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 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2527 is made; except that this clause shall apply only to the extent approved in appropriations Acts. "(vii) EARNED INCOME OF MINORS.— The amount of any earned income of a member of the family who is not— "(I) 18 years of age or older; and "(II) the head of the household (or the spouse of the head of the household). "(B) PERMISSIVE EXCLUSIONS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.— In determining adjusted income, a public housing agency may, in the discretion of the agency, establish exclusions from the annual income of a family residing in a public housing dwelling unit. Such exclusions may include the following amounts: "(i) EXCESSIVE TRAVEL EXPENSES. — Excessive travel expenses in an amount not to exceed $25 per family per week, for employment- or education-related travel. "(ii) EARNED INCOME. —An amount of any earned income of the family, established at the discretion of the public housing agency, which may be based on— "(I) all earned income of the family, "(II) the amount earned by particular members of the family; "(III) the amount earned by families having certain characteristics; or "(IV) the amount earned by families or members during certain periods or from certain sources, "(iii) OTHERS.—- Such other amounts for other purposes, as the public housing agency may establish.". (b) DISALLOWANCE OF EARNED INCOME FROM PUBLIC HOUSING RENT DETERMINATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL. —Section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a) is amended— (A) by striking the undesignated paragraph that follows subsection (c)(3) (as added by section 515(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625; 104 Stat. 4199)); and (B) by adding at the end the following new subsections: " (d) DISALLOWANCE OF EARNED INCOME FROM RENT DETER- MINATIONS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the rent payable under subsection (a) by a family described in paragraph (3) of this subsection may not be increased as a result of the increased income due to such employment during the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the emplo5ment is commenced. "(2) PHASE-IN OF RENT INCREASES. —Upon the expiration of the 12-month period referred to in paragraph (1), the rent payable by a family described in paragraph (3) may be increased due to the continued employment of the family member described in paragraph (3)(B), except that during the 12-month period beginning upon such expiration the amount of the increase may not be greater than 50 percent of the amount of the total rent increase that would be applicable but for this paragraph. "(3) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—A family described in this paragraph is a family— "(A) that—

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