish that information to the 
    Commission.
        ``(4) Gifts, bequests, and devises.--The Commission may accept, 
    use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of services or 
    property, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or 
    facilitating the work of the Commission. Gifts, bequests, or devises 
    of money and proceeds from sales of other property received as 
    gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and 
    shall be available for disbursement upon order of the Commission.
        ``(5) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in 
    the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments 
    and agencies of the United States.
        ``(6) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of the 
    Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to 
    the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support 
    services necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
    responsibilities under this section.
        ``(7) Contract authority.--The Commission may contract with and 
    compensate Government and private agencies or persons for services, 
    without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 
    5).
    ``(f) Report.--The Commission shall submit to the Committees on 
Banking and Financial Services and Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate, a final report not later than 
December 31, 2001. The report shall contain a detailed statement of the 
findings and conclusions of the Commission with respect to the study 
conducted under subsection (b), together with its recommendations for 
legislation, administrative actions, and any other actions the 
Commission considers appropriate.
    ``(g) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on June 30, 2002. 
Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.; relating to the termination of advisory committees) shall not 
apply to the Commission.''
