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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5137 

To reform the Moving to Work Program of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2016 

Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself, Mr. VALADAO, Ms. HAHN, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. 

NEUGEBAUER, Mr. DOLD, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. 

FLEISCHMANN, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 

HUNTER, and Mr. HILL) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To reform the Moving to Work Program of the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 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 ‘‘Moving to Work Re5 form and Expansion Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REFORM OF MOVING TO WORK PROGRAM. 

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1 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended— 

3 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘DEM4 ONSTRATION’’ and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM’’; 

5 (2) by striking the section designation and all 

6 that follows through the end of subsection (a) and 

7 inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 204. (a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the pro9 gram under this section are as follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE.—To develop 

11 measures to promote economic independence for 

12 families with children whose head of household is 

13 working, seeking work, or preparing for work, for 

14 able-bodied individuals, and for persons with disabil15 ities who are able to work on a limited basis, to ob16 tain employment and become economically inde17 pendent, by participating in job training, educational 

18 programs, or other supportive services and programs 

19 that assist in meeting such goal. 

20 ‘‘(2) FLEXIBILITY AND COST-EFFECTIVE21 NESS.—To give public housing agencies and the Sec22 retary of Housing and Urban Development the flexi23 bility to design and implement various approaches 

24 for providing and administering housing assistance 


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1 that reduce cost and achieve greater cost effective2 ness in Federal expenditures. 

3 ‘‘(3) HOUSING CHOICE.—To increase housing 

4 choices for low-income families.’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHOR7 ITY.—The Secretary’’ and inserting the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

11 (B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘con12 duct a demonstration program’’ and all that fol13 lows through ‘‘Indian housing program and’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘carry out a program under this 

15 section under which public housing agencies ad16 ministering the public housing program or’’; 

17 (C) by inserting after the first sentence the 

18 following: ‘‘There shall be no limitation on the 

19 number of public housing agencies that may 

20 participate in the program under this section.’’; 

21 (D) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ and 

22 all that follows through ‘‘demonstration.’’ and 

23 inserting the following: 

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1 nical assistance under the program and conduct de2 tailed evaluations of various agencies to identify 

3 replicable program models promoting the purposes 

4 of the program.’’; 

5 (E) by striking ‘‘Under the demonstration’’ 

6 and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(3) COMBINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Under 

8 the program under this section’’; and 

9 (F) by striking ‘‘operating assistance pro10 vided under section 9 of the United States 

11 Housing Act of 1937, modernization assistance 

12 provided under section 14’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘amounts provided to the agency from the Op14 erating Fund under section 9(e) of the United 

15 States Housing Act of 1937, amounts provided 

16 to the agency from the Capital Fund under sec17 tion 9(d)’’; 

18 (4) in subsection (c)— 

19 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

20 by striking ‘‘demonstration’’ and inserting ‘‘pro21 gram under this section’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘9, and 

23 14’’ and inserting ‘‘9(d), and 9(e)’’; 

24 (C) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘demonstration’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (I) by striking ‘‘self-sufficiency’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘economic independ6 ence’’; and 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘purpose of this 

8 demonstration’’ and inserting ‘‘pur9 pose of the program under subsection 

10 (a)(1)’’; 

11 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

12 ‘‘demonstration’’ and inserting ‘‘program 

13 under this section;’’; 

14 (iv) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

15 ‘‘demonstration program’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘program under this section’’; 

17 (v) by redesignating subparagraphs 

18 (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) as subpara19 graphs (B), (C), (D), (G), and (H), respec20 tively; 

21 (vi) by inserting before subparagraph 

22 (B) (as so redesignated by clause (v) of 

23 this subparagraph) the following new sub24 paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(A) actions to be taken under the pro2 posed program to achieve the purposes of the 

3 program under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 

4 subsection (a);’’; and 

5 (vii) by inserting after subparagraph 

6 (D) (as so redesignated by clause (v) of 

7 this subparagraph) the following new sub8 paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(E) hardship exceptions consistent with 

10 the purposes under subsection (a) under which 

11 tenants may be temporarily exempted from 

12 compliance with the program operated by the 

13 agency in the event of extenuating cir14 cumstances preventing such compliance and a 

15 process that provides tenants with recourse to 

16 a speedy determination regarding such an ex17 ception and makes available the contents and 

18 results of such a determination available to the 

19 public and the board of directors or other gov20 erning body on request of the tenant concerned 

21 or the director or other head official of the 

22 agency; 

23 ‘‘(F) providing assisted families and par24 ticipants in the program operated by the agency 

