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 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2607 may be provided to, police officers and other security personnel who are not otherwise eligible for assistance under the Act. "(2) RENT REQUIREMENTS. — With respect to any assistance provided by an owner under this subsection, the Secretary may— "(A) permit the owner to establish such rent requirements and other terms and conditions of occupancy that the Secretary considers to be appropriate; and "(B) require the owner to submit an application for those rent requirements, which application shall include such information as the Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary, determines to be necessary. "(3) APPLICABILITY.—Th is subsection shall apply to fiscal year 1999 and fiscal years thereafter.". SEC. 549. ADVANCE NOTICE TO TENANTS OF EXPIRATION, TERMI- NATION, OR OWNER NONRENEWAL OF ASSISTANCE CON- TRACT. (a) PERMANENT APPLICABILITY OF NOTICE AND ENDLESS LEASE PROVISIONS.— (1) NOTICE. —Section 8(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)) is amended— (A) by striking paragraphs (8) and (10); and (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the first sentence and inserting the following new sentence: " Not less than one year before terminating any contract under which assistance pa3nnents are received under this section, other than a contract for tenant-based assistance under this section, an owner shall provide written notice to the Secretary and the tenants involved of the proposed termination, specifying the reasons for the termination with sufficient detail to enable the Secretary to evaluate whether the termination is lawful and whether there are additional actions that can be taken by the Secretary to avoid the termination.". (2) ENDLESS LEASE.— Section 8(d)(1)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(d)(l)(B)) is amended— (A) in clause (ii) by striking "(ii)" and all that follows through "the owneT^' and inserting "(ii) during the term of the lease, the owner"; and (B) in clause (iii), by striking "(iii)" and all that follows through "any criminal activity" the first place it appears and inserting "(iii) during the term of the lease, any criminal activity. (3) PERMANENT EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDMENTS.—The 42 USC i437f amendments under this subsection are made on, and shall «<>*«. apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply thereafter, notwithstanding section 203 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) or any other provision of law (including the expiration of the applicability of such section 203 or any repeal of such section 203). (b) EXEMPTION OF TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE FROM CONTRACT PROVISIONS. —Paragraph (9) of section 8(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437flc)(9)), as amended by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is further amended— (1) by striking "(9)" and inserting "(8)(A)"; and

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