,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bi1 #bjbj,mr4 
,garca of ,illinois 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,pressley1    
,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new     
,york1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 
,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4       
,norton1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,serrano1
 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mrs4  
,hayes1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1  
,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,ms4    
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4     
,carson of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,garcia of    
,texas1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mrs4
 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4      
,hastings1 and ,mr4 ,mfume7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services1 and in addition to the       
,committee on the ,judiciary1 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     
provide a temporary moratorium on       
eviction filings1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting ,renters
 from ,eviction and ,fees ,act of #bjbj4
  #b4 ,eviction moratorium ,the ,,cares 
,act is amended by striking section     
#djbd 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ijeh2 ,public ,law
 #aaf-acf2 #acd ,stat4 #dib7 and        
inserting the following new section3    
#djbd4 ,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 according to data from the  
,department of ,labor1 more than #dj    
million people have filed for           
unemployment since the ,,covid-#ai      
pandemic began2  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 instability1 which would be 
counterproductive towards the public    
health goals of keeping individuals in  
their homes to the greatest extent      
possible4  7b7 ,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  7c7 ,moratorium  
,during the #a-year period beginning on 
,march #bg1 #bjbj1 the lessor of a      
covered dwelling may not-- 7#a7 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 for
 nonpayment of rent or other fees or    
charges1 or for reasons motivated wholly
 or in part by the nonpayment of rent or
 other fees or charges by the tenant2 or
  7#b7 charge fees1 penalties1 or other 
charges to the tenant related to such   
nonpayment of rent4  7d7 ,notice ,to    
vacate after moratorium expiration date 

,after the expiration of the period     
described in subsection 7c71 the lessor 
of a covered dwelling may not require   
the tenant to vacate the covered        
dwelling by reason of nonpayment of rent
 or other fees or charges before the    
expiration of the #cj-;day period that  
begins upon the provision by the lessor 
to the tenant1 after the expiration of  
the period described in subsection 7c71 
of a notice to vacate the covered       
dwelling4  4