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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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Self-Sufficiency 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 23 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘public housing and’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the certificate and vouch-
er programs under section 8’’ and inserting 
‘‘sections 8 and 9’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) CONTINUATION
OF PRIOR REQUIRED PRO-
GRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing agen-
cy that was required to administer a local Family 
Self-Sufficiency program on the date of enactment of 
the Family Self-Sufficiency Act, shall operate such 
local program for, at a minimum, the number of 
families the agency was required to serve on the date 
of enactment of such Act, subject only to the avail-
ability under appropriations Acts of sufficient 
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amounts for housing assistance and the require-
ments of paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) REDUCTION.—The number of families for 
which a public housing agency is required to operate 
such local program under paragraph (1) shall be de-
creased by one for each family from any supported 
rental housing program administered by such agency 
that, after October 21, 1998, fulfills its obligations 
under the contract of participation. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary shall not re-
quire a public housing agency to carry out a manda-
tory program for a period of time upon the request 
of the public housing agency and upon a determina-
tion by the Secretary that implementation is not fea-
sible because of local circumstances, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) lack of supportive services accessible 
to eligible families, which shall include insuffi-
cient availability of resources for programs 
under title I of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) lack of funding for reasonable admin-
istrative costs; 
‘‘(C) lack of cooperation by other units of 
State or local government; or 
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‘‘(D) any other circumstances that the Sec-
retary may consider appropriate.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (i); 
(4) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), 
(f), (g), and (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), 
and (i) respectively; 
(5) by inserting after subsection (b), as amend-
ed, the following: 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—A family is eligible 
to participate in a local Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram under this section if— 
‘‘(A) at least 1 household member seeks to 
become and remain employed in suitable em-
ployment or to increase earnings; and 
‘‘(B) the household member receives direct 
assistance under section 8 or resides in a unit 
assisted under section 8 or 9. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following enti-
ties are eligible to administer a local Family Self- 
Sufficiency program under this section: 
‘‘(A) A public housing agency admin-
istering housing assistance to or on behalf of an 
eligible family under section 8 or 9. 
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‘‘(B) The owner or sponsor of a multi-
family property receiving project-based rental 
assistance under section 8, in accordance with 
the requirements under subsection (l).’’; 
(6) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘public housing agen-
cy’’ the first time it appears and inserting 
‘‘eligible entity’’; 
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘each 
leaseholder 
receiving 
assistance 
under the certificate and voucher programs 
of the public housing agency under section 
8 or residing in public housing adminis-
tered by the agency’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
household member of an eligible family’’; 
and 
(iii) by striking the third sentence and 
inserting the following: ‘‘Housing assist-
ance may not be terminated as a con-
sequence of either successful completion of 
the contract of participation or failure to 
complete such contract. A contract of par-
ticipation shall remain in effect until the 
participating family exits the Family Self- 
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