the response I would make to that is that it is my understanding that because the funding has been zeroed out for HOPE VI, we are entitled to raise the amendment and that we can, in effect, either reach forward or reach backward as far as capturing these funds goes. That was the information relayed to me by the Parliamentarian. The CHAIRMAN. The Chair is informed that the Clerk has read to page 67 and the gentleman's amendment proposes an insertion on page 73. So the gentleman's amendment should be held in abeyance until we reach that point.
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