To prohibit funds from being used to provide housing assistance benefits to individuals convicted of certain criminal offenses.

SA 3905. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr.
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in Division A, insert the
following:
Sec. __.  None of the funds made available under this Act
shall be used to provide housing assistance benefits for an
individual who is convicted of--
(1) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241 of title 18,
United States Code;
(2) murder under section 1111 of title 18, United States
Code; or
(3) any other Federal or State offense involving--
(A) severe forms of trafficking in persons or sex
trafficking, as those terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and
(10), respectively, of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); or
(B) child pornography, as defined in section 2256 of title
18, United States Code.
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