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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of |
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| 6 | 6 | | nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives |
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| 7 | 7 | | Program, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. G |
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| 11 | 11 | | REENof Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Financial Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through |
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| 15 | 15 | | the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other pur- |
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| 17 | 17 | | poses. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans, Women, 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabil-5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ities Housing Fairness Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘Housing 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Fairness Act of 2023’’. 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. TESTING FOR DISCRIMINATION. 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Urban Development shall conduct a nationwide program 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of testing to— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) detect and document differences in the 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | loan, and measure patterns of adverse treatment be-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | cause of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | disability status, or national origin of a renter, home 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | buyer, or borrower; and 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) measure the prevalence of such discrimina-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tory practices across the housing and mortgage lend-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ing markets as a whole. 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) A |
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| 44 | 44 | | DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Housing 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and Urban Development shall enter into agreements with 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | qualified fair housing enforcement organizations, as such 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | organizations are defined under subsection (h) of section 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(h)), for the purpose of conducting 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the testing required under subsection (a). 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (c) P |
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| 52 | 52 | | ROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | shall— 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) submit to the Congress an evaluation by the 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Secretary of the effectiveness of the program under 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | this section; and 26 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) issue regulations that require each applica-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tion for the program under this section to contain— 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (A) a description of the assisted activities 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | proposed to be undertaken by the applicant; 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (B) a description of the experience of the 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | applicant in formulating or carrying out pro-6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | grams to carry out the activities described in 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | subsection (a); and 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (C) a description of proposed procedures to 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | be used by the applicant for evaluating the re-10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | sults of the activities proposed to be carried out 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | under the program. 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (d) R |
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| 73 | 73 | | EPORT.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Development shall report to Congress— 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (1) on a biennial basis, the aggregate outcomes 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | of testing required under subsection (a) along with 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | any recommendations or proposals for legislative or 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | administrative action to address any issues raised by 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | such testing; and 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (2) on an annual basis, a detailed summary of 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | the messages received by the Office of Fair Housing 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | and Equal Opportunity of the Department through 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | its 24-hour toll-free telephone hotline, through elec-23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | tronic mail, and through its website. 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | The Secretary may submit the reports required under 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | paragraph (1) of this subsection as part of the reports 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | prepared in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (6) of 3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | section 808(e) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | 3608(e)) and section 561(j) of the Housing and Commu-5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | nity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(j)). 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (e) U |
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| 95 | 95 | | SE OFRESULTS.—The results of any testing re-7 |
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| 96 | 96 | | quired under subsection (a) may be used as the basis for 8 |
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| 97 | 97 | | the Secretary, or any Federal agency authorized to bring 9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | such an enforcement action, or any State or local govern-10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ment or agency, public or private nonprofit organization 11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | or institution, or other public or private entity that the 12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | Secretary has entered into a contract or cooperative agree-13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ment with under section 561 of the Housing and Commu-14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | nity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a) to com-15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | mence, undertake, or pursue any investigation or enforce-16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ment action to remedy any discriminatory housing practice 17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (as such term is defined in section 802 of the Fair Hous-18 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ing Act (42 U.S.C. 3602)) uncovered as a result of such 19 |
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| 108 | 108 | | testing. 20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (f) D |
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| 110 | 110 | | EFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 21 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (1) D |
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| 112 | 112 | | ISABILITY STATUS.—The term ‘‘disability 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | status’’ has the same meaning given the term 23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ‘‘handicap’’ in section 802 of the Civil Rights Act of 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3602). 25 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (2) FAMILIAL STATUS.—The term ‘‘familial sta-1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | tus’’ has the same meaning given that term in sec-2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | tion 802 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | 3602). 4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (g) R |
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| 124 | 124 | | ELATIONSHIP TO OTHERLAWS.—Nothing in 5 |
