,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,meehan 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,barletta1 ,mr4 ,gerlach1 ,mr4 ,nugent1 
,mr4 ,tiberi1 and ,mr4 ,murphy of       
,pennsylvania7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require each owner of a     
dwelling unit assisted under the section
 #h rental assistance voucher program to
 remain current with respect to local   
property and school taxes and to        
authorize a public housing agency to use
 such rental assistance amounts to pay  
such tax debt of such an owner1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protect ,our  
,schools from ,tax ,delinquents ,act of 
#bjac4  #b4 ,obligation for owners of   
assisted units to remain current on     
local property and school taxes  7a7 ,in
 general ,subsection 7o7 of section #h  
of the ,united ,states ,housing ,act of 

#aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7o77 is     
amended by adding at the end the        
following new paragraph3  7#ba7         
,obligation for owners ,to remain       
current on local property and school    
taxes  7#a7 ,obligation ,each housing   
assistance payments contract entered    
into by a public housing agency and the 
owner of a dwelling unit shall provide  
that the owner of the dwelling unit     
assisted under the contract shall pay1  
on a timely basis1 all covered taxes    
validly assessed against the property in
 which such dwelling unit is located4   
7#b7 ,authority to provide for use of   
assistance amounts to pay delinquent    
taxes ,a housing assistance payments    
contract entered into by a public       
housing agency and the owner of a       
dwelling unit may provide that1 upon    
notification by a taxing authority that 
the owner of a dwelling unit assisted   
under this subsection is delinquent with
 respect to payment of any covered taxes
 assessed by such taxing authority      

against the property in which such      
dwelling unit is located and            
identification of the amount of such    
delinquency--  7,a7 the public housing  
agency shall abate all of the assistance
 amounts under this subsection with     
respect such property until the transfer
 of amounts pursuant to subparagraph    
7,b7 is completed2 and  7,b7 the agency 
shall transfer to such taxing authority1
 on a monthly basis1 an amount equal to 
the monthly assistance amounts under    
this subsection with respect to such    
dwelling unit 7or such lesser amount as 
may be agreed to by the agency and such 
authority7 until the delinquency        
identified in such notification is      
eliminated 7or for such shorter period1 
as may be agreed to by the agency and   
such authority74  7#c7 ,requirements and
 procedures ,the ,secretary shall       
establish such requirements as may be   
necessary to provide for the housing    
assistance payments contract provisions 
under paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b71         

including1 in the case of provisions    
authorized by paragraph 7#b71 such      
requirements regarding notifications and
 transfer of amounts pursuant to        
paragraph 7#b77;,b7 as may be necessary 
to ensure that amounts are not so       
transferred except for actual and       
confirmed taxes assessed to and owed by 
an owner of a dwelling unit1 to ensure  
that no amounts are transferred in      
excess of the amount of such taxes owed1
 and to ensure the timely commencement  
and termination of such transfers4  7#d7
 ,treatment of tenants ,nothing in this 
section may be construed to authorize1  
or establish any cause or grounds for1  
the termination of the tenancy of any   
tenant from any dwelling unit assisted  
under this subsection4  7#e7 ,database  
7,a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall  
maintain a database of information      
regarding--  7i7 owners of dwelling     
units assisted under this subsection    
whose housing assistance payments       
contracts have been terminated for      

failure to comply with the provision    
required under paragraph 7#a72 and  7ii7
 owners of such dwelling units with     
respect to whom assistance amounts have 
been abated and transferred to a taxing 
authority pursuant to paragraph 7#b74   
7,b7 ,contents ,such database shall     
include information that identifies the 
owner1 the property for which such      
assistance was provided1 the amount     
transferred1 and the period over which  
such abatement and transfer occurred4   
7,c7 ,information from public housing   
agencies ,the ,secretary shall require  
public housing agencies to submit       
information regarding the abatement and 
transfer of assistance amounts pursuant 
to paragraph 7#b7 sufficient for the    
,secretary to maintain such database4   
7#f7 ,definitions ,for purposes of this 
paragraph1 the following definitions    
shall apply3  7,a7 ,covered taxes ,the  
term covered taxes means any tax under  
the law of a ,state or any political    
subdivision of a ,state that is assessed

 upon real property or the revenue of   
which is dedicated for use only for     
schools or for costs of education4  7,b7
 ,taxing authority ,the term taxing     
authority means any ,state or political 
subdivision of a ,state1 including any  
agency or authority thereof1 having     
authority to assess and collect covered 
taxes4  4  7b7 ,regulations ,the        
,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development shall issue any regulations
 necessary to carry section #h7o77#ba7  
of the ,united ,states ,housing ,act of 
#aicg1 as added by the amendment made by
 subsection 7a74