HOUSING

Amendments

Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 342), S4872 [3AP]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 342), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 276), H5436 [17JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), H5986 [26JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), consideration (H. Res. 298), H5978 [26JN]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1768), H12227 [21NO]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 811), S15850 [24NO]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), H11596, H11652 [19NO]

Taxation: treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1307), S4532 [27MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S9283 [11JY], H8228 [16SE]

———S. 342, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, S4879 [3AP], H2836 [7AP]

Articles and editorials

Legacy of Power Cost Manipulation, S1203 [21JA]

Like Father, Like Son in Southwest Asia, E2253 [6NO]

Nothing but Lip Service, H5976 [26JN]

Triumph of Pettiness, H12829 [8DE]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: provide habitable living quarters for educational employees, and their households, in rural areas located in or near Alaska Native Villages (see S. 1905), S15287 [20NO]

Appropriations: making continuing to increase FHA loan limitations and require compliance with such limitations, and to fund FAA Operations Account Staff Offices (see H.J. Res. 82), H12920 [8DE]

Armed Forces: ensure married personnel having minor dependents are eligible for military family housing containing more than two bedrooms (see H.R. 1947), H3636 [1MY]

———make temporary adjustments in basic housing allowances in response to increases in military housing costs (see H.R. 1324), H1953 [18MR]

———prohibit discrimination in the rental of housing to members (see H.R. 621), H321 [5FE]

———protect members who terminate certain consumer and real estate residential purchase contracts or lease agreements entered into before change of station or deployment orders (see H.R. 3357), H9811 [21OC]

———provide protections to members who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service (see H.R. 3024), H8016 [5SE]

Bennington, Rita: provide for special application of certain tax laws relative to the sale of a principal residence following Hurricane Iniki (see S. 72), S36 [7JA]

Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see S. 342), S2187 [11FE]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 342), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 276), H5407 [16JN]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see S. 448), S2838 [26FE] (see H.R. 936), H1395 [26FE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 214), H59 [7JA]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see S. 1385), S9119 [9JY] (see H.R. 2683), H6464 [9JY]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see S. 620), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 1613), H2820 [3AP]

Colmery, Harry W.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7617 [24JY]

Conservation of energy: require energy efficiency certifications for mortgage insurance be conducted by accredited home energy rating system providers (see H.R. 3163), H8904 [24SE]

Constitutional amendments: right to a home (see H.J. Res. 47), H3052 [9AP]

———right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing (see H.J. Res. 32), H1516 [4MR]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 1928), S15407 [21NO] (see H.R. 1663), H2937 [8AP] (see H.R. 3322), H9613 [16OC]

Contracts: prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts containing a mandatory arbitration agreement and other provisions in a single document and prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to mandatory arbitration agreements (see H.R. 3414), H10236 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (see S. 1357), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 2559), H5713 [23JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), consideration (see H. Res. 298), H5928 [25JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 429), H10338 [4NO]

Dept. of HUD: enable homebuyers to make use of insured hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (see H.R. 1443), H2400 [26MR]

———establish intergenerational family programs (see S. 381), S2341 [12FE]

———grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 445), H242 [29JA]

———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. 2189), H4527 [21MY]

———pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated at-risk areas (see H.R. 729), H460 [12FE]

———provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (see H.R. 1957), H3681 [6MY]

———provide funding for law enforcement officers to patrol and provide security for certain assisted housing (see H.R. 95), H55 [7JA]

———provide grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for education programs on predatory lending and establish a toll-free number for complaints (see H.R. 1865), H3452 [29AP]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 1077), H1515 [4MR] (see H.R. 1614), H2820 [3AP]

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 1981), H3682 [6MY]

———reduce overpayments of housing assistance program subsidies by providing more accurate verification of participant employment and income (see H.R. 1030), H1464 [27FE]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (see S. 1597), S11245 [9SE] (see H.R. 3067), H8174 [10SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (see S. 1508), S10617 [31JY] (see S. 1656), S11988 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize veterans to select the appraiser when applying for guaranteed housing loans (see H.R. 1500), H2472 [27MR]

———consolidate and improve programs to assist homeless veterans and assume management of National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records facility (see H.R. 2518), H5661 [19JN]

———establish uniformity in fees charged qualifying members of the Selected Reserve and active duty veterans for guaranteed home loans and make access to such loans permanent (see H.R. 1257), H1900 [13MR]

———expand the assisted living pilot program to include additional health care regions (see S. 1572), S10970 [2SE]

———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. 1190), H1744 [11MR]

———increase assistance for certain disabled veterans for specially adapted housing, automobiles, and equipment (see H.R. 1048), H1514 [4MR]

———prohibit additional daily interest charges following prepayment in full of guaranteed housing loans (see H.R. 3413), H10236 [30OC]

———provide adapted housing assistance to disabled Armed Forces members who remain on active duty pending medical separation (see H.R. 761), H699 [13FE]

———provide specially adapted housing assistance to veterans with service-connected disabilities due to loss, or loss of use of both upper extremities that precludes use of the arms at and below the elbows (see H.R. 2612), H6261 [26JN]

———reinstate minimum requirements relative to the sale of vendee loans (see H.R. 1949), H3641 [5MY]

———restore certain aspects of Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 2595), H5928 [25JN]

Disabled: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 2353), H5043 [5JN]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: extend period for temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 1986), H3682 [6MY]

———reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 827), H702 [13FE]

Domestic violence: provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence (see S. 826), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1704), H3052 [9AP]

Education: provide discounted housing for teachers and other school staff in certain rural and low-population States (see S. 1205), S7476 [5JN]

Families and domestic relations: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see H.R. 2628), H6262 [26JN]

Federal aid programs: assist low-income families in obtaining decent, safe, and affordable housing by converting section 8 housing choice voucher program into a State-administered block grant (see S. 947), S5484 [29AP] (see H.R. 1841), H3451 [29AP]

———expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H11391 (see H.R. 3507), H11514 [18NO]

———support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H7781 [25JY]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 122), S132 [9JA] (see S. 1768), S12969 [21OC] (see H.R. 11), H51 (see H.R. 215), H59 [7JA]

FHA: increase maximum mortgage limit for FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing located in high-cost areas (see S. 1714), S12448 [3OC] (see H.R. 1985), H3682 [6MY]

———increase mortgage commitment level to carry out certain National Housing Act provisions (see S. 1571), S10970 [2SE]

———preserve ability to insure certain mortgages (see S. 1636), S11723 [18SE]

———provide for one percent mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see S. 1849), S14451 [11NO]

Financial institutions: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, establish a consumer mortgage protection board, and establish licensing and minimum standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 833), H703 [13FE]

Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 2961), H7784 [25JY]

Floods: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (see H.R. 1816), H3353 [11AP]

———provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (see H.R. 98), H55 [7JA]

Government National Mortgage Association: allow the guarantee of securities backed by Rural Housing Service guaranteed loans (see H.R. 2740), H6868 [15JY]

Government regulations: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (see H.R. 730), H460 [12FE]

———extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 2022), H3761 [7MY]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 2575), H5813 [24JN]

Hawaii: allow counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai to distribute certain grant funds received under the Housing and Community Development Act (see H.R. 2805), H7225 [21JY]

Health: carry out programs to prevent and manage asthma, allergies, and related respiratory problems in children and establish a pest control and indoor air services tax credit for low-income multifamily residential housing (see H.R. 1149), H1680 [6MR]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H1901 [13MR]

———repeal limitations on the funding percentages of the operating budgets of organizations receiving assistance (see H.R. 166), H57 [7JA]

———support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see S. 811), S4957 [8AP]

Housing and Community Development Act: permanently extend the public service cap exemption for certain grantees under the community development block grant program (see H.R. 3045), H8081 [9SE]

Housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit Federal funding and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (see H.R. 3071), H8175 [10SE]

———remove certain advantages relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (see H.R. 2117), H4203 [15MY]

Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see S. 1607), S11416 [11SE] (see H.R. 1552), H2586 [1AP]

Kosovar-American Enterprise Fund: establish (see S. 1284), S8125 [18JN] (see H.R. 2506), H5551 [18JN]

LIHEAP: extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens (see H.R. 1898), H3570 [30AP]

———home heating funding limitations (see H.R. 103), H55 [7JA]

———provide guidelines for the release of contingency funds (see S. 1761), S12888 [20OC]

Long Beach, CA: El Dorado Park South Neighborhood Association winner of Neighborhoods USA (organization) Neighborhood of the Year contest (see H. Res. 289), H5663 [19JN]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: revise and extend (see S. 1786), S13377 [28OC]

Lumber industry: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see S. Con. Res. 22), S3730 [13MR] (see H. Con. Res. 197), H4738 [22MY]

Mortgages: establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making mortgage payments under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 1357), H2131 [19MR]

National Affordable Housing Act: raise minimum State allocation (see S. 1851), S14804 [12NO]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1411), S9414 [15JY] (see H.R. 1102), H1640 [5MR]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (see H.R. 253), H135 [8JA] (see H.R. 670), H390 [11FE]

National Oilheat Research Alliance: permanently authorize (see S. 1676), S12137 [29SE]

Native American Capital Development Corp.: establish (see S. 519), S3162 [5MR]

Native Americans: improve housing programs (see S. 1802), S13660 [30OC]

North Carolina: authorize use of unobligated housing demonstration program funds to make grants to senior citizens for recovery from flood and hurricane damage to their homes (see H.R. 406), H217 [28JA]

Office of Housing Finance Oversight: establish to ensure the financial safety and soundness of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal home loan banks (see H.R. 2803), H7225 [21JY]

Postal Service: require door delivery of mail sent to persons residing in senior communities (see H.R. 1810), H3353 [11AP] (see H.R. 2339), H4977 [4JN]

Poverty: condition receipt of certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonias that lack necessary infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border (see S. 1163), S7188 [2JN]

———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 S. 532), S3162 [5MR] (see H.R. 1088), H1640 [5MR]

Public housing: establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (see S. 1697), S12277 [1OC]

———exempt small public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing annual public housing agency plans (see H.R. 27), H52 [7JA]

———protect rights of tenants who are evicted as a result of criminal activity through no fault of their own (see H.R. 1429), H2310 [25MR]

———repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 1431), H2311 [25MR]

Railroads: improve quality of life and safety of persons living and working near railroad tracks (see H.R. 3418), H10236 [30OC]

Real estate: 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. 650), H327 [7FE]

Rebuilding Together (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 338), H12310 [21NO]

Rehabilitation Act: provide for equitable allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living (see S. 1237), S7718 [11JN] (see H.R. 2385), H5045 [5JN]

Rural areas: promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing in rural areas for low-income households (see H.R. 1722), H3301 [10AP]

———reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 602), S3620 [12MR] (see H.R. 1686), H3051 [9AP] (see H.R. 2194), H4528 [21MY]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: extend the mortgage foreclosure protection period for members of the Armed Forces after release from active duty (see H.R. 1411), H2270 [20MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see S. 846), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1336), H1954 [18MR]

———allow a first time homebuyer credit for the purchase of principal residences in rural areas (see H.R. 1913), H3635 [1MY]

———allow a refundable credit for expenditures for renewable energy property (see H.R. 3138), H8400 [18SE]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 758), S4629 [1AP] (see H.R. 2113), H4203 [15MY]

———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. 595), S3504 [11MR] (see H.R. 284), H136 [8JA]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see S. 1119), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 1928), H3635 [1MY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see S. 1349), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 1742), H3302 [10AP]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 400), S2457 [13FE] (see H.R. 840), H703 [13FE]

———expand energy credit to include investment in property which produces energy from renewable sources and expenditures for cool roofing (see H.R. 1423), H2310 [25MR]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see S. 1175), S7235 [3JN]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 289), S1871 [4FE] (see S. 351), S2187 [11FE] (see H.R. 662), H389 [11FE]

———include high-speed Internet capability as a criteria for selecting a project for the low-income housing credit (see S. 305), S1976 [5FE]

———inflation adjustment of the dollar limitation on the exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 667), H390 [11FE]

———make the first-time homebuyer credit for the District of Columbia permanent (see H.R. 1952), H3641 [5MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 1132), H1679 [6MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 198), S1245 [21JA] (see S. 875), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 839), H703 [13FE]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 32), H52 [7JA]

———provide a one-time increase in the amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers of a certain age (see H.R. 1922), H3635 [1MY]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see S. 1228), S7619 [10JN] (see H.R. 3107), H8380 [17SE]

———provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (see H.R. 3485), H11149 [12NO]

———provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located adjacent to qualified census tracts (see S. 497), S3027 [3MR] (see H.R. 2372), H5044 [5JN]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 1246), S7831 [12JN] (see H.R. 1523), H2514 [31MR]

———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes (see H.R. 1459), H2470 [27MR]

———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. 2166), H4367 [20MY]

———provide for an enhanced deduction for qualified residence interest on acquisition indebtedness for heritage homes (see H.R. 2785), H7085 [17JY]

———provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (see S. 58), S36 [7JA] (see H.R. 1383), H2268 [20MR]

———repeal provisions that limit the interest deduction on refinanced home mortgage indebtedness to the amount of the indebtedness being refinanced (see H.R. 171), H57 [7JA]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3610), H12308 [21NO]

———treatment of ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned land (see H.R. 1426), H2310 [25MR]

———treatment of qualified homeowner downpayment assistance (see S. 1918), S15406 [21NO]

———treatment of roof systems (see S. 1679), S12192 [30SE] (see H.R. 3310), H9613 [16OC]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (see H.R. 878), H1331 [25FE] (see H.R. 1307), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 878), consideration (see H. Res. 126), H1639 [5MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by, and death gratuity payments to, a member of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1664), H2937 [8AP]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 284), S1871 [4FE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (see H.R. 23), H52 [7JA]

U.S. Housing Act: amend the definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM (see S. 258), S1812 [30JA]

Veterans: exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 1418), H2310 [25MR]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H3302 [10AP]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see S. 978), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 1935), H3636 [1MY]

Volunteer workers: encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 43), S5771 [6MY] (see H. Con. Res. 184), H4204 [15MY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3420), H10236 [30OC]

Conference reports

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure (H.R. 2559), H10253-H10281 [4NO]

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act (S. 342), H5307-H5316 [12JN]

Excerpts

American Dream Downpayment Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1276) (H. Rept. 108-164), H9044 [1OC]

Factsheets

Housing Appropriations Inadequate; 85,000 Families at Risk: National Low Income Housing Coalition, H7696 [25JY]

Letters

College Fire Prevention Act: Daniel Jones, Chapel Hill, NC, Fire Dept., S3738 [13MR]

———John C. Biechman, National Fire Prevention Association, S3737 [13MR]

Dept. of HUD section 8 housing vouchers program funding: several religious organizations, E1709 [5SE]

Dept. of HUD section 8 housing vouchers programs funding: several housing and real estate organizations, E382 [6MR]

———several religious organizations, H7696 [25JY]

FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act: Kris Cook, National Affordable Housing Management Association, S12462 [3OC]

———National Association of Realtors, National Association of Home Builders, and Mortgage Bankers Association, S12462 [3OC]

First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act: Chris Stinebert, Manufactured Housing Institute, S7253 [3JN]

———Dwight Fettig, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., S7253 [3JN]

———Floyd E. Stoner, American Bankers Association, S7253 [3JN]

———John Taylor, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, S7252 [3JN]

———Judy Kennedy, National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, S7253 [3JN]

———Mary M. Fowlie, Standard Federal Bank, S7252 [3JN]

———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S7253 [3JN]

———Robert R. Davis, America's Community Bankers (organization), S7254 [3JN]

———Roy O. Priest, National Congress for Community Economic Development, S7252 [3JN]

———Russell Sossamon, National American Indian Housing Council, S7254 [3JN]

———Thomas Bledsoe, Housing Partnership Network, S7252 [3JN]

———Tom Jones, Habitat for Humanity International, S7251 [3JN]

———William R. Daley, Federal National Mortgage Association, S7253 [3JN]

LIHEAP funding: Colleen Cousineau, Southern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments, S11299 [10SE]

———David L. Fox, Campaign for Home Energy Assistance (organization), S11298 [10SE]

———David N. Parker, American Gas Association, S11298 [10SE]

———Mark Wolfe, National Energy Assistance Directors' Association, S11272 [10SE]

National Flood Insurance Program extension: Anthony S. Lowe, FEMA, S156 [9JA]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Representative Christopher H. Smith, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H3699 [7MY]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H3699 [7MY]

Lists

Objectional provisions in H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S9230 [10JY]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), H5989, H5990 [26JN]

Press releases

Depts. of HUD and Commerce Grants to the Virgin Islands: Delegate Christensen, H9165 [2OC]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: making continuing to increase FHA loan limitations and require compliance with such limitations, and to fund FAA Operations Account Staff Offices (H.J. Res. 82), H12865 [8DE]

———require matching of funds spent for Iraq reconstruction efforts be spent for domestic priorities, H2670 [2AP], H3019-H3021 [9AP]

Armed Forces: prohibit discrimination in the rental of housing to members (H.R. 621), E148 [6FE]

———provide protections to members who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service (H.R. 3024), E1728 [5SE]

Bankruptcy: limit homestead property exemption, H1984 [19MR]

Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 342), conference report, H5439-H5444 [17JN]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 342), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 276), H5431-H5437 [17JN]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 342), insert H.R. 14 language in lieu, H2364 [26MR]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (H.R. 936), E304 [27FE]

Colmery, Harry W.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (H. Con. Res. 257), E2395 [22NO]

Community development: recognize achievements of women-led development organizations in creating affordable housing, E456 [13MR]

Community Housing Works (organization): Fannie Mae Foundation Maxwell Award of Excellence recipient, E976 [15MY]

Community Reinvestment Act: anniversary, E2104 [21OC]

Congressional Research Service: tribute, H4531 [22MY]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (H.R. 3322), E2067 [16OC]

Credit: clarify the variables used in determining the need for a risk-based pricing notice in connection with mortgage loans, E2493 [8DE]

Cruz, Ersilia: NeighborWorks Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership recipient, E2074 [17OC]

Denton, TX: Denton Housing Authority recipient of National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials Merit Awards, E2378 [21NO], E2390 [22NO]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H3043 [9AP]

———increase overall funding for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure through reductions in tax cuts, H5975-H5978, H5984, H5985, H5987, H5990 [26JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), H5979-H5990 [26JN], E1400 [27JN], E1418 [8JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), conference report, H10389-H10393 [5NO], E2253 [6NO]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), consideration (H. Res. 298), H5974-H5979 [26JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 429), H10373 [5NO]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), motion to recommit, H5989, H5990 [26JN]

Dept. of HUD: homeless assistance grants funding, H7705, H7706 [25JY]

———HOPE VI Program funding, H7667, H7685, H7686 [25JY]

———Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding, H7692 [25JY]

———provide funding for law enforcement officers to patrol and provide security for certain assisted housing (H.R. 95), E4 [8JA]

———provide grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for education programs on predatory lending and establish a toll-free number for complaints (H.R. 1865), E815 [30AP]

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (H.R. 1981), E872 [6MY]

———section 8 housing vouchers program funding, E1709 [5SE]

———section 8 housing vouchers programs funding, H7667, H7668, H7686, H7695-H7699 [25JY], E382 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H7027, H7028, H7104 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: consolidate and improve programs to assist homeless veterans and assume management of National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records facility (H.R. 2518), E1318 [20JN]

———establish uniformity in fees charged qualifying members of the Selected Reserve and active duty veterans for guaranteed home loans and make access to such loans permanent (H.R. 1257), H4275-H4277 [20MY], E1083 [23MY]

———increase assistance for certain disabled veterans for specially adapted housing, automobiles, and equipment (H.R. 1048), E357 [4MR]

———reinstate minimum requirements relative to the sale of vendee loans (H.R. 1949), E864 [5MY]

———restore certain aspects of Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (H.R. 2595), H8091-H8094 [10SE]

Disabled: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (H.R. 2353), E1168 [5JN]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (H.R. 827), E243 [13FE]

Domestic violence: provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence, H3064 [10AP]

———provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence (H.R. 1704), E726 [10AP]

Economy: importance of home building industry, E1108 [3JN]

Eden Housing, Inc.: anniversary, E1420 [8JY]

Everett, PA: anniversary of Pennknoll Village retirement community, E1598 [25JY]

Families and domestic relations: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (H.R. 2628), E1391 [27JN]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 11), H97-H101 [8JA], E49 [8JA]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1768), H12227 [21NO]

FHA: increase maximum mortgage limit for FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing located in high-cost areas (H.R. 1985), H9235-H9237 [7OC]

Financial institutions: proposed changes to Federal home loan bank system, E100, E112 [29JA]

Floods: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (H.R. 1816), E765 [12AP]

———provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (H.R. 98), E3 [8JA]

Garfield Heights, OH: anniversary of Sisters of the Holy Spirit, E146 [6FE]

Government regulations: extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, cosponsorship withdrawn (H.R. 2022), H6950 [16JY]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (H.R. 1276), H2869 [8AP], H9038, H9039-H9045 [1OC], E709 [8AP]

———support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 811), H12889, H12892 [8DE], E2555 [15DE]

Housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit Federal funding and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (H.R. 3071), E1767 [11SE]

———remove certain advantages relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (H.R. 2117), E972 [15MY]

Lakewood, OH: anniversary of George E. Fedor Manor, E1411 [8JY]

———anniversary of Westerly Apartments and Barton Senior Center, E1242 [13JN]

LIHEAP: funding, H6521, H6524 [10JY], H11409 [18NO], H12824 [8DE]

———funding using Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration bonus payments, H3246-H3248 [10AP]

———home heating funding limitations (H.R. 103), E7 [8JA]

Minnesota: tribute to Transitional Housing Program for homeless veterans, E314 [27FE]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties, H9822 [28OC]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), H11520 [19NO], H11833-H11842 [20NO]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), unanimous-consent agreement, H11595-H11598 [19NO]

National Training and Information Center: anniversary, E2104 [21OC]

New York, NY: anniversary of Hilltop Village Co-operative #4, E1003 [21MY]

———tribute to CIVITAS Citizens, Inc., E353 [4MR]

North Carolina: authorize use of unobligated housing demonstration program funds to make grants to senior citizens for recovery from flood and hurricane damage to their homes (H.R. 406), E85 [28JA]

Postal Service: require door delivery of mail sent to persons residing in senior communities (H.R. 1810), E769 [12AP]

Pyramid Community Development Corp.: anniversary of Power Center, H8194 [10SE]

Rancho Cucamonga, CA: tribute to Housing Action Resource Trust, H2870 [8AP]

Real estate: downpayment assistance programs funding, H2870 [8AP]

Saginaw, MI: tribute to Habitat for Humanity chapter, E403 [7MR]

Southeast Texas Community Development Corp., Inc.: anniversary, E809 [30AP]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (H.R. 1336), E505 [18MR]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (H.R. 2113), E974 [15MY]

———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. 284), E46, E48 [8JA]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (H.R. 1742), E735 [11AP]

———extend tax incentives for the District of Columbia, H11830 [20NO]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (H.R. 839), H9044 [1OC]

———provide a one-time increase in the amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers of a certain age (H.R. 1922), H5033 [5JN], E895 [9MY]

———provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (H.R. 3485), E2291 [12NO]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (H.R. 1523), E624 [31MR]

———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes, H3080 [10AP], H11386 [18NO]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (H.R. 3610), E2409 [22NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1307), H1964-H1970 [19MR], H5323, H5326 [12JN], H5435 [17JN], H5560 [19JN], H9823, H9973 [28OC], H9986 [29OC], E538 [20MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 878), H1618 [5MR], H1652, H1656, H1661 [6MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 878), consideration (H. Res. 126), H1652 [6MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by, and death gratuity payments to, a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1664), H3000-H3004 [9AP]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 23), H7172-H7174 [21JY]

Tri-County Housing & Community Development Corp.: tribute, E1878 [24SE]

Veterans: benefits funding, H10346 [5NO], E2257, E2261, E2263 [6NO]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (H.R. 1735), E756 [11AP]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (H.R. 1935), E852 [1MY]

Volunteer workers: encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S. (S. Con. Res. 43), H5424-H5431 [17JN], E1319 [20JN]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 3420), E2194 [31OC]

Woodbridge, VA: anniversary of Lake Ridge Fellowship House, E1533 [18JY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: provide habitable living quarters for educational employees, and their households, in rural areas located in or near Alaska Native Villages (S. 1905), S15291 [20NO]

Appropriations: making continuing to increase FHA loan limitations and require compliance with such limitations, and to fund FAA Operations Account Staff Offices (H.J. Res. 82), S16212 [9DE]

Armed Forces: improve care and treatment of reserve military personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, S14087, S14090 [6NO]

Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 342), S2190-S2200 [11FE], S4032 [19MR], S4872 [3AP]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 342), conference report, S8257-S8260 [19JN]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (S. 448), S2840 [26FE]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (S. 620), S3737 [13MR]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (S. 1928), S15470 [21NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), S9227-S9231 [10JY], S9279-S9283 [11JY], S14228, S14231 [7NO]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), conference report, S14494-S14496 [12NO]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S14160, S14170, S14171 [6NO]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), insert S. 1357 language in lieu, S9227 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), unanimous-consent agreement, S9227 [10JY]

———reduce appropriations for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S9230 [10JY]

Dept. of Energy: Zero Energy Buildings Program funding, S11824 [23SE]

Dept. of HUD: housing programs funding, S14527 [12NO]

———non-elderly disability voucher program funding, S14524, S14525 [12NO]

———section 8 housing vouchers programs funding, S14521, S14522, S14523, S14524 [12NO]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (S. 1597), S11249 [9SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (S. 1508), S10623 [31JY]

———enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (S. 1656), S11990 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the assisted living pilot program to include additional health care regions (S. 1572), S10972 [2SE]

———Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program funding, S11942 [25SE]

Disabled: promote community integration, S8430 [24JN]

Domestic violence: provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence (S. 826), S5061 [9AP]

Education: provide discounted housing for teachers and other school staff in certain rural and low-population States (S. 1205), S7495 [5JN]

Federal aid programs: reauthorize and improve LIHEAP, Weatherization Assistance Program, and State Energy Conservation Programs, S7180-S7182 [2JN], S7448 [5JN]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 11), S176 [9JA]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 122), S156 [9JA]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1768), S13322 [27OC], S15874 [24NO]

FHA: increase maximum mortgage limit for FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing located in high-cost areas (S. 1714), S12461 [3OC]

———increase mortgage commitment level to carry out certain National Housing Act provisions (S. 1571), S10987 [2SE]

———preserve ability to insure certain mortgages (S. 1636), S11727 [18SE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 811), S4959 [8AP], S15874 [24NO]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families, S4941 [8AP]

LIHEAP: funding, S1199-S1204, S1238-S1240 [21JA], S7181, S7182 [2JN], S11230 [9SE], S11270-S11272, S11297-S11299 [10SE]

———provide guidelines for the release of contingency funds (S. 1761), S12891 [20OC]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: revise and extend (S. 1786), S13378-S13380 [28OC]

Montgomery County, MD: anniversary of Housing Opportunity Commission's Family Self-Sufficiency Program, S13048 [22OC]

National Affordable Housing Act: raise minimum State allocation (S. 1851), S14808 [12NO]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (S. 1411), S9423 [15JY]

National Center for Healthy Housing: anniversary, S1461 [23JA]

National Oilheat Research Alliance: permanently authorize (S. 1676), S12141 [29SE]

Native American Capital Development Corp.: establish (S. 519), S3167 [5MR]

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: funding, S14510, S14511 [12NO]

Poverty: condition receipt of certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonias that lack necessary infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border (S. 1163), S7190 [2JN]

———enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (S. 532), S3187 [5MR]

Public housing: establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (S. 1697), S12287 [1OC]

Rehabilitation Act: provide for equitable allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living (S. 1237), S7728 [11JN]

Rural areas: provide incentives to individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns, S114-S116 [9JA]

———reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (S. 602), S3664-S3666 [13MR]

South Dakota: tribute to Habitat for Humanity chapter, S13258 [27OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (S. 846), S5084 [9AP]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (S. 758), S4640, S4641 [1AP]

———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. 595), S3518 [11MR]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (S. 1119), S7003 [22MY]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (S. 1175), S7251, S7254 [3JN]

———improve tax equity for military personnel, S6247 [14MY], S12582, S12585 [15OC], S13831-S13834 [3NO]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (S. 289), S1892 [4FE], S3399 [10MR]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (S. 351), S4097, S4102 [20MR], S4477, S4482 [27MR]

———preserve the value of the low-income housing credit, S6442 [15MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (S. 198), S1246 [21JA], S8714 [26JN]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (S. 875), S5201-S5203 [10AP]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (S. 1228), S7635 [10JN]

———provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (S. 58), S59 [7JA]

———treatment of qualified homeowner downpayment assistance (S. 1918), S15414, S15415 [21NO]

———treatment of roof systems (S. 1679), S12194 [30SE]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1307), S4472-S4483, S4488, S4490 [27MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1307), unanimous-consent agreement, S4452 [26MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by, and death gratuity payments to, a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1664), S15398 [21NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (S. 284), S1885 [4FE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 23), S15103 [18NO]

U.S. Housing Act: amend the definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM (S. 258), S1821 [30JA]

University of North Dakota: advanced housing research consortium funding, S1444 [23JA]

Volunteer workers: encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S. (S. Con. Res. 43), S7172 [23MY]

YouthBuild USA (organization): funding, S14996 [18NO]

Reports

Care and Treatment of Reserve Military Personnel Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan: Senate National Guard Caucus, S14088-S14090 [6NO]

Reports filed

American Dream Downpayment Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1276) (H. Rept. 108-164), H5661 [19JN]

Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 878) (H. Rept. 108-23), H1639 [5MR]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 429) (H. Rept. 108-349), H10338 [4NO]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 342, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 276) (H. Rept. 108-154), H5407 [16JN]

Consideration of H.R. 878, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 126) (H. Rept. 108-25), H1639 [5MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 298) (H. Rept. 108-180), H5928 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2559) (H. Rept. 108-342), H10338 [4NO]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2559) (H. Rept. 108-173), H5713 [23JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1357) (S. Rept. 108-82), S8722 [26JN]

FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1985) (H. Rept. 108-247), H7838 [3SE]

HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvenation and Housing Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1614) (H. Rept. 108-165), H5661 [19JN]

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act: Committee of Conference (S. 342) (H. Rept. 108-150), H5364 [12JN]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 342) (S. Rept. 108-12), S3086 [4MR]

Restore Certain Aspects of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2595) (H. Rept. 108-197), H6602 [10JY]

Selected Reserve Home Loan Equity Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1257) (H. Rept. 108-107), H4253 [19MY]

Tornado Shelters Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 23) (H. Rept. 108-151), H5364 [12JN]

Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 253) (H. Rept. 108-266), H8015 [5SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), H5987, H5990 [26JN]

Summaries

Leave No Child Behind Act (S. 448), S2841 [26FE]

Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Child Victims of Domestic Violence (S. 826), S5061 [9AP]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S14495 [12NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S9279 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2559), H5981, H5982 [26JN]

———conference report, H10390 [5NO]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 190, joint committee to review House, Senate, and joint rules and other matters assuring continuing representation and congressional operations, H5005 [5JN]

H. Res. 276, consideration of conference report on S. 342, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, H5431 [17JN]

H. Res. 298, consideration of H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H5974 [26JN]

H. Res. 429, consideration of H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H10373 [5NO]

H.J. Res. 82, continuing appropriations to increase FHA loan limitations and require compliance with such limitations, and to fund FAA Operations Account Staff Offices, H12865 [8DE]

H.R. 11, National Flood Insurance Program extension, H97 [8JA]

H.R. 23, Tornado Shelters Act, H7172 [21JY]

H.R. 253, Flood Insurance Reform Act, H11596-H11598 [19NO], H11833-H11835 [20NO]

H.R. 1257, Selected Reserve Home Loan Equity Act, H4275 [20MY]

H.R. 1276, American Dream Downpayment Act, H9039 [1OC]

H.R. 1307, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act, S4490-S4495 [27MR], H1964-H1966 [19MR]

H.R. 1664, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act, H3000-H3002 [9AP]

H.R. 1985, FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act, H9235 [7OC]

H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S9280-S9283 [11JY]

H.R. 2595, restore certain aspects of Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, H8091 [10SE]

S. 58, provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums, S59 [7JA]

S. 198, New Homestead Economic Opportunity Act, S1246-S1249 [21JA]

S. 258, amend U.S. Housing Act definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM, S1821 [30JA]

S. 284, tax treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service, S1886 [4FE]

S. 289, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act, S1892-S1897 [4FE]

S. 342, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, S2191-S2199 [11FE], S4032-S4040 [19MR], S4872-S4879 [3AP], H2364-H2372 [26MR]

S. 519, Native American Capital Formation and Economic Development Act, S3167-S3171 [5MR]

S. 532, Colonias Gateway Initiative Act, S3188 [5MR]

S. 595, Housing Bond and Credit Modernization and Fairness Act, S3518 [11MR]

S. 620, College Fire Prevention Act, S3738 [13MR]

S. 758, allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property, S4640 [1AP]

S. 811, American Dream Downpayment Act, S4960 [8AP], H12889-H12892 [8DE]

S. 846, Mortgage Insurance Fairness Act, S5085 [9AP]

S. 1119, clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing tax credit, S7004 [22MY]

S. 1163, condition receipt of certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonias that lack necessary infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border, S7190 [2JN]

S. 1175, First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act, S7254 [3JN]

S. 1205, Rural Teacher Housing Act, S7496 [5JN]

S. 1228, Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act, S7635 [10JN]

S. 1237, Independent Living Improvement Act, S7728 [11JN]

S. 1349, eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing, S8738 [26JN]

S. 1508, Federal Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act, S10623-S10631 [31JY]

S. 1571, increase FHA mortgage commitment level to carry out certain National Housing Act provisions, S10987 [2SE]

S. 1572, expand the Dept. of Veterans Affairs assisted living pilot program to include additional health care regions, S10973 [2SE]

S. 1597, Homestead Preservation Act, S11250 [9SE]

S. 1636, preserve FHA ability to insure certain mortgages, S11727 [18SE]

S. 1656, Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Modernization Act, S11991-S11999 [25SE]

S. 1676, National Oilheat Research Alliance Act, S12142 [29SE]

S. 1697, Elderly Housing Plus Health Support Demonstration Act, S12288 [1OC]

S. 1714, FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act, S12461 [3OC]

S. 1768, National Flood Insurance Program extension, S13322 [27OC], S15874 [24NO], H12227 [21NO]

S. 1851, Small State HOME Program Equity Act, S14808 [12NO]

S. 1905, Rural Teacher Housing Act, S15291 [20NO]

S. 1928, Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act, S15471-S15473 [21NO]

S. Con. Res. 22, provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber, S3751 [13MR]

S. Con. Res. 43, encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S., S5789 [6MY], S7172 [23MY], H5424 [17JN]