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Union Calendar No. 404 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 476 
[Report No. 111–678] 
To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of 
nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives 
Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2009 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. WATERS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CLAY, 
Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Mr. GONZALEZ, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
DECEMBER 9, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Ms. SUTTON, Ms. KILPATRICK
of Michigan, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS of Flor-
ida, Mr. HONDA, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 
CLARKE, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. FILNER, 
Mr. SABLAN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. MOORE of 
Wisconsin, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. CHU, Ms. NORTON, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. DICKS, Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. CAO, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. COHEN, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. RANGEL, 
Ms. MATSUI, Ms. WATSON, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. RUSH, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. LYNCH, 
Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BACA, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. WATT, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, and Mr. JACKSON of Illinois 
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DECEMBER 9, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 13, 2009] 
A BILL 
To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through 
the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the 
Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Veterans, Women, Fami-
lies with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing 
Fairness Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. TESTING FOR DISCRIMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall conduct a nationwide program 
of testing to— 
(1) detect and document differences in the treat-
ment of persons seeking to rent or purchase housing 
or obtain or refinance a home mortgage loan, and 
measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the 
race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability 
status, or national origin of a renter, home buyer, or 
borrower; and 
(2) measure the prevalence of such discrimina-
tory practices across the housing and mortgage lend-
ing markets as a whole. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall enter into agreements with quali-
fied fair housing enforcement organizations, as such organi-
zations are defined under subsection (h) of section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 
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U.S.C. 3616a(h)), for the purpose of conducting the testing 
required under subsection (a). 
(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) submit to the Congress an evaluation by the 
Secretary of the effectiveness of the program under 
this section; and 
(2) issue regulations that require each applica-
tion for the program under this section to contain— 
(A) a description of the assisted activities 
proposed to be undertaken by the applicant; 
(B) a description of the experience of the 
applicant in formulating or carrying out pro-
grams to carry out the activities described in 
subsection (a); and 
(C) a description of proposed procedures to 
be used by the applicant for evaluating the re-
sults of the activities proposed to be carried out 
under the program. 
(d) REPORT.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall report to Congress— 
(1) on a biennial basis, the aggregate outcomes 
of testing required under subsection (a) along with 
any recommendations or proposals for legislative or 
administrative action to address any issues raised by 
such testing; and 
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(2) on an annual basis, a detailed summary of 
the messages received by the Office of Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity of the Department through 
its 24-hour toll-free telephone hotline, through elec-
tronic mail, and through its website. 
The Secretary may submit the reports required under para-
graph (1) of this subsection as part of the reports prepared 
in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (6) of section 808(e) 
of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)) and section 
561(j) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(j)). 
(e) USE OF RESULTS.—The results of any testing re-
quired under subsection (a) may be used as the basis for 
the Secretary, or any Federal agency authorized to bring 
such an enforcement action, or any State or local govern-
ment or agency, public or private nonprofit organization 
or institution, or other public or private entity that the Sec-
retary has entered into a contract or cooperative agreement 
with under section 561 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a) to commence, un-
dertake, or pursue any investigation or enforcement action 
to remedy any discriminatory housing practice (as such 
term is defined in section 802 of the Fair Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 3602)) uncovered as a result of such testing. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
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(1) DISABILITY STATUS.—The term ‘‘disability 
status’’ has the same meaning given the term ‘‘handi-
cap’’ in section 802 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3602). 
(2) FAMILIAL STATUS.—The term ‘‘familial sta-
tus’’ has the same meaning given that term in section 
802 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3602). 
(g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this 
section may be construed to amend, alter, or affect any pro-
vision of criminal law or the Truth in Lending Act (15 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(h) REGULATIONS.—Not later than the expiration of 
the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall issue regulations that establish minimum stand-
ards for the training of testers of organizations conducting 
testing required under subsection (a). Such regulations shall 
serve as the basis of an evaluation of such testers, which 
shall be developed by the Secretary, and such regulations 
shall be issued after notice and an opportunity for public 
comment in accordance with the procedure under section 
553 of title 5, United States Code, applicable to substantive 
rules (notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), and 
(d)(3) of such section). 
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(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions 
of this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2015. 
