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 112 STAT. 2522 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 to the extent that such provision or amendment specifically provides otherwise. (b) SAVINGS PROVISION. —Notwithstanding any amendment under this title that is made (in accordance with subsection (a)) on the date of the enactment of this Act but applies beginning on October 1, 1999, the provisions of law amended by such amendment, as such provisions were in effect immediately before the making of such amendment, shall continue to apply during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending upon October 1, 1999, unless otherwise specifically provided by this title. Deadline. (c) TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS. —Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of Representatives, recommended technical and conforming legislative changes necessary to carry out this title and the amendments made by this title. Deadline. (d) LiST OF OBSOLETE DOCUMENTS.—Not later than October Federal Register, 1, 1999, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall publication. cause to be published in the Federal Register a list of all rules, regulations, and orders (including all handbooks, notices, and related requirements) pertaining to public housing or section 8 tenant-based programs issued or promulgated under the United States Housing Act of 1937 before the date of the enactment of this Act that are or will be obsolete because of the enactment of this Act or are otherwise obsolete. (e) PROTECTION OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS.—No provision of this title may be construed to repeal the regulations of the Secretary regarding tenant participation and tenant opportunities in public housing (24 C.F.R. 964). (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.— This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. Subtitle A—General Provisions SEC. 505. DECLARATION OF POLICY AND PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY ORGANIZATION. Section 2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY AND PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY ORGANIZATION. "(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.— It is the policy of the United States— "(1) to promote the general welfare of the Nation by employ- ing the funds and credit of the Nation, as provided in this Act— "(A) to assist States and political subdivisions of States to remedy the unsafe housing conditions and the acute shortage of decent and safe dwellings for low-income families; "(B) to assist States and political subdivisions of States to address the shortage of housing affordable to low-income families; and

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