[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1104-1116]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         HOUSING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2015

  The Committee resumed its sitting.


                 Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Palazzo

  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Poe of Texas). It is now in order to consider 
amendment No. 7 printed in House Report 114-411.
  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 55, after line 11, insert the following new section:

     SEC. 111. EXCEPTION TO PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY RESIDENT BOARD 
                   MEMBER REQUIREMENT.

       Subsection (b) of section 2 of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
     inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) Exception for certain jurisdictions.--
       ``(A) Exception.--A covered agency (as such term is defined 
     in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph) shall not be required 
     to include on the board of directors or a similar governing 
     board of such agency a member described in paragraph (1).
       ``(B) Advisory board requirement.--Each covered agency that 
     administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437f) that chooses not to include a member described 
     in paragraph (1) on the board of directors or a similar 
     governing board of the agency shall establish an advisory 
     board of not less than 6 residents of public housing or 
     recipients of assistance under section 8 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to 
     provide advice and comment to the agency or other 
     administering entity on issues related to public housing and 
     section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than 
     quarterly.
       ``(C) Covered agency or entity.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term `covered agency' means a public housing 
     agency or such other entity that administers Federal housing 
     assistance for--
       ``(I) the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, 
     California; or
       ``(ii) any of the States of Alaska, Iowa, and 
     Mississippi.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 594, the gentleman 
from Mississippi (Mr. Palazzo) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mississippi.
  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Chairman, today's bill to improve public housing is 
a strong step in streamlining a massive Federal program. I want to 
thank Chairman Hensarling for allowing us to have this debate.
  As a former public housing authority executive, I know all too well 
how important it is to balance financial and managerial responsibility 
and oversight while, at the same time, ensuring residents' needs are 
met.
  This amendment is simple and addresses an outdated and misinformed 
statute in the United States Housing Act that requires the membership 
of directors of a public housing agency contain one member who is 
directly assisted by the agency.
  Opposition to this rule is not new. When HUD proposed these rules in 
1999, PHAs across the United States issued statements of opposition.
  Some would argue that requiring resident members to serve on the 
board is a blatant conflict of interest, as he or she would be making 
decisions that financially impact his or her family and their well-
being. While I agree, I am not here to debate that today.
  This amendment addresses only the PHAs in three States and one 
county. This is because, in our respective State constitutions, there 
are provisions that expressly oppose the idea of a board member of any 
group receiving benefits from the very agency upon which he or she 
serves.
  This amendment does not rob the residents in specified areas of a 
voice in the affairs of their housing. In fact, it is a Federal 
requirement that each PHA have a resident advisory board comprised of 
at least one resident who serves as a liaison between the PHA and 
housing residents. I speak from experience when I say that their input 
is always acknowledged and much appreciated.
  This commonsense provision is usually passed through the 
appropriations process, as it has been for decades. My amendment simply 
makes it permanent. I encourage adoption of this commonsense provision.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition 
to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. Mr. Chairman and Members, I have 
serious concerns about providing a permanent exemption for the listed 
entities from existing requirements that each public housing authority 
must have a resident commissioner serve on the governing board.
  In 1998, Congress passed this requirement into law in recognition of 
the need for the perspective and participation of tenants in the 
governance of public housing authorities. To this day, this requirement 
helps to ensure that residents are included in board-level 
decisionmaking.
  However, in appropriations bills over the last decade, four entities 
have received an exemption from this requirement so long as they 
maintain a separate advisory board with at least six residents of 
public or assisted housing.
  The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles is one of the four 
entities that received this exemption. However, last year I learned 
that HACOLA was not in compliance with the part of the exemption that 
requires that they maintain an advisory board of at least six 
residents, and this noncompliance had been going on for many years.
  HACOLA's noncompliance resulted in a lack of meaningful engagement by 
residents on important policy issues affecting programs that HACOLA 
administers.
  I successfully offered an amendment in the funding year 2016 housing 
funding bill to strike HACOLA's exemption.

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While this amendment was ultimately not included in the final omnibus, 
it did put Congress, HUD, and the Housing Authority on notice that 
failure to comply with this important law is simply unacceptable.
  This demonstrates that we need to be extremely careful when providing 
exemptions for a requirement as important as this one. The exemption 
for HACOLA and others was intended to provide them with special 
accommodations while still ensuring meaningful tenant engagement. But 
HACOLA's behavior displayed blatant disregard for the law and the 
intent behind the law.
  That is why I do not believe that we should be making this exemption 
permanent. Instead, I think we should be thinking about ways to enhance 
compliance with the existing exemption requirements.
  For these reasons, of course I am going to urge my colleagues to vote 
``no'' on this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman and Members, it is just inconceivable that we don't 
understand that, if you want to not only educate tenants, but want to 
involve tenants in decisionmaking and help them to understand how 
democracy works and help them to understand the rules of public housing 
and what can and cannot be done and why these rules are adopted--if we 
don't understand that, we don't understand anything.
  It is inconceivable to me that we would simply say that we do not 
want just one commissioner, one resident, to be a part of the governing 
board, and it is inconceivable to me that we don't understand that we 
allow for exemptions to say: Okay. If you don't want just one 
commissioner to serve on the board with you, we will allow you to have 
an advisory board of six residents that could involve themselves in the 
decisions that are made by the governing board.
  I talk about this importance because I think it is so important, as 
we engage and lift people out of poverty, that they understand the 
rules of the game. The only way you get to understand the rules of the 
game is if you get to play. You get to understand how decisions are 
made. You get to understand what the rules are and how government 
works. To exclude them does not make good sense to me.
  Now, I know why my own county would like to have this done. They 
would like to have this done because--guess what. We discovered that 
they were trying to sell off 241 units of Section 8-type housing at the 
same time that they were providing the museum with over $120 million, 
and they said they could not afford the upkeep of those units.
  They didn't like it that we went out and talked with the residents. I 
went out to the homes and I said: Did you know that these units are 
about to be sold? Do you know what is going to happen to you and why 
the county is giving up these units?
  No. They didn't know. They didn't have a clue because they didn't 
have proper notification. They didn't have one resident that served on 
the governing board. They didn't have an advisory committee, even 
though L.A. County had gotten an exemption. They refused to even comply 
with the exemption to simply have an advisory board.
  This is not right. This does not make good sense. I don't know why 
you would support something like this. I urge a ``no'' vote on this 
amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Chair, I want to thank my colleague for expressing 
some good points. This amendment actually continues to allow residents 
of housing authorities to have a strong voice.
  It monitors the situation not just in our housing authorities that we 
are trying to exempt under States where their constitution prohibits 
board members from being able to sit on boards where they have a 
monetary or fiscal interest in that. It is a huge conflict of interest.
  We are not going after all 2,700-plus public housing authorities. We 
are just trying to make sure the States that have constitutions 
prohibiting such blatant disregard to common sense and having that 
conflict of interest are protected.
  Apparently, there is a personal interest in the one jurisdiction. 
Hopefully, when my amendment is adopted, if we are going through the 
conference process with the Senate, we can work with my colleague to 
make sure that her State HA that she is referencing is taken care of.
  But, again, my amendment I think adds more voices to the governing 
process for them to know what is going on in their local housing 
authority.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Palazzo).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Mississippi 
will be postponed.

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                  Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Welch

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 
printed in House Report 114-411.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 55, after line 11, insert the following new section:

     SEC. 111. USE OF VOUCHERS FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING.

       (a) In General.--Section 8(o)(12) of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(12)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end 
     of the first sentence and all that follows through ``of'' in 
     the second sentence and inserting ``and rents''''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``the rent'' and all that 
     follows and inserting the following: ``rent shall mean the 
     sum of the monthly payments made by a family assisted under 
     this paragraph to amortize the cost of purchasing the 
     manufactured home, including any required insurance and 
     property taxes, the monthly amount allowed for tenant-paid 
     utilities, and the monthly rent charged for the real property 
     on which the manufactured home is located, including monthly 
     management and maintenance charges.'';
       (B) by striking clause (ii); and
       (C) in clause (iii)--
       (i) by inserting after the period at the end the following: 
     ``If the amount of the monthly assistance payment for a 
     family exceeds the monthly rent charged for the real property 
     on which the manufactured home is located, including monthly 
     management and maintenance charges, a public housing agency 
     may pay the remainder to the family, lender or utility 
     company, or may choose to make a single payment to the family 
     for the entire monthly assistance amount.''; and
       (ii) by redesignating such clause as clause (ii).
       (b) Effective Date.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall issue notice to implement the amendments 
     made by subsection (a) and such amendments shall take effect 
     upon such issuance.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 594, the gentleman 
from Vermont (Mr. Welch) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Vermont.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chairman, first of all, I am a strong supporter of the 
good work that is represented in H.R. 3700, and I congratulate Chairman 
Luetkemeyer and Ranking Member Cleaver for their hard work on this, as 
well as Chairman Hensarling and Ranking Member Waters.
  This bill is a really solid, bipartisan improvement over the status 
quo. This amendment would extend some of the benefits of H.R. 3700 to 
folks who live in mobile homes, and that happens to be an awful lot of 
Vermonters who are working real hard trying to make ends meet. The idea 
of a bricks and sticks house is a dream for them, but they love the 
mobile home they have, and they have economic challenges in that home. 
I think that is true not just in Vermont but really across rural 
America.
  What this amendment would allow is for the Section 8 housing vouchers 
to be used for some of the obvious expenses that are associated with 
owning a mobile home, Mr. Chairman. Right now, only the land rent is 
what can be included in the voucher. But in addition to that, 
obviously, you have got

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the true cost of the mobile home that the owner pays for the housing. 
In addition to the land rent underneath the home, mobile homeowners 
often pay a number of other costs, including utilities, insurance, and 
financing for their mobile homes.
  People renting apartments where it is not a mobile home, all of those 
are factored into the rent. So what this amendment would do is allow 
those costs to be included in the calculation for Section 8 that in our 
view put an unnecessary and unfair limitation on what can be 
considered. Compare that to the housing cost vouchers that individuals 
in rental units get. All of those are included in the rent.
  So this amendment would address that issue by allowing the property 
taxes on a mobile home, as well as insurance, utilities, and financing, 
to be included as components of the housing costs eligible for a 
voucher.
  It would make a huge difference in affordability for Vermonters and 
for Americans across this country who are working hard every day and 
whose option for safe shelter is a mobile home.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge that my colleagues support this amendment. I 
thank my colleagues for the bipartisan, solid work they have done on 
this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim time 
in opposition, although I am not opposed.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman from 
Vermont. I appreciate his amendment. I think that this helps equalize 
for a number of Section 8 users the ability to use manufactured housing 
to help equalize this with other housing options. So I think it is an 
important step forward.
  I thank the gentleman from Vermont for his leadership, and I 
recommend Members vote for it.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chairman, I just want to thank the gentleman from 
Texas for his gracious remarks. He spent a fair amount of time in the 
Green Mountain State, so he knows about these mobile homes. I am going 
to go back and tell folks that you are still the good guy you were when 
you were spending more time in the Green Mountain State.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Welch).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Peters

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 9 
printed in House Report 114-411.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Chairman, as the designee of the gentlewoman from New 
Mexico (Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham), I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 64, line 16, strike ``and''.
       Page 64, after line 16, insert the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(G) collaborating with the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     on making joint recommendations to the Congress, the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs on how to better coordinate and improve 
     services to veterans under both Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development and Department of Veteran Affairs veterans 
     housing programs, including ways to improve the Independent 
     Living Program of the Department of Veteran Affairs; and''
       Page 64, line 17, strike ``(G)'' and insert ``(H)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 594, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Peters) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment for my 
friend, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
  As of 2014, there were over 130,000 veterans living in shelters and 
transitional housing in the United States. About 56 percent of these 
veterans have a disability. I think we agree that that is unacceptable.
  Since 2009, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs have made significant progress to reduce 
the number of homeless veterans. But more must be done to get veterans 
off the streets and into permanent housing.
  This can be seen in my home district where we have one of the largest 
homeless populations in the country, and also perhaps the largest 
populations of homeless veterans.
  The underlying bill improves housing services for veterans by 
creating a new special assistant for veterans within the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development. This new position will coordinate 
veterans' housing efforts within HUD, serve as a liaison with the VA, 
and ensure veterans have fair access to housing programs.
  The amendment builds upon those improvements to further coordination 
between the VA and HUD, both of which provide a range of veteran 
homeless services and support. The amendment requires the Special 
Assistant to work with the VA and provide recommendations to each 
department and to Congress on how to improve coordination and housing 
services for our Nation's veterans.
  We can do much more to not only keep veterans off the streets, but to 
provide them with the resources and support they need to have a safe, 
stable place to live and build a life after completing their service.
  In San Diego, organizations like zero8hundred and the Veterans 
Village of San Diego offer the kind of comprehensive transition support 
to help veterans be successful.
  These are also the collective goals of many HUD and VA programs, 
including the VA's Independent Living Program, which assists veterans 
to become more independent in their homes so they never become homeless 
in the first place.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment to 
ensure that HUD and VA coordinate their efforts on addressing the many 
different issues and aspects associated with veteran homelessness.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim the 
time in opposition, although I am not opposed.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, we all know on this House floor there 
is not enough we can ever do for our veterans, the brave men and women 
who served us in uniform. I think that the author of the amendment, in 
attempting to get HUD and the VA to work more closely together to 
address problems like veterans' homelessness, is an important thing to 
do. I hope it has some benefit.
  Mr. Chairman, again, I just want to accept the amendment and urge all 
Members to adopt it.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman for his gracious 
support and for his work on behalf of veterans.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Peters).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Peters

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10 
printed in House Report 114-411.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 68, after line 4, insert the following new section:

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     SEC. 405. REOPENING OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR CONTINUUM OF 
                   CARE PROGRAM REGULATIONS.

