,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #affh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bc1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,velzquez 7for herself1 ,mr4       
,rangel1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 and ,mr4        
,jeffries7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,appropriations and the ,budget1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
increase the number of tenant-based     
rental assistance vouchers made         
available for low-income families       
displaced by ,hurricane ,sandy4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,safely ,sheltering ,disaster       
,victims ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,transfer  
of amounts to provide tenant-based      
rental assistance for low-income        
families displaced by ,hurricane ,sandy 

7a7 ,transfer ,of the amounts made      
available for ,department of ,housing   
and ,urban ,development--,community     
,planning and ,development--,community  
,development ,fund in title ,,viii of   
the ,disaster ,relief ,appropriations   
,act1 #bjac 7division ,a of ,public ,law
 #aac-b2 #abg ,stat4 #ae71 #ej1jjj1jjj1 
to remain available until expended1 is  
hereby transferred to ,department of    
,housing and ,urban                     
,development--,public and ,indian       
,housing--,tenant-,based ,rental        
,assistance for an additional amount for
 the activities and assistance provided 
in this section4  7b7 ,use for disaster 
assistance ,the amounts transferred by  
subsection 7a7 shall be used only for   
activities and assistance for the       
provision of tenant-based rental        
assistance1 including related           
administrative expenses1 authorized     
under the ,united ,states ,housing ,act 
of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg et seq47  
to areas impacted by ,hurricane ,sandy1 

subject to the following requirements3  
7#a7 ,expedited availability ,the       
amounts transferred by subsection 7a7   
shall be made available for such        
tenant-based rental assistance not later
 than the expiration of the #fj-;day    
period that begins on the date of the   
enactment of this ,act4  7#b7 ,waiver of
 ,,pha project-based limitation ,in     
carrying out the activities authorized  
under this heading1 the ,secretary shall
 waive section #h7o77#ac77;,b7 of the   
,united ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7o77#ac77;,b774   
7#c7 ,local admissions preference       
,amounts transferred by subsection 7a7  
may be provided only to public housing  
agencies that agree to provide a        
preference1 pursuant to section         
#h7o77#f77;,a7 of the ,united ,states   
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adcg;f7o77#f77;,a771 for making        
tenant-based assistance under such      
section #h7o7 available to eligible     
families displaced by ,hurricane ,sandy4

  7#d7 ,eligible families ,amounts      
transferred by subsection 7a7 may be    
used only for tenant-based rental       
assistance for families that are        
otherwise eligible for such assistance  
under the terms of the program for such 
assistance under section #h7o7 of the   
,united ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7o774  7#e7       
,continuation of assistance ,an eligible
 family that is provided tenant-based   
rental assistance with amounts          
transferred by subsection 7a7 may       
continue to receive such assistance     
after the transferred amounts are no    
longer available for such assistance1   
subject to the eligibility of such      
family and the availability of amounts  
for such assistance made available in   
appropriation ,acts4  7c7 ,emergency    
designation ,amounts transferred under  
subsection 7a7 shall retain their       
designation as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section #bea7;b77#b77;,a77i7
 of the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency

 ,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe4