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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Housing for the elderly and disabled</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/issues/atom/8485_housing_for_the_elderly_and_disabled" rel="self"/>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/issues/show/8485_housing_for_the_elderly_and_disabled" rel="alternate"/>
  <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/8485</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1742 Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1742/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356935</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To exclude from consideration as income under the United States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made under section 1521 of title 38, United States Code, to veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1714 Shelter Our Servicemembers Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1714/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356716</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1669 Public Housing Disaster Preparedness Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1669/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356323</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.469 A bill to assist the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in stabilizing the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s469/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-05:/action/351920</id>
    <updated>2013-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to assist the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in stabilizing the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.385 Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h385/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-22:/action/347851</id>
    <updated>2013-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a pilot program to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.4310 Wartime Contracting Reform Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h4310/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-01:/action/346374</id>
    <updated>2013-01-01T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 01, 2013: Signed by President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4310 Wartime Contracting Reform Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h4310/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-29:/action/346075</id>
    <updated>2012-12-29T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 29, 2012: Presented to President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3614 Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s3614/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-09-20:/action/342383</id>
    <updated>2012-09-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish a pilot program to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6394 Affordable Housing Regulation Simplification Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h6394/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-09-12:/action/340016</id>
    <updated>2012-09-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To facilitate affordable workforce homeownership in, and develop the full-time resident communities of, high tourism areas, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6381 Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h6381/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-09-11:/action/339723</id>
    <updated>2012-09-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a pilot program to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.1627 Honoring American Veterans Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1627/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-08-05:/action/338997</id>
    <updated>2012-08-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements for the placement of monuments in Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 05, 2012: Became Public Law No: 112-154.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.1627 Honoring American Veterans Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1627/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-08-05:/action/338996</id>
    <updated>2012-08-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements for the placement of monuments in Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 05, 2012: Signed by President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1627 Honoring American Veterans Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1627/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-08-02:/action/338947</id>
    <updated>2012-08-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements for the placement of monuments in Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 02, 2012: Presented to President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6295 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the building of housing for moderate income seniors.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h6295/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-08-01:/action/338758</id>
    <updated>2012-08-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the building of housing for moderate income seniors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3343 Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s3343/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-26:/action/335037</id>
    <updated>2012-06-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet the applicable ANSI/UL standard by treating that standard as a consumer product safety rule, to encourage States to require the installation of such detectors in homes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5999 Housing for Blinded Veterans Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h5999/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-20:/action/334365</id>
    <updated>2012-06-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide specially adapted housing assistance to blind veterans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5972 Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h5972/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-19:/action/334134</id>
    <updated>2012-06-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5781 Inclusive Home Design Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h5781/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-15:/action/331174</id>
    <updated>2012-05-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To require all newly constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with disabilities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4310 Wartime Contracting Reform Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h4310/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-28:/action/324121</id>
    <updated>2012-03-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4299 Quality Housing for Veterans Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h4299/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-28:/action/324141</id>
    <updated>2012-03-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide specially adapted housing assistance to individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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