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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9195 

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 

a demonstration program to develop affordable housing in areas with 

a significant expansion of the workforce, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2024 

Mr. CISCOMANI (for himself and Mr. NICKEL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

to establish a demonstration program to develop affordable housing in areas with a significant expansion of 

the workforce, 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 ‘‘SUPER Demonstra5 tion Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOP2 MENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

4 the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 

5 of Housing and Urban Development shall establish a dem6 onstration program to award not more than 10 grants on 

7 a competitive basis to eligible entities to develop affordable 

8 housing in areas with a significant expansion of the work9 force. 

10 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible for a grant 

11 under this section, an entity shall— 

12 (1) be— 

13 (A) a unit of local government; or 

14 (B) a public housing agency; and 

15 (2) demonstrate a significant need for more af16 fordable housing due to an expansion of the work17 force from Federal investments through the— 

18 (A) American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; 

19 (B) Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 

20 Act; and 

21 (C) Chips and Science Act. 

22 (c) APPLICATION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—To apply for a grant under 

24 this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an ap25 plication to the Secretary at such time and in such 

26 manner as the Secretary may reasonably require. 


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1 (2) ZONING AND REGULATORY REFORM.— 

2 (A) UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—In 

3 an application for a grant under this sub4 section, an eligible entity that is a unit of local 

5 government shall include a plan for the imple6 mentation of zoning and regulatory reform to 

7 facilitate the development of affordable housing. 

8 (B) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES.—In an 

9 application for a grant under this subsection, 

10 an eligible entity that is a public housing agen11 cy shall include a plan for the provision of addi12 tional flexibilities for affordable housing con13 struction and repair. 

14 (d) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 

15 (1) UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—For eligi16 ble entities that are units of local government, the 

17 Secretary may only award grants under this sub18 section to such entities that remove or streamline 

19 local regulatory barriers to affordable housing con20 struction, including through the modification of 

21 local— 

22 (A) zoning laws; 

23 (B) environmental impact reviews; and 

24 (C) parking minimums. 


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1 (2) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES.—For eligible 

2 entities that are public housing agencies, the Sec3 retary may only award grants under this subsection 

4 to such entities that provide additional flexibilities 

5 for affordable housing construction, including 

6 through the repair and construction of affordable 

7 housing. 

8 (e) ELIGIBLE USES.—An eligible entity may use 

9 grant amounts awarded under this section to— 

10 (1) convert vacant office space to residential 

11 housing; 

12 (2) fund capital costs of the development, reha13 bilitation, and physical improvements of affordable 

14 housing through public-private partnerships; 

15 (3) provide technical assistance to housing de16 velopers; and 

17 (4) identify sites for rehabilitation or new con18 struction in high-opportunity, mixed-income neigh19 borhoods. 

20 (f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

21 provide technical assistance to eligible entities that are 

22 awarded a grant under this subsection with respect to 

23 using such grant amounts in conjunction with other Fed24 erally funded housing assistance programs. 

25 (g) STUDY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, not 

2 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

3 this section and each year thereafter that the dem4 onstration program is active, conduct a study to test 

5 the effectiveness of the demonstration program. 

6 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study conducted pursu7 ant to paragraph (1) shall include— 

8 (A) an evaluation of the impact of the 

9 demonstration program on the timeline of ap10 proval, construction, and number of new afford11 able housing developments; and 

12 (B) a comparison of communities that par13 ticipated in the demonstration and communities 

14 that did not participate in the demonstration 

15 program based on such evaluation. 

16 (h) TRANSFER OF UNOBLIGATED COVID FUNDS.— 

17 (1) IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDS TO TRANS18 FER.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 

19 enactment of this section, the Secretary of the 

20 Treasury shall identify $3,000,000,000 of unobli21 gated covered funds which shall be transferred to 

22 the Secretary under paragraph (2). 

23 (2) TRANSFER.—Effective on the date that is 

24 60 days after the date of the enactment of this sec25 tion, $3,000,000,000 of the unobligated covered 


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1 funds identified by the Secretary of the Treasury 

2 under paragraph (1) shall be transferred to and 

3 merged with other amounts made available to the 

4 Secretary to carry out this section. 

5 (3) AVAILABILITY AND USE.—Amounts trans6 ferred under paragraph (2) shall remain available 

7 until expended. 

8 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) AFFORDABLE HOUSING.—The term ‘‘afford10 able housing’’ means housing that qualifies as af11 fordable under section 215 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 

12 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 12745). 

14 (2) COVERED FUNDS.—The term ‘‘covered 

15 funds’’ means amounts made available under— 

16 (A) the Coronavirus Preparedness and Re17 sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act; 

18 (B) the Families First Coronavirus Re19 sponse Act; 

20 (C) the CARES Act; 

21 (D) the Paycheck Protection Program and 

22 Health Care Enhancement Act; 

23 (E) the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

24 2021; and 

25 (F) the American Rescue Plan Act. 


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1 (3) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY.—The term 

2 ‘‘public housing agency’’ has the meaning given the 

3 term in section 3 of the United States Housing Act 

4 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a). 

5 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

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