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 PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 97 STAT. 1187 Ante, p. 1176. Contracts and payments. 42 USC 1437f. SECTION 236 ASSISTANCE SEC. 218. (a) Section 236(f) of the National Housing Act is amended 12 USC 1715z-l. by adding at the end thereof the following: "(4) To ensure that eligible tenants occupying that number of Contracts and units with respect to which assistance was being provided under this payments, subsection immediately prior to the date of enactment of this sen- tence receive the benefit of assistance contracted for under para- graph (2), the. Secretary shall offer annually to amend contracts entered into under this subsection with owners of projects assisted but not subject to mortgages insured under this section to provide sufficient payments to cover up to 90 per centum of the necessary rent increases and changes in the incomes of eligible tenants, subject to the availability of authority for such purpose under section 5(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that pay- ments, including payments that reflect necessary rent increases and changes in the incomes of tenants, are made on a timely basis for all units covered by contracts entered into under paragraph (2).". (b) Section 236(i)(l) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The Secretary shall utilize, to the extent necessary after September 30, 1984, any authority under this section that is recaptured either as the result of the conversion of housing projects covered by assistance under subsection (f)(2) to contracts for assistance under section 8 of the United States Hous- ing Act of 1937 or otherwise for the purpose of making assistance payments, including amendments as provided in subsection (h), with respect to housing projects assisted, but not subject to mortgages insured, under this section that remain covered by assistance under subsection (fK2).". RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM SEC. 219. (a) Section 101(g) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "To ensure that qualified tenants occupying that number of unite with respect to which assistance was being provided under this section immediately prior to the date of enactment of this sentence receive the benefit of assistance contracted for under this section, the Secretary shall offer annually to amend contracte entered into with owners of projects assisted under this section but not subject to mortgages insured under title II of the National Housing Act to 12 USC 1707. provide sufficient paymente to cover up to 90 per centum of the necessary rent increases and changes in the incomes of qualified tenants, subject to the availability of authority for such purpose under section 5(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. The ^^te, p. 1176. Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that paymente, including paymente that reflect necessary rent increases and changes in the incomes of tenants, are made on a timely basis for all unite covered by contracte entered into under this section.". (b) Section 101(1) of such Act is amended by adding at the end Payments, thereof the following new sentence: "The Secretary shall utilize, to the extent necessary after September 30, 1984, any authority under this section that is recaptured either as the result of the conversion of housing projecte covered by assistance under this section to contracts for assistance under section 8 of the United States Hous- ing Act of 1937 or otherwise (1) for the purpose of making assistance 42 USC 1437f. paymente, including amendments as provided in subsection (g), with Contracts and payments. 12 USC 1701s.

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