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PREFACE

Contents. This Committee Print replaces the edition of the
Basic Laws on Housing and Community Development dated De-
cember 31, 1998. It contains the texts of the primary housing and
community development laws within the jurisdiction of the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, as
well as additional laws and materials of particular interest to mem-
bers of the Committee in considering legislation relating to housing
and community development. The compilation has been updated
through December 31, 2002. It incorporates the laws passed by the
106th and 107th Congresses and includes the major additions and
revisions made by the American Homeownership and Economic Op-
portunity Act of 2000, enacted December 27, 2000 (Public Law
106-569).

Organization.-This Committee Print has been arranged in

parts, each of which deals with a broad subject area dealt with by

the Committee. The subject areas utilized in organizing the 1998

edition have been retained. Part I contains the basic laws on com-

munity development, including the community development block

grant program and the urban development action grant program.

Part II contains the laws regarding public housing and the section

8 rental assistance program, including the United States Housing

Act of 1937. Part III contains the laws relating to supportive hous-

ing, including supportive housing for elderly and disabled persons.

Part IV contains laws relating to other Federal assistance for hous-

ing, including the HOME program, safety and security in federally

assisted housing, and the low-income housing preservation pro-

gram. Part V contains the laws on homeownership assistance, in-

cluding the HOPE homeownership programs. Part VI contains the

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and other related laws

on housing for the homeless. Part VII contains the laws regarding

housing for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians. Part VIII

contains the basic laws on FHA mortgage insurance, mortgage re-

lief, and mortgage foreclosure, most notably, the National Housing

Act. Part IX contains laws relating to the secondary market for

mortgage loans, including FNMA, FHLMC, GNMA, and FAMC.

Part X contains the basic laws on rural housing, including the title

V of the Housing Act of 1949. Part XI contains laws establishing

various regulatory programs, such as those relating to interstate

land sales, real estate settlement procedures, manufactured hous-

ing construction and safety standards, and termination of private

mortgage insurance. Part XII contains laws for the organization

and operation of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-

ment. Part XIII contains additional laws relating to housing and

community development programs. Part XIV contains permanent

appropriation provisions and a list of appropriation Acts relating to
housing and community development. Finally, part XV contains
miscellaneous tables and lists designed to assist in the use of this
compilation.

United States Code. For the benefit of the reader, the United
States Code citations are shown in boldface brackets at the begin-
ning of each Public Law section in the Committee Print. These cita-
tions are not a part of the text of the laws in which they appear.

As its title indicates, this Committee Print contains only the
basic laws relating to housing and community development that
govern programs currently in effect. Additional laws relating to
housing and community development, including laws governing for-
merly major programs that have since been superseded, various
provisions that have expired or terminated, and laws not within
the jurisdiction of the Committee, may be found in the United
States Code and the notes contained therein.

It is important to recognize that the United States Code, and
the several commercial publications of the Code, contain additional
information that may be extremely useful in understanding the
laws contained in this Committee Print. For example, the relevant
section in the Code will provide the reader with information on spe-
cific amendments made to the section since its enactment, effective
dates and transitional provisions, delegations and transfers of func-
tions, and cross references to other sections dealing with similar
subject matters. Commercial publications of the Code also indicate
relevant judicial decisions issued with respect to each section.

For changes after the closing date of this publication (Decem-
ber 31, 2002) to provisions of law in this publication that have cita-
tions to the U.S. Code, see the United States Code Classification
Tables published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the
House of Representatives at http://uscode.house.gov/uscct.htm.

Bracketed Matter.-Matter appearing in this Committee Print
in boldface black brackets is not a part of the text of the law in
which it appears. As noted above, this matter includes United
States Code citations, which appear at the beginning of each Public
Law provision in this print. The headings and section or subsection
designations of some repealed provisions and some items in tables
of contents also appear in brackets as an aid to the reader.

Comments and Suggestions.-Comments and suggestions for
improvements in future editions of this compilation are encour-
aged, and may be addressed to the attention of the Editor, Com-
pilation of Basic Laws on Housing and Community Development,
Office of the Legislative Counsel, United States House of Rep-
resentatives, 136 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC

20515.

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