,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abgj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #a1       
#bjai,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself and ,mr4  
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and  
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide 
standards for physical condition and    
management of housing receiving         
assistance payments under section #h of 
the ,united ,states ,housing ,act of    
#aicg4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,housing ,accountability
 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,standards for     
physical condition and management of    
housing receiving assistance payments   
,section #h of the ,united ,states      
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adcg;f7 is amended by inserting after  
subsection 7v7 the following3  7w7      
,standards for physical condition and   
management of housing receiving         
assistance payments  7#a7 ,standards for
 physical condition and management of   

housing ,any entity receiving assistance
 payments under this section shall      
maintain decent1 safe1 and sanitary     
conditions1 as determined by the        
,secretary1 for any structure covered   
under a housing assistance payment      
contract4  7#b7 ,survey of tenants ,the 
,secretary shall develop a process by   
which a ,performance-,based ,contract   
,administrator shall1 on a semiannual   
basis1 conduct a survey of the tenants  
of each structure covered under a       
housing assistance payment contract for 
the purpose of identifying consistent or
 persistent problems with the physical  
condition of the structure or           
performance of the manager of the       
structure4  7#c7 ,remediation ,a        
structure covered under a housing       
assistance payment contract shall be    
referred to the ,secretary for          
remediation if a ,performance-,based    
,contract ,administrator identifies a   
consistent or persistent problem with   
the structure or the management of the  

structure based on--  7,a7 a survey     
conducted under paragraph 7#b72 or  7,b7
 any other observation made by the      
,performance-,based ,contract           
,administrator during the normal course 
of business4  7#d7 ,penalty for failure 
to uphold standards  7,a7 ,in general   
,the ,secretary may impose a penalty on 
any owner of a structure covered under a
 housing assistance payment contract if 
the ,secretary finds that the structure 
or manager of the structure--  7i7 did  
not satisfactorily meet the requirements
 under paragraph 7#a72 or  7ii7 is      
repeatedly referred to the ,secretary   
for remediation by a ,performance-,based
 ,contract ,administrator through the   
process established under paragraph     
7#c74  7,b7 ,amount ,a penalty imposed  
under subparagraph 7,a7 shall be in an  
amount equal to not less than #a percent
 of the annual budget authority the     
owner is allocated under a housing      
assistance payment contract4  7,c7 ,use 
of amounts ,any amounts collected under 

this paragraph shall be used solely for 
the purpose of supporting safe and      
sanitary conditions at applicable       
structures or for tenant relocation1 as 
designated by the ,secretary1 with      
priority given to the tenants of the    
structure that led to the penalty4  7#e7
 ,applicability ,this subsection shall  
not apply to any property assisted under
 subsection 7o74  4  #c4 ,issuance of   
report ,not later than #a year after the
 date of enactment of this ,act1 the    
,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development shall submit to ,congress a
 report that--  7#a7 examines the       
adequacy of capital reserves for each   
structure covered under a housing       
assistance payment contract under       
section #h of the ,united ,states       
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adcg;f72  7#b7 examines the use of     
funds derived from a housing assistance 
payment contract for purposes unrelated 
to the maintenance and capitalization of
 the structure covered under the        

contract2 and  7#c7 includes any        
administrative or legislative           
recommendations to further improve the  
living conditions at those structures4