[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1431 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1431

To repeal the requirements under the United States Housing Act of 1937 
 for residents of public housing to engage in community service and to 
              complete economic self-sufficiency programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2003

  Mr. Rangel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the requirements under the United States Housing Act of 1937 
 for residents of public housing to engage in community service and to 
              complete economic self-sufficiency programs.

    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 Tenants Respect Act 
of 2003''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY SERVICE AND FAMILY SELF-
              SUFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 12 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j) is amended by striking subsections (c) through 
(g).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The United States Housing Act of 1937 
is amended--
            (1) in section 5A(d)(12) (42 U.S.C. 1437c-1(d)(12))--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the semicolon 
                and inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C);
            (2) in section 6(l)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1437d(l)(1)), by striking 
        ``except for noncompliance'' and all that follows through 
        ``based on such noncompliance''; and
            (3) in section 9(e)(1)(H) (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)(1)(H)), by 
        striking ``a public housing work program under section 12'' and 
        inserting ``any program that provides work for residents of 
        public housing''.
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