; relating to minimum rental amount). (4) 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). (b) 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 subsection (a) during the period specified in subsection (a). 3. Housing choice vouchers (a) Section 8 vouchers Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide that— (1) 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; and (2) 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 paragraph (1) of this subsection) 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. (b) Definition For purposes of this section, the term COVID-19 emergency period means the period that begins upon the date of the enactment of this Act and ends upon the end of the incident period for the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5191 ) relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.