[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 58 (Friday, April 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REALLOCATING EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE

  (Mr. HILL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the 
attack on families in rural America by the Biden administration in 
their reallocation of Emergency Rental Assistance funds.
  As of March 31, unspent ERA funds from rural States, like my home 
State of Arkansas, are being taken and given to a handful of blue 
States, like New York, California, and New Jersey, who have already 
received and spent their own share of Emergency Rental Assistance 
funds.
  As the Treasury claws back this money, this reallocation of funds 
will disproportionately affect rural America. The reallocation of ERA 
money is unfair and turns a blind eye to the needs of renters who have 
not received rental assistance simply because they live in rural areas 
of our country.
  To stand up for rural Arkansans and Americans across the country, I 
have introduced the Protecting Rural Renters Act, which will prohibit 
the ERA funds originally promised to our rural areas from being 
reallocated elsewhere.
  This act would simply remove the State allocations from the statutory 
claw-backs and effectively prevent these funds from being taken away 
from our rural citizens. This is in the best interests of our Nation.

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