Puerto Rico Low-Income Housing Support Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7230 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7230

  To amend the definition of extremely low-income families under the 
                   United States Housing Act of 1937.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2024

Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon (for herself and Mr. Torres of New York) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the definition of extremely low-income families under the 
                   United States Housing Act of 1937.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico Low-Income Housing 
Support Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.

    Clause (i) of section 3(b)(2)(C) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)(C)(i)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Puerto Rico or any other'' and inserting 
        ``any''; and
            (2) by inserting before the closing parentheses the 
        following: ``other than Puerto Rico and in the case of public 
        housing agencies and projects located in Puerto Rico, the same 
        poverty guidelines as used for the contiguous 48 States and the 
        District of Columbia shall apply''.
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