[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4639 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4639

To require community notice for the placement of group houses, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2005

 Mr. Fossella introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require community notice for the placement of group houses, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Group Home Community Notification 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY NOTICE AND HEARINGS.

    (a) Requirement.--It shall be unlawful for any Federally assisted 
non-profit that intends to place a group home in a locality to refuse 
or fail to comply with all State and local laws for the placement of 
such a group home in that locality, including laws requiring public 
notification, reporting requirements, and hearings on the matter. Any 
individual who participates in such a hearing shall be immune from suit 
based on a claim of discrimination against the disabled for any 
communication made in the course of such participation.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) the term ``Federally assisted non-profit'' means a not 
        for profit private entity who receives Federal financial 
        assistance;
            (2) the term Federal financial assistance has the meaning 
        given that term for the purposes of title VI of the Civil 
        Rights Act of 1964;
            (3) the term ``disability'' has the meaning given that term 
        for the purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
        1990; and
            (4) the term ``group home'' has the meaning given that term 
        by the relevant State or local authority.
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