3.0.0 427 2023-01-11T20:04:38Z 2023-01-11T20:04:38Z Senate S S 2007-01-30 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-30T16:09:20Z 2007-01-30 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1331-1332) IntroReferral 2007-01-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1328-1331) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N Housing and Community Development Affordable housing Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Commerce Commercialization Crime prevention Defense budgets Defense procurement Drug abuse Drug law enforcement Economics and Public Finance Energy Energy research Federal aid to housing Fighter aircraft Fossil fuels Government spending reductions Government trust funds Grants-in-aid High technology Housing subsidies Joint ventures Low-income housing Manufacturing industries Rent Research and development Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Violence Housing and Community Development 00 2007-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-15T20:35:07Z Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to provide an additional 100,000 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental housing assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in FY2008.

Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to direct: (1) each participating jurisdiction to use Home Investments Partnership (HOME) grant funds to provide affordable housing to individuals or families whose income is 30% or lower than the area median income (extremely low-income); and (2) direct the Secretary to allocate HOME funds to such jurisdictions on a specified pro-rata basis.

Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to: (1) extend to FY2012 the authorization of appropriations for the Public and Assisted Housing Crime and Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP); (2) set aside specified amounts for the Office of Policy Development and Research; (3) identify activities eligible for grant funds; and (4) require the Office to review research to assess strategies likely to be effective in preventing and reducing violent and drug-related crimes in public and federally assisted low-income housing.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress shall create a national affordable housing trust fund to supply 1.5 million additional affordable housing units over the next 10 years, especially for extremely low-income and very low-income families.

Repeals multiyear procurement authority for the F-22A Raptor Fighter Aircraft.

Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from implementing the advanced research program for fossil fuels.

]]> Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for additional section 8 vouchers, to reauthorize the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act Short Titles as Introduced Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act Introduced in Senate 2007-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s427is/xml/BILLS-110s427is.xml 2007-01-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1331-1332) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.