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Union Calendar No. 344 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4258 

[Report No. 115–464] 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 6, 2017 

Mr. DUFFY (for himself and Mr. CLEAVER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

DECEMBER 13, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. ROSS, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mrs. BEATTY, and Ms. NORTON

DECEMBER 13, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM. 

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

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

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

11 (B) by striking ‘‘the certificate and vouch12 er programs under section 8’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘sections 8 and 9’’; 

14 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(b) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR REQUIRED PRO17 GRAMS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing agen19 cy that was required to administer a local Family 

20 Self-Sufficiency program on the date of enactment of 

21 the Family Self-Sufficiency Act, shall operate such 

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

23 families the agency was required to serve on the date 

24 of enactment of such Act, subject only to the avail25 ability under appropriations Acts of sufficient 


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1 amounts for housing assistance and the require2 ments of paragraph (2). 

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

4 which a public housing agency is required to operate 

5 such local program under paragraph (1) shall be de6 creased by one for each family from any supported 

7 rental housing program administered by such agency 

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

9 under the contract of participation. 

10 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary shall not re11 quire a public housing agency to carry out a manda12 tory program for a period of time upon the request 

13 of the public housing agency and upon a determina14 tion by the Secretary that implementation is not fea15 sible because of local circumstances, which may in16 clude— 

17 ‘‘(A) lack of supportive services accessible 

18 to eligible families, which shall include insuffi19 cient availability of resources for programs 

20 under title I of the Workforce Investment Act 

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

22 ‘‘(B) lack of funding for reasonable admin23 istrative costs; 

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

25 State or local government; or 


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1 ‘‘(D) any other circumstances that the Sec2 retary may consider appropriate.’’; 

3 (3) by striking subsection (i); 

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

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

6 and (i) respectively; 

7 (5) by inserting after subsection (b), as amend8 ed, the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.— 

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

11 to participate in a local Family Self-Sufficiency pro12 gram under this section if— 

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

14 become and remain employed in suitable em15 ployment or to increase earnings; and 

16 ‘‘(B) the household member receives direct 

17 assistance under section 8 or resides in a unit 

18 assisted under section 8 or 9. 

19 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following enti20 ties are eligible to administer a local Family Self21 Sufficiency program under this section: 

22 ‘‘(A) A public housing agency admin23 istering housing assistance to or on behalf of an 

24 eligible family under section 8 or 9. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The owner or sponsor of a multi2 family property receiving project-based rental 

3 assistance under section 8, in accordance with 

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

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

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen8 cy’’ the first time it appears and inserting 

9 ‘‘eligible entity’’; 

10 (ii) in the first sentence, by striking 

11 ‘‘each leaseholder receiving assistance 

12 under the certificate and voucher programs 

13 of the public housing agency under section 

14 8 or residing in public housing adminis15 tered by the agency’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

16 household member of an eligible family’’; 

17 and 

18 (iii) by striking the third sentence and 

19 inserting the following: ‘‘Housing assist20 ance may not be terminated as a con21 sequence of either successful completion of 

22 the contract of participation or failure to 

23 complete such contract. A contract of par24 ticipation shall remain in effect until the 

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1 Sufficiency program upon successful grad2 uation or expiration of the contract of par3 ticipation, or for other good cause.’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A)— 

7 (I) in the first sentence— 

8 (aa) by striking ‘‘A local 

9 program under this section’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘An eligible entity’’; 

11 (bb) by striking ‘‘provide’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘coordinate’’; and 

13 (cc) by striking ‘‘to’’ and in14 serting ‘‘for’’; and 

15 (II) in the second sentence— 

16 (aa) by striking ‘‘provided 

17 during’’ and inserting ‘‘coordi18 nated for’’; 

19 (bb) by striking ‘‘under sec20 tion 8 or residing in public hous21 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to 

22 section 8 or 9 and for the dura23 tion of the contract of participa24 tion’’; and 


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1 (cc) by inserting ‘‘, but are 

2 not limited to’’ after ‘‘may in3 clude’’; 

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

5 ‘‘or attainment of a high school equiva6 lency certificate’’ after ‘‘high school’’; 

7 (iii) by striking subparagraph (G); 

8 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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

10 (G), and (K) respectively; 

