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PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003

(b) Section 226 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, is hereby repealed. (c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be deemed to have taken effect on October 1, 1998. (d) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall be deemed to have taken effect on October 21, 1998. SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2003, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is owned or held by the Secretary and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled families, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties or provide other rental assistance. SEC. 214. A public housing agency or such other entity that administers Federal housing assistance in the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar governing board of such agency or entity as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other entity that administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the public housing agency or other administering entity on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. SEC. 215. (a) Section 24(m)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(m)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$600,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2002’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘$574,000,000 for fiscal year 2003’’. (b) Section 24(n) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2004’’. SEC. 216. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, and excess funds in each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, updated budget information to these committees upon request. SEC. 217. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit an annual report no later than August 30, 2003 and annually thereafter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding the number of Federally assisted units under lease and the per unit cost of these units to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. SEC. 218. Notwithstanding the requirements regarding firsttime homebuyers in section 104 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12704), the Enterprise Housing Corporation of Maryland may use the remaining balance of the grant award,

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