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        <fullName>Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Section 8 Voucher Residential Screening Committees Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the section 8 rental assistance voucher program to require each public housing agency to establish and maintain a neighborhood review committee which shall: (1) be made up of between three and six agency-area residents, of whom at least three must not be receiving housing assistance other than mortgage assistance; and (2) obtain and review references and certain enforcement-related information respecting assisted families and landlords. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>Section 8 Voucher Residential Screening Committees Act</title>
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        <title>To establish neighborhood review committees to advise public housing agencies regarding the enforcement of laws and regulations governing assistance provided under tenant-based rental assistance programs.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.</text>
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