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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Senior Citizens Pet
Ownership Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PET OWNERSHIP.

Section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (12
U.S.C. 1701r-1) is amended--
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the
following new section heading:

''pet ownership by elderly and disabled families in federally assisted
rental housing'';

(2) by striking subsection (d);
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
subsection:
''(c) Pet Ownership by Elderly Families in Other Federally Assisted
Housing.--
''(1) Rights of tenants.--No owner or manager of any other
federally assisted rental housing may--
''(A) as a condition of tenancy or otherwise,
prohibit or prevent any tenant in such housing who is
an elderly family from owning common household pets or
having common household pets living in the dwelling
accommodations of such tenant in such housing;
''(B) as a condition of tenancy or otherwise,
prohibit or prevent any tenant in such housing who,
during such tenancy, was an elderly family who owned or
had a common household pet living in the dwelling
accommodations of such tenant in such housing from
continuing to own or have the pet in the accommodations
after the tenant no longer qualifies as an elderly
family; or
''(C) restrict or discriminate against any elderly
family in connection with admission to, or continued
occupancy of, such housing by reason of the ownership
of such pets by, or the presence of such pets in the
dwelling accommodations of, such person.
''(2) Regulations.--
''(A) Requirement.--The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture
shall each issue such regulations as may be necessary
to ensure--
''(i) compliance with the provisions of
paragraph (1) with respect to any program of
assistance referred to in subsection (e)(3)
that is administered by such Secretary; and
''(ii) attaining the goal of providing
decent, safe, and sanitary housing for elderly
families.
''(B) Management guidelines.--Such regulations
shall establish guidelines under which the owner or
manager of any other federally assisted rental housing
(i) may prescribe reasonable rules for the keeping of
pets in such housing by tenants pursuant to paragraph
(1), and (ii) shall consult with the tenants of such
housing in prescribing such rules. Such rules may
consider factors such as density of tenants, pet size,
types of pets, potential financial obligations of
tenants, and standards of pet care.'';
(5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated by paragraph
(3))--
(A) by inserting ''Authority to Remove Pets.--''
after ''(d)''; and
(B) by inserting after ''handicapped'' the
following: ''or of other federally assisted rental
housing''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
''(1) Elderly and disabled families.--The terms 'elderly
families' and 'disabled families' shall have the meanings given
such terms in section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937.
''(2) Federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or
disabled.--The term 'federally assisted rental housing for the
elderly or disabled' means any rental housing project that is
assisted under--
''(A) section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959;
''(B) section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act; or
''(C) the United States Housing Act of 1937, the
National Housing Act, or title V of the Housing Act of
1949, and is designated for occupancy by elderly or
disabled families or by elderly or handicapped
families.
''(3) Other federally assisted rental housing.--The term
'other federally assisted rental housing' means any--
''(A) public housing project (as such term is
defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937);
''(B) housing for which project-based assistance is
provided under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937;
''(C) housing financed by a loan or mortgage
insured under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing
Act that bears interest at a rate determined under the
proviso of section 221(d)(5) of such Act;
''(D) housing insured, assisted, or held by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or a State
or State agency under section 236 of the National
Housing Act;
''(E) housing constructed or substantially
rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under
section 8(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as in effect before October 1, 1983, that is
assisted under a contract for assistance under such
section; and
''(F) rental housing project assisted under title V
of the Housing Act of 1949.''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) Regulations.--Not later than the expiration of the 12-month
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall each issue any regulations necessary to carry out
section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, as
amended by section 2 of this Act.
(b) Effective Date.--Section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural
Recovery Act of 1983, as amended by section 2 of this Act, shall take
effect upon the earlier of--
(1) the effective date of the regulations issued under
subsection (a); or
(2) the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
After the enactment of this Act and before the effective date under the
preceding sentence, the provisions of such section 227 shall continue
to apply as if the amendments made section 2 of this Act had not been
enacted.
A:
National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act - Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to prohibit owners and managers of federally assisted rental housing from preventing elderly and disabled tenants from owning or having household pets.