[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5072 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5072

   To authorize use of rental assistance amounts for individuals and 
           families from Afghanistan, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 23, 2021

   Mr. Bera introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize use of rental assistance amounts for individuals and 
           families from Afghanistan, 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 ``Housing for Afghan Allies Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. USE OF EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act Funds.--
Subsection (c) of section 501 of subtitle A of title V of division N of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9058a(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Use for individuals and families from afghanistan.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an 
        eligible grantee may use not more than 25 percent of funds 
        provided from a payment made under this section to provide 
        financial assistance to pay rent, utilities, and home energy 
        costs for any individual who is, or any household comprised of 
        members who--
                    ``(A) are citizens or nationals of Afghanistan;
                    ``(B) are present within the United States; and
                    ``(C) have--
                            ``(i) been granted special immigrant status 
                        as described in section 602(b) of the Afghan 
                        Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 
                        note); or
                            ``(ii) received Priority 2 (P-2) refugee 
                        designation.''.
    (b) ARPA Funds.--Subsection (d) of section 3201 of the American 
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9058c(d)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Use for individuals and families from afghanistan.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an 
        eligible grantee may use not more than 25 percent of funds 
        provided from a payment made under this section to provide 
        financial assistance to pay rent, utilities, and home energy 
        costs for any individual who is, or any household comprised of 
        members who--
                    ``(A) are citizens or nationals of Afghanistan;
                    ``(B) are present within the United States; and
                    ``(C) have--
                            ``(i) been granted special immigrant status 
                        as described in section 602(b) of the Afghan 
                        Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 
                        note); or
                            ``(ii) received Priority 2 (P-2) refugee 
                        designation.''.
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