25 with an informal administrative hearing or 


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1 grievance process, prior to any eviction or ter2 mination of assistance, which process shall 

3 make the content and determination of the 

4 hearing available to the public and the board of 

5 directors or other governing body on request of 

6 the tenant concerned or the director or other 

7 head official of the agency;’’; and 

8 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘dem9 onstration’’ and inserting ‘‘proposed program’’; 

10 (5) in subsection (d)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘(d) SELECTION.—In se12 lecting among applications, the Secretary shall 

13 take into account the’’ and inserting the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION.— 

16 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION; STANDARDS FOR PARTICIPA17 TION.—The Secretary shall provide for public hous18 ing agencies to submit applications for participation 

19 in the program under this section and shall estab20 lish, and make public, standards and requirements 

21 for participation that further the purposes of this 

22 program set forth in subsection (a), which shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) provide that all agencies not des24 ignated as troubled pursuant to part 902 or 

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1 lations (24 C.F.R. 902, 985) at any time dur2 ing the most recent two fiscal years are invited 

3 to submit applications for consideration; 

4 ‘‘(B) provide that participation of an agen5 cy, upon approval, shall be for a period not 

6 shorter than 10 years; 

7 ‘‘(C) include a common set of budget 

8 metrics for use under the program that allow 

9 for comparison of the performance of different 

10 agencies under the program; 

11 ‘‘(D) require that each agency include in 

12 its application— 

13 ‘‘(i) a list of innovative proposals to 

14 be carried out under the program that are 

15 designed to reduce the cost of, and in16 crease the cost-efficiency of, housing pro17 vided in connection with the program and 

18 metrics to assess the progress of the agen19 cy toward such goals; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) a list of innovative manners in 

21 which the agency will use the authorities 

22 under the program to assist families, goals 

23 regarding such activities to accomplish on 

24 an annual basis, and metrics to assess the 


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1 progress of the agency toward such goals; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(E) include a plan for using, to the great4 est extent feasible, electronic data-matching for 

5 income verification services. 

6 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) REVIEW AND DETERMINATION.— 

8 Upon receipt of an application for participation 

9 in the program under this section, the Secretary 

10 shall provide for review such application by a 

11 selection panel comprised of Federal officials 

12 and employees and established by the Secretary 

13 for such purpose. Based on such review, such 

14 selection panel shall make a determination of 

15 whether to approve such agency for participa16 tion in the program under this section, based 

17 on the criteria under paragraph (4). 

18 ‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—Upon making a de19 termination pursuant to subparagraph (A), the 

20 selection panel shall notify the public housing 

21 agency, the Secretary, and the governments for 

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1 clude a statement specifying the reasons for 

2 such disapproval. 

3 ‘‘(3) TRANSITION.— 

4 ‘‘(A) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

6 shall review and process such applications 

7 as to enable the transition of not less than 

8 25 public housing agencies per year to the 

9 program under this section (subject to ap10 provable applications), until such time as 

11 there are not 25 agencies whose applica12 tions merit approval. 

13 ‘‘(ii) RESERVED SPOTS FOR SMALL

14 AND RURAL PHAS.—Of the applications of 

15 public housing agencies approved in each 

16 year pursuant to clause (i), not less than 

17 10 shall be applications of public housing 

18 agencies that administer, in the aggregate, 

19 fewer than 6,000 vouchers for rental as20 sistance under section 8 of the United 

21 States Housing Act of 1937 and public 

22 housing dwelling units, except that if for 

23 any year the Secretary receives fewer than 

24 10 applications by public housing agencies 

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1 proval, the requirement under this clause 

2 shall apply for such year only to the extent 

3 of the number of such approvable applica4 tions received. 

5 ‘‘(iii) TREATMENT OF NEW MTW

6 AGENCIES.—Any agency that is newly 

7 transitioned under this subparagraph to 

8 participation in the program as in effect 

9 pursuant to the amendments made by the 

10 Moving to Work Reform and Expansion 

11 Act of 2016, shall count toward fulfillment 

12 of the numerical limitation in clause (i), 

13 notwithstanding the authority under sec14 tion 239 of the Transportation, Housing 

15 and Urban Development, and Related 

16 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (divi17 sion L of Public Law 114–113) or any 

18 other provision of law other than this sec19 tion authorizing participation of new agen20 cies. 