11 (v) by inserting after subparagraph 

12 (D) the following: 

13 ‘‘(E) education in pursuit of a post-sec14 ondary degree or certification;’’; 

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

16 ‘‘financial literacy, such as training in fi17 nancial management, financial coaching, 

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

19 in’’; 

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

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

22 (viii) by inserting after subparagraph 

23 (I) the following: 

24 ‘‘(J) homeownership education and assist25 ance; and’’; 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

3 ‘‘the first recertification of income after’’ 

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

5 (ii) in the second sentence— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘public housing 

7 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible enti8 ty’’; and 

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

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

11 follows: 

12 ‘‘(4) EMPLOYMENT.—The contract of participa13 tion shall require 1 household member of the partici14 pating family to seek and maintain suitable employ15 ment.’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(5) NONPARTICIPATION.—Assistance under 

18 section 8 or 9 for a family that elects not to partici19 pate in a Family Self-Sufficiency program shall not 

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

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

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

23 monthly adjusted income does not exceed 50 

24 percent’’ and all that follows through the period 

25 at the end of the third sentence and inserting 


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1 ‘‘shall be calculated under the rental provisions 

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

3 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (i) by striking the first sentence and 

5 inserting the following: ‘‘For each partici6 pating family, an amount equal to any in7 crease in the amount of rent paid by the 

8 family in accordance with the provisions of 

9 section 3 or 8(o), as applicable, that is at10 tributable to increases in earned income by 

11 the participating family, shall be placed in 

12 an interest-bearing escrow account estab13 lished by the eligible entity on behalf of the 

14 participating family. Notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, an eligible entity 

16 may use funds it controls under section 8 

17 or 9 for purposes of making the escrow de18 posit for participating families assisted 

19 under, or residing in units assisted under, 

20 section 8 or 9, respectively, provided such 

21 funds are offset by the increase in the 

22 amount of rent paid by the participating 

23 family.’’; 

24 (ii) by striking the second sentence 

25 and inserting the following: ‘‘All Family 


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1 Self-Sufficiency programs administered 

2 under this section shall include an escrow 

3 account.’’; 

4 (iii) in the fourth sentence, by striking 

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

6 (d)’’; and 

7 (iv) in the last sentence— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘A public housing 

9 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘An eligible en10 tity’’; and 

11 (II) by striking ‘‘the public hous12 ing agency’’ and inserting ‘‘such eligi13 ble entity’’; and 

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

15 follows: 

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

17 in an escrow account established by an eligible entity 

18 for a participating family as required under para19 graph (2), that exists after the end of a contract of 

20 participation by a household member of a partici21 pating family that does not qualify to receive the es22 crow, shall be used by the eligible entity for the ben23 efit of participating families in good standing.’’; 

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

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


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1 exceeds 80 percent of the median income of the area 

2 (as determined by the Secretary with adjustments 

3 for smaller and larger families)’’; 

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

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen7 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’; 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘the public housing 

9 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘such eligible enti10 ty’’; and 

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

12 inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen15 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’ each 

16 place that term appears; 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘or the Job Opportu18 nities and Basic Skills Training Program 

19 under part F of title IV of the Social Secu20 rity Act’’; 

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

22 and post-secondary’’ after ‘‘public and pri23 vate’’; and 

24 (iv) in the second sentence, by insert25 ing ‘‘and tenants served by the program’’ 


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1 after ‘‘the unit of general local govern2 ment’’; 

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

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen6 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’; 

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

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

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

10 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

14 inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 

15 (iii) by striking ‘‘residents of the pub16 lic housing’’ and inserting ‘‘the current 

17 and prospective participants of the pro18 gram’’; and 

19 (iv) by striking ‘‘or the Job Opportu20 nities and Basic Skills Training Program 

21 under part F of title IV of the Social Secu22 rity Act’’; and 

23 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

24 (i) in subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘subsection 

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

3 (d)(2)’’; 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘provided to’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘coordinated on behalf 

6 of participating’’; 

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

8 ‘‘assistance’’; and 

9 (IV) by striking ‘‘the section 8 

10 and public housing programs’’ and in11 serting ‘‘sections 8 and 9’’; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (D)— 

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

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

15 (II) by striking ‘‘public housing 

16 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible enti17 ty’’; 

