Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fairness for Housing Communities Act of 2019”.
Fairness for Housing Communities Act of 2019
A BILL
To deposit civil penalties and assessments collected for false claims and statements made with respect to public housing to a Fraud Compensation Fund at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sec. 2 Depositing civil penalties and assessments relating to false claims and statements in Fraud Compensation Fund
Section 3806(g) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(F)
“(i) Any amount of a penalty or assessment imposed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with respect to a claim or statement made in connection with public housing assistance received under section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a) shall be returned to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
“(ii) The Secretary may establish a Fraud Compensation Fund that shall consist only of amounts returned to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under clause (i).
“(iii) Each distribution from a Fraud Compensation Fund established under clause (ii) shall be allocated to public housing agencies (as defined in section 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6))) that were defrauded or otherwise affected by a false claim or statement described in clause (i).
“(iv) If the Secretary establishes a Fraud Compensation Fund under clause (ii), the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to establish a formula for allocating the allocations under clause (iii).”