REAL ESTATE

Amendments

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), S7599 [12JY], S7691 [16JY], S7737 [17JY], H575, H577, H578, H579, H588 [1MR]

———amend laws (S. 420), S1926, S1928, S1945, S1946, S2014, S2015 [7MR], S2031, S2032, S2035, S2038, S2045, S2047, S2048, S2054, S2096, S2097, S2098, S2099, S2100 [8MR], S2144, S2147, S2149, S2154, S2157, S2158, S2165, S2166 [12MR], S2191, S2192, S2196, S2198, S2199, S2208, S2209, S2233, S2234, S2235, S2236, S2237, S2238, S2241, S2242, S2243, S2244, S2245, S2265 [13MR], S2279, S2291, S2299, S2320 [14MR], S2324, S2337, S2338, S2348, S2351, S2357, S2358, S2359, S2360, S2361, S2362, S2414, S2415 [15MR], S2531, S2532 [19MR]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1445 [4AP]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), H959 [19MR], H1061 [21MR], H1083, H1084 [22MR]

Analyses

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 333): Title IX Provisions on Banking and Bankruptcy Insolvency Laws Relative to Termination and Netting of Financial Contracts, H581-H587 [1MR]

Homestead Preservation Act (S. 1848), S13704 [19DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, H4954 [31JY]

———H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S7796 [17JY]

Lands Title Report Commission, H3597 [26JN]

Articles and editorials

Bad Bankruptcy Bill, S7544 [12JY]

Business-Dictated Bankruptcy Law, S7544 [12JY]

Compounding Debt, S7545 [12JY]

Congress, President Side With Banks, Not Consumers, S7544 [12JY]

Contributors to Irresponsible Acts—Credit-Card Firms Not Blameless in Bankruptcy Rise, S7545 [12JY]

Debt Smothers Young Americans, H519 [1MR]

Deeper Hole for Debtors, S7543 [12JY]

Estate Tax Reform Must Be First Step To Fixing System, S368 [22JA]

Hard Lobbying on Debtor Bill Pays Dividend, S2282, S2294 [14MR]

Reform Choice for Mr. Bush, S7544 [12JY]

Tax Break's Unfortunate Legacy, H2842 [25MY]

Tougher Bankruptcy Laws—Compliments of MBNA?, S2294 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: regulation of wetlands (see S. 49), S98 [22JA]

Armed Forces: accelerate elimination of out-of-pocket housing costs for members residing off-base (see H.R. 1995), H2710 [24MY]

———ensure that basic allowance rates for off-base military housing areas are sufficient to eliminate out-of-pocket housing costs (see H.R. 2044), H2848 [25MY]

———make temporary adjustments in basic housing allowances in response to increases in military housing costs (see H.R. 3411), H8948 [5DE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 220), S707 [30JA] (see S. 420), S1746 [1MR] (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), consideration (see H. Res. 71), H507 [28FE]

Bennington, Rita: provide for special application of certain tax laws relative to the sale of a principal residence following Hurricane Iniki (see S. 54), S99 [22JA]

Children and youth: construction and renovation of child care facilities (see S. 1004), S5967 [7JN]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1051), H953 [15MR]

Credit: adjust statutory exemptions and civil penalties to reflect inflation and eliminate certain rules in accounting for interest rebates in consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 1054), H953 [15MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: require report to Congress on the taking of private property (see H.R. 212), H62 [6JA]

Dept. of HUD: conduct a study of developing residential mortgage programs that provide low-cost health insurance in connection with low-cost mortgages (see H.R. 1222), H1188 [27MR]

———expand provisions of the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door Program to include firefighters and rescue personnel (see H.R. 1221), H1188 [27MR]

———grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1365), S8910 [3AU] (see H.R. 425), H219 [7FE]

———make single family properties available at a discount to elementary and secondary school teachers and public safety officers (see H.R. 421), H219 [7FE]

———provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (see S. 1887), S13943 [20DE]

———transfer of certain real property (see H.R. 2885), H5615 [13SE] (see H.R. 3539), H10909 [19DE]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (see S. 1848), S13700 [19DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 1929), H2387 [21MY]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see S. 228), S914 [31JA]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (see S. 1153), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 1689), H1860 [2MY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: exempt mortgage servicers from certain requirements relative to Federal mortgage loans secured by a first lien (see H.R. 163), H61 [6JA]

Families and domestic relations: require anticipated child support be held in trust on the sale or refinancing of certain real property of an obligated parent (see H.R. 413), H218 [7FE]

FHA: clarify authority to terminate mortgagee origination approval for poorly performing mortgagees (see S. 1195), S7878 [18JY]

———require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (see S. 607), S2823 [23MR]

Financial institutions: payment of interest on escrow and impoundment accounts established to pay taxes and fire and hazard insurance premiums on federally mortgaged property (see H.R. 2208), H3202 [14JN]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 1839), S13464 [18DE] (see H.R. 3424), H9076 [6DE]

Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H8563 [28NO]

Fujimo, Ricke Kaname: relief (see S. 55), S99 [22JA]

Government: establish procedures for assessing Federal regulations relative to seizure of private property (see S. 1412), S9253 [10SE]

———establish procedures for assessing Federal regulations relative to the taking of private property (see H.R. 212), H62 [6JA]

GSA: authorize public-private partnerships to rehabilitate Federal real property (see H.R. 2710), H5125 [1AU]

Habitat for Humanity International: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 48), S6008 [8JN]

Housing: constitutional amendment relative to the right to a home (see H.J. Res. 21), H399 [14FE]

———promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing in rural areas for low-income households (see S. 652), S3152 [29MR]

———provide for a study on the proximity of federally assisted housing to hazardous waste sites (see H.R. 1585), H1604 [25AP]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see S. 417), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 674), H396 [14FE]

———provide home ownership assistance to public safety officers and teachers (see H.R. 3191), H7591 [31OC]

———reduce the downpayment required by a first-time homebuyer purchasing a home with a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 859), H628 [5MR]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1409), H1482 (see H.R. 1409), H1492 [4AP]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 858), H628 [5MR]

Illinois: provide for equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes (see S. 533), S2306 [14MR] (see H.R. 791), H506 [28FE]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: exclude certain properties (see H.R. 2289), H3465 [21JN]

Lake Sidney Lanier: allow property owners to maintain existing residences that are inadvertently in violation of a Corps of Engineers flood control easement (see H.R. 535), H253 [8FE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: provide greater protection of private property rights (see H.R. 1592), H1604 [25AP]

Minorities: reduce the impact of predatory lending on minorities (see H.R. 1053), H953 [15MR]

Mortgages: authorize a homeowner to recover treble damages from the homeowner's mortgage escrow servicer for failure to make timely payments for homeowners insurance, taxes, or other charges (see H.R. 1105), H1010 [20MR]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1248), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2349), H3712 [27JN]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (see H.R. 1428), H1483 (see H.R. 1428), H1493 [4AP] (see H.R. 1551), H1555 [24AP] (see H.R. 2545), H4215 [18JY]

National Homeownership Week: observance (see S. Res. 108), S6008 [8JN]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see S. 1069), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 834), H622 [1MR]

Natural Gas Act: limit use of eminent domain to acquire certain State-owned property (see H.R. 295), H110 [30JA]

Nevada: sale of certain real property in the Newlands Project to the city of Fallon, NV (see S. 1310), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 1870), H2280 [16MY]

Office of World Trade Center Attack Claims: establish to pay claims for injury to businesses and property suffered as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center (see S. 1624), S11362 [1NO] (see H.R. 3272), H8034 [9NO]

Public works: State and local capital projects funding (see H.R. 1564), H1555 [24AP]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H648 [6MR]

Stanislaus National Forest: convey parcels of land that contain recreational cabins to the owners of such cabins (see H.R. 3386), H8732 [29NO]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl (see S. 1633), S11437 [5NO]

Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H4633 [25JY]

———allow a business credit for the development of low-to-moderate income housing for home ownership (see S. 1081), S6601 [21JN] (see H.R. 3000), H6136 [2OC]

———allow a deduction for premiums on private mortgage insurance (see H.R. 149), H60 [6JA]

———allow a deduction for real property taxes for individuals that do not itemize other deductions (see S. 1268), S8353 [27JY]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 828), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 1275), H1294 [28MR] (see H.R. 2206), H3202 [14JN]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H959 [19MR]

———allow eligible individuals to elect to pay 15 percent tax on income with a tax return free filing system and reduce burdens of marriage penalty and alternative minimum tax (see S. 551), S2388 [15MR]

———allow first-time homebuyers to use tax-exempt loans from individual retirement accounts for downpayments (see H.R. 2022), H2847 [25MY]

———allow individual retirement accounts to exclude income from certain debt-financed real property from the tax on unrelated business taxable income (see H.R. 947), H826 [8MR]

———allow investments by certain retirement plans in principal residences of children and grandchildren of participants who are first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2308), H3518 [25JN]

———allow low-income housing credit without regard to whether moderate rehabilitation assistance is provided for a building (see H.R. 2539), H4112 [17JY]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 677), S3274 [2AP] (see H.R. 951), H826 [8MR]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (see H.R. 161), H61 [6JA]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 920), S5269 [21MY] (see H.R. 1172), H1112 [22MR]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8), H28 [3JA]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see S. 97), S100 [22JA] (see S. 615), S2894 [26MR] (see H.R. 959), H826 [8MR]

———encourage contributions of capital gain real property for conservation purposes and qualified conservation contributions, and modify rules on estate tax exclusion for certain land (see H.R. 1309), H1344 [29MR]

———encourage qualified conservation contributions by allowing an estate tax deduction for such contributions made by heirs of the estate (see H.R. 1486), H1487 (see H.R. 1486), H1496 [4AP]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see S. 1282), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 13), H25 [3JA]

———exclusion from gross income for family-to-family sale of farm businesses (see H.R. 1179), H1113 [22MR]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland (see S. 362), S1463 [15FE]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H110 [30JA]

———expand incentives for transferring land or easements for conservation purposes (see H.R. 960), H826 [8MR]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see S. 1396), S9122 [5SE] (see H.R. 211), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 1773), H2081 [9MY]

———increase gift tax exclusion (see S. 85), S99 [22JA]

———increase the amount excluded from gain on the sale of a principal residence for both single and joint filers (see H.R. 1722), H1924 [3MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (see S. 84), S99 [22JA]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 88), H27 [3JA]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 1442), H1484 (see H.R. 1442), H1494 [4AP]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction (see S. 867), S4822 [10MY]

———inflation adjustment of the dollar limitation on the exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 165), H61 [6JA] (see H.R. 411), H218 [7FE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3067 [12JN]

———permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see H.R. 224), H63 [6JA]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 111), H1406 [3AP]

———phase-out and repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 83), S99 [22JA]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient home improvements (see S. 1873), S13943 [20DE]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 43), H26 [3JA]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 1087), S6664 [22JN] (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 732), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 826), H622 [1MR]

———provide a tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (see S. 1329), S8704 [2AU]

———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes (see H.R. 2147), H3149 [13JN]

———provide disaster relief for homeowners (see H.R. 2176), H3201 [14JN]

———provide individual income tax rate reductions, relief to families with children, marriage penalty relief, and eliminate the estate tax for certain decedents (see H.R. 1264), H1294 [28MR] (see H.R. 1398), H1482 (see H.R. 1398), H1491 [4AP]

———provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 2033), H2847 [25MY]

———provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (see S. 48), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 1588), H1604 [25AP]

———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H2082 [9MY]

———reduce and simplify estate tax rates (see H.R. 1285), H1295 [28MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H26 [3JA]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 543), H253 [8FE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, increase unified estate and gift tax credit, and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 1277), H1294 [28MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, replace the unified credit with a unified exemption, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 1437), H1484 (see H.R. 1437), H1493 [4AP]

———reduce the maximum capital gains rate for gains from property held for extended periods of time (see S. 302), S1270 [13FE]

———relief for families (see S. 9), S97 [22JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 82), S99 (see S. 100), S100 [22JA] (see S. 275), S1122 [7FE] (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 31), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR] (see H.R. 130, 153), H60 (see H.R. 193), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 246), H108 [30JA] (see H.R. 799), H507 [28FE]

———repeal recognition of capital gain rule for home offices (see S. 945), S5615 [24MY]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (see H.R. 2969), H6056 [25SE]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 315), S1270 [13FE]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see S. 822), S4245 [3MY] (see H.R. 1711), H1923 [3MY]

———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 1926), H2387 [21MY]

———treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes (see H.R. 3381), H8731 [29NO]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 900), H649 [6MR]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 1507), H1497 [4AP]

———treatment of cooperative housing corporations (see H.R. 1788), H2082 [9MY]

———treatment of estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 2936), H5926 [21SE]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 892), H649 [6MR]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H3465 [21JN]

———treatment of property tax reduction vouchers received by senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work (see H.R. 925), H740 [7MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H164 [31JA]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S11719 [13NO] (see S. 1755), S12311 [3DE] (see H.R. 1596), H1657 [26AP]

———treatment of the sale of certain property used in the performance of an exempt function by tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1359), H1408 [3AP]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (see S. 680), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 247), H108 [30JA]

———authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), consideration (see H. Res. 93), H1010 (see H. Res. 93), H1012 [20MR]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans and modify home loan programs (see S. 1488), S10154 [3OC]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see S. 1203), S7955 [19JY] (see H.R. 1808), H2141 [10MY]

———treatment of pension income, benefits for fugitive or incarcerated veterans, home loan guaranty amounts, and certain benefit authorities (see S. 1093), S6664 [22JN]

Wetlands: impose limitations on wetlands mitigation activities carried out through the condemnation of private property (see H.R. 2719), H5333 [2AU]

Winter Harbor, ME: authorize transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity (see S. 1108), S6991 [27JN] (see H.R. 2371), H3802 [28JN]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), S7554 [12JY], S7734 [17JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), motion to proceed, S7361 [9JY], S7553 [12JY]

———amend laws (S. 420), S2146 [12MR], S2297 [14MR]

Cost Estimates

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 333): CBO, E248-E252 [28FE]

Descriptions

Home-Office Deduction Simplification Act (S. 945), S5618 [24MY]

Letters

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H515 [1MR]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H516 [1MR]

———several women's and children's organizations, H520 [1MR]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H522 [1MR]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Randall J. Newsome, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, S1949 [7MR]

———several law professors, S2334 [15MR]

———several women's and children's organizations, S1812 [5MR]

Bankruptcy reform small business provisions: Elizabeth Warren, Harvard University Law School, S2033 [8MR]

———James I. Shepard, National Bankruptcy Review Commission, S2051 [8MR], S2470 [19MR]

———Jeffery J. Hartley, National Bankruptcy Review Commission, S2470 [19MR]

———Stephen H. Case, National Bankruptcy Review Commission, S2470 [19MR]

Establish procedures for assessing Federal regulations relative to seizure of private property: Bryce P. Neidig, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, S9255 [10SE]

———Greg Ruehle, Nebraska Cattlemen, Inc., S9255 [10SE]

———Nancie G. Marzulla, Defenders of Property Rights (organization), S9255 [10SE]

HOME Investment Partnerships program funding: several State and local government and nonprofit community development organizations, H4697 [26JY]

Military Homeowners Equity Act: J.L. Jones, Marine Corps, S11724 [13NO]

———John K. Naland, American Foreign Service Association, S11724 [13NO]

———Military Coalition, S11723 [13NO]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S11724 [13NO]

Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding: Terri Hamilton Brown, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, E1478 [31JY]

Veterans' Benefits Act: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S10157 [3OC]

Lists

Amendments to S. 420, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S2053 [8MR]

Newspaper editorials opposing H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, S7540 [12JY]

Motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), H599 [1MR], H4953 [31JY]

———amend laws (S. 420), S1962 [7MR], S2051 [8MR], S2179, S2187, S2196 [13MR], S2276, S2291, S2293 [14MR], S2336 [15MR]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1456 [4AP]

Remarks in House

Alliance for America: tribute, E1377 [20JY]

Armed Forces: accelerate elimination of out-of-pocket housing costs for members residing off-base (H.R. 1995), E922 [24MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), H133-H135 [31JA], H510, H517-H601 [1MR], H4953-H4955 [31JY], E248 [28FE], E274 [5MR], E305 [7MR], E399 [20MR], E1148 [19JN]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), consideration (H. Res. 71), H512-H517 [1MR]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), motion to instruct conferees, H4953, H4954 [31JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), motion to recommit, H599, H600 [1MR]

———prevent disclosure of children's names in bankruptcy filings, H578 [1MR]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (H.R. 1051), E379 [15MR]

Credit: adjust statutory exemptions and civil penalties to reflect inflation and eliminate certain rules in accounting for interest rebates in consumer credit transactions (H.R. 1054), E379 [15MR]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant funding, H4823, H4824 [30JY]

———grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (H.R. 425), E117 [6FE]

———homeless prevention programs funding through reductions in home ownership downpayment assistance and administrative expenses, H4710-H4713 [26JY]

———housing programs funding, H3293, H3301 [20JN]

———Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding through reductions in HOME Investment Partnerships Program and home ownership downpayment assistance, H4730-H4742 [27JY]

———remove restriction on use of certain HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds for home ownership downpayment assistance, H4727-H4730, H4734, H4735 [27JY]

———YouthBuild Program funding through reductions in administrative expenses, H4708-H4710 [26JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, H4905 [31JY], H9147 [11DE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: section 8 housing vouchers programs and veterans' extended care facilities funding through reductions in home ownership downpayment assistance, H4696-H4700 [26JY]

Disasters: improve predisaster mitigation and reform disaster assistance programs relative to repetitively damaged properties, H1667 [1MY]

Endangered Species Act: reform liability provisions relative to civil and criminal penalties, H3237 [19JN]

Government regulations: clarify certain brokerage and management activities, H4562 [25JY]

Grewal, Gurmale Singh: Business Industry Association of Southeastern Michigan and the Apartment Association of Michigan Developer of the Year award recipient, E2219 [7DE]

Housing: provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (H.R. 674), E176 [14FE]

———reduce the downpayment required by a first-time homebuyer purchasing a home with a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act (H.R. 859), E329 [8MR]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (H.R. 858), E329 [8MR]

Lands Title Report Commission: appointments, H3597 [26JN]

Meehan, Terry: Fresno Association of Realtors Realtor of the Year award recipient, E52 [30JA]

Miller, Jeanie: Fresno Association of Realtors Affiliate of the Year award recipient, E50 [30JA]

Minorities: reduce the impact of predatory lending on minorities (H.R. 1053), E379 [15MR]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (H.R. 2349), H10142 [13DE]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties, H629 [6MR]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 1428), H1537 [24AP]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 1551), E649 [26AP]

National Homeownership Week: observance, H2985 [7JN]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (H.R. 834), H845-H847, H863 [13MR]

New York, NY: economic impact of terrorist attacks, H8540-H8547 [28NO]

Oregon: use of conservation easements, E1801 [4OC]

Private property: recognize the importance of maintaining private property and curtail environmentalists' efforts to restrict private land use, H4968 [31JY]

Real property: economic impact of governmental acquisition of private lands, H1037 [21MR]

Tamlin, Debbie: Fort Collins, CO, Board of Realtors Realtor of the Year award recipient, E2217 [5DE]

———Fort Collins, CO, Realtor of the Year award recipient, E2176 [29NO]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property, H5045 [1AU]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (H.R. 1094), H1089 [22MR]

———allow first-time homebuyers to use tax-exempt loans from individual retirement accounts for downpayments (H.R. 2022), E978 [25MY]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (H.R. 951), E316 [8MR]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (H.R. 161), E1 [3JA]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (H.R. 1172), E431 [22MR]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (H. Con. Res. 8), E3 [3JA]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (H.R. 959), E317, E328 [8MR]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (H.R. 294), H79 [30JA]

———phase out estate and gift taxes, H2825, H2830 [25MY], E1061 [8JN]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1290-H1292 [28MR], H1398, H1405 [3AP], H1424-H1458, H1466, H1469 [4AP], E607 [24AP]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 111), H1416-H1424 [4AP]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H1456 [4AP]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, H870 [13MR]

———preserve estate and gift taxes, H2842 [25MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (H.R. 1030), E359 [14MR]

———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes, E1568 [3AU]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, replace the unified credit with a unified exemption, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (H.R. 1437), E561 [5AP]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, H1544-H1546 [24AP]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 130), H99-H102 [30JA]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (H.R. 2969), E1740 [25SE]

———treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes (H.R. 3381), E2211 [5DE]

———treatment of property tax reduction vouchers received by senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work (H.R. 925), E302 [7MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (H.R. 1596), E638 [26AP]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), H1075-H1086 [22MR]

———authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), consideration (H. Res. 93), H1068-H1074 [22MR]

———authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), corrections in engrossment, H1086 [22MR]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: regulation of wetlands (S. 49), S320 [22JA]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), S7553, S7651 [12JY], S7721-S7735, S7737-S7739, S7741, S7742, S7789 [17JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), cloture motion, S7553 [12JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), motion to proceed, S7361 [9JY], S7539-S7550, S7552 [12JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), unanimous-consent agreement, S7534 [11JY]

———amend laws (S. 220), S788 [30JA], S1676-S1678 [28FE]

———amend laws (S. 220), unanimous-consent request, S1676 [28FE]

———amend laws (S. 420), S1793-S1801, S1803, S1805-S1813 [5MR], S1925-S1962 [7MR], S2018-S2055, S2056 [8MR], S2105-S2113 [9MR], S2142-S2159, S2166 [12MR], S2169-S2173, S2176-S2180-S2214 [13MR], S2272-S2297, S2299 [14MR], S2324-S2339, S2343-S2379, S2381, S2385, S2416-S2418 [15MR], S2469 [19MR]

———amend laws (S. 420), cloture motion, S2296 [14MR]

———amend laws (S. 420), unanimous-consent agreement, S1729 [1MR], S2201, S2208 [13MR], S2287, S2296 [14MR], S2531 [19MR]

———amend laws (S. 420), vitiation of modification of amendment, S2299 [14MR]

———amend waiting period for subsequent filings, S2324, S2328, S2347 [15MR]

———automatic stays relative to tenant evictions after the filing of a bankruptcy petition, S2351 [15MR]

———definition of debtors income, S2024, S2045 [8MR], S2324, S2328, S2347 [15MR]

———limit homestead property exemption, S2023 [8MR], S2329-S2336 [15MR], S7730, S7733 [17JY]

———prevent disclosure of children's names in bankruptcy filings, S2157 [12MR], S2336 [15MR]

———prevent predatory lenders from using bankruptcy laws to shield themselves from liability in consumer claims, S2031, S2032, S2044, S2045 [8MR], S2191, S2192 [13MR]

———treatment of leases held by retail debtors, S2365 [15MR]

———treatment of separated spousal income relative to safe harbor means test, S2024 [8MR]

———treatment of unemployed filers eligible for trade adjustment assistance, S2325, S2328, S2347 [15MR]

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: require GAO study to determine effects on bankruptcy filings, S7737-S7739, S7742 [17JY]

Children and youth: construction and renovation of child care facilities (S. 1004), S5982 [7JN]

Dept. of HUD: provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (S. 1887), S13978-S13980 [20DE]

———YouthBuild Program funding, S11600 [8NO]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (S. 1848), S13701-S13704 [19DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (S. 228), S921 [31JA]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (S. 1153), S7204, S7205 [29JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to financial assistance for certain affected school activities, S11323, S11324 [1NO]

FHA: clarify authority to terminate mortgagee origination approval for poorly performing mortgagees (S. 1195), S7882 [18JY]

———require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (S. 607), S2830 [23MR]

Forest Service: establish Office of Tribal Relations, S13040 [12DE]

Government: establish procedures for assessing Federal regulations relative to seizure of private property (S. 1412), S9255 [10SE]

Housing: promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing in rural areas for low-income households (S. 652), S3164-S3167 [29MR]

Medicaid: eliminate the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, S5229 [21MY], S5406 [22MY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (S. 1248), S8233-S8235 [25JY]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (S. 1069), S6522 [20JN]

Nevada: sale of certain real property in the Newlands Project to the city of Fallon, NV (S. 1310), S8718 [2AU]

New York, NY: economic impact of terrorist attacks, S12047-S12049 [27NO], S12096-S12098 [28NO], S12130 [29NO]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl (S. 1633), S11442 [5NO]

Taxation: allow a business credit for the development of low-to-moderate income housing for home ownership (S. 1081), S6612 [21JN]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (S. 828), S4262 [3MY]

———allow eligible individuals to elect to pay 15 percent tax on income with a tax return free filing system and reduce burdens of marriage penalty and alternative minimum tax (S. 551), S2404 [15MR]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (S. 677), S3280 [2AP]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (S. 920), S5275 [21MY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (S. 97), S365 [22JA]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (S. 1282), S8478 [31JY]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland (S. 362), S1502 [15FE]

———increase gift tax exclusion (S. 85), S343 [22JA]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes, S5217, S5218, S5220, S5221, S5255 [21MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (S. 84), S343 [22JA]

———phase out estate and gift taxes, S5044, S5065-S5071, S5075, S5076 [17MY], S5421, S5422 [22MY], S5504, S5517-S5520 [23MY], S5678 [25MY]

———phase out estate and gift taxes and increase income limits relative to a 10 percent income tax rate bracket for individuals, S5230 [21MY], S5407 [22MY]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S3633 [5AP], S3765 [6AP], S14029, S14030 [20DE]

———phase-out and repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 83), S343 [22JA]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, S1674 [28FE]

———preserve estate and gift taxes, S5427 [22MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (S. 1087), S6665 [22JN]

———provide a tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (S. 1329), S8750 [2AU]

———provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (S. 48), S320 [22JA]

———reduce tax cuts and replace estate tax repeal with unified estate and gift tax credit and family-owned business interest deduction increases, and use savings for debt reduction and infrastructure improvements, S5208-S5214, S5254 [21MY], S5428 [22MY]

———reduce the maximum capital gains rate for gains from property held for extended periods of time (S. 302), S1271 [13FE]

———reduction in State estate tax revenues in proportion to the reduction in Federal estate tax revenues, S5097-S5100 [17MY], S5252 [21MY], S5420 [22MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 82), S343 [22JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 100), S368 [22JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 275), S1131 [7FE], S1174 [8FE]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, S1442-S1446 [15FE]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (S. 31), S307 [22JA]

———repeal recognition of capital gain rule for home offices (S. 945), S5618 [24MY]

———strike all estate tax reductions and use savings to expand the estate tax unified credit exemption amounts, S5230 [21MY], S5407 [22MY]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (S. 315), S1336-S1338 [13FE]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (S. 822), S4256 [3MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (S. 1678), S11722-S11725 [13NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (S. 1755), S12312 [3DE]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans and modify home loan programs (S. 1488), S10156 [3OC]

Winter Harbor, ME: authorize transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity (S. 1108), S6994-S6996 [27JN]

Reports filed

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 333) (H. Rept. 107-3), H411 [26FE]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 420), S1746 [1MR]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 111) (H. Rept. 107-39), H1406 [3AP]

Consideration of H.R. 247, Tornado Shelters Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 93) (H. Rept. 107-24), H1010 [20MR]

Consideration of H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 71) (H. Rept. 107-4), H505 [28FE]

Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 107-37), H1406 [3AP]

World Trade Center Attack Claims Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1624) (S. Rept. 107-116), S12681 [7DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2187, S2188 [13MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 71, consideration of H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, H512 [1MR]

H. Res. 93, consideration of H.R. 247, Tornado Shelters Act, H1068 [22MR]

H. Res. 111, consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, H1416 [4AP]

H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, H1424-H1432 [4AP]

H.R. 247, Tornado Shelters Act, H1083 [22MR]

H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, H530-H575 [1MR]

H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S7742-S7789 [17JY]

H.R. 834, National Trails System Willing Seller Act, H845 [13MR]

S. 9, Working Family Tax Relief Act, S146-S155 [22JA]

S. 31, Estate and Gift Tax Rate Reduction Act, S308 [22JA]

S. 48, provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums, S320 [22JA]

S. 82, Estate and Gift Tax Repeal Act, S344 [22JA]

S. 83, Estate and Gift Tax Phase-Out Act, S344 [22JA]

S. 84, Farmer and Entrepreneur Estate Tax Relief Act, S344 [22JA]

S. 85, increase gift tax exclusion, S345 [22JA]

S. 97, eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing, S365 [22JA]

S. 100, Death Tax Termination Act, S368 [22JA]

S. 220, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S788-S833 [30JA]

S. 228, make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, S921 [31JA]

S. 302, reduce the maximum capital gains rate for gains from property held for extended periods of time, S1271 [13FE]

S. 315, Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act, S1337 [13FE]

S. 420, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S2480-S2530 [19MR]

S. 551, Fair and Simple Shortcut Tax Plan, S2405-S2408 [15MR]

S. 607, Homeowners Rebate Act, S2830 [23MR]

S. 652, Rural Rental Housing Act, S3165 [29MR]

S. 677, Housing Bond and Credit Modernization and Fairness Act, S3281 [2AP]

S. 680, Tornado Shelters Act, S3344 [3AP]

S. 822, Community Forestry and Agriculture Conservation Act, S4256 [3MY]

S. 920, Historic Homeownership Assistance Act, S5276 [21MY]

S. 945, Home-Office Deduction Simplification Act, S5753 [25MY]

S. 1081, Low-to-Moderate Income Home Ownership Tax Credit Act, S6612-S6616 [21JN]

S. 1087, Business Property Economic Revitalization Act, S6665 [22JN]

S. 1108, transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity in Winter Harbor, ME, S6995 [27JN]

S. 1282, Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act, S8479 [31JY]

S. 1310, Fallon Rail Freight Loading Facility Transfer Act, S8718 [2AU]

S. 1488, Veterans' Benefits Act, S10156 [3OC]

S. 1678, Military Homeowners Equity Act, S11723 [13NO]

S. 1755, tax treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service, S12313 [3DE]

S. 1839, Community Choice in Real Estate Act, S13466 [18DE]

S. 1848, Homestead Preservation Act, S13704 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 48, tribute to Habitat for Humanity International, S6016 [8JN]

S. Res. 108, National Homeownership Week, S6016 [8JN]