HOUSING related term(s) Homeless

Addresses

FRS on Monetary Policy: Janet L. Yellen, FRS, H5155–H5157 [24JY]

State of the Union: President Obama, S68–S73 [24JA], H151–H156 [24JA]

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2648 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2581 [10MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3268 [30MY], H3320, H3324, H3326, H3327, H3331, H3340, H3341, H3342, H3343, H3344, H3345, H3346, H3364 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3287 [31MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H3981 [25JN], H4033, H4035, H4036, H4037, H4039, H4041, H4044, H4045, H4047, H4048, H4051, H4052, H4053, H4054, H4055, H4056, H4065, H4066 [26JN], H4096, H4097, H4099, H4100, H4101, H4102, H4103, H4104, H4105, H4106, H4108, H4109, H4110, H4112, H4117, H4118, H4121, H4122, H4124, H4135, H4136, H4137, H4139, H4140, H4141, H4142, H4143, H4144, H4146, H4147, H4148, H4149, H4150, H4151 [27JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), consideration (H. Res. 697), H4025 [26JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H221 [31JA], H333, H335, H337 [1FE]

Articles and editorials

Fannie, Freddie Dole Out Big Bonuses, S184 [31JA]

First Person Singular—Carmen Castro-Conroy, 40, Gaithersburg, Housing Counselor, Housing Initiative Partnership, E1261 [17JY]

Job Gains Reflect Hope a Recovery Is Blooming, H527 [7FE]

Millions Forgo Foreclosure Reviews Homeowners Don’t Have Much Time To Ask for Accuracy Checks, E2020 [31DE]

That Comeback Trail for the Economy? Here, It’s Littered With Foreclosures, H672 [9FE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: enhance protections accorded to servicemembers and their spouses relative to mortgages (see S. 3179), S3174 [15MY]

——— ensure that relocation of an active duty servicemember away from the servicemember’s principal residence does not prevent the refinancing of a mortgage on that residence (see H.R. 4740), H2125 [25AP]

——— improve protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures (see S. 3323), S4368 [20JN] (see H.R. 5747), H2713 [15MY]

Bankruptcy: provide authority to modify certain mortgages on principal residences of debtors to prevent foreclosure (see H.R. 4058), H901 [16FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 5652), H2565 [9MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (see H. Res. 648), H2565 [9MY]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see S. 3079), S3084 [10MY]

Campus Fire Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 549), S6108 [11SE]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 3343), S4674 [27JN] (see H.R. 4326), H1804 [29MR]

Credit: encourage mortgage loan modifications and suspending foreclosures and evictions (see H.R. 4848), H2204 [26AP]

——— establish a national consumer credit usury rate (see S. 3452), S5487 [26JY]

——— establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers (see H.R. 3789), H77 [18JA]

——— establish shared equity appreciation mortgage modification pilot programs (see S. 2093), S494 [9FE] (see H.R. 5940), H3699 [8JN]

——— improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 4323), H1804 [29MR]

——— prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through mortgages having 50-year terms of maturity (see H.R. 6366), H5765 [10SE]

——— prohibit Federal agencies from guaranteeing, making, or insuring a mortgage secured by a residence in a jurisdiction that has used eminent domain to take a residential mortgage (see H.R. 6397), H5999 [13SE]

——— provide exception from definition of loan originator for certain loans made relative to manufactured homes and amend Truth in Lending Act to modify definition of high-cost mortgage (see S. 3484), S5977 [2AU] (see H.R. 3849), H218 [31JA]

——— provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see S. 3085), S3085 [10MY] (see S. 3522), S6062 [10SE] (see H.R. 6428), H6060 [14SE]

——— provide homeowners with additional protections and safeguards against foreclosure (see H.R. 6395), H5999 [13SE]

——— require closing costs to be paid by the enterprises with respect to certain refinanced mortgage loans (see S. 2909), S2966 [8MY]

