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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1696 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the definition of extremely low-income families under the United |
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| 6 | 6 | | States Housing Act of 1937. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | ERNA´NDEZ(for himself and Mr. TORRESof New York) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the definition of extremely low-income families |
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| 14 | 14 | | under the United States Housing Act of 1937. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Puerto Rico Low-In-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | come Housing Support Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME FAMI-6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | LIES. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Clause (i) of section 3(b)(2)(C) of the United States 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)(C)(i)) is 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended— 10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 1696 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) by striking ‘‘Puerto Rico or any other’’ and 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | inserting ‘‘any’’; and 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) by inserting before the closing parentheses 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the following: ‘‘other than Puerto Rico and in the 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | case of public housing agencies and projects located 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | in Puerto Rico, the same poverty guidelines as used 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | for the contiguous 48 States and the District of Co-7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | lumbia shall apply’’. 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SEC. 3. REPORT ON LOW INCOME HOUSING ACCESS IN 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | PUERTO RICO. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | NGENERAL.—The Comptroller General shall, 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | not later than 180 day after the date of the enactment 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of this section, submit a report to the Congress about ef-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | forts made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | opment, in collaboration with the Government of Puerto 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Rico, to connect low-income families residing in Puerto 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Rico with— 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) housing assistance available in Puerto Rico; 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) affordable dwelling units, including dwelling 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | units that are part of a housing project assisted 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | under the United States Housing Act of 1937. 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) C |
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| 52 | 52 | | ONTENTS.—The report required under sub-23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | section (a) shall include— 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •HR 1696 IH |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) an assessment of how the Secretary of 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (PRPHA) identify and address housing needs for ex-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tremely low-income families that reside in Puerto 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Rico; 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) an assessment how the Secretary of Hous-7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ing and Urban Development uses Federal disaster 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | recovery funds to rebuild and expand low-income 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | housing after natural disasters in Puerto Rico, in-10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | cluding hurricanes and earthquakes; and 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) recommendations to improve the effective-12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ness of Federal and local housing programs that 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | serve extremely low-income families that reside in 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Puerto Rico. 15 |
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