,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcgd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,velzquez introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to suspend requirements that   
tenants of assisted housing make        
contributions toward rent during the    
public health emergency relating to     
coronavirus1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,ensuring ,affordable ,housing  
,security ,during the ,coronavirus      
,emergency ,act of #bjbj4  #b4          
,suspension of requirements regarding   
tenant contribution toward rent  7a7    
,suspension ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 the obligation of each
 tenant household of a dwelling unit in 
assisted housing to pay any contribution
 toward rent for occupancy in such      
dwelling unit shall be suspended with   
respect to such occupancy during the    
period beginning on the date of the     

enactment of this ,act and ending #f    
months after the date of 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  
7b7 ,federal reimbursement payments ,to 
the extent that amounts are made        
available pursuant to subsection 7e7 for
 reimbursements under this subsection1  
the ,secretary of ,housing and ,urban   
,development or the ,secretary of       
,agriculture1 as appropriate1 shall--   
7#a7 provide owners of assisted housing 
and public housing agencies for any     
amounts in rent not received as a result
 of subsection 7a71 plus the amount of  
any increases in costs of administering 
and maintaining such housing to the     
extent only that such increases result  
from the public health emergency        

relating to ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai 
7,,covid-#ai72 and  7#b7 in the case of 
public housing agencies providing       
assistance under section #h7o7 of the   
,united ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7o771 reimburse   
such agencies in an amount sufficient to
 cover any increase in housing          
assistance payments resulting from the  
suspension of tenant rent payments      
pursuant to subsection 7a71 plus the    
amount of any increases in the cost of  
administering such assistance to the    
extent only that such increases result  
from the public health emergency        
relating to ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai 
7,,covid-#ai74  7c7 ,prohibitions  7#a7 
,on fines ,no tenant or tenant household
 may be charged a fine or fee for       
nonpayment of rent in accordance with   
subsection 7a7 and such nonpayment of   
rent shall not be grounds for any       
termination of tenancy or eviction4     
7#b7 ,on debt ,no tenant or tenant      
household may be treated as accruing any

 debt by reason of suspension of        
contribution of rent under subsection   
7a74  7#c7 ,on repayment ,no tenant or  
tenant household may be held liable for 
repayment of any amount of rent         
contribution suspended under subsection 
7a74  7#d7 ,on credit scores ,the       
nonpayment of rent by a tenant or tenant
 household shall not be reported to a   
consumer reporting agency nor shall such
 nonpayment adversely affect a tenant or
 member of a tenant household's credit  
score4  7d7 ,assisted housing ,for      
purposes of this section1 the term      
assisted housing means housing or a     
dwelling unit assisted under-- 7#a7     
section #bac1 #bbj1 #bba7;d77#c71       
#bba7;d77#d71 #bbc7;e71 #bca1 or #bcf of
 the ,national ,housing ,act 7#ab       
,u4,s4,c4 #agael7d77#c71 7d77#d71 or    
#agaez-#a72  7#b7 section #aja of the   
,housing and ,urban ,development ,act of
 #aife 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #agjas72  7#c7    
section #bjb of the ,housing ,act of    
#aiei 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #agjaq72  7#d7     

section #haa of the ,cranston-,gonzales 
,national ,affordable ,housing ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #hjac72  7#e7 title ,,ii of  
the ,cranston-,gonzalez ,national       
,affordable ,housing ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #abgja et seq472  7#f7 subtitle ,d of  
title ,,viii of the ,cranston-,gonzalez 
,national ,affordable ,housing ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #abija et seq472  7#g7 title 
,i of the ,housing and ,community       
,development ,act of #aigd 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #ecja et seq472  7#h7 section 
#h of the ,united ,states ,housing ,act 
of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f72  7#i7 
the public housing program under title  
,i of the ,united ,states ,housing ,act 
of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg et seq472 
or  7#aj7 section #ead1 #eae1 #eaf1     
#eba7;a77#b71 #ech1 or #edb of the      
,housing ,act of #aidi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adhd1 #adhe1 #adhf1 #adij;a7a77#b71    
#adijp-#b1 #adijr74  7e7 ,authorization 
of appropriations ,there is authorized  
to be appropriated such sums as may be  
necessary to make payments under        

subsection 7b7 to all owners of assisted
 housing and public housing agencies4