,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ciac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjba,mr4 
,mc,henry 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lucas1    
,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,luetkemeyer1 ,mr4    
,huizenga1 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 ,mr4 ,barr1   
,mr4 ,williams of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,hill1   
,mr4 ,emmer1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mr4         
,loudermilk1 ,mr4 ,mooney1 ,mr4         
,davidson1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,kustoff1   
,mr4 ,hollingsworth1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of  
,ohio1 ,mr4 ,rose1 ,mr4 ,steil1 ,mr4    
,gooden of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,timmons1 and   
,mr4 ,taylor7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to provide for expedited       
payment of emergency rental assistance  
funds1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,renter ,protection ,act of #bjba4  
#b4 ,emergency rental assistance  7a7   
,,arpa funds ,notwithstanding any       
inconsistent provision of section #cbja 
of the ,american ,rescue ,plan ,act of  

#bjba 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ijeh;c7a77#a771   
amounts made available under subsection 
7a77#a7 of such section shall be subject
 to the following requirements3 7#a7    
,payment ,any amounts allocated to an   
eligible grantee that1 as of ,july #a1  
#bjba1 have not been paid to the        
eligible grantee shall be paid 7but not 
reallocated7 to the eligible grantee in 
accordance with section #eja7;b7 of     
subtitle ,a of title ,v of division ,n  
of the ,consolidated ,appropriations    
,act1 #bjba 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ijeh;a7b771 
except that such section                
#eja7;b77#a77;,a77i7 shall be applied to
 such amounts by substituting the       
,renter ,protection ,act of #bjba for   
this section4  7#b7 ,use for rental     
arrears2 treatment ,any amounts         
described in paragraph 7#a7 and any     
amounts that have been paid to an       
eligible grantee under such section     
#cbja but have not been used1 as of     
,july #a1 #bjba1 to assist an eligible  
household1 shall be-- 7,a7 used only to 

provide financial assistance specified  
in paragraph 7#f7 of section #eja7;c7 of
 subtitle ,a of title ,v of division ,n 
of the ,consolidated ,appropriations    
,act1 #bjba 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4              
#ijeh;a7c77#f771 as added by subsection 
7b7 of this section2 and  7,b7 treated  
as having been paid to such eligible    
grantee pursuant to such section        
#eja7;a7 and shall be subject to the    
provisions of such section #eja1 as     
amended by this section1 except to the  
extent inconsistent with this section4  
7b7 ,requirement ,to use ,consolidated  
,appropriations ,act funds for rental   
arrears ,subsection 7c7 of section #eja 
of subtitle ,a of title ,v of division  
,n of the ,consolidated ,appropriations 
,act1 #bjba 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ijeh;a7c771 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new paragraph3  7#f7          
,requirement to use assistance for      
rental arrears ,notwithstanding any     
other provision of this subsection1     
effective ,july #a1 #bjba1 any funds    

paid to an eligible grantee pursuant to 
subsection 7a7 that have not been used  
to assist an eligible household shall be
 used only to provide financial         
assistance to eligible households solely
 for the payment of rent arrears under  
paragraph 7#b77;,a77ii7 of this         
subsection4  4  7c7 ,availability of    
funds ,paragraph 7#a7 of section        
#eja7;e7 of subtitle ,a of title ,v of  
division ,n of the ,consolidated        
,appropriations ,act1 #bjba 7#ae        
,u4,s4,c4 #ijeh;a7e77#a771 is amended by
 striking ,september #cj1 #bjbb and     
inserting ,december #ca1 #bjba4