Public Service Expenditure Cap Modification Act

Bill: 117-hr-9210
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2022-10-21
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Latest action: action_date: 2022-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-10-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Public Service Expenditure Cap Modification Act</b></p> <p>This bill waives for FY2023 a cap on the amount that recipients of Community Development Block Grant funds may spend on public service activities (e.g., those concerned with employment, crime prevention, childcare, and health). Current law prohibits recipients from expending more than 15% of funds on such activities.</p> <p>The bill also directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to allow recipients to provide emergency grant payments on behalf of eligible families for up to six months. Currently, these payments, which provide assistance with housing, utilities, or other subsistence support, are limited to three months.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9210 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 21, 2022 Mr. Espaillat (for himself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Bush , Ms. Norton , Mr. Bowman , Ms. Velázquez , and Mr. McGovern ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To waive certain requirements for Community Development Block Grant amounts used for public services activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to homelessness and emergency rental assistance needs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Service Expenditure Cap Modification Act . 2. Public service expenditure cap (a) In general Section 105 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5305 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) Waiver of requirement The requirement described in subsection (a)(8) shall not apply to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2023 used for public services activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to homelessness and emergency rental assistance needs. . (b) Revision of rule The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, issue a rule that revises section 570.207 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations to exclude emergency grant payments made over a period of up to 6 consecutive months to the provider of such items or services on behalf of an individual or family from the meaning of the term income payments .