,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1        
#bjag,mr4 ,meehan 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,tiberi1 ,mr4 ,barletta1 and ,mr4       
,costello 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 #bjag4  #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--  7i7 the public housing   
agency shall abate all of the assistance
 amounts under this subsection with     
respect to such property until the      
transfer of amounts pursuant to         
subparagraph 7,b7 is completed2 and     
7ii7 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     
implement the requirements of           
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71 including1 
with respect to subparagraph 7,b71 such 

requirements regarding any notification 
and transfer of amounts 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 unit to ensure-- 
7i7 that no amounts are transferred in  
excess of the amount of such taxes owed2
 and  7ii7 the timely commencement and  
termination of such transfer4  7,d7     
,treatment of tenants ,nothing in this  
paragraph 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  
7i7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall   
maintain a database of information      
regarding-- 7,i7 owners of dwelling     
units assisted under this subsection    
whose housing assistance payments       
contracts have been terminated for      
failure to comply with subparagraph     
7,a72 and  7,,ii7 owners of such        
dwelling units with respect to whom     

assistance amounts have been abated and 
transferred to a taxing authority       
pursuant to subparagraph 7,b74  7ii7    
,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  7iii7          
,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 subparagraph 7,b7 sufficient for the 
,secretary to maintain such database4   
7,f7 ,definitions ,for purposes of this 
paragraph1 the following definitions    
shall apply3  7i7 ,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  7ii7

 ,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 out this ,act4