Sec. 1057. Inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications

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In this section: The term Director means the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. The term Federal project-based rental assistance means project-based rental assistance provided under— section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ); section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q ); section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8013 ); title V of the Housing Act of 1949 ( 42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), including voucher assistance under section 542 of such title ( 42 U.S.C. 1490r ); subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.); the Housing Trust Fund under section 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 ( 12 U.S.C. 4588 ); or subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.).

The term owner has the meaning given the term in section 8(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(f) ). The terms public housing and public housing agency have the meanings given those terms in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) ). The term residential mortgage loan includes any loan that is secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential real property, including individual units of condominiums and cooperatives, designed principally for the occupancy of from 1- to 4- families.

The Director, in coordination with the Election Assistance Commission, shall develop a uniform statement designed to provide recipients of the statement pursuant to this section of how the recipient can register to vote and the voting rights of the recipient under law. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall require— each public housing agency to provide a copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection

(b)to each lessee of a dwelling unit in public housing administered by the agency— together with the lease for the dwelling unit, at the same time the lease is provided to the lessee; and together with any income verification form, at the same time the form is provided to the lessee; each public housing agency that administers rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher program under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) ), including the program under paragraph

(13)of such section 8(o), to provide a copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection

(b)to each assisted family or individual— together with the voucher for the assistance, at the time the voucher is issued for the family or individual; and together with any income verification form, at the same time the form is provided to the applicant or assisted family or individual; and each owner of a dwelling unit assisted with Federal project-based rental assistance to provide a copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection

(b)to provide to the lessee of the dwelling unit— together with the lease for the dwelling unit, at the same time the form is provided to the lessee; and together with any income verification form, at the same time the form is provided to the applicant or tenant. The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the requirement under paragraph (1)(C) with respect to Federal project-based rental assistance described in subsection (a)(1)(D). The Director shall require each creditor that receives an application (within the meaning of such term as used in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.)) for a residential mortgage loan to provide a copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection

(b)in written form to the applicant for the residential mortgage loan not later than 5 business days after the date of the application. Nothing in this section may be construed to require any individual to complete an application for voter registration. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Director may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.

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