Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Housing and community development funding

Bill Introduced: H.R.1944 Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2013

2013-05-08T20:00:00Z

To protect private property rights.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1758 CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To increase the portion of community development block grants that may be used to provide public services, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.855 CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to increase the portion of community development block grants that may be used to provide public services, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1754 Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To establish pilot programs to encourage the use of shared appreciation mortgage modifications, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1714 Shelter Our Servicemembers Act

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant pilot program to provide housing to elderly homeless veterans.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1669 Public Housing Disaster Preparedness Act of 2013

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

To require large public housing agencies to develop disaster response and relief plans to guide and prepare staff and residents of such agencies, the local community, and Federal, State, and local governments for disasters affecting public housing projects.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1670 REACH Act of 2013

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

To improve the implementation and oversight for the program under section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 for training and hiring requirements for public housing, Indian housing assistance, and housing and community development programs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1668 Safely Sheltering Disaster Victims Act of 2013

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

To increase the number of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers made available for low-income families displaced by Hurricane Sandy.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1617 Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To create an emergency jobs program that will fund 2,242,000 positions during fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

Bill Introduced: S.766 A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1550 Revitalize America Act of 2013

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To allow use of assistance under the Hardest Hit Fund program under the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Department of the Treasury for demolition of foreclosed-upon properties and related expenses.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1449 Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2013

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.

Bill Introduced: S.654 Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2013

2013-03-21T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.

Bill Introduced: S.640 Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

A bill to reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1397 Project Rebuild Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To create jobs and reinvest in communities through the rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1282 Lead Hazard Title X Amendments Act

2013-03-19T20:00:00Z

To reduce housing-related health hazards, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.8 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

2013-03-14T20:00:00Z

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

Bill Introduced: S.576 A bill to reform laws relating to small public housing agencies, and for other purposes.

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

A bill to reform laws relating to small public housing agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1193 Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2013

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To require each owner of a dwelling unit assisted under the section 8 rental assistance voucher program to remain current with respect to local property and school taxes and to authorize a public housing agency to use such rental assistance amounts to pay such tax debt of such an owner, and for other purposes.

Bill Enacted: S.47 VAWA bill

2013-03-06T19:00:00Z

A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

March 06, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-4.