106 STAT. 3868

PUBLIC LAW 102-550—OCT. 28,1992

"(1) the request for consent is made, and the information
secured is maintained, in accordance with this section, section
552a of title 5, United States Code; and

"(2) the consent that is requested is appropriately limited,
with respect to time and information relevant and necessary
to meet the requirements of this section.".

42 USC 3544 (b) FORMS.—

note. (i) NEW FORM.—Not later than the expiration of the 180-

day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
develop a release form that meets the requirements of section
904 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amend-
ments Act of 1988, as amended by this section. In developing
the form, the Secretary shall consult with interested parties,
which shall include not less than 2 representatives of public
housing agencies, 1 representative of a national tenant
. organization, 1 representative of a State tenant organization,
and 1 representative of a legal group representing tenants.
(2) EFFECT OF OLD FORM.—During the period t>eginning
upon the date of the enactment of this Act and ending upon
implementation of the use of the form developed under para-
graph (1), the benefits provided to an applicant or participant
under any program of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, or eligibility for such benefits, may not be termi-
nated, denied, suspended, or reduced because of any failure
to sign any form authorizing the release of information from
any third party (including Form HUD-9886), if the applicant
or participant otherwise discloses all financial information
relating to the application or recertification.

SEC. 904. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES.

(a) TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974.—Section 809 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 1701J-2) is
amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections
(i) and (i), respectively; and

(2) oy inserting after subsection (g) the material inserted
by the amendment made by section 952(bX2) of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-
625; 104 Stat. 4418).

12 use i748h-i. (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO NATIONAL HOUSING ACT.—Sec-
tion 809 of the National Housing Act is amended by striking sub-
section (h) (as added by section 952(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act).

Discrimination. SEC. 905. FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that^-

(1) in the past half decade, there have been major legisla-
tive and administrative changes in Federal fair housing and
fair lending laws and substantial improvements in the Nation's
understanding of discrimination in the housing markets;

(2) in response to evidence of continuing housing discrimi-
nation, the Congress passed the Fair Housing Act Amendments
of 1988, to provide for more effective enforcement of fair housing
rights through judicial and administrative avenues and to
expand the number of protected classes covered under Federal
fair housing laws;

42 USC 3616a
note.