3.0.0 2850 2023-01-11T13:16:50Z 2023-01-11T13:16:50Z Senate S S 2009-12-08 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-12-08T22:21:53Z 2009-12-08 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-12-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Housing and Community Development Asia China Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Housing and community development funding Louisiana Residential rehabilitation and home repair Housing and Community Development 00 2009-12-08 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-10T18:04:21Z Chinese Drywall Homeowners Assistance Act - Permits the use of specified community development block grant (CDBG) funds under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, which have been given to the Road Home Program created by the Louisiana Recovery Authority, to provide any Louisiana resident, whether a participant or nonparticipant in the Road Home Program, with monetary assistance necessary to repair or replace tainted drywall that: (1) was manufactured in the People's Republic of China; (2) was imported into the United States between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2008; and (3) contains elevated levels of sulphur or strontium.

Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to permit any state or local government receiving such CDBG funds to use them to provide homeowners with monetary assistance to repair or replace such tainted drywall.

]]> Chinese Drywall Homeowners Assistance Act Display Title Chinese Drywall Homeowners Assistance Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to permit the use of Federal funds from the Community Development Block Grant Program to be used to remediate damage from the installation of tainted drywall, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Chinese Drywall Homeowners Assistance Act Introduced in Senate 2009-12-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2850is/xml/BILLS-111s2850is.xml 2009-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.