DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4820), H5451, H5453, H5454, H5455, H5456, H5457, H5458, H5460, H5461 [6NO], H5503, H5504, H5505, H5506, H5507, H5508, H5509, H5510, H5511, H5512, H5513, H5514, H5515, H5516, H5517, H5518, H5519, H5521, H5522, H5523, H5524, H5525, H5526, H5527, H5528, H5529 [7NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4820), consideration (H. Res. 838), H5241 [2NO]

Bills and resolutions

Animals: prohibit public housing agencies from imposing breed restrictions on household pets owned by residents of dwelling units in public housing (see H.R. 3989), H2787 [9JN]

BIA: process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines (see S. 70), S98 [25JA] (see H.R. 3579), H2499 [22MY]

Children and youth: establish grant program to address crises in accessing affordable housing and child care through co-location of housing and child care (see S. 1738), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 3207), H2307 [11MY]

Community development: authorize grants to assist in redeveloping abandoned shopping centers (see S. 1533), S1603 [10MY] (see H.R. 3178), H2243 [10MY]

Community Development Block Grant Program: require recipients to submit land use plans to disclose potential discriminatory housing policies (see S. 1688), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3507), H2454 [18MY]

Continuum of Care program: prohibit limiting or restricting award of funds to providers who require benefit recipients participate in certain wraparound services (see H.R. 3405), H2423 [17MY]

Credit: clarify Federal law relative to reporting positive consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies (see S. 1654), S1704 [17MY] (see H.R. 3418), H2424 [17MY]

——— clarify that eligibility of certain mortgages with Federal credit enhancement may not be conditioned on status of mortgagor as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program beneficiary (see H.R. 2397), H1641 [29MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish pilot program to connect people experiencing homelessness with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3847), H2761 [6JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish grant program to facilitate electric vehicle sharing services operated at public housing projects (see S. 1704), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3468), H2452 [18MY]

——— require approval from Dept. of HUD for manufactured housing energy efficiency standards (see H.R. 3327), H2345 [15MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve and protect HUD-VA Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH) by prohibiting shifting of funds and increase number and expedite hiring of case managers (see S. 290), S264 [7FE]

——— provide certain information to medical center staff and homelessness service providers on Dept. of HUD Coordinated Entry program (see H.R. 6340), H5668 [9NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2437), S3459 [20JY] (see H.R. 4820), H3894 [24JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4820), consideration (see H. Res. 838), H5361 [2NO]

Digital Literacy and Equity Commission: establish (see H.R. 6582), H6110 [4DE]

Disasters: establish community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development and provide assistance through community development block grant disaster recovery program (see S. 1686), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 5940), H5007 [12OC]

——— prohibit penalizing disaster recovery relief assistance recipients who apply for, but decline, assistance from SBA (see S. 2845), S4589 [19SE]

Discrimination: authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through use of nationwide testing and increase funds for Fair Housing Initiatives Program (see H.R. 68), H100 [9JA]

——— extend Fair Housing Act protections to persons suffering discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 4439), H3158 [30JN]

——— extend Fair Housing Act protections to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking (see S. 1293), S1381 [26AP] (see H.R. 2918), H2049 [26AP]

——— prohibit discrimination in rental of dwelling units based on use of Section 8 housing vouchers (see H.R. 1431), H1149 [7MR]

——— protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination based on source of income, veterans status, or military status (see S. 1267), S1340 [25AP] (see H.R. 2846), H1946 [25AP]

Drugs: reauthorize and expand pilot program to help individuals in recovery from substance use disorders become stably housed (see H.R. 5137), H4164 [4AU]

——— reauthorize program to support individuals in substance use disorder treatment and recovery to live independently and participate in workforce (see H.R. 4088), H2930 [14JN]

Ecology and environment: establish grant program for planting of qualifying trees in eligible areas (see H.R. 4817), H3888 [20JY]

Emergency Solutions Grants program: modify minimum allocation requirement to ensure local allocation of funds (see H.R. 6387), H5728 [13NO]

Equity Action Plan: prohibit Federal funding for implementation (see H.R. 5382), H4229 [8SE]

Federal aid programs: authorize security deposit and moving costs assistance for low-income households (see S. 1814), S1982 [6JN] (see H.R. 1087), H853 [17FE]

——— establish competitive grant program to support construction, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable workforce housing in areas with shortages of affordable housing units for sale (see H.R. 5733), H4498 [26SE]

——— establish grant program to help revitalize certain localities (see H.R. 837), H708 [6FE]

——— provide downpayment assistance to first generation homebuyers to address multigenerational inequities in access to homeownership and to narrow and ultimately close racial homeownership gap in U.S. (see H.R. 4231), H3069 [21JN]

——— reinstate and modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and public housing and tenant-based rental assistance programs work requirements (see S. 39), S74 [24JA]

Federal Interagency Council on Housing Affordability and Preservation: establish (see H.R. 2974), H2084 [27AP]

FEMA: improve individual assistance by simplifying process for seeking assistance following major disaster (see H.R. 1796), H1437 [24MR]

——— make available certain housing-related disaster assistance for families affected by major disasters (see H.R. 5324), H4217 [1SE]

Firearms: ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may lawfully possess firearms (see H.R. 4860), H3949 [25JY]

GAO: report to Congress on capacity of federally-assisted housing to support broadband service (see H.R. 827), H679 [2FE]

Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program: provide that Armed Forces members, firefighters, and law enforcement officers shall be eligible (see H.R. 6863), H6997 [19DE]

Government regulations: require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install temperature sensors in such units (see H.R. 4203), H2964 [16JN