SEC-429 -- AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL HOUSING ACT.


 Section 203(b)(9) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(9))
is amended by inserting after "Housing Act of 1961," the following:
"or with respect to a mortgage covering a housing unit in connection
with a homeownership program under the Homeownership and Opportunity
Through HOPE Act,".