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(3) identify any waivers or alternative require-
ments requested for the execution of the Plan; 
(4) identify any specific actions that the public 
housing agencies and other entities will undertake to 
accomplish the goals of the demonstration, which 
shall include a comprehensive approach to enable a 
successful transition to opportunity areas and may 
include counseling and continued support for fami-
lies; 
(5) specify the criteria that the public housing 
agencies would use to identify opportunity areas 
under the plan; 
(6) provide for establishment of priority and 
preferences for participating families, including a 
preference for families with young children, as such 
term is defined by the Secretary, based on regional 
housing needs and priorities; and 
(7) comply with any other requirements estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
(d) FUNDING FOR MOBILITY-RELATED SERVICES.— 
(1) USE
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
FEES.—Public 
housing agencies participating in the demonstration 
program under this section may use administrative 
fees under section 8(q) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)), their administra-
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tive fee reserves, and funding from private entities 
to provide mobility-related services in connection 
with the demonstration program, including services 
such as counseling, portability coordination, landlord 
outreach, security deposits, and administrative ac-
tivities associated with establishing and operating re-
gional mobility programs. 
(2) USE
OF
HOUSING
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS.— 
Public housing agencies participating in the dem-
onstration under this section may use housing as-
sistance payments funds under section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)) for security deposits if necessary to enable 
families to lease units with vouchers in designated 
opportunity areas. 
(e) WAIVERS; ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) WAIVERS.—To allow for public housing 
agencies to implement and administer their Regional 
Housing Mobility Plans, the Secretary may waive or 
specify alternative requirements for the following 
provisions of the United States Housing Act of 
1937: 
(A) Sections 8(o)(7)(A) and 8(o)(13)(E)(i) 
(relating to the term of a lease and mobility re-
quirements). 
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(B) Section 8(o)(13)(C)(i) (relating to the 
public housing plan for an agency). 
(C) Section 8(r)(2) (relating to the respon-
sibility of a public housing agency to administer 
ported assistance). 
(2) ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall provide additional authority for public 
housing agencies in a selected region to form a con-
sortium that has a single housing choice voucher 
funding contract, or to enter into a partial consor-
tium to operate all or portions of the Regional Hous-
ing Mobility Plan, including agencies participating in 
the Moving To Work Demonstration program. 
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Any waiver or alter-
native requirements pursuant to this subsection shall 
not take effect before the expiration of the 10-day 
period beginning upon publication of notice of such 
waiver or alternative requirement in the Federal 
Register. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary may imple-
ment the demonstration, including its terms, procedures, 
requirements, and conditions, by notice. 
(g) EVALUATION.—Not later than 5 years after im-
plementation of the regional housing mobility programs 
under the demonstration program under this section, the 
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Secretary shall submit to the Congress and publish in the 
Federal Register a report evaluating the effectiveness of 
the strategies pursued under the demonstration, subject 
to the availability of funding to conduct the evaluation. 
Through official websites and other methods, the Sec-
retary shall disseminate interim findings as they become 
available, and shall, if promising strategies are identified, 
notify the Congress of the amount of funds that would 
be required to expand the testing of these strategies in 
additional types of public housing agencies and housing 
markets. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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