I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1030
To reduce overpayments of subsidies in Department of Housing and Urban 
Development housing assistance programs by providing for more accurate 
verification of employment and income of participants in such programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2003
Mr. SESSIONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reduce overpayments of subsidies in Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development housing assistance programs 
by providing for more accurate verification of employ-
ment and income of participants in such programs.
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 ‘‘HUD Programs Infor-
mation Verification Act’’.
SEC. 2. HUD DATA MATCH WITH NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF 
NEW HIRES. 
(a) INFORMATION COMPARISONS FOR PUBLIC AND 
ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS.—Section 453(j) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) INFORMATION COMPARISONS FOR HOUSING 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(A) FURNISHING
OF
INFORMATION
BY 
HUD.—Subject to subparagraph (G), the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall furnish to the Secretary, on such periodic 
basis as determined by the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development in consultation 
with the Secretary, information in the custody 
of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment for comparison with information in the 
National Directory of New Hires, in order to 
obtain information in such Directory with re-
spect to individuals who are participating in 
any program under—
‘‘(i) the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) section 202 of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
‘‘(iii) section 221(d)(3), 221(d)(5), or 
236 of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715l(d) and 1715z–1); 
‘‘(iv) section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013); or 
‘‘(v) section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
U.S.C. 1701s). 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT
TO
SEEK
MINIMUM 
INFORMATION.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall seek information pur-
suant to this section only to the extent nec-
essary to verify the employment and income of 
individuals described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—
‘‘(i) INFORMATION DISCLOSURE.—The 
Secretary, in cooperation with the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, shall compare information in the 
National Directory of New Hires with in-
formation provided by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development with re-
spect to individuals described in subpara-
graph (A), and shall disclose information
in such Directory regarding such individ-
uals to the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, in accordance with 
this paragraph, for the purposes specified 
in this paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) CONDITION
ON
DISCLOSURE.—
The Secretary shall make disclosures in ac-
cordance with clause (i) only to the extent 
that the Secretary determines that such 
disclosures do not interfere with the effec-
tive operation of the program under this 
part. 
‘‘(D) USE OF INFORMATION BY HUD.—The 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may use information resulting from a data 
match pursuant to this paragraph only—
‘‘(i) for the purpose of verifying the 
employment and income of individuals de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) after removal of personal identi-
fiers, to conduct analyses of the employ-
ment and income reporting of individuals 
described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) DISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMATION
BY 
HUD.—