,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbjj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bb1     
#bjai,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,durbin7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1
 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
deposit civil penalties and assessments 
collected for false claims and          
statements made with respect to public  
housing to a ,fraud ,compensation ,fund 
at the ,department of ,housing and      
,urban ,development4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,fairness
 for ,housing ,communities ,act of      
#bjai4  #b4 ,depositing civil penalties 
and assessments relating to false claims
 and statements in ,fraud ,compensation 
,fund ,section #chjf7;g7 of title #ca1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7,f7  
7i7 ,any amount of a penalty or         
assessment imposed by the ,secretary of 
,housing and ,urban ,development with   

respect to a claim or statement made in 
connection with public housing          
assistance received under section #c of 
the ,united ,states ,housing ,act of    
#aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;a7 shall be  
returned to the ,secretary of ,housing  
and ,urban ,development4  7ii7 ,the     
,secretary may establish a ,fraud       
,compensation ,fund that shall consist  
only of amounts returned to the         
,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development under clause 7i74  7iii7   
,each distribution from a ,fraud        
,compensation ,fund established under   
clause 7ii7 shall be allocated to public
 housing agencies 7as defined in section
 #c7;b77#f7 of the ,united ,states      
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adcg;a7b77#f777 that were defrauded or 
otherwise affected by a false claim or  
statement described in clause 7i74  7iv7
 ,if the ,secretary establishes a ,fraud
 ,compensation ,fund under clause 7ii71 
the ,secretary shall promulgate         
regulations to establish a formula for  

allocating the allocations under clause 
7iii74  4