,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ah1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,grassley 7for ,ms4 ,ernst    
7for herself and ,mr4 ,grassley77       
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 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,rural ,housing ,accessibility ,act4    
#b4 ,requiring certain public housing   
agencies to absorb port-in vouchers and 
limiting billing initial public housing 
agencies beyond #ab months  7a7 ,in     
general ,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#bb7 
,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 notify the initial public housing 
agency whether the covered public       
housing agency will-- 7,i7 absorb the   
voucher by using funds of the covered   
public housing agency2 or  7,,ii7 bill  
the initial public housing agency for a 

period of not more than #ab months2     
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 the assistance payments      
described in clause 7ii7 for a period of
 more than #ab months beginning on the  
effective date of the initial billing4  
4  7b7 ,technical amendment ,effective  
on ,december #bi1 #bjbd1 paragraph 7#bb7
 of section #h7o7 of the ,united ,states
 ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#adcg;f7o771 as added by section        
#fja7;a77#b77;,b7 of division ,,aa of   
the ,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1 
#bjbc 7,public ,law #aag-cbh71 is       
redesignated as paragraph 7#bc74