; relating to minimum rental amount). (D) Section 982.312 of the regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (24 C.F.R. 982.312; relating to absence from unit). (2) Prohibition No penalty may be imposed nor any adverse action taken for failure on the part of any tenant of public housing or a dwelling unit assisted under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ) to comply with the laws and requirements specified in paragraph (1) during the period specified in paragraph (1). (c) Housing choice vouchers (1) Section 8 vouchers Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide that— (A) during the COVID-19 emergency period, a public housing agency may not terminate the availability to an eligible household of a housing choice voucher under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) ) for failure to enter into a lease for an assisted dwelling unit; (B) in the case of any eligible household on whose behalf such a housing choice voucher has been made available, if as of the termination of the COVID-19 emergency period such availability has not terminated (including by reason of subparagraph (A)) and such voucher has not been used to enter into a lease for an assisted dwelling unit, the public housing agency making such voucher available may not terminate such availability until the expiration of the 60-day period beginning upon the termination of the COVID-19 emergency period; and (C) during the COVID-19 emergency period, clause (i) of section 8(o)(8)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8) A)(i)