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 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2541 of the manner in which the agency intends to implement and administer this subsection. "(6) GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.— The requirement under paragraph (1) may include community service or participation in an economic self-sufficiency program performed at a location not owned by the public housing agency. "(7) PROHIBITION AGAINST REPLACEMENT OF EMPLOYEES.— In carr3ring out this subsection, a public housing agency may not— "(A) substitute community service or participation in an economic self-sufficiency program, as described in paragraph (1), for work performed by a public housing employee; or "(B) supplant a job at any location at which community work requirements are fulfilled. "(8) THIRD-PARTY COORDINATING. —A public housing agency may administer the community service requirement under this subsection directly, through a resident organization, or through a contractor having experience in administering volunteerbased community service programs within the service area of the public housing agency. The Secretary may establish qualifications for such organizations and contractors. "(d) TREATMENT OF INCOME CHANGES RESULTING FROM WEL- FARE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— "(1) COVERED FAMILY.— For purposes of this subsection, the term 'covered family* means a family that (A) receives benefits for welfare or public assistance from a State or other public agency under a program for which the Federal, State, or local law relating to the program requires, as a condition of eligibility for assistance under the program, participation of a member of the family in an economic self-sufficiency program, and (B) resides in a public housing dwelling unit or is provided tenant-based assistance under section 8. " (2) DECREASES IN INCOME FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY. — "(A) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3(a) (relating to family rental contributions) or paragraph (4) or (5) of section 3(b) (relating to definition of income and adjusted income), if the welfare or public assistance benefits of a covered family are reduced under a Federal, State, or local law regarding such an assistance program because of any failure of any member of the family to comply with the conditions under the assistance program requiring participation in an economic self-sufficiency program or imposing a work activities requirement, the amount required to be paid by the family as a monthly contribution toward rent may not be decreased, during the period of the reduction, as a result of any decrease in the income of the family (to the extent that the decrease in income is a result of the benefits reduction). "(B) No REDUCTION BASED ON TIME LIMIT FOR ASSIST- ANCE. —For purposes of this paragraph, a reduction in benefits as a result of the expiration of a lifetime time limit for a family receiving welfare or public assistance benefits shall not be considered to be a failure to comply with the conditions under the assistance program requiring participation in an economic self-sufficiency program or imposing a work activities requirement. This paragraph

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