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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5374 

To establish a maximum limitation on the amount of the payment standard 

that may be used with respect to housing choice vouchers provided 

under the Moving to Work program of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2014 

Mr. SCHOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To establish a maximum limitation on the amount of the 

payment standard that may be used with respect to 

housing choice vouchers provided under the Moving to 

Work program of the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development. 

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 ‘‘Fairness and Account5 ability In Rental Assistance Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘FAIR 

6 Assistance Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MOVING TO WORK PROGRAM PAY2 MENT STANDARDS. 

3 Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 

4 and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 

5 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 

6 Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–281) is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(k) LIMITATION ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT

9 STANDARDS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—In no case may the pay11 ment standard used in connection with a voucher for 

12 tenant-based rental assistance provided under the 

13 demonstration under this section on behalf of any 

14 family that is not a family described in paragraph 

15 (2) exceed 120 percent of the fair market rental es16 tablished pursuant to section 8(c) of the United 

17 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)) 

18 for the applicable market area and size of dwelling 

19 unit. 

20 ‘‘(2) EXCLUDED FAMILIES.—A family described 

21 in this paragraph is— 

22 ‘‘(A) an elderly family (as such term is de23 fined in section 3(b)(3) of the United States 

24 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)); 

25 ‘‘(B) a disabled family (as such term is de26 fined in such section 3(b)(3)); or 


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1 ‘‘(C) a family that resides, at the time of 

2 a major disaster declared pursuant to section 

3 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

4 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 5170), in a principal residence that is located 

6 within an area for which such major disaster 

7 was declared, and meets such other conditions 

8 and requirements as the Secretary may provide, 

9 except that this subparagraph shall not apply 

10 with respect to any area after the first adjust11 ment to the fair market rental for such area oc12 curring after the declaration of such major dis13 aster.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY. 

15 The amendment made by section 2 shall apply with 

16 respect to rental assistance provided under the Moving to 

17 Work program pursuant to section 204 of the Depart18 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel19 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

20 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; Public Law 104–134; 110 

21 Stat. 1321–281) during fiscal year 2015 and thereafter. 

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