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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 5290 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases |
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| 6 | 6 | | and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applica- |
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| 7 | 7 | | tions, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | AUGUST25, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. W |
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| 11 | 11 | | ILLIAMSof Georgia (for herself, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SE- |
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| 12 | 12 | | WELL, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illinois, Mr. SCOTTof Virginia, Ms. GARCIAof |
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| 13 | 13 | | Texas, Mr. T |
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| 14 | 14 | | ORRESof New York, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms. |
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| 16 | 16 | | ORTER, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. IVEY, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. LEEof |
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| 17 | 17 | | California, Mr. E |
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| 18 | 18 | | SPAILLAT, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Ms. |
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| 20 | 20 | | LARKEof New York, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. KAMLAGER- |
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| 22 | 22 | | OVE, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. BROWN, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. DOG- |
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| 23 | 23 | | GETT, Ms. WILD, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. JACKSONLEE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. |
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| 25 | 25 | | ELUZIO, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, |
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| 26 | 26 | | Ms. S |
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| 27 | 27 | | CHAKOWSKY, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Ms. TITUS, Ms. |
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| 29 | 29 | | ELLYof Illinois, Mr. GREENof Texas, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. JOHNSONof |
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| 30 | 30 | | Georgia, Mr. B |
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| 31 | 31 | | OWMAN, Ms. WASSERMANSCHULTZ, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. |
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| 33 | 33 | | RISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. CHERFILUS- |
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| 35 | 35 | | CCORMICK, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, Mr. RYAN, Mr. RASKIN, and Mrs. |
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| 37 | 37 | | APOLITANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 38 | 38 | | Committee on Financial Services |
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| 39 | 39 | | A BILL |
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| 40 | 40 | | To require the inclusion of voter registration information |
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| 41 | 41 | | with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted |
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| 42 | 42 | | rental housing and mortgage applications, and for other |
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| 43 | 43 | | purposes. |
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| 47 | 47 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voters on the Move 4 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Registration Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMA-6 |
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| 53 | 53 | | TION WITH CERTAIN LEASES AND VOUCHERS 7 |
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| 54 | 54 | | FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING 8 |
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| 55 | 55 | | AND MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS. 9 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (a) D |
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| 57 | 57 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 10 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (1) B |
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| 59 | 59 | | UREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 11 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 12 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (2) D |
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| 62 | 62 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 13 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. 14 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) F |
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| 65 | 65 | | EDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE .—The term 15 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘Federal rental assistance’’ means rental assistance 16 |
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| 67 | 67 | | provided under— 17 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (A) any covered housing program, as de-18 |
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| 69 | 69 | | fined in section 41411(a) of the Violence 19 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 20 |
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| 71 | 71 | | 12491(a)); 21 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (B) title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 22 |
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| 73 | 73 | | U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), including voucher assist-23 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ance under section 542 of such title (42 U.S.C. 24 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 1490r); 25 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (C) the Housing Trust Fund program 1 |
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| 80 | 80 | | under section 1338 of the Federal Housing En-2 |
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| 81 | 81 | | terprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 3 |
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| 82 | 82 | | of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4588); or 4 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (D) subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney- 5 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 85 | 85 | | 11381 et seq.). 7 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (4) F |
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| 87 | 87 | | EDERALLY BACKED MULTIFAMILY MORT -8 |
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| 88 | 88 | | GAGE LOAN.—The term ‘‘Federally backed multi-9 |
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| 89 | 89 | | family mortgage loan’’ includes any loan (other than 10 |
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| 90 | 90 | | temporary financing such as a construction loan) 11 |
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| 91 | 91 | | that— 12 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (A) is secured by a first or subordinate lien 13 |
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| 93 | 93 | | on residential multifamily real property de-14 |
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| 94 | 94 | | signed principally for the occupancy of 5 or 15 |
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| 95 | 95 | | more families, including any such secured loan, 16 |
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| 96 | 96 | | the proceeds of which are used to prepay or pay 17 |
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| 97 | 97 | | off an existing loan secured by the same prop-18 |
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| 98 | 98 | | erty; and 19 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (B) is made in whole or in part, or in-20 |
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| 100 | 100 | | sured, guaranteed, supplemented, or assisted in 21 |
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| 101 | 101 | | any way, by any officer or agency of the Fed-22 |
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| 102 | 102 | | eral Government or under or in connection with 23 |
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| 103 | 103 | | a housing or urban development program ad-24 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ministered by the Secretary of Housing and 25 |
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| 108 | 108 | | Urban Development or a housing or related 1 |
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| 109 | 109 | | program administered by any other such officer 2 |
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| 110 | 110 | | or agency, or is purchased or securitized by the 3 |
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| 111 | 111 | | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or 4 |
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| 112 | 112 | | the Federal National Mortgage Association. 5 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (5) O |
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| 114 | 114 | | WNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ has the mean-6 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ing given the term in section 8(f) of the United 7 |
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| 116 | 116 | | States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(f)). 8 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (6) P |
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| 118 | 118 | | UBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC HOUSING AGEN -9 |
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| 119 | 119 | | CY.—The terms ‘‘public housing’’ and ‘‘public hous-10 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ing agency’’ have the meanings given those terms in 11 |
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| 121 | 121 | | section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 12 |
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| 122 | 122 | | 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 13 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (7) R |
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| 124 | 124 | | ESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN .—The term 14 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘residential mortgage loan’’ includes any loan that is 15 |
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| 126 | 126 | | secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential 16 |
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| 127 | 127 | | real property, including individual units of con-17 |
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| 128 | 128 | | dominiums and cooperatives, designed principally for 18 |
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| 129 | 129 | | the occupancy of from 1 to 4 families. 19 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (b) U |
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| 131 | 131 | | NIFORMSTATEMENT.— 20 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (1) D |
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| 133 | 133 | | EVELOPMENT.—The Director, after con-21 |
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| 134 | 134 | | sultation with the Election Assistance Commission, 22 |
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| 135 | 135 | | shall develop a uniform statement designed to pro-23 |
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| 136 | 136 | | vide recipients of the statement pursuant to this sec-24 |
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| 137 | 137 | | tion with information on how the recipient can reg-25 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ister to vote and the voting rights of the recipient 1 |
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| 142 | 142 | | under law. 2 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (2) R |
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| 144 | 144 | | ESPONSIBILITIES.—In developing the uni-3 |
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| 145 | 145 | | form statement, the Director shall be responsible 4 |
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| 146 | 146 | | for— 5 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (A) establishing the format of the state-6 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ment; 7 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (B) consumer research and testing of the 8 |
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| 150 | 150 | | statement; and 9 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (C) consulting with and obtaining from the 10 |
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| 152 | 152 | | Election Assistance Commission the content re-11 |
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| 153 | 153 | | garding voter rights and registration issues 12 |
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| 154 | 154 | | needed to ensure the statement complies with 13 |
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| 155 | 155 | | the requirements of paragraph (1). 14 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (3) L |
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| 157 | 157 | | ANGUAGES.—The uniform statement re-15 |
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| 158 | 158 | | quired under paragraph (1) shall be developed and 16 |
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| 159 | 159 | | made available in English and each of the 10 lan-17 |
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| 160 | 160 | | guages most commonly spoken by individuals with 18 |
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| 161 | 161 | | limited English proficiency, as determined by the Di-19 |
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| 162 | 162 | | rector using information published by the Director 20 |
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| 163 | 163 | | of the Bureau of the Census. The Director shall 21 |
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| 164 | 164 | | make all translated versions of the uniform state-22 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ment publicly available in a centralized location on 23 |
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| 166 | 166 | | the Bureau’s website. 24 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (c) LEASES ANDVOUCHERS FOR FEDERALLYAS-1 |
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| 171 | 171 | | SISTEDRENTALHOUSING.—Each Federal agency admin-2 |
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| 172 | 172 | | istering a Federal rental assistance program, as appro-3 |
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| 173 | 173 | | priate, shall require— 4 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (1) each public housing agency to provide a 5 |
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| 175 | 175 | | copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to 6 |
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| 176 | 176 | | subsection (b) to each lessee of a dwelling unit in 7 |
