I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5724 
To amend the Fair Housing Act to clarify the applicability of that Act 
to recovery facilities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2018 
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Housing Act to clarify the applicability 
of that Act to recovery facilities, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Restoring Community 
Oversight of Sober Living Homes Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. ZONING AND LICENSING OF RECOVERY FACILITIES. 
Section 807 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
3607) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(c) Nothing in this title or any other Federal law 
relating to protections for those with disabilities prohibits 
any State or local government from implementing laws, 
regulations, or ordinances that apply specifically to recov-
ery facilities located in residentially zoned areas, including 
a law, regulation, or ordinance which prohibits recovery 
facilities in residentially zoned areas.’’. 
SEC. 3. FAIR HOUSING ACT DEFINITIONS. 
Section 802 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
3602) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, except that such 
term does not include any building, structure, or 
portion thereof that is located in a residentially 
zoned area and is used as a recovery facility’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) ‘Recovery facility’ means a building, structure, 
or portion thereof that is occupied by a person who is 
handicapped due to drug addiction or alcoholism, and for 
which a condition of such occupancy of such building, 
structure, or portion thereof is that it remains free of con-
trolled substances and alcohol.’’. 
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SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS FOR RECOVERY FACILITIES AS A 
CONDITION FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL FUND-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A recovery facility in a residential 
zone may not receive direct or indirect payments or reim-
bursements or other remunerations from a Federal health 
care program unless— 
(1) the recovery facility is in compliance with 
State and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that 
apply within the zone where the recovery facility is 
located; and 
(2) the local government with jurisdiction over 
the zone in which the recovery facility is located cer-
tifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices that the recovery facility is in compliance with 
State and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that 
apply within the zone where the recovery facility is 
located. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘Federal health care program’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 1128B(f) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a7b(f)). 
(2) RECOVERY FACILITY.—The term ‘‘recovery 
facility’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
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