[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2437 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2437

   To provide an exception from the enforcement of an accessibility 
construction requirement of the Fair Housing Act for certain buildings 
         constructed in compliance with a local building code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 1999

 Mr. Jones of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide an exception from the enforcement of an accessibility 
construction requirement of the Fair Housing Act for certain buildings 
         constructed in compliance with a local building code.

    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 ``Justice in Fair Housing Enforcement 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION FROM ENFORCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENT.

    The requirement of section 804(f)(3)(C) of the Fair Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 3604(f)(3)(C)) shall not apply with respect to any building 
that--
            (1) was designed for first occupancy during the period 
        beginning March 13, 1991 and ending on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) received a building permit or other similar approval 
        from the relevant State or local building authorities as 
        meeting the requirements of the applicable building code.
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