,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1 #bjbf 
,mr4 ,lawler introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,united ,states   
,housing ,act of #aicg to reduce rent in
 public housing for police officers1    
firefighters1 and emergency medical     
technicians4  #a4 ,short ,title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,public        
,housing ,rent ,reduction for ,first    
,responders ,act4  #b4 ,supporting      
affordability and safety for public     
servants ,section #c7;a7 of the ,united 
,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;a7a77 is amended-- 7#a7 
in paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,except  
as provided in paragraph 7#b7 and       
inserting ,except as provided in        
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#d72 and  7#b7 in  
paragraph 7#d7-- 7,a7 in the heading1 by
 striking ,occupancy by police officers 
and inserting1 ,occupancy by police     

officers1 firefighters1 and emergency   
medical technicians2  7,b7 by           
redesignating subparagraph 7,c7 as      
subparagraph 7,d72  7,c7 by inserting   
after subparagraph 7,b7 the following3  
7,c7 ,rental payments ,notwithstanding  
paragraph 7#a71 a family of which one or
 more members are a police officer1     
firefighter1 or emergency medical       
technician shall pay as rent for a      
dwelling unit assisted under this ,act  
the highest of the following amounts1   
rounded to the nearest dollar3 7i7 #ae  
per centum of the family's monthly      
adjusted income2 or  7ii7 #e per centum 
of the family's monthly income  2 and   
7,d7 by amending subparagraph 7,d71 as  
so redesignated1 to read as follows3    
7,d7 ,definitions ,in this paragraph3   
7i7 ,police officer ,the term police    
officer means any person determined by a
 public housing agency to be1 during the
 period of residence of that person in  
public housing1 employed on a full-time 
basis as a duly licensed professional   

police officer by a ,federal1 ,state1 or
 local government or by any agency      
thereof 7including a public housing     
agency having an accredited police      
force74  7ii7 ,firefighter ,the term    
firefighter means any person determined 
by a public housing agency to be1 during
 the period of residence of that person 
in public housing1 employed on a        
full-time basis as a firefighter by a   
fire department or emergency medical    
services responder unit of the ,federal 
,government1 a ,state1 unit of general  
local government1 or an ,indian tribal  
government4  7iii7 ,emergency medical   
technician ,the term emergency medical  
technician means any person determined  
by a public housing agency to be1 during
 the period of residence of that person 
in public housing1 employed on a        
full-time basis as an emergency medical 
technician by a fire department or      
emergency medical services responder    
unit of the ,federal ,government1 a     
,state1 unit of general local           

government1 or an ,indian tribal        
government4  4