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[CITE: 42USC12784]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 
      Part C--Other Support for State and Local Housing Strategies
 
Sec. 12784. Research in housing affordability

    The Secretary is authorized to support, through contracts with 
eligible organizations and otherwise, such research and to publish such 
reports as will assist in the achievement of the purposes of this 
subchapter. Activities authorized by the previous sentence may include 
an ongoing analysis of the impact of public policies at the Federal, 
State, and local levels, both individually and in the aggregate, on the 
incentives to expand and maintain the supply of energy-efficient 
affordable housing in the United States, particularly in areas with 
severe problems of housing affordability, through the use of cost-saving 
innovative building technology and construction techniques. For purposes 
of this section, agencies of the United States, government-sponsored 
mortgage finance corporations, and qualified research organizations 
shall be included as eligible organizations in addition to eligible 
organizations specified under section 12783 of this title.

(Pub. L. 101-625, title II, Sec. 244, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4118; 
Pub. L. 102-550, title II, Sec. 215, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3759.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-550 inserted before period at end of second 
sentence ``, through the use of cost-saving innovative building 
technology and construction techniques''.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-550 applicable to unexpended funds 
allocated under subchapter II of this chapter in fiscal year 1992, 
except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 223 of Pub. L. 
102-550, set out as a note under section 12704 of this title.
