[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4214 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4214

 To require verification of immigration status for receipt of assisted 
               housing benefits, and for other purposes.


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                    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

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                                 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''.
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