Preserving Qualified Housing Assistance Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4214 To require verification of immigration status for receipt of assisted housing benefits, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 27, 2019 Mr. ZELDIN (for himself and Mr. DUFFY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require verification of immigration status for receipt of assisted housing benefits, 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 ‘‘Preserving Qualified 4 Housing Assistance Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. MANDATORY IMMIGRATION STATUS VERIFICATION 6 FOR ASSISTED HOUSING BENEFITS. 7 Section 214(d) of the Housing and Community De- 8 velopment Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(d)) is amend- 9 ed— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Sep 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4214.IH H4214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4214 IH (1) by striking ‘‘Immigration and Naturaliza- 1 tion Service’’ each place it appears and inserting 2 ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 3 (2) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘may re- 4 quest verification of the declaration’’ and inserting 5 ‘‘shall request verification of the declaration’’. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Sep 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4214.IH H4214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS