[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5654 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5654

 To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to include the rural 
development voucher program as a covered housing program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2018

  Mr. Gonzalez of Texas (for himself and Mr. Poliquin) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to include the rural 
development voucher program as a covered housing program, 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 ``VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act 
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. COVERED HOUSING PROGRAMS.

    Paragraph (3) of section 41411(a) of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(J) rural development housing voucher assistance 
                provided by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to 
                section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
                1490r), without regard to subsection (b) of such 
                section, and applicable appropriation Acts; and''.
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