may be offset as determined by the Secretary. Funds 
appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain 
available for 3 years in order to facilitate the re-use 
of any recaptured funds for this purpose. 
‘‘(5) PERFORMANCE
REPORTING.—Programs 
under this section shall be required to report the 
number of families enrolled and graduated, the num-
ber of established escrow accounts and positive es-
crow balances, and any other information that the 
Secretary may require. Program performance shall 
be reviewed periodically as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(6) INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATION AND HIGH 
PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary may reserve up to 5 
percent of the amounts made available under this 
subsection to provide support to or reward Family 
Self-Sufficiency programs based on the rate of suc-
cessful completion, increased earned income, or 
other factors as may be established by the Sec-
retary.’’; 
(12) in subsection (j)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘public housing agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘eligible entity’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘public housing’’ before 
‘‘units’’; 
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(C) by striking ‘‘in public housing projects 
administered by the agency’’; 
(D) by inserting ‘‘or coordination’’ after 
‘‘provision’’; and 
(E) by striking the last sentence; 
(13) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘public hous-
ing agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible entities’’; 
(14) by striking subsection (n); 
(15) by striking subsection (o); 
(16) by redesignating subsections (l) and (m) as 
subsections (m) and (n), respectively; 
(17) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(l) PROGRAMS FOR TENANTS IN PRIVATELY OWNED 
PROPERTIES WITH PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) VOLUNTARY AVAILABILITY OF FSS PRO-
GRAM.—The owner of a privately owned property 
may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the tenants of such property in ac-
cordance with procedures established by the Sec-
retary. Such procedures shall permit the owner to 
enter into a cooperative agreement with a local pub-
lic housing agency that administers a Family Self- 
Sufficiency program or, at the owner’s option, oper-
ate a Family Self-Sufficiency program on its own or 
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in partnership with another owner. An owner, who 
voluntarily makes a Family Self-Sufficiency program 
available pursuant to this subsection, may access 
funding from any residual receipt accounts for the 
property to hire a family self-sufficiency coordinator 
or coordinators for their program. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Any coopera-
tive agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall require the public housing agency to open 
its Family Self-Sufficiency program waiting list to 
any eligible family residing in the owner’s property 
who resides in a unit assisted under project-based 
rental assistance. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT
OF
FAMILIES
ASSISTED 
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.—A public housing agency 
that enters into a cooperative agreement pursuant to 
paragraph (1) may count any family participating in 
its Family Self-Sufficiency program as a result of 
such agreement as part of the calculation of the 
award under subsection (i). 
‘‘(4) ESCROW.— 
‘‘(A) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—A coop-
erative agreement entered into pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall provide for the calculation 
and tracking of the escrow for participating 
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residents and for the owner to make available, 
upon request of the public housing agency, es-
crow for participating residents, in accordance 
with paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (e), 
residing in units assisted under section 8. 
‘‘(B) CALCULATION
AND
TRACKING
BY 
OWNER.—The owner of a privately owned prop-
erty who voluntarily makes a Family Self-Suffi-
ciency program available pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall calculate and track the escrow for par-
ticipating residents and make escrow for par-
ticipating residents available in accordance with 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (e). 
‘‘(5) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not 
apply to properties assisted under section 8(o)(13). 
‘‘(6) SUSPENSION
OF
ENROLLMENT.—In any 
year, the Secretary may suspend the enrollment of 
new families in Family Self-Sufficiency programs 
under this subsection based on a determination that 
insufficient funding is available for this purpose.’’; 
(18) in subsection (m), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘Each public housing agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Each eligible entity’’; 
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(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The report shall include’’ and inserting 
‘‘The contents of the report shall include’’; 
and 
(iii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘public housing 
agency’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘local’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 
describing any additional research needs of the 
Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
program’’ after ‘‘under paragraph (1)’’; 
(19) in subsection (n), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 
(20) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means an entity that meets the requirements 
under subsection (c)(2) to administer a Family Self- 
Sufficiency program under this section. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
FAMILY.—The term ‘eligible 
family’ means a family that meets the requirements 
under subsection (c)(1) to participate in the Family 
Self-Sufficiency program under this section. 
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‘‘(3) PARTICIPATING FAMILY.—The term ‘par-
ticipating family’ means an eligible family that is 
participating in the Family Self-Sufficiency program 
under this section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Not later than 360 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall issue notice or reg-
ulations to implement this Act and any amendments made 
by this Act, and this Act and any amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect upon such issuance. 
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Union Calendar No. 344 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4258 
[Report No. 115–464] 
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. 
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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