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 112 STAT. 2614 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 to the Housing Authority of the County of San Diego, in California, and the Housing Authority of the City of San Diego, in CaUfomia. (2) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES. —Under the demonstration program, each public housing agency shall provide tenant-based assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on behalf of eligible families who rent real property on which their manufactured homes are located and which is owned by an owner who has refused to participate in the section 8 program. (3) PARTICIPATION ARRANGEMENTS,—Each public housing agency participating in the demonstration program shall enter into arrangements with families assisted under the program providing for their participation in the program and may, to the extent authorized by the Secretary, continue to provide assistance in the same manner as under the demonstration program after its conclusion to such participating families. (4) WAIVER OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS. —Under the demonstration program, the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, requirements established by or under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 relating to the provision of assistance under subsection (j) or (o)(12) of such section. Deadline. (c) REPORT.— Not later than March 31, 2002, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress describing and evaluating the demonstration program under this section. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE. — This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 558. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. —There is authorized to be appropriated for providing public housing agencies with tenant-based housing assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937— (1) to provide amounts for incremental assistance under such section 8— (A) for each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the amount necessary to assist 100,000 incremental dwelling units in each such fiscal year; and (B) for each of fiscal years 1999, 2002, and 2003, such sums as may be necessary; and (2) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, for— (A) relocation and replacement housing for units that are demolished and disposed of from the public housing inventory (in addition to other amounts that may be available for such purposes); (B) relocation of residents of properties that are owned by the Secretary and being disposed of or that are discontinuing section 8 project-based assistance; (C) the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8; (D) carrying out the family unification program; (E) relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency; (F) nonelderly disabled families affected by the designation of a public housing development under section

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