DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5850), H6345, H6346, H6348, H6349, H6351, H6352, H6353, H6371, H6372, H6373, H6374, H6375, H6376, H6377, H6378, H6379, H6381 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5850), consideration (H. Res. 1569), H6296 [29JY]

Real estate: improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5072), H4343, H4345, H4346, H4347, H4349, H4351, H4352, H4353, H4355, H4356, H4357, H4358, H4364 [10JN]

———improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5072), consideration (H. Res. 1424), H4285 [9JN]

Senior citizens: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (S. 118), S10695, S10698, S10700 [18DE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: ensure housing assistance programs are available to veterans and members who have service-connected injuries and to survivors and dependents of veterans and members (see H.R. 6058), H6570 [30JY]

Community development: transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities (see S. 4059), S11037 [22DE]

Community Development Block Grant Program: amend service cap (see S. 4017), S8641 [8DE]

———set-aside funds for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of their facilities (see H.R. 4632), H646 [22FE]

Community Reinvestment Act: improve assessments of regulated financial institutions (see H.R. 6334), H7392 [29SE]

Credit: increase maximum mortgage loan limits for FHA multi-family housing projects with elevators and for extremely high-cost areas (see S. 3700), S6736 [4AU]

———require, as a condition for modification of a home mortgage loan held by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or insured under the National Housing Act, that the mortgagor be verified under the E-verify program (see H.R. 4586), H554 [3FE]

———require, as a condition for purchase of a home mortgage loan held by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or insured under the National Housing Act, that the mortgagor be verified under the E-verify program (see H.R. 4744), H1103 [3MR]

Depts. of the Treasury and HUD: implement cost savings (see H.R. 5782), H5817 [20JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5850), H6042 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5850), consideration (see H. Res. 1569), H6282 [28JY]

Fair Housing Act: amend (see H.R. 6500), H8263 [8DE]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (see H.R. 4820, 4828), H1357 [11MR] (see H.R. 4988), H2458 [25MR]

Federal aid programs: reauthorize certain assistance for capacity building for community development and affordable housing (see H.R. 4737), H1102 [3MR]

Federal Housing Finance Oversight Board: revise requirements for congressional testimony (see H.R. 5391), H3822 [25MY]

FHA: establish a shared equity homeownership pilot program for mortgage insurance (see H.R. 6256), H7389 [29SE]

———improve safety and soundness of mortgage insurance programs (see H.R. 4811), H1323 [10MR]

———increase flexibility relative to amount of single family housing mortgage insurance premiums (see H.R. 5981), H6567 [30JY]

Housing: authorize public housing agencies to use operating funds as collateral for financing energy conservation improvements and to freeze utility consumption levels (see H.R. 5154), H2936 [27AP]

———facilitate affordable workforce homeownership in, and develop the full-time resident communities of, resort areas (see H.R. 6079), H6578 [9AU]

———require Federal agencies and certain Government-sponsored enterprises to reserve residential real estate owned for purchase by owner-occupants and other buyers using public funds for a certain period (see H.R. 4582), H554 [3FE]

———revitalize distressed housing, reform public housing demolition and disposition rules, provide agencies with resources to preserve units, and train residents to provide home-based health services (see H.R. 5814), H5983 [22JY]

———transform rental assistance properties into properties with long-term, property-based, sustainable contracts that include flexibility to address certain issues (see H.R. 6468), H7854 [1DE]

Mortgages: provide grants to State and local governments to carry out programs to provide mediation between mortgagees and mortgagors facing foreclosure (see H.R. 5754), H5675 [15JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: authorize incremental vouchers for section 8 tenant-based rental assistance to help meet housing needs of low-income families (see H.R. 5845), H5984 [22JY]

Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control: authorize use of subpoenas in investigation of Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act violations (see H.R. 5835), H5984 [22JY]

Real estate: improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (see S. 3704), S6736 [4AU] (see H.R. 5072), H2695 [20AP]

———improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5072), consideration (see H. Res. 1424), H4246 [8JN]

———provide adequate commitment authority for guaranteed loans that are obligations of the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds (see H.R. 5872), H6162 [27JY]

Sustainable development: establish Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, and comprehensive planning and sustainability challenge grant programs (see H.R. 4690), H931 [25FE]

Transportation: incorporate transportation costs associated with the location of housing into affordability measures and standards and develop a transportation affordability index (see H.R. 5824), H5983 [22JY]

Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program: amend amount of rental assistance available (see H.R. 4569), H471 [2FE]

Letters

FHA Reform Act: Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Home Builders and National Association of Realtors, H4350 [10JN]

———several organizations, H4351 [10JN]

General and Special Risk Insurance Funds Availability Act: Douglas M. Bibby, National Multi Housing Council and Douglas S. Culkin, National Apartment Association, H6250 [28JY]

———Joseph Stanton, National Association of Home Builders, H6250 [28JY]

———several health care, housing, and seniors organizations, H6250 [28JY]

———William P. Killmer, Mortgage Bankers Association, H6250 [28JY]

Motions

Real estate: improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5072), H4363 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: ensure housing assistance programs are available to veterans and members who have service-connected injuries and to survivors and dependents of veterans and members (H.R. 6058), H7082, H7083 [28SE]

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): alleged involvement in voter registration fraud, H2837 [22AP], H4503 [15JN]

Buffalo, NY: prohibit funding for restoration and improvement of Darwin D. Martin House Complex project, H6379-H6381 [29JY]

Community Development Block Grant Program: increase funding directed at minority-serving institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, H6353 [29JY]

———increase funding for disaster relief for Midwest communities affected by flooding, H6373, H6374 [29JY]

Credit: cap maximum loan limits for FHA single family insured mortgages in certain high cost areas, H4355, H4356 [10JN]

———increase maximum mortgage loan limits for FHA multi-family housing projects with elevators and for extremely high-cost areas, H4354 [10JN]

———limit number of FHA-insured mortgages to a certain percentage of total private-market home loans originated in a year, H4352, H4353 [10JN]

———raise downpayment requirements for borrowers under FHA-insured mortgages, H4349-H4351 [10JN]

Crime: require anyone seeking an FHA mortgage to certify they have not been convicted of a sex offense against a minor, H4357, H4358 [10JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H6352, H6353, H6372, H6373, H6374, H6375, H6376 [29JY]

———eliminate or reduce funding for certain Federal programs, H6350, H6351 [29JY], E1517 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), earmark declaration, E28 [13JA], E35 [15JA]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5850), H6300, H6310-H6353, H6368-H6382-H6412-H6418 [29JY], E1496, E1517 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5850), consideration (H. Res. 1569), H6289-H6297 [29JY]

Economy: importance of job creation, H6321 [29JY]

Federal aid programs: section 8 programs and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS funding, H6324 [29JY]

Federal employees: eliminate travel budget, H6346-H6348 [29JY]

FHA: increase flexibility relative to amount of single family housing mortgage insurance premiums (H.R. 5981), H6468, H6469 [30JY]

———prevent any taxpayer bailout, H4364 [10JN]

———prohibit issuance of mortgage insurance for borrowers with strategic defaults, H4364 [10JN]

GAO: analyze the effectiveness of the Dept. of HUD loss mitigation home retention programs, H4356, H4357 [10JN]

Housing: extend special funds to be used to remediate damage from installation of tainted drywall, H4357 [10JN]

———prohibit funding for doctoral dissertation research grants on housing and urban development issues, H6345 [29JY]

———provide mortgage insurance premium refunds to eligible borrowers of FHA-insured loans that were closed but not endorsed prior to a certain date, H4351, H4352 [10JN]

Mortgages: prioritize mortgage counseling services to areas with high foreclosure rates, H4346, H4347 [10JN]

Native Americans: reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians (H.R. 709), H5407 [1JY]

Office of Policy Development and Research: reduce funding, H6348, H6349 [29JY]

Real estate: grant authority to establish higher minimum down payment requirements on mortgages and require report to Congress on implementation of such requirements, H4348 [10JN]

———improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5072), H4300-H4302 [9JN], H4342-H4365 [10JN], E1063, E1065, E1068, E1069, E1075 [10JN], E1103 [15JN], E1184 [23JN]

———improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5072), consideration (H. Res. 1424), H4277-H4287 [9JN]

———improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5072), corrections in engrossment, H4366 [10JN]

———improve financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5072), motion to recommit, H4364 [10JN]

———include information on financial management and credit risk in mortgage counseling services, H4347 [10JN]

———provide adequate commitment authority for guaranteed loans that are obligations of the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds (H.R. 5872), H6249-H6251 [28JY]

Senior citizens: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (S. 118), H8802-H8806 [21DE]

Transformation Initiative: prohibit funding, H6345, H6346 [29JY]

Transportation: incorporate transportation costs associated with the location of housing into affordability measures and standards and develop a transportation affordability index (H.R. 5824), E1407 [22JY]

Veterans: prohibit funding to enforce regulations against veterans' preferences in Dept. of HUD financed housing for the elderly built on a VA campus or using a VA-enhanced use lease, H6374 [29JY]

Yauco, PR: prohibit funding for construction of a children's playground, H6381, H6382 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, technical corrections, S10405 [16DE]

FHA: increase flexibility relative to amount of single family housing mortgage insurance premiums (H.R. 5981), S6741 [4AU]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S587 [11FE]

Real estate: provide adequate commitment authority for guaranteed loans that are obligations of the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds (H.R. 5872), S6740, S6741 [4AU]

Senior citizens: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (S. 118), S10698-S10703 [18DE], S10810 [20DE]

Sustainable development: establish Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, and comprehensive planning and sustainability challenge grant programs (S. 1619), S8476 [3DE]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (S. 1547), S2806 [29AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 5850, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1569) (H. Rept. 111-578), H6282 [28JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5850) (H. Rept. 111-564), H6042 [26JY]

FHA Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5072) (H. Rept. 111-476), H3272 [6MY]

Livable Communities Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1619), S10737 [19DE]

Nomination of Douglas A. Criscitello To Be Dept. of HUD Chief Financial Officer: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S481 [4FE]

Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 118), S8298 [30NO]

Veterans, Women, Families With Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 476) (H. Rept. 111-678), H8285 [9DE]

Tables

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5850), H6311-H6318 [29JY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5872, General and Special Risk Insurance Funds Availability Act, H6281 [28JY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 118, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act, S10700 [18DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 1424, consideration of H.R. 5072, FHA Reform Act, H4277 [9JN]

H. Res. 1569, consideration of H.R. 5850, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, H6289 [29JY]

H.R. 5072, FHA Reform Act, H4343-H4345 [10JN]

H.R. 5872, General and Special Risk Insurance Funds Availability Act, H6249 [28JY]

H.R. 5981, increase Dept. of HUD flexibility relative to amount of FHA single family housing mortgage insurance premiums, H6468 [30JY]

H.R. 6058, Wounded Warrior and Military Survivor Housing Assistance Act, H7082 [28SE]

S. 118, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act, S10701-S10703 [18DE], H8803 [21DE]