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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-4745]
- Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. (Sec. 401) 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. 404) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds made available in this Act for any employee training that meets specified negative criteria. Declares that nothing in this prohibition shall prohibit, restrict,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Latham
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 430. on 06/12/2014
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Guarantee Housing for Terminally Ill Veterans Act [HB-4674]
Guarantee Housing for Terminally Ill Veterans Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to give priority, in providing specially adapted housing assistance for disabled veterans, to an individual who is otherwise eligible and is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Requires reimbursement of the costs of specially adapted housing if such a veteran has applied for, but not yet received, assistance for acquisition and adaptation expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/19/2014
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Autism CARES Act of 2014 [HB-4631]
Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support Act of 2014 or the Autism CARES Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate an official to oversee national autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research, services, and support activities. Directs the official to implement such activities taking into account the strategic plan developed by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (the Interagency Committee) and ensure that duplication of activities by federal agencies is minimized.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Became Public Law No: 113-157. on 08/08/2014
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Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014 [HB-4276]
Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to alter the reporting requirements under the pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assistance to eligible veterans with traumatic brain injury to enhance their rehabilitation, quality of life, and community integration. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit reports to the congressional veterans committees on the pilot program for each quarter occurring between January 1, 2015, and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Brooks
Became Public Law No: 113-257. on 12/18/2014
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Improving Veterans' Access to Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Act of 2014 [HB-4037]
Improving Veterans' Access to Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), when calculating the rate of veterans determined to be rehabilitated to the point of employability, to divide the number of veterans who participated in VA vocational rehabilitation programs whom the Secretary determines to have been so rehabilitated by the total number of veterans who: (1) participated in such programs during that fiscal year, and (2) were entitled to participate in such programs during such fiscal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Flores
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 03/25/2014
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Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 [HB-3979]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. (Authority for payment of unemployment compensation expired on December 31, 2013. This amendment authorizes payment of compensation for the entire period between January 1, 2014, and June 1, 2014.) (Sec. 3) Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Signed By President. on 12/19/2014
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Healing Our Heroes Act [HB-3958]
Healing Our Heroes Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008 to extend for one year the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assisted living services to veterans with a traumatic brain injury to enhance the rehabilitation, quality of life, and community integration of such veterans.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/11/2014
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HAVEN Act [HB-385]
Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2013 or HAVEN Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve veterans or low-income individuals. Requires such grants to be used to rehabilitate and modify the primary residence of disabled or low-income veterans (at a specified limited or no cost to such veterans). Limits grant amounts to $1 million per organization. Requires the Secretary to direct the oversight of grant fund use. Requires a minimum
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 01/23/2013
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HAVEN Act [HB-3743]
Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2013 or HAVEN Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve veterans or low-income individuals. Requires such grants to be used to rehabilitate and modify the primary residence of disabled or low-income veterans (at a specified limited or no cost to such veterans). Limits grant amounts to $1 million per organization. Requires the Secretary to direct the oversight of grant fund use. Requires a minimum
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 12/12/2013
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Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act [HB-3501]
Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act or GRAND Act - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide need-based assistance for each fiscal year, made available on a competitive basis, to up to five eligible nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of specialized housing and social services for qualified elderly relatives, age 60 or older, who are raising a child of which they are not a parent either by blood or marriage. Provides such assistance in the form of: financing for the construction,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 11/14/2013
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Provider Tax Administrative Simplification Act of 2013 [HB-3171]
Provider Tax Administrative Simplification Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to approve a waiver of the uniform tax requirement (whether or not the tax is broad based), regardless of whether the state concerned satisfies certain requirements, for any state with a provider tax that does not apply to continuing care retirement communities or life care communities that: (1) have no beds certified to provide medical assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, or (2) do not provide services
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Womack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/27/2013
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-2610]
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of Transportation (DOT), including: (1) the Office of the Secretary, (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (3) the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), (6) the Federal Railroad
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Latham
Considered Under The Provisions Of Rule H. Res. 312. (consideration: Cr H5101-5142, H5142-5145; Text Of Title I As Reported In House: Cr H5114, H5124, H5125, H5128, H5129-5130, H5130, H5131-5132, H5132-5134, H5135, H5136, H5149, H5150-5152; Text Of Title Ii As Reported In House: Cr H5152, H5155-5156, H5157-5158, H5159-5160, H5161, H5162, H5163, H5165-5167; Text Of Title Iii As Reported In House: Cr H5168, H5169; Text Of Title Iv As Reported In House: Cr H5169-5170) on 07/30/2013
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HOME Act of 2013 [HB-2479]
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2013 or HOME Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Housing Act, with respect to prohibited discrimination in housing sales and rentals, residential real estate-related transactions, and brokerage services, to specify that the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin basis of discrimination may be actual or perceived. Adds to the list of prohibited actual or perceived bases sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, and source of income. Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968, with respect
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/15/2013
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Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act of 2013 [HB-2376]
Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and implement a demonstration project under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to evaluate the use of capitated payments made to eligible continuing care retirement communities for residential care coordination programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/25/2013
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Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2013 [HB-2352]
Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2013 - Requires newly constructed, federally assisted single family houses and town houses to include at least one level that complies with the Standards for Type C (Visitable) Units of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (1005-ICC ANSI A117.1-2009) and any future revisions. Requires: (1) each applicant for federal financial assistance to submit compliance assurances to the relevant federal agency, and (2) each person who arranges
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 06/13/2013
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Affordable Housing Regulation Simplification Act of 2013 [HB-2339]
Affordable Housing Regulation Simplification Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to authorize the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), to purchase, service, sell, lend on the security of, and otherwise deal in affordable workforce housing mortgages for one-family residences: (1) that shall be used as the mortgagor's residence at least 8 of any 12 months and 240 days of any
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 06/14/2013
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Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013 [HB-1742]
Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude as family income for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing assistance purposes any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) payments made to veterans in need of regular aid and attendance for expenses related to such aid and attendance. Prohibits, in determining the monthly rental assistance payment for low-income families, the amount for tenant-paid utilities from exceeding the appropriate utility allowance for that family unit
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Delaney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 10/29/2013
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Shelter Our Servicemembers Act [HB-1714]
Shelter Our Servicemembers Act - Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide elderly homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. Authorizes the Secretaries to award two grants of up to $25 million each under the program. Allows recipients to use such grant to: (1) purchase real property to provide up to 200 homeless veterans with non-transitional housing, and (2) refurbish or renovate such property. Makes
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/08/2013
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Public Housing Disaster Preparedness Act of 2013 [HB-1669]
Public Housing Disaster Preparedness Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to require each public housing agency (PHA) that owns, operates, or assists at least 500 dwelling units in public housing projects (covered PHA) to develop a disaster response and relief plan to provide: guidance for PHAs and their staff, residents of dwelling units in public housing, relevant federal, state, and local agencies and officials, and community-based organizations; and comprehensive information regarding pre-disaster, disaster
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 04/23/2013
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Senior Accessible Housing Act [HB-8688]
Allows a refundable income tax credit to individual taxpayers who have attained age 60 for expenditures in their residences for the installation of entrance and exit ramps, the widening of doorways, the installation of handrails, grab bars, and non-slip flooring. The amount of the credit is reduced if a taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds certain threshold amounts and is limited to a lifetime amount of $30,000 over amounts paid in previous taxable years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Lawrence
Introduced In House on 10/27/2020