Homeownership for DREAMers Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1929 To prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from limiting the eligibility of DACA recipients for certain assistance, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 20, 2019 Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HARRIS, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) intro- duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment from limiting the eligibility of DACA recipients for certain assistance, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeownership for 4 DREAMers Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1929.IS S1929 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1929 IS SEC. 2. DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY. 1 (a) FHA.—Section 203 of the National Housing Act 2 (12 U.S.C. 1709) is amended by inserting after subsection 3 (h) the following: 4 ‘‘(i) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 5 ‘‘(1) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this sub- 6 section, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means an alien 7 who, at any time before, on, or after the date of en- 8 actment of this subsection, is or was in deferred ac- 9 tion status pursuant to the Deferred Action for 10 Childhood Arrivals (‘DACA’) Program announced by 11 the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 12 2012. 13 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not— 14 ‘‘(A) prescribe terms that limit the eligi- 15 bility of a single family mortgage for insurance 16 under this title because of the status of the 17 mortgagor as a DACA recipient; or 18 ‘‘(B) issue any limited denial of participa- 19 tion in the program for such insurance because 20 of the status of the mortgagor as a DACA re- 21 cipient. 22 ‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.— 23 ‘‘(A) DENIAL FOR FAILURE TO SATISFY 24 VALID ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing 25 in this title prohibits the denial of insurance 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1929.IS S1929 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 1929 IS based on failure to satisfy valid eligibility re- 1 quirements. 2 ‘‘(B) INVALID ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE- 3 MENTS.—Valid eligibility requirements do not 4 include criteria that were adopted with the pur- 5 pose of denying eligibility for insurance because 6 of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, na- 7 tional origin, disability, or the status of a mort- 8 gagor as a DACA recipient.’’. 9 (b) RURAL HOUSING SERVICE.—Section 501 of the 10 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471) is amended by 11 adding at the end the following: 12 ‘‘(k) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 13 ‘‘(1) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 14 paragraph, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means an 15 alien who, at any time before, on, or after the date 16 of enactment of this subsection, is or was in deferred 17 action status pursuant to the Deferred Action for 18 Childhood Arrivals (‘DACA’) Program announced by 19 the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 20 2012. 21 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not 22 prescribe terms that limit eligibility for a single fam- 23 ily mortgage made, insured, or guaranteed under 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1929.IS S1929 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 1929 IS this title because of the status of the mortgagor as 1 a DACA recipient.’’. 2 (c) FANNIE MAE.—Section 302(b) of the National 3 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)) is amended by adding 4 at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(8) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 6 ‘‘(A) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 7 paragraph, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means 8 an alien who, at any time before, on, or after 9 the date of enactment of this paragraph, is or 10 was in deferred action status pursuant to the 11 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 12 (‘DACA’) Program announced by the Secretary 13 of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012. 14 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The corporation may 15 not condition purchase of a single-family resi- 16 dence mortgage by the corporation under this 17 subsection on the status of the borrower as a 18 DACA recipient.’’. 19 (d) FREDDIE MAC.—Section 305(a) of the Federal 20 Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 21 1454(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 22 ‘‘(6) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 23 ‘‘(A) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 24 subsection, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1929.IS S1929 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 1929 IS an alien who, at any time before, on, or after 1 the date of enactment of this paragraph, is or 2 was in deferred action status pursuant to the 3 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 4 (‘DACA’) Program announced by the Secretary 5 of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012. 6 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Corporation may 7 not condition purchase of a single-family resi- 8 dence mortgage by the Corporation under this 9 subsection on the status of the borrower as a 10 DACA recipient.’’. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1929.IS S1929 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS