42 USC § 13664 - Definitions

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title: "42 USC § 13664 - Definitions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13664"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 135
chapter_name: "RESIDENCY AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "SAFETY AND SECURITY IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 579, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2642.)"
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# § 13664. Definitions

**1** **1 Definitions** For purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply:

So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.

**(1)** **Drug-related criminal activity** section 1437a(b) of this title

The term “drug-related criminal activity” has the meaning given the term in .

**(2)** **Federally assisted housing** The term “federally assisted housing” means a dwelling unit—

**(A)** in public housing (as such term is defined in section 1437a(b) of this title);

**(B)** assisted with tenant-based assistance under section 1437f of this title;

**(C)** in housing that is provided project-based assistance under section 1437f of this title, including new construction and substantial rehabilitation projects;

**(D)** in housing that is assisted under section 1701q of title 12 (as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act);

**(E)** in housing that is assisted under section 1701q of title 12, as such section existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act [November 28, 1990];

**(F)** in housing that is assisted under section 8013 of this title;

**(G)** in housing financed by a loan or mortgage insured under section 1715*l*(d)(3) of title 12 that bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso of section 1715*l*(d)(5) of title 12;

**(H)** in housing insured, assisted, or held by the Secretary or a State or State agency under section 1715z–1 of title 12; or

**(I)** in housing assisted under section 1484 or 1485 of this title.

**(3)** **Owner** The term “owner” means, with respect to federally assisted housing, the entity or private person (including a cooperative or public housing agency) that has the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling units in such housing.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 579, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2642.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(D), is .

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, and not as part of subtitles C to F of title VI of  which comprise this chapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective and applicable beginning upon , except as otherwise provided, with provision that Secretary may implement any provision of this section before such date, except to extent otherwise provided, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note under .