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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 inserting in lieu thereof "the rent the family is required to pay under section 3(a) of this Act". (f) Section 236 of the National Housing Act is amended— (1) by striking out "two years" in subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof "one year"; (2) by striking out "25 per centum of the tenant's income" in the second sentence of subsection (fKD and inserting in lieu thereof "30 per centum of the tenant's adjusted income"; (3) by striking out clause (ii) in the third sentence of subsection (f)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(ii) to permit the charging of a rental for such dwelling units at such an amount less than 30 per centum of a tenant's adjusted income as the Secretary determines represents a proportionate decrease for the utility charges to be paid by such tenant, but in no case sheill such rental be lower than 25 per centum of a tenant's adjusted income.": (4) by striking out "25 per centum of their income' in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof "30 per centum of their adjusted income"; (5) by striking out "25 per centum of the tenant's income" in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof "the highest of the following amounts, rounded to the nearest dollar: "(A) 30 per centum of the tenant's monthly adjusted income; "(B) 10 per centum of the tenant's monthly income; or "(C) if the family is receiving payments for welfare assistance from a public agency and a part of such payments, adjusted in accordance with the family's actual housing costs, is specifically designated by such agency to meet the family's housing costs, the portion of such payments which is so designated"; (6) by striking out the third sentence in paragraph (2) of sulDsection (f); (7) by striking out subparagraph (A) of subsection (f)(3) and redesignating subsection (f)(3)(B) as subsection (f)(3); and (8) by striking out subsection (m) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(m) For the purpose of this section the term 'income' means income from all sources of each member of the household, as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary. In determining amounts to be excluded from income, the Secretary may, in the Secretary's discretion, take into account the number of minor children in the household and such other factors as the Secretary may determine are appropriate.". (g) Section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 is amended (1) by striking out paragraph (2) in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(2) 'income' means income from all sources of each member of the household, as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary. In determining amounts to be excluded from income, the Secretary may, in the Secretary's discretion, take into account the number of minor children in the household and such other factors as the Secretary may determine are appropriate."; (2) by striking out the first sentence of subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The amount of the annual payment with respect to any dwelling unit shall be the

95 STAT. 403 Ante, p. 400. 12 USC I7i5z-l.

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