21 ‘‘(B) CONTRACT REVISIONS.—The Sec22 retary shall, from time to time and in consulta23 tion with public housing agencies, amend con24 tracts for participation by agencies in the pro25 gram under this section as may be necessary, 


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1 based on experiences of agencies that have par2 ticipated in the program, to correct mistakes 

3 and better achieve the goals of this program set 

4 forth in subsection (a). 

5 ‘‘(C) RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATION.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

7 shall provide that upon expiration of a con8 tract for participation by a public housing 

9 agency in the program under this section, 

10 to continue participating in the program 

11 the agency shall be required to recertify 

12 with the Secretary for such renewed par13 ticipation. The standards and requirements 

14 applicable to applications for initial partici15 pation in the program shall also apply to 

16 applications for renewed participation in 

17 the program. 

18 ‘‘(ii) TREATMENT OF NUMERICAL LIM19 ITATION.—An agency approved for contin20 ued participation in the program pursuant 

21 to recertification under this subparagraph 

22 shall not count toward fulfillment of the 

23 numerical limitation in subparagraph 

24 (A)(i). 


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1 ‘‘(4) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish 

2 criteria for approval of applications of public housing 

3 agencies for participation in the program under this 

4 section, which shall provide for approval of applica5 tions that are reasonably designed to carry out the 

6 purposes of the program under subsection (a). Such 

7 criteria shall take into consideration the capacity 

8 and’’; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘each’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘the’’; 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘a program under the dem12 onstration’’ and inserting ‘‘the proposed pro13 gram in the application’’; and 

14 (D) by striking ‘‘an agency’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘the agency’’; 

16 (6) in subsection (e)— 

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

18 demonstration’’ and inserting ‘‘the program 

19 under this section’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘dem21 onstration’’ and inserting ‘‘program under this 

22 section’’; 

23 (7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section 9, or 

24 pursuant to section 14 by a public housing agency 

25 participating in the demonstration under this part’’ 


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1 and inserting ‘‘of the United States Housing Act of 

2 1937, or provided from the Operating Fund under 

3 section 9(e) or from the Capital Fund under section 

4 9(d) of such Act, by a public housing agency partici5 pating in the program under this section’’; 

6 (8) in subsection (g)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in8 cluding performance in achieving each of the 

9 purposes of the program specified in subsection 

10 (a)’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in the first sentence— 

13 (I) by inserting ‘‘, and including 

14 such content, as shall be’’ before 

15 ‘‘specified by the Secretary’’; and 

16 (II) by inserting ‘‘, but not less 

17 often than annually’’ before the period 

18 at the end; and 

19 (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 

20 inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(C) describe and analyze the effects of 

22 the program of the agency and the assisted ac23 tivities under such program in addressing and 

24 achieving the objectives of the program under 

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1 in subsection (a), including the effects of the 

2 program on— 

3 ‘‘(i) the number of new families the 

4 agency has been able to assist from the 

5 waiting lists for housing assistance that is 

6 administered by the agency, including 

7 vouchers for rental assistance under sec8 tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 

9 of 1937 and dwelling units in public hous10 ing and in housing assisted with project11 based section 8 assistance, as a result of 

12 the flexibility of funds and achievement of 

13 economic independence; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the cost and annual change, per 

15 family participating in the program, of 

16 providing housing assistance referred to in 

17 clause (i) that is administered by the agen18 cy; 

19 ‘‘(iii) any cost savings and additional 

20 housing resulting from the program; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) the household incomes, and 

22 changes in such incomes, of members of 

23 families participating in the program who 

24 are not exempt from work requirements; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(v) such other factors as the Sec2 retary considers appropriate.’’; 

3 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

4 (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6); and 

5 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

6 following new paragraphs: 

7 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL BUDGET PLAN.— 

8 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Each agency shall 

9 submit annually to the Secretary, together with 

10 the report under paragraph (2), a budget plan 

11 for the program of the agency for the upcoming 

12 year and shall make such budget plan publicly 

13 available. 

14 ‘‘(B) FORM AND METRICS.—Each annual 

15 budget plan shall be set forth in a standard 

16 form, prescribed by the Secretary and shall uti17 lize a common budget metric that allows for 

18 comparison of the budget plans of all public 

19 housing agencies participating in the program. 