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

19 ‘‘deliver’’ and inserting ‘‘coordinate’’; 

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

21 ‘‘the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills 

22 Training Program under part F of title IV 

23 of the Social Security Act and’’; and 

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

25 ‘‘public housing or section 8 assistance’’ 


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1 and inserting ‘‘assistance under section 8 

2 or 9’’; 

3 (11) by amending subsection (i), as so redesig4 nated, to read as follows: 

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

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

7 the Secretary shall establish a formula by which an8 nual funds will be awarded or as otherwise deter9 mined by the Secretary for the costs incurred by an 

10 eligible entity in administering the self-sufficiency 

11 program under this section. 

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

13 established under paragraph (1) shall provide fund14 ing for family self-sufficiency coordinators as follows: 

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

16 serving 25 or more participants in the Family 

17 Self-Sufficiency program under this section is 

18 eligible to receive an award equal to the costs, 

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

20 family self-sufficiency coordinator position. The 

21 Secretary may, by regulation or notice, deter22 mine the policy concerning the award for an eli23 gible entity serving fewer than 25 such partici24 pants, including providing prorated awards or 

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1 grams under this section for purposes of em2 ploying a coordinator. 

3 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL AWARD.—An eligible en4 tity that meets performance standards set by 

5 the Secretary is eligible to receive an additional 

6 award sufficient to cover the costs of filling an 

7 additional family self-sufficiency coordinator po8 sition if such entity has 75 or more partici9 pating families, and an additional coordinator 

10 for each additional 50 participating families, or 

11 such other ratio as may be established by the 

12 Secretary based on the award allocation evalua13 tion under subparagraph (E). 

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

15 For purposes of calculating the award under 

16 this paragraph, each administratively distinct 

17 part of a State or regional eligible entity may 

18 be treated as a separate agency. 

19 ‘‘(D) DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF CO20 ORDINATORS.—In determining whether an eligi21 ble entity meets a specific threshold for funding 

22 pursuant to this paragraph, the Secretary shall 

23 consider the number of participants enrolled by 

24 the eligible entity in its Family Self-Sufficiency 


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1 program as well as other criteria determined by 

2 the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(E) AWARD ALLOCATION EVALUATION.— 

4 The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

5 evaluating the award allocation under this sub6 section, and make recommendations based on 

7 this evaluation and other related findings to 

8 modify such allocation, within 4 years after the 

9 date of enactment of the Family Self-Suffi10 ciency Act, and not less frequently than every 

11 4 years thereafter. The report requirement 

12 under this subparagraph shall terminate after 

13 the Secretary has submitted two such reports to 

14 Congress. 

15 ‘‘(3) RENEWALS AND ALLOCATION.— 

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

17 the Secretary under this subsection shall be al18 located in the following order of priority: 

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

20 full cost of all coordinators in the previous 

21 year at each eligible entity with an existing 

22 Family Self-Sufficiency program that 

23 meets applicable performance standards 

24 set by the Secretary. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) SECOND PRIORITY.—New or in2 cremental coordinator funding authorized 

3 under this section. 

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

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

6 fully satisfied, the Secretary may prorate the 

7 funding for each eligible entity, as long as— 

8 ‘‘(i) each eligible entity that has re9 ceived funding for at least 1 part-time co10 ordinator in the prior fiscal year is pro11 vided sufficient funding for at least 1 part12 time coordinator as part of any such pro13 ration; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) each eligible entity that has re15 ceived funding for at least 1 full-time coor16 dinator in the prior fiscal year is provided 

17 sufficient funding for at least 1 full-time 

18 coordinator as part of any such proration. 

19 ‘‘(4) RECAPTURE OR OFFSET.—Any awards al20 located under this subsection by the Secretary in a 

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

22 the subsequent fiscal year or such other time period 

23 as determined by the Secretary may be recaptured 

24 by the Secretary and shall be available for providing 

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


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1 may be offset as determined by the Secretary. Funds 

2 appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain 

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

4 of any recaptured funds for this purpose. 

5 ‘‘(5) PERFORMANCE REPORTING.—Programs 

6 under this section shall be required to report the 

7 number of families enrolled and graduated, the num8 ber of established escrow accounts and positive es9 crow balances, and any other information that the 

10 Secretary may require. Program performance shall 

11 be reviewed periodically as determined by the Sec12 retary. 

