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 101 STAT. 1860

PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

SEC. 163. CONGREGATE SERVICES. 42 USC 8010.

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 411(a) of the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 is amended to read as follows: "(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989.". 0)) DELETION OF REFERENCE TO PROGRAM AS NONPERMANENT.—

42 USC 8007.

contracts. State and local governments.

Grants.

Section 408 of the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 is amended by striking subsection (c). (c) REPORT.—Section 408 of the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 (as amended by subsection (b) of this section) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(c)(1) The Secretary shall contract with a university or qualified research institution to produce a report— "(A) documenting the number of elderly living in federally f i. assisted housing at risk of institutionalization; j: _ j "(B) studying and comparing alternative delivery systems in the States, including the congregate housing services pro:, gram, to provide services to older persons in assisted congregate housing; .. "(C) assessing existing and potential financial resources at the " • Federal, State, and local levels for the support of congregate housing services; and o:r i "(D) making legislative recommendations as to the feasibility of permitting State housing agencies and other appropriate State agencies to participate and operate the program on a matching grant basis. "(2) The Secretary shall submit the report to the Congress not later than September 30, 1988.". SEC. 164. MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTION ON USE OF ASSISTED HOUSING BY ALIENS.

42 USC 1436a.

(a) AuENS ADMITTED FOR LAWFUL RESIDENCE.—Section 214(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 is amended— (1) by striking "or" at the end of paragraph (4); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting "; or"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(6) an alien lawfully admitted for temporary or permanent residence under section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act.". (b) PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES.—Section 214 of the Housing and

Community Development Act of 1980 is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c)(1) If, following completion of the applicable hearing process, financial assistance for any individual receiving such assistance on the date of the enactment of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 is to be terminated, the public housing agency or other local governmental entity involved (in the case of public housing or assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937) or the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in the case of any other financial assistance) may, in its discretion, take one of the following actions: "(A) Permit the continued provision of financial assistance, if necessary to avoid the division of a family in which the head of household or spouse is a citizen of the United States, a national of the United States, or an alien resident of the United States described in any of paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a).

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