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| 125 | 125 | | this section may be construed to amend, alter, or affect 6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | any provision of criminal law or the Truth in Lending Act 7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (h) R |
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| 129 | 129 | | EGULATIONS.—Not later than the expiration of 9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ment shall issue regulations that establish minimum 12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | standards for the training of testers of organizations con-13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ducting testing required under subsection (a). Such regu-14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | lations shall serve as the basis of an evaluation of such 15 |
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| 136 | 136 | | testers, which shall be developed by the Secretary, and 16 |
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| 137 | 137 | | such regulations shall be issued after notice and an oppor-17 |
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| 138 | 138 | | tunity for public comment in accordance with the proce-18 |
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| 139 | 139 | | dure under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, ap-19 |
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| 140 | 140 | | plicable to substantive rules (notwithstanding subsections 20 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (a)(2), (b)(3)(B), and (d)(3) of such section). 21 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (i) A |
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| 143 | 143 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 22 |
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| 144 | 144 | | are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provi-23 |
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| 145 | 145 | | sions of this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 24 |
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| 146 | 146 | | 2023 through 2027. 25 |
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| 150 | 150 | | SEC. 3. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE FAIR HOUSING INI-1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | TIATIVES PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (a) I |
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| 153 | 153 | | NGENERAL.—Section 561 of the Housing and 3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a) 4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | is amended— 5 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (1) in subsection (b)— 6 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘quali-7 |
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| 158 | 158 | | fied’’ before ‘‘private nonprofit fair housing en-8 |
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| 159 | 159 | | forcement organizations,’’; and 9 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘quali-10 |
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| 161 | 161 | | fied’’ before ‘‘private nonprofit fair housing en-11 |
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| 162 | 162 | | forcement organizations,’’; 12 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (2) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 13 |
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| 164 | 164 | | following: 14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ‘‘(g) A |
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| 166 | 166 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 15 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 168 | 168 | | N GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 16 |
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| 169 | 169 | | appropriated to carry out the provisions of this sec-17 |
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| 170 | 170 | | tion $42,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 18 |
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| 171 | 171 | | through 2027, of which— 19 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(A) not less than 75 percent of such 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | amounts shall be for private enforcement initia-21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | tives authorized under subsection (b); 22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘(B) not more than 10 percent of such 23 |
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| 176 | 176 | | amounts shall be for education and outreach 24 |
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| 177 | 177 | | programs under subsection (d); and 25 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(C) any remaining amounts shall be used 1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | for program activities authorized under this sec-2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | tion. 3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 185 | 185 | | VAILABILITY.—Any amount appropriated 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | under this section shall remain available until ex-5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | pended to carry out the provisions of this section.’’; 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (3) in subsection (h), in the matter following 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘and meets the cri-8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | teria described in subparagraphs (A) and (C)’’ after 9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (4) in subsection (d)— 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (A) in paragraph (1)— 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ‘‘and’’ at the end; 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (iii) by adding after subparagraph (D) 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the following new subparagraph: 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(E) websites and other media outlets.’’; 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or other 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | public or private entities’’ and inserting ‘‘or 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | other public or private nonprofit entities’’; and 22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or other 23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | public or private entities’’ and inserting ‘‘or 24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | other public or private nonprofit entities’’. 25 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than the expiration of 1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ment shall issue regulations that establish minimum 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | standards for the training of testers of organizations fund-5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ed with any amounts made available to carry out this sec-6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | tion for any of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. Such regu-7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | lations shall serve as the basis of an evaluation of such 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | testers, which shall be developed by the Secretary, and 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | shall be issued after notice and an opportunity for public 10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | comment in accordance with the procedure under section 11 |
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| 221 | 221 | | 553 of title 5, United States Code, applicable to sub-12 |
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| 222 | 222 | | stantive rules (notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), 13 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (b)(3)(B), and (d)(3) of such section). 14 |
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| 224 | 224 | | SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 15 |
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| 225 | 225 | | It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of 16 |
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| 226 | 226 | | Housing and Urban Development should— 17 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (1) fully comply with the requirements of sec-18 |
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| 228 | 228 | | tion 561(d) of the Housing and Community Develop-19 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ment Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(d)) to establish, 20 |
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| 230 | 230 | | design, and maintain a national education and out-21 |
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| 231 | 231 | | reach program to provide a centralized, coordinated 22 |
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| 232 | 232 | | effort for the development and dissemination of the 23 |