——— require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see S. 2120), S850 [16FE]

——— require portion of closing costs to be paid by the enterprises with respect to certain refinanced mortgage loans (see S. 3520), S5978 [2AU] (see H.R. 6467), H6231 [20SE]

——— require servicers to provide responses to mortgagors requesting residential mortgage loan refinancing (see S. 3177), S3174 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: improve oversight and accountability for certain military housing projects (see H.R. 4608), H2066 [24AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program (see H.R. 4230), H1496 [21MR]

Dept. of HUD: authorize use of multifamily housing subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act as workforce residential housing (see S. 2035), S131 [26JA] (see H.R. 3825), H181 [25JA]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (see S. 3614), S6625 [21SE] (see H.R. 6381), H5922 [12SE]

——— establish a pilot program to reduce up-front premiums on FHA mortgage insurance for first-time homebuyers who complete a homeownership counseling program to help reduce default rates (see H.R. 5884), H3404 [1JN]

——— provide for semiannual actuarial studies of FHA mortgage insurance program during periods that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund does not meet minimum capital ratio requirements (see H.R. 3853), H218 [31JA]

——— reform laws relative to small public housing agencies (see S. 3538), S6339 [13SE]

——— require section 8 rental assistance recipients to stay current with local taxes and authorize public housing agencies to divert such assistance to pay owners’ tax debts (see H.R. 6203), H5291 [25JY]

——— set-aside Community Development Block Grant Program funds for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of their facilities (see H.R. 5521), H2320 [7MY] (see H.R. 6414), H6060 [14SE]

——— terminate authority to provide assistance under the Tenant Resource Network Program (see H.R. 6298), H5705 [2AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: award grants to nonprofit organizations for construction of facilities for temporary lodging in connection with the examination, treatment, or care of a veteran (see S. 3324), S4368 [20JN]

——— enable certain nonprofit organizations that serve homeless veterans to participate in the Grant and Per Diem Program to provide transitional housing or facilities for homeless veterans (see H.R. 5830), H3161 [18MY]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see S. 3049), S3042 [9MY] (see H.R. 4287), H1740 [28MR]

——— extend authority to provide specially adapted housing assistance to individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member (see H.R. 4299), H1803 [29MR]

——— improve assistance provided to homeless veterans (see S. 3309), S4238 [18JN]

——— improve authority to provide specially adapted housing assistance to blind veterans (see H.R. 5999), H3974 [21JN]

——— improve benefits for homeless veterans who are women or who have dependents (see S. 3308), S4238 [18JN]

——— improve the Multifamily Transitional Housing Loan Program (see S. 3348), S4674 [27JN]

——— make home loan guaranty programs for veterans regarding adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (see H.R. 4482), H2064 [24AP]

——— require recipients of grants and other assistance for provision of housing and other services to homeless veterans to comply with certain codes (see H.R. 4079), H943 [17FE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see S. 3215), S3422 [22MY] (see H.R. 5854), H3171 [25MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (see H. Res. 667), H3265 [30MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2322), S2545 [19AP] (see H.R. 5972), H3914 [20JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), consideration (see H. Res. 697), H3974 [21JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD: establish a grant pilot program to provide housing for elderly homeless veterans (see H.R. 5861), H3266 [30MY]

Disabled: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for the disabled (see H.R. 5781), H2811 [16MY]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see S. 2162), S1422 [6MR]

Fair Housing Act: protect servicemembers and veterans from housing discrimination (see S. 3283), S3900 [11JN]

Federal aid programs: develop local strategies to coordinate use of assistance for low-income housing residents with public and private resources to enable families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency (see S. 3513), S5977 [2AU]

——— preserve affordable housing opportunities for low-income families (see H.R. 4218), H1426 [20MR]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: prohibit disposing of certain real estate owned of such Agency and by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (see H.R. 5823), H3103 [17MY]

——— prohibit investments by mortgage finance agencies that create disincentives to help homeowners and stabilize the housing market (see S. 2072), S350 [6FE]

FEMA: allow rebuilding of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones (see H.R. 6614), H6535 [29NO]

FHA: ensure fiscal solvency of mortgage insurance programs (see S. 3678), S8041 [13DE] (see H.R. 4264), H1641 [27MR]

——— establish a fund that allows responsible homeowners to refinance mortgages (see S. 3047), S3041 [9MY]

——— establish Second Chance at Homeownership Program (see H.R. 4172), H1304 [8MR]

Financial institutions: authorize depository institutions, holding companies, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (see S. 2080), S494 [9FE]

——— enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see S. 2078), S388 [7FE]

——— specify that courses offered by lenders for their own employees may not satisfy pre-licensing or continuing education requirements of mortgage loan originators (see H.R. 6158), H5077 [19JY]

Flood Disaster Protection Act: technical corrections (see S. 3677), S7976 [12DE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with other financial regulatory agencies (see S. 2054), S261 [1FE]

Health: train public housing residents as home health aides and in home-based health services to provide such services to certain elderly or disabled public or federally-assisted housing residents (see H.R. 4220), H1426 [20MR]

Homeless: eliminate involuntary homelessness for families, women, and children (see H. Con. Res. 119), H2067 [24AP]

Housing Act: revise census data and population requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see S. 3541), S6340 [13SE] (see H.R. 6416), H6060 [14SE]

Immigration: facilitate travel and investment in the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals investing in residential real estate (see H.R. 5741), H2712 [15MY]

LIHEAP: establish minimum level of assistance for certain States (see H.R. 6533), H6275 [21SE]

——— provide funding with a dedicated revenue source consisting of a tax on offshore oil production (see H.R. 3807), H114 [23JA]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 4026), H725 [14FE]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (see H.R. 4253), H1542 [22MR]

Mortgages: amend the definition of mortgage originator to include certain employees of a retailer of manufactured homes (see H.R. 6694), H7424 [20DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), consideration (see H. Res. 522), H158 [24JA]

Real estate: establish programs to provide counseling to homebuyers regarding voluntary home inspections and train counselors to provide such counseling (see H.R. 4219), H1426 [20MR]

——— prevent foreclosure of, and provide for the reduction of principal on, mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 3841), H218 [31JA]

——— protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see S. 3334), S4417 [21JN]

——— require holder of subordinate lien on property that secures a federally related mortgage loan, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a timely decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 6153), H5077 [19JY]

Rural areas: improve housing for educators, public safety officers, and medical providers, and their households (see S. 3278), S3838 [7JN]

Senior citizens: provide for a Seniors’ Financial Bill of Rights (see S. 3621), S6625 [21SE]

——— provide for outreach and coordination of services to veterans (see S. 3619), S6625 [21SE]

State Small Business Credit Initiative: allow States participating to provide program funds to community development housing organizations for development of affordable housing (see H.R. 4144), H1209 [6MR]

Taxation: allow a credit for veteran first-time homebuyers and for adaptive housing and mobility improvements for disabled veterans (see H.R. 6627), H6586 [3DE]

——— encourage building of housing for moderate income seniors (see H.R. 6295), H5704 [2AU]

——— exclude from gross income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain foreign residential mortgage obligations (see S. 2144), S1147 [29FE]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see S. 2074), S350 [6FE]

——— express that the current property tax deduction on private residences should not be further restricted (see H. Res. 557), H944 [17FE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 3521), S6062 [10SE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H1390 [19MR] (see H.R. 4250), H1542 [22MR] (see H.R. 4336), H1804 [29MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness and provide exclusions from income for certain payments under the National Mortgage Settlement (see H.R. 4290), H1740 [28MR]

——— extend the deduction for mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3999), H692 [9FE]

——— extend the nonbusiness energy property credit to include insulated siding (see H.R. 6226), H5327 [26JY]

