[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 207 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 207

  To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make 
 organizations controlled by individuals who promote prejudice or bias 
 based on race, religion, or ethnicity ineligible for assistance under 
    programs administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 



  To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make 
 organizations controlled by individuals who promote prejudice or bias 
 based on race, religion, or ethnicity ineligible for assistance under 
    programs administered by the Secretary, 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 ``Hate Group Public Funding Exclusion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in 
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary) may--
            (1) deem an organization to be ineligible for assistance 
        within the jurisdiction of the Department if the Secretary 
        determines that such organization is controlled by an 
        individual or individuals who promote prejudice or bias based 
        on race, religion, or ethnicity; and
            (2) refuse to provide assistance within the jurisdiction of 
        the Department to an organization because of the determination 
        under paragraph (1), notwithstanding any other qualifications 
        of the organization to receive such assistance.
    (b) Determination of Control.--The Secretary shall determine 
whether an organization is controlled by an individual or individuals 
for purposes of subsection (a).

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``assistance within the 
jurisdiction of the Department'' includes any contract, grant, loan, 
cooperative agreement, insurance or guarantee of a loan, mortgage, or 
pool of mortgages, or other form of financial assistance provided 
through the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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