No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-57
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-04
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Employment and training programs

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Latest action: action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on an annual basis, to</p> <ul> <li>monitor the extent of noncompliance of public-housing&nbsp;tenants with certain community service and economic self-sufficiency requirements, </li> <li>determine the aggregate amount provided in federal subsidies for all public-housing dwelling units that were occupied by noncompliant tenants, and </li> <li>publish this amount in the Federal Register. </li></ul> <p>In each fiscal year, the amount as determined and published for the preceding fiscal year must be rescinded from funds made available for HUD's&nbsp;Management and Administration account. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 57 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2021 Mr. Biggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services , and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations , 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-sufficiency requirement under law, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2021 . 2. Monitoring compliance (a) In general The Inspector General of the Department 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 published in the Federal Register a statement of the amount determined for such fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 3. Rescission of amounts from HUD management 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 Development, an amount equal to the amount published pursuant to section 2(b) for the preceding fiscal year. (b) Late appropriations In the case of any fiscal year for which a general appropriation Act for the Department of Housing and Urban Development that provides funds for the Management and Administration account of such Department has not been enacted before October 15, the date specified in this subsection shall be the date of the enactment of such a general appropriation Act.