——— increase amount of low-income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee (see S. 3243), S3631 [24MY] (see H.R. 3769), H26 [17JA]

——— increase the rehabilitation credit for commercial buildings and provide a rehabilitation credit for principal residences (see H.R. 5930), H3698 [8JN]

——— permanently extend the private mortgage insurance tax deduction (see S. 3470), S5870 [1AU]

——— prevent an unfair tax burden for veterans and homeowners who have received assistance from the National Mortgage Settlement (see S. 3224), S3515 [23MY]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (see S. 2250), S2242 [29MR]

——— qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of low income housing tax credit (see S. 3494), S5977 [2AU]

——— replace the mortgage interest deduction with a nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence (see H.R. 6677), H7264 [18DE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate affordable workforce housing in, and develop full-time resident communities of, high tourism areas (see H.R. 6394), H5999 [13SE]

Truth in Lending Act: add a rule of construction relative to certain payments to an employee of a mortgage originator (see H.R. 4076), H943 [17FE]

——— improve certain provisions relative to the compensation of mortgage originators (see H.R. 4163), H1272 [7MR]

U.S. Housing Act: reform the program for rental assistance under section 8 (see H.R. 4145), H1209 [6MR]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see S. 3349), S4674 [27JN]

——— exclude certain pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance (see H.R. 6111), H4862 [12JY] (see H.R. 6361), H5764 [10SE]

Briefings

Impact of Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) Home Energy Assistance Program: Francisco Talamantes, E771 [10MY]

Histories

Prevent Further Restriction of Federal Income Tax Deduction for Interest Paid on Debt Secured by a First or Second Home (H. Res. 25), H5679 [2AU]

Letters

FHA solvency and efforts to rebuild Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Carol J. Galante, Acting Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, S8526 [30DE]

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H329 [1FE]

——— Representatives Boustany and Gingrey, H328 [1FE]

——— several organizations, H198 [31JA], H328 [1FE]

——— William L. Minnix, Jr., Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, H329 [1FE]

——— William L. Minnix, Jr., LeadingAge (organization), H329 [1FE]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, H2621 [10MY]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), E825, E826 [17MY]

——— Stephen E. Blaire, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, H2580, H2613 [10MY]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2630 [10MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3358 [31MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4633 [29JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H352 [1FE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3521), S6260 [12SE], S6289 [13SE], S6393 [19SE]

Remarks in House

AbilityOne Program: tribute, E980 [5JN]

Armed Forces: ensure extension of certain benefits and programs for active duty servicemembers and veterans, H5970 [13SE]

——— improve protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures, H3058, H3059 [17MY]

Bankruptcy: provide authority to modify certain mortgages on principal residences of debtors to prevent foreclosure (H.R. 4058), H806 [16FE], E211 [16FE], E530 [16AP]

Bellevue, NE: anniversary of Eastern Nebraska Veterans’ Home, E1239 [12JY]

Bucci, Frank A.: Neighborhood Housing Services of Lackawanna County, PA, Governor Robert P. Casey Medal for a Lifetime of Service recipient, E551 [17AP]

Budget: ensure that any changes to accounting standards for Federal loan programs do not adversely affect veterans and students, H547 [7FE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2455 [9MY], H2583–H2633 [10MY], H2702–H2705 [15MY], H2783 [16MY], H3135 [18MY], H3392 [1JN], H3586 [7JN], H4922–H4925 [18JY], H5295 [26JY], H5521 [31JY], H5958 [13SE], H6575 [30NO], H6751 [12DE], E755 [9MY], E802 [15MY], E823 [16MY], E825 [17MY], E908 [30MY], E2018 [31DE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2573–H2583 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), motion to recommit, H2631 [10MY]

Bureau of the Census: American Community Survey funding, H2507–H2509 [9MY]

——— prohibit funding to enforce criminal penalty on individuals who choose not to participate in the American Community Survey, H2505–H2507 [9MY]

