[Congressional Bills 116th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4214 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4214 To require verification of immigration status for receipt of assisted housing benefits, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 27, 2019 Mr. Zeldin (for himself and Mr. Duffy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require verification of immigration status for receipt of assisted housing benefits, 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 ``Preserving Qualified Housing Assistance Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. MANDATORY IMMIGRATION STATUS VERIFICATION FOR ASSISTED HOUSING BENEFITS. Section 214(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(d)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``Immigration and Naturalization Service'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and (2) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``may request verification of the declaration'' and inserting ``shall request verification of the declaration''. <all>