20 ‘‘(C) CONTENT.—Each annual budget plan 

21 shall include such content as the Secretary shall 

22 specify, which shall include— 

23 ‘‘(i) a description and explanation of 

24 all new rules and policy changes adopted 

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1 tion and the program under this section 

2 and, with respect to such new rules and 

3 policy changes— 

4 ‘‘(I) a description of the effect 

5 such rules and changes will have on 

6 the operation of the agency as com7 pared to the preceding year and as 

8 compared to the operations of the 

9 agency other than under the program 

10 under this section; 

11 ‘‘(II) a description of the extent 

12 to which such rules and changes 

13 helped to achieve the annual goals 

14 identified in the public housing agen15 cy’s application pursuant to sub16 section (d)(1)(E) and, in the case of 

17 any such goals not achieved, a de18 scription of the extent to which such 

19 goals were not achieved and the rea20 sons for such failure; and 

21 ‘‘(III) whether the adoption of 

22 such new rules and policy changes re23 quired an adjustment in the annual 

24 goals identified in the public housing 


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1 agency’s application pursuant to sub2 section (d)(1); 

3 ‘‘(ii) a plan for all capital assets and 

4 anticipated construction and rehabilitation 

5 activities of the agency in the upcoming 

6 year and a description of whether and how 

7 such activities are authorized and assisted 

8 under the program under this section; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) assurances satisfactory to the 

10 Secretary that such plan will conform with 

11 all applicable provisions of the Civil Rights 

12 Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, the 

13 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Ameri14 cans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 

15 ‘‘(4) PUBLIC AND RESIDENT PARTICIPATION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) NOTIFICATION OF RESIDENTS.—Each 

17 agency shall annually hold a meeting to notify 

18 all assisted families participating in the pro19 gram of the agency of the contents of the report 

20 under paragraph (2) for such year and budget 

21 plan under paragraph (3) for such year and im22 pacts on such assisted families. Any agency 

23 that assists in the aggregate, more than 50,000 

24 families or assists families in multiple counties 

25 shall hold as many meetings as necessary to 


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1 provide each assisted family a good-faith oppor2 tunity to attend such a meeting. 

3 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Each annual re4 port under paragraph (2) and annual plan 

5 under paragraph (3) shall— 

6 ‘‘(i) be made available for inspection 

7 and public comment 30 days before the 

8 meeting required by subparagraph (A) re9 garding such plan or report; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) be approved in a public meeting 

11 of the board of directors or other gov12 erning body of the agency before submis13 sion to the Secretary. 

14 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each annual 

15 report under paragraph (2) and annual plan 

16 under paragraph (3) shall, upon submission to 

17 the Secretary, be made publicly available and 

18 shall include all comments provided pursuant to 

19 subparagraph (B).’’; 

20 (9) in subsection (h)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘dem22 onstration’’ and inserting ‘‘program under this 

23 section’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall annually 

2 review the activities of each public housing agency 

3 participating in the program under this section and, 

4 based on such review and the information submitted 

5 by the agency pursuant to subsection (g), deter6 mine— 

7 ‘‘(A) the impact and effectiveness of the 

8 agency’s program and activities in achieving 

9 each of the purposes of the program specified 

10 in subsection (a), including an assessment of 

11 such impact and effectiveness using the com12 mon set of budget metrics established pursuant 

13 to subsection (d)(1)(D); 

14 ‘‘(B) the progress of the agency toward 

15 meeting the goals identified in the agency’s ap16 plication pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(E), 

17 using the metrics identified in the agency’s ap18 plication pursuant to such subsection; and 

19 ‘‘(C) the extent of compliance by the agen20 cy with the requirements of the program under 

21 this section and, in determining such extent of 

22 compliance, shall take into consideration the 

23 unique characteristics of the agency. 

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1 cies pursuant to subsection (g) and in reviewing 

2 such information and making determinations pursu3 ant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Sec4 retary shall carry out control activities and proce5 dures designed to verify the accuracy of such infor6 mation, which shall include auditing a representative 

7 sample of such information using standard statis8 tical methods. 

9 ‘‘(4) CONTINUED PARTICIPATION.—The Sec10 retary shall not terminate the participation of any 

11 public housing agency in the program under this 

12 section unless the Secretary finds that the agency— 

13 ‘‘(A) is in material default of the condi14 tions and obligations under the agreement en15 tered into between the agency and the Secretary 

16 providing for such participation; 

17 ‘‘(B) as demonstrated in its reports under 

18 subsection (g)(2) and its annual budget plans 

19 under subsection (g)(3), has persistently failed 

20 to meet the goals identified in its application, 

21 and the reasons or circumstances specified in 

22 the agency’s reports and plans for such failure 

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1 ‘‘(C) has misused or misappropriated 

2 funds; 

3 ‘‘(D) has failed to make a good faith effort 

4 to carry out the purposes of the program speci5 fied in subsection (a); or 

6 ‘‘(E) has failed to cure a material defi7 ciency in performance after notice and an op8 portunity to correct the deficiency. 

