HOUSING see also Homeless

Amendments

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2650, S2659, S2670, S2671, S2672, S2673, S2675, S2676 [5MY], S2722, S2723, S2724, S2725, S2729, S2733, S2735, S2736, S2737 [6MY], S2763, S2800, S2801, S2814, S2815, S2816, S2817, S2818, S2819, S2820, S2822 [7MY], S2879, S2880, S2882, S2884 [8MY], S2913 [12MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3243 [28AP], H3294 [29AP], H3320, H3326, H3328, H3329, H3332, H3334, H3337, H3339, H3343, H3344, H3349, H3350, H3351, H3352, H3353, H3354, H3355, H3365 [30AP]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (H. Res. 557), H3307 [30AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5088, H5089, H5090, H5093, H5095, H5096, H5097, H5098, H5104, H5155, H5157, H5158, H5159, H5160, H5161, H5162, H5163, H5164, H5168, H5169, H5171, H5172, H5173, H5174, H5175, H5176, H5177, H5178, H5180, H5181, H5182, H5183, H5187, H5188 [9JN], H5212, H5214, H5216, H5217, H5219, H5220, H5221, H5222, H5223, H5224, H5225, H5226, H5227, H5228, H5230, H5231, H5250 [10JN]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6454 [9DE], S6791, S6792 [12DE], S6924 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S3087, S3088 [15MY]

Articles and editorials

It’s Okay To Lend Outside QM—CFPB Director Richard Cordray, H2043 [27FE]

Obama’s Not-So-Seccret HUD Plan To Resettle Millions of Illegal Immigrants in Your Community (excerpt), H6346 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: enhance mortgage, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction protections (see S. 2404), S3294 [22MY] (see S. 3008), S6627 [11DE]

——— extend mortgage, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction protections (see H.R. 5731), H8071 [18NO] (see H.R. 5798), H8668 [4DE]

——— make nine month mortgage, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction protections permanent (see H.R. 5730), H8071 [18NO]

Colleges and universities: require notification of students about whether student housing facilities are equipped with fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 4675), H4475 [19MY]

Conservation of energy: improve energy efficiency of multifamily housing (see H.R. 5004), H5818 [26JN]

——— promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (see S. 2971), S6302 [3DE] (see H.R. 5027), H5876 [8JY]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (see S. 2074), S1233 [27FE] (see S. 2262), S2424 [28AP]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see H.R. 4864), H5363 [12JN]

Credit: allow homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure to avoid deficiency judgments (see H.R. 4334), H2744 [27MR]

——— exempt certain high-risk mortgages from property appraisal requirements and exempt individuals from penalties for failure to report certain appraisers (see H.R. 5148), H6398 [17JY]

——— exempt small mortgage originators from certain licensing requirements and debt-to-income requirements for qualified mortgages (see H.R. 5667), H7887 [18SE]

——— limit investor and homeowner losses in foreclosures (see H.R. 4596), H3939 [7MY]

——— modify premium charges and dollar amount limit on loans financing alterations, repairs, and improvements to, or conversion of, existing structures, including energy efficiency home improvements (see H.R. 5506), H7674 [17SE]

——— require Federal mortgage agencies to consider energy costs in the underwriting process, reduce home energy consumption, and facilitate creation of energy efficiency retrofit and construction jobs (see H.R. 4615), H4015 [8MY]

——— 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. 5496), H7617 [16SE]

——— require servicers to establish a deed-for-lease program under which eligible mortgagors may remain in their homes as renters (see H.R. 5396), H7240 [1AU]

Dept. of Energy: recognize voluntary certification programs for air conditioning, furnace, boiler, heat pump, and water heater products energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 4219), H2360 [12MR]

Dept. of HUD: allow periodic reviews of certain families’ incomes for purposes of determining eligibility for certain Federal housing programs (see H.R. 5776), H8225 [1DE]

——— authorize use of multifamily housing subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act as workforce residential housing (see S. 2893), S5783 [18SE]

