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 PUBLIC LAW 102-550—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 3735 Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection, up to $41,680,000, but not less than 5 percent, shall be available for activities authorized under subtitle D. Any amount appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended. "(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— Technical assistance made available under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or subtitle B or subtitle C of this title may include, but shall not be limited to, training, clearinghouse services, the collection, processing and dissemimation of program information useful for local and national program management, and provision of seed money. Such technical assistance may be made available directly, or indirectly under contracts and grants, as appropriate. In any fiscal year, no single applicant, potential applicant, or recipient under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or subtitle B or subtitle C of this title may receive technical assistance in an amount exceeding 20 percent of the total amount made available for technical assistimce! under such title or subtitle for the fiscal year.**. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. — (A) HOPE I,.—Section 301 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa(c)) is amended by striking subsection (c). (B) HOPE n AND HOPE IIL—Title IV of the Cranston- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12871 et seq.) is amended— (i) by striking subsection (c) of section 421; and (ii) in section 441— (I) by striking "(a) IN GENERAL.— **; and (II) by striking subsection (b). (3) GAO AUDrr OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS.— The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit of all of the technical assistance contracts awarded for fiscal years 1993 and 1994 pursuant to section 402 of the Cranston-Cjonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. The Reports. Comptroller (general shall submit a report to the Congress describing the results of such audit not later than September 30, 1994. (b) HOPE I MATCHING FUNDING.— Section 303(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa-2(c)(l)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting aft«r "expenses** the following: "and replacement housing"; and (2) by inserting at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) REDUCTION OF REQUIREMENT. —The Secretary shall reduce the matching requirement for homeownership programs carried out under this section in accordance with the formida established under section 22(Xd) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.**. (c) GRANT SELECTION CRITERIA FOR HOPE I.—Section 303(e)(8) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa- 2(e)(8)) is amended— (1) by striking "of the tjT)e assisted under this title**; and (2) by striking "appreciabijr**. (d) ELIGIBILITY OF MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS FOR HOPE II GRANTS.—Section 426(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12876(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 42 USC 12871. 42 USC 12891. 42 USC 12870 note. 59-194 0-93 4:QL3(Pt. 5)

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