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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 84 
To establish a penalty for the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment for failure to enforce compliance with the public housing community 
service and self-sufficiency requirement under law, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2019 
Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropria-
tions, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a penalty for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for failure to enforce compliance 
with the public housing community service and self-suffi-
ciency requirement under law, 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 ‘‘No Free Rent for Free-
loaders Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. MONITORING COMPLIANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development shall, on 
an annual basis and for each public housing agency (as 
such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)))— 
(1) monitor the extent of noncompliance with 
the requirements under section 12(c) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1437j(c)); and 
(2) determine the aggregate amount provided in 
Federal subsidies for all public housing dwelling 
units that were occupied by tenants who were not in 
compliance with such requirements. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—Not later than September 30 of 
each fiscal year, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall cause to be pub-
lished in the Federal Register a statement of the amount 
determined for such fiscal year pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF AMOUNTS FROM HUD MANAGE-
MENT AND ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In each fiscal year, on October 15 
or the date specified in subsection (b), whichever occurs 
later, there is rescinded, from amounts made available for 
such fiscal year for the Management and Administration 
account of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
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opment, an amount equal to the amount published pursu-
ant to section 2(b) for the preceding fiscal year. 
(b) LATE APPROPRIATIONS.—In the case of any fis-
cal year for which a general appropriation Act for the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development that pro-
vides funds for the Management and Administration ac-
count of such Department has not been enacted before Oc-
tober 15, the date specified in this subsection shall be the 
date of the enactment of such a general appropriation Act. 
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