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| 233 | 233 | | fair housing rights of individuals who seek to rent, 24 |
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| 234 | 234 | | purchase, sell, or facilitate the sale of a home; 25 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (2) expend for such education and outreach 1 |
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| 239 | 239 | | programs all amounts appropriated for such pro-2 |
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| 240 | 240 | | grams; 3 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (3) promulgate regulations regarding the fair 4 |
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| 242 | 242 | | housing obligations of each recipient of Federal 5 |
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| 243 | 243 | | housing and community development funds to af-6 |
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| 244 | 244 | | firmatively further fair housing, as that term is de-7 |
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| 245 | 245 | | fined under title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 8 |
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| 246 | 246 | | 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); and 9 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (4) fully comply with the requirements of sec-10 |
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| 248 | 248 | | tion 810(a) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 249 | 249 | | 3610(a)). 12 |
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| 250 | 250 | | SEC. 5. GRANTS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES TO STUDY HOUSING 13 |
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| 251 | 251 | | DISCRIMINATION. 14 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (a) G |
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| 253 | 253 | | RANTPROGRAM.—The Secretary of Housing 15 |
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| 254 | 254 | | and Urban Development shall carry out a competitive 16 |
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| 255 | 255 | | matching grant program to assist public and private non-17 |
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| 256 | 256 | | profit organizations in— 18 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (1) conducting comprehensive studies that ex-19 |
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| 258 | 258 | | amine— 20 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (A) the causes of housing discrimination 21 |
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| 260 | 260 | | and segregation; 22 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (B) the effects of housing discrimination 23 |
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| 262 | 262 | | and segregation on education, poverty, and eco-24 |
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| 263 | 263 | | nomic development; or 25 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (C) the incidences, causes, and effects of 1 |
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| 268 | 268 | | housing discrimination and segregation on vet-2 |
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| 269 | 269 | | erans and military personnel; and 3 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (2) implementing pilot projects that test solu-4 |
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| 271 | 271 | | tions that will help prevent or alleviate housing dis-5 |
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| 272 | 272 | | crimination and segregation. 6 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (b) E |
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| 274 | 274 | | LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 7 |
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| 275 | 275 | | under this section, a public or private nonprofit organiza-8 |
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| 276 | 276 | | tion shall— 9 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (1) submit an application to the Secretary of 10 |
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| 278 | 278 | | Housing and Urban Development, containing such 11 |
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| 279 | 279 | | information as the Secretary shall require; 12 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (2) agree to provide matching non-Federal 13 |
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| 281 | 281 | | funds for 50 percent of the total amount of the 14 |
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| 282 | 282 | | grant, which matching funds may include items do-15 |
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| 283 | 283 | | nated on an in-kind contribution basis; and 16 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (3) meet the requirements of a qualified fair 17 |
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| 285 | 285 | | housing enforcement organization, as such term is 18 |
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| 286 | 286 | | defined in section 561(h) of the Housing and Com-19 |
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| 287 | 287 | | munity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 20 |
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| 288 | 288 | | 3616a(h)), or subcontract with a qualified fair hous-21 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ing enforcement organization as a primary subcon-22 |
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| 290 | 290 | | tractor. 23 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (c) R |
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| 292 | 292 | | EPORT.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 24 |
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| 293 | 293 | | Development shall submit a report to the Congress on a 25 |
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| 297 | 297 | | biennial basis that provides a detailed summary of the re-1 |
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| 298 | 298 | | sults of the comprehensive studies and pilot projects car-2 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ried out under subsection (a), together with any rec-3 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ommendations or proposals for legislative or administra-4 |
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| 301 | 301 | | tive actions to address any issues raised by such studies. 5 |
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| 302 | 302 | | The Secretary may submit the reports required under this 6 |
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| 303 | 303 | | subsection as part of the reports prepared in accordance 7 |
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| 304 | 304 | | with paragraphs (2) and (6) of section 808(e) of the Fair 8 |
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| 305 | 305 | | Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)) and section 561(j) of 9 |
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| 306 | 306 | | the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 10 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (42 U.S.C. 3616a(j)). 11 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (d) A |
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| 309 | 309 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 12 |
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| 310 | 310 | | are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provi-13 |
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| 311 | 311 | | sions of this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 14 |
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| 312 | 312 | | 2023 through 2027. 15 |
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| 313 | 313 | | SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS. 16 |
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| 314 | 314 | | None of the funds made available under this Act, or 17 |
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| 315 | 315 | | the amendments made by this Act, may be used for any 18 |
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| 316 | 316 | | political activities, political advocacy, or lobbying (as such 19 |
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| 317 | 317 | | terms are defined by Circular A–122 of the Office of Man-20 |
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| 318 | 318 | | agement and Budget, entitled ‘‘Cost Principles for Non- 21 |
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| 319 | 319 | | Profit Organizations’’), or for expenses for travel to en-22 |
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| 320 | 320 | | gage in political activities or preparation of or provision 23 |
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| 321 | 321 | | of advice on tax returns. 24 |
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