119-hr3977

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3977 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3977

 To amend the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, 
 the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies 
 Appropriations Act, 2006 and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
 allow for housing assistance to certain individuals enrolled as 
students at an institution of higher education, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 12, 2025

Mr. Landsman (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Nunn 
 of Iowa, Mr. Carson, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Brown, Mrs. Houchin, 
and Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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 A BILL

 To amend the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, 
 the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies 
 Appropriations Act, 2006 and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
 allow for housing assistance to certain individuals enrolled as 
students at an institution of higher education, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Campus Housing Affordability for 
Foster Youth Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS.

 

Section 327

    (a) of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2506) 
is amended--

    (1) by striking paragraph

    (1) ; and

    (2) by redesignating paragraphs

    (2) through

    (6) as

    (1) through

    (5) , respectively.

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS.

 

Section 8

    (o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f

    (o) ), is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (23) Waiver of requirements for certain students.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The Secretary may waive any 
 requirement under this subsection to provide tenant-
 based assistance under this subsection to an individual 
 who--
 ``
            (i) is a student enrolled in an 
 institution of higher education, as such term 
 is defined in 

section 101

    (a) of the Higher 
 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001

    (a) ) and 
 including the institutions described in 
 subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) of 

section 102

    (a)

    (1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1002

    (a)

    (1) );
 ``
            (ii) lives in an on-campus student 
 housing facility maintained by such 
 institution; and
 ``
            (iii) is--
 ``
            (I) in foster care or was in 
 foster care; or
 ``
            (II) a minor child declared 
 emancipated by a court of competent 
 jurisdiction.
 ``
        (B) Treatment of assistance.--Assistance received 
 by an individuals though the waiver described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) may not be considered a part of the 
 income of such individual for the purposes of--
 ``
            (i) determining eligibility for student 
 financial assistance provided by the Federal 
 Government or offered by an institution of 
 higher education that receives Federal 
 assistance;
 ``
            (ii) calculating income earned from work 
 under a cooperative education program offered 
 by an institution of higher education that 
 receives Federal assistance;
 ``
            (iii) determining eligibility for any 
 living allowance provided under a program 
 established under the National and Community 
 Service Act of 1990; or
 ``
            (iv) determining the amount of any child 
 support the individual may owe.''.
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