       Not later than the expiration of the 30-day period 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall re-open the 
     period for public comment regarding the Secretary's interim 
     rule entitled ``Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid 
     Transition to Housing: Continuum of Care Program'', published 
     in the Federal Register on July 31, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 45422; 
     Docket No. FR-5476-I-01). Upon re-opening, such comment 
     period shall remain open for a period of not fewer than 60 
     days.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 594, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Peters) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Chairman, each Member of this body represents a 
district that is affected to some degree by homelessness. We all work 
diligently to grow the economy, create high-quality jobs, and create 
opportunity so that no one has to live on the streets. But for many in 
our districts, ending the scourge of homelessness is an ongoing battle 
that take resources and coordination from our communities.
  All of our districts are supported by the Continuum of Care program, 
which assists local leaders working diligently to distribute funding to 
public and nonprofit institutions that shelter the homeless, set up 
transitional housing, and provide support programs.
  In San Diego we recently completed our Point in Time count. My office 
and other public servants counted the homeless living on the street and 
in shelters to determine how better to serve them as we work to end 
homelessness. In 2014, this count found that San Diego had the fifth 
largest homeless population in our country. But in that same year, our 
Continuum of Care program received the 23rd highest level of Federal 
anti-homelessness funds.
  San Diego is not the only city that is disadvantaged by the formula 
that is used to determine how Federal anti-homelessness funds are 
distributed. Other western cities like Houston, Las Vegas, Seattle, San 
Jose, and Denver also receive a disproportionately low amount of 
Federal resources.
  My amendment would require the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to reopen the public comment period on the Continuum of 
Care formula. This would allow service organizations, housing 
providers, community faith leaders, and elected officials the 
opportunity to provide input on how HUD's limited and valuable 
resources can be most equitably and effectively used to end 
homelessness in our country. The amendment would not change the 
formula, and it would not unfairly disadvantage the district of any 
Member of this body.
  Since coming to Congress, I have been fighting to ensure that every 
city receives its fair share of Federal funding to help the homeless. I 
have corresponded with both Secretary Donovan and now-Secretary Castro 
to advocate for changes to the Continuum of Care formula and ask for a 
public comment period. The people working on the ground to end 
homelessness deserve the opportunity to weigh in on how this formula is 
affecting them and the work they are doing.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge all my colleagues to support this amendment to 
ensure we are doing all we can to end the scourge of homelessness in 
this country.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve balance of my time.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim the 
time in opposition to the amendment, although I am not opposed.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I think the comment period does need to 
be reopened. It is an important issue. Voices need to be heard.
  The gentleman from California is now batting a thousand. I am not 
sure if he has any other amendments. He may be pressing his luck after 
that.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Chairman, I am well aware of what success looks like 
in this body, and I am finished offering amendments. I want to thank 
all the people, including the ranking member and Chairman Hensarling, 
for their hard work on this bill. This is a good piece of work.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Peters).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Ellison

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 11 
printed in House Report 114-411.
  Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Add at the end of the bill the following new title:

   TITLE VI--FURNISHING RENT PAYMENT INFORMATION TO CREDIT REPORTING 
                                AGENCIES

     SEC. 504. FURNISHING INFORMATION ABOUT RENT PAYMENTS TO A 
                   CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or any 
     other person having authorized access may furnish to a 
     consumer reporting agency (as defined in section 603 of the 
     Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a)) information 
     relating to the on-time performance of an individual in 
     making payments under a lease agreement with respect to a 
     dwelling unit for which any subsidy or assistance for 
     occupancy in the dwelling unit is provided under a program 
     administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development.
       (b) Additional Requirements for Furnishers.--Any person who 
     furnishes such information shall--
       (1) ensure that the payment information is reported in a 
     manner that does not by itself identify the individual as a 
     recipient of housing assistance under a program administered 
     by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and
       (2) notify the individual that such information will be 
     provided to a consumer reporting agency before providing such 
     information to a consumer reporting agency.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 594, the gentleman 
from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Minnesota.
  Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentlewoman, Ranking 
Member Waters, and Chair Hensarling for their leadership on the 
committee.
  Mr. Chairman, too many people are excluded from the financial 
mainstream. Fifty million Americans lack a credit score. Either they 
have no credit file at all, or they have too few trade lines to 
establish a credit score.
  There have been some real innovations in helping these people we call 
``credit invisibles'' to build an accurate score. FICO, which has a 
large presence in my State, has been a real leader in building more 
inclusive and accurate scoring methodology.
  But credit scoring agencies cannot score information they don't have, 
and they tend to have late payment information but not on-time payment 
information. In other words, Mr. Chairman, if somebody doesn't pay a 
bill, probably it is scored. If they do pay it, probably it is not.
  This is the case for HUD residents. That is why we need to make it 
easier for firms to provide customers' on-time payment data.
  My amendment specifically aims to help some of the 3 million people 
who live in HUD-assisted housing. By law, families, people with 
disabilities, and the elderly who receive HUD assistance pay 30 percent 
of their income for rent. I want to see them get credit they deserve 
for paying their rent on time. These folks pay their rent on time, yet 
it never shows up in their FICO score.
  Why are we not reporting their on-time rental payment? Because the 
law requires each tenant to provide prior written consent before having 
their on-time rental payment information reported, but it does not 
require the same information to report late payments of rent. So they 
can get hit for late payment, no credit for on-time.

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  The prior written consent is mandated by the Privacy Act of 1974, 
which I believe was a well-meaning and good piece of legislation--
except it needs to be updated. This piece of legislation, the Privacy 
Act of 1974, wants to protect the privacy of affordable housing 
residents, which is good, and I support that. But in this case, it is 
causing more harm than good. Requiring each resident to grant written 
permission and then have the housing provider manage all those forms is 
a burden.

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  We have empirical evidence to show that such rent reporting helps 
tenants. Recently, Credit Builders Alliance led a Rent Reporting for 
Credit Building pilot in eight communities. The Rent Reporting for 
Credit Building pilot reported rent payments of 1,255 low-income 
residents who lived in assisted housing.
  The research found that credit-invisible residents who participated 
in the pilot were able to build a high nonprime of 646, or prime score 
of 688 with the inclusion of their rental payment history. Even if they 
don't want to borrow money, their scores are going up, meaning that 
they apply for, perhaps, lower interest rates, apply for jobs, and have 
a better situation all around.
  To repeat: from credit-invisible to credit scores above 646, and some 
much higher. Even those who had a credit score already saw it go up. 
Seventy-nine percent--a vast majority--saw an increase in credit 
scores. This was an average increase of 23 points.
  Credit Builders Alliance and other researchers want to expand their 
efforts to help more residents. Another pilot program is pending. HUD 
is partnering with Experian; FICO; LexisNexis; the Policy and Economic 
Research Council, PERC; and TransUnion to evaluate the impact of 
reporting rental payment history on credit scores of subsidized housing 
residents and the general population.
  The Privacy Act requirement has hindered their effort. Already 
overworked housing staffs struggle to maintain the paperwork necessary 
to report renters' on-time payment. Housing staffs find that it is 
difficult to set up automated payment data transmission between 
property managers and the credit bureaus with an always changing 
database.
  My amendment includes language from H.R. 4172, the Credit Access and 
Inclusion Act. H.R. 4172 has 20 cosponsors. Ten are Republican. Seven 
of the ten Republicans serve with me on the Financial Services 
Committee.
  In conclusion, please support this amendment because it would do a 
number of very important things:
  It would help credit invisibility for hundreds, if not thousands--
millions, even, and that is not an exaggeration--of very low-income 
people.
  It makes it easier to provide predictive data of someone's ability to 
pay and willingness to repay. And based on solid empirical evidence, 
that rental payment data can move people from unscoreable to prime or 
near prime.
  We should help HUD-assisted tenants enter the financial mainstream. 
Let's implement rent reporting on a large scale.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I listened carefully to the gentleman 
from Minnesota. He makes a number of important points. We have had this 
discussion previously. I know the gentleman from Minnesota is aware of 
my commitment that, within the committee, we will have a hearing that 
will include the subject matter of his amendment.
  I think the gentleman's amendment, obviously, addresses the Fair 
Credit Reporting Act, which is not part of this underlying housing 
bill. Again, we will debate his issue, research his issue, and take 
testimony on his issue in the future.
  I do not believe that this is the appropriate bill for his particular 
amendment, so I am going to urge rejection at this time.
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HENSARLING. I yield to the gentleman from Missouri.
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, in listening to the discussion with 
the gentleman from Minnesota with regard to his amendment, he made the 
comment that they already report it whenever the people don't make 
their payments, and they need to be reporting it when they do make 
their payments. Does that mean we are going to have to start reporting 
car payments, house payments, and all those things, too, when people 
make them on time? Because this is what he is asking us to do is, every 
time somebody does something right, suddenly now we have got to be 
reporting that. If you go down that road, then I think we have got some 
problems.
  Also, in your amendment here, you indicate that, with the data as 
reported, they are not able to identify if the person is a recipient of 
housing assistance--we are going to tie their hands, yet force them to 
do some stuff.
  I think this is a rather ill-conceived amendment, quite frankly, Mr. 
Chairman. I certainly urge the body to reject it.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Chair reminds Members to address their remarks 
to the Chair and not to other Members in the second person.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).
  The amendment was rejected.


           Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Al Green of Texas

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 12 
printed in House Report 114-411.
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following new title:

  TITLE VI--FHA PILOT PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT RATING INFORMATION

     SEC. 601. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT RATING 
                   INFORMATION FOR FHA MORTGAGORS.

       Section 258 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
     24) is amended as follows:
       (1) Authority.--In the first sentence of subsection (a), by 
     striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''.
       (2) Extension of program.--By striking subsection (d).

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 594, the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Al Green) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, this is an amendment that is 
known to the ranking member as well as the chairman of the committee. I 
will not complicate it. It is a very simple amendment. It simply says 
that HUD may--HUD may--develop a pilot program to consider additional 
credit scoring information.
  We know that there are people who have insufficient credit files and, 
as a result, they don't get consideration for a light bill, gas bill, 
water bill, or phone bill. These are some of the things that we have 
people making payments on quite regularly timely, but they don't get 
considered.
  We are simply asking HUD to develop a pilot program. We say ``may 
develop.'' There really is no requirement that HUD do it within some 
statutory period of time. There is no requirement that HUD will perform 
this in a certain way. But just see if there is some way to help people 
who make these payments timely such that this can become a part of the 
additional credit information.
  Now, I am emphasizing ``additional'' because, quite frankly, I had 
``alternative'' at one time, ``alternative credit scoring.'' That 
created some confusion because we are not using this as an alternative. 
This becomes additional information.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, because the gentleman from Texas is a

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friend--and you hear Members say that frequently, but in this case it 
is as sincere as it can be--the committee has attempted to work with 
the gentleman from Texas. Both sides worked in good faith. Regrettably, 
we did not come to a point of mutual agreement on the resolution of his 
amendment, so I am going to oppose it at this time.
  The amendment would essentially provide a reauthorization of a 
program that the Obama administration even believed was too risky to 
establish because they had years to establish it and they chose not to.
  I appreciate the effort. I appreciate the sincerity of the gentleman 
from Texas. I understand what he is trying to do. But I also fear that, 
ultimately, the impact of what the gentleman is trying to do very well 
could help hasten the insolvency and bankruptcy of the FHA, hurting 
their financials.
  I am happy that the FHA, after 7 years, has finally decided to 
actually obey the law, but I am not sure that the program that the 
gentleman from Texas is advocating could not put further pressure on 
FHA's insurance fund, ultimately hurting those it is designed to help.
  I would say again that, regardless of one's good intentions, I am 
still very, very fearful of pilot programs' mays and shalls that 
somehow get the political process involved in telling lenders, or 
cajoling lenders, or suggesting to lenders what credit standards they 
should use. That is exactly what helped bring us to the housing crisis 
in the first place.
  No matter how well-intentioned Federal policy was, ultimately, there 
was Federal policy that incented, cajoled, and, in some cases, mandated 
financial institutions to put people into homes they could not afford 
to keep. It didn't do the economy any good, it didn't do the taxpayer 
any good, and it certainly didn't do the homeowner any good to put them 
in a home they could not afford to keep.
  Again, I have no doubt that is not the intention of the gentleman 
from Texas. But I have fears--I have fears--that once we start going 
down this road of telling lenders essentially what type of--and, 
ultimately, that is what we are doing with FHA. You are, ultimately, 
telling lenders, or suggesting to lenders, what credit standards they 
should employ.
  I am fearful of going down this road. We had discussed a number of 
compromises. We came close. Unfortunately, we didn't get there with the 
gentleman from Texas.
  I am going to oppose this amendment, simply because of who he is, 
somewhat reluctantly. But, nonetheless, the bottom line is the bottom 
line. I will oppose the gentleman's amendment.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have 
remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green) has 3\1/2\ 
minutes remaining.
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Hensarling) is imminently correct. We are friends. I say it in the 
sincerest way as well. He and I have collaborated on many issues, and 
we have gotten a lot of things done in Congress. I hope that doesn't 
hurt him back home, letting people know that we have worked on things 
together.
  But, obviously, I have a different perch, and from my perch here is 
what I see. I see an opportunity for additional credit scoring to be 
used, and if it is negative, it is not going to benefit the person that 
is being scored. It does not prevent any other negative information 
from being properly scored. It simply says that HUD may use this 
information, indicating that persons have paid a light bill, gas bill, 
water bill, or phone bill as additional information. That is all it 
says, that it may do this and it may create the scoring.
  Now, with reference to HUD, HUD has given me an indication--and I 
don't have it in writing to hand to you, Mr. Chairman, but I believe 
you would trust my word--that they are not opposing this.
  One of the reasons why it wasn't done previously was a function of 
HUD's budget. I believe this to be the reason. And because of budgetary 
concerns, it did not get done--it was codified in the law--and that is 
why I am reintroducing it. But this is a milder version of what I 
introduced previously, because previously we said HUD shall do this, 
and this time we have made it as mild as possible.
  The Realtors are very much supportive of it. This will give 50 
million people who are currently with light credit files, don't have 
sufficient credit scores, to have some additional information to be 
considered.
  But it does not in any way require that negative information be 
received in a positive manner. If it is negative, it remains negative. 
If you haven't paid your car note, it is still a negative. If you 
haven't paid your light bill, gas bill, or water bill, it is still a 
negative.
  It only gives the opportunity to add these other things as things to 
consider for many people who, quite frankly, don't have a lot of 
traditional credit. They don't have bad credit; they just don't have 
traditional credit. There are a lot of my constituents who fall into 
this category.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, as persuasive as my friend is from 
Texas, he wasn't quite persuasive enough. At this particular moment, I 
continue to oppose the amendment of from the gentleman from Texas.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will 
be postponed.

                              {time}  1700


              Amendment No. 13 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 13 
printed in House Report 114-411.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following new title:

                           TITLE VI--REPORTS

     SEC. 601. REPORT ON INTERAGENCY FAMILY ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 
                   STRATEGIES.

