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SEC. 27. STUDY OF USE OF INCOME DATABASES TO REDUCE 
SUBSIDY ERRORS. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study to identify databases regarding incomes of 
families and individuals that may be used in connection 
with the voucher program for rental assistance under sec-
tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)), the public housing program under such 
Act, and project-based rental assistance programs under 
section 8 of such Act to reduce errors in subsidy amounts 
provided on behalf of recipients of assistance under such 
programs and to determine how best to utilize such data-
bases for such purpose. In conducting such study, the Comp-
troller General shall analyze and consider the use of income 
information maintained in the National Directory of New 
Hires database of the Department of Health and Human 
Services. Not later than the expiration of the 9-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Con-
gress setting for the results and conclusions of the study 
under this section. 
SEC. 28. ACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Rental housing assistance under 
section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 may 
not be provided on behalf of any individual or household 
unless the individual provides, or, in the case of a house-
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hold, all adult members of the household provide, valid per-
sonal identification in one of the following forms: 
(1) Social security card with photo identification 
card or Real ID Act identification.— 
(A) A social security card accompanied by 
a photo identification card issued by the Federal 
Government or a State Government; or 
(B) A driver’s license or identification card 
issued by a State in the case of a State that is 
in compliance with title II of the REAL ID Act 
of 2005 (title II of division B of Public Law 
109–13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 note). 
(2) PASSPORT.—A passport issued by the United 
States or a foreign government. 
(3) USCIS PHOTO
IDENTIFICATION
CARD.—A 
photo identification card issued by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security (acting through the Director of 
the United States Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall, by regulations issued before the 
expiration of the period referred to in subsection (c), require 
that each public housing agency or other entity admin-
istering rental housing assistance described in subsection 
(a) take such actions as the Secretary considers necessary 
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to ensure compliance with the requirements of subsection 
(a). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of this sec-
tion shall take effect upon the expiration of the 6-month 
period beginning upon the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 29. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act— 
(1) sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 of this Act and the 
amendments made by such sections shall take effect on 
January 1, 2010, except that the Secretary may delay 
such effective date for any one or more of sections 3, 
4, and 7 to January 1, 2011, upon a determination 
by the Secretary that such extension is necessary to 
provide program participants sufficient time to make 
adjustments to the changes made by such sections; 
and 
(2) all other provisions of this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon 
the issuance by the Secretary of implementing regula-
tions, as appropriate, or by notice, which shall be 
issued not later than the expiration of the 12-month 
period beginning upon the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 157 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3045 
[Report No. 111–277] 
A BILL 
To reform the housing choice voucher program 
under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937. 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 
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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