I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6815 
To amend the CARES Act to provide for notice of the eviction moratorium 
under such Act to be provided to tenants of dwelling units subject 
to such moratorium, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2020 
Ms. FINKENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the CARES Act to provide for notice of the 
eviction moratorium under such Act to be provided to 
tenants of dwelling units subject to such moratorium, 
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 ‘‘Tenant Protection No-
tification Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. NOTICE OF EVICTION MORATORIUM. 
Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058; 
Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 492) is amended— 
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(1) in the subsection heading for subsection (c), 
by inserting ‘‘REQUIRED FOR EVICTION’’ after ‘‘NO-
TICE’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) NOTICE OF MORATORIUM TO TENANTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT
AND
DISSEMINATION
OF 
NOTICE.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall— 
‘‘(A) in consultation with the heads of 
other covered agencies, develop a written notice, 
in plain language that is truthful and non-mis-
leading, designed to inform tenants of covered 
dwelling units that the moratorium on evictions 
under this section applies to the dwelling unit 
of tenant and to explain the effect of such mor-
atorium on the tenant’s tenancy; and 
‘‘(B) provide all heads of other covered 
agencies with the notice developed under this 
paragraph and make such notice publicly avail-
able. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO LESSORS.—The head of each 
covered agency shall— 
‘‘(A) notify each lessor of a covered dwell-
ing unit for which the covered agency provides 
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assistance described in paragraph (5) that the 
dwelling unit is a covered dwelling unit and of 
the requirement under paragraph (3) to provide 
notice to tenants; and 
‘‘(B) provide each such lessor with a copy 
of the written notice developed pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(3) INITIAL NOTICE TO TENANTS.—Promptly 
upon notification to a lessor pursuant to paragraph 
(2)(A) that a dwelling unit leased by such lessor is 
a covered dwelling unit, the lessor shall provide the 
tenant of the covered dwelling unit, by United States 
mail, a copy of the written notice provided to such 
lessor pursuant to paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘(4) NOTICE OF CHANGE IN MORATORIUM.— 
‘‘(A) 
DEVELOPMENT
AND
DISSEMINA-
TION.—If any amendment to this section or 
other change to the moratorium under this sec-
tion takes effect before the termination by the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency of the 
emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 
4121 
et 
seq.) 
relating 
to 
the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pan-
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demic, the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall— 
‘‘(i) in consultation with the heads of 
other covered agencies, develop a written 
notice, in plain language that is truthful 
and non-misleading, designed to inform 
tenants of dwelling units affected by such 
amendment or other change of such 
amendment or other change and to explain 
how such amendment or change affects 
such the tenant’s tenancy; and 
‘‘(ii) provide all heads of other covered 
agencies with the notice developed under 
this subparagraph and make such notice 
publicly available. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE TO LESSORS.—The head of 
each covered agency shall— 
‘‘(i) notify each lessor of a covered 
dwelling unit for which the covered agency 
provides assistance described in paragraph 
(5) and that is affected by such amend-
ment or other change of such amendment 
or other change and of the requirement 
under subparagraph (C) to provide notice 
to tenants; and 
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‘‘(ii) provide each such lessor with a 
copy of the written notice developed pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A)(i). 
‘‘(C) NOTICE
TO
TENANTS.—Promptly 
upon notification to a lessor pursuant to sub-
paragraph (B)(i) that a covered dwelling unit 
leased by such lessor is affected by such amend-
ment or other change, the lessor shall provide 
the tenant of the covered dwelling unit, by 
United States mail, a copy of the written notice 
provided to such lessor pursuant to subpara-
graph (B)(ii). 
‘‘(5) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘covered 
agency’ means— 
‘‘(A) any agency or other entity that ad-
ministers— 
‘‘(i) any housing program described in 
subsection (a)(2); or 
‘‘(ii) any program that provides insur-
ance for, guarantees, supplements, or as-
sists any Federally backed mortgage loan 
or Federally backed multifamily mortgage 
loan; 
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‘‘(B) the Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation, with respect to loans purchased or 
securitized by such Association; and 
‘‘(C) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, with respect to loans purchased or 
securitized by such Corporation.’’. 
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