Official Summaries

Respect State Housing Laws Act

This bill eliminates a provision that requires a 30-day notice period before a landlord may begin eviction proceedings against a tenant in federally assisted or federally backed housing.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1078 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 446
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1078

                          [Report No. 119-521]

 To amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide 
               notice to vacate, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2025

Mr. Loudermilk (for himself, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Norman, 
Mr. Clyde, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Barr, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Mann, Mr. Ogles, 
 Mr. Hudson, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Womack, Mr. Grothman, 
 Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Stauber, and Mr. 
  McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

                           February 25, 2026

Additional sponsors: Mr. Yakym, Mr. Flood, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Edwards, 
      Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Gooden, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. 
 Fleischmann, Mr. Soto, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
    Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. 
  Harrigan, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Johnson of 
    South Dakota, Mr. Strong, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. 
 McGuire, Mr. Rouzer, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Self, Mr. 
   Stutzman, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mr. 
    Alford, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. 
  Sessions, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Downing, Mr. 
                     Crank, and Mr. Bean of Florida

                           February 25, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 6, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide 
               notice to vacate, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Respect State Housing Laws Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION.

    The CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended, in section 4024 (15 
U.S.C. 9058), by striking subsection (c).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 446

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1078

                          [Report No. 119-521]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide 
               notice to vacate, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 25, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed