II 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1344 

To promote the development of local strategies to coordinate use of assistance 

under sections 8 and 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

with public and private resources, to enable eligible families to achieve 

economic independence and self-sufficiency, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 13, 2017 

Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. REED, Mr. SCOTT, and Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To promote the development of local strategies to coordinate 

use of assistance under sections 8 and 9 of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 with public and private 

resources, to enable eligible families to achieve economic 

independence and self-sufficiency, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Family Self-Sufficiency 

5 Act’’. 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
2 

•S 1344 IS

1 SEC. 2. FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 23 of the United States 

3 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘public housing and’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘the certificate and vouch7 er programs under section 8’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘sections 8 and 9’’; 

9 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol10 lows: 

11 ‘‘(b) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR REQUIRED PRO12 GRAMS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing agen14 cy that was required to administer a local Family 

15 Self-Sufficiency program on the date of enactment of 

16 the Family Self-Sufficiency Act, shall operate such 

17 local program for, at a minimum, the number of 

18 families the agency was required to serve on the date 

19 of enactment of such Act, subject only to the avail20 ability under appropriations Acts of sufficient 

21 amounts for housing assistance and the require22 ments of paragraph (2). 

23 ‘‘(2) REDUCTION.—The number of families for 

24 which a public housing agency is required to operate 

25 such local program under paragraph (1) shall be de26 creased by one for each family from any supported 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
3 

•S 1344 IS

1 rental housing program administered by such agency 

2 that, after October 21, 1998, fulfills its obligations 

3 under the contract of participation. 

4 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary shall not re5 quire a public housing agency to carry out a manda6 tory program for a period of time upon the request 

7 of the public housing agency and upon a determina8 tion by the Secretary that implementation is not fea9 sible because of local circumstances, which may in10 clude— 

11 ‘‘(A) lack of supportive services accessible 

12 to eligible families, which shall include insuffi13 cient availability of resources for programs 

14 under title I of the Workforce Investment Act 

15 of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.); 

16 ‘‘(B) lack of funding for reasonable admin17 istrative costs; 

18 ‘‘(C) lack of cooperation by other units of 

19 State or local government; or 

20 ‘‘(D) any other circumstances that the Sec21 retary may consider appropriate.’’; 

22 (3) by striking subsection (i); 

23 (4) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), 

24 (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), 

25 and (i) respectively; 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
4 

•S 1344 IS

1 (5) by inserting after subsection (b), as amend2 ed, the following: 

3 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—A family is eligible 

5 to participate in a local Family Self-Sufficiency pro6 gram under this section if— 

7 ‘‘(A) at least 1 household member seeks to 

8 become and remain employed in suitable em9 ployment or to increase earnings; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the household member receives direct 

11 assistance under section 8 or resides in a unit 

12 assisted under section 8 or 9. 

13 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following enti14 ties are eligible to administer a local Family Self15 Sufficiency program under this section: 

16 ‘‘(A) A public housing agency admin17 istering housing assistance to or on behalf of an 

18 eligible family under section 8 or 9. 

19 ‘‘(B) The owner or sponsor of a multi20 family property receiving project-based rental 

21 assistance under section 8, in accordance with 

22 the requirements under subsection (l).’’; 

23 (6) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1)— 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
5 

•S 1344 IS

1 (i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen2 cy’’ the first time it appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘eligible entity’’; 

4 (ii) in the first sentence, by striking 

5 ‘‘each leaseholder receiving assistance 

6 under the certificate and voucher programs 

7 of the public housing agency under section 

8 8 or residing in public housing adminis9 tered by the agency’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

10 household member of an eligible family’’; 

11 and 

12 (iii) by striking the third sentence and 

13 inserting the following: ‘‘Housing assist14 ance may not be terminated as a con15 sequence of either successful completion of 

16 the contract of participation or failure to 

17 complete such contract. A contract of par18 ticipation shall remain in effect until the 

19 participating family exits the Family Self20 Sufficiency program upon successful grad21 uation or expiration of the contract of par22 ticipation, or for other good cause.’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

24 (i) in the matter preceding subpara25 graph (A)— 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
6 

