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 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2605 "(I) the Secretary or another public or private nonprofit entity that by contract agrees to receive assistance amounts under section 8 and enter into housing assistance payments contracts with owners and perform the other functions of public housing agency under section 8; or "(II) notwithstanding any provision of State or local law, a public housing agency for another area that contracts with the Secretary to administer a program for housing assistance under section 8, without regard to any otherwise applicable limitations on its area of operation.". SEC. 547. ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. Subsection (q) of section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f[q)) is amended to read as follows: "(q) ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.— "(1) FEE FOR ONGOING COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION. — "(A) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary shall establish fees for the costs of administering the tenant-based assistance, certificate, voucher, and moderate rehabilitation programs under this section. "(B) FISCAL YEAR 1999.— "(i) CALCULATION.— For fiscal year 1999, the fee for each month for which a dwelling unit is covered by an assistance contract shall be— "(I) in the case of a public housing agency that, on an annual basis, is administering a program for not more than 600 dwelling units, 7.65 percent of the base amount; and "(II) in the case of an agency that, on an annual basis, is administering a program for more than 600 dwelling units (aa) for the first 600 units, 7.65 percent of the base amount, and (bb) for any additional dwelling units under the program, 7.0 percent of the base amount. "(ii) BASE AMOUNT. —For purposes of this subparagraph, the base amount shall be the higher of— "(I) the fair market rental established under section 8(c) of this Act (as in effect immediately before the effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998) for fiscal year 1993 for a 2-bedroom existing rental dwelling unit in the market area of the agency, and "(II) the amount that is the lesser of (aa) such fair market rental for fiscal year 1994, or (bb) 103.5 percent of the amount determined under clause (i), adjusted based on changes in wage data or other objectively measurable data that reflect the costs of administering the program, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary may require that the base amount be not less than a minimum amount and not more than a maximum amount. "(C) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—For subsequent fiscal Federal Register, years, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal publication. Notice.

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