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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4485 

To amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on source 

of income, veteran status, or military status. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 23, 2022 

Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BENNET, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, 

Mr. LEAHY, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. PADILLA, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination 

based on source of income, veteran status, or military status. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Housing Improve5 ment Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BASED 

2 ON SOURCE OF INCOME, VETERAN STATUS, 

3 OR MILITARY STATUS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 3601 et seq.) is amended— 

6 (1) in section 802 (42 U.S.C. 3602), by adding 

7 at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(p) ‘Military status’ means the status of a person 

9 as a member of the uniformed services, as defined in sec10 tion 101 of title 10, United States Code. 

11 ‘‘(q) ‘Source of income’ includes— 

12 ‘‘(1) a housing voucher under section 8 of the 

13 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

14 1437f) and any form of Federal, State, or local 

15 housing assistance provided to a person or family or 

16 provided to a housing owner on behalf of a person 

17 or family, including— 

18 ‘‘(A) rental vouchers; 

19 ‘‘(B) rental assistance; 

20 ‘‘(C) rental subsidies from nongovern21 mental organizations; and 

22 ‘‘(D) homeownership subsidies; 

23 ‘‘(2) income received as a monthly benefit 

24 under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 401 et seq.), as a supplemental security income ben26 efit under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 


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1 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), or as a benefit under the Rail2 road Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et 

3 seq.), including any such benefit to which the indi4 vidual is entitled for which payment is made to a 

5 representative payee; 

6 ‘‘(3) income received by court order, including 

7 spousal support and child support; 

8 ‘‘(4) any payment from a trust, guardian, con9 servator, cosigner, or relative; and 

10 ‘‘(5) any other lawful source of income or 

11 funds, including savings accounts and investments. 

12 ‘‘(r) ‘Veteran status’ means the status of a person 

13 as a former member of the Armed Forces.’’; 

14 (2) in section 804 (42 U.S.C. 3604)— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘source of income, veteran 

16 status, military status,’’ after ‘‘familial status,’’ 

17 each place that term appears; and 

18 (B) in subsection (f), by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(10) Nothing in this title shall be construed to pro21 hibit any entity from providing or otherwise making avail22 able any services or other assistance to individuals receiv23 ing Federal, State or local housing assistance.’’; 

24 (3) in section 805 (42 U.S.C. 3605)— 


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1 (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘source 

2 of income, veteran status, military status,’’ 

3 after ‘‘familial status,’’; and 

4 (B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘source 

5 of income, veteran status, military status,’’ 

6 after ‘‘handicap,’’; 

7 (4) in section 806 (42 U.S.C. 3606), by insert8 ing ‘‘source of income, veteran status, military sta9 tus,’’ after ‘‘familial status,’’; 

10 (5) in section 808(e)(6) (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)(6)), 

11 by inserting ‘‘source of income, veteran status, mili12 tary status,’’ after ‘‘handicap,’’; and 

13 (6) in section 810(f) (42 U.S.C. 3610(f)), by 

14 striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(4) During the period beginning on the date of en16 actment of the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022 

17 and ending on the date that is 40 months after such date 

18 of enactment, each agency certified for purposes of this 

19 title on the day before such date of enactment shall, for 

20 purposes of this subsection, be considered certified under 

21 this subsection with respect to those matters for which the 

22 agency was certified on that date. If the Secretary deter23 mines in an individual case that an agency has not been 

24 able to meet the certification requirements within this 40- 

25 month period due to exceptional circumstances, such as 


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1 the infrequency of legislative sessions in that jurisdiction, 

2 the Secretary may extend such period by not more than 

3 6 months.’’. 

4 (b) PREVENTION OF INTIMIDATION IN FAIR HOUS5 ING CASES.—Section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 

6 (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by inserting ‘‘source of in7 come (as defined in section 802), veteran status (as de8 fined in section 802), military status (as defined in section 

9 802),’’ before ‘‘or national origin’’ each place that term 

10 appears. 

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