James A. Leach: “I would like to simply stress on the time score that we were operating under the rules of the House and we granted, at…”

“I would like to simply stress on the time score that we were operating under the rules of the House and we granted, at the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy], extra time on each side. On the process point, it should be stressed that it is a norm, when Federal funds are extended, to put conditions and requirements into programs. That is what is being done in this bill, and that is why in the supplemental report filed by the committee we include a CBO estimate. And the CBO, as this body knows, is the general overseer of this circumstance. The CBO states, and I quote directly, "The bill would impose several new requirements on PHA's. These requirements, which are conditions of receiving assistance from HUD and, thus, are not mandates under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, include establishing and enforcing work requirements and self-sufficiency agreements with residents of public housing."”