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| 177 | 177 | | public housing administered by the agency— 8 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (A) together with the lease for the dwelling 9 |
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| 179 | 179 | | unit, at the same time the lease is signed by the 10 |
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| 180 | 180 | | lessee; and 11 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (B) together with any income verification 12 |
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| 182 | 182 | | form, at the same time the form is provided to 13 |
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| 183 | 183 | | the lessee; 14 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (2) each public housing agency that administers 15 |
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| 185 | 185 | | rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher 16 |
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| 186 | 186 | | program under section 8(o) of the United States 17 |
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| 187 | 187 | | Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), includ-18 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ing the program under paragraph (13) of such sec-19 |
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| 189 | 189 | | tion 8(o), to provide a copy of the uniform statement 20 |
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| 190 | 190 | | developed pursuant to subsection (b) to each assisted 21 |
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| 191 | 191 | | family or individual— 22 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (A) together with the voucher for the as-23 |
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| 193 | 193 | | sistance, at the time the voucher is issued for 24 |
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| 194 | 194 | | the family or individual; and 25 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (B) together with any income verification 1 |
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| 199 | 199 | | form, at the same time the form is provided to 2 |
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| 200 | 200 | | the applicant or assisted family or individual; 3 |
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| 201 | 201 | | and 4 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (3) each owner of a dwelling unit assisted with 5 |
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| 203 | 203 | | Federal rental assistance to provide a copy of the 6 |
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| 204 | 204 | | uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection 7 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (b) to provide to the lessee of the dwelling unit— 8 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (A) together with the lease for such dwell-9 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ing unit, at the same time the lease is signed 10 |
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| 208 | 208 | | by the lessee; and 11 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (B) together with any income verification 12 |
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| 210 | 210 | | form, at the same time the form is provided to 13 |
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| 211 | 211 | | the applicant or tenant. 14 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (d) A |
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| 213 | 213 | | PPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENTIALMORTGAGE 15 |
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| 215 | 215 | | OANS.—The Director shall require each creditor (within 16 |
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| 216 | 216 | | the meaning of such term as used in section 1026.2(a)(17) 17 |
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| 217 | 217 | | of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations) that receives an 18 |
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| 218 | 218 | | application (within the meaning of such term as used in 19 |
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| 219 | 219 | | section 1026.2(a)(3)(ii) of title 12, Code of Federal Regu-20 |
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| 220 | 220 | | lations) to provide a copy of the uniform statement devel-21 |
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| 221 | 221 | | oped pursuant to subsection (b) in written form to the 22 |
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| 222 | 222 | | applicant for a residential mortgage loan not later than 23 |
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| 223 | 223 | | 5 business days after the date of the application. 24 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (e) FEDERALLYBACKEDMULTIFAMILYMORTGAGE 1 |
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| 229 | 229 | | OANS.—The head of the Federal agency insuring, guar-2 |
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| 230 | 230 | | anteeing, supplementing, or assisting a Federally backed 3 |
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| 231 | 231 | | multifamily mortgage loan, or the Director of the Federal 4 |
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| 232 | 232 | | Housing Finance Agency in the case of a Federally backed 5 |
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| 233 | 233 | | multifamily mortgage loan that is purchased or securitized 6 |
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| 234 | 234 | | by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the 7 |
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| 235 | 235 | | Federal National Mortgage Association, shall require the 8 |
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| 236 | 236 | | owner of the property securing the Federally backed multi-9 |
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| 237 | 237 | | family mortgage loan to provide a copy of the uniform 10 |
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| 238 | 238 | | statement developed pursuant to subsection (b) in written 11 |
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| 239 | 239 | | form to each lessee of a dwelling unit assisted by that loan 12 |
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| 240 | 240 | | at the time the lease is signed by the lessee. 13 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (f) O |
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| 242 | 242 | | PTIONALCOMPLETION OF VOTERREGISTRA-14 |
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| 243 | 243 | | TIONAPPLICATION.—Nothing in this section may be con-15 |
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| 244 | 244 | | strued to require any individual to complete a voter reg-16 |
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| 245 | 245 | | istration application. 17 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (g) R |
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| 247 | 247 | | EGULATIONS.—The head of a Federal agency 18 |
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| 248 | 248 | | administering a Federal rental assistance program, the 19 |
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| 249 | 249 | | head of the Federal agency insuring, guaranteeing, 20 |
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| 250 | 250 | | supplementing, or assisting a Federally backed multi-21 |
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| 251 | 251 | | family mortgage loan, the Director of the Federal Housing 22 |
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| 252 | 252 | | Finance Agency, and the Director may issue such regula-23 |
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| 253 | 253 | | tions as may be necessary to carry out this section. 24 |
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