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42 U.S. Code § 1437j - Labor standards and community service requirement | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
§ 1437j.
Labor standards and community service requirement
(b) Exception for volunteersSubsection (a) of this section and the provisions relating to wages (pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) in any contract for loans, annual contributions, sale, or lease pursuant to this chapter, shall not apply to any individual that—
(1) In generalExcept as provided in paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, each adult resident of a public housing project shall—
(2) ExemptionsThe Secretary shall provide an exemption from the applicability of paragraph (1) for any individual who—
is a blind or disabled individual, as defined under section 216(i)(1) or 1614 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(1); 1382c), and who is unable to comply with this section, or is a primary caretaker of such individual;
is engaged in a work activity (as such term is defined in section 407(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(d)), as in effect on and after July 1, 1997)); [1]
(C) NoncomplianceIf an agency determines that a resident subject to the requirement under paragraph (1) has not complied with the requirement, the agency—
(i) shall notify the resident—
that the determination of noncompliance is subject to the administrative grievance procedure under subsection (k); [2] and
(7) Prohibition against replacement of employeesIn carrying out this subsection, a public housing agency may not—
For purposes of this subsection, the term “covered family” means a family that (A) receives benefits for welfare or public assistance from a State or other public agency under a program for which the Federal, State, or local law relating to the program requires, as a condition of eligibility for assistance under the program, participation of a member of the family in an economic self-sufficiency program, and (B) resides in a public housing dwelling unit or is provided tenant-based assistance under section 1437f of this title.
Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to any covered family before the public housing agency providing assistance under this chapter on behalf of the family obtains written notification from the relevant welfare or public assistance agency specifying that the family’s benefits have been reduced because of noncompliance with economic self-sufficiency program or work activities requirements or fraud, and the level of such reduction.
A public housing agency shall incorporate into leases under section 1437d(l) of this title and into agreements for the provision of tenant-based assistance under section 1437f of this title, provisions incorporating the conditions under subsection (d) of this section.
For purposes of this section, the term “economic self-sufficiency program” means any program designed to encourage, assist, train, or facilitate the economic independence of participants and their families or to provide work for participants, including programs for job training, employment counseling, work placement, basic skills training, education, workfare, financial or household management, apprenticeship, or other activities as the Secretary may provide.
(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, title I, § 12, as added Pub. L. 93–383, title II, § 201(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 667; amended Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 322(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 402; Pub. L. 100–242, title I, § 112(b)(5), Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1824; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 100–358, § 5, June 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 681; Pub. L. 101–625, title V, § 572(2), title IX, § 955(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4236, 4421; Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 512(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2539.)
[1]  So in original. Probably should be only one closing parenthesis.[2]  See References in Text note below.
The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(D), (E), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Part A of title IV of the Act is classified generally to part A (§ 601 et seq.) of subchapter IV of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.
In subsec. (a), “sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted for “the Davis-Bacon Act (49 Stat. 1011)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
1998—Pub. L. 105–276, § 512(a)(1), inserted “and community service requirement” after “Labor standards” in section catchline.
Subsecs. (c) to (g). Pub. L. 105–276, § 512(a)(2), added subsecs. (c) to (g).
1990—Pub. L. 101–625, § 955(b), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Pub. L. 101–625, § 572(2), substituted “low-income housing” for “lower income housing”.
1988—Pub. L. 100–242 struck out “annual” before “contributions”.
1981—Pub. L. 97–35 substituted reference to lower income for reference to low-income.
Section 955(d) of Pub. L. 101–625 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section, section 5310 of this title, and section 1701q of Title 12, Banks and Banking] shall apply to any volunteer services provided before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 28, 1990], except that such amendments may not be construed to require the repayment of any wages paid before the date of the enactment of this Act for services provided before such date.”