I 
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. 
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 ‘‘Fairness and Account-
ability In Rental Assistance Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘FAIR 
Assistance Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MOVING TO WORK PROGRAM PAY-
MENT STANDARDS. 
Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 
Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–281) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) LIMITATION ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT 
STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—In no case may the pay-
ment standard used in connection with a voucher for 
tenant-based rental assistance provided under the 
demonstration under this section on behalf of any 
family that is not a family described in paragraph 
(2) exceed 120 percent of the fair market rental es-
tablished pursuant to section 8(c) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)) 
for the applicable market area and size of dwelling 
unit. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUDED FAMILIES.—A family described 
in this paragraph is— 
‘‘(A) an elderly family (as such term is de-
fined in section 3(b)(3) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)); 
‘‘(B) a disabled family (as such term is de-
fined in such section 3(b)(3)); or 
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‘‘(C) a family that resides, at the time of 
a major disaster declared pursuant to section 
401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170), in a principal residence that is located 
within an area for which such major disaster 
was declared, and meets such other conditions 
and requirements as the Secretary may provide, 
except that this subparagraph shall not apply 
with respect to any area after the first adjust-
ment to the fair market rental for such area oc-
curring after the declaration of such major dis-
aster.’’. 
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY. 
The amendment made by section 2 shall apply with 
respect to rental assistance provided under the Moving to 
Work program pursuant to section 204 of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; Public Law 104–134; 110 
Stat. 1321–281) during fiscal year 2015 and thereafter. 
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