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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3897 

To amend section 12 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to treat 

income changes resulting from welfare program requirements for families 

residing in housing receiving project-based subsidies under section 8 

of such Act similarly to such changes for families residing in public 

housing or receiving tenant-based assistance under such section. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 21, 2009 

Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself and Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To amend section 12 of the United States Housing Act 

of 1937 to treat income changes resulting from welfare 

program requirements for families residing in housing 

receiving project-based subsidies under section 8 of such 

Act similarly to such changes for families residing in 

public housing or receiving tenant-based assistance under 

such section. 

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 ‘‘Removing Reward for 

5 Section 8 Fraud Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF INCOME CHANGES RESULTING 

2 FROM WELFARE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

3 Section 12 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1437j) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (d)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 

7 in a dwelling unit covered by a contract for 

8 project-based assistance under section 8’’ after 

9 ‘‘public housing dwelling unit’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or, in 

11 the case of a family residing in a dwelling unit 

12 assisted with project-based assistance, the con13 tract administrator for the contract for such as14 sistance,’’ after ‘‘on behalf of the family’’; 

15 (C) in paragraph (5), by inserting before 

16 the period at the end the following: ‘‘or to au17 thorize the Secretary or any public housing 

18 agency to establish any time limit on tenancy in 

19 a dwelling unit covered by a contract for 

20 project-based assistance under section 8’’; and 

21 (D) in paragraph (7)— 

22 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

23 (I) by inserting ‘‘and the contract 

24 administrator for a contract for 

25 project-based assistance under section 


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1 8’’ before ‘‘shall make its best ef2 forts’’; and 

3 (II) by inserting ‘‘, contract ad4 ministrator,’’ after ‘‘assist a public 

5 housing agency’’; and 

6 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (I) by inserting ‘‘or contract ad8 ministrator’’ after ‘‘A public housing 

9 agency’’; and 

10 (II) by inserting ‘‘, or to families 

11 residing in a dwelling unit assisted 

12 with project-based assistance under 

13 section 8, respectively,’’ after ‘‘section 

14 8,’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (e), by adding after the period 

16 at the end the following: ‘‘A contract administrator 

17 shall incorporate into housing assistance payments 

18 contracts for project-based assistance under section 

19 8 provisions incorporating the conditions under sub20 section (d).’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (f)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘or in a dwelling unit cov23 ered by a contract for project-based assistance 

24 under section 8’’ after ‘‘resides in public hous25 ing’’; and 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘or contract adminis2 trator, as appropriate’’ after ‘‘a public housing 

3 agency’’; and 

4 (4) in subsection (g), by striking the subsection 

5 designation and all that follows through ‘‘the term’’ 

6 and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

8 following definitions shall apply: 

9 ‘‘(1) CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR.—The term 

10 ‘contract administrator’ means, with respect to 

11 project-based assistance under section 8 for a hous12 ing project, the entity that enters into the housing 

13 assistance payments contract with the owner of the 

14 project, which may be a public housing agency or 

15 the Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(2) ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY PRO17 GRAM.—The term’’. 

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