•S 1344 IS

1 (I) in the first sentence— 

2 (aa) by striking ‘‘A local 

3 program under this section’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘An eligible entity’’; 

5 (bb) by striking ‘‘provide’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘coordinate’’; and 

7 (cc) by striking ‘‘to’’ and in8 serting ‘‘for’’; and 

9 (II) in the second sentence— 

10 (aa) by striking ‘‘provided 

11 during’’ and inserting ‘‘coordi12 nated for’’; 

13 (bb) by striking ‘‘under sec14 tion 8 or residing in public hous15 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to 

16 section 8 or 9 and for the dura17 tion of the contract of participa18 tion’’; and 

19 (cc) by inserting ‘‘, but are 

20 not limited to’’ after ‘‘may in21 clude’’; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

23 ‘‘or attainment of a high school equiva24 lency certificate’’ after ‘‘high school’’; 

25 (iii) by striking subparagraph (G); 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
7 

•S 1344 IS

1 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

2 (E), (F), and (J) as subparagraphs (F), 

3 (G), and (K) respectively; 

4 (v) by inserting after subparagraph 

5 (D) the following: 

6 ‘‘(E) education in pursuit of a post-sec7 ondary degree or certification;’’; 

8 (vi) in subparagraph (H), by inserting 

9 ‘‘financial literacy, such as training in fi10 nancial management, financial coaching, 

11 and asset building, and’’ after ‘‘training 

12 in’’; 

13 (vii) in subparagraph (I), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

15 (viii) by inserting after subparagraph 

16 (I) the following: 

17 ‘‘(J) homeownership education and assist18 ance; and’’; and 

19 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

20 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

21 ‘‘the first recertification of income after’’ 

22 after ‘‘not later than 5 years after’’; and 

23 (ii) in the second sentence— 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
8 

•S 1344 IS

1 (I) by striking ‘‘public housing 

2 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible enti3 ty’’; and 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘of the agency’’; 

5 (D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(4) EMPLOYMENT.—The contract of participa8 tion shall require 1 household member of the partici9 pating family to seek and maintain suitable employ10 ment.’’; and 

11 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(5) NONPARTICIPATION.—Assistance under 

13 section 8 or 9 for a family that elects not to partici14 pate in a Family Self-Sufficiency program shall not 

15 be delayed by reason of such election.’’; 

16 (7) in subsection (e), as so redesignated— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘whose 

18 monthly adjusted income does not exceed 50 

19 percent’’ and all that follows through the period 

20 at the end of the third sentence and inserting 

21 ‘‘shall be calculated under the rental provisions 

22 of section 3 or section 8(o), as applicable.’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

24 (i) by striking the first sentence and 

25 inserting the following: ‘‘For each particiVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:55 Jun 17, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1344.IS S1344

SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
9 

•S 1344 IS

1 pating family, an amount equal to any in2 crease in the amount of rent paid by the 

3 family in accordance with the provisions of 

4 section 3 or 8(o), as applicable, that is at5 tributable to increases in earned income by 

6 the participating family, shall be placed in 

7 an interest-bearing escrow account estab8 lished by the eligible entity on behalf of the 

9 participating family. Notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law, an eligible entity 

11 may use funds it controls under section 8 

12 or 9 for purposes of making the escrow de13 posit for participating families assisted 

14 under, or residing in units assisted under, 

15 section 8 or 9, respectively, provided such 

16 funds are offset by the increase in the 

17 amount of rent paid by the participating 

18 family.’’; 

19 (ii) by striking the second sentence 

20 and inserting the following: ‘‘All Family 

21 Self-Sufficiency programs administered 

22 under this section shall include an escrow 

23 account.’’; 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
10 

•S 1344 IS

1 (iii) in the fourth sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

3 (d)’’; and 

4 (iv) in the last sentence— 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘A public housing 

6 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘An eligible en7 tity’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘the public hous9 ing agency’’ and inserting ‘‘such eligi10 ble entity’’; and 

11 (C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(3) FORFEITED ESCROW.—Any amount placed 

14 in an escrow account established by an eligible entity 

15 for a participating family as required under para16 graph (2), that exists after the end of a contract of 

