HUD ANNUAL REPORT EXCERPTS FROM HOUSING ACT OF 1954 [Public Law 560, 83d Congress; 68 Stat. 642; 12 U.S.C. 17010 et seq.] ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY SEC. 802.1 [12 U.S.C. 17010] (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, as soon as practicable during each calendar year, make a report to the President for submission to the Congress on all operations and programs (including but not limited to the insurance, urban renewal, public housing, and rent supplement programs) under the jurisdiction of the Department of Housing and Urban Development during the previous calendar year. Such report shall contain recommendations for strengthening or improving such programs, or, when necessary to implement more effectively Congressional policies and purposes, for establishing new or alternative programs. * REPORT TO CONGRESS OF INFORMATION ON HOUSING SEC. 817. [12 U.S.C. 1701p] The annual report made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to the President for submission to the Congress on all operations provided for by section 802 hereof shall contain pertinent information with respect to all projects for which any loan, contribution, or grant has been made by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the amount of loans, contributions and grants contracted for. 1See also section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, which is set forth, ante, this part. SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON CONTRACTS EXCERPT FROM 1997 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS, AND FOR OVERSEAS PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS, INCLUDING THOSE IN BOSNIA [Public Law 105–18; 111 Stat. 201; 42 U.S.C. 3548) SEC. 10001. [42 U.S.C. 3548] The Secretary shall submit semiannually to the Committees on Appropriations a list of all contracts and task orders issued under such contracts in excess of $250,000 which were entered into during the prior 6-month period by the Secretary, the Government National Mortgage Association, and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (or by any officer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Government National Mortgage Association, or the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight acting in his or her capacity to represent the Secretary or these entities). Each listing shall identify the parties to the contract, the term and amount of the contract, and the subject matter and responsibilities of the parties to the contract. IMPROVED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1968 [Public Law 90-448; 82 Stat. 477; 12 U.S.C. 1701v] IMPROVED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN GOVERNMENT HOUSING SEC. 4. [12 U.S.C. 1701v] The Congress finds that Federal aids to housing have not contributed fully to improvement in architectural standards. This objective has been contemplated in Federal housing legislation since the establishment of mortgage insurance through the Federal Housing Administration. The Congress commends the Department of Housing and Urban Development for its recent efforts to improve architectural standards through competitive design awards and in other ways but at the same time recognizes that this important objective requires high priority if Federal aid is to make its full communitywide contribution toward improving our urban environment. The Congress further finds that even within the necessary budget limitations on housing for low and moderate income families architectural design could be improved not only to make the housing more attractive, but to make it better suited to the needs of occupants. The Congress declares that in the administration of housing programs which assist in the provision of housing for low and moderate income families, emphasis should be given to encouraging good design as an essential component of such housing and to developing housing which will be of such quality as to reflect its important relationship to the architectural standards of the neighborhood and community in which it is situated, consistent with prudent budgeting. PAPERWORK REDUCTION EXCERPTS FROM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [Public Law 95-557; 92 Stat. 2126; 42 U.S.C. 3541] PAPERWORK REDUCTION SEC. 905. [42 U.S.C. 3541] (a) The Congress finds and declares (1) that various departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government with responsibilities involving housing and housing finance programs, require, approve, use or otherwise employ a variety of different forms as residential mortgages (or deeds of trust or similar security instruments) as notes secured by those mortgages, and for applications, appraisals and other purposes, and that such duplication of forms constitute a paperwork burden that adds to the costs imposed on the Nation's homeowners and home buyers; (2) that unnecessary paperwork impairs the effectiveness of Federal housing and housing finance programs; (3) that both single-family and multi-family programs are affected; and (4) that simplification of paperwork imposed by Federal housing and housing finance programs would contribute to achieving the Nation's housing goals by reducing housing costs. (b)(1) Not later than October 1, 1980, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, consistent with provisions of law governing the conduct of housing programs, employ in their respective programs (A) uniform single-family and multi-family note and mortgage form; (B) a uniform application form for mortgage approval and commitment for mortgage insurance; (C) a uniform form for computation of the monthly net effective income of applicants; (D) a uniform property appraisal form; (E) a uniform settlement statement which shall satisfy the requirements of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974; and (F) such other consolidated or simplified forms particularly those which solicit identical or nearly identical information from the same persons in the conduct of two or more such programs, the consolidation or simplification of which the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Agriculture and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs mutually agree would contribute to a reduction in the paperwork and regulatory burden of such programs. (2) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, consistent with provisions of law governing their respective programs, provide by regulation for the elimination of forms which solicit information which is already available for other available sources through indexing or other means of identifying such forms. (3) Each agency referred to in subsection (b) may employ riders, addenda, or similar forms of modification agreements to adapt such uniform forms to its respective programs and policies, consistent with the goals of minimizing the use and extent of such modification agreements and maximizing the suitability of such forms for the use of all participants, public and private. (c) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall coordinate and monitor the development and implementation by Federal departments and agencies of the efforts required by subsection (b) and shall report to the Congress on such development and implementation and with respect to any provisions of law which unnecessarily prevent such departments and agencies from carrying out the provisions of this section as part of each report required under Public Law 93-556. Such report shall include an estimate of the reduction of the level of paperwork burden hours of the affected agencies as allocated by the Office of Management and Budget. |