; relating to access to services for persons with limited English proficiency). ; (C) by striking In addition and inserting the following: (ii) Screening In addition ; (D) in clause (ii), as so designated, by inserting before the period at the end the following: , except that a public housing agency may not elect to screen applicants for the program based on criminal conduct. The preceding sentence may not be construed to limit or affect the authority of a public housing agency under section 576 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 ( 42 U.S.C. 13661 ) ; and (E) by adding at the end the following: (iii) Existing assisted families Previously assisted or subsidized families being provided with tenant protection assistance authorized by law (including tenant protection vouchers, enhanced vouchers under subsection (t), or project-based vouchers under subsection (o)(13)), families who are porting their vouchers to a new jurisdiction, and assisted families who are moving to redeveloped public housing (including any units with assistance converted under the Rental Assistance Demonstration program authorized under title II of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of Public Law 112–55 ; 125 Stat. 673)), shall not be considered new applicants under this paragraph and shall not be subject to elective re-screening by a public housing agency. ; and (3) in subsection (q)(2)(B), by inserting before the semicolon the following: , except that persons who have exited a jail or prison shall be considered, for purposes of this subparagraph, to be experiencing difficulty in obtaining appropriate housing under the programs as determined by the Secretary . 7. Screening and termination of tenancy in rural housing programs (a) Covered rural housing programs In this section, the term covered rural housing programs means— (1) the program under section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 ( 42 U.S.C. 1485 ) for rural rental and cooperative housing