,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bihb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #e1  
#bjai,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,rounds1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mrs4 ,capito1  
and ,mr4 ,tester7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to expand eligibility for      
certain housing programs for qualified  
volunteer first responders4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,volunteer ,first ,responder ,housing   
,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  
7#a7 ,bona fide volunteer2 eligible     
employer2 qualified services ,the terms 
bona fide volunteer1 eligible employer1 
and qualified services have the meanings
 given those terms in section #deg7;e7  
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of      
#aihf4  7#b7 ,indian tribe ,the term    
,indian tribe has the meaning given the 
term in section #d of the ,indian       
,self-,determination and ,education     

,assistance ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #ecjd74 
7#c7 ,qualified volunteer first         
responder ,the term qualified volunteer 
first responder means any individual    
who-- 7,a7 is a bona fide volunteer     
performing qualified services for an    
eligible employer2  7,b7 has volunteered
 for not less than #b continuous years  
for an eligible employer2  7,c7 during  
each of the #b years described in       
subparagraph 7,b7--  7i7 met the minimum
 requirements for active membership     
established by the eligible employer2 or
  7ii7 if the eligible employer did not 
establish minimum requirements1         
volunteered for not less than #bjj      
hours2 and  7,d7 is certified as a      
firefighter or other responder in the   
,state1 unit of general local           
government1 or ,indian tribe in which   
the individual is serving as volunteer4 
#c4 ,department of ,agriculture ,single 
,family ,housing ,guaranteed ,loan      
,program  7a7 ,in general ,a qualified  
volunteer first responder who submits to

 the ,secretary of ,agriculture         
7referred to in this section as the     
,secretary7 a verification letter in    
accordance with subsection 7b7 shall be 
eligible for a verified adjustment in   
annual income under section             
#ceee4aeb7;c7 of title #g1 ,code of     
,federal ,regulations 7or successor     
regulations71 in the amount of #ah1jjj4 
7b7 ,verification letter ,to be eligible
 for a verified deduction under         
subsection 7a71 a qualified volunteer   
first responder shall submit to the     
,secretary a verification letter from   
the head of the eligible employer for   
which the qualified volunteer first     
responder volunteers1 which shall--     
7#a7 include the date on which the      
qualified volunteer first responder     
joined the eligible employer as a       
volunteer2  7#b7 attest to the          
,secretary that the qualified volunteer 
first responder-- 7,a7 continuously     
served as a volunteer for the eligible  
employer during the #b-year period      

preceding the date of the verification  
letter2 and  7,b7 during each of the #b 
years described in subparagraph 7,a7--  
7i7 met the minimum requirements for    
active membership established by the    
eligible employer2 or  7ii7 if the      
eligible employer did not establish     
minimum requirements1 volunteered for   
not less than #bjj hours2 and  7#c7     
include a copy of the certification of  
the qualified volunteer first responder 
as a firefighter or other responder in  
the ,state1 unit of general local       
government1 or ,indian tribe in which   
the individual served as a volunteer4   
#d4 ,good ,neighbor ,next ,door ,sales  
,program  7a7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,department ,the term     
,department means the ,department of    
,housing and ,urban ,development4  7#b7 
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,housing and ,urban   
,development4  7b7 ,amendments ,the     
,secretary shall amend--  7#a7 section  
#bia4ecj of title #bd1 ,code of ,federal

 ,regulations1 to provide that a        
qualified volunteer first responder     
qualifies as a firefighter or emergency 
medical technician for purposes of the  
,good ,neighbor ,next ,door ,sales      
,program of the ,department2 and  7#b7  
section #bia4eae of title #bd1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations1 to provide that1 
to qualify to purchase a home through   
the ,good ,neighbor ,next ,door ,sales  
,program of the ,department1 a qualified
 volunteer first responder shall submit 
to the ,secretary a verification letter 
from the head of the eligible employer  
for which the qualified volunteer first 
responder volunteers1 which shall--     
7,a7 include the date on which the      
qualified volunteer first responder     
joined the eligible employer as a       
volunteer2  7,b7 attest to the          
,secretary that the qualified volunteer 
first responder-- 7i7 continuously      
served as a volunteer for the eligible  
employer during the #b-year period      
preceding the date of the verification  

letter2 and  7ii7 during each of the #b 
years described in clause 7i7-- 7,i7 met
 the minimum requirements for active    
membership established by the eligible  
employer2 or  7,,ii7 if the eligible    
employer did not establish minimum      
requirements1 volunteered for not less  
than #bjj hours2 and  7,c7 include a    
copy of the certification of the        
qualified volunteer first responder as a
 firefighter or other responder in the  
,state1 unit of general local           
government1 or ,indian tribe in which   
the individual served as a volunteer4