[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4984 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4984

     To prohibit a Federal official from establishing, extending, 
   maintaining, implementing, or enforcing a moratorium on evictions 
    unless explicitly authorized by Federal statute, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 2021

   Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Gohmert) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit a Federal official from establishing, extending, 
   maintaining, implementing, or enforcing a moratorium on evictions 
    unless explicitly authorized by Federal statute, 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 ``Reversing Executive Negligence 
Towards American Laws Act'' or the ``RENTAL Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPLICIT STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION FOR IMPOSITION OF MORATORIUM 
              ON EVICTIONS.

    (a) In General.--No Federal official, including the President and 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may establish, extend, 
maintain, implement, or enforce a moratorium on evictions unless 
Federal statute explicitly authorizes such action.
    (b) Moratorium on Evictions Defined.--In this Act, the term 
``moratorium on evictions'' means a rule or order that prevents an 
action, with respect to real property, by a landlord, owner of real 
property, or other person with a legal right to pursue eviction to 
remove or cause the removal of a tenant, lessee, resident, or a 
trespasser on real property, from such property.
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