HOUSING

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), S6933, S6963 [17JY], H4153 [27JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4141 [27JN]

Mortgages: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S10739, S10743 [17OC]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), S9997 [4OC]

Taxation: treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), S9915, S9923 [3OC], H8794 [14NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 609), H8763 [14NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by members of the uniformed services or Foreign Service and treatment of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services (H.R. 5557), S11136 [14NO]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6137 [10SE]

Articles and editorials

Affordable Housing Shortage Nears Crisis Proportions, E14 [23JA]

Mortgaging LI's Economic Future, E2136 [22NO]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (see S. 1973), S1351 [28FE]

Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see S. 2998), S9116 [24SE] (see H.R. 3839), H686 [5MR]

Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]

Colmery, Harry W.: posthumously award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Con. Res. 144), S8981 [20SE] (see H. Con. Res. 461), H6059 [4SE]

Community development: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1002 [19MR]

Construction industries: tribute to role in providing economic stability and momentum to the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 418), H2471 [14MY]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2438), S3625 [1MY] (see H.R. 3807), H633 [27FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (see S. 2709), S6361 [8JY] (see H.R. 5011), H3927 [25JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (see H. Res. 462), H4064 (see H. Res. 462), H4067 [26JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 578), H7737 [9OC]

Dept. of HUD: expand provisions of the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door Program to include firefighters and rescue personnel (see H.R. 5181), H5194 [23JY]

———guarantee loans to homeowners with properties contaminated by leaking underground storage tanks and assist such homeowners in moving from such properties on a temporary or permanent basis (see H.R. 5572), H7303 [8OC]

———insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]

———permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H1282 [11AP]

———provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (see H.R. 3737), H365 [13FE]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6783 [30SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend eligibility for housing loans guaranteed under the Native American Housing Loan Pilot Program to veterans who are married to Native Americans (see H.R. 4504), H1482 [18AP]

———make permanent the authority to guarantee adjustable rate mortgages and authorize the guarantee of hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (see S. 2230), S3165 [23AP]

———prohibit additional daily interest charges following prepayment in full of guaranteed housing loans (see H.R. 4042), H1088 [20MR]

Disabled: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 5683), H8022 [16OC]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 5378), H6250 [12SE]

Families and domestic relations: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see S. 2592), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4033), H1088 [20MR]

Federal aid programs: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (see S. 2721), S6649 [11JY]

———provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see S. 2723), S6649 [11JY] (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 13), S11736 [20NO] (see H.R. 5758, 5759), H9036 [19NO]

FHA: adjust the indexing of multifamily mortgage limits (see S. 2841), S7899 [1AU]

———reinstitute moratorium on foreclosure of mortgage loans to borrowers affected by terrorist attacks and expand moratorium to certain employees of air carriers and aircraft manufacturers (see H.R. 4067), H1089 [20MR]

Financial institutions: make the residential mortgage process more understandable, fair, and competitive (see H.R. 4818), H2944 [22MY]

———prohibit certain unearned fees in connection with settlement services involved in residential mortgage loan transactions (see H.R. 4627), H2018 [1MY]

Government National Mortgage Association: repeal increase in guarantee fee for mortgage-backed securities (see H.R. 3926), H832 [12MR]

Government regulations: extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 4071), H1089 [20MR]

Hawaii: congressional consent to certain amendments enacted by the State legislature to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (see H.J. Res. 115), H6983 [2OC]

Hawaii Homes Commission Act: amend (see S.J. Res. 44), S8673 [17SE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: repeal limitations on the funding percentages of the operating budgets of organizations receiving assistance (see H.R. 3963), H907 [13MR]

———support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see S. 2584), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]

Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (see S. 2573), S4839 [23MY]

Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act: facilitate the use of certain assistance made available for self-help housing providers (see H.R. 3767), H523 [14FE]

Housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit Federal funding and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (see H.R. 5126), H4605 [15JY]

Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 4025), H1087 [20MR]

LIHEAP: address the needs of low-income households in States with high needs for cooling assistance by adjusting a hold harmless provision (see H.R. 4898), H3291 [6JN]

Los Angeles, CA: modify standard for soundproofing a residential building near the Los Angeles International Airport (see H.R. 5142), H4766 [16JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 135), S7901 [1AU] (see H. Con. Res. 454), H5997 [26JY]

Mortgages: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see S. 2239), S3303 [24AP] (see H.R. 3661), H104 [29JA]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 415), H3453 [11JN]

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: provide funding in the same manner as other financial institutions' regulatory agencies (see H.R. 5696), H8035 [21OC]

Poverty: enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (see H.R. 5654), H8021 [16OC]

———promote the production of affordable low-income housing (see S. 2967), S8918 [19SE]

Public welfare programs: improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2116), S2578 [11AP]

Senior citizens: improve the quality of, and provide housing for the elderly (see H.R. 4817), H2944 [22MY]

Taxation: allow a minimum deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 5220), H5790 [25JY]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see S. 2006), S1782 [12MR]

———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see S. 2200), S2950 [18AP] (see H.R. 4156), H1200 [10AP]

———exempt certain recipients of Federal multi-family housing loans from the recapture provisions of the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 4712), H2355 [9MY]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities and allow nonrecognition of gain on sales of real property if the proceeds are invested in renewal and similar community businesses (see H.R. 5566), H7171 [7OC]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 1957), S897 [15FE]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 2816), S7469 [29JY]

———include high-speed Internet capability as a criteria for selecting a project for the low-income housing credit (see S. 2479), S4064 [8MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 3774), H523 [14FE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 3126), S10571 [16OC] (see H.R. 5052), H4325 [27JN]

———provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located adjacent to qualified census tracts (see H.R. 4194), H1282 [11AP]

———provide for a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit to encourage the provision of housing, job training, and other essential services to ex-offenders (see H.R. 3701), H227 [7FE]

———provide for an enhanced deduction for qualified residence interest on acquisition indebtedness for heritage homes (see H.R. 5165), H4931 [18JY]

———repeal provisions that limit the interest deduction on refinanced home mortgage indebtedness to the amount of the indebtedness being refinanced (see H.R. 5339), H6084 [5SE]

———treatment of amounts received from an employer as assistance towards the purchase of a principal residence (see S. 2881), S7900 [1AU]

———treatment of bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks (see H.R. 5670), H8022 [16OC]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (see H.R. 5063), H4350 [8JY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (see H. Res. 609), H8732 [13NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), consideration of Senate amendments—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 587), H7929 [15OC]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by members of the uniformed services or Foreign Service and treatment of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 5557), H7171 [7OC]

U.S. Housing Act: amend the definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM (see S. 2540), S4702 [22MY]

Veterans: increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 3719), H284 [12FE]

Biographies

LaFalce, Representative, E2092-E2102 [19NO]

Conference reports

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure (H.R. 5011), H7345-H7375 [9OC]

Cost Estimates

FHA Downpayment Simplification Act (S. 2239): CBO, S10744 [17OC]

Letters

Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act: J. Neil McFarland, S9922 [3OC]

———J.D. Griffith, S9922 [3OC]

———James A. Brooks, S9922 [3OC]

———Jay R. Hildebrand, S9922 [3OC]

———Thomas D. Heinold, S9922 [3OC]

———Thomas J. Hicks, S9922 [3OC]

Housing Voucher Improvement Act: George Caruso, National Affordable Housing Management Association, S6653 [11JY]

———several organizations, S6652 [11JY]

———Sunia Zaterman, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, S6653 [11JY]

LIHEAP funding: several Senators, S3151 [23AP]

Restrictions on Dept. of State sales of certain Foreign Agricultural Service property: Jess T. Ford, GAO, H6657 [25SE]

Tax treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service: Colin L. Powell, Sec. of State, S213 [29JA]

———J.L. Jones, Marine Corps, S214 [29JA]

———John K. Naland, American Foreign Service Association, S214 [29JA]

———John M. Keane, Dept. of the Army, S214 [29JA]

———John P. Jumper, Dept. of the Air Force, S214 [29JA]

———Military Coalition, S214 [29JA]

———Richard B. Myers, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair, S213 [29JA]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S215 [29JA]

———Robin Cleveland, OMB, S214 [29JA]

———Vern Clark, Dept. of the Navy, S213 [29JA]

Lists

Objectionable provisions in H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S6973 [18JY]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), H6137 [10SE]

Taxation: treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), H8794 [14NO]

Remarks in House

Army: U.S. Army War College housing funding, H2332 [9MY]

Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (H.R. 3839), H1502-H1514 [23AP], E255 [5MR], E612 [23AP]

Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (H.R. 5291), E1427 [29JY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation, H1160 [10AP]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Congressional Black Caucus Housing Summit on homeownership, H3676 [19JN], E1101 [19JN]

———tribute to Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, E1598 [18SE]

Community development: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (H.R. 3995), E389 [19MR], E1133 [21JN]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices, E1133 [21JN]

Cooperative Housing Foundation International: anniversary, E816 [16MY]

Crime: reintegrating ex-offenders into society, H729, H730 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), H4143-H4154 [27JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), conference report, H7813-H7818 [10OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4136-H4143 [27JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 578), H7812, H7813 [10OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), motion to instruct conferees, H6137 [10SE]

Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (H.R. 5291), E1427 [29JY]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 5499), H8926 [14NO]

Dept. of State: prohibit restrictions on sales of certain Foreign Agricultural Service property, H6656 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend eligibility for housing loans guaranteed under the Native American Housing Loan Pilot Program to veterans who are married to Native Americans (H.R. 4504), E583 [18AP]

———prohibit additional daily interest charges following prepayment in full of guaranteed housing loans (H.R. 4042), E491 [10AP]

Disabled: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (H.R. 5683), E1915 [17OC]

Families and domestic relations: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (H.R. 4033), E408 [21MR]

Federal aid programs: affordable housing for low-income families, E13 [23JA]

———provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (H.R. 3752), E159 [14FE], E525 [15AP], E1724 [2OC]

FHA: reinstitute moratorium on foreclosure of mortgage loans to borrowers affected by terrorist attacks and expand moratorium to certain employees of air carriers and aircraft manufacturers (H.R. 4067), E422 [21MR]

Financial institutions: make the residential mortgage process more understandable, fair, and competitive (H.R. 4818), E897 [23MY]

Forest City Stapleton, Inc.: tribute on efforts to redevelop site of Stapleton International Airport, E1250 [12JY]

Fort Ord, CA: transfer of lands for housing development, H4149 [27JN]

Fresno, CA: anniversary of California Armenian Home, E1644 [25SE]

Government National Mortgage Association: repeal increase in guarantee fee for mortgage-backed securities (H.R. 3926), E340 [13MR]

Gwinnett County, GA: anniversary of Gwinnett Housing Resource Partnership, E1109 [20JN]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (H.R. 4446), E544 [16AP]

Homeless: eliminate abuse of individuals, H3607 [18JN]

Housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit Federal funding and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (H.R. 5126), E1258 [15JY]

Human Investment Project (HIP) for Housing (organization): anniversary, E1148 [25JN]

Judicial Conference of the U.S.: require report on class action settlements in Federal courts be submitted to Congress, H880-H882 [13MR]

Long Island, NY: impact of housing costs on local economy, E2135 [22NO]

Minorities: impact of racial discrimination, E1060 [14JN]

———increase homeownership, H3766-H3770 [20JN]

Mortgages: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), H8927 [14NO]

National Association of Realtors: tribute, E1745 [3OC]

National Homeownership Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 415), H3573-H3576 [17JN], H3766-H3770 [20JN], E1133 [21JN]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), H7975 [16OC], E1934 [17OC]

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: provide funding in the same manner as other financial institutions' regulatory agencies (H.R. 5696), H8033 [21OC]

Perth Amboy, NJ: opening of Cathedral Village Townhouse Development, E226 [28FE]

Philadelphia, PA: tribute to housing authority pre-apprenticeship programs, E1270 [16JY]

Related Companies of California and Community Housing Developers, Inc.: tribute to El Rancho Verde Apartments, E1184 [28JN]

Self-Help Enterprises, Inc.: tribute, E1010 [12JN]

Senior citizens: improve the quality of, and provide housing for the elderly (H.R. 4817), E895 [23MY]

Taxation: allow a minimum deduction for business use of a home (H.R. 5220), E1398 [25JY]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (H.R. 1275), E1440 [29JY]

———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (H.R. 4156), H1299-H1302 [16AP], E560 [17AP]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities and allow nonrecognition of gain on sales of real property if the proceeds are invested in renewal and similar community businesses (H.R. 5566), E1777, E1780 [8OC]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), H7132, H7133 [7OC], E1789 [8OC]

———provide for a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit to encourage the provision of housing, job training, and other essential services to ex-offenders (H.R. 3701), H556 [26FE], H729 [6MR], H2001 [1MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), H4365-H4369 [9JY], E1235 [11JY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), concur with Senate amendments with an amendment, H8794-H8801 [14NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 609), H8757-H8764 [14NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by members of the uniformed services or Foreign Service and treatment of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services (H.R. 5557), H7164-H7167 [7OC], H7800 [10OC]

University of North Carolina: tribute to Home Safety Council study on home injuries and deaths, E1726 [2OC]

Worcester, MA: tribute to graduates of YouthBuild Program, E15 [23JA]

Remarks in Senate

Bankruptcy: limit homestead property exemption, S2938 [18AP]

Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 2998), S9123-S9135 [24SE], S10635 [17OC]

Colbeare, Cushing: Heinz Family Foundation Heinz Award for the Human Condition recipient, S1414 [4MR]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (S. 2438), S3629 [1MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), S6635, S6636 [11JY], S6829 [16JY], S6931-S6934 [17JY], S6972-S6976 [18JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), conference report, S10396, S10397 [10OC], S10648 [17OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), insert S. 2709 language in lieu, S6931 [17JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), unanimous-consent agreement, S6906 [17JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), unanimous-consent request, S6633, S6634 [11JY], S6830 [16JY], S6877, S6878 [17JY]

Dept. of Energy: expand energy efficiency in public housing, S2904 [18AP]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition, S4523-S4525 [17MY]

———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (S. 1848), S3553 [30AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make permanent the authority to guarantee adjustable rate mortgages and authorize the guarantee of hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (S. 2230), S3169 [23AP]

Enterprise Foundation: anniversary, S8371 [9SE], S8750 [18SE]

Families and domestic relations: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (S. 2592), S5054 [5JN]

Federal aid programs: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (S. 2721), S6651 [11JY]

———provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (S. 2723), S6656 [11JY]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 13), S11789 [20NO]

FHA: adjust the indexing of multifamily mortgage limits (S. 2841), S7907, S7908 [1AU]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 2584), S5049 [5JN]

Home Safety Council: tribute, S9416 [26SE]

Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (S. 2573), S4865 [23MY]

Jensen's Residential Communities, Inc.: anniversary, S7574 [30JY]

LIHEAP: funding, S2716, S2717 [16AP], S3150, S3151 [23AP]

Mission of Peace Housing Counseling Agency: tribute, S5362 [11JN]

Mortgages: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S3308, S3309 [24AP], S10743 [17OC], S10787 [21OC]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), S9997, S9998 [4OC]

New York, NY: economic impact of terrorist attacks, S15 [23JA]

Poverty: promote the production of affordable low-income housing (S. 2967), S8920 [19SE]

Public welfare programs: improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2116), S2587 [11AP]

Rural areas: provide affordable housing and community development assistance, S1745 [12MR]

Taxation: clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (S. 2006), S1783-S1785 [12MR]

———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (H.R. 4156), S3836, S3887 [2MY]

———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (S. 2200), S2957 [18AP]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), S11800 [20NO]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (S. 1957), S898 [15FE]

———improve tax equity for military personnel, S9915-S9927 [3OC], S9937, S9978 [4OC]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (S. 2816), S7498 [29JY]

———include high-speed Internet capability as a criteria for selecting a project for the low-income housing credit (S. 2479), S4071-S4073 [8MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (S. 3126), S10586 [16OC]

———treatment of restoration of a historic hotel in Iowa and use for low-income housing, S3408 [25AP]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), S9915-S9927 [3OC], S9937, S9978 [4OC]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service, S212, S218 [29JA]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by members of the uniformed services or Foreign Service and treatment of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services (H.R. 5557), S11159, S11160 [14NO]

U.S. Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century: recommendations, S850 [14FE]

U.S. Housing Act: amend the definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM (S. 2540), S4706 [22MY]

Reports filed

Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 5063) (S. Rept. 107-283), S8671 [17SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 578) (H. Rept. 107-736), H7737 [9OC]

Consideration of H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 462) (H. Rept. 107-537), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Consideration of Senate Amendments With an Amendment to H.R. 5063, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 609) (H. Rept. 107-784), H8731 [13NO]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee of Conference (H.R. 5011) (H. Rept. 107-731), H7737 [9OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5011) (H. Rept. 107-533), H3927 [25JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2709) (S. Rept. 107-202), S6361 [8JY]

FHA Downpayment Simplification Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2239), S10442 [15OC]

Hawaiian Homes Commission Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S.J. Res. 44), S10115 [8OC]

Housing Affordability for America Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3995) (H. Rept. 107-640), H6302 [17SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3995) (H. Rept. 107-640), H6058 [4SE]

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2998) (S. Rept. 107-292), S9594 [30SE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3839) (H. Rept. 107-403), H1281 [11AP]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1210), S8672 [17SE]

———Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1210) (S. Rept. 107-246), S8091 [3SE]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 5063, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 587) (H. Rept. 107-757), H7929 [15OC]

Statements

Affordable Housing: Dan Hill, E647 [26AP]

Summaries

Affordable Housing Expansion Act (S. 2967), S8921 [19SE]

Housing Voucher Improvement Act (S. 2721), S6653-S6655 [11JY]

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act (S. 2998), S9124 [24SE]

Risk or Race? Racial Disparities and the Subprime Refinance Market—A Report of the Center for Community Change: Calvin Bradford, Calvin Bradford & Associates, Ltd., S3630 [1MY]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S6934 [17JY]

Comparison of fiscal year veterans mortgage liquidation rates—reservists versus all others, H2628 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011): conference report, H7814-H7816 [10OC]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure recommendations (H.R. 5011), H4145-H4148 [27JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 415, National Homeownership Month, H3573 [17JN]

H. Res. 462, consideration of H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H4136 [27JN]

H. Res. 578, consideration of conference report on H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H7812 [10OC]

H. Res. 609, consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment to H.R. 5063, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act, H8757 [14NO]

H.R. 3100, expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data, H7133 [7OC]

H.R. 3839, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, H1502-H1509 [23AP]

H.R. 4156, Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act, H1299 [16AP]

H.R. 5063, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act, S9923-S9927 [3OC], H4365 [9JY], H8794-H8798 [14NO]

H.R. 5499, Dept. of HUD reauthorization of HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, H8926 [14NO]

H.R. 5557, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act, H7164 [7OC]

S. 13, National Flood Insurance Program extension, S11738, S11789 [20NO]

S. 1210, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act reauthorization, S9997 [4OC], H7975 [16OC]

S. 1957, expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data, S898 [15FE]

S. 1973, exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual, S1352 [28FE]

S. 2006, clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing tax credit, S1784 [12MR]

S. 2230, make permanent the authority of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to guarantee adjustable rate mortgages and authorize the guarantee of hybrid adjustable rate mortgages, S3170 [23AP]

S. 2239, FHA Downpayment Simplification Act, S3309 [24AP], S10743 [17OC], S10787 [21OC], H8927 [14NO]

S. 2540, amend the U.S. Housing Act definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM, S4707 [22MY]

S. 2573, Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act, S4866-S4873 [23MY]

S. 2584, American Dream Downpayment Act, S5050 [5JN]

S. 2816, Foreign and Armed Services Tax Fairness Act, S7499 [29JY]

S. 2841, FHA Multifamily Housing Loan Limit Improvement Act, S7907 [1AU]

S. 2967, Affordable Housing Expansion Act, S8922-S8926 [19SE]

S. 2998, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, S9125-S9134 [24SE]

S. Con. Res. 135, promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada, S7966 [1AU]

S. Con. Res. 144, posthumously award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery, S8982 [20SE]