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PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4183 Reports. authorized to appoint a receiver for the purposes and having the powers prescribed in this subsection; and "(iii) require the agency to make other arrangements acceptable to the Secretary and in the best intereste of the public housing residents for managing all, or part of, such housing. "(B) In any proceeding under subparagraph (A)(ii), upon a deter- Courts mination that a substantial default has occurred, and without regard to the availability of alternative remedies, the court shall appoint a receiver to conduct the Eiffairs of the public housing agency in a manner consistent with this Act and in accordance with such further terms and conditions as the court may provide. The court shall have power to grant appropriate temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of the petition by the Secretary. "(C) The appointment of a receiver pursuant to this subsection may be terminated, upon the petition of any party, when the court determines that all defaults have been cured and the housing operated by the public housing agency will thereafter be operated in accordance with the covenants and conditions to which the public housing agency is subject. "(4) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress annually, as a part of the report of the Secretary under section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, a report that— "(A) identifies the public housing agencies that have been designated as troubled under paragraph (2); "(B) describes the grounds on which such public housing agencies were designated as troubled and continue to be so designated; f, "(C) describes the agreements that have been entered into with such agencies under such paragraph; "(D) describes the status of progress under such agreements; "(E) describes any action that has been taken in accordance with paragraph (3); and "(F) describes the status of any public housing agency designated as troubled with respect to the program under section 14 and specifies the sunount of assistance the agency received under section 14 and any credits accumulated by the agency under section 14(k)(5)(D).". (b) REPORT ON TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION STANDARDS. — The Secretary shall submit to the Congress, not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report regarding the feasibility and effectiveness of establishing uniform standards for training and certification of executive directors and other officers and members of local, regional, and State public housing agencies. (c) PROJECT-BASED ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 6(c)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(c)(4)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (C) by striking "and" at the end; (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and '; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(E) except in the case of agencies not receiving operating assistance under section 9, the establishment and maintenance of a system of accounting for rental collections and costs (including administrative, utility, maintenance, repair and other operating costs) for each project or operating cost center (as determined by the Secretary), which collections and costs shall be made available to the general public and 42 USC 1437d note.