[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 265 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 265

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mrs. Roukema 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 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 1996''.

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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