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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 638 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install |
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| 6 | 6 | | temperature sensors in such units, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORRESof New York introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Financial Services |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwell- |
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| 14 | 14 | | ing units to install temperature sensors in such units, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Temperature 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Safety Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. TEMPERATURE SENSOR PILOT PROGRAM. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | temperature sensor 3-year pilot program to provide grants 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | to public housing agencies and owners of covered federally 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | assisted rental dwelling units to install and test the effi-10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | cacy of temperature sensors in residential dwelling units 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to ensure such units remain in compliance with tempera-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ture requirements. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) A |
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| 34 | 34 | | PPLICATION.—The Secretary shall, not later 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | establish eligibility criteria for participation in the pilot 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | program established pursuant to subsection (a) and such 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | criteria shall be designed to ensure— 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) the pilot program includes a diverse range 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of participants that represent different geographic 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | regions, climate regions, unit sizes and types of 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | housing; and 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) the functionality of the temperature sensors 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | that will be tested, including internet connectivity re-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | quirements. 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (c) I |
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| 47 | 47 | | NSTALLATION.—Each public housing agency or 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | that receives one or more temperature sensors under this 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act shall, after receiving written permission from the resi-19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | dent of a dwelling unit, install such temperature sensor 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | and monitor the data from such temperature sensor. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (d) C |
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| 54 | 54 | | OLLECTION OFCOMPLAINTRECORDS.— 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (1) I |
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| 56 | 56 | | N GENERAL.—Each public housing agency 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | or owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwell-24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ing unit that receives one or more temperature sen-25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •HR 638 IH |
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| 62 | 62 | | sors under this Act shall collect and retain informa-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tion about temperature-related complaints and viola-2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | tions. 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) D |
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| 66 | 66 | | EFINITIONS.—The Secretary shall, not 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | of this Act, define the terms temperature-related 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | complaints and temperature-related violations for 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the purposes of this Act. 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (e) D |
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| 72 | 72 | | ATACOLLECTION.— 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (1) I |
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| 74 | 74 | | N GENERAL.—Data collected from tem-10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | perature sensors provided to public housing agencies 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | and owners of covered federally assisted rental dwell-12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ing units under this Act shall be retained until the 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Secretary notifies the public housing agency or 14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | owner that the pilot program and the evaluation of 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | the pilot program are complete. 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (2) P |
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| 82 | 82 | | ERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA -17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | TION.—The Secretary shall, not later than 180 days 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, establish 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | standards for the protection of personally identifi-20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ably information collected during the pilot program 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | by public housing agencies, owners of federally as-22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | sisted rental dwelling units, and the Secretary. 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (f) P |
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| 90 | 90 | | ILOTPROGRAMEVALUATION.— 24 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (1) INTERIM EVALUATION .—Not later than 12 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | months after the establishment of the pilot program 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | under this Act, the Secretary shall publicly publish 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | and submit to the Congress a report that— 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (A) examines the number of temperature- 5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | related complaints and violations in federally 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | assisted rental dwelling units with temperature 7 |
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| 101 | 101 | | sensors, disaggregated by temperature sensor 8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | technology and climate region— 9 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (i) that occurred before the installa-10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | tion of such sensor, if known; and 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (ii) that occurred after the installation 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | of such sensor; and 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (B) identifies any barriers to full utility of 14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | temperature sensor capabilities, including 15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | broadband internet access and tenant participa-16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | tion. 17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (2) F |
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| 112 | 112 | | INAL EVALUATION.—Not later than 36 18 |
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| 113 | 113 | | months after the conclusion of the pilot program es-19 |
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| 114 | 114 | | tablished by the Secretary under this Act, the Sec-20 |
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| 115 | 115 | | retary shall publicly publish and submit to the Con-21 |
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| 116 | 116 | | gress a report that— 22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (A) examines the number of temperature- 23 |
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| 118 | 118 | | related complaints and violations in federally 24 |
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| 119 | 119 | | assisted rental dwelling units with temperature 25 |
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| 123 | 123 | | sensors, disaggregated by temperature sensor 1 |
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| 124 | 124 | | technology and climate region— 2 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (i) that occurred before the installa-3 |
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| 126 | 126 | | tion of such sensor; and 4 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (ii) that occurred after the installation 5 |
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| 128 | 128 | | of such sensor; 6 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (B) identifies any barriers to full utility of 7 |
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| 130 | 130 | | temperature sensor capabilities, including 8 |
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| 131 | 131 | | broadband internet access and tenant participa-9 |
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| 132 | 132 | | tion; and 10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (C) compare the utility of various tempera-11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ture sensor technologies based on— 12 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (i) climate zones; 13 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (ii) cost; 14 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (iii) features; and 15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (iv) any other factors identified by the 16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | Secretary. 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (g) D |
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| 141 | 141 | | EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act: 18 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (1) T |
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| 143 | 143 | | EMPERATURE SENSOR .—The term ‘‘tem-19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | perature sensor’’ means an internet capable tem-20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | perature reporting device able to measure ambient 21 |
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| 146 | 146 | | air temperature to the tenth degree Fahrenheit and 22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | Celsius. 23 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (2) C |
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| 149 | 149 | | OVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUS -24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ING.—The term ‘‘covered federally assisted rental 25 |
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| 154 | 154 | | dwelling unit’’ means a residential dwelling unit that 1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | is made available for rental and for which assistance 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | is provided, or that is part of a housing project for 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | which assistance is provided, under— 4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (A) the program for project-based rental 5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | assistance under section 8 of the United States 6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (B) the public housing program under the 8 |
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| 162 | 162 | | United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | 1437 et seq.); 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (C) the program for supportive housing for 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | the elderly under section 202 of the Housing 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (D) the program for supportive housing for 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | persons with disabilities under section 811 of 15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013). 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (3) O |
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| 172 | 172 | | WNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means— 18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (A) with respect to the program for 19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | project-based rental assistance under section 8 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | U.S.C. 1437f), any private person or entity, in-22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | cluding a cooperative, an agency of the Federal 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | Government, or a public housing agency, having 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling 1 |
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| 183 | 183 | | units; 2 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (B) with respect to public housing program 3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | under the United States Housing Act of 1937 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), a public housing 5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | agency or an owner entity of public housing 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | units as defined in section 905.108 of title 24, 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | Code of Federal Regulations; 8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (C) with respect to the program for sup-9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | portive housing for the elderly under section 10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | 1701q), a private nonprofit organization as de-12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | fined under section 202(k)(4) of the Housing 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Act of 1959; and 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (D) with respect to the program for sup-15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | portive housing for persons with disabilities 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | 8013), a private nonprofit organization as de-19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | fined under section 811(k)(5) of section 811 of 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | Housing Act. 22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (4) S |
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| 205 | 205 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 24 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— 2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (1) such sums as may be necessary for the Sec-3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | retary to provide grants to owners of covered feder-4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ally assisted rental dwelling units participating in 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | the pilot program established under this Act; 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (2) such sums as may be necessary for the Sec-7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | retary to administer the pilot program established 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | under this Act; and 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (3) such sums as may be necessary for the Sec-10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | retary to provide technical assistance to owners of 11 |
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| 221 | 221 | | covered federally assisted rental dwelling units that 12 |
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| 222 | 222 | | are participating in the pilot program established 13 |
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| 223 | 223 | | under this Act. 14 |
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