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34 U.S.C. § 12495 — Prohibition on retaliation

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34 U.S.C. § 12495 — Prohibition on retaliation

**(a) Non-retaliation requirement** No public housing agency or owner or manager of housing assisted under a covered housing program shall discriminate against any person because that person has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this part, or because that person testified, assisted, or participated in any matter related to this subpart. **(b) Prohibition on coercion** No public housing agency or owner or manager of housing assisted under a covered housing program shall coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with, or retaliate against, any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, on account of the person having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of the person having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any rights or protections under this subpart, including— (1) intimidating or threatening any person because that person is assisting or encouraging a person entitled to claim the rights or protections under this subpart; and (2) retaliating against any person because that person has participated in any investigation or action to enforce this subpart. **(c) Implementation** The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Attorney General shall implement and enforce this subpart consistent with, and in a manner that provides, the rights and remedies provided for in title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 ([42 U.S.C. 3601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).

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34 U.S.C. § 12491 — Grants to combat violence against women in public and assisted housing

**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this section to assist eligible grantees in responding appropriately to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking so that the status of being a victim of such a crime is not a reason for the denial or loss of housing. Such assistance shall be accomplished through— (1) education and training of eligible entities; (2) development and implementation of appropriate housing policies and practices; (3) enhancement of collaboration with victim service providers and tenant organizations; and (4) reduction of the number of victims of such crimes who are evicted or denied housing because of crimes and lease violations committed or directly caused by the perpetrators of such crimes. **(b) Grants authorized** (1) **In general** — The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice (“Director”), and in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administration for Children, Youth and Families (“ACYF”), shall award grants and contracts for not less than 2 years to eligible grantees to promote the full and equal access to and use of housing by adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. (2) **Amounts** — Not less than 15 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this section shall be available for grants to tribally designated housing entities. (3) **Award basis** — The Attorney General shall award grants and contracts under this section on a competitive basis. (4) **Limitation** — Appropriated funds may only be used for the purposes described in subsection (f). **(c) Eligible grantees** (1) **I

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15 U.S.C. § 6851 — Civil action relating to disclosure of intimate images

**(a) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Commercial pornographic content** — The term “commercial pornographic content” means any material that is subject to the record keeping requirements under [section 2257 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2257&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Consent** — The term “consent” means an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary authorization made by the individual free from force, fraud, misrepresentation, or coercion. (3) **Depicted individual** — The term “depicted individual” means an individual whose body appears in whole or in part in an intimate visual depiction and who is identifiable by virtue of the person’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature, or from information displayed in connection with the visual depiction. (4) **Disclose** — The term “disclose” means to transfer, publish, distribute, or make accessible. (5) **Intimate visual depiction** — The term “intimate visual depiction”— (A) means a visual depiction, as that term is defined in [section 2256(5) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2256/5&num=0&edition=prelim), that depicts— (i) the uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or post-pubescent female nipple of an identifiable individual; or (ii) the display or transfer of bodily sexual fluids— (I) on to any part of the body of an identifiable individual; (II) from the body of an identifiable individual; or (III) an identifiable individual engaging in sexually explicit conduct and 11 So in original. (B) includes any visual depictions described in subparagraph (A) produced while the identifiable individual wa

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42 U.S.C. § 3601 — Declaration of policy

It is the policy of the United States to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.

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34 U.S.C. § 12495 — Right to report crime and emergencies

Page 386 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 12495 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. § 12495. Right to report crime and emergencies from one’s home (a) Definition In this section, the term ‘‘covered govern- mental entity’’ means any municipal, county, or State government that receives funding under section 5306 of title 42. (b) Right to report (1) In general Landlords, homeowners, tenants, residents, occupants, and guests of, and applicants for, housing— (A) shall have the right to seek law en- forcement or emergency assistance on their own behalf or on behalf of another person in need of assistance; and (B) shall not be penalized based on their requests for assistance or based on criminal activity of which they are a victim or other- wise not at fault under statutes, ordinances, regulations, or policies adopted or enforced by covered governmental entities. (2) Prohibited penalties Penalties that are prohibited under para- graph (1) include— (A) actual or threatened assessment of monetary or criminal penalties, fines, or fees; (B) actual or threatened eviction; (C) actual or threatened refusal to rent or renew tenancy; (D) actual or threatened refusal to issue an occupancy permit or landlord permit; and (E) actual or threatened closure of the property, or designation of the property as a nuisance or a similarly negative designa- tion. (c) Reporting Consistent with the process described in sec- tion 5304(b) of title 42, covered governmental en- tities shall— (1) report any of their laws or policies,

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42 U.S.C. § 3601 — Declaration of policy

Page 5946 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 3550 personnel to conduct investigations, establish guide- lines and timeframes for such investigations, prescribe requirements for final reports on violations, and pre- scribe procedures for conducting investigations of, and reporting on, Anti-Deficiency Act violations, was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. Similar pro- visions were contained in the following prior appropria- tion acts: Pub. L. 108–447, div. I, title II, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3312. Pub. L. 108–199, div. G, title II, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 389. Pub. L. 108–7, div. K, title II, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 499, as amended by Pub. L. 108–199, div. G, title II, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 389. § 3550. Audit of Department financial statements For this fiscal year and each fiscal year there- after, subject to appropriations for that purpose, the Office of Inspector General shall procure and rely upon the services of an independent exter- nal auditor(s) to audit the financial statements of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel- opment, including the consolidated financial statement and the financial statements of the Federal Housing Administration and the Gov- ernment National Mortgage Association. (Pub. L. 116–260, div. L, title II, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1891.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This fiscal year, referred to in text, is fiscal year 2021. CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021, and also as part of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro- priations Act, 2021, and not as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act which com- prises this chapter. Statutory Notes and Relate

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