17 participation by a household member of a partici18 pating family that does not qualify to receive the es19 crow, shall be used by the eligible entity for the ben20 efit of participating families in good standing.’’; 

21 (8) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by 

22 striking ‘‘, unless the income of the family equals or 

23 exceeds 80 percent of the median income of the area 

24 (as determined by the Secretary with adjustments 

25 for smaller and larger families)’’; 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
11 

•S 1344 IS

1 (9) in subsection (g), as so redesignated— 

2 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen4 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’; 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘the public housing 

6 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘such eligible enti7 ty’’; and 

8 (iii) by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen12 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’ each 

13 place that term appears; 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘or the Job Opportu15 nities and Basic Skills Training Program 

16 under part F of title IV of the Social Secu17 rity Act’’; 

18 (iii) by inserting ‘‘primary, secondary, 

19 and post-secondary’’ after ‘‘public and pri20 vate’’; and 

21 (iv) in the second sentence, by insert22 ing ‘‘and tenants served by the program’’ 

23 after ‘‘the unit of general local govern24 ment’’; 

25 (10) in subsection (h), as so redesignated— 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
12 

•S 1344 IS

1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen3 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’; 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘participating in the’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘carrying out a’’; and 

6 (iii) by striking ‘‘to the Secretary’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen9 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’; 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 

12 (iii) by striking ‘‘residents of the pub13 lic housing’’ and inserting ‘‘the current 

14 and prospective participants of the pro15 gram’’; and 

16 (iv) by striking ‘‘or the Job Opportu17 nities and Basic Skills Training Program 

18 under part F of title IV of the Social Secu19 rity Act’’; and 

20 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (C)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘subsection 

23 (c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

24 (d)(2)’’; 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
13 

•S 1344 IS

1 (II) by striking ‘‘provided to’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘coordinated on behalf 

3 of participating’’; 

4 (III) by inserting ‘‘direct’’ before 

5 ‘‘assistance’’; and 

6 (IV) by striking ‘‘the section 8 

7 and public housing programs’’ and in8 serting ‘‘sections 8 and 9’’; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (D)— 

10 (I) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘public housing 

13 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible enti14 ty’’; 

15 (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

16 ‘‘deliver’’ and inserting ‘‘coordinate’’; 

17 (iv) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

18 ‘‘the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills 

19 Training Program under part F of title IV 

20 of the Social Security Act and’’; and 

21 (v) in subparagraph (I), by striking 

22 ‘‘public housing or section 8 assistance’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘assistance under section 8 

24 or 9’’; 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
14 

•S 1344 IS

1 (11) by amending subsection (i), as so redesig2 nated, to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(i) FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY AWARDS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to appropriations, 

5 the Secretary shall establish a formula by which an6 nual funds will be awarded or as otherwise deter7 mined by the Secretary for the costs incurred by an 

8 eligible entity in administering the self-sufficiency 

9 program under this section. 

10 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.—The award 

11 established under paragraph (1) shall provide fund12 ing for family self-sufficiency coordinators as follows: 

13 ‘‘(A) BASE AWARD.—An eligible entity 

14 serving 25 or more participants in the Family 

15 Self-Sufficiency program under this section is 

16 eligible to receive an award equal to the costs, 

17 as determined by the Secretary, of 1 full-time 

18 family self-sufficiency coordinator position. The 

19 Secretary may, by regulation or notice, deter20 mine the policy concerning the award for an eli21 gible entity serving fewer than 25 such partici22 pants, including providing prorated awards or 

23 allowing such entities to combine their pro24 grams under this section for purposes of em25 ploying a coordinator. 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
15 

•S 1344 IS

1 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL AWARD.—An eligible en2 tity that meets performance standards set by 

3 the Secretary is eligible to receive an additional 

4 award sufficient to cover the costs of filling an 

5 additional family self-sufficiency coordinator po6 sition if such entity has 75 or more partici7 pating families, and an additional coordinator 

8 for each additional 50 participating families, or 

9 such other ratio as may be established by the 

10 Secretary based on the award allocation evalua11 tion under subparagraph (E). 

12 ‘‘(C) STATE AND REGIONAL AGENCIES.— 

13 For purposes of calculating the award under 

14 this paragraph, each administratively distinct 

15 part of a State or regional eligible entity may 

16 be treated as a separate agency. 