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE FAIR HOUSING INI-
TIATIVES PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 561 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘quali-
fied’’ before ‘‘private nonprofit fair housing en-
forcement organizations,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘quali-
fied’’ before ‘‘private nonprofit fair housing en-
forcement organizations,’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the provisions of this sec-
tion $42,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015, of which— 
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‘‘(A) not less than 75 percent of such 
amounts shall be for private enforcement initia-
tives authorized under subsection (b); 
‘‘(B) not more than 10 percent of such 
amounts shall be for education and outreach pro-
grams under subsection (d); and 
‘‘(C) any remaining amounts shall be used 
for program activities authorized under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Any amount appropriated 
under this section shall remain available until ex-
pended to carry out the provisions of this section.’’; 
(3) in subsection (h), in the matter following 
subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘and meets the cri-
teria described in subparagraphs (A) and (C)’’ after 
‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding after subparagraph (D) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) websites and other media outlets.’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or other 
public or private entities’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
other public or private nonprofit entities’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or other 
public or private entities’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
other public or private nonprofit entities’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than the expiration of 
the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall issue regulations that establish minimum stand-
ards for the training of testers of organizations funded with 
any amounts made available to carry out this section for 
any of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. Such regulations 
shall serve as the basis of an evaluation of such testers, 
which shall be developed by the Secretary, and shall be 
issued after notice and an opportunity for public comment 
in accordance with the procedure under section 553 of title 
5, United States Code, applicable to substantive rules (not-
withstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), and (d)(3) of such 
section). 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development should— 
(1) fully comply with the requirements of section 
561(d) of the Housing and Community Development 
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Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(d)) to establish, design, 
and maintain a national education and outreach pro-
gram to provide a centralized, coordinated effort for 
the development and dissemination of the fair housing 
rights of individuals who seek to rent, purchase, sell, 
or facilitate the sale of a home; 
(2) expend for such education and outreach pro-
grams all amounts appropriated for such programs; 
(3) promulgate regulations regarding the fair 
housing obligations of each recipient of Federal hous-
ing and community development funds to affirma-
tively further fair housing, as that term is defined 
under title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); and 
(4) fully comply with the requirements of section 
810(a) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3610(a)). 
SEC. 5. GRANTS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES TO STUDY HOUSING 
DISCRIMINATION. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall carry out a competitive matching 
grant program to assist public and private nonprofit orga-
nizations in— 
(1) conducting comprehensive studies that exam-
ine— 
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(A) the causes of housing discrimination 
and segregation; 
(B) the effects of housing discrimination 
and segregation on education, poverty, and eco-
nomic development; or 
(C) the incidences, causes, and effects of 
housing discrimination and segregation on vet-
erans and military personnel; and 
(2) implementing pilot projects that test solu-
tions that will help prevent or alleviate housing dis-
crimination and segregation. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a public or private nonprofit organiza-
tion shall— 
(1) submit an application to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, containing such 
information as the Secretary shall require; 
(2) agree to provide matching non-Federal funds 
for 50 percent of the total amount of the grant, which 
matching funds may include items donated on an in- 
kind contribution basis; and 
(3) meet the requirements of a qualified fair 
housing enforcement organization, as such term is de-
fined in section 561(h) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(h)), 
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or subcontract with a qualified fair housing enforce-
ment organization as a primary subcontractor. 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall submit a report to the Congress on a bi-
ennial basis that provides a detailed summary of the results 
of the comprehensive studies and pilot projects carried out 
under subsection (a), together with any recommendations 
or proposals for legislative or administrative actions to ad-
dress any issues raised by such studies. The Secretary may 
submit the reports required under this subsection as part 
of the reports prepared in accordance with paragraphs (2) 
and (6) of section 808(e) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
10 3608(e)) and section 561(j) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(j)). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions 
of this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2015. 
SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
None of the funds made available under this Act, or 
the amendments made by this Act, may be used for any 
political activities, political advocacy, or lobbying (as such 
terms are defined by Circular A-122 of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, entitled ‘‘Cost Principles for Non- 
Profit Organizations’’), or for expenses for travel to engage 
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in political activities or preparation of or provision of ad-
vice on tax returns. 
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Union Calendar No. 404 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 476 
[Report No. 111–678] 
A BILL 
To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimina-
tion through the use of nationwide testing, to in-
crease funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives 
Program, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 9, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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