——— carry out a demonstration program to enter into budget-neutral, performance-based contracts for energy and water conservation improvements for multifamily residential units (see H.R. 5104), H6215 [14JY]

——— carry out a loan repayment program for certain architects (see H.R. 4205), H2301 [11MR]

——— discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling program (see H.R. 4462), H3196 [10AP]

——— establish maximum limitation on payment standard for housing choice vouchers under the Moving to Work demonstration program (see H.R. 5374), H7184 [31JY]

——— expand the Moving to Work demonstration program (see H.R. 4868), H5363 [12JN]

——— increase the unit cap on the rental assistance demonstration (see H.R. 5222), H6976 [28JY]

——— make acquisition, installation, and maintenance of security cameras, safety lighting, and building locks in public housing an eligible activity under Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 5317), H7181 [31JY]

——— prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Market Fund while in conservatorship or receivership (see H.R. 3901), H1240 [16JA]

——— provide amounts from the recent settlement between the Dept. of Justice and Bank of America Corp., to the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (see H.R. 5601), H7884 [18SE]

——— reform and update flat rent structure for public housing (see H.R. 5632), H7885 [18SE]

——— support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 666), H6136 [11JY] (see H. Res. 668), H6215 [14JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out pilot programs to reduce shortage of psychiatrists by repaying loans of certain psychiatrists to provide housing allowances to health care providers in rural clinics (see S. 2425), S3424 [4JN]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans (see S. 1987), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 4004), H1658 [5FE]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see S. 2607), S4502 [15JY] (see S. 3014), S6788 [12DE] (see H.R. 4276), H2488 [18MR]

——— extend eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home and domiciliary care for certain veterans who served in a theater of combat operations (see S. 2979), S6350 [4DE]

——— improve Specially Adapted Housing Grant program for individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 4674), H4475 [19MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see H.R. 4486), H3239 [28AP]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (see H. Res. 557), H3291 [29AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2438), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4745), H4836 [27MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), consideration (see H. Res. 604), H5022 [29MY]

Disabled: establish and implement universal home design guidelines (see S. 2889), S5783 [18SE]

District of Columbia: clarify rules relative to human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of the building upon which the penthouse is placed (see H.R. 4192), H2300 [11MR]

EPA: revise definition of term ‘‘colonia’’ (see S. 2558), S4154 [26JN]

Federal aid programs: require that any new contract to provide project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the Housing Act have a term of a certain length (see H.R. 4478), H3196 [10AP]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4255), H2484 [14MR]

——— prohibit reduction or limitation of multifamily housing business of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 5495), H7617 [16SE]

FEMA: ensure certain communities are granted exceptions for floodproofed residential basements for purposes of determining flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3834), H134 [9JA]

FHA: ensure stability in maximum mortgage amount limitations for areas experiencing decreases in median home prices (see H.R. 4208), H2360 [12MR]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements and improve definitions of points and fees for mortgage transactions (see H.R. 5461), H7528 [15SE]

——— clarify application of the qualified mortgage rule to rural lenders (see S. 2697), S5134 [30JY]

——— exclude credit union loans secured by certain non-owner occupied family dwellings from the definition of member business loan (see H.R. 4226), H2432 [13MR]

——— modify exemptions for small creditors and mortgage loan servicers (see H.R. 4521), H3363 [30AP]

——— provide access to information and loan modification for successors in interest (see H.R. 5553), H7882 [18SE]

——— reform the housing finance system (see H.R. 5055), H6105 [10JY]

——— require a study of appropriate capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions (see H.R. 4042), H1769 [11FE]

——— 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. 5310), H7181 [31JY]

Homeless: modernize formula and terms for allocations to prevent homelessness for individuals living with HIV or AIDS (see H.R. 5640), H7886 [18SE]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see S. 2653), S4903 [24JY] (see H.R. 5186), H6813 [24JY]

Immigration: require consultation with State and local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 5138), H6398 [17JY] (see H.R. 5409), H7295 [8SE]

Information technology: include reasonable costs for high-speed Internet service in the utility allowances for families residing in public housing (see H.R. 5834), H9044 [10DE]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (see H.R. 5244), H7039 [29JY]

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: clarify applicability to condominiums (see S. 2101), S1416 [10MR]

Las Vegas, NV: convey certain lands for development of a nonprofit work center and affordable housing for people with intellectual disabilities (see H.R. 4891), H5494 [18JN]

LIHEAP: revise formula for allocating funding to States (see H.R. 3860), H183 [13JA]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (see H.R. 4146), H2147 [4MR]

Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission: require a survey of Armed Forces members of their preferences relative to pay and benefits (see S. 2294), S2718 [6MY]

Mortgages: establish programs to encourage use of shared equity mortgage modifications (see S. 2854), S5782 [18SE]

National Service Coordinator Day: designate (see H. Res. 729), H7675 [17SE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4277), H2488 [18MR] (see H.R. 4329), H2743 [27MR]

Native Americans: provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see S. 2960), S6205 [20NO]

Poverty: ensure that certain multifamily housing mortgage purchases by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase or preserve the number of dwelling units affordable to low-income families (see H.R. 4791), H5063 [30MY]

Public welfare programs: help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency and provide information on total spending and an overall spending limit on such programs (see S. 2015), S890 [11FE] (see H.R. 4731), H4828 [22MY]

Real estate: allow State and local financing of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy modifications to privately-owned property through Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs (see H.R. 4285), H2610 [24MR]

——— provide protections to borrowers (see H.R. 4963), H5767 [25JN]

Recreational vehicles: revise definition of ‘‘manufactured home’’ to clarify exclusion of certain recreational vehicles (see H.R. 5658), H7886 [18SE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S4762 [23JY]

Senior citizens: provide for outreach and coordination of services to veterans (see S. 1986), S702 [3FE]

Taxation: allow individuals a deduction for amounts contributed to disaster savings accounts to help defray costs of preparing their homes to withstand a disaster and repair or replace damaged property (see S. 1991), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 3989), H1592 [4FE]

——— encourage mixed-income housing development (see H.R. 4130), H2097 [28FE]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 5655), H7886 [18SE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2260), S2424 [28AP]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (see H.R. 5771), H8225 [1DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), consideration (see H. Res. 766), H8272 [2DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 124), H9044 [10DE]

——— extend deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (see H.R. 3941), H1479 [28JA] (see H.R. 3995), H1658 [5FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 3856), H183 [13JA]

——— 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. 4062), H1776 [14FE]

——— extend the credit for energy-efficient existing homes (see H.R. 3950), H1480 [28JA]

——— extend the credit for energy-efficient new homes (see H.R. 3951), H1480 [28JA]

——— limit interest deduction for excessive interest of members of financial reporting groups (see H.R. 5444), H7433 [10SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H4828 [22MY]

——— make permanent the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (see H.R. 4845), H5318 [11JN]

——— make permanent the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 5785), H8365 [3DE]

——— modify and extend the nonbusiness energy property credit (see H.R. 5002), H5817 [26JN]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see S. 2388), S3293 [22MY] (see H.R. 4740), H4829 [22MY]

——— provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs (see H.R. 4326), H2743 [27MR]

——— provide a refundable tax credit for certain storm shelters (see S. 2835), S5697 [17SE]

——— provide a renter’s credit (see H.R. 4479), H3196 [10AP]

——— provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 4052), H1770 [11FE]

——— provide appeals process for designation as qualified census tracts and difficult development areas under the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 5198), H6814 [24JY]

——— provide tax relief for damages relating to federally declared disasters during September 2013 (see H.R. 4497), H3240 [28AP]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (see S. 2634), S4705 [22JY] (see H.R. 5082), H6135 [11JY]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012 and 2013 (see S. 2233), S2327 [9AP]

——— qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for low-income housing tax credit (see S. 2723), S5216 [31JY]

Cloture motions

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2763 [7MY], S2899 [12MY]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), motion to proceed, S2603 [1MY], S2690 [6MY]

Cost Estimates

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act (S. 2260): CBO, S2559 [30AP]

Letters

Clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements and improve definitions of points and fees for mortgage transactions: several trade associations, H7513 [15SE]

Dept. of HUD Moving to Work Agreement extensions: several housing advocate organizations, S5950 [12NO]

Encourage continued use of the Orlando, FL, Baldwin Park Clinic: Representative Mica, H3322 [30AP]

——— several Representatives, H3322 [30AP]

Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act: Calvin M. Dooley, American Chemistry Council, S2688 [6MY]

——— David M. Cote, Business Roundtable (organization), S2689 [6MY]

——— Graham Richard, Advanced Energy Economy (organization), S2689 [6MY]

——— Jim Lyon, National Wildlife Federation, S2689 [6MY]

——— Jo Ann Emerson, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S2689 [6MY]

——— Kateri Callahan, Alliance To Save Energy, S2688 [6MY]

——— several business organizations, S2688 [6MY]

——— several energy efficiency and environmental organizations, S2688 [6MY]

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: several organizations, S3196 [21MY]

Investigation into alleged fraud, waste, and abuse at public housing authorities: Senator Grassley and Representative Holding, S501 [28JA]

——— Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S499, S500, S501 [28JA]

Mortgage Choice Act: Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, E984 [13JN]

——— Kenneth W. Edwards, Center for Responsible Lending (organization), E984 [13JN]

——— several housing and consumer organizations, E984 [13JN]

Prohibit Dept. of Justice funding to prosecute discrimination cases that utilize disparate impact analysis in risk-based lending and insurance underwriting for housing: several banking organizations, H5000 [29MY]

——— several insurance trade organizations, H5001 [29MY]

Lists

Businesses and organizations supporting S. 2262, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, S2693 [6MY]

Motions

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2571 [1MY], S2625 [5MY], S2681 [6MY], S2743, S2763, S2768 [7MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5237 [10JN]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6823 [15DE], S6869 [16DE], H8341 [3DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S2763 [7MY]

Press releases

Bill To Reauthorize, Improve Critical Homeless Veteran Programs Signed Into Law: National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, H3353 [30AP]

House and Senate Pass Veterans Bill and Includes Faleomavaega’s Provision for Non-Samoan Veterans Married to Samoans To Qualify for VA Home Loans: Delegate Faleomavaega (2006), E1659 [20NO]

House Passes VA Housing Assistance Bill and Includes Faleomavaega Provision for American Samoas Veterans and Their Spouses: Delegate Faleomavaega (2005), E1659 [20NO]

Response to CoreLogic Analysis of Qualified Mortgage (QM) Standards: Center for Responsible Lending (organization), H2042 [27FE]

Remarks in House

Affordable Housing Week: observance, E755 [15MY]

Air Force: construction funding to address black mold in military facilities, H3320 [30AP]

Alexandria, VA: tribute to Alexandria Redevelopment & Housing Authority, E1087 [26JN]

Armed Forces: enhance mortgage, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction protections (S. 3008), H10314 [12DE]

——— extend mortgage, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction protections (H.R. 5798), E1741 [4DE]

Association of Riverdale Cooperatives and Condominiums: anniversary, E944 [10JN]

Big Horn County, MT: groundbreaking of Apsaalooke Warrior Apartments complex on Crow Reservation, H3948 [8MY]

Bureau of the Census: prohibit funding to enforce payment of fines for failure to participate in the American Community Survey, H4988 [29MY], E879 [30MY]

Celanese Corp.: anniversary of partnership with Habitat for Humanity of South Collin County, TX, E1301 [1AU]

Chicago, IL: tribute to education, employment, and housing programs created to assist individuals recently released from prison, H2948 [4AP]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation, H5757–H5761 [25JN]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (H.R. 4864), H8078 [19NO]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, H7510–H7512 [15SE], E1469 [19SE]

——— improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (H.R. 3211), H5137, H5138 [9JN], E983 [13JN]

——— 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 (H.R. 2733), H1917 [25FE]

Cuda, Mary (Josie): Habitat for Humanity of West Virginia Affordable Housing Hall of Fame inductee, E624 [29AP]

Dept. of HUD: affordable rental housing for extremely low-income families funding by improving targeting of mortgage interest deduction, H5225 [10JN]

——— authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (H.R. 2790), H8254, H8255 [2DE]

——— call for audit of Raleigh Housing Authority relative to salary and compensation practices, H233 [15JA]

——— closure of certain Florida field offices, H5106 [9JN]

——— Community Development Block Grant Program funding through reductions in HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, H5158 [9JN]

——— creation and promotion of translated materials and programs to assist persons with limited English proficiency funding, H5164 [9JN]

——— discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling program (H.R. 4462), E570 [10AP]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (H.R. 3743), H8041 [18NO]

——— establish demonstration program to use private capital to retrofit and install energy efficiency measures at multifamily residential units, H5168, H5169 [9JN]

——— establish position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs and submit a report on veterans’ homelessness (H.R. 384), H8041 [18NO]

——— fair housing programs funding, H5164 [9JN]

——— funding, H5220, H5221 [10JN]

——— HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, E1014 [18JN]

——— Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program funding through reductions in information technology funding, H5157 [9JN]

——— limit compensation for officials or employees of public housing agencies, H5161 [9JN]

——— National Fair Housing Alliance and Toledo, OH, Fair Housing Center Federal housing discrimination complaint against Safeguard Properties (company), E579 [10AP]

——— National Homeless Data Analysis Project funding, H5161 [9JN]

——— Native American Housing Block Grant program funding, H5212–H5214, H5216 [10JN]

——— Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program funding, E952 [11JN]

——— Office of Policy Development and Research funding for tenants rights and responsibilities education, H5163 [9JN]

——— prohibit Community Development Block Grant Program funding to implement proposed ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’’ rule, H5178, H5179 [9JN]

——— prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Market Fund while in conservatorship or receivership, H5212 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding for relocation of Office of Multifamily Housing asset management positions, H5171–H5173 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to provide mortgage insurance for a principal residence of a mortgagor who provides only an individual taxpayer identification number, H5225 [10JN]

——— Public Housing Capital Fund and Public Housing Operating Fund funding, H5155, H5156 [9JN], H5243 [10JN]

——— rental housing assistance program funding, H5162, H5163 [9JN]

——— Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program funding, H5160, H5161 [9JN]

——— section 8 housing voucher program funding, H5104, H5105 [9JN], H5219 [10JN]

——— Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program funding, E953 [11JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prosecute discrimination cases that utilize disparate impact analysis in risk-based lending and insurance underwriting for housing, H5000, H5001 [29MY]

——— Second Chance Act grant funding, H4904, H4905 [28MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: encourage continued use of the Orlando, FL, Baldwin Park Clinic, H3321, H3322 [30AP]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran to include veterans displaced by domestic violence for purposes of benefits, H3305 [30AP]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (H.R. 4276), H7585–H7587 [16SE], E1428 [17SE]

——— homeless veterans funding, H3352 [30AP], E1531 [12NO]

——— require recipients of grants and other assistance for provision of housing and other services to homeless veterans to comply with building and fire codes, H5132, H5133 [9JN]

——— require staff to update congressional office caseworkers on constituents’ claims that have been brokered to other VA offices, H3334, H3335 [30AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: continue to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3319 [30AP]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H443 [15JA]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3308–H3358 [30AP], E652, E653 [1MY], E682 [6MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (H. Res. 557), H3301–H3308 [30AP], E660 [1MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5216, H5217 [10JN]

——— making appropriations, H441 [15JA], H9276 [11DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5077–H5106, H5149–H5184 [9JN], H5189, H5203–H5239, H5243 [10JN], H5256 [11JN], H5322 [12JN], H5401 [18JN], E935, E937, E946 [10JN], E952, E953, E961 [11JN], E977 [12JN], E1014 [18JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), consideration (H. Res. 604), H5029–H5034 [30MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), motion to recommit, H5237, H5238 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding for bonus award to contractors for work on projects that are behind schedule or over budget, H5181, H5182 [9JN], H5220 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding from being used in contravention of the Buy American Act, H5218 [10JN]

District of Columbia: clarify rules relative to human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of the building upon which the penthouse is placed (H.R. 4192), H3207–H3209 [28AP]

Domestic policy: address rising levels of poverty, H6798–H6804 [24JY]

Esperanza Community Housing Corp.: anniversary, E1423 [16SE]

Fair Housing Month: observance, E533 [7AP], E610 [28AP]

Families in Transition (organization): tribute to I AM ONE—New Hampshire Day To End Childhood Homelessness, E1505 [19SE]

Federal Home Loan Banks: anniversary of Affordable Housing Program, E1788 [10DE]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (H.R. 4255), H2309 [12MR], H2411 [13MR], H2950 [4AP]

FHA: increase transparency in Federal budgeting to modify risk assessment in mortgage insurance programs, H2968, H2969, H2972 [7AP]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements and improve definitions of points and fees for mortgage transactions (H.R. 5461), H7508–H7515 [15SE], E1423 [16SE], E1469 [19SE]

First Shiloh Housing Corp.: tribute, H6313 [16JY], E1135 [10JY]

FRS: proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mortgage regulations, H30 [8JA], H2042, H2043 [27FE]

Goldstein, Richard: Affordable Housing Finance (publication) Affordable Housing Hall of Fame inductee, E1684 [2DE]

Good Shepherd Housing Foundation: anniversary, E1550 [12NO]

Homeless: increase in number of homeless middle class families, H2007 [27FE]

Homeless Solutions, Inc.: anniversary, E458 [27MR]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H4843 [28MY]

Immigration: require consultation with State and local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 5409), E1353 [8SE]

Kimberling City, MO: anniversary of Christian Associates of Table Rock Lake, E1348 [8SE]

LIHEAP: funding, H24 [8JA], H1427 [27JA], H1488, H1493 [29JA], H2616 [25MR], H2657 [26MR]

LIHEAP Action Day: observance, H2657 [26MR]

Members of Congress: provide housing stipend based on days in session for Members that maintain primary residence more than 50 miles from the District of Columbia, H3303–H3305 [30AP], H3374 [1MY]

National Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Week: observance, E1658 [20NO]

National Low Income Housing Coalition: anniversary, E1601 [17NO]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4329), H8246–H8254 [2DE], H8288 [3DE], H8368 [4DE]

Native Americans: establish a demonstration program to provide rental assistance and supportive housing for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (H.R. 3418), H5214 [10JN]

Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency: anniversary, E1193 [17JY]

Open Communities (organization): tribute, E533 [7AP]

Penderbrook Community Association: Community Associations Institute Community Association of the Year Award recipient, E887 [30MY]

Port St. Lucie, FL: inclusion in Movoto.com (Internet site) Best Cities in Florida list, E224 [21FE]

Poverty: ensure that certain multifamily housing mortgage purchases by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase or preserve the number of dwelling units affordable to low-income families (H.R. 4791), E882 [30MY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1944), H1913–H1917 [25FE], E262 [27FE]

Rhode Island Housing (organization): tribute, H5733 [25JN]

Rockford, IL: anniversary of Rockford Rescue Mission, E356 [11MR], E530 [7AP]

Sacramento Housing Alliance: anniversary, E885 [30MY]

St. Charles, IL: tribute to St. Charles Episcopal Church youth participants in Mission in the Mountains program to rebuild and repair homes in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, E1147 [11JY]

St. James, MO: Golden LivingCenter recipient of American Health Care Association Gold-Excellence in Quality national Quality Award, E1696 [2DE]

Syracuse, NY: anniversary of Syracuse, NY, Housing Authority, E520 [4AP]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H7984 [14NO], E1024 [19JN]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), H8323–H8343 [3DE], H8872 [9DE], E1734, E1737, E1745 [4DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), consideration (H. Res. 766), H8305–H8310 [3DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 124), H8998 [10DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), motion to recommit, H8341, H8342 [3DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), H3963 [8MY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (H.R. 2994), H189 [14JA], E1592 [14NO]

——— 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. 4062), E216 [14FE]

——— provide for comprehensive tax reform (H.R. 1), E1800 [12DE]

Texas: grand opening of Cypress Waters commercial and residential planned community, in Dallas, Coppell, and Irving, TX, E692 [6MY]

Unity Council (organization): anniversary, E1564 [13NO]

Remarks in Senate

Anchorage, AK: anniversary of Cook Inlet Housing Authority, S1311 [5MR]

Armed Forces: enhance mortgage, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction protections (S. 3008), S6697 [11DE]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2074), S1396, S1413, S1454, S1472 [10MR]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2425 [28AP], S2427 [29AP], S2543 [30AP], S2763–S2773 [7MY], S2832, S2835, S2842, S2847, S2850, S2853–S2856 [8MY], S2889–S2892, S2899–S2903 [12MY], S2925, S2931, S2947 [13MY], S3461 [5JN], S3577 [11JN], S3923, S3924 [24JN], S3950–S3952 [25JN], S4753–S4755, S4846 [23JY]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), motion to proceed, S2571, S2587–S2590 [1MY], S2625, S2633, S2638 [5MY], S2681–S2699, S2701–S2703, S2704–S2706 [6MY], S2742–S2753, S2761, S2762 [7MY]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), unanimous-consent request, S2588 [1MY], S2762, S2767, S2768 [7MY], S2899 [12MY], S3923 [24JN], S3951, S3952 [25JN], S4753 [23JY]

CPSC: hold Chinese manufacturers accountable for damages from installation of tainted drywall, S5299 [31JY]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit new energy efficiency mandates on residual boilers, S2853 [8MY]

Dept. of HUD: allow agreements with private investors for energy and water efficiency improvements to project-based rental assistance and housing for the elderly and disabled, S2947 [13MY]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans, S6528 [10DE]

——— homeless assistance grants funding, S3779 [18JN]

——— investigation into alleged fraud, waste, and abuse at public housing authorities, S498 [28JA], S1914 [1AP], S5950 [12NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans (S. 1987), S765 [4FE]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (H.R. 4276), S6841 [15DE]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (S. 2607), S4504 [15JY], S5170, S5171 [31JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, S410, S411 [16JA]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), S3166 [20MY], S3286 [22MY], S5033 [29JY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), unanimous-consent request, S5034 [29JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, S415 [16JA], S3776–S3784, S3788, S3792, S3798–S3800 [18JN], S3837–S3842, S3852 [19JN], S3887 [23JN], S6811 [13DE]

Disabled: establish and implement universal home design guidelines (S. 2889), S5790 [18SE]

District of Columbia: clarify rules relative to human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of the building upon which the penthouse is placed (H.R. 4192), S2740 [6MY]

Fair Housing Act: anniversary, S2333 [10AP]

FEMA: adjust phase-in increases in flood insurance premium rates, S566, S567, S575–S581 [29JA], S615–S617 [30JA]

——— issue guidelines for methods, other than building elevation, that owners of certain urban residential buildings may implement to mitigate against flood risk, S566, S588 [29JA]

FRS: proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mortgage regulations, S57 [7JA]

Golden Living (company): anniversary, S3180 [20MY]

Harkin, Senator: impact of Senate achievements on Pottawattamie County, IA, S3023 [14MY]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (S. 2653), S4905 [24JY]

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: clarify applicability to condominiums (H.R. 2600), S5862 [18SE]

Las Vegas, NV: tribute to Veteran’s Village, S5692 [17SE]

LIHEAP: funding, S714 [4FE], S1773 [26MR]

LIHEAP Action Day: observance, S1773 [26MR]

Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission: require a survey of Armed Forces members of their preferences relative to pay and benefits (S. 2294), S2721 [6MY]

National objectives: economic recovery, S6255–S6257 [2DE]

National Roofing Week: designate, S4001 [25JN]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4329), unanimous-consent request, S6733 [12DE]

——— reauthorize (S. 1352), S6375 [8DE]

——— reauthorize (S. 1352), unanimous-consent request, S6374, S6375 [8DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S936 [12FE]

Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc.: anniversary, S5368 [8SE]

Project HOME (organization): anniversary, S2193 [7AP]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (S. 2646), S4764–S4767 [23JY], S5981 [13NO], S6381 [8DE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S2925, S2927–S2930 [13MY], S2984–S2986, S2999–S3007, S3013, S3016, S3018–S3020 [14MY], S3050–S3056, S3059–S3063 [15MY], S3153 [20MY], S3196, S3221 [21MY], S3245–S3249 [22MY], S3350 [3JN], S6173 [20NO]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections, S6254 [2DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6281 [3DE], S6336–S6339 [4DE], S6396 [8DE], S6400, S6439 [9DE], S6506 [10DE], S6887, S6898–S6903, S6911 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 124), S6903 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), motion to proceed, S6823, S6832, S6833, S6836 [15DE], S6869 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), unanimous-consent agreement, S6898 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), unanimous-consent request, S6739 [12DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S2559 [30AP], S3650 [12JN], S4291 [9JY], S6248–S6250 [2DE], S6282 [3DE], S6336 [4DE], S6506–S6508 [10DE], S6898, S6901, S6902 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), motion to proceed, S2763 [7MY]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt, S2925 [13MY], S3017 [14MY]

Reports filed

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1793) (S. Rept. 113–269), S5918 [12NO]

Clarify District of Columbia Rules Relative to Human Occupancy of Penthouses Above the Top Story of the Building Upon Which the Penthouse Is Placed: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4192) (H. Rept. 113–418), H3239 [28AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4486, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 557) (H. Rept. 113–426), H3291 [29AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4745, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 604) (H. Rept. 113–465), H5022 [29MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 766) (H. Rept. 113–643), H8272 [2DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4486) (H. Rept. 113–416), H3239 [28AP]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4486) (S. Rept. 113–174), S3293 [22MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4745) (H. Rept. 113–464), H4836 [27MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2438) (S. Rept. 113–182), S3474 [5JN]

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2260) (S. Rept. 113–154), S2424 [28AP]

Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1217), S5779 [18SE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act Reauthorization: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4329) (H. Rept. 113–628), H8169 [20NO]

——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1352) (S. Rept. 113–152), S2406 [11AP]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1944) (H. Rept. 113–357), H1936 [25FE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2646), S5918 [12NO]

Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4276) (H. Rept. 113–598), H7527 [15SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3344, H3350, H3354 [30AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5089, H5105, H5169, H5172, H5181, H5182, H5183, H5184 [9JN], H5218, H5223, H5226 [10JN]

Statements

Prohibit Dept. of HUD Community Development Block Grant Program Funding To Implement Proposed ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’’ Rule: Nathan Mehrens, Americans for Limited Government (organization), H5178 [9JN]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3310–H3313 [30AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5079–H5086 [9JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 124, correction in enrollment of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act, H8998 [10DE]

H. Res. 557, consideration of H.R. 4486, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H3301 [30AP]

H. Res. 604, consideration of H.R. 4745, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 4681, intelligence services appropriations, H5029 [30MY]

H. Res. 766, consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, H8305 [3DE]

H.R. 1944, Private Property Rights Protection Act, H1913 [25FE]

H.R. 2790, Housing Assistance Efficiency Act, H8254 [2DE]

H.R. 3211, Mortgage Choice Act, H5137 [9JN]

H.R. 4192, clarify District of Columbia rules relative to human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of the building upon which the penthouse is placed, H3207 [28AP]

H.R. 4276, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act, H7585 [16SE]

H.R. 4329, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act reauthorization, H8246–H8250 [2DE]

H.R. 5461, clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements and improve definitions of points and fees for mortgage transactions, H7508–H7510 [15SE]

H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act, H8323–H8335 [3DE]

S. 2646, Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act, S4764–S4766 [23JY]

S. 2653, Homeless Children and Youth Act, S4905 [24JY]

S. 2889, Universal Home Design Act, S5793 [18SE]

S. 3008, Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act, S6697 [11DE], H10314 [12DE]