17 ‘‘(D) DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF CO18 ORDINATORS.—In determining whether an eligi19 ble entity meets a specific threshold for funding 

20 pursuant to this paragraph, the Secretary shall 

21 consider the number of participants enrolled by 

22 the eligible entity in its Family Self-Sufficiency 

23 program as well as other criteria determined by 

24 the Secretary. 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
16 

•S 1344 IS

1 ‘‘(E) AWARD ALLOCATION EVALUATION.— 

2 The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

3 evaluating the award allocation under this sub4 section, and make recommendations based on 

5 this evaluation and other related findings to 

6 modify such allocation, within 4 years after the 

7 date of enactment of the Family Self-Suffi8 ciency Act, and not less frequently than every 

9 4 years thereafter. The report requirement 

10 under this subparagraph shall terminate after 

11 the Secretary has submitted two such reports to 

12 Congress. 

13 ‘‘(3) RENEWALS AND ALLOCATION.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds allocated by 

15 the Secretary under this subsection shall be al16 located in the following order of priority: 

17 ‘‘(i) FIRST PRIORITY.—Renewal of the 

18 full cost of all coordinators in the previous 

19 year at each eligible entity with an existing 

20 Family Self-Sufficiency program that 

21 meets applicable performance standards 

22 set by the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(ii) SECOND PRIORITY.—New or in24 cremental coordinator funding authorized 

25 under this section. 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
17 

•S 1344 IS

1 ‘‘(B) GUIDANCE.—If the first priority, as 

2 described in subparagraph (A)(i), cannot be 

3 fully satisfied, the Secretary may prorate the 

4 funding for each eligible entity, as long as— 

5 ‘‘(i) each eligible entity that has re6 ceived funding for at least 1 part-time co7 ordinator in the prior fiscal year is pro8 vided sufficient funding for at least 1 part9 time coordinator as part of any such pro10 ration; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) each eligible entity that has re12 ceived funding for at least 1 full-time coor13 dinator in the prior fiscal year is provided 

14 sufficient funding for at least 1 full-time 

15 coordinator as part of any such proration. 

16 ‘‘(4) RECAPTURE OR OFFSET.—Any awards al17 located under this subsection by the Secretary in a 

18 fiscal year that have not been spent by the end of 

19 the subsequent fiscal year or such other time period 

20 as determined by the Secretary may be recaptured 

21 by the Secretary and shall be available for providing 

22 additional awards pursuant to paragraph (2)(B), or 

23 may be offset as determined by the Secretary. Funds 

24 appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
18 

•S 1344 IS

1 available for 3 years in order to facilitate the re-use 

2 of any recaptured funds for this purpose. 

3 ‘‘(5) PERFORMANCE REPORTING.—Programs 

4 under this section shall be required to report the 

5 number of families enrolled and graduated, the num6 ber of established escrow accounts and positive es7 crow balances, and any other information that the 

8 Secretary may require. Program performance shall 

9 be reviewed periodically as determined by the Sec10 retary. 

11 ‘‘(6) INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATION AND HIGH

12 PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary may reserve up to 5 

13 percent of the amounts made available under this 

14 subsection to provide support to or reward Family 

15 Self-Sufficiency programs based on the rate of suc16 cessful completion, increased earned income, or 

17 other factors as may be established by the Sec18 retary.’’; 

19 (12) in subsection (j)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘public housing agency’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’; 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘public housing’’ before 

23 ‘‘units’’; 

24 (C) by striking ‘‘in public housing projects 

25 administered by the agency’’; 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
19 

•S 1344 IS

1 (D) by inserting ‘‘or coordination’’ after 

2 ‘‘provision’’; and 

3 (E) by striking the last sentence; 

4 (13) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘public hous5 ing agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entities’’; 

6 (14) by striking subsection (n); 

7 (15) by striking subsection (o); 

8 (16) by redesignating subsections (l) and (m) as 

9 subsections (m) and (n), respectively; 

10 (17) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(l) PROGRAMS FOR TENANTS IN PRIVATELY OWNED

13 PROPERTIES WITH PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) VOLUNTARY AVAILABILITY OF FSS PRO15 GRAM.—The owner of a privately owned property 

16 may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro17 gram available to the tenants of such property in ac18 cordance with procedures established by the Sec19 retary. Such procedures shall permit the owner to 

20 enter into a cooperative agreement with a local pub21 lic housing agency that administers a Family Self22 Sufficiency program or, at the owner’s option, oper23 ate a Family Self-Sufficiency program on its own or 

24 in partnership with another owner. An owner, who 

25 voluntarily makes a Family Self-Sufficiency program 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
20 

•S 1344 IS

1 available pursuant to this subsection, may access 

2 funding from any residual receipt accounts for the 

3 property to hire a family self-sufficiency coordinator 

4 or coordinators for their program. 

5 ‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Any coopera6 tive agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph 

7 (1) shall require the public housing agency to open 

8 its Family Self-Sufficiency program waiting list to 

9 any eligible family residing in the owner’s property 

10 who resides in a unit assisted under project-based 

11 rental assistance. 

12 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF FAMILIES ASSISTED

13 UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.—A public housing agency 

14 that enters into a cooperative agreement pursuant to 

15 paragraph (1) may count any family participating in 

16 its Family Self-Sufficiency program as a result of 

17 such agreement as part of the calculation of the 

18 award under subsection (i). 

19 ‘‘(4) ESCROW.— 

20 ‘‘(A) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—A coop21 erative agreement entered into pursuant to 

22 paragraph (1) shall provide for the calculation 

23 and tracking of the escrow for participating 

24 residents and for the owner to make available, 

25 upon request of the public housing agency, esVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:55 Jun 17, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1344.IS S1344

SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
21 

•S 1344 IS

1 crow for participating residents, in accordance 

2 with paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (e), 

3 residing in units assisted under section 8. 

4 ‘‘(B) CALCULATION AND TRACKING BY

5 OWNER.—The owner of a privately owned prop6 erty who voluntarily makes a Family Self-Suffi7 ciency program available pursuant to paragraph 

8 (1) shall calculate and track the escrow for par9 ticipating residents and make escrow for par10 ticipating residents available in accordance with 

11 paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (e). 

12 ‘‘(5) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not 

13 apply to properties assisted under section 8(o)(13). 

14 ‘‘(6) SUSPENSION OF ENROLLMENT.—In any 

15 year, the Secretary may suspend the enrollment of 

16 new families in Family Self-Sufficiency programs 

17 under this subsection based on a determination that 

18 insufficient funding is available for this purpose.’’; 

19 (18) in subsection (m), as so redesignated— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

22 ‘‘Each public housing agency’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘Each eligible entity’’; 

24 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

25 ‘‘The report shall include’’ and inserting 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
22 

•S 1344 IS

1 ‘‘The contents of the report shall include’’; 

2 and 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

4 (I) by striking ‘‘public housing 

5 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible enti6 ty’’; and 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘local’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 

9 describing any additional research needs of the 

10 Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of the 

11 program’’ after ‘‘under paragraph (1)’’; 

12 (19) in subsection (n), as so redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 

14 (20) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(o) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en17 tity’ means an entity that meets the requirements 

18 under subsection (c)(2) to administer a Family Self19 Sufficiency program under this section. 

20 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FAMILY.—The term ‘eligible 

21 family’ means a family that meets the requirements 

22 under subsection (c)(1) to participate in the Family 

23 Self-Sufficiency program under this section. 

24 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATING FAMILY.—The term ‘par25 ticipating family’ means an eligible family that is 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
23 

•S 1344 IS

1 participating in the Family Self-Sufficiency program 

2 under this section.’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Not later than 360 days 

4 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

5 Housing and Urban Development shall issue notice or reg6 ulations to implement this Act and any amendments made 

7 by this Act, and this Act and any amendments made by 

8 this Act shall take effect upon such issuance. 

9 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 the amendments made by this Act $100,000,000 for each 

12 of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 

Æ 


SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS