,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,garca of ,illinois 7for himself1 ,ms4 
,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,wilson of    
,florida1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4          
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mrs4
 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1   
,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1   
,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 
,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4       
,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,soto1    
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4      
,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4    
,beyer1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,ms4 ,fudge1    
,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mrs4 ,torres 
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4      
,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,san    
,nicolas1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4 ,omar1   
,mr4 ,engel1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1    
,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1
 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4       
,lewis1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 and ,ms4 ,garcia 
of ,texas7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         

,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to establish a moratorium on evictions 
from rental dwelling units during the   
public health emergency relating to     
coronavirus1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,rental ,eviction ,moratorium   
,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,temporary          
moratorium on eviction filings  7a7     
,congressional findings ,the ,congress  
finds that-- 7#a7 according to the #bjah
 ,american ,community ,survey1 #cf      
percent of households in the ,united    
,states--more than #dc million          
households--are renters2  7#b7 in #bjai 
alone1 renters in the ,united ,states   
paid #eab billion in rent2  7#c7        
according to the ,joint ,center for     
,housing ,studies of ,harvard           
,university1 #bj4h million renters in   
the ,united ,states spent more than #cj 
percent of their incomes on housing in  
#bjah and #aj4i million renters spent   
more than #ej percent of their incomes  
on housing in the same year2  7#d7      

,moody's ,analytics estimates that #bg  
million jobs in the ,u4,s4 economy are  
at high risk because of ,,covid-#ai2    
7#e7 the impacts of the spread of       
,,covid-#ai1 which is now considered a  
global pandemic1 are expected to        
negatively impact the incomes of        
potentially millions of renter          
households1 making it difficult for them
 to pay their rent on time2 and  7#f7   
evictions in the current environment    
would increase homelessness and housing 
instability which would be              
counterproductive towards the public    
health goals of keeping individuals in  
their homes to the greatest extent      
possible4  7b7 ,moratorium ,during the  
period beginning on the date of the     
enactment of this ,act and ending on the
 date described in paragraph 7#a7 of    
subsection 7d71 the lessor of a covered 
dwelling may not make1 or cause to be   
made1 any filing with the court of      
jurisdiction to initiate a legal action 
to recover possession of the covered    

dwelling from the tenant regardless of  
cause1 except when a tenant perpetrates 
a serious criminal act that threatens   
the health1 life1 or safety of other    
tenants or staff of the property in     
which the covered dwelling is located4  
7c7 ,definitions ,for purposes of this  
section1 the following definitions shall
 apply3 7#a7 ,covered dwelling ,the term
 covered dwelling means a dwelling that 
is occupied by a tenant-- 7,a7 pursuant 
to a residential lease2 or  7,b7 without
 a lease or with a lease terminable at  
will under ,state law4  7#b7 ,dwelling  
,the term dwelling has the meaning given
 such term in section #hjb of the ,fair 
,housing ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cfjb7 and 
includes houses and dwellings described 
in section #hjc7;b7 of such ,act 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #cfjc7;b774  7d7 ,sunset  7#a7
 ,sunset date ,the date described in    
this paragraph is the date of the       
expiration of the #f-month period that  
begins upon the termination by the      
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 

of the emergency declared on ,march #ac1
 #bjbj1 by the ,president under the     
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #daba et seq47 relating to the
 ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai            
7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic4  7#b7 ,notice to
 vacate after sunset date ,after the    
date described in paragraph 7#a71 the   
lessor of a covered dwelling may not    
require the tenant to vacate the covered
 dwelling before the expiration of the  
#cj-;day period that begins upon the    
provision by the lessor to the tenant1  
after the date described in paragraph   
7#a71 of a notice to vacate the covered 
dwelling4