[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4738 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4738

  To provide that a resident of a public housing project who performs 
      community service shall receive priority consideration for 
  participation in economic self-sufficiency programs sponsored by a 
             public housing agency, and for other purposes.


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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 that a resident of a public housing project who performs 
      community service shall receive priority consideration for 
  participation in economic self-sufficiency programs sponsored by a 
             public housing agency, 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 ``Public Housing Community Service 
Incentive Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    (a) Community Service.--Section 12 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j) is amended by striking subsection (c) and 
inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Community Service.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each adult resident of a public housing 
        project who performs 8 hours per month of community service 
        (not including political activities) within the community in 
        which that adult resides shall receive priority consideration 
        for participation in any economic self-sufficiency programs 
        sponsored by the public housing agency that administers the 
        public housing project in which the adult resides.
            ``(2) Geographic location.--Community service at a location 
        not owned by the public housing agency shall qualify as 
        community service for purposes of paragraph (1).''.
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