text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``HOPE VI Green Building and Technical 
  Assistance Act of 2007''.
  
  SEC. 2. GREEN COMMUNITIES REQUIREMENTS.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 24(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
  1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
  new paragraph:
              ``(4) Green communities requirements.--
                      ``(A) Requirements.--The Secretary may not make a 
                  grant under this section to an applicant unless the 
                  revitalization plan of the applicant to be carried out 
                  with such grant amounts complies with the following 
                  requirements:
                              ``(i) Affordable housing.--The plan 
                          complies with the green communities criteria 
                          checklist of the national Green Communities 
                          program that provides criteria for the design, 
                          development, and operation of affordable 
                          housing, as such checklist is in effect upon 
                          the date of the enactment of the HOPE VI Green 
                          Building and Technical Assistance Act of 2007, 
                          as follows:
                                      ``(I) The revitalization plan shall 
                                  comply with all items of the green 
                                  communities criteria checklist that are 
                                  identified as mandatory.
                                      ``(II) The revitalization plan 
                                  shall comply with such other 
                                  nonmandatory items of the green 
                                  communities criteria checklist so as to 
                                  result in a cumulative number of points 
                                  attributable to such nonmandatory items 
                                  under such checklist of not less than--
                                              ``(aa) 25 points, in the 
                                          case of any plan (or portion 
                                          thereof) consisting of new 
                                          construction; and
                                              ``(bb) 20 points, in the 
                                          case of any plan (or portion 
                                          thereof) consisting of 
                                          rehabilitation.
                              ``(ii) Nonresidential structures.--The plan 
                          provides that any nonresidential structure 
                          covered by the plan that has 50,000 square feet 
                          of gross floor area or more complies with 
                          version 2.2 of the Leadership in Energy and 
                          Environmental Design green building rating 
                          system for new construction and major 
                          renovations (LEED-NC 2.2) or version 2.0 of 
                          such green building rating system for core and 
                          shell (LEED-CS 2.0) at the certification level.
                      ``(B) Verification.--
                              ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                          verify, or provide for verification, sufficient 
                          to ensure that each revitalization plan carried 
                          out with amounts from a grant under this 
                          section complies with the requirements under 
                          subparagraph (A) and that the revitalization 
                          program is carried out in accordance with such 
                          requirements and plan.
                              ``(ii) Timing.--In providing for such 
                          verification, the Secretary shall establish 
                          procedures to ensure such compliance with 
                          respect to each grantee, and shall report to 
                          the Congress with respect to the compliance of 
                          each grantee, at each of the following times:
                                      ``(I) Not later than 60 days after 
                                  award of a grant under this section for 
                                  the grantee.
                                      ``(II) Upon completion of the 
                                  revitalization program of the 
                                  grantee.''.
      (b) Selection Criteria.--Section 24(e)(2) of the United States 
  Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(e)(2)) is amended--
              (1) in subparagraph (K), by striking ``and'' at the end;
              (2) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as subparagraph (M); 
          and
              (3) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the following new 
          subparagraph:
                      ``(L) the extent of compliance of the 
                  revitalization program proposed under the plan with the 
                  nonmandatory items of the national Green Communities 
                  criteria checklist identified in paragraph (4)(A); 
                  and''.
  
  SEC. 3. PLANNING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.
  
      Section 24(m) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
  1437v(m)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
  following new paragraph:
              ``(2) Planning and technical assistance grants.--Subject 
          only to approvable requests for grants under this paragraph, of 
          the amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for any 
          fiscal year, the Secretary shall use not less than two percent 
          for grants in such fiscal year to potential applicants and 
          applicants for grants under this section to assist such 
          entities in developing and planning revitalization programs 
          under this section or to recipients of grants under this 
          section to assist such recipients in obtaining technical 
          assistance in carrying out revitalization programs.''.
target: HOPE VI Green Building and Technical Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prescribe green communities requirements for grant applicants regarding revitalization programs for severely distressed public housing.
  
  Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from making a grant unless the applicant's revitalization plan complies with both the mandatory and some of the nonmandatory green communities affordable housing design, development, and operation criteria as they appear on the national Green Communities program checklist. Adds to such criteria specified requirements for nonresidential structures covered by the plan.
  
  Directs the Secretary to establish verification procedures.
  
  Repeals current technical assistance and program oversight funding authority, including those for assistance in connection with establishment and operation of computer centers in public housing through the Neighborhoods Networks initiative. Replaces it with mandatory funding for additional grants to assist: (1) potential and actual revitalization grant applicants in developing and planning revitalization programs; or (2) revitalization grant recipients in obtaining technical assistance in carrying out such programs.
feat_title: To require all public housing revitalization projects assisted under the HOPE VI program to meet green communities standards.