I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6296 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2020 Mr. Stivers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To provide for the use of Public Housing Operating and Capital Fund amounts to address public health emergencies, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the PHA Public Health Flexible Funding Act of 2020 . 2. Use of operating and capital fund amounts Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any public housing agency plan of any public housing agency, during any fiscal year a public housing agency may use any amounts allocated under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437g ) for such fiscal year for such agency for eligible activities under subsections (d)(1) and (e)(1) of such section 9 that are designed to prevent the spread of or address an immediate threat to the health or welfare of a community from infectious diseases, including the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) regardless of the fund under such section 9 from which the amounts were allocated and provided.