Camden Property Trust: inclusion in Fortune (publication) ‘‘Best Companies To Work For’’ list, H1795 [29MR]

Campbell, Roy T., Jr.: Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service, Inc., Citizen of the Year award recipient, E1559 [19SE]

Campus Fire Safety Month: observance, E1554 [19SE]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Logan Square Neighborhood Association, E795 [15MY]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: provide for review of properties for use for the homeless, H491–H494, H498, H503 [6FE]

Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition: anniversary of Crawford House homeless veterans shelter, E396 [20MR]

Conine, Kent: Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (organization) honoree, E28 [17JA]

Consumers: clarify treatment of homeowner warranties under current law (H.R. 2446), H5612, H5613 [1AU], E1423 [3AU]

Convoy of Hope (organization): tribute to Joplin, MO, recovery efforts in aftermath of tornado, E768 [10MY]

Cooper, Wilfred, Sr.: California Homebuilding Foundation Hall of Fame inductee, E1291 [19JY]

Cox, Thomas: Encore.org (organization) Purpose Prize recipient, E1930 [13DE]

Credit: require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (H.R. 1498), H385 [2FE]

Dept. of Defense: reduce funding and redirect savings to domestic priorities, H4915 [18JY]

Dept. of HHS: increase flexibility for implementation of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H338 [1FE]

Dept. of HUD: administrative spending, operations, and management resources funding, H4055, H4056 [26JN]

——— allow public housing agencies to use operating and capital funds directly without going through the Operating Fund Financing Program, H4119 [27JN]

——— disaster relief funding, H4111 [27JN]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans, H6123 [19SE]

——— establish position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs and submit a report on veterans’ homelessness (H.R. 3298), H1553–H1555 [26MR], H1744 [29MR]

——— Galveston, TX, low-income housing restoration funding, H4032 [26JN]

——— HOME Investment Partnership funding, H4109, H4110 [27JN]

——— homeless assistance grants funding, H4112 [27JN]

——— Housing Counseling Assistance Program funding, H4054, H4055 [26JN]

——— Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program funding, H4056 [26JN]

——— National Affordable Housing Trust Fund funding, H4032 [26JN]

——— Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program and Section 184A Native Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Program funding, E1156 [27JN]

——— Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program funding, H4103 [27JN]

——— Office of Community Planning and Development funding, H4096, H4097 [27JN]

——— Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity funding, H4099 [27JN]

——— Office of Housing funding, H4097 [27JN]

——— Office of Policy Development and Research funding, H4097–H4099 [27JN]

——— Office of Public and Indian Housing funding, H4096 [27JN]

——— prohibit funding for finalizing regulatory standards against the use of discriminatory disparate impact analysis in risk-based lending and insurance underwriting for housing, H4144–H4146 [27JN]

——— 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, H4144 [27JN]

——— prohibit funding to implement rule to expressly prohibit an owner or landlord of housing from using a criminal conviction to deny housing to an applicant for such housing, H4150 [27JN]

——— Public Housing Capital Fund funding, H4101, H4102 [27JN]

——— Public Housing Operating Fund funding, H4102, H4103 [27JN]

——— require inclusion of owner-occupied units and rental units in property loss calculations used to determine disaster relief assistance, H4111 [27JN]

——— section 8 housing voucher program funding, H4100 [27JN]

——— veteran rental voucher assistance funding, H4634 [29JN]

——— vulnerable populations housing programs funding, E1239 [12JY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for a single or multi-State court settlement where funds are removed from any residential mortgage-backed securitization trust, H2503, H2504 [9MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (H.R. 4287), E478 [28MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H3344 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2055), conference report, H603 [8FE]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3180 [30MY], H3277, H3309–H3346, H3356–H3360 [31MY], E957, E958, E963, E965, E966 [1JN], E1024 [7JN]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3281–H3289 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), motion to recommit, H3358 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), unanimous-consent agreement, H3331 [31MY]

——— prohibit funding to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3345, H3346 [31MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD: prohibit funding for grants under the Dept. of Transportation livable communities program and the Dept. of HUD sustainable communities program, H4141, H4142 [27JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H4135, H4136 [27JN]

——— exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H4142, H4143 [27JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H3946 [21JN], H4029–H4062 [26JN], H4079–H4151 [27JN], H4630–H4635 [29JN], E1156 [27JN], E1177 [28JN], E1182, E1183 [29JN], E1237, E1239, E1245 [12JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), consideration (H. Res. 697), H4017–H4027 [26JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), motion to recommit, H4634 [29JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), unanimous-consent agreement, H4630 [29JN]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, H675, H676 [9FE], H808 [16FE], H5134 [24JY], H5981 [13SE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H808 [16FE]

FBI: provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the recent financial crisis (H.R. 1350), H673–H675 [9FE]

Federal aid programs: authorize incremental vouchers for section 8 tenant-based rental assistance to help meet the housing needs of low-income families (H.R. 3603), H907 [17FE]

FHA: ensure fiscal solvency of mortgage insurance programs (H.R. 4264), H5737–H5740 [10SE]

Financial institutions: Federal Home Loan Banks anniversary, E1831 [29NO]

——— Federal-State civil settlement resulting from probe of abusive foreclosure practices, H672–H675 [9FE]

——— Federal-State civil settlement resulting from probe of abusive foreclosure practices allowing for review and possible compensation for such foreclosures, H7478 [31DE]

——— provide home loan modifications to eligible homeowners and assist homeowners and prospective homeowners with foreclosure prevention programs and information on loan modifications, H701 [14FE]

Flood Disaster Protection Act: technical corrections (S. 3677), H7528 [1JA]

Florida Keys Outreach Coalition for the Homeless, Inc.: anniversary, H975 [28FE]

Government regulations: exempt regulations on offshore bank account disclosure, middle income tax relief, invasive species, prescription drug safety, and foreclosure relief and predatory lending from regulatory freeze, H5318 [26JY]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit bonuses for senior executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the term of any conservatorship, E201 [15FE]

HIP Housing (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E1352 [31JY]

Hope Through Housing Foundation: anniversary, E1723 [26OC]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance to New Jersey for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H6350 [14NO]

Israel: proposed settlement in East Jerusalem, H7277 [19DE]

John F. Murphy Homes, Inc.: anniversary, E799 [15MY], E850 [18MY]

Joplin, MO: tribute to reopening of Mercy Village Apartments, E199 [15FE]

Lithonia, GA: tribute to HomeSafe Georgia Foreclosure Prevention Event, H6597 [4DE]

Livonia, MI: anniversary of Marycrest Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, E220 [16FE]

Log cabin industry: tribute, E1017 [7JN]

Manassas, VA: tribute to Habitat for Humanity, Prince William County, Manassas & Manassas Park, E954 [1JN]

Minnesota: ensure that private property interests are not negatively impacted by exchange of certain Federal lands for State trust lands located in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of the Superior National Forest, H5883, H5884 [12SE]

Mortgages: amend the definition of mortgage originator to include certain employees of a retailer of manufactured homes (H.R. 6694), E1987 [21DE]

National Association of Real Estate Brokers: tribute, E250 [27FE]

National Association of the Remodeling Industry: tribute to the Bucks-Mont, PA, chapter, E1617 [21SE]

National Community Renaissance (organization): anniversary, E1723 [26OC]

National Council of La Raza: tribute to Las Vegas, NV, conference, E1171 [28JN]

NeighborWorks America (organization): funding, H4122, H4123 [27JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H6265–H6271 [21SE]

Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE): tribute, E769 [10MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prevent Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program repeal if failure to implement program would increase Medicaid spending, H337 [1FE]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H3607, H3608 [7JN]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H322–H354 [1FE], H428, H432 [2FE], H469 [3FE], H590 [8FE], H4785 [11JY], E117, E125 [2FE], E141 [6FE]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), consideration (H. Res. 522), H192–H200 [31JA]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), motion to recommit, H352, H353 [1FE]

Project Mend-a-House (organization): tribute, E937 [31MY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1433), H952 [27FE], H997–H1003 [28FE], E253 [27FE]

Renton, WA: tribute to Renton Housing Authority Sunset Area Community Revitalization Program, E1651 [21SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6235 [21SE]

Retirement Housing Foundation: anniversary of Bexton Place Apartments, E325 [7MR]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of NeighborWorks America (organization) Homeownership Center Sacramento Region, E1442 [3AU]

San Antonio, TX: tribute to Oak Knoll Villa and the Retirement Housing Foundation, E330 [7MR]

Shelter House, Inc.: tribute to volunteer award recipients, E1071 [19JN]

Skeens, Mary: West Virginia Affordable Housing Hall of Fame inductee, E652 [25AP]

St. Paul, MN: tribute to Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Presbyterian Homes and Services Carondelet Village, E1495 [12SE]

Taxation: expand rehabilitation credit (H.R. 2479), H3484 [6JN]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness and provide exclusions from income for certain payments under the National Mortgage Settlement (H.R. 4290), E477 [28MR]

——— preserve deductions for mortgage interest and charitable donations, H5679 [2AU]

——— prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (H. Res. 25), H5679 [2AU]

Veterans: exclude certain pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance (H.R. 6361), H6121–H6124 [19SE]

——— improve assistance programs, E1339 [26JY]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: enhance protections accorded to servicemembers and their spouses relative to mortgages (S. 3179), S3175 [15MY]

——— improve protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures (S. 3323), S4372 [20JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), S2989–S2991 [9MY], S3110, S3133 [14MY], S3137 [15MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), unanimous-consent request, S3615 [24MY]

Campus Fire Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 549), S6238 [11SE]

Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition: anniversary of Crawford House homeless veterans shelter, S1844 [20MR]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, S5182 [19JY], S5652 [30JY]

Credit: establish a national consumer credit usury rate (S. 3452), S5489 [26JY]

——— provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (S. 3522), S6066 [10SE], S6075 [11SE]

——— require servicers to provide responses to mortgagors requesting residential mortgage loan refinancing (S. 3177), S3463 [23MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: revise Housing Act requirements for areas to be considered rural areas, S4348 [20JN]

Dept. of HUD: combat fraud, waste, and abuse at public housing authorities, S1706 [15MR]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (S. 3614), S6629 [21SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (S. 3049), S3044 [9MY]

——— improve assistance provided to homeless veterans (S. 3309), S4241 [18JN]

——— improve the Multifamily Transitional Housing Loan Program (S. 3348), S4682 [27JN]

——— improve veterans assistance programs, S5154 [18JY]

District of Columbia: anniversary of Thompson-Markward Hall, S5082 [17JY], S6734 [13NO]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (S. 2162), S1425 [6MR]

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.: anniversary, S6263 [12SE]

Executive departments: clarify application of mortgage disclosure requirements to certain executive branch employees, S246–S248 [1FE]

Fair Housing Act: protect servicemembers and veterans from housing discrimination (S. 3283), S4180 [14JN]

Federal aid programs: develop local strategies to coordinate use of assistance for low-income housing residents with public and private resources to enable families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency (S. 3513), S5987 [2AU]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: decision to prohibit use of principal reduction by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prevent foreclosure, S5936 [2AU]

FHA: ensure fiscal solvency of mortgage insurance programs (H.R. 4264), S8036 [13DE], S8641 [2JA]

——— establish a fund that allows responsible homeowners to refinance mortgages (S. 3047), S3044 [9MY]

Financial institutions: authorize depository institutions, holding companies, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (S. 2080), S496 [9FE], S3463 [23MY]

——— Federal-State civil settlement resulting from probe of abusive foreclosure practices, S395 [9FE]

——— provide home loan modifications to eligible homeowners and assist homeowners and prospective homeowners with foreclosure prevention programs and information on loan modifications, S361 [7FE]

Flood Disaster Protection Act: technical corrections (S. 3677), S7988 [12DE]

FRS: establish Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, S5960 [2AU]

Government-sponsored enterprises: increase in guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for mortgages acquired in certain States, S6519 [20SE]

——— prohibit bonuses for senior executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the term of any conservatorship, S184–S186 [31JA], S304 [2FE]

——— suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with other financial regulatory agencies (S. 2054), S263 [1FE]

Hurricanes: provide for nonapplication of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act for Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery projects, S8469, S8470 [28DE]

Members of Congress: require public disclosure of the terms of home mortgages held by Members of Congress, S245–S248 [1FE], S302 [2FE]

Moses, George: National Low Income Housing Coalition Cushing Niles Dolbeare Lifetime Service Award recipient, S1998 [22MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S1880, S1881 [21MR]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), S234, S250 [1FE], S287–S289 [2FE], S1062 [27FE], S1063 [28FE]

Shea, Michael P.: suitability to be district judge relative to drafting of amicus brief in Kelo v. New London, CT, on allowing local government seizure of private property, S7448 [5DE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3521), S6289 [13SE], S6393 [19SE], S7652 [6DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3521), motion to proceed, S6260 [12SE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3521), unanimous-consent request, S6419 [19SE]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (S. 2250), S3463 [23MY]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (S. 3349), S4682 [27JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 522) (H. Rept. 112–375), H158 [24JA]

Consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 648) (H. Rept. 112–472), H2565 [9MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5854, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 667) (H. Rept. 112–504), H3265 [30MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5972, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 697) (H. Rept. 112–545), H3974 [21JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5854) (H. Rept. 112–491), H3171 [25MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3215) (S. Rept. 112–168), S3422 [22MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5972) (H. Rept. 112–541), H3914 [20JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2322) (S. Rept. 112–157), S2545 [19AP]

Equity in Government Compensation Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1221) (H. Rept. 112–366), H25 [17JA]

Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3521) (S. Rept. 112–208), S6062 [10SE]

FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4264) (H. Rept. 112–544), H3914 [20JN]

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1173) (H. Rept. 112–342), H113 [23JA]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1433) (H. Rept. 112–401), H943 [17FE]

RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2446) (H. Rept. 112–633), H5524 [31JY]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 5652) (H. Rept. 112–470), H2565 [9MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3341 [31MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4038, H4041, H4051 [26JN], H4101, H4104, H4111, H4118, H4119, H4125, H4144 [27JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H348 [1FE]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3311–H3314 [31MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4080–H4095 [27JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 522, consideration of H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act, H192 [31JA]

H. Res. 648, consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2573 [10MY]

H. Res. 667, consideration of H.R. 5854, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H3282 [31MY]

H. Res. 697, consideration of H.R. 5972, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 5973, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H4017 [26JN]

H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act, H333 [1FE]

H.R. 1433, Private Property Rights Protection Act, H997–H999 [28FE]

H.R. 2446, RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act, H5612 [1AU]

H.R. 3298, Homes for Heroes Act, H1553 [26MR]

H.R. 4264, FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act, H5737–H5739 [10SE]

H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2583–H2600 [10MY]

H.R. 6361, Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act, H6121 [19SE]

S. 3309, Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act, S4242 [18JN]

S. 3348, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Multifamily Transitional Housing Loan Program improvement, S4682 [27JN]

S. 3452, Protecting Consumers From Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, S5490 [26JY]

S. 3677, Flood Disaster Protection Act technical corrections, S7989 [12DE], H7528 [1JA]

S. Res. 549, Campus Fire Safety Month, S6110, S6238 [11SE]