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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5085 (Introduced in House) — To reform the screening and eviction policies for Federal housing assistance in order to provide fair access to housi... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definition of covered criminal activity

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Section 579(a) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 ( 42 U.S.C. 13664(a) ) is amended by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following new paragraph: The term covered criminal activity means, with respect to federally assisted housing— any criminal activity that threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other tenants, the employees, or the owner or public housing agency, including any violent criminal activity on such premises, engaged in by a tenant, any member of the tenant’s household, or any guest or other person under the tenant’s control and acting with the tenant’s knowledge; or any violent criminal activity off such premises engaged in by a tenant or any member of the tenant’s household that poses risk of future harm to other tenants, employees, or the public housing agency or owner. Such term includes criminal activity that has resulted in a lifetime registration requirement specified in section 578(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 13663(a) ) and criminal activity described in section 16(f)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(f)(1)). .
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