[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2695 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2695

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to exempt from sequestration the public and Indian housing programs of 
            the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2013

 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Ms. Bass, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Carson 
of Indiana, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Clay, Ms. Hahn, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Kelly 
of Illinois, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, 
 Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rush, Ms. Wilson of Florida, 
 Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Christensen, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
  Mr. Takano, and Mr. Lewis) introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to exempt from sequestration the public and Indian housing programs of 
            the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

    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 ``American Public Housing Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FROM 
              SEQUESTRATION.

    Section 255 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended by redesignating subsection (j) (relating to the 
identification of programs) as subsection (l) and by inserting before 
subsection (l) the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Public Housing Accounts.--The following accounts for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be exempt from 
reduction under any order issued under this part:
                    ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.
                    ``Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program 
                Account.
                    ``Native American Housing Block Grants.
                    ``Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant.
                    ``Project-Based Rental Assistance.
                    ``Public Housing Capital Fund.
                    ``Public Housing Operating Fund.
                    ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance.''.
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