Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

9/12/2007--Passed Senate amended. Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Transportation, including:
(1) the Office of the Secretary;
(2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA);
(3) the Federal Highway Administration;
(4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration;
(5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA);
(6) the Federal Railroad Administration;
(7) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA);
(8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation;
(9) the Maritime Administration;
(10) the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration;
(11) the Research and Innovative Technology Administration;
(12) the Office of Inspector General; and
(13) the Surface Transportation Board. (
(Sec. 103) Prohibits any funds made available under this Act from being obligated or expended to establish or implement a program under which essential air service communities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local participation program.
(Sec. 110) Prohibits the use of funds to compensate more than 375 technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during FY2008.
(Sec. 111) Prohibits the use of funds to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the FAA without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting. Exempts from this prohibition any negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on "below-market" rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.
(Sec. 112) Authorizes the FAA Administrator to reimburse amounts made available to credit a certain account to carry out the essential air service program from fees credited to the FAA. Makes inapplicable to FY2008 certain requirements for the use of fee proceeds for funding for small community air service, especially rural air safety improvement and rural airport projects.
(Sec. 113) Requires that amounts collected for safety-related training and operational services to foreign aviation authorities be credited to the appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes of such appropriation.
(Sec. 114) Extends through certain dates in 2008:
(1) any aircraft insurance policy; and
(2) waiver of air carrier liability for third party claims arising out of acts of terrorism.
(Sec. 115) Allows a pilot who has attained 60 years of age to serve as a passenger airline pilot until the age of 65 years old, provided that a pilot who has attained age 60 may serve as pilot-in-command on international flights if there is another pilot in the flight crew who has not yet attained 60 years of age. Prohibits subjecting pilots to different medical examinations and standards on account of age unless to ensure an adequate level of safety in flight, except that no person who has attained 60 years of age may serve as a pilot unless such person has a first-class medical certificate. Requires air carriers to:
(1) continue to provide FAA-approved training to pilots, with specific emphasis on initial and recurring training and qualification of pilots who have attained 60 years of age; and
(2) evaluate, every six months, the performance of pilots who have attained 60 years of age through a line check of such pilot. Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effect of the modification of pilot age requirements, if any, on aviation safety.
(Sec. 116) Directs the Comptroller General to:
(1) conduct a study on the efficacy of strategies employed by the FAA Administrator and the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to address flight delays at U.S. airports; and
(2) to report the results of the study to Congress, with recommendations on strategies that most effectively reduce such delays when employed for six months or less.
(Sec. 120) Prohibits for FY2008 distribution from the obligation limitation for federal-aid highways amounts authorized for specified administrative expenses and programs. Prescribes a formula for determining certain distributions of the obligation limitation. Specifies exceptions from the limitation, as well as its applicability to transportation research programs. Requires redistribution of certain authorized funds. Authorizes the obligation for any other listed project in the same state of obligation authority distributed for specified projects listed in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
(Sec. 121) Allows crediting to the federal-aid highways account of funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, in order to reimburse the Bureau for necessary expenses incurred.
(Sec. 122) Rescinds specified funds made available for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration and for infrastructure finance.
(Sec. 124) Designates certain authorized FY2008 federal-aid highway funds for projects and competitive initiatives as listed in the report accompanying this Act.
(Sec. 125) Requires the Secretary to make an informal public notice and comment opportunity before waiving any Buy America requirement for federal-aid highway projects.
(Sec. 126) Permits certain funds amounts made available for a project for construction of and improvements to North Shore Road in Swain County, North Carolina, that remain unobligated and unexpended after issuance of the record of decision for that project, to be used to implement the selected alternative included in the record of decision.
(Sec. 130) Subjects funds appropriated or limited in this Act to certain safety examination and other requirements of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 and the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 relating to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers involved in cross-border trucking between the United States and Mexico, including an annual report on the subject by the Secretary to the congressional appropriations committees.
(Sec. 140) Makes certain additional funds available to NHTSA to pay for:
(1) travel and related expenses for state management reviews; and
(2) core competency development training and related expenses for highway safety staff.
(Sec. 141) Rescinds specified funds made available in prior appropriations Acts for:
(1) operations and research;
(2) the National Driver Register;
(3) Highway Traffic Safety Grants.
(Sec. 150) Declares that funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to the Corporation in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from any location outside the United States. Defines any such service as one that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment is located within the United States.
(Sec. 151) Requires the Federal Railroad Administrator to report to the congressional appropriations committees on efforts at improving the on-time performance of Amtrak intercity rail service operating on non-Amtrak owned property.
(Sec. 152) Authorizes the Secretary to purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities to carry out solutions to the railroad grade crossing problem and measures to protect pedestrians in densely populated areas along railroad rights-of-way (Operation Lifesaver). Requires the Secretary to prescribe guidelines for the administration of such purchases and use.
(Sec. 153) Declares that any lease or contract entered into between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and the state of Maryland or any of its departments or agencies shall be governed by the laws of the District of Columbia.
(Sec. 160) The limitations on obligations for the programs of the FTA shall not apply to any grant authority previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation.
(Sec. 161) Declares that funds made available by this Act for specified FTA capital investment grants and bus and bus facilities projects which are not obligated by September 30, 2010, and other recoveries, shall be made available for other capital investment grant projects.
(Sec. 162) Authorizes certain transfers of any public transportation funds appropriated before October 1, 2007, that remain available for expenditure.
(Sec. 163) Authorizes the use of unobligated FTA capital investment grants funds for new fixed guideway systems projects.
(Sec. 164) Directs the Secretary to amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement for the Central Link Initial Segment Project to allow the use of any funds remaining in the current budget to support completion of the Airport Link extension.
(Sec. 165) Makes available for bus and bus facilities certain funds provided for a high capacity fixed guideway light rail and mass transit project for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(Sec. 166) Makes available for public transportation buses (and related equipment and facilities) and intermodal terminals in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, any unobligated FTA capital investment grant funds available for the Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(Sec. 167) Declares that certain funds made available for the Las Vegas Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway Project, the CATRAIL RTC Rail Project, and the Las Vegas, Nevada Monorail Project in Nevada may be made available to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada for specified bus or bus facilities projects.
(Sec. 168) Authorizes the FTA Administrator to conduct a study, and report the results to Congress, on public transportation agencies located in specified urbanized areas.
(Sec. 169) Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, with respect an Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) contract with the Southern California Rapid Transit District for a study of the potential methane gas risks related to a proposed alignment of the Metro Rail project beyond the Minimum Operable Segment, MOS-1. Repeals the prohibition against the availability of certain related funds for any segment of the downtown Los Angeles to San Francisco Valley Metro Transit Rail project until the Southern California Rapid Transit District commits to UMTA that no part of the Metro Rail project will tunnel into or through any designated potential or high potential risk zone (for a methane gas explosion and fire in the Fairfax area).
(Sec. 170) Prohibits the use of funds provided or limited under this Act to issue regulations establishing an evaluation and rating process for certain proposed new fixed guideway capital projects based on the results of project justification and local financial commitment.
(Sec. 171) Prohibits obligations incurred during the current year from maritime construction funds in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this or any prior appropriations Act.