13 ‘‘(6) INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATION AND HIGH

14 PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary may reserve up to 5 

15 percent of the amounts made available under this 

16 subsection to provide support to or reward Family 

17 Self-Sufficiency programs based on the rate of suc18 cessful completion, increased earned income, or 

19 other factors as may be established by the Sec20 retary.’’; 

21 (12) in subsection (j)— 

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

23 and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’; 

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

25 ‘‘units’’; 


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

2 administered by the agency’’; 

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

4 ‘‘provision’’; and 

5 (E) by striking the last sentence; 

6 (13) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘public hous7 ing agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entities’’; 

8 (14) by striking subsection (n); 

9 (15) by striking subsection (o); 

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

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

12 (17) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol13 lowing: 

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

15 PROPERTIES WITH PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.— 

16 ‘‘(1) VOLUNTARY AVAILABILITY OF FSS PRO17 GRAM.—The owner of a privately owned property 

18 may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro19 gram available to the tenants of such property in ac20 cordance with procedures established by the Sec21 retary. Such procedures shall permit the owner to 

22 enter into a cooperative agreement with a local pub23 lic housing agency that administers a Family Self24 Sufficiency program or, at the owner’s option, oper25 ate a Family Self-Sufficiency program on its own or 


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1 in partnership with another owner. An owner, who 

2 voluntarily makes a Family Self-Sufficiency program 

3 available pursuant to this subsection, may access 

4 funding from any residual receipt accounts for the 

5 property to hire a family self-sufficiency coordinator 

6 or coordinators for their program. 

7 ‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Any coopera8 tive agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph 

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

10 its Family Self-Sufficiency program waiting list to 

11 any eligible family residing in the owner’s property 

12 who resides in a unit assisted under project-based 

13 rental assistance. 

14 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF FAMILIES ASSISTED

15 UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.—A public housing agency 

16 that enters into a cooperative agreement pursuant to 

17 paragraph (1) may count any family participating in 

18 its Family Self-Sufficiency program as a result of 

19 such agreement as part of the calculation of the 

20 award under subsection (i). 

21 ‘‘(4) ESCROW.— 

22 ‘‘(A) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—A coop23 erative agreement entered into pursuant to 

24 paragraph (1) shall provide for the calculation 

25 and tracking of the escrow for participating 


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1 residents and for the owner to make available, 

2 upon request of the public housing agency, es3 crow for participating residents, in accordance 

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

5 residing in units assisted under section 8. 

6 ‘‘(B) CALCULATION AND TRACKING BY

7 OWNER.—The owner of a privately owned prop8 erty who voluntarily makes a Family Self-Suffi9 ciency program available pursuant to paragraph 

10 (1) shall calculate and track the escrow for par11 ticipating residents and make escrow for par12 ticipating residents available in accordance with 

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

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

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

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

17 year, the Secretary may suspend the enrollment of 

18 new families in Family Self-Sufficiency programs 

19 under this subsection based on a determination that 

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

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

22 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

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1 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘The report shall include’’ and inserting 

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

4 and 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘public housing 

7 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible enti8 ty’’; and 

9 (II) by striking ‘‘local’’; and 

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

11 describing any additional research needs of the 

12 Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of the 

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

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

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

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

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

18 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en19 tity’ means an entity that meets the requirements 

20 under subsection (c)(2) to administer a Family Self21 Sufficiency program under this section. 

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

23 family’ means a family that meets the requirements 

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

25 Self-Sufficiency program under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATING FAMILY.—The term ‘par2 ticipating family’ means an eligible family that is 

3 participating in the Family Self-Sufficiency program 

4 under this section.’’. 

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

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

7 Housing and Urban Development shall issue notice or reg8 ulations to implement this Act and any amendments made 

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

10 this Act shall take effect upon such issuance. 


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Union Calendar No. 344 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4258 

[Report No. 115–464] 

A BILL 

To promote the development of local strategies to 

self-sufficiency, and for other purposes. families to achieve economic independence and public and private resources, to enable eligible 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 with coordinate use of assistance under sections 8 and 

DECEMBER 13, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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