9 ‘‘(5) CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM.—The Sec10 retary shall carry out a program— 

11 ‘‘(A) to identify agencies participating in 

12 the program under this section that are at risk 

13 of termination of such participation pursuant to 

14 paragraph (6); 

15 ‘‘(B) to consult with such agencies regard16 ing actions that may be taken to avoid such ter17 mination; 

18 ‘‘(C) to establish goals and timelines for 

19 such corrective actions; and 

20 ‘‘(D) to provide appropriate technical as21 sistance designed to facilitate such actions and 

22 avoid such termination. 

23 ‘‘(6) TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION.—Any 

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1 visions of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

2 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) and all other provisions of 

3 law applicable to public housing agencies not partici4 pating in the program, except that the Secretary 

5 shall provide a transition period, that begins upon 

6 such termination and is not shorter than 18 months, 

7 for such agencies to come into compliance with such 

8 laws. 

9 ‘‘(7) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

10 the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the 

11 date of the enactment of the Moving to Work Re12 form and Expansion Act of 2016, and not later than 

13 the expiration of each successive 5-year period there14 after, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 

15 Congress regarding the program under this section 

16 and the results of the reviews conducted under para17 graph (2), which shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) evaluate the programs carried out by 

19 public housing agencies participating in the pro20 gram, including with respect to each of the pur21 poses specified in subsection (a); and 

22 ‘‘(B) include findings and recommenda23 tions for appropriate legislative changes to the 

24 program. 


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1 ‘‘(8) GAO REVIEWS AND REPORTS.—Not later 

2 than September 30, 2023, and not later than the ex3 piration of each successive 8-year period thereafter, 

4 the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) conduct and complete a review of the 

6 program under this section, which shall include 

7 examination and analysis of the implementation 

8 of the program and identification of any short9 comings and any means for improving the pro10 gram; and 

11 ‘‘(B) submit to the Congress a report re12 garding the review, which shall set forth a de13 tailed description of such implementation, any 

14 shortcomings of the program identified, and 

15 recommendations for improving the program.’’; 

16 (10) in subsection (i)— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

18 by striking ‘‘section 14 of the United States 

19 Housing Act of 1937 for fiscal years 1996, 

20 1997, and 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital 

21 Fund under section 9(d) of the United States 

22 Housing Act of 1937 in each fiscal year’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘up 

24 to 10’’; and 

25 (11) by striking subsection (j). 


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1 (b) TREATMENT OF PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.— 

2 (1) CONTINUATION OF PARTICIPATION.—This 

3 Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not 

4 affect the status of any public housing agency that, 

5 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is par6 ticipating in the Moving to Work Program under 

7 section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 

8 and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde9 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, as such 

10 a participating agency. 

11 (2) ELECTION.—Any public housing agency re12 ferred to in paragraph (1) may elect— 

13 (A) to continue participation in the Pro14 gram under such section 204 under the terms 

15 of the agreement entered into between the 

16 agency and the Secretary providing for such 

17 participation until the date of the expiration of 

18 such agreement; or 

19 (B) at any time before date of the expira20 tion of such agreement, to transition to partici21 pation under the program under such section 

22 204, as amended by this Act. 

23 (3) CONVERSION TO REFORMED PROGRAM.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

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1 housing agency that elects pursuant to para2 graph (2)(A) of this subsection to continue par3 ticipation in the Program under such section 

4 204 shall, upon the expiration of the agreement 

5 referred to in such paragraph, be considered to 

6 have been approved for participation in the Pro7 gram under such section 204, as amended by 

8 this Act, and the Secretary of Housing and 

9 Urban Development shall provide for the transi10 tion of the agency to participation under the 

11 Program under such section as so amended. 

12 (B) INAPPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (A) 

13 shall not apply to any public housing agency 

14 that is determined by the Secretary to be in 

15 material default, upon the expiration of the 

16 agreement referred to in paragraph (2)(A), of 

17 the conditions and obligations under such 

18 agreement. 

19 (4) INAPPLICABILITY OF NUMERICAL LIMITA20 TION.—Any public housing agency transitioned pur21 suant to paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(A) of this sub22 section to participation under the Program as 

23 amended by this Act shall not count toward fulfill24 ment of the numerical limitation under section 

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1 fairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

2 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as 

3 added by the amendment made by section 2(a)(5)(A) 

4 of this Act). 

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