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H.R. 3913: Renter Protection Act of 2021

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H.R. 3913: Renter Protection Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-15 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. McHenry. Petition No: 117-5. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/20210910?CongressNum=117">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. McHenry. Petition No: 117-5. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/20210910?CongressNum=117">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Renter Protection Act of 2021

Plain summary

Renter Protection Act of 2021 This bill limits the use and availability of assistance provided under certain emergency rental assistance programs created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, rental assistance not yet used by grantees to assist eligible households as of July 1, 2021, must only be used for rental arrears after this date, and not for rent, utilities and home energy costs and arrears, or other expenses as allowed under current law. Further, the bill changes the deadline for distribution of these funds from September 30, 2022, to December 31, 2021.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Renter Protection Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Andy Barr (R-KY), Roger Williams (R-TX), J. French Hill (R-AR), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Ted Budd (R-NC), David Kustoff (R-TN), John W. Rose (R-TN), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Lance Gooden (R-TX), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Young Kim (R-CA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3913 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117