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Lead-Free Future Act of 2019 [HB-4416]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Addresses lead-based hazards, and their abatement, in residential properties. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award grants to state and local governments and certain nonprofit organizations for the purpose of evaluating and reducing lead-based hazards in residential properties constructed before 1978. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants to state and local governments to monitor blood lead levels in infants, children, and pregnant women and to educate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 10/02/2019
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Prevent Evictions Act of 2019 [S.2486]
[Housing ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Creates a grant program, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for states, local governments, tribal governments, and other public or nonprofit entities to establish or administer landlord-tenant mediation programs in which tenants may participate at no cost. In addition, HUD must propose a demonstration project to test an insurance model for preventing evictions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 09/17/2019
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Property Rights for Patriots Act [HB-4337]
[Real Estate ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Military ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits a homeowners association from seeking to enforce a policy (1) that restricts the right of a member to lease the real property of such member, and (2) against a servicemember whose residence is that property during a period of military service of at least 90 days.
Sponsored by: Rep. David P. Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 10/02/2019
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Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2019 [S.2076]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Limits the authority of public housing agencies (PHAs) to deny or terminate federally assisted housing based on criminal conduct by the applicant or tenant. Specifically, PHAs may deny or terminate assistance based only on criminal conduct that threatens the health or safety of other tenants or the employees or owner of the PHA, excluding misdemeanors and certain other lesser criminal offenses. Furthermore, with respect to applicants, a denial may be based only on a felony conviction other than a conviction for a drug offense for which the individual
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 07/10/2019
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HUD Inspection Oversight Act of 2019 [HB-3745]
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[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To provide physical standards and reform the inspection process for housing assisted under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 07/12/2019
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Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act [HB-3760]
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[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Provides rights and protections for domestic workers, including pay and leave rights, and health and safety protections. The bill, among other things repeals the exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for domestic live-in employees from certain minimum wage and maximum hour requirements; requires written notices of termination and allow other communications for live-in domestic employees; requires written agreements for domestic workers covering wages, sick leave, benefits, and other matters; allows domestic workers to request and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/16/2019
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Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act [S.2112]
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[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Provides rights and protections for domestic workers, including pay and leave rights, and health and safety protections. The bill, among other things repeals the exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for domestic live-in employees from certain minimum wage and maximum hour requirements; requires written notices of termination and allow other communications for live-in domestic employees; requires written agreements for domestic workers covering wages, sick leave, benefits, and other matters; allows domestic workers to request and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/15/2019
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No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2019 [HB-4008]
[Housing ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits owners of certain federally assisted rental units from using facial recognition, physical biometric recognition, or remote biometric recognition technology in any units, buildings, or grounds of such project. Within one year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on any known use of such technology in federal assisted rental units in the preceding five years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Introduced In House on 07/25/2019
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Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2018 [HB-3685]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Limits the authority of public housing agencies (PHAs) to deny or terminate federally assisted housing based on criminal conduct by the applicant or tenant. Specifically, PHAs may deny or terminate assistance based only on criminal conduct that threatens the health or safety of other tenants or the employees or owner of the PHA, excluding misdemeanors and certain other lesser criminal offenses. Furthermore, with respect to applicants, a denial may be based only on a felony conviction other than a conviction for a drug offense for which the individual
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 07/10/2019
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Secure Federal LEASEs Act Secure Federal Leases from Espionage And Suspicious Entanglements Act [S.1869]
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[Real Estate ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
(Sec. 3) instructs the General Services Administration (GSA), the Architect of the Capitol, or any federal agency (other than the Department of Defense and the intelligence community) that has independent statutory leasing authority (federal lessee), before entering into a lease agreement or approving a novation agreement with an entity involving a change of ownership under a lease that will be used for high-security leased space, to require the entity to identify the immediate or highest-level owner of the space and disclose whether that owner
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Became Public Law No: 116-276. on 12/31/2020
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Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 [HB-3077]
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[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Energy ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Revises provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and renames it as the affordable housing credit. The bill increases the per capita dollar amount of the credit and its minimum ceiling amount beginning in 2019 and extends the inflation adjustment for such amounts. The bill modifies tenant income eligibility requirements and the average income formula for determining such income. It also revises rules for student occupancy of rental units and tenant voucher payments and prohibits any refusal to rent to victims of domestic abuse. The bill further
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 06/04/2019
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Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 [S.1703]
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[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Energy ]
Revises provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and renames it as the affordable housing credit. The bill increases the per capita dollar amount of the credit and its minimum ceiling amount beginning in 2019 and extends the inflation adjustment for such amounts. The bill modifies tenant income eligibility requirements and the average income formula for determining such income. It also revises rules for student occupancy of rental units and tenant voucher payments and prohibits any refusal to rent to victims of domestic abuse. The bill further
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/04/2019
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Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 [S.1703]
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[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Energy ]
Revises provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and renames it as the affordable housing credit. The bill increases the per capita dollar amount of the credit and its minimum ceiling amount beginning in 2019 and extends the inflation adjustment for such amounts. The bill modifies tenant income eligibility requirements and the average income formula for determining such income. It also revises rules for student occupancy of rental units and tenant voucher payments and prohibits any refusal to rent to victims of domestic abuse. The bill further
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/04/2019
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Better Military Housing Act of 2019 [HB-2811]
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[Housing ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and implement a plan to address health, safety, and quality issues at privatized military housing. DOD shall provide a tenant entering into a tenancy agreement for such a housing unit information on tenant rights; expectations regarding reporting by tenants and landlords of maintenance, health, or safety issues relating to the unit; a comprehensive accounting of the rights and responsibilities relating to maintenance; and a comprehensive maintenance, repair, and remediation history of the unit.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony G. Brown
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 05/17/2019
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Better Military Housing Act of 2019 [S.1513]
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[Housing ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and implement a plan to address health, safety, and quality issues at privatized military housing. DOD shall provide a tenant entering into a tenancy agreement for such a housing unit information on tenant rights; expectations regarding reporting by tenants and landlords of maintenance, health, or safety issues relating to the unit; a comprehensive accounting of the rights and responsibilities relating to maintenance; and a comprehensive maintenance, repair, and remediation history of the unit.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 05/16/2019
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Military Housing Oversight and Service Member Protection Act [S.1229]
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[Housing ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Addresses protections for service members living in private military housing. Among other things, the bill (1) clarifies who is a landlord, (2) specifies housing oversight mechanisms and tenant rights, (3) creates a tenant complaint database, (4) establishes presumptions and medical coverage with respect to certain illnesses occurring while in such housing, (5) prohibits certain housing ownership interests, (6) allows the Department of Defense (DOD) to modify certain contracts, and (7) requires DOD to make certain reports.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 04/29/2019
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Military Housing Oversight and Service Member Protection Act [HB-2384]
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[Housing ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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Addresses Department of Defense (DOD) oversight and service member-protections in DOD-sponsored private military housing. Among other things, the bill covers contracts, unit inspection, remedying substandard conditions, handling housing-related injuries, and prohibiting improper financial interests by public officials. Specifically, DOD must establish requirements for entering into and renewing contracts with private landlords and must make the financial details of such agreements public. DOD must employ certified independent housing inspectors
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 05/20/2019
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 [S.1215]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Aerospace ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizes FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths and military construction. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for Procurement, including aircraft, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, shipbuilding and conversion, missiles, and space procurement; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Working Capital Funds;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S2437-2438) on 04/11/2019
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Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019 [S.1118]
[Military ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizes spouses of military servicemembers to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles in certain situations. Specifically, the bill allows the spouse of a servicemember lessee to terminate the leases within one year of the date on which the servicemember incurs a catastrophic injury or illness connected with their military service. The bill also allows the spouse of a servicemember lessee who died in military service to terminate a motor vehicle lease within one year of the death of the servicemember.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 04/10/2019
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Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019 [HB-2227]
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[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Revises the authority of certain family members of a servicemember who dies or becomes catastrophically ill or injured while in military service to terminate a property lease or motor vehicle lease executed by the servicemember. Specifically, the bill allows a dependent of such a servicemember to terminate such a lease during the one-year period following the servicemember's death. Under current law, only the servicemember's spouse may do so. Current law also allows the spouse of such a servicemember to terminate such a lease during the one-year
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Sponsored by: Rep. Julia Brownley
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/27/2020