[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4737 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4737

To provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement 
              for a resident of a public housing project.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2004

Mr. Meeks of New York (for himself, Mr. Israel, Ms. Lee, Mr. Towns, Ms. 
Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Nadler, 
Mr. Engel, Mr. Owens, Mr. Crowley, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
 and Mr. Serrano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement 
              for a resident of a public housing project.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Community Service Requirement.--Section 12(c)(2) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``62'' and inserting 
        ``60'';
            (2) at the end of subparagraph (D) by striking ``or'';
            (3) at the end of subparagraph (E) by striking the period 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (4) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new 
        subparagraphs:
                    ``(F) is in her third trimester of pregnancy;
                    ``(G) is a parent or guardian of a child under the 
                age of 5 and resides with the child;
                    ``(H) has reported being the victim of domestic 
                violence (as such term is defined in section 2003 of 
                the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
                (42 U.S.C. 3796gg-2)) to a local law enforcement agency 
                on at least one occasion during the previous 12 months 
                and such agency has not found that the individual's 
                report is without merit;
                    ``(I) is unemployed and resides with a child under 
                the age of 14 and the individual's spouse, who is 
                employed full-time;
                    ``(J) provides more than 20 hours per week of 
                unpaid childcare to a child with respect to whom the 
                individual is not a parent or guardian; or
                    ``(K) is eligible to receive food stamps pursuant 
                to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
                seq.).''.
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