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ment of this Act1, and subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the use to assist the homeless of building and property at military installations approved for closure under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base closure Act, as the case may be, before such date shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (7) of section 2905(b) of the 1990 base closure Act, as amended by subsection (a), in lieu of the provisions of the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base closure Act that would otherwise apply to the installations.

(B)(i) The provisions of such paragraph (7) shall apply to an installation referred to in subparagraph (A) only if the redevelopment authority for the installation submits a request to the Secretary of Defense not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 2

(ii) In the case of an installation for which no redevelopment authority exists on the date of the enactment of this Act, 2 the chief executive officer of the State in which the installation is located shall submit the request referred to in clause (i) and act as the redevelopment authority for the installation.

(C) The provisions of such paragraph (7) shall not apply to any buildings or property at an installation referred to in subparagraph (A) for which the redevelopment authority submits a request referred to in subparagraph (B) within the time specified in such subparagraph (B) if the buildings or property, as the case may be, have been transferred or leased for use to assist the homeless under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base closure Act, as the case may be, before the date of the enactment of this Act. 2

(2) For purposes of the application of such paragraph (7) to the buildings and property at an installation, the date on which the Secretary receives a request with respect to the installation under paragraph (1) shall be treated as the date on which the Secretary of Defense completes the final determination referred to in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph (7).

(3) Upon receipt under paragraph (1)(B) of a timely request with respect to an installation, the Secretary of Defense shall publish in the Federal Register and in a newspaper of general circulation in the communities in the vicinity of the installation information describing the redevelopment authority for the installation.

(4)(A) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not, during the 60-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 2 carry out with respect to any military installation approved for closure under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base closure Act before such date any action required of such Secretaries under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base closure Act, as the case may be, or under section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411).

(B)(i) Upon receipt under paragraph (1)(A) of a timely request with respect to an installation, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Health and Human Services that the disposal of buildings

1In subsection (e), the reference to "this Act" means the Base Closure Community Redevelop ment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, which was enacted on October 25, 1994.

2 The date of enactment was October 25, 1994.

and property at the installation shall be determined under such paragraph (7) in accordance with this subsection.

(ii) Upon receipt of a notice with respect to an installation under this subparagraph, the requirements, if any, of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to the installation under the provisions of law referred to in subparagraph (A) shall terminate.

(iii) Upon receipt of a notice with respect to an installation under this subparagraph, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify each representative of the homeless that submitted to that Secretary an application to use buildings or property at the installation to assist the homeless under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base closure Act, as the case may be, that the use of buildings and property at the installation to assist the homeless shall be determined under such paragraph (7) in accordance with this subsection.

(5) In preparing a redevelopment plan for buildings and property at an installation covered by such paragraph (7) by reason of this subsection, the redevelopment authority concerned shall

(A) consider and address specifically any applications for use of such buildings and property to assist the homeless that were received by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base closure Act, as the case may be, before the date of the enactment of this Act1 and are pending with that Secretary on that date; and

(B) in the case of any application by representatives of the homeless that was approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services before the date of enactment of this Act, 1 ensure that the plan adequately addresses the needs of the homeless identified in the application by providing such representatives of the homeless with

(i) properties, on or off the installation, that are substantially equivalent to the properties covered by the application;

(ii) sufficient funding to secure such substantially equivalent properties;

(iii) services and activities that meet the needs identified in the application; or

(iv) a combination of the properties, funding, and services and activities described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii). (6) In the case of an installation to which the provisions of such paragraph (7) apply by reason of this subsection, the date specified by the redevelopment authority for the installation under subparagraph (D) of such paragraph (7) shall be not less than 1 month and not more than 6 months after the date of the submittal of the request with respect to the installation under paragraph (1)(B).

(7) For purposes of this subsection:

(A) The term "1988 base closure Act" means title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).

1 October 25, 1994.

FHA SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY DISPOSITION FOR HOMELESS USE

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF

1992

[Public Law 102-550; 106 Stat. 4034]

SEC. 1407. FHA SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY DISPOSITION.

(a) 30-DAY MARKETING PERIOD.-Except as provided in subsection (b), in carrying out the program for disposition of single family properties acquired by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for use by the homeless under subpart E of part 291 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not make any eligible property available for lease under such program that has not been listed and made generally available for sale by the Secretary for a period of at least 30 days.

(b) EXCEPTION.-With respect to any area for which the Secretary determines that there will not be a sufficient quantity of decent, safe, and sanitary affordable housing available for use under the program referred to in subsection (a) if eligible properties located in the area are made generally available for the 30-day period under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve for disposition under such program not more than 10 percent of the total number of eligible properties located in the area and shall not market such properties as provided under subsection (a). The Secretary shall consult with the unit of general local government for an area in determining which properties should be reserved for disposition under this subsection.

(c) STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.

(1) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION UPON REQUEST.-In carrying out the program referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide the information described in paragraph (2) to any lessee or applicant under the program who requests such information.

(2) CONTENT.-The information referred in paragraph (1) shall identify and describe any exemptions or reductions relating to payment of property taxes under State and local laws (for the jurisdictions for which the lessee or applicant requests such information) that may be applicable to lessees or applicants, or to properties leased, under such program.

(3) EXEMPTION FROM ESCROW REQUIREMENT.-To the extent any lessee of a property under the program referred to in subsection (a) is provided an exemption from any requirement to pay State or local taxes, or a reduction in the amount of any such taxes, the Secretary may not require the lessee to pay or

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