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[CITE: 42USC1437l]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                      CHAPTER 8--LOW-INCOME HOUSING
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROGRAM OF ASSISTED HOUSING
 
Sec. 1437l. Repealed. Pub. L. 105-276, title V, Sec. 522(a), 
        Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2564
        
    Section, act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, title I, Sec. 14, as added Pub. 
L. 96-399, title II, Sec. 202(a), Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1625; amended 
Pub. L. 97-35, title III, Secs. 322(c), 329G, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 
402, 410; Pub. L. 98-181, title II, Sec. 214(b), Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 
1185; Pub. L. 98-479, title II, Sec. 204(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2233; Pub. L. 100-242, title I, Secs. 112(b)(6), 119(b)-(i), 120, Feb. 
5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1824, 1830-1837; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 100-358, 
Sec. 5, June 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 681; Pub. L. 101-625, title IV, 
Sec. 414, title V, Secs. 509(a)-(g), 510, 572, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4160, 4187, 4191-4193, 4236; Pub. L. 102-139, title II, Oct. 28, 1991, 
105 Stat. 757, 759; Pub. L. 102-550, title I, Secs. 111(b)(1), 115, 
title VI, Sec. 625(a)(3), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3688, 3692, 3820; 
Pub. L. 103-233, title III, Sec. 302, Apr. 11, 1994, 108 Stat. 369; Pub. 
L. 104-19, title I, Secs. 1001(a), 1003A, July 27, 1995, 109 Stat. 235, 
236; Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title II, Sec. 201(a)(1)], 
Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-257, 1321-277; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 
104-140, Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327; Pub. L. 104-330, title 
V, Sec. 501(b)(6), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4042; Pub. L. 105-276, title 
II, Sec. 208, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2485, related to assistance for 
public housing modernization. See section 1437g(a) of this title.


                        Effective Date of Repeal

    Repeal effective and applicable beginning upon Oct. 1, 1999, except 
as otherwise provided, with provision that Secretary may implement the 
repeal before such date, and with savings provision, see section 503 of 
Pub. L. 105-276, set out as an Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note 
under section 1437 of this title.


                            Savings Provision

    Pub. L. 105-276, title V, Sec. 522(c), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2565, provided that:
    ``(1) In general.--Section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437l] shall apply as provided in section 519(e) of this 
Act [42 U.S.C. 1437g note].
    ``(2) Expansion of use of modernization funding.--Before the 
implementation of formulas pursuant to sections 9(d)(2) and 9(e)(2) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(2), (e)(2)] 
(as amended by section 519(a) of this Act) an agency may utilize any 
authority provided under or pursuant to section 14(q) of such Act [42 
U.S.C. 1437l(q)] (including the authority under section 201(a) of the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 [see Tables for 
classification] (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-277)), as such 
provisions (including such section 201(a)) may be amended thereafter, 
including any amendment made by title II of this Act [see Tables for 
classification]), notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 
the repeal made under this section, the expiration of the applicability 
of such section 201 [see Tables for classification], or any repeal of 
such section 201).
    ``(3) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998].''


                     Applicability of Subsection (q)

    Section 101(e) [title II, Sec. 201(a)(2)] of Pub. L. 104-134, as 
amended by Pub. L. 104-204, title II, Sec. 201(a), Sept. 26, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2892; Pub. L. 105-276, title II, Sec. 201, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2483, provided that: ``Section 14(q) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 [former 42 U.S.C. 1437l(q)] shall be effective only with 
respect to assistance provided from funds made available for fiscal year 
1999 or any preceding fiscal year, except that the authority in the 
first sentence of section 14(q)(1) to use up to 10 percent of the 
allocation of certain funds for any operating subsidy purpose shall not 
apply to amounts made available for fiscal years 1998 and 1999.''


            Conversion of Certain Public Housing to Vouchers

    Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title II, Sec. 202], Apr. 26, 
1996, 110 Stat. 1321-257, 1321-279; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, 
Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, which required identification 
for removal from the inventory of a public housing agency of 
developments on same or contiguous sites which had more than 300 units 
and vacancy rate of at least 10 percent, were identified as distressed, 
and for which estimated cost of continued operation exceeded cost of 
providing tenant-based assistance under section 1437f of this title, 
provided for implementation and enforcement of provisions requiring 
identification, required each agency to develop and carry out plan for 
removal over 5-year period, and required provision of tenant-based 
assistance to families residing in any removed development, was repealed 
by Pub. L. 105-276, title V, Sec. 537(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2592. 
Amounts made available to carry out section 101(e) [title II, Sec. 202] 
of Pub. L. 104-134 authorized to be used, to extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts, to carry out section 1437z-5 of this title, and 
section 101(e) [title II, Sec. 202] of Pub. L. 104-134 as in effect 
immediately before Oct. 21, 1998, to continue to apply to public housing 
developments identified for conversion, or assessment of whether 
conversion is required, prior to such date, see section 537(c) of Pub. 
L. 105-276, set out as a Transition note under section 1437z-5 of this 
title.
