[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6736 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6736

 To provide rental assistance to tenants in multifamily rural housing 
   projects financed by the Department of Agriculture, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2020

Mrs. Axne (for herself, Ms. Waters, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide rental assistance to tenants in multifamily rural housing 
   projects financed by the Department of Agriculture, 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 ``Protect Rural Renters Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. RURAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2020 $700,000,000 for rural rental 
assistance, which shall remain available until September 30, 2021, of 
which--
            (1) up to $25,000,000 million may be used for an additional 
        amount for rural housing vouchers for any low-income households 
        (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in a 
        property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 
        prepaid after September 30, 2005, or has matured after 
        September 30, 2019; and
            (2) the remainder shall be used for an additional amount 
        for rural rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
        pursuant to section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
        U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)) to--
                    (A) supplement the rental assistance of households 
                on whose behalf assistance is being provided; and
                    (B) provide rental assistance on behalf of 
                households who are not being assisted with such rental 
                assistance but who qualify for such assistance.
    (b) Rural Housing Vouchers.--The matter under the heading ``Multi-
Family Housing Revitalization Program Account'' in title III of 
division B of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 
Law 116-94) is amended by striking the second proviso (relating to the 
amount of a voucher).
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