[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10144 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10144

 To increase the percentage of authorized units that a public housing 
    agency may use for PHA project-based assistance, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2024

 Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lieu, and Mr. 
    Gomez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the percentage of authorized units that a public housing 
    agency may use for PHA project-based assistance, 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 ``Housing Access Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. PHA PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE .

    (a) In General.--Section 8(o)(13)(B) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``20 percent'' and inserting 
        ``30 percent''; and
            (2) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``A public housing agency may'' and 
                inserting the following:
                                    ``(I) With respect to homeless 
                                persons and families.--A public housing 
                                agency may''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(II) As approved by the 
                                secretary.--Notwithstanding clause (i) 
                                and subclause (II), the Secretary may, 
                                at the request of a public housing 
                                agency, allow such public housing 
                                agency to use additional units for 
                                project-based assistance under this 
                                paragraph.''.
    (b) Rulemaking.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall, not later than 90 days after the date on which the amendments 
made by subsection (a) take effect, issue such rules and guidance as 
the Secretary determines necessary to carry out section 
8(o)(13)(B)(ii)(II) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as added 
by subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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