[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1204 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1204

   To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase public 
               housing opportunities for intact families.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            September 6 (legislative day, September 5), 1995

   Mr. Coats introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase public 
               housing opportunities for intact families.
    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 ``Family Housing Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC HOUSING FOR INTACT FAMILIES.

    Section 6(c)(4)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437d(c)(4)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(v) for not less than 15 percent of the 
                        units that are made available for occupancy in 
                        a given fiscal year, give preference to any 
                        family that includes 2 individuals who are 
                        legally married to each other;''.
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