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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Thursday, March 23, 1995 (49), Para 49.4 Recorded Vote]
[Page 432]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.49.4  recorded vote

  A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of 
the Whole on the following amendment submitted by Mr. MORAN:

       Page 170, after line 12, insert the following new section:

     SEC. 442. PREFERENCE FOR FEDERAL HOUSING BENEFITS FOR 
                   FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN WELFARE ASSISTANCE 
                   WORK PROGRAMS.

       Section 2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437) is amended--
       (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
     following new section heading:

        ``declaration of policy and preference for assistance'';

       (2) by inserting ``(a) Declaration of Policy.--'' after 
     ``Sec. 2''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) Preference for Families Participating in Welfare 
     Assistance Work Programs.--
       ``(1) In general.--In selecting eligible families for 
     available dwelling units in public housing and for available 
     assistance under section 8, each public housing agency shall 
     give preference to any family who, at the time that such 
     occupancy or assistance is initially provided for the 
     family--
       ``(A)(i) is participating in a work or job training program 
     that is a condition for the receipt of welfare or public 
     assistance benefits for which the family is otherwise 
     eligible, or (ii) is eligible for and has agreed to 
     participate in such a program as a condition for receipt of 
     such assistance; and
       ``(B) has agreed, as the Secretary shall require, to 
     maintain and complete such participation and to occupancy or 
     assistance subject to the limitations under paragraph (3).
       ``(2) Precedence over other federal and local 
     preferences.--Occupancy in public housing dwelling units and 
     assistance under section 8 shall be made available to 
     eligible families qualifying for the preference under 
     paragraph (1) before such occupancy or assistance is made 
     available pursuant to any preference under section 6(c)(4)(A) 
     or 8(d)(1)(A), respectively.
       ``(3) 5-year limitation on assistance.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of this Act, the occupancy of any family in 
     public housing or the provision of assistance under section 
     8, pursuant to the preference under paragraph (1), shall be 
     terminated upon the expiration of the 5-year period that 
     begins upon the initial provision of such occupancy or 
     assistance to the family.
       ``(4) Failure to participate.--If the applicable public 
     housing agency determines that any family who is provided 
     occupancy in public housing or assistance under section 8, 
     pursuant to the preference under paragraph (1), has ceased 
     participating in the program referred to in paragraph (1)(A) 
     before completion of the program or failed substantially to 
     comply with the requirements of the program, such cessation 
     or failure shall be considered adequate cause for the 
     termination of the tenancy or the assistance for the family 
     and the public housing agency shall immediately take action 
     to terminate the tenancy of such family in public housing or 
     the provision of assistance under section 8 on behalf of 
     family, as applicable.
       ``(5) Limitation on availability of preference.--The 
     preference under paragraph (1) shall not apply to any family 
     that includes a member who--
       ``(A) has occupied a public housing dwelling unit or 
     received assistance under section 8 as a member of a family 
     provided preference pursuant to paragraph (1), which 
     occupancy or assistance has been terminated pursuant to 
     paragraph (3), or (4); and
       ``(B) was personally required to participate in the program 
     referred to in paragraph (1)(A).''.

It was decided in the

Yeas

35

negative

Nays

395
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