       The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit a 
     report to the Congress annually that describes--
       (1) any interagency strategies of such Departments that are 
     designed to improve family economic empowerment by linking 
     housing assistance with essential supportive services, such 
     as employment counseling and training, financial education 
     and growth, childcare, transportation, meals, youth 
     recreational activities, and other supportive services; and
       (2) any actions taken in the preceding year to carry out 
     such strategies and the extent of progress achieved by such 
     actions.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 594, the gentlewoman 
from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman and ranking 
member of the full committee and express my excitement in talking about 
reform and real housing issues.
  If there is ever an issue that we, as Members of Congress, are 
confronted with when we go home to our districts, it is about people 
who need housing, about people who don't have housing, about people who 
have poor housing, about seniors who need housing, about young families 
who need housing.
  I am delighted to be part of this reformation that has been done by 
the Committee on Financial Services and to acknowledge the chairman and 
the ranking member of the subcommittee from which this comes and to 
congratulate this bipartisan process.
  I am delighted to offer an amendment. I thank the Rules Committee for 
making it in order, for I think it adds to the improvement of some of 
the issues that we are confronted with.

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  My amendment indicates that the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and with other 
relevant agencies, shall submit a report to Congress annually that goes 
to the heart of some of the issues unaddressed of interagency 
strategies of such departments that are designed to improve family 
economic empowerment by linking housing assistance with essential 
supportive services, such as employment, counseling, training, 
financial education and growth, child care, transportation, meals, 
youth recreational activities, and other supportive services.
  It goes on to say: any actions taken in the preceding year to carry 
out such strategies and the extent of progress achieved by such 
actions.
  My amendment recognizes that, in addition to housing connecting low-
income families to job training and supportive services, such as child 
care, transportation, it is key to enabling families across the 
country--from Texas to California, from New York to California--to 
access employment and other services that foster upward economic 
mobility and family stability. It allows them to look at their family 
structure and at people who are in need.
  My amendment acknowledges and recognizes that helping families 
achieve economic empowerment requires interagency collaboration.
  Let me cite, Mr. Chairman, two supportive letters from the National 
Coalition for the Homeless and from the Heartland Alliance, which are 
supporting this constructive and instructive amendment to find out what 
our families need to be strong.

                                         Leading Houston Home,

                                                 February 2, 2016.
     Speaker Paul Ryan,
     Washington, DC.
     Hon. Blaine Luetkemeyer,
     Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Financial 
         Services Committee, Washington, DC.
     Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi,
     Washington, DC.
     Hon. Emanuel Cleaver,
     Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance 
         Financial Services Committee, Washington, DC.
       Dear Speaker Ryan and Leader Pelosi: The Coalition for the 
     Homeless of Houston/Harris County is dedicated to preventing 
     and ending homelessness in Houston, Harris County, and Fort 
     Bend County. We are writing in support of H.R. 3700, the 
     Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act. The proposed 
     legislation includes many provisions that would increase the 
     efficiency and effectiveness of critical rental assistance 
     programs that serve extremely low-income households.
       In particular, we are writing in support of Amendment Four, 
     submitted by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) to the 
     Rules Committee. Representative Jackson Lee's Amendment Four 
     directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
     to work with the Secretary of Labor to produce an annual 
     report on interagency strategies to strengthen family 
     economic empowerment by linking housing with essential 
     supportive services such as employment counseling and 
     training, financial growth, childcare, transportation, meals, 
     and other support services.
       Representative Jackson Lee's amendment recognizes that in 
     addition to housing, connecting low-income families to job 
     training and supportive services are key to helping families 
     access employment and economic opportunity and achieve 
     stability. Representative Jackson Lee's amendment also 
     recognizes that helping families achieve economic empowerment 
     requires interagency collaboration. We know that public 
     systems are better at solving big problems when they work 
     together to share capacity, knowledge, and resources. We 
     commend Representative Jackson Lee for encouraging systems 
     collaboration to help ensure that low-income families succeed 
     in housing and employment. We further encourage HUD to 
     collaborate with the Department of Health and Human Services 
     and the Department of Agriculture, as these agencies can 
     offer families critical supports such as child care and 
     nutrition assistance that are necessary for success.
       The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County, as 
     a leader of The Way Home, the collaborative model to prevent 
     and end homelessness in Houston, Harris County, and Fort Bend 
     County knows the importance of interagency collaboration and 
     the incredible successes that can be achieved as a result of 
     shared capacity, knowledge and resources. We have made 
     tremendous progress in our community and are happy to serve 
     as a resource moving forward. Thank you for recognizing the 
     important role of employment in helping low-income families 
     achieve housing and financial stability.
       If you have any questions, please feel free to contact 
     Marilyn Brown ([email protected]), President/CEO of 
     the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County.
           Sincerely,
                                                 Marilyn L. Brown,
     President/CEO.
                                  ____

                                       Heartland Alliance National


                                                  Initiatives,

                                                 February 1, 2016.
     Speaker Paul Ryan,
     Washington, DC.
     Hon. Blaine Luetkemeyer,
     Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Financial 
         Services Committee, Washington, DC.
     Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi,
     Washington, DC.
     Hon. Emanuel Cleaver,
     Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance 
         Financial Services Committee, Washington, DC.
       Dear Speaker Ryan and Leader Pelosi, Heartland Alliance's 
     National Initiatives on Poverty & Economic Opportunity is 
     dedicated ending chronic unemployment and poverty. We are 
     writing in support of H.R. 3700, the Housing Opportunity 
     through Modernization Act. The proposed legislation includes 
     many provisions that would increase the efficiency and 
     effectiveness of critical rental assistance programs that 
     serve extremely low-income households.
       In particular, we are writing in support of Amendment Four, 
     submitted by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's (TX-18) to 
     the Rules Committee. Representative Jackson Lee's Amendment 
     Four directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     to work with the Secretary of Labor to produce an annual 
     report on interagency strategies to strengthen family 
     economic empowerment by linking housing with essential 
     supportive services such as employment counseling and 
     training, financial growth, childcare, transportation, meals, 
     and other support services.
       Representative Jackson Lee's amendment recognizes that in 
     addition to housing, connecting low-income families to job 
     training and supportive services such as childcare and 
     transportation are key to helping these families access 
     employment and economic opportunity and achieve stability. 
     Representative Jackson Lee's amendment also recognizes that 
     helping families achieve economic empowerment requires 
     interagency collaboration. We know that public systems are 
     better at solving big problems when they work together to 
     share capacity, knowledge, and resources, and we commend 
     Representative Jackson Lee for encouraging systems 
     collaboration to help ensure that low-income families can 
     succeed in housing and employment. We further encourage HUD 
     to collaborate with the Department of Health and Human 
     Services and the Department of Agriculture, as these agencies 
     can offer families critical supports such as child care and 
     nutrition assistance that are necessary to for employment 
     success.
       Heartland Alliance's National Initiatives Team has a number 
     of resources and tools that can support efforts to help 
     individuals and families facing barriers to employment 
     succeed in the work. We are happy to serve as a resource 
     moving forward, and thank you for recognizing the important 
     role of employment in helping low-income families achieve 
     housing and financial stability.
       If you have any questions, please feel free to contact 
     Melissa Young, Director of Heartland Alliance's National 
     Initiatives on Poverty & Economic Opportunity.
           Sincerely,
     Melissa Young,
       Director, Heartland Alliance's National Initiatives on 
     Poverty & Economic Opportunity.

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I am delighted to tell the story of Finney from the 
Houston Housing Authority where we gave her supportive services through 
the Family Sufficiency Program. She has gotten to the point of 
attaining a credit score of 640, and she is now a proud homeowner. What 
a legacy.
  So I would ask my colleagues to support this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas has 2 minutes remaining.


      Modification to Amendment No. 13 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately, as my dear colleague 
from Guam missed her time in which to offer her amendment, I ask 
unanimous consent to modify my amendment with the modification by the 
gentlewoman from Guam (Ms. Bordallo), which I have placed at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the modification.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       At the end of the amendment, add the following:
       Page 55, after line 11, insert the following new section:

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     SEC. 111. PREFERENCE FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR NATIONALS.

       Section 214(a)(7) of the Housing and Community Development 
     Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(a)(7)) is amended by striking 
     ``such alien'' and all that follows through the period at the 
     end and inserting ``any citizen or national of the United 
     States shall be entitled to a preference or priority in 
     receiving financial assistance before any such alien who is 
     otherwise eligible for assistance.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is modified.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman 
from Guam (Ms. Bordallo).
  Ms. BORDALLO. I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, my amendment fixes a misinterpretation of law and gives 
U.S. citizens and nationals a preference over migrants from the 
Republic of Palau, from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and from 
the Federated States of Micronesia when receiving Federal aid.
  I continue to support allowing these migrants to receive housing 
assistance. Otherwise, our housing situation in Guam and in other 
affected jurisdictions would get even worse. However, it was not the 
intent of Congress to displace our citizens when it extended 
eligibility to migrants in 2000.
  Unfortunately, limited resources have led many U.S. citizens in Guam 
to be displaced by COFA migrants who have entered our country as a 
result of the Compact of Free Association. Guam's local housing 
authority has indicated that demand for housing assistance far 
outweighs the resources available.
  A recent Guam PDN article indicated that homeless data shows that 
local residents of Guam make up nearly 42 percent of the homeless on 
Guam, that 536 Chamorros, the indigenous people, and 42 Filipinos were 
considered homeless.
  I ask for the support of my amendment.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the gentlewoman.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim the 
time in opposition to the amendment, although I am not opposed.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, first, in dealing with the amendment 
from the gentlewoman from Texas, I often don't have an opportunity to 
work with her. I am happy to work with her on this matter and to 
recognize that this report could, indeed, add value.
  I think anything that we can do to help with family economic 
empowerment in the areas that she has identified, such as in employment 
counseling and training and the coordination of these areas, can be 
very valuable.
  I appreciate the gentlewoman's amendment, and I am prepared to accept 
it. The same is true for the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
Guam (Ms. Bordallo).
  I am sorry she missed her opportunity earlier, but I am glad she has 
her opportunity now. I am prepared to accept her amendment as well.
  I urge adoption.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Texas.
  I was very pleased to help out the gentlewoman from Guam, and I want 
to indicate that these are two amendments that stand on their own 
right.
  I close by indicating the purpose of the amendment offered by Ms. 
Jackson Lee to again refer to Finney, a woman who tried to get a home.
  She stayed in the program and completed the criteria that was needed 
for her to qualify. She earned wages of at least $20,000 and got that 
credit score and established a savings account of $1,000.
  This is what we are talking about with regard to supportive services. 
What we want to do is to emphasize employment counseling, financial 
education, growth, child care, transportation, meals, youth 
recreational activities, and other supportive services.
  I am very glad to have the support, if you will, of the National 
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston, Harris County, as well as of the 
Heartland Alliance to be able to say that this makes for a better 
roadmap for getting housing to people who are in need.
  I celebrate the fact that we are on the floor with this reform bill, 
talking about housing. I ask my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee 
amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, let me express my appreciation to 
Chairman Luetkemeyer and Ranking Member Cleaver for their leadership, 
commitment and effort to modernize and improve Federal Housing programs 
for millions of Americans who are working their way up to economic 
empowerment and stability.
  I also wish to thank Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Slaughter, and 
the members of the Rules Committee for making in order Jackson Lee 
amendment Number 13.
  Mr. Chair, thank you for the opportunity to explain my amendment, 
which provides:
  The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Labor and other relevant agencies, shall submit a 
report to the Congress annually that describes--
  (1) any interagency strategies of such Departments that are designed 
to improve family economic empowerment by linking housing assistance 
with essential supportive services, such as employment counseling and 
training, financial education and growth, childcare, transportation, 
meals, youth recreational activities, and other supportive services; 
and
  (2) any actions taken in the preceding year to carry out such 
strategies and the extent of progress achieved by such actions.
  Mr. Chair, my amendment recognizes that in addition to housing, 
connecting low-income families to job training and supportive services 
such as childcare and transportation are key to enabling families 
across the country from Texas to California access to employment and 
other services that foster upward economic mobility and family 
stability.
  Jackson Lee amendment Number 13 acknowledges and recognizes that 
helping families achieve economic empowerment requires interagency 
collaboration.
  I am pleased to submit into the Record letters supporting my 
amendment authored by the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris 
County and the Heartland Alliance National Initiatives on Poverty and 
Economic Opportunity.
  Mr. Chair, we all know that public systems are better at solving big 
problems when there is coordination amongst various implementing 
agencies motivated to work together to share capacity, knowledge, and 
resources.
  My amendment encourages agency collaboration to help ensure that low-
income families can succeed in housing, in employment and in life.
  Interagency collaborations between agencies such as the Department of 
Labor, Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of 
Agriculture can offer families critical support such as child care and 
nutrition assistance that are necessary for family stability and 
employment success.
  Livelihood and self-dignity are tied to employment and employment is 
critical to achieving financial independence and stability and 
stimulation of the economy.
  My amendment seeks to bridge the opportunities that abound when there 
is interagency/intersystem collaboration and the success that can come 
about.
  Take for instance the success story of Fini Tuamokumo, a single 
mother of three children and former Housing Choice Voucher participant, 
enrolled in the Houston Housing Authority's Family Self-Sufficiency 
program (FSS).
  Among other supportive services, the Houston Housing Authority's FSS 
program facilitates a pathway for public housing tenants to meet their 
individual goals by connecting them to community resources and 
homeownership assistance.
  Aspiring home owners like Fini receive support and resources towards 
employment success and homeownership.
  I am proud to report that Fini began the process, stayed the course 
and completed the criteria needed to qualify for homeownership: earned 
wages of at least $20,000 per year, a credit score of 640 or higher, 
the establishment of an Individualized Development (savings) Account 
with a minimum balance of $1,000, and completion of the FSS program's 
Financial Literacy and First Time Home Ownership classes.

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  Fini is now a proud homeowner and can now pass on the legacy of the 
importance of a work ethic, grit and homeownership to her children.
  Fini is just one of many success stories of intersystem/interagency 
coordination as a nexus towards federal housing and economic 
empowerment.
  Mr. Chair, my amendment will create the space and opportunity for the 
economic mobility of federal housing recipients through linking housing 
assistance with essential supportive services such as employment 
counseling and opportunities, financial education and growth, 
childcare, transportation, meals, youth recreational activities and 
other supportive services.
  For all these reasons, I urge my colleagues to join me and support 
Jackson Lee Amendment Number 13.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment, as modified, 
offered by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  The amendment, as modified, was agreed to.


        Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Price of North Carolina

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 14 
printed in House Report 114-411.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the 
desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following new title:

         TITLE VI--HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

     SEC. 601. FORMULA AND TERMS FOR ALLOCATIONS TO PREVENT 
                   HOMELESSNESS FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH HIV OR 
                   AIDS.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 854 of the AIDS 
     Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) is amended by--
       (1) redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and
       (2) striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) Allocation of resources.--
       ``(A) Allocation formula.--The Secretary shall allocate 90 
     percent of the amount approved in appropriations Acts under 
     section 863 among States and metropolitan statistical areas 
     as follows:
       ``(I) 75 percent of such amounts among--

       ``(I) cities that are the most populous unit of general 
     local government in a metropolitan statistical area with a 
     population greater than 500,000, as determined on the basis 
     of the most recent census, and with more than 2,000 
     individuals living with HIV or AIDS, using the data specified 
     in subparagraph (B); and
       ``(II) States with more than 2,000 individuals living with 
     HIV or AIDS outside of metropolitan statistical areas.

       ``(ii) 25 percent of such amounts among States and 
     metropolitan statistical areas based on the method described 
     in subparagraph (C).
       ``(B) Source of data.--For purposes of allocating amounts 
     under this paragraph for any fiscal year, the number of 
     individuals living with HIV or AIDS shall be the number of 
     such individuals as confirmed by the Director of the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention, as of December 31 of the 
     most recent calendar year for which such data is available.
       ``(C) Allocation under subparagraph (A)(ii).--For purposes 
     of allocating amounts under subparagraph (A)(ii), the 
     Secretary shall develop a method that accounts for--
       ``(I) differences in housing costs among States and 
     metropolitan statistical areas based on the fair market 
     rental established pursuant to section 8(c) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)) or another 
     methodology established by the Secretary through regulation; 
     and
       ``(ii) differences in poverty rates among States and 
     metropolitan statistical areas based on area poverty indexes 
     or another methodology established by the Secretary through 
     regulation.
       ``(2) Maintaining grants.--
       ``(A) Continued eligibility of fiscal year 2016 grantees.--
     A grantee that received an allocation in fiscal year 2016 
     shall continue to be eligible for allocations under paragraph 
     (1) in subsequent fiscal years, subject to--
       ``(I) the amounts available from appropriations Acts under 
     section 863;
       ``(ii) approval by the Secretary of the most recent 
     comprehensive housing affordability strategy for the grantee 
     approved under section 105; and
       ``(iii) the requirements of subparagraph (C).
       ``(B) Adjustments.--Allocations to grantees described in 
     subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted annually based on the 
     administrative provisions included in fiscal year 2016 
     appropriations Acts.
       ``(C) Redetermination of continued eligibility.--The 
     Secretary shall redetermine the continued eligibility of a 
     grantee that received an allocation in fiscal year 2016 at 
     least once during the 10-year period following fiscal year 
     2016.
       ``(D) Adjustment to grants.--For each of fiscal years 2017, 
     2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, the Secretary shall ensure that a 
     grantee that received an allocation in the prior fiscal year 
     does not receive an allocation that is 5 percent less than or 
     10 percent greater than the amount allocated to such grantee 
     in the preceding fiscal year.
       ``(3) Alternative grantees.--
       ``(A) Requirements.--The Secretary may award funds reserved 
     for a grantee eligible under paragraph (1) to an alternative 
     grantee if--
       ``(I) the grantee submits to the Secretary a written 
     agreement between the grantee and the alternative grantee 
     that describes how the alternative grantee will take actions 
     consistent with the applicable comprehensive housing 
     affordability strategy approved under section 105 of this 
     Act;
       ``(ii) the Secretary approves the written agreement 
     described in clause (I) and agrees to award funds to the 
     alternative grantee; and
       ``(iii) the written agreement does not exceed a term of 10 
     years.
       ``(B) Renewal.--An agreement approved pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A) may be renewed by the parties with the 
     approval of the Secretary.
       ``(C) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `alternative 
     grantee' means a public housing agency (as defined in section 
     3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437a(b))), a unified funding agency (as defined in section 
     401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11360)), a State, a unit of general local government, or an 
     instrumentality of State or local government.
       ``(4) Reallocations.--If a State or metropolitan 
     statistical area declines an allocation under paragraph 
     (1)(A), or the Secretary determines, in accordance with 
     criteria specified in regulation, that a State or 
     metropolitan statistical area that is eligible for an 
     allocation under paragraph (1)(A) is unable to properly 
     administer such allocation, the Secretary shall reallocate 
     any funds reserved for such State or metropolitan statistical 
     area as follows:
       ``(A) For funds reserved for a State--
       ``(I) to eligible metropolitan statistical areas within the 
     State on a pro rata basis; or
       ``(ii) if there is no eligible metropolitan statistical 
     areas within a State, to metropolitan cities and urban 
     counties within the State that are eligible for grant under 
     section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306), on a pro rata basis.
       ``(B) For funds reserved for a metropolitan statistical 
     area, to the State in which the metropolitan statistical area 
     is located.
       ``(C) If the Secretary is unable to make a reallocation 
     under subparagraph (A) or (B), the Secretary shall make such 
     funds available on a pro rata basis under the formula in 
     paragraph (1)(A).''.
       (b) Amendment to Definitions.--Section 853 of the AIDS 
     Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12902) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or `AIDS''' before 
     ``means''; and
       (2) by inserting at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(15) The term `HIV' means infection with the human 
     immunodeficiency virus.
       ``(16) The term `individuals living with HIV or AIDS' 
     means, with respect to the counting of cases in a geographic 
     area during a period of time, the sum of--
       ``(A) the number of living non-AIDS cases of HIV in the 
     area; and
       ``(B) the number of living cases of AIDS in the area.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 594, the gentleman 
from North Carolina (Mr. Price) and a Member opposed each will control 
5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I am offering this 
amendment on behalf of our colleague from Alabama (Mr. Aderholt) and 
myself.
  I thank the chairman, the ranking member, and the staffs on both 
sides for their cooperation in moving this amendment forward.
  This is a bipartisan amendment that provides a long, overdue update 
to HUD's statutory funding formula for the Housing Opportunities for 
Persons with AIDS Program, also known as HOPWA.
  HOPWA is the only Federal program that is solely dedicated to 
providing housing assistance and related supportive services for low-
income people and their families who are living with HIV/AIDS.
  In short, this amendment would base the distribution of HOPWA funds 
on the current number of people who are living with HIV/AIDS, who 
desperately need this support.

