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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 3685 (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. Definitions

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Section 579 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 ( 42 U.S.C. 13664 ) is amended— by striking
(a); Definitions .— by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following new paragraph: The term conviction means judgment of guilt or nolo contendere or any disposition arising therefrom. Such term does not include— an arrest or any disposition therefrom that did not result in a conviction; any criminal disposition for an offense committed prior to the defendant’s 18th birthday; a conviction that has been expunged, sealed, or subject to similar judicial relief; a disposition received through successful completion of diversion, deferred adjudication, deferred entry of judgment, drug court, or similar judicial program under State law; or any other criminal disposition not deemed a conviction under State or Federal law. ; and in paragraph (3), by adding after the period at the end the following: For purposes of sections 576 and 577, such term does not include an owner of federally assisted housing specified in paragraph (3)(B). .
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