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 PUBLIC LAW 102-550—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4031 •SEC. 471. AUTHORITY. The Secretary may use amounts made available under section 463 to provide tenant-based rental housing assistance for eligible persons in accordance with this part.". (4) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— By redesignating section 462 as section 472 and amending such section by sti^ng "Where" and inserting the following: "An eligible person on behalf of whom assistance is provided under this part shall select the unit in which such person will live using rental assistance under this part; except that where". (5) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.— By redesignating section 463 as section 473 and amending such section by striking the last sentence. (e) TRANSFER, REDESIGNATION, AND AMENDMENT OF GENERAL PROVISIONS.— Subtitle F of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11403 et seq.) is amended as follows: (1) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE. —By redesignating section 457 as section 461. (2) DEFINITIONS. — By redesignating section 458 as section 462 and amending such section— (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: "(2) The term 'applicant' means a State, unit of general local government, Indian tribe, or public housing agency."; and (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the period at the end ", and includes community mental health centers established as public nonprofit organizations". (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — By redesignating section 459 (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) as section 463. (4) HOUSING STANDARDS AND RENT REASONABLENESS. — By redesignating section 464 as section 457, transferring and inserting such section after section 456, and amending subsection (a)(1) of such section by striking "(or if no such agency exists in the applicable area, an entity selected by the Secretary)". (5) TENANT RENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PEES. —By transferring and inserting sections 465 and 466 after section 457 (as so redesignated by paragraph (4) of this subsection) and redesignating such sections as sections 458 and 459, respectively. (6) OCCUPANCY.—By inserting after section 459 (as so redesignated by paragraph (5) of this subsection) the following new section: "(a) OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT.— The occupancy agreement between a tenant and an owner of a dwelling unit assisted under this subtitle shall be for at least one month. "(b) VACANCY PAYMENTS.— If an eligible person vacates a dwelling unit assisted under this subtitle before the expiration of the occupancy agreement, no assistance payment may be made with respect to the unit after the month that follows the month during which the unit was vacated, unless it is occupied by another eligible person.". 42 USC 11404. 42 USC 11404a. 42 USC 11404b. 42 USC 11403f. 42 USC 11403g. 42 USC 11403h. 42 USC 11404c, 11403e-l. 42 USC 11404d, 11404e, 11403e-2, 11403e-3. 42 USC 11403e-4.
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