Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/790

 PUBLIC LAW 109–271—AUG. 12, 2006

120 STAT. 759

SEC. 5. TILE VI—HOUSING AMENDMENTS.

(a) AMENDMENTS TO COLLABORATIVE GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 41404 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (as added by Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3033) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘of Children’’ and inserting ‘‘for Children’’; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— ’’; and (ii) by adding at the end ‘‘Such activities, services, or programs—’’; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES, SERVICES, PROGRAMS.—Such activities, services, or programs described in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)’’; (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; and (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’. (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO STEWART B. MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.—Section 423(a)(8) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)(8)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’; and (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘or ‘victim service providers’ ’’. (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 2005.—Section 606 of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (Public Law 104–162; 119 Stat. 3041) is amended in the heading by striking ‘‘VOUCHER’’. (d) SELECTION OF TENANTS.—Section 8(d)(1)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(d)(1)(A)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(A) the selection of tenants shall be the function of the owner, subject to the annual contributions contract between the Secretary and the agency, except that with respect to the certificate and moderate rehabilitation programs only, for the purpose of selecting families to be assisted, the public housing agency may establish local preferences, consistent with the public housing agency plan submitted under section 5A (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1) by the public housing agency and that an applicant or participant is or has been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking is not an appropriate basis for denial of program assistance or for denial of admission if the applicant otherwise qualifies for assistance or admission;’’. (e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(9)(C), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i) or any Federal, State, or local law to the contrary, an owner or manager may bifurcate a lease under this section, or remove a household member from a lease under this section, without regard to whether a household member is a signatory to a lease, in order to evict, remove, terminate

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