SEC-954 -- COLLECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF DATA REGARDING PROGRAMS UNDER 

 
HUD.
 
 (a) Program Evaluation and Monitoring.-Section 7(r) of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(r)) is amended-
 
 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the periods at the end of the first
and last sentences and inserting in each place the following: "and
collecting and maintaining data for such purposes.";
 
 (2) in paragraph (2)-
 
 (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking "and" at the end;
 
 (B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period at the end and
inserting "; and"; and
 
 (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
 
 "(K) titles II, III, and IV and section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act.";
 
 (3) in paragraph (3)-
 
 (A) by inserting after the comma the following: "and collecting and
maintaining data pursuant to the authority under this subsection,"; and
 
 (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting the following:
"and collecting and maintaining data for such purposes."; and
 
 (4) in paragraph (4)-
 
 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after "subsection" the
following: "and collecting and maintaining data for such purposes";
and
 
 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after "paragraph (2)" the
following:  "and to collect and maintain data for such purposes".
 
 (b) Annual Report on Characteristics of Families in Assisted
Housing.-Section 166 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1987 (42 U.S.C. 3536 note) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
 
 "(c) Collection and Maintenance of Data.-The Secretary shall collect
and maintain data necessary to carry out the purposes of this section
and shall coordinate such efforts, to the greatest extent possible, with
activities and responsibilities under section 8 of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Act.".