,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #iab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bg1         
#bjai,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require certain public      
housing agencies to absorb port-in      
housing choice vouchers1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,requiring certain public
 housing agencies to absorb port-in     
vouchers ,section #h7o7 of the ,united  
,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7o77 is amended by     
adding at the end the following3  7#ba7 
,portability of vouchers  7,a7          
,definitions ,in this paragraph-- 7i7   
the term covered public housing agency  
means a public housing agency that1 in a
 given fiscal year1 utilizes less than  
#ie percent of the budget authority     
available to the public housing agency2 
7ii7 the term initial public housing    
agency has the meaning given the term   

initial ,,pha in section #ihb4d of title
 #bd1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 or
 any successor regulation2 and  7iii7   
the term portable family means a family 
holding a voucher under this subsection 
that seeks to rent a dwelling unit      
outside of the jurisdiction of the      
initial public housing agency4  7,b7    
,requirement ,a covered public housing  
agency that has jurisdiction over the   
area in which a portable family is      
seeking to use the voucher received from
 an initial public housing agency--  7i7
 shall be required to absorb and receive
 the portable family by the end of the  
calendar year in which the portable     
family seeks to use the voucher2  7ii7  
shall make assistance payments to the   
portable family under an annual         
contributions contract entered into     
between the covered public housing      
agency and the ,secretary2 and  7iii7   
may not bill the initial public housing 
agency for those assistance payments4  4