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42 USC § 1437l - Repealed. Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 522(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2564

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# § 1437l. Repealed. Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 522(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2564

Section, , as added , , ; amended , §§ 322(c), 329G, , , 410;  [title II, § 214(b)], , ; , , ; , §§ 112(b)(6), 119(b)–(i), 120, , , 1830–1837; renumbered title I, , , ; , title V, §§ 509(a)–(g), 510, 572, , , 4187, 4191–4193, 4236; , , , 759; , §§ 111(b)(1), 115, title VI, § 625(a)(3), , , 3692, 3820; , , ; , §§ 1001(a), 1003A, , , 236; , , , 1321–277; renumbered title I, , , ; , , ; , , , related to assistance for public housing modernization. See .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective and applicable beginning upon , except as otherwise provided, with provision that Secretary may implement the repeal before such date, and with savings provision, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note under .

### Savings Provision

> **“(1)** **In general.—** Section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437*l*] shall apply as provided in section 519(e) of this Act [42 U.S.C. 1437g note].
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> **“(2)** **Expansion of use of modernization funding.—** Before the implementation of formulas pursuant to sections 9(d)(2) and 9(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(2), (e)(2)] (as amended by section 519(a) of this Act) an agency may utilize any authority provided under or pursuant to section 14(q) of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1437*l*(q)] (including the authority under section 201(a) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 [see Tables for classification] (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–277)), as such provisions (including such section 201(a)) may be amended thereafter, including any amendment made by title II of this Act [see Tables for classification]), notwithstanding any other provision of law (including the repeal made under this section, the expiration of the applicability of such section 201 [see Tables for classification], or any repeal of such section 201).
> 
> **“(3)** **Effective date.—** This subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998].”

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### Conversion of Certain Public Housing to Vouchers

, , , 1321–279; renumbered title I, , , , which required identification for removal from the inventory of a public housing agency of developments on same or contiguous sites which had more than 300 units and vacancy rate of at least 10 percent, were identified as distressed, and for which estimated cost of continued operation exceeded cost of providing tenant-based assistance under , provided for implementation and enforcement of provisions requiring identification, required each agency to develop and carry out plan for removal over 5-year period, and required provision of tenant-based assistance to families residing in any removed development, was repealed by , , . Amounts made available to carry out section 101(e) [title II, § 202] of  authorized to be used, to extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to carry out , and section 101(e) [title II, § 202] of  as in effect immediately before , to continue to apply to public housing developments identified for conversion, or assessment of whether conversion is required, prior to such date, see , set out as a Transition note under .