such assistance for a period of 12 to 24 
months. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in 
this subparagraph is, for each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2023, the amount necessary to 
provide the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) 0.5 percent of the total number of 
vouchers allocated under this subsection 
during the fiscal year ending immediately 
before the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph; or 
‘‘(ii) 10,000 vouchers. 
‘‘(C) CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
An eligible entity shall provide an evidence- 
based treatment program and a job skills train-
ing program for individuals recovering from an 
opioid use disorder or other substance use dis-
order, as applicable, that meet standards estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
‘‘(D) APPLICATION.—To receive a rental 
assistance voucher under this paragraph, an eli-
gible entity shall submit an application to the 
Secretary that shall include— 
‘‘(i) a description of the terms of 
treatment program, job skills training, and 
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rental assistance to be provided to a cov-
ered individual, and assurances that such 
description shall be communicated to cov-
ered individuals that receive vouchers pur-
suant to the demonstration program estab-
lished under this paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) a transitional plan that begins on 
the date on which a covered individual 
completes the treatment program of the el-
igible entity that includes information on 
additional treatment, job skills training, 
and housing resources and services avail-
able to such covered individual. 
‘‘(E) SELECTION.—In selecting eligible en-
tities to receive rental assistance vouchers 
under this paragraph, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) ensure that such eligible enti-
ties— 
‘‘(I) are diverse; 
‘‘(II) represent an appropriate 
balance of eligible entities located in 
urban and rural areas; and 
‘‘(III) provide supportive and 
transitional housing programs in di-
verse geographic regions with high 
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rates of mortality due to opioid use 
disorders or other substance use dis-
orders, as applicable, based on data of 
the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; and 
‘‘(ii) consider— 
‘‘(I) the success of each recipient 
eligible entity at helping individuals 
complete the treatment program of 
the eligible entity and refrain from 
opioid or other substance usage, as 
applicable; 
‘‘(II) the type of job skills train-
ing program provided by the eligible 
entity; 
‘‘(III) the percentage of partici-
pants in the job skills training pro-
gram that gain and maintain employ-
ment; 
‘‘(IV) the percentage of partici-
pants in the treatment program of the 
eligible entity that— 
‘‘(aa) do not relapse into 
opioid or other substance usage, 
as applicable; and 
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‘‘(bb) do not receive Federal 
assistance for treatment of an 
opioid use disorder or other sub-
stance use disorder, as applica-
ble, after completion of the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(F) TRANSFER OF VOUCHER.—Upon ter-
mination of the provision of rental assistance 
through a voucher to a covered individual, the 
eligible entity that initially offered such voucher 
may use such voucher to provide rental assist-
ance to another covered individual. 
‘‘(G) DURATION.—The Secretary shall not 
make rental assistance available under this 
paragraph after the expiration of the 5-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(H) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(i) BY THE ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—An 
eligible entity that receives a rental assist-
ance voucher under this paragraph shall 
submit to the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) annually, the transitional 
plan 
described 
in 
subparagraph 
(D)(ii) and information on each cov-
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ered individual’s housing upon termi-
nation of the provision of rental as-
sistance through a voucher to such 
covered individual in a manner that 
protects the privacy of such covered 
individual; and 
‘‘(II) not later than 4 years after 
the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph, a plan describing the 
treatment and housing options for any 
covered individual assisted by such 
voucher who will not have completed 
the program before the day that is 5 
years after such date of enactment. 
‘‘(ii) BY THE SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report 
that analyzes the impact of rental assist-
ance provided under this paragraph— 
‘‘(I) not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph; and 
‘‘(II) not later than 4 years after 
the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph, that includes recommenda-
tions for the continuation or expan-
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sion of the program established under 
this paragraph and improving the 
process for providing such assistance. 
‘‘(I) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘el-
igible entity’ means a nonprofit organiza-
tion that meets the criteria described 
under subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(ii) 
COVERED
INDIVIDUAL.—The 
term ‘covered individual’ means an indi-
vidual recovering from an opioid use dis-
order or other substance use disorder.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF RENTAL VOUCHER DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM. 
Effective the day that is 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, paragraph (21) of section 8(o) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)), as added by this Act, is repealed. 
SEC. 4. RETURN OF VOUCHERS. 
An eligible entity that provided vouchers for rental 
assistance under paragraph (21) of section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), 
as added by this Act, shall return any such vouchers to 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on the 
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day that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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