Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 3.djvu/536

 101 STAT. 1834

Reports.

42 USC 1437/.

PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

"(C) The Secretary shall approve the annual statement and any amendment to it or the comprehensive plan unless the Secretary determines that the statement or amendment is plainly inconsistent with the activities specified in the comprehensive plan. The statement or amendment shall be considered to be approved, unless the Secretary notifies the public housing agency in writing before the expiration of the 75-day period following its submission that the Secretary has disapproved it as submitted, indicating the reasons for disapproval and the modifications required to make it approvable. '(4)(A) Each public housing agency that owns or operates 500 or more public housing dwelling units shall submit to the Secretary, on a date determined by the Secretary, a performance and evaluation report concerning the use of funds made available under this section. The report of the public housing agency shall include an assessment by the public housing agency of the relationship of such use of funds made available under this section, as well as the use of other funds, to the needs identified in the comprehensive plan of the public housing agency and to the purposes of this section. The public housing agency shall certify that the report has been made available for review and comment by affected tenants prior to its submission to the Secretary. "(B) The Secretary shall, at least on an annual basis, make such reviews as may be necessary or appropriate to determine whether each public housing agency receiving assistance under this section— "(i) has carried out its activities under this section in a timely manner and in accordance with its comprehensive plan; "(ii) hgis a continuing capacity to carry out its comprehensive plan in a timely manner; "(iii) has satisfied, or has made reasonable progress towards satisfying, such performance standards as shall be prescribed by the Secretary, and has made reasonable progress in carrying out modernization projects approved under this section. "(C) Each public housing agency that owns or operates 500 or more public housing dwelling units and receives assistance under this section shall have an audit made in accordance with chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code. The Secretary, the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Comptroller General of the United States shall have access to all books, documents, papers, or other records that are pertinent to the activities carried out under this section in order to make audit examinations, excerpts, and transcripts. "(D) The comprehensive plan, any amendments to the comprehensive plan, and the annual statement shall, once approved by the Secretary, be binding upon the Secretary and the public housing agency. The Secretary may order corrective action only if the public housing agency does not comply with subparagraph (A) or (B) or if an audit under subparagraph (C) reveals findings that the Secretary reasonably believes require such corrective action. The Secretary may withhold funds under this section only if the public housing agency fails to take such corrective action after notice and a reasonable opportunity to do so. In administering this section, the Secretary shall, to the greatest extent possible, respect the professional judgment of the administrators of the public housing agency.", (e) EuGiBLE COSTS.—Section 14(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as so redesignated by this section) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after the subsection designation;

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