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Joni Ernst (R-IA)

S.Amdt. 4374

S.Amdt. 4374 · Senate amendment

A Republican amendment with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Changes H.R. 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

Not adopted

This amendment was never taken up, and the bill finished without it. It was never voted on.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration
  3. Failed

What this amendment would do

SA 4374, submitted by Ms. Ernst and Mr. Grassley, aims to change the United States Housing Act of 1937 by adding new rules regarding the portability of vouchers.

The purpose of this amendment is to:

  • Require a covered public housing agency (one that uses less than 95 percent of its available budget authority in a fiscal year) to notify the initial public housing agency if it will absorb a voucher using its own funds or bill the initial agency.

  • Mandate that a covered public housing agency make assistance payments to a portable family (a family seeking to rent outside the initial agency's jurisdiction) under an annual contributions contract with the Secretary.

  • Limit the ability of a covered public housing agency to bill the initial public housing agency for these assistance payments to a period of no more than 12 months starting from the initial billing date.