SEC-546 -- TENANT PROTECTIONS. 

 
 Section 8(d)(1)(B) of the United States Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
1437f(d)(1)(B)) is amended-
 
 (1) by striking "and" at the end of clause (i); and
 
 (2) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
 
 "(iii) provide that any criminal activity that threatens the health,
safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other tenants
or any drug-related criminal activity on or near such premises, engaged
in by a public housing tenant, any member of the tenant's household, or
any guest or other person under the tenant's control, shall be cause for
termination of tenancy; and
 
 "(iv) any termination of tenancy shall be preceded by the owner's
provision of written notice to the tenant specifying the grounds for
such action.".