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 103 STAT. 2022 PUBLIC LAW 101-235—DEC. 15, 1989 Grants. Contracts. Reports. Appropriation authorization. Loans. 12 USC 1715z. SEC. 124. FUNDING FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION AND MONITORING. Section 7 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, as amended by section 106 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(r)(1) For the programs listed in paragraph (2), amounts appro- priated under this subsection shall be available to the Secretary for evaluating and monitoring of all such programs (including all as- pects of the public housing and section 202 programs). The Secretary shall expend amounts made available under this subsection in accordcuice with the need and complexity of evaluating and monitor- ing each such program. "(2) The programs subject to this subsection shall be the programs authorized under— "(A) titles I and n of the United States Housing Act of 1937; "(B) section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959; "(C) section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968; "(D) the Fair Housing Act; "(E) title I and section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; "(F) section 201 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978; "(G) the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978; "(H) section 222 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983; "(I) section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987; and "(J) title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. "(3) In conducting evaluations and monitoring pursuant to the authority under this subsection, the Secretary shall determine any need for additional staff and funding relating to evaluating and monitoring the programs under paragraph (2). "(4)(A) The Secretary may provide for evaluation and monitoring under this subsection directly or by grants, contracts, or interagency agreements. Not more than 50 percent of the amounts made avail- able under paragraph (1) may be used for grants, contracts, or interagency agreements. "(B) Any amounts not used for grants, contracts, or interagency agreements under subparagraph (A) shall be used in a manner that increases and strengthens the ability of the Department to monitor and evaluate the programs under paragraph (2) through officers and employees of the Department. (5) Not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report regarding the use of amounts made available under this subsection during the fiscal year ending on September 30 of that year, including an analysis of the ability of the Department to monitor and evaluate the programs under paragraph (2) and a statement of any needs determined under paragraph (3). "(6) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. Such amounts shall remain available until expended.". SEC. 125. REFINANCING OF SECTION 235 MORTGAGES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 235(r) of the National Housing Act is amended to read as follows:

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