[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3215 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3215

  To authorize appropriations for the public housing Capital Fund for 
        addressing urgent capital needs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2017

  Mr. Serrano (for himself, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Engel, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. 
Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
 Espaillat, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Evans, 
Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Carson of Indiana, 
Ms. Jackson Lee, and Ms. Meng) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize appropriations for the public housing Capital Fund for 
        addressing urgent capital needs, 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 Capital Repair Fund 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $5,000,000,000, for each of fiscal years 2018 through 
2020, for the Public Housing Capital Fund Program under section 9(d) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
    (b) Allocation and Use.--Of any amounts appropriated pursuant to 
this section for each fiscal year, $600,000,000 shall be allocated by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for grants to public 
housing agencies for capital repairs that reduce health hazards in 
dwelling units, including mold hazards, lead-based paint hazards, and 
other health hazards as identified by the Secretary. The Secretary 
shall make such grants to address the unmet capital needs of large, 
mid-size, and small public housing agencies. Funds from such grants may 
be used only for eligible capital activities under such section 9(d).
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