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  This would replace the current formula based, incredibly, on the 
cumulative number of AIDS cases since the epidemic began decades ago. 
Last year more than 50 percent of the people counted in the HOPWA 
formula were deceased.
  To say the least, this has drastically reduced HOPWA's ability to aid 
jurisdictions where the present need is most acute. This is 
particularly true in rural areas and in cities that are currently 
bearing the brunt of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
  Mr. Chairman, Congress has sensibly adjusted other AIDS support 
programs, including the Ryan White program. So formula funds are 
distributed based on the number of living HIV and AIDS cases in a given 
jurisdiction. Only the HOPWA formula remains out of whack, and it is 
denying thousands of those with HIV/AIDS the housing support they need.
  The Price-Aderholt amendment makes three changes to the current HOPWA 
formula:
  Firstly, it utilizes living HIV/AIDS cases as the major basis of 
funding distribution, consistent with changes made to the Ryan White 
program.
  Secondly, it directs HUD to take into consideration housing costs and 
local poverty rates to ensure the HOPWA program can better address 
varied housing needs within jurisdictions.
  Thirdly, the amendment provides for a gradual implementation of the 
new funding formula over 5 years in order to ensure that jurisdictions 
have adequate time to adjust to the new funding levels. A stop-loss 
provision is also included so that no jurisdiction can lose more than 5 
percent of its funding or gain more than 10 percent of its funding on a 
year-over-year basis.
  Mr. Chairman, ever since 1997, the Government Accountability Office 
has identified the need to update the HOPWA formula. The Department of 
Housing and Urban Development has included similar proposals to update 
the formula in its budget requests year after year. According to the 
Department's most recent formula projections, 115 out of 139 
jurisdictions in this country would benefit under the proposed formula 
change.
  The AIDS advocacy community also supports updating the HOPWA formula 
to account for living cases of HIV/AIDS. These groups include the 
National AIDS Housing Coalition, AIDS United, the National Low Income 
Housing Coalition, and the AIDS Institute.
  In closing, this bipartisan amendment will ensure that our existing 
Federal dollars, without additional spending or new revenue, are 
allocated most efficiently and most effectively and most fairly to help 
those who are living with HIV/AIDS.
  HOPWA is often the difference between homelessness and access to 
lifesaving treatment for low-income people with this awful disease. It 
is long past time to update the HOPWA formula to bring it in line with 
Ryan White and other AIDS support programs.
  So I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

                              {time}  1715

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, for more than 20 years, I have been an adamant 
supporter of HOPWA. I share many of Mr. Price's concerns about the 
outdated formula for how HOPWA funding is allocated. However, I cannot 
support this amendment.
  The current formula's reliance on cumulative AIDS cases is 
problematic and does need to be updated to better reflect the new 
reality of the incidence of the disease.
  Mr. Price's proposal, while well intended, will just shift scarce 
resources around, cutting off thousands of current beneficiaries to 
move the money to different parts of the country.
  If the amendment changed the formula for new HOPWA funds, if there 
were new HOPWA funds, it would be more acceptable, but the amendment 
would shift existing funds on which people now rely.
  New York City is a stark example. This formula change would 
eventually cut the city's annual HOPWA funding by nearly 25 percent. 
That cut would translate into real people.
  A quarter of New Yorkers living with AIDS and currently receiving 
HOPWA support for their housing would be thrown out of their homes. We 
are talking about people living with AIDS with HOPWA support being 
ousted from their present homes.
  I understand that people in many areas living with AIDS need housing, 
but Congress should be focused on growing HOPWA and expanding the 
number of people enrolled in the program, not on throwing more people 
living with AIDS out of their present homes.
  If people living with AIDS in Mr. Price's district and in other 
districts need more HOPWA funding--and they do--Congress should provide 
it to them without depriving people living with AIDS in New York, 
Atlanta, and San Francisco of their existing housing.
  Rather than shifting around limited pools of money and helping 
homeless people in one part of the country by creating more 
homelessness in another part of the country, we should be increasing 
funding for HOPWA to meet the actual needs of the people living with 
AIDS in the United States.
  That is why every year I offer an amendment to the T-HUD 
appropriations bill increasing HOPWA funding and will continue to do 
so.
  I recognize Mr. Price's hard work and long years of advocacy for 
HOPWA, but I cannot support this amendment as written today.
  I hope that, going forward through regular legislative order, we can 
identify a fair, equitable formula update that does not harm current 
beneficiaries, that is to say, harm people living with AIDS because of 
their HOPWA funding in their homes today.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. NADLER. I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I inadvertently used the 
last minute of my time that I hoped to yield to Mr. Quigley. I wonder 
if the gentleman might yield to Mr. Quigley.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, do I have 1 minute remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 1 minute remaining.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Quigley).
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Price-Aderholt 
amendment, which seeks to modernize the Housing for Persons with AIDS 
Program to better reflect the current case concentration and 
understanding of HIV/AIDS.
  This will help ensure that funds are directed in a more equitable and 
effective manner. The AIDS population in Chicago certainly stands to 
benefit from such an update.
  The HOPWA program is a national safety net for people battling HIV/
AIDS, providing competitive formula grants since 1992. HOPWA prevents 
homelessness and permits thousands of households coping with the 
debilitating and impoverishing impact of HIV/AIDS to access and remain 
in care.
  It is also a proven prevention mechanism by helping people achieve 
lower viral loads, thus becoming less infectious. This is the 
foundation for better individual and community health outcomes.
  It is time for us to change the HOPWA distribution formula from one 
based on cumulative HIV/AIDS cases to a more updated formula based on 
current HIV/AIDS cases that reflect today's needs.
  I urge a ``yes'' vote on this amendment.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price).

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  The amendment was agreed to.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 114-411 on 
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Palazzo of Mississippi.
  Amendment No. 12 by Mr. Al Green of Texas.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any 
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.


                 Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Palazzo

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Mississippi (Mr. Palazzo) on which further proceedings were postponed 
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 236, 
noes 178, not voting 19, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 50]

                               AYES--236

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Donovan
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     Lewis
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marino
     McCarthy
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Salmon
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                               NOES--178

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amash
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--19

     Beyer
     Castro (TX)
     Fattah
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Huizenga (MI)
     Johnson (GA)
     Lofgren
     Marchant
     Massie
     McCaul
     McDermott
     Moulton
     Roby
     Roybal-Allard
     Sinema
     Smith (WA)
     Takai
     Westmoreland

                              {time}  1740

  Mr. ASHFORD, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Messrs. KEATING and SANFORD changed their 
vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. RIGELL changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mrs. ROBY. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 50, I was unavoidably detained. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''
  Stated against:
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chair, during Rollcall vote No. 50 on 
the Pazazzo Amendment, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, 
I would have voted ``no.''


           Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Al Green of Texas

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Al Green) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 181, 
noes 239, not voting 13, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 51]

                               AYES--181

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farr
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer

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     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meng
     Moore
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--239

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Clawson (FL)
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donovan
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Heck (NV)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Issa
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Salmon
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--13

     Castro (TX)
     DeSaulnier
     Fattah
     Green, Gene
     Huizenga (MI)
     Lowenthal
     Massie
     McDermott
     Meeks
     Moulton
     Mulvaney
     Smith (WA)
     Westmoreland


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1744

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Chair, during rollcall Vote No. 51 on H.R. 3700, 
I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``no'' when I should have voted 
``Yes.''
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chair, during rollcall vote No. 51 on 
the Al Green amendment, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, 
I would have voted ``yes.''
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Womack) having assumed the chair, Mr. Poe of Texas, Acting Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3700) to 
provide housing opportunities in the United States through 
modernization of various housing programs, and for other purposes, and, 
pursuant to House Resolution 594, he reported the bill back to the 
House with an amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment 
reported from the Committee of the Whole?
  If not, the question is on the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, and the 
order of the House of January 25, 2016, this 5-minute vote on passage 
of H.R. 3700 will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of H.R. 
3762, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding, 
and passage of H.R. 3662.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 427, 
nays 0, not voting 6, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 52]

                               YEAS--427

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSantis
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (NV)
     Heck (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice, Jody B.
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holding
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huffman
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)

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     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kirkpatrick
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Pocan
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Price, Tom
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Russell
     Ryan (OH)
     Salmon
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanford
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takai
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Hollen
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Castro (TX)
     Fattah
     Massie
     McDermott
     Smith (WA)
     Westmoreland


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes 
remaining.

                              {time}  1752

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________