Contracts. 20 USC 80r-7. 20 USC 80r-8. 20 USC 80r-9. (3) NONAPPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO MONUMENTS AND COMMEMORATIVE WORKS. Chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the Museum. (b) COST SHARING.-The Board of Regents shall pay (1) 50 percent of the costs of carrying out this section from Federal funds; and (2) 50 percent of the costs of carrying out this section from non-Federal sources. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. SEC. 9. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT COMPLIANCE. Authority under this Act to enter into contracts or to make payments shall be effective in any fiscal year only to the extent provided in advance in an appropriations Act, except as provided under section 11(b). SEC. 10. CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL In carrying out their duties under this Act, the Council and the Board of Regents shall take into consideration the reports and plans submitted by the National Museum of African American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission under the National Museum of African American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-106). SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.-There are authorized to be appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution to carry out this Act, other than sections 7(b) and 8 (1) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and (2) such sums as are necessary for each fiscal year thereafter. (b) AVAILABILITY.-Amounts made available under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. (c) USE OF FUNDS FOR FUNDRAISING.-Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under this section may be used to conduct fundraising in support of the Museum from private sources. Approved December 16, 2003. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-H.R. 3491 (S. 1157): Dec. 16, 2003 [H.J. Res. 82] Ante, p. 1044. Applicability. Ante, p. 1200. Public Law 108-185 108th Congress Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 121 of Public Law 108-84 is amended by striking "$3,800,000,000" and inserting "$7,667,000,000": Provided, That the amendment made by this section shall take effect only after a certification by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the use of the authority provided pursuant to this section will not result in commitments to guarantee new loans for the entire fiscal year at a level in excess of the limitation set forth in the fiscal year 2003 appropriations Act and that the apportionment of loan commitment authority provided for the Federal Housing Administration, General and Special Risk Insurance Fund and the Federal Housing Administration, Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund is in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in Public Law 108-84: Provided further, That the authority provided under the amendment made by this section shall only apply to new commitments issued after enactment of this section: Provided further, That nothing in this section may be construed to pardon or release an officer or employee of the United States Government for an act or acts in violation of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code (the Antideficiency Act) or any other applicable law that occurred prior to enactment of this section. SEC. 2. Public Law 108-84, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: "SEC. 131. Subject to sections 107(c) and 108 of this joint resolution, for the Federal Aviation Administration Operations Account Staff Offices line of business, at a rate of operations not to exceed $141,411,000.". Approved December 16, 2003. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-H.J. Res. 82 Dec. 8, considered and passed House. Public Law 108-186 108th Congress An Act To support certain housing proposals in the fiscal year 2003 budget for the Federal Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Sec. 102. Downpayment assistance initiative. TITLE II-INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Definitions. Sec. 203. Demonstration program for elderly housing for intergenerational families. Sec. 204. Training for HUD personnel regarding grandparent-headed and relativeheaded families issues. Sec. 205. Study of housing needs of grandparent-headed and relative-headed families. TITLE III-ADJUSTABLE RATE SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGES AND LOAN Sec. 301. Hybrid arms. Sec. 302. FHA multifamily loan limit adjustments. Dec. 16, 2003 [S. 811] TITLE IV-HOPE VI PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Hope VI program reauthorization. Sec. 403. Hope VI grants for assisting affordable housing through main street projects. TITLE V-COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS Sec. 501. Funding for insular areas. TITLE I-DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "American Dream Downpayment Act". SEC. 102. DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. Subtitle E of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12821) is amended to read as follows: American Dream Act. 42 USC 12701 note. "(1) DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE.-The term "downpayment assistance" means assistance to help a family acquire a principal residence. "(2) HOME REPAIRS.-The term "home repairs" means capital improvements or repairs that "(A) are identified in an appraisal or home inspection completed in conjunction with a home purchase; or "(B) are completed within 1 year of the purchase of a home, and are necessary to bring the housing into compliance with health and safety housing codes of the unit of general local government in which the housing is located, including the remediation of lead paint or other home health hazards. “(3) PARTICIPATING JURISDICTION. The term "participating jurisdiction" means a State or unit of general local government designated under section 216. "(4) STATE. The term "State" means any State of the United States and the District of Columbia. "(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.-The Secretary may award grants to participating jurisdictions to assist low-income families to achieve homeownership, in accordance with this section. "(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. "(1) IN GENERAL. "(A) DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE.-Subject to subparagraph (B), grants awarded under this section may be used only for downpayment assistance toward the purchase of single family housing (including 1 to 4 unit family dwelling units, condominium units, cooperative units, and manufactured housing units which are located on land which is owned by the manufactured housing unit owner, owned as a cooperative, or is subject to a leasehold interest with a term equal to at least the term of the mortgage financing on the unit, and manufactured housing lots) by low-income families who are first-time home-buyers. "(B) HOME REPAIRS.-Not more than 20 percent of the grant funds provided under subsection (d) to a participating jurisdiction may be used to provide assistance to lowincome, first-time home-buyers for home repairs. "(2) LIMITATIONS. "(A) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.-The amount of assistance provided to any low-income families under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the greater of— "(i) 6 percent of the purchase price of a single family housing unit; or "(ii) $10,000. “(B) PARTICIPATION.-A participating jurisdiction may not use any amount of a grant awarded under this section to provide funding to an entity or organization that provides downpayment assistance if the activities of that entity or organization are financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by contributions, service fees, or other payments from the sellers of housing. |