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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1929 

To prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from limiting 

the eligibility of DACA recipients for certain assistance, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2019 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BOOKER, 

Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. 

HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HARRIS, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from limiting the eligibility of DACA recipients 

for certain assistance, 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 ‘‘Homeownership for 

5 DREAMers Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY. 

2 (a) FHA.—Section 203 of the National Housing Act 

3 (12 U.S.C. 1709) is amended by inserting after subsection 

4 (h) the following: 

5 ‘‘(i) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 

6 ‘‘(1) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this sub7 section, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means an alien 

8 who, at any time before, on, or after the date of en9 actment of this subsection, is or was in deferred ac10 tion status pursuant to the Deferred Action for 

11 Childhood Arrivals (‘DACA’) Program announced by 

12 the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 

13 2012. 

14 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not— 

15 ‘‘(A) prescribe terms that limit the eligi16 bility of a single family mortgage for insurance 

17 under this title because of the status of the 

18 mortgagor as a DACA recipient; or 

19 ‘‘(B) issue any limited denial of participa20 tion in the program for such insurance because 

21 of the status of the mortgagor as a DACA re22 cipient. 

23 ‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.— 

24 ‘‘(A) DENIAL FOR FAILURE TO SATISFY

25 VALID ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing 

26 in this title prohibits the denial of insurance 


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1 based on failure to satisfy valid eligibility re2 quirements. 

3 ‘‘(B) INVALID ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE4 MENTS.—Valid eligibility requirements do not 

5 include criteria that were adopted with the pur6 pose of denying eligibility for insurance because 

7 of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, na8 tional origin, disability, or the status of a mort9 gagor as a DACA recipient.’’. 

10 (b) RURAL HOUSING SERVICE.—Section 501 of the 

11 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471) is amended by 

12 adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(k) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 

15 paragraph, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means an 

16 alien who, at any time before, on, or after the date 

17 of enactment of this subsection, is or was in deferred 

18 action status pursuant to the Deferred Action for 

19 Childhood Arrivals (‘DACA’) Program announced by 

20 the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 

21 2012. 

22 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not 

23 prescribe terms that limit eligibility for a single fam24 ily mortgage made, insured, or guaranteed under 


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1 this title because of the status of the mortgagor as 

2 a DACA recipient.’’. 

3 (c) FANNIE MAE.—Section 302(b) of the National 

4 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(8) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 

7 ‘‘(A) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 

8 paragraph, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means 

9 an alien who, at any time before, on, or after 

10 the date of enactment of this paragraph, is or 

11 was in deferred action status pursuant to the 

12 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 

13 (‘DACA’) Program announced by the Secretary 

14 of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012. 

15 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The corporation may 

16 not condition purchase of a single-family resi17 dence mortgage by the corporation under this 

18 subsection on the status of the borrower as a 

19 DACA recipient.’’. 

20 (d) FREDDIE MAC.—Section 305(a) of the Federal 

21 Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 

22 1454(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(6) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 

24 ‘‘(A) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 

25 subsection, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means 


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1 an alien who, at any time before, on, or after 

2 the date of enactment of this paragraph, is or 

3 was in deferred action status pursuant to the 

4 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 

5 (‘DACA’) Program announced by the Secretary 

6 of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012. 

7 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Corporation may 

8 not condition purchase of a single-family resi9 dence mortgage by the Corporation under this 

10 subsection on the status of the borrower as a 

11 DACA recipient.’’. 

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