3.0.0 1619 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z Senate S S 2009-08-06 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2010-12-19T21:05:18Z Markup by 2010-08-03T19:47:25Z Hearings by 2010-06-09T13:59:40Z Referred to 2009-08-06T22:47:14Z Livable Communities Act of 2010 111 4690 HR 2010-02-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Related bill CRS 2010-12-19 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716. Calendars 2010-12-19 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Dodd with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2010-12-19 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Dodd with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee 2010-08-03 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2010-06-09 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2009-08-06 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-08-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9017-9018) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-08-06 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-08-06 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2009-08-06 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2009-08-06 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-08-06 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-10-27 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2009-11-06 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2010-01-28 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2010-03-16 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2010-05-18 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2010-05-24 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2010-06-08 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2010-06-10 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2010-06-17 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2010-06-17 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2010-07-12 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2010-08-05 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2010-08-05 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2010-08-05 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2010-09-15 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2010-09-28 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-11-17 False 2010-09-15T04:00:00Z S. 1619, Livable Communities Act of 2010 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21830 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on August 3, 2010</p> 2010-09-15T04:00:00Z S. 1619, Livable Communities Act of 2010 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21830 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on August 3, 2010 Housing and Community Development Department of Housing and Urban Development Economic development Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Executive agency funding and structure Housing and community development funding Housing finance and home ownership Infrastructure development Land use and conservation State and local government operations Transportation programs funding Housing and Community Development 00 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-11T21:43:24Z Livable Communities Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC).

Establishes in the executive branch an independent Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities.

Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make comprehensive planning grants and sustainability challenge grants to eligible entities (partnerships between a consortium of units of general local government and an eligible partner, which may be a metropolitan planning organization, a rural planning organization, a regional council, or a state).

Requires the use of a comprehensive planning grant to carry out a project to: (1) coordinate land use, housing, transportation, and infrastructure planning processes across jurisdictions and agencies; (2) identify potential regional partnerships for developing and implementing a comprehensive regional plan; (3) conduct or update housing, infrastructure, transportation, energy, and environmental assessments to determine regional needs and promote sustainable development; (4) develop or update a comprehensive regional plan or goals and strategies to implement an existing comprehensive regional plan; and (5) implement local zoning and other code changes necessary to implement a comprehensive regional plan and promote sustainable development.

Requires the use of a sustainability challenge grant to: (1) promote integrated transportation, housing, energy, and economic development activities carried out across policy and governmental jurisdictions; (2) promote sustainable and location-efficient development; and (3) implement projects identified in a comprehensive regional plan.

Directs the OSHC Director to study and report to specified congressional committees on incentives for encouraging lenders to make, and homebuyers and homeowners to participate in, energy-efficient mortgages and location-efficient mortgages.

]]> 01 2010-12-19 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2011-02-09T20:52:57Z Livable Communities Act of 2010 - (Sec. 5) Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC).

Requires the OSHC Director to: (1) carry out the grant programs established under this Act; and (2) study and report on development of a housing location affordability index as well as incentives to encourage lenders to make, and homebuyers and homeowners to participate in, energy-efficient and location-efficient mortgages.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 6) Establishes in the executive branch an independent Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities to: (1) ensure interagency coordination of federal policy on sustainable development, among other things; (2) establish a clearinghouse for guidance, best practices, and other information for communities undertaking activities relating to sustainable development; and (3) lead the federal initiative to support healthy housing and eradicate housing-related health hazards.

Requires the Council to study and report on how sustainable building features, such as energy efficiency, in housing affect the quality of the indoor environment, the prevalence of housing-related health hazards, and the health of occupants.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 7) Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make comprehensive planning grants to eligible entities (partnerships between a consortium of units of general local government and an eligible partner or an Indian tribe that meets specified requirements). Defines "eligible partner" as a metropolitan planning organization, a rural planning organization, or a regional council, or one of these and a state, an Indian tribe, or a state and an Indian tribe.

Requires the use of a comprehensive planning grant to carry out a project to: (1) coordinate land use, housing, transportation (including coordinated human services transportation), infrastructure, and environmental planning processes across jurisdictions and agencies; (2) identify potential regional partnerships for developing and implementing a comprehensive regional plan; (3) conduct or update housing, infrastructure, transportation, energy, and environmental assessments to determine regional needs and promote sustainable development; (4) develop or update a comprehensive regional plan or goals and strategies to implement an existing comprehensive regional plan; and (5) implement local zoning and other code changes necessary to implement a comprehensive regional plan and promote sustainable development.

Requires geographic diversity among and adequate representation of grantees from small and rural communities, mid-sized metropolitan communities, and large metropolitan communities.

Limits the federal share of the cost of a project carried out using such grants to 80% (but up to 100% if the eligible entity is a Indian tribe).

Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2014.

(Sec. 8) Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make sustainability challenge grants to eligible entities.

Requires the use of a sustainability challenge grant to: (1) promote integrated transportation, housing, energy, infrastructure, environmental, and economic development activities carried out across policy and governmental jurisdictions; (2) promote sustainable and location-efficient development; and (3) implement projects identified in a comprehensive regional plan.

Requires the same geographic diversity among and adequate representation of grantees as for comprehensive planning grants.

Allows grants of up to: (1) $3 million to fund local land use, zoning, and building code updates to promote livable communities and sustainable development; and (2) $1 million to fund building code enforcement.

Limits the federal share of the cost of a project carried out using such grants to 80% (but up to 100% if the eligible entity is a Indian tribe).

Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2014.

(Sec. 9) Requires the Secretary of HUD to establish a regeneration planning grant program to make grants to eligible entities (similar to those specified earlier in this Act, but that have experienced a loss in population of 15% since 1970 or a prolonged population, income, and employment loss resulting in substantial levels of housing vacancy and abandonment that are concentrated in more than one neighborhood or geographic area) to develop a regeneration plan.

Requires the regeneration plan to: (1) integrate land use, economic development, housing, environmental, energy, food production, recreation, job and workforce development, infrastructure, and transportation programs, policies, and projects to address the special needs of an eligible entity; (2) create a community-driven vision and action plan for reclaiming the most distressed and abandoned areas of an eligible entity, stabilizing transitional neighborhoods within an eligible entity, and building on the strengths and assets of the stable areas within an eligible entity; and (3) develop specified holistic strategies for meeting the needs and goals of an eligible entity, including green infrastructure strategies and creation of new employment opportunities.

Specifies geographic diversity and representation requirements for grantees.

Limits the federal share of the cost of a project carried out using such grants to 80% (but up to 100% if the eligible entity is a Indian tribe).

Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2014.

(Sec. 10) Authorizes the Secretary to make or guarantee (up to 75% of) loans to eligible governmental, corporate, or partnership borrowers for infrastructure development projects used to support transit-oriented development.

Requires such loans to be repaid, in whole or in part, from dedicated revenue sources, which may include user fees, property tax revenues, sales tax revenues, or other revenue sources dedicated to the project by property owners and businesses.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2014.

(Sec. 11) States tha no housing assisted using a grant under this Act may be made available to an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States.

]]> Livable Communities Act of 2009 Display Title Livable Communities Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, to establish the Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, to establish a comprehensive planning grant program, to establish a sustainability challenge grant program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Livable Communities Act of 2009 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Livable Communities Act of 2009 S Senate Reported to Senate 2010-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1619rs/xml/BILLS-111s1619rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1619is/xml/BILLS-111s1619is.xml 2010-12-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716. 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.