105 STAT. 1720 PUBLIC LAW 102-230—DEC. 12, 1991 Public Law 102-230 102d Congress An Act Dec. 12, 1991 To amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to reserve assist- [H.R. 3576] ance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act for certain insular areas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. RESERVATION OF ASSISTANCE. Section 217(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(a)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by inserting "and after reserving amounts for the insular areas under paragraph (3)" before the first comma; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) INSULAR AREAS.— Grants. "(A) IN GENERAL. — For each fiscal year, of any amount approved in an appropriations Act to carry out this title, the Secretary shall reserve for grants to the insular areas an amount that reflects— "(i) their share of the total population of eligible jurisdictions; and "(ii) any adjustments that the Secretary determines are reasonable in light of available data that are related to factors set forth in subsection (b)(1)(B). Regulations. "(B) SPECIFIC CRITERIA. — The Secretary shall provide for the distribution of amounts reserved under this paragraph among the insular areas in accordance with specific criteria to be set forth in a regulation promulgated by the Secretary after notice and public comment. "(C) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. — For fiscal year 1992, the reservation for insular areas specified in subparagraph (A) shall be made from any funds which become available for reallocation in accordance with the provisions of section 216(6)(A). ". SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. Section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "Guam" and all that follows through "the Marshall Islands" and inserting "the insular areas"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(24) The term 'insular areas' means Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.". Virginia. SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF TIME TO SUBMIT CDBG STATEMENT. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of Petersburg, Virginia is authorized to submit not later than 10 days following the enactment of this Act, and the Secretary of Housing and
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