On the recordJuly 10, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5793) to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a housing choice voucher mobility demonstration to encourage families receiving such voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to opportunity areas. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5793 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 ``Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER MOBILITY DEMONSTRATION. (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') may carry out a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies to administer housing choice voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in a manner designed to encourage families receiving such voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to opportunity areas.…





