[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1988 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1988

  To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide for more 
   expeditious evictions from public housing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 1995

 Ms. Molinari introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide for more 
   expeditious evictions from public housing, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Housing Safety Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF EVICTIONS FROM GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.

    Section 6(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d(k)) is amended by striking the first sentence of the matter 
following paragraph (6) and inserting the following:
``A public housing agency shall exclude from its procedure any 
grievance concerning an eviction or termination of tenancy in any 
jurisdiction that requires that, prior to eviction, a tenant be given a 
hearing in court which the Secretary determines provides the basic 
elements of due process. The Secretary shall establish such basic 
elements of due process by rule under section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code.''.

SEC. 3. GROUNDS FOR EVICTION.

    Section 6(l)(5) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d(l)(5)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``criminal'' the first place it appears; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``on or near such premises''.

SEC. 4. REQUIRED EVICTIONS FOR CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 6(n) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(n)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(n)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) Each public housing agency administering a public housing 
project shall terminate the tenancy of, and evict, any tenant of the 
project who, at any time during the tenant's tenancy in the project 
that is after the date of the enactment of the Public Housing Safety 
Act of 1995, is convicted of a felony. This paragraph may not be 
construed to require a public housing agency to evict any other persons 
who occupy the same dwelling unit as the person required to be 
evicted.''.
    (b) Lease Provisions.--Section 6(l) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(l)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and'';
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) require the public housing agency to terminate the 
        tenancy of, and evict, any tenant convicted of a felony as 
        provided in subsection (n)(2).''.

SEC. 5. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply notwithstanding any 
consent judgment entered before the date of the enactment of this Act 
relating to actions and procedures subject to the provisions of law 
amended by this Act.
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