REAL ESTATE

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve and enhance authorities relative to the management and disposal of real property and facilities (S. 2485), S10992, S10997, S11007 [9OC]

Native American Capital Development Corp.: establish (S. 519), S11572 [19NO]

Articles and editorials

Black Women Find Places of Their Own, H4671 [22JN]

Daily Double-Wide, E729 [4MY]

OCC Caught in the Middle of Bank-Realtor Fight, E1123 [15JN]

Wait for Housing Repairs Ending, H7552 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: authorize subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives (see H.R. 4602), H4286 [16JN]

Beaver County, UT: real property conveyance (see S. 2285), S3791 [6AP]

Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5265), H8857 [7OC]

Columbus, OH: transfer administrative jurisdiction of a parcel of real property comprising a portion of the Defense Supply Center (see S. 2037), S320 [28JA]

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 3974), H1116 [16MR]

Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (see H.R. 5265), H8857 [7OC]

———insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see S. 2753), S8688 [22JY] (see H.R. 3755), H303 [3FE]

———make grants to States for affordable housing for low-income persons (see S. 2692), S8474 [20JY]

———provide tenant-based rental housing vouchers for certain residents of federally assisted housing (see H.R. 4353), H2917 [12MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations (see H.R. 4768), H5330 [7JY]

———extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 5153), H7735 [28SE]

———improve and enhance authorities relative to the management and disposal of real property and facilities (see S. 2485), S6274 [1JN]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (see S. 2522), S6803 [15JN] (see H.R. 4345), H2917 [12MY]

Disasters: provide assistance for areas that experience a disaster that results in major damage to or destruction of homes (see H.R. 4506), H3780 [3JN]

FHA: preserve ability to insure certain mortgages (see S. 2712), S8548 [21JY]

Housing: expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 4110), H2018 [1AP]

———facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (see H.R. 4363), H3015 [13MY]

———restore increased maximum limits for FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing projects to cover increased costs to install solar energy system or residential energy conservation measures (see H.R. 3724), H89 [21JA]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (H.R. 1102), consideration (see H. Res. 748), H6705 [22JY]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 658), H3605 [1JN]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 3860), H699 [26FE]

Nye County, NV: convey certain land to the University and Community College System of Nevada (see S. 2846), S9673 [24SE]

Power resources: assure that certain Federal oil and gas development will occur in ways that protect water resources and surface owner rights (see H.R. 4017), H1369 [23MR]

Public works: State and local capital projects funding (see H.R. 4631), H4646 [21JN]

Shreveport, LA: ensure that a former Federal building is no longer known as the Joe Waggoner Federal Building (see H.R. 5362), H9745 [16NO]

Taxation: allow low-income housing credit without regard to whether moderate rehabilitation assistance is provided for a building (see H.R. 4289), H2657 [5MY]

———establish a certain recovery period for depreciation of designated low-income buildings and allow passive losses and credits attributable to qualified low-income buildings (see H.R. 4029), H1483 [24MR]

———exclude farmland still in use from the estate tax and repeal dollar limitation on estate tax exclusion for land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 4721), H5149 [25JN]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see S. 2955), S10846 [8OC]

———exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 4295), H2657 [5MY]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 5378), H9962 [17NO]

———nonrecognition of gain on certain real property involuntarily converted through eminent domain without regard to whether such property is replaced (see H.R. 4603), H4391 (see H.R. 4603), H4506 [17JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 3953), H1071 [11MR]

———provide that interests in certain domestically controlled investment partnerships are not treated as U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 3829), H632 [25FE]

———simplify the deduction for points paid relative to home mortgages (see H.R. 4134), H2152 [2AP]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see H.R. 4073), H1739 [30MR]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 4113), H2018 [1AP]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investment company or a grantor trust (see S. 2422), S5472 [13MY]

———treatment of gain from the sale of a principal residence by certain widows and widowers (see H.R. 5327), H9049 [8OC]

———treatment of gross income gain from the sale of a principal residence by certain employees of the intelligence community (see S. 2985), S11377 [16NO]

———treatment of qualified homeowner downpayment assistance (see H.R. 3875), H752 [2MR]

Veterans: increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (see H.R. 4065), H1739 [30MR]

Wetlands: impose limitations on wetlands mitigation activities carried out through the condemnation of private property (see H.R. 4638), H4765 [22JN]

Explanations

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Real Property and Facilities Management Improvement Act (S. 2485), S11003-S11007 [9OC]

Letters

Bankruptcy reform: Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, H151, H219 [28JA]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H156 [28JA]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H156 [28JA]

———William H. Donaldson, SEC, H220 [28JA]

Dept. of Labor conveyance of certain real property in Ravenna, OH: Representative Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3659 [2JN]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3659 [2JN]

Lists

Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases, E1315 [8JY]

Remarks in House

Alaska: authorize subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives (S. 1421), H7970 [4OC]

Bankruptcy: reform, H144-H222 [28JA]

Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (H.R. 5265), E1856 [10OC]

Coast Guard: land sale to Nahant, MA, H7276, H7277 [21SE]

Cobb County, GA: anniversary of Cobb County Board of Realtors, E1862 [10OC]

Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (H.R. 5265), E1856 [10OC]

———real estate settlement costs final rule, E6 [20JA]

Dept. of the Interior: payment in lieu of taxes program funding through reductions in Smithsonian Institution and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H4261-H4263 [16JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations, H9785 [17NO]

———authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations (H.R. 4768), H7790, H7796 [29SE], E1315 [8JY]

———extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (H.R. 5153), E1725 [29SE]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (H.R. 4345), H4818-H4821 [23JN]

Disasters: provide assistance for areas that experience a disaster that results in major damage to or destruction of homes (H.R. 4506), E1045 [4JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent, H3877 [14JN]

FHA: anniversary, E1245 [25JN]

———preserve ability to insure certain mortgages (S. 2712), H6695 [22JY]

Habitat for Humanity International: anniversary of Chester County, PA, chapter, E1692 [24SE]

———anniversary of Rapides Parish, LA, chapter, E1718 [28SE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (H.R. 1276), H6759 [8SE]

Housing: facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (H.R. 4363), H4588-H4590 [21JN], E1277 [25JN]

———increase in housing homeownership, H6759 [8SE]

———restore increased maximum limits for FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing projects to cover increased costs to install solar energy system or residential energy conservation measures (H.R. 3724), H274, H275 [3FE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (H.R. 1102), consideration (H. Res. 748), H7549-H7555 [23SE]

National forests: prohibit funding for implementing Forest Service rules revisions relative to National Forest System Planning for Land and Resource Management Plans, H4253-H4259 [16JN]

National Homeownership Month: observance, E1251, E1257 [25JN]

———observance (H. Res. 658), H4669-H4674 [22JN]

Nilson, Gloria: Monmouth University Library Association Community and Humanities Award recipient, E7 [20JA]

Power resources: assure that certain Federal oil and gas development will occur in ways that protect water resources and surface owner rights (H.R. 4017), E431 [23MR]

Roach, Charles G.: Pennsylvania Association of Realtors Distinguished Service Award recipient, E1950 [11OC]

Taxation: nonrecognition of gain on certain real property involuntarily converted through eminent domain without regard to whether such property is replaced (H.R. 4603), E1152 [18JN]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (H.R. 839), E913 [19MY], E1251, E1257 [25JN]

———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. 2166), H130 [28JA], H6540 [21JY]

———provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies, H1044 [11MR]

———simplify the deduction for points paid relative to home mortgages (H.R. 4134), E518 [2AP]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: authorize subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives (S. 1421), S9326 [15SE]

Beaver County, UT: real property conveyance (S. 2285), S3793 [6AP], S9352 [15SE]

Columbus, OH: transfer administrative jurisdiction of a parcel of real property comprising a portion of the Defense Supply Center (S. 2037), S324 [28JA]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (S. 2753), S8738 [22JY], S8863 [7SE]

———make grants to States for affordable housing for low-income persons (S. 2692), S8477 [20JY]

———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition, S4821 [4MY]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition, S3091 [24MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve and enhance authorities relative to the management and disposal of real property and facilities (S. 2485), S6286 [1JN], S10997-S11007 [9OC]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (S. 2522), S6807 [15JN]

FHA: preserve ability to insure certain mortgages (S. 2712), S8627 [22JY]

Habitat for Humanity International: tribute, S7513 [25JN]

———tribute to Congress Building America National Build program, S3170 [25MR]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (H.R. 1276), S962 [11FE]

Housing: facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (H.R. 4363), S8140 [14JY], S8402 [16JY]

———restore increased maximum limits for FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing projects to cover increased costs to install solar energy system or residential energy conservation measures (H.R. 3724), S2824 [12MR]

National Homeownership Month: observance, S7424 [24JN]

Native American Capital Development Corp.: establish (S. 519), S11577 [19NO]

Nye County, NV: convey certain land to the University and Community College System of Nevada (S. 2846), S9673 [24SE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (S. 846), S2215 [4MR]

———encourage homeownership and maintain mortgage interest deduction, S11614 [19NO]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (S. 198), S7424 [24JN]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (S. 875), S7823 [8JY]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investment company or a grantor trust (S. 2422), S5480, S5481 [13MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by, and death gratuity payments to, a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1664), S689 [6FE]

Reports filed

Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1421) (S. Rept. 108-251), S3294 [29MR]

Beaver County, UT, Real Property Conveyance: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2285) (S. Rept. 108-324), S8861 [7SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Real Property and Facilities Management Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2485) (S. Rept. 108-358), S9722 [27SE]

Helping Hands for Homeownership Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4363) (H. Rept. 108-546), H4285 [16JN]

Native American Capital Formation and Economic Development Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 519) (S. Rept. 108-404), S11377 [16NO]

Veterans Medical Facilities Management Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4768) (H. Rept. 108-663), H6898 [8SE]

Zero Downpayment Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3755) (H. Rept. 108-748), H8407 [6OC]

Summaries

Western Waters and Farm Lands Protection Act (H.R. 4017), E432 [23MR]

Tables

Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care projects and services budget, H7793, H7794 [29SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 658, National Homeownership Month, H4669 [22JN]

H.R. 3724, Energy Efficient Housing Technical Correction Act, H274 [3FE]

H.R. 4345, increase maximum amount of available Dept. of Veterans Affairs home loan guaranty, H4818 [23JN]

H.R. 4363, Helping Hands for Homeownership Act, H4588 [21JN]

H.R. 4768, Veterans Health Programs and Facilities Enhancement Act, H7790 [29SE]

S. 519, Native American Capital Formation and Economic Development Act, S11572-S11576 [19NO]

S. 1421, Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act, S9326 [15SE], H7970 [4OC]

S. 2037, transfer administrative jurisdiction of a parcel of real property comprising a portion of the Defense Supply Center in Columbus OH, S324 [28JA]

S. 2285, Beaver County, UT, real property conveyance, S9352 [15SE]

S. 2422, tax treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investment company or a grantor trust, S5481 [13MY]

S. 2485, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Real Property and Facilities Management Improvement Act, S6286-S6288 [1JN], S10997-S11003 [9OC]

S. 2522, increase maximum amount of available Dept. of Veterans Affairs home loan guaranty, S6807 [15JN]

S. 2692, Affordable Housing Preservation Act, S8478 [20JY]

S. 2712, preserve FHA ability to insure certain mortgages, S8627 [22JY], H6695 [22JY]

S. 2753, Zero Downpayment Act, S8738 [22JY]

S. 2846, Nye County Higher Education Campus Conveyance Act, S9673 [24SE]