[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3573 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3573
To require certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in housing
choice vouchers, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2023
Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, and
Mrs. Hinson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To require certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in housing
choice vouchers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Housing Accessibility Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES TO ABSORB PORT-IN
VOUCHERS AND LIMITING BILLING INITIAL PUBLIC HOUSING
AGENCIES BEYOND 12 MONTHS.
(a) In General.--Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(22) Portability of vouchers.--
``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
``(i) the term `covered public housing
agency' means a public housing agency that, in
a given fiscal year, utilizes less than 95
percent of the budget authority available to
the public housing agency;
``(ii) the term `initial public housing
agency' has the meaning given the term `initial
PHA' in section 982.4 of title 24, Code of
Federal Regulations, or any successor
regulation; and
``(iii) the term `portable family' means a
family holding a voucher under this subsection
that seeks to rent a dwelling unit outside of
the jurisdiction of the initial public housing
agency.
``(B) Requirement.--A covered public housing agency
that has jurisdiction over the area in which a portable
family is seeking to use the voucher received from an
initial public housing agency--
``(i) shall notify the initial public
housing agency whether the covered public
housing agency will--
``(I) absorb the voucher by using
funds of the covered public housing
agency; or
``(II) bill the initial public
housing agency for a period of not more
than 12 months;
``(ii) shall make assistance payments to
the portable family under an annual
contributions contract entered into between the
covered public housing agency and the
Secretary; and
``(iii) may not bill the initial public
housing agency for the assistance payments
described in clause (ii) for a period of more
than 12 months beginning on the effective date
of the initial billing.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--Effective on December 29, 2024, paragraph
(22) of section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)), as added by section 601(a)(2)(B) of division AA of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), is
redesignated as paragraph (23).
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