(Sec. 182) Prohibits the availability of the funds in this Act for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation. Prohibits any assignment on temporary detail outside the Department of any of such appointees.
(Sec. 183) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to implement establishment in the Department of Transportation of a National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.
(Sec. 184) Prohibits any recipient of funds made available in this Act from disseminating personal information obtained by a state department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record, except as permitted under specified federal criminal law. Prohibits the Secretary, however, from withholding funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a state fails to comply with this prohibition.
(Sec. 186) Authorizes the Secretary to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase it upon the payment to the Department of an amount the Secretary determines.
(Sec. 187) Requires the Secretary to notify the congressional appropriations committees at least three full business days before announcing any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more from certain grant programs, including the federal highway emergency relief program, the FAA airport improvement program, or any FTA program other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs.
(Sec. 189) Provides for the use of funds that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department to a third party contractor under a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law.
(Sec. 191) Declares that when the Surface Transportation Board is considering cases, matters, or declaratory orders involving a railroad, or an entity claiming or seeking authority to operate as a railroad, and the transportation of solid waste, it shall consider any activity involving the receipt, delivery, sorting, handling or transfer in-transit outside of a sealed container, storage other than inside a sealed container, or other processing of solid waste to be an activity over which the Board does not have jurisdiction.
(Sec. 192) Prohibits the use of funds by the Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of that authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under the federal judicial code.
(Sec. 193) Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation to investigate and report to specified congressional committees on rail service disruptions and incidents since 2004 in which rail carriers failed to timely deliver various commodities, such as coal, wheat, ethanol, and lumber.
(Sec. 194) Prohibits the use of funds made available under this Act to establish a cross-border motor carrier demonstration program to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commercial zones along the international border between the United States and Mexico.
(Sec. 195) Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain on the homepage of the Department of Transportation's website:
(1) a direct link to the website of the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Transportation; and
(2) a mechanism by which individuals may anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to the Department of Transportation.
(Sec. 196) Prohibits, with a specified exception, the use of funds made available by this Act to approve a permit application to collect a toll on any portion of a federal highway facility in the state of Texas:
(1) that is in existence upon enactment of this Act and on which no toll is collected under a tolling provision on such enactment; or
(2) that would result in the federal highway facility having fewer non-toll lanes than before the date on which the toll was first collected.
(Sec. 197) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study of the use of non-hazardous recycled aggregates and other materials, including reused concrete and asphalt, in highway projects. Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including:
(1) the Office of the Secretary;
(2) specified executive operations and administrative activities;
(3) public and Indian housing;
(4) community planning and development;
(5) housing programs;
(6) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA);
(7) the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae);
(8) policy development and research;
(9) fair housing and equal opportunity;
(10) the Office of Lead Hazard Control; and
(11) the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.
(Sec. 201) Requires rescission of 50% of the amounts of budget authority (or in lieu thereof remittance to the Treasury of 50% of the associated cash amounts) that are recaptured from certain state-, local-government, or local housing agency-financed projects under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988. Requires the use of such recaptured budget authority or funds, as well as any budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury, by state housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary in this title) for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992. Authorizes the Secretary, all the same, to award up to 15% of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their projects at a lower interest rate.
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds during FY2008 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to make a grant under certain authority of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act for any state that:
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year; but
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an FY2008 allocation because the areas in the State outside of qualifying metropolitan statistical areas do not have the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) otherwise required. Prescribes a formula for the allocation of such grants to Jersey City and Paterson, New Jersey.
(Sec. 204) Requires any grant, cooperative agreement, or other assistance made pursuant to this title to be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
(Sec. 205) Makes certain funds available, without regard to limitations on administrative expenses, for:
(1) legal services on a contract or fee basis; and
(2) payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks, Federal Home Loan banks, and any bank insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act.
(Sec. 207) Authorizes any HUD corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, to make expenditures, contracts, and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in their FY 2008 budgets. Limits the use of collections of these corporations and agencies for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act, except for their the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the U.S. government.
(Sec. 208) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of the funds provided in this title for technical assistance, training, or management improvements unless HUD describes for the congressional appropriations committees each proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the associated program, project or activity costs as part of the Budget Justifications.
(Sec. 209) Directs the HUD Secretary to report quarterly to the congressional appropriations committees regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity within HUD jurisdiction, along with additional, updated budget information upon request.
(Sec. 210) Requires the HUD Secretary to:
(1) adjust the funds allocated for FY2008 under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division; and allocate a portion to the state of New Jersey according to a specified formula. Directs the HUD Secretary to allocate to Wake County, North Carolina, certain funds that otherwise would be allocated for FY2008 under such Act to Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Authorizes the HUD Secretary to:
(1) adjust FY2008 allocations under such Act, upon the written request of a grant applicant for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropolitan statistical area; and
(2) designate the state or states in which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation.
(Sec. 211) Requires the HUD Secretary to report annually no later than August 30, 2008 and annually to the congressional appropriations committees on the number of federally assisted units under lease and their per unit cost to HUD.
(Sec. 213) Requires that incremental vouchers previously made available under the heading, "Housing Certificate Fund," or renewed under the heading, "Tenant-Based Rental Assistance," for non-elderly disabled families continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled families upon turnover.
(Sec. 214) Declares that a public housing agency (or other entity) that administers federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, or the states of Alaska, Iowa, or Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of section 8 rental assistance (under the United States Housing Act of 1937) on the agency or entity board of directors (or similar governing board), as otherwise required by such Act. Requires each such public housing agency (or other entity) to establish an advisory board, which shall meet at least quarterly, consisting of at least than six residents of public housing or section 8 rental assistance recipients to provide advice and comment on related issues.
(Sec. 215) Authorizes the Secretary for FY2008-FY2009, subject to specified conditions, to authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated with one or more multifamily housing project to another multifamily housing project or projects.
(Sec. 216) Requires that the funds made available for Native American Housing Block Grants in title III of this Act be allocated to the same recipients that received funds in FY2005.
(Sec. 217) Requires that incremental vouchers made available under this Act, and previously, under the heading, "Housing Certificate Fund," or renewed under the heading, "Tenant-Based Rental Assistance," for family unification continue to be provided for family unification.
(Sec. 218) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to receive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, from non-U.S. Government sources to repair damages to or replace U.S. Government-owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as a result of third party liability for such damages. Requires any amounts so collected to be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration, and remain available until expended for the repair, operation and maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with the automated track inspection program. Appropriates an additional $1 billion in the amount of obligation limitation for distribution under the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program.
(Sec. 219) Prohibits any section 8 rental assistance to any individual who:
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education;
(2) is under age 24;
(3) is not a veteran;
(4) is unmarried;
(5) does not have a dependent child;
(6) is not a person with disabilities, and was not receiving section 8 assistance of November 30, 2005; and
(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive such assistance. Declares that, for section 8 rental assistance eligibility purposes, any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965, from private sources, or an institution of higher education shall be considered income to that individual, except for a person over age 23 with dependent children.
(Sec. 220) Requires the Secretary during FY2008, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is owned or held by HUD, to maintain any section 8 rental assistance payments attached to any dwelling units in the property. Authorizes the Secretary, however, to the extent that such a multifamily property is not feasible for continued section 8 payments, based on consideration of the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property and environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, to contract, in consultation with the property tenants, for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. Requires the Secretary also to take steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect before foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety.
(Sec. 221) Amends the National Housing Act with respect to non-Ginnie Mae-related mortgage insurance eligibility purposes, including insurance for cooperative housing, rehabilitation and neighborhood conservation housing, housing for elderly persons, and condominiums. Increases from 140% to 170% in most areas, and from 170% to 215% in high cost areas, the percentage increase the Secretary may make in the dollar limitations on the estimated value per family unit of the dwelling use portion of a property or project covered by a mortgage for which insurance is sought.
(Sec. 222) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend through FY2008 the authorization of appropriations for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance project grants to public housing agencies.
(Sec. 223) Authorizes public housing agencies owning and operating 500 or fewer public housing units to elect to be exempt from any asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule. Provides, however, that an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management requirements.
(Sec. 224) Prohibits the Secretary, with respect to the use of funds for the operation, capital improvement, and management of public housing authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937, from imposing any asset management requirement or guideline that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs.
(Sec. 225) Requires the Secretary to report quarterly to congressional appropriations committees on:
(1) the status of all section 8 project-based housing, including the number of all project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to-Market program; and
(2) HUD's use of all sole source contracts, including terms of the contracts, cost and a substantive rationale for using a sole source contract.
(Sec. 227) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the treatment of utility and waste management costs under the formula for determining the amount of assistance to public housing agencies from the Public Housing Operating Fund for the operation and management of public housing. Modifies the requirement that a public housing agency receive the full financial benefit from any reduction in the cost of utilities or waste management (savings) resulting from any contract with a third party to undertake energy conservation improvements in one or more of its public housing projects. Authorizes extension to up to 20 years of the term of a contract currently in repayment whose term is 12 years or less, in order to permit additional energy conservation improvements without requiring the reprocurement of energy performance contractors.
(Sec. 228) Directs the Secretary to increase the number of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 by making the Alaska Public Housing Agency a Moving-to-Work Agency.
(Sec. 229) Deems to be amended with respect to specified projects the referenced statement of managers under the "Community Development Fund" heading in title II of Public Law 108-447 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Division I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (title III of Division A of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006).
(Sec. 230) Authorizes the Secretary through FY2008 to insure, and enter into commitments to insure, home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners.
(Sec. 231) Prohibits the Secretary from rescinding or taking any adverse action with respect to the Moving-to-Work program designation for the Housing Authority of Baltimore City based on any alleged administrative or procedural errors in making such designation.
(Sec. 232) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to allow the cities of Alton and Granite City, Illinois, to be considered metropolitan cities for purposes of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) purposes.
(Sec. 233) Authorizes the use of certain funds to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any state on behalf of non-entitlement communities subject to the requirements of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 with respect to:
(1) acquisition or rehabilitation of real property owned by the eligible public entity;
(2) housing rehabilitation;
(3) specified economic development activities;
(4) construction of housing by nonprofit organizations for homeownership;
(5) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of public facilities; or
(6) public works and site or other improvements in the case of colonias.
(Sec. 234) Directs the HUD Secretary to establish on the homepage of the HUD Internet website:
(1) a direct link to the Internet website of the HUD Office of Inspector General; and
(2) a mechanism by which individuals may anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to HUD.
(Sec. 235) Authorizes the Secretary to develop and submit to the congressional appropriations committees a formal, structured, and written plan that HUD shall use when monitoring for compliance with the specific relocation restrictions in:
(1) the CDBG entitlement program; and
(2) the CDBG state program that receives economic development funds from HUD.
(Sec. 236) Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the relevant authorizing committees and the congressional appropriations committees for FY2007 and FY 2008:
(1) a complete and accurate accounting of the actual project-based renewal costs for project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937;
(2) revised estimates of the funding needed to fully fund all 12 months of all section 8 project-based contracts, including those that expire in FY2007 and FY2008; and
(3) all sources of funding that will be used to fully fund all 12 months of the project-based contracts for such fiscal years. Requires the Secretary, as part of the HUD budget request for FY2009, to submit to all such committees complete and detailed information, including a project-by-project analysis, that verifies that the budget request will fully fund all section 8 project-based contracts in FY2009, including expiring project-based contracts. Title III: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to:
(1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board;
(2) the Federal Maritime Commission;
(3) the National Transportation Safety Board;
(4) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and
(5) the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Title IV: General Provisions (This Act) - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 401) Requires any sums necessary for FY2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this or previous appropriations Acts.
(Sec. 402) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, nonfederal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
(Sec. 407) Requires all federal agencies and departments funded by this Act to report by July 31, 2008, to the congressional appropriations committees on all sole source contracts.
(Sec. 409) Prohibits the use of funds to support any federal, state, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use.
(Sec. 410) Prohibits the transfer of funds to any federal department, agency, or instrumentality, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
(Sec. 411) Prohibits payment of the salary from any appropriation under this Act for any person filling a position (other than temporary) formerly held by an employee who has:
(1) left to enter the U.S. Armed Forces;
(2) satisfactorily completed his or her period of active military or naval service;
(3) within 90 days after release from such service, or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for up to one year, applied for restoration to his former position; and
(4) been certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position, but not been restored to it.
(Sec. 412) Prohibits the expenditure of funds by an entity unless it agrees that such expenditure will comply with the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 413) Prohibits the availability of funds to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 414) Prohibits the use of funds to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5 million or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee:
(1) has filed all federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification;
(2) has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code; and
(3) has not been notified of any unpaid federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial appeal.
(Sec. 415) Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report to specified congressional committees detailing how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to alleviate air congestion and flight delays in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Airspace by August 31, 2008.
(Sec. 416) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure by the FAA Administrator to transfer the design and development functions of the FAA Academy in their entirety or to implement the Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution proposed by the Administrator in its entirety before September 30, 2008.


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Sponsor

• Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]

Committees

• House Appropriations

Amendments

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Amendments to H.R.3074

Number	Status	Purpose
H.Amdt597	Withdrawn	An amendment to reduce funding (by transfer) for the Office of the Secretary Salaries and Expenses account by $6,200,000.
H.Amdt598	Fail	An amendment to strike the proviso pertaining to the Highway Trust Fund account.
H.Amdt599	Fail	An amendment to reduce funding (by transfer) for Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account by $106,000,000.
H.Amdt600	Fail	An amendment to strike the $475 million appropriation for the Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account.
H.Amdt601	Fail	An amendment to reduce the Capital and Debt Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account by $425 million.
H.Amdt602	Withdrawn	An amendment to insert a new section pertaining to the Surface Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation and the transportation of solid waste.
H.Amdt603	Fail	An amendment to reduce by $330 million the appropriation for Public and Indian Housing account.
H.Amdt604	Pass	An amendment numbered 26 printed in the Congressional Record to redirect appropriations for the Public Housing Operating Fund by $20 million.
H.Amdt605	Fail	An amendment numbered 14 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the Native Hawaiin Housing Block Grant program.
H.Amdt606	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 5 printed in the Congressional Record inserting a heading in title II of Public Law 107-73 deemed to be amended with respect to the item relating to the City of Maitland,Florida, by striking"for a senior citizens center" and inserting "for the Minihaha Park development.
H.Amdt607	Fail	An amendment to redirect appropriations for the Brownfields Redevelopment by $1 million.
H.Amdt608	Pass	An amendment numbered 2 printed in the Congressional Record to increase the funding (by transfer) for the Home Investment Partnerships Program account by $6,760,000.
H.Amdt609	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 6 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding for the Fair Housing and Equal Opportuntity account by $5,820,000 and decrease the Working Capital Fund by $5,820,000.
H.Amdt610	Withdrawn	An amendment to increase funding (by transfer) for the Office of Lead Hazard Control account by $10,000,000.
H.Amdt611	Withdrawn	An amendment to add a new section pertaining to the authorization for additional Moving to Work Demonstration agreements.
H.Amdt612	Fail	An amendment numbered 15 printed in the Congressional Record to limit the use of funds to used to support Amtrak's route with the highest loss, measured by passenger per mile cost as based on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's September 2006 Financial Performance of Routes Report.
H.Amdt613	Fail	An amendment to strike the $300,000 appropriation in the bill for the Belmont Complex in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
H.Amdt614	Fail	An amendment to strike the $250,000 appropriation in the bill for the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center in Prosser, Washington.
H.Amdt615	Fail	An amendment to strike the $400,000 appropriation in the bill for the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in Wausau, Wisconsin.
H.Amdt616	Fail	An amendment to strike the $50,000 appropriation in the bill for the National Forest Recreation Association in Woodlake, California.
H.Amdt617	Fail	An amendment to limit the use of funds for the Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama.
H.Amdt618	Fail	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to implement or enforce the requirement under section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
H.Amdt619	Fail	An amendment to limit the use of funds for the Hunting and Fishing Museum of Pennsylvania in Tionesta, Pennsylvania.
H.Amdt620	Fail	An amendment to limit the use of funds for the Friends of the Cheat Rails to Trails Program.
H.Amdt621	Fail	An amendment to limit the use of funds for the Houston Zoo, in Houston, Texas.
H.Amdt622	Pass	An amendment numbered 25 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Aviation Administration to eliminate, consolidate, de-consolidate, co-locate, execute inter-facility reorganization, or plan for the consolidation/deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or co-location of any FAA air traffic control facility or service, with exception of the reversal of the transfer of the radar functions from the Palm Springs Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) to the Southern California TRACON.
H.Amdt623	Fail	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Aviation Administration to implement its preferred alternative of the New York/New Jersey/ Philadelphia Airspace Redesign project.
H.Amdt624	Pass	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to establish or implement a cross-border motor carrier demonstration or pilot project or program to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commerical zones on the United States-Mexico border.
H.Amdt625	Pass	An amendment numbered 16 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds to be used to take any action to issue a final rule or notice based on, or otherwise implement, all or any part of the proposed rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development published on Friday, May 11, 2007, relating to standards for mortgagor's investment in mortgaged property.
H.Amdt626	Fail	An amendment numbered 22 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill for the Edmunds Center for the Arts, City of Edmunds, WA.
H.Amdt627	Fail	An amendment numbered 21 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill for parking facilities.
H.Amdt628	Pass	An amendment regarding energy efficient light bulbs.
H.Amdt629	Pass	An amendment prohibiting the use of funds for tolling on I-80 in Pennsylvania.
H.Amdt630	Pass	An amendment prohibiting the use of funds to participate in a working group pursuant to the Security and Prosperity Partnership.
H.Amdt631	Fail	An amendment to reduce the total amount appropriated in this Act by $3.2 billion.
H.Amdt632	Fail	An amendment numbered 20 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriations in this Act by $507,767,000.
H.Amdt633	Fail	An amendment to reduce the total amount appropriated in this Act by $253,690,000.
H.Amdt634	Fail	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds for the mortgage insurance programs under title II of the National Housing Act may be used for any housing trust fund established under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
H.Amdt635	Pass	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds be used by the Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations based on race, ethnicity, or sex.
H.Amdt636	Pass	An amendment to prohibit funds to be used to provide homeownership assistance for applicants described in 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).
H.Amdt637	Pass	An amendment to prohibit funds to be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).
H.Amdt638	Fail	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds be used to implement the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (relating to wage rate requirements; commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act).
H.Amdt639	Withdrawn	An amendment to express the sense of the House of Representatives that any reduction in the amount appropriated by this Act achieved as a result of amendments adopted by the House should be dedicated to deficit reduction.
H.Amdt640	Pass	An amendment to redirect $10 million in funding regarding for "Grants-in-Aid for Airports" administered by the Federal Aviation Administration for the Department of Transportation.
H.Amdt641	Pass	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds be used in violation of section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, with respect to workers on federally-funded transportation projects.
H.Amdt642	Withdrawn	En bloc amendments regarding walkie talkies, and the development of modular or manufactured temporary disaster housing.
S.Amdt.2790	Pass	In the nature of a substitute.
S.Amdt.2791	Pass	To strike a provision of the bill and insert authority for the Secretary of Transportation.
S.Amdt.2792	Pass	To expand the extension of authority of the Secretary of Transportation and provide additional obligation authority for the highway bridge program.
S.Amdt.2793	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2794	Pass	To make a technical correction.
S.Amdt.2795	Withdrawn	To provide funding for 3,000 unites of permanent supportive housing for homeless, disabled, and elderly persons in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.2796	Pass	To prohibit the use of funds to implement the proposed Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution of the Federal Aviation Administration.
S.Amdt.2797	Pass	To prohibit the establishment of a program that allows Mexican truck drivers to operate beyond the commercial zones near the Mexican border.
S.Amdt.2798	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2799	Pass	To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability.
S.Amdt.2800	Pass	To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to treat certain communities as metropolitan cities for purposes of the community development block grant programs.
S.Amdt.2801	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2802	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2803	Pass	To clarify how the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall manage and dispose of multifamily properties owned by the Secretary.
S.Amdt.2804	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2805	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2806	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2807	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2808	Offered	To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the members of the United States Armed Forces.
S.Amdt.2809	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2810	Fail	To prohibit funds appropriated under title I from being used for earmarks until all structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges have been repaired, with limited exceptions.
S.Amdt.2811	Fail	To prohibit the use of funds made available under this Act for bicycle paths so that the funds can be used to improve bridge and road safety.
S.Amdt.2812	Fail	To remove an unnecessary earmark for the International Peace Garden in Dunseith, North Dakota.
S.Amdt.2813	Fail	To ensure that no funds made available under this Act shall be used to carry out any activity relating to the design or construction of the America's Wetland Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, until the date on which the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of Louisiana, certifies to Congress that all residents of the State of Louisiana who were displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita in 2005 are no longer living in temporary housing.
S.Amdt.2814	Fail	To prohibit the use of funds for the construction of a baseball facility in Billings, Montana, and to reduce the amounts made available for the Economic Development Initiative and the Community Development Fund.
S.Amdt.2815	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2816	Pass	To make available amounts authorized to be appropriated for the repair and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35W bridge that collapsed on August 1, 2007, in Minneapolis Minnesota.
S.Amdt.2817	Pass	To ensure that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development awards capital fund bonuses to deserving high-performing public housing authorities.
S.Amdt.2818	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2819	Pass	An amendment to increase support for infrastructure improvements at tribal colleges and universities, with an offset.
S.Amdt.2820	Pass	An amendment to expand the scope of the Inspector General's investigation of rail service disruptions and other delays in the delivery of certain commodities.
S.Amdt.2822	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2823	Pass	To require a report on plans to alleviate congestion and flight delays in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Airspace.
S.Amdt.2824	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2825	Pass	To prohibit the imposition and collection of tolls on certain highways constructed using Federal funds in Texas.
S.Amdt.2826	Withdrawn	To require a study by the Government Accountability Office on the efficacy of strategies used by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation to address flight delays at airports in the United States.
S.Amdt.2827	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2828	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2829	Pass	To require a study by the Government Accountability Office on the efficacy of strategies used by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation to address flight delays at airports in the United States.
S.Amdt.2830	Pass	An amendment to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establishment and maintain on the homepage of the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development a direct link to the website for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
S.Amdt.2831	Pass	An amendment to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain on the homepage of the website of the Department of Transportation a direct link to the website for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation.
S.Amdt.2832	Pass	To establish mitigation activities and alternatives to mortgage foreclosure when viable and to reasonably ensure the long-term affordability of any mortgage assisted under this amendment.
S.Amdt.2833	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2834	Pass	To provide additional funding to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement guidance in connection with assisting persons with limited English proficiency and to provide for an offset of such increase.
S.Amdt.2835	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2836	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2837	Pass	To encourage the use of recycled materials in highway projects.
S.Amdt.2838	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2839	Pass	To direct funding to the American Dream Downpayment Initiative.
S.Amdt.2840	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2841	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2842	Fail	To ensure that every motor carrier entering the United States through the cross-border motor carrier demonstration program is inspected and meets all applicable safety standards established for United States commercial motor vehicles.
S.Amdt.2843	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2844	Fail	To provide a system for better construction and maintenance of America's aging bridge infrastructure by spending American tax dollars more effectively and efficiently.
S.Amdt.2845	Pass	To permit pilots to serve in multicrew covered operations until attaining 65 years of age.
S.Amdt.2846	Pass	To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop and implement a plan to monitor the compliance of the Department of Housing and Urban Development with current employer relocation restrictions.
S.Amdt.2847	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2848	Pass	To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit certain budgetary information to the Congress.
S.Amdt.2849	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2850	Pass	To provide that the Federal Transit Administration to conduct a study to evaluate the infrastructure of certain rail transit systems.
S.Amdt.2851	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2852	Pass	To enable States to receive federally guaranteed loans for the benefit of nonentitlement areas.
S.Amdt.2853	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2854	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2855	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2856	Pass	To strike the prohibition on the use of appropriations by Amtrak to support routes on which deep discounts are available.
S.Amdt.2857	Pass	To prohibit the Federal Transit Administration from using funds appropriated under this Act to promulgate regulations to carry out section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
S.Amdt.2858	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2859	Pass	To limit the amount available for the Urban Partnership Congestion Initiative under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
S.Amdt.2860	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2861	Offered	Amendment information not available.

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 18, 2007		July 24, 2007		September 12, 2007

Latest Vote

November 14, 2007Roll call number 1102 in the House
Question: On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H R 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)	Percentage of 'aye' votes: 62%	Result: Passed

Democrats Voting 'Aye'

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Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
Thomas Allen
Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
Rep. Melissa Bean [D, IL-8]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
Rep. Robert Berry [D, AR-1]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
Rep. Allen Boyd [D, FL-2]
Nancy Boyda
Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
Robert Cramer
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7]
Rep. Lincoln Davis [D, TN-4]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
Rep. Norman Dicks [D, WA-6]
Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
Rep. Joe Donnelly [D, IN-2]
Rep. Thomas Edwards [D, TX-17]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D, IN-8]
Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D, IL-5]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY-20]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D, SD-0]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
Rep. Baron Hill [D, IN-9]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
Rep. Paul Hodes [D, NH-2]
Rep. Tim Holden [D, PA-17]
Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
Darlene Hooley
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
William Jefferson
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
Stephanie Jones
Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8]
Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D, PA-11]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
Nicholas Lampson
Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
Tom Lantos
Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
Tim Mahoney
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
Michael McNulty
Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
Rep. Charles Melancon [D, LA-3]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
Rep. Brad Miller [D, NC-13]
Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
Rep. Harry Mitchell [D, AZ-5]
Rep. Alan Mollohan [D, WV-1]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8]
Rep. John Murtha [D, PA-12]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2]
Rep. David Obey [D, WI-7]
Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D, ND-0]
Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D, CA-37]
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D, TX-23]
Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
Rep. John Salazar [D, CO-3]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D, NC-11]
Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
Rep. Ike Skelton [D, MO-4]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
Rep. Victor Snyder [D, AR-2]
Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
Rep. Zachary Space [D, OH-18]
Rep. John Spratt [D, SC-5]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
Rep. John Tanner [D, TN-8]
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
Rep. Gene Taylor [D, MS-4]
Rep. C. Thompson [D, CA-1]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-5]
Sen. Tom Udall [D, NM]
Sen. Mark Udall [D, CO]
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D, NY-12]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D, IN-1]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
Albert Wynn
Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]

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Republicans Voting 'Aye'

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Rep. Robert Aderholt [R, AL-4]
Richard Baker
Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]
Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
Thomas Davis
Rep. Charles Dent [R, PA-15]
Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3]
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-8]
Terry Everett
Michael Ferguson
Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R, NE-1]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
Wayne Gilchrest
Virgil Goode
Rep. Samuel Graves [R, MO-6]
Robin Hayes
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R, IL-15]
Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
Joseph Knollenberg
John Kuhl
Ray LaHood
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]
Rep. Candice Miller [R, MI-10]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18]
Rep. Thomas Petri [R, WI-6]
Jon Porter
James Ramstad
Ralph Regula
Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8]
Rick Renzi
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3]
Christopher Shays
Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9]
Rep. Adrian Smith [R, NE-3]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3]
Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
James Walsh
Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
Rep. Donald Young [R, AK-0]

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Others Voting 'Aye'

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Democrats Voting 'Nay'

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Republicans Voting 'Nay'

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Rep. W. Akin [R, MO-2]
Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6]
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6]
Rep. James Barrett [R, SC-3]
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6]
Rep. Judy Biggert [R, IL-13]
Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R, FL-9]
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7]
Rep. Roy Blunt [R, MO-7]
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R, AL-1]
Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R, LA-7]
Rep. Kevin Brady [R, TX-8]
Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10]
Rep. Henry Brown [R, SC-1]
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R, FL-13]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
Rep. Stephen Buyer [R, IN-4]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
Rep. John Campbell [R, CA-48]
Christopher Cannon
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]
Rep. John Carter [R, TX-31]
Steven Chabot
Rep. Howard Coble [R, NC-6]
Rep. Tom Cole [R, OK-4]
Rep. K. Conaway [R, TX-11]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R, FL-4]
Rep. John Culberson [R, TX-7]
Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4]
David Davis
Rep. Nathan Deal [R, GA-9]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R, FL-25]
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R, FL-21]
John Doolittle
Thelma Drake
Rep. David Dreier [R, CA-26]
Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2]
Philip English
Rep. Mary Fallin [R, OK-5]
Tom Feeney
Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6]
Rep. James Forbes [R, VA-4]
Vito Fossella
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R, NC-5]
Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R, NJ-11]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]
Rep. Scott Garrett [R, NJ-5]
Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
Rep. Louis Gohmert [R, TX-1]
Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R, VA-6]
Rep. Kay Granger [R, TX-12]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4]
J. Hastert
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4]
Rep. Dean Heller [R, NV-2]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R, TX-5]
Rep. Walter Herger [R, CA-2]
David Hobson
Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2]
Kenny Hulshof
Duncan Hunter
Rep. Bob Inglis [R, SC-4]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49]
Rep. Samuel Johnson [R, TX-3]
Rep. Jim Jordan [R, OH-4]
Ric Keller
Rep. Steve King [R, IA-5]
Rep. Jack Kingston [R, GA-1]
Rep. John Kline [R, MN-2]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R, CO-5]
Rep. Thomas Latham [R, IA-4]
Rep. Jerry Lewis [R, CA-41]
Ron Lewis
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Rep. Frank Lucas [R, OK-3]
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R, CA-3]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R, IL-16]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
James McCrery
Rep. Patrick Mchenry [R, NC-10]
Rep. Howard McKeon [R, CA-25]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R, WA-5]
Rep. John Mica [R, FL-7]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1]
Rep. Gary Miller [R, CA-42]
Rep. Jerry Moran [R, KS-1]
Marilyn Musgrave
Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R, TX-19]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R, CA-21]
Steven Pearce
Rep. Mike Pence [R, IN-6]
John Peterson
Charles Pickering
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Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
Rep. Ted Poe [R, TX-2]
Rep. Tom Price [R, GA-6]
Deborah Pryce
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Rep. George Radanovich [R, CA-19]
Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R, MT-0]
Thomas Reynolds
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Rep. Harold Rogers [R, KY-5]
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R, CA-46]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
Rep. Edward Royce [R, CA-40]
Rep. Paul Ryan [R, WI-1]
Bill Sali
H. Saxton
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R, OH-2]
Rep. F. Sensenbrenner [R, WI-5]
Rep. John Shadegg [R, AZ-3]
Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R, ID-2]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX-21]
Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
Rep. Clifford Stearns [R, FL-6]
Rep. John Sullivan [R, OK-1]
Thomas Tancredo
Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2]
Rep. William Thornberry [R, TX-13]
Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R, KS-4]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12]
Timothy Walberg
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Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
David Weldon
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Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS]
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Heather Wilson
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Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
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Barbara Cubin
Bobby Jindal
Rep. Connie Mack [R, FL-14]
Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14]
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Gerald Weller

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Voting History

Date	Chamber	Question	Aye	Nay	Result
November 14, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H R 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	270	147	Passed	See Vote
November 14, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Motion to Recommit Conference Report: H R 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	182	231	Failed	See Vote
November 08, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Motion to Instruct Conferees: H R 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	397	16	Passed	See Vote
September 12, 2007	Senate	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Passage of the Bill (H.R.3074 as Amended )	88	7	Bill Passed	See Vote
September 12, 2007	Senate	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No.2812 Amdt. No.2813 Amdt. No.2814 )	63	32	Motion to Table Agreed to	See Vote
September 12, 2007	Senate	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No.2844 )	56	37	Motion to Table Agreed to	See Vote
September 11, 2007	Senate	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2811 )	80	18	Motion to Table Agreed to	See Vote
September 11, 2007	Senate	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Amendment (Cornyn Amdt. No. 2842 )	29	69	Amendment Rejected	See Vote
September 11, 2007	Senate	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Amendment (Dorgan Amdt. No. 2797 )	75	23	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
September 11, 2007	Senate	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2810 )	82	14	Motion to Table Agreed to	See Vote
September 10, 2007	Senate	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Amendment (Murray Amdt. No. 2792 )	60	33	Amendment Agreed to	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Passage: H R 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	268	153	Passed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H R 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	201	220	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 20 to H R 3074	207	220	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 40 to H R 3074	148	278	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 36 to H R 3074	142	283	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 35 to H R 3074	198	229	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 34 to H R 3074	177	250	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 33 to H R 3074	133	292	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 32 to H R 3074	362	63	Agreed to	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 29 to H R 3074	86	338	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 28 to H R 3074	97	327	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 25 to H R 3074	65	360	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 24 to H R 3074	268	158	Agreed to	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 23 to H R 3074	77	347	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 22 to H R 3074	81	342	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 18 to H R 3074	69	352	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 17 to H R 3074	68	356	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 15 to H R 3074	87	335	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 14 to H R 3074	139	283	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 9 to H R 3074	116	307	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 7 to H R 3074	121	300	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 5 to H R 3074	104	312	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 4 to H R 3074	94	328	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 3 to H R 3074	110	308	Failed	See Vote
July 24, 2007	House	H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 2 to H R 3074	201	217	Failed	See Vote

All Bill Actions

• Unknown action
• Nov 14, 2007: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
• Nov 14, 2007: The previous question was ordered without objection.
• Nov 14, 2007: On motion to recommit to conference committee Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 231 (Roll no. 1101).
• Nov 14, 2007: The previous question on the motion to recommit to conference committee was ordered without objection.
• Nov 14, 2007: Mr. Lewis (CA) moved to recommit to the conference committee.
• Nov 14, 2007: The previous question was ordered without objection.
• Nov 14, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 3074.
• Nov 14, 2007: Mr. Olver brought up conference report H. Rept. 110-446 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 817.
• Nov 14, 2007: Rule H. Res. 817 passed House.
• Nov 14, 2007: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
• Nov 13, 2007: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 817 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3074 with 1 hour of general debate. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration includes a waiver of clause 8 of rule XXII.
• Nov 13, 2007: Conference report H. Rept. 110-446 filed.
• Nov 08, 2007: The Speaker appointed conferees: Olver, Pastor, Rodriguez, Kaptur, Price (NC), Cramer, Roybal-Allard, Berry, Obey, Knollenberg, Wolf, Aderholt, Walsh (NY), Goode, and Lewis (CA).
• Nov 08, 2007: On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by recorded vote: 397 - 16 (Roll no. 1067).
• Nov 08, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 3074, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Knollenberg objected to the voice vote based upon the absence of a quorum and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until later in the legislative day. The point of no quorum is considered as withdrawn.
• Nov 08, 2007: The previous question was ordered without objection.
• Nov 08, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Knollenberg motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require that the managers on the part of the House insist on section 416 and section 417 of the House-passed bill.
• Nov 08, 2007: Mr. Knollenberg moved that the House instruct conferees.
• Nov 08, 2007: Mr. Olver moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
• Nov 08, 2007: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to by voice vote.
• Nov 08, 2007: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
• Sep 12, 2007: Considered by Senate.
• Sep 12, 2007: Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Murray; Byrd; Mikulski; Kohl; Durbin; Dorgan; Leahy; Harkin; Feinstein; Johnson; Lautenberg; Inouye; Bond; Shelby; Specter; Bennett; Hutchison; Brownback; Stevens; Domenici; Alexander; Allard; Cochran.
• Sep 12, 2007: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• Passed roll in the Senate on Sep 12, 2007. Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 88 - 7. Record Vote Number: 336.
• Sep 11, 2007: Considered by Senate.
• Sep 10, 2007: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
• Added to calendar on Jul 25, 2007: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 286..
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Slaughter amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Al Green(TX) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: Considered as unfinished business.
• Jul 24, 2007: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
• Jul 24, 2007: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3074 as unfinished business.
• Jul 24, 2007: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Olver asked unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 3074 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, no further amendment to the bill will be in order except those provided on a list at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
• Jul 24, 2007: Mr. Olver moved that the committee rise.
• Jul 24, 2007: On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Turner amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Shays amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Passed roll in the House on Jul 24, 2007. On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 268 - 153 (Roll no. 715).
• Jul 24, 2007: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 201 - 220 (Roll no. 714).
• Jul 24, 2007: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lewis (CA) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same promptly with an amendment to prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from deriving any portion of the $1,300,000,000 rescission included in title II of the bill from recaptures or other reductions of funds previously appropriated for the Homeless Assistance Grants Program account, the Housing for Persons with Disability Program account, and the Housing for the Elderly Program account.
• Jul 24, 2007: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
• Jul 24, 2007: The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
• Jul 24, 2007: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3074.
• Jul 24, 2007: Mr. Lewis (CA) moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations.
• Jul 24, 2007: Mr. Olver moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
• Jul 24, 2007: On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to the unanimous consent request just agreed to, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the Frank (MA) amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Knollenberg demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: VACATING PROCEEDINGS - Mr. Olver asked unanimous consent that the proceedings by which the Frank (MA) amendment was adopted at 3:08 p.m., by voice vote be vacated to the end that the Chair put the question de novo. Agreed to without objection.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee(TX) En bloc amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee(TX) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conaway amendment pending reservation of a point of order.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the King (IA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. King (IA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King(IA) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King(IA) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Walberg amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Price(GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Price(GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Price (GA) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Musgrave amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Musgrave demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Price (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Price (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Musgrave amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Price (GA) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jordan amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Jordan demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Jordan amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hunter amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Knollenberg demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hunter amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Peterson (PA) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Harman amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gary Miller (CA) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeFazio amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Frelinghuysen amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Shays demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Frelinghuysen amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hastings(FL) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hastings(FL) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hastings (FL) amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: MOMENT OF SILENCE - The Chair announced that the Committee of the Whole would observe a moment of silence in remembrance of Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson of the United States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty defending the Capitol against an intruder armed with a gun on July 24, 1998.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: By unanimous consent, at 9:37 p.m., the voice vote by which the Frank amendment was adopted was vacated to the end that the chair put the question de novo.
• Jul 24, 2007: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment. Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Frank amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Obey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sessions amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sessions demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeced with 10 minutes of debate on the Sessions amendment.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gary Miller (CA) amendment pending reservation of a point of order.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Corrine Brown (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
• Jul 24, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Westmoreland amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Westmoreland demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Westmoreland amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Jul 24, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Hastings (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Jul 24, 2007: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
• Jul 24, 2007: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR 8307-8390)
• Jul 24, 2007: Considered as unfinished business.
• Jul 23, 2007: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3074 as unfinished business.
• Jul 23, 2007: On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jul 23, 2007: Mr. Olver moved that the committee rise.
• Jul 23, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Chabot amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Chabot demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
• Jul 23, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Chabot amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Jul 23, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Smith (NJ) amendment under the five-minute rule pending reservation of a point of order.
• Jul 23, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
• Jul 23, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Jul 23, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
• Jul 23, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
• Jul 23, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bachmann amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Bachmann demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
• Jul 23, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Bachmann amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Jul 23, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Mica amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Mica demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
• Jul 23, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Mica amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Jul 23, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Blumenauer amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Jul 23, 2007: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 558 and Rule XVIII.
• Jul 23, 2007: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3074.
• Jul 23, 2007: The Speaker designated the Honorable Tammy Baldwin to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
• Jul 23, 2007: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Olver asked unanimous consent that, during consideration of H.R. 3074 pursuant to H.Res. 558, the Chair may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 or rule XX.
• Jul 23, 2007: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 558. (consideration: CR H8257-8280; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H8261, H8262-8264, H8267-8270, H8273-8274, H8275-8277; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H8278-8279, CR 7/24/2007 H8307-8308, H8309, H8312, H8313, H8314, H8318-8319, H8320, H8324-8327; text of Title III as reported in House: CR 7/24/2007 H8328; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR 7/24/2007 H8328, H8386)
• Jul 23, 2007: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3074 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 or 10 or rule XXI. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Jul 23, 2007: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 558.
• Jul 23, 2007: Rule H. Res. 558 passed House.
• Jul 19, 2007: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 558 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3074 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 or 10 or rule XXI. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
• Added to calendar on Jul 18, 2007: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 148..
• Jul 18, 2007: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-238, by Mr. Olver.
• Introduced on Jul 18, 2007.

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