COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT related term(s) Suburban areas

Amendments

National Safe Place Week: designate (S. Res. 71), S2499, S2501 [10MR]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9589, H9590, H9591, H9592, H9594, H9595, H9598, H9599, H9600 [3NO]

Articles and editorials

Barney Frank Gives Hope for Safety of Community Grants, E561 [6AP]

Community Development Block Grant Program, E559 [6AP], E575 [7AP]

Cutting Grants May Affect Local Business Growth, E560 [6AP]

Funds That Help Repave Streets May Face Elimination, E560 [6AP]

Harlem Renaissance Day of Committment, E1149 [7JN]

In Jeopardy, E561 [6AP]

State Must Protect Property Rights, E1720 [29JY]

Stealing Home, S7430 [27JN]

Teacher Success Story, S7866 [30JN]

Voters Could Check Eminent-Domain Abuse, E1728 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 336), H4896 [21JN]

Business and industry: establish a grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts (see H.R. 146), H76 [4JA]

———establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts (see H.R. 145), H76 [4JA]

Community Reinvestment Act: allow community reinvestment credit for investments and other financial support to enable employees to establish employee stock ownership plans or eligible worker owned cooperatives (see H.R. 2457), H3555 [18MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to encourage community safety by incorporating disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness into comprehensive land use planning and urban development (see H.R. 3524), H7557 [28JY]

Dept. of HUD: authorize financial assistance under the Community Development Block Grant Program for communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4431), H11034 [18NO]

———maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1695 [17MR]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see S. 1513), S9158 [27JY] (see H.R. 3888), H8341 [22SE]

———temporarily suspend certain requirements under the Community Development Block Grant Program for communities affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3896), H8348 [26SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize a special round of funding by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund for assistance in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4020), H8807 [7OC]

Disasters: make funds available for community disaster loans to assist local governments in providing essential services following Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4024), H8807 [7OC]

Economy: establish a National Enterprise Zone system to promote prosperity in economically depressed areas (see H.R. 2182), H3054 [5MY]

———increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 2683), H4140 [26MY]

Federal-State relations: withhold community development block grant funds from States and communities that do not place certain limitations on the use of the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3315), H5914 [14JY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: clarify status of certain communities in the western Alaska community development quota program (see S. 797), S3652 [14AP]

Gulf Coast Recovery and Disaster Preparedness Agency: establish (see S. 1863), S11313 [7OC]

Housing: expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 176), H77 [4JA]

Hurricanes: establish a national commission to address the rebirth and renewal of neighborhoods and communities affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3749), H7860 [13SE]

———provide assistance to rebuild communities, schools, and hospitals damaged by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see S. 1842, 1846), S11212 [6OC]

———provide assistance to rebuild hospitals damaged by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see S. 1847), S11212 [6OC]

———provide disaster relief and incentives for economic recovery for Louisiana residents and businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina (see S. 1765, 1766), S10378 [22SE] (see H.R. 3958), H8643 [29SE]

Louisiana Recovery Corp.: establish (see S. 2172), S14317 [21DE] (see H.R. 4100), H9042 [20OC]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 71), S2004 [3MR]

Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act: establish the Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Group (see H.R. 3350), H6106 [19JY]

Niagara Redevelopment Act: encourage economic development and recovery in western New York, promote fiscal transparency, and enhance safety and security of Niagara Power Project (see H.R. 3366), H6204 [20JY]

Northeast Regional Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 1695), H2149 [19AP]

Real estate: constitutional amendment on the permissible uses for which private property may be taken (see H.J. Res. 60), H5914 [14JY]

———prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H6380 [22JY]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see S. 1313), S7428 [27JN] (see S. 1895), S11559 [19OC] (see H.R. 3083, 3087), H5361 [28JN] (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9102 [25OC]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), consideration (see H. Res. 527), H9554 [2NO]

Rural Renaissance Corp.: establish (see S. 502), S2003 [3MR]

SBA: establish pilot program to eliminate certain restrictions on eligible certified development companies (see H.R. 3982), H8733 [6OC]

———expand the HUBZone program to include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 1148), H1023 [8MR]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see S. 1865), S11313 [7OC] (see H.R. 20), H72 [4JA]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl (see S. 941), S4546 [28AP] (see H.R. 3933), H8513 [28SE]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5176 [24JN]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain rural development projects (see S. 1253), S6658 [15JN]

———authorize States, localities, the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the U.S. to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes (see H.R. 2471), H3556 [18MY]

———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 3268), H5800 [13JY]

———extend the new market tax credit (see S. 1800), S10724 [29SE] (see H.R. 3957), H8643 [29SE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 859), S4021 [20AP] (see H.R. 1549), H1893 [12AP]

———provide for use of redevelopment bonds for environmental remediation (see H.R. 3451), H6932 [27JY]

Teach for America, Inc.: authorize appropriations (see S. 1367), S7820 [30JN]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 426), H235 [26JA]

YouthBuild USA (organization): transfer from the Dept. of HUD to the Dept. of Labor and enhance the program (see S. 1999), S12682 [10NO]

Factsheets

Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Relative to Educational Challenges of Hurricane Katrina: Congressional Black Caucus, H8500 [28SE]

Letters

Community Services Block Grant Program funding: National Governors Association, S10774 [30SE]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, H9571 [3NO]

———Janice L. Pauls, National Conference of State Legislatures, H9572 [3NO]

———Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H9586 [3NO]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9586 [3NO]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H9587 [3NO]

———Representative Pombo, Committee on Resources (House), H9586 [3NO]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H9586, H9587 [3NO]

———Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, H9572 [3NO]

Poems

``Yo Soy Joaquin,'' Rodolfo (Corky) Gonzales, E656 [15AP]

Remarks in House

Abyssinian Development Corp.: tribute to Harlem Renaissance Day of Committment, E1149 [7JN]

Bechtel Inc.: ensure delivery of temporary housing to individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina, H11079 [6DE]

Braga, Damian: Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce Chairman's Business Award recipient, E2246 [3NO]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (H. Res. 336), E1739 [29JY]

Churches and synagogues: prohibit exercise of eminent domain over houses of worship and other nonprofit or tax-exempt organizations, H9598 [3NO]

Courts: allow property owners to obtain injunctive or declaratory relief in cases of eminent domain, H9591, H9592 [3NO]

Dept. of HUD: Brownfields Economic Development Initiative funding, H5419-H5421 [29JN]

———Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H5371, H5381, H5384 [29JN], E1437 [1JY]

———Community Development Block Grant Program section 108 loan guarantee program funding through reductions in Office of National Drug Control Policy funding, H5383, H5444 [29JN]

———HOPE VI Program funding for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, H5429-H5432 [29JN], H5554 [30JN], H9987 [8NO]

———Native American Housing Block Grant Program funding, H5384 [29JN], H5555 [30JN]

———prohibit Community Development Block Grant Program funding of private economic development projects involving an acquisition of land through eminent domain, H5427 [29JN]

———Round II Empowerment Zones program funding, H5554 [30JN]

———temporarily suspend certain requirements under the Community Development Block Grant Program for communities affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3896), H8670-H8674 [6OC]

Dept. of Justice: require report by Federal agencies on regulations and procedures relating to eminent domain, H9599 [3NO]

Dillman, Robert J.: Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce Businessperson of the Year award recipient, E2245 [3NO]

Fall River, MA: Community Development Block Grant Program implementation, E575 [7AP]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: clarify status of certain communities in the western Alaska community development quota program, H8046 [15SE]

Flint, MI: anniversary of Salem Housing Community Development Corp., E627 [12AP]

Fremont, CA: anniversary, E2528 [14DE]

Hurricanes: exempt victims of Hurricane Katrina from seizure of condemned property through exercise of eminent domain, H9599, H9600 [3NO]

———investigate lapses in recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina, reasons for the severity of damages, and ways to prevent future damages during reconstruction, H8493-H8499 [28SE]

Lawrence County Economic Development Corp.: anniversary, E1769 [7SE]

Mattioli, Joseph and Rose: Pocono Mountain Chamber of Commerce Frank Schoelch Community Commitment Award recipient, E2251 [3NO]

Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act: implementation, E1900 [20SE]

National Center for Sustainable Development: tribute, E2595 [17DE], E2617 [19DE]

New Orleans, LA: restore and expand historic St. Charles Street street cars affected by Hurricane Katrina, H8651 [6OC]

Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-Sustainability Team (organization): tribute to Social Enterprise Competition for Central & Eastern Europe, E2651 [22DE]

Northeast Regional Development Commission: establish (H.R. 1695), H2155 [20AP]

Ramona, KS: tribute, E2270 [3NO]

Real estate: clarify definition of economic development in cases of eminent domain, H9593, H9594 [3NO]

———clarify that the burden is on the State or agency to show that an eminent domain taking is not for certain economic development, H9592 [3NO]

———encourage the cleanup and use of brownfields and other sites that contain hazardous contaminants in cases of eminent domain, H9596, H9597 [3NO]

———enumerate harmful uses of land which constitute a threat to public health and safety in cases of eminent domain, H9594, H9595 [3NO]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain, H9333 [27OC]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 3083), H5369 [29JN]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 3135), E1426 [1JY]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9454-H9459 [1NO], H9475, H9476, H9477 [2NO], H9559, H9569-H9605, H9613 [3NO], H9644 [4NO], E2253 [3NO], E2278 [4NO], E2281 [7NO]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), amendment process, H9396 [28OC]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), consideration (H. Res. 527), H9560-H9562 [3NO]

Rural areas: economic development funding following mining company closures, H10628 [17NO]

San Luis Obispo County, CA: anniversary of Economic Opportunity Commission, E2407 [18NO]

SBA: expand the HUBZone program to include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 1148), E380 [8MR]

Stockyard Redevelopment Organization: tribute, E2033 [6OC]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H5104, H5167 [24JN], H5218, H5227 [27JN], H5256, H5259 [28JN], H5366 [29JN], H5481 [30JN], H9441, H9454-H9459 [1NO], H9600, H9601 [3NO], E1379 [28JN]

———disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (H. Res. 340), H5370 [29JN], H5577-H5585 [30JN], E1453 [11JY], E1720, E1728 [29JY]

———prohibit funding to enforce Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H5504-H5506 [30JN]

Taunton, MA: Community Development Block Grant Program implementation, E559 [6AP]

Taxation: exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (H.R. 3268), H5939 [18JY], H6114 [20JY], H6331 [22JY]

United Community Civic Association: tribute, E2499 [8DE]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth, H12130 [17DE]

———encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (H.R. 426), E94 [26JA]

Remarks in Senate

Adel, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9824 [8SE]

Bedford, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9825 [8SE]

Burlington, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S11418 [17OC]

Cedar Falls, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9829 [8SE]

Central City, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9828 [8SE]

Charles City, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9824 [8SE]

Dept. of Defense: offer to transfer property located at closed or realigned military installations to local redevelopment authorities at no cost, S12427-S12432 [7NO], S12478, S12479, S12489, S12490 [8NO], S12600 [9NO]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program, section 8 housing choice voucher program, and Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds funding, S11639, S11640, S11647 [20OC]

———Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S4512 [28AP], S11647 [20OC]

———prohibit community development funds from being used for construction of an animal shelter in Westerly, RI, S11614 [20OC]

———prohibit community development funds from being used for the Joslyn Art Museum to construct a parking facility in Omaha, NE, S11613, S11614 [20OC]

———prohibit community development funds from being used for the Seattle Art Museum to construct Olympic Sculpture Park, S11608-S11613 [20OC]

Dubuque, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9828 [8SE]

Elkader, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9828 [8SE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: clarify status of certain communities in the western Alaska community development quota program (S. 797), S3667 [14AP]

Greenfield, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9827 [8SE]

Gulf Coast Recovery and Disaster Preparedness Agency: establish (S. 1863), S11317-S11322 [7OC]

Hurricanes: provide disaster relief and incentives for economic recovery for Louisiana residents and businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina, S11242 [6OC], S14196-S14198 [20DE]

———provide disaster relief and incentives for economic recovery for Louisiana residents and businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina (S. 1766), S11203-S11205 [6OC], S11736 [21OC]

Jewell, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9827 [8SE]

Louisiana Recovery Corp.: establish (S. 2172), S14333 [21DE]

National Safe Place Week: designate (S. Res. 71), S2501 [10MR], S2642 [14MR]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain, S10026 [14SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (S. 1313), S7429 [27JN]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (S. 1895), S11568 [19OC]

Rural Renaissance Corp.: establish (S. 502), S2006 [3MR]

Sigourney, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9826 [8SE]

Store City, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9826 [8SE]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl (S. 941), S4558 [28AP]

Taxation: extend the new market tax credit (S. 1800), S10748 [29SE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (S. 859), S4031 [20AP]

Teach for America, Inc.: authorize appropriations (S. 1367), S7865-S7867 [30JN]

Valley Junction, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9826 [8SE]

Waterloo, IA: Iowa Dept. of Economic Development Main Street Iowa program grant recipient, S9825 [8SE]

YouthBuild USA (organization): transfer from the Dept. of HUD to the Dept. of Labor and enhance the program (S. 1999), S12689 [10NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4128, Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 527) (H. Rept. 109-266), H9554 [2NO]

President Bush Addressing of Issues of Neighborhood Crime Prevention and Community Policing and Support Federal Participation in National Night Out: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 336) (H. Rept. 109-194), H6932 [27JY]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4128) (H. Rept. 109-262), H9435 [31OC], H9640 [3NO]

Remote Sensing Applications Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 426) (H. Rept. 109-157), H5251 [27JN]

Strengthening the Ownership of Private Property (STOPP) Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3405) (H. Rept. 109-261), H9435 [31OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 340, disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, Supreme Court decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H5577 [30JN]

H. Res. 527, consideration of H.R. 4128, Private Property Rights Protection Act, H9560 [3NO]

H.R. 3896, Hurricane Katrina Emergency Relief CDBG Flexibility Act, H8670 [6OC]

H.R. 4128, Private Property Rights Protection Act, H9589 [3NO]

S. 502, Rural Renaissance Act, S2007-S2009 [3MR]

S. 797, CDQ Community Preservation Act, S3668 [14AP]

S. 1253, Rural Renaissance Act II, S6662-S6664 [15JN]

S. 1800, extend the new market tax credit, S10749 [29SE]

S. 1863, Gulf Coast Recovery and Disaster Preparedness Act, S11318-S11321 [7OC]

S. Res. 71, National Safe Place Week, S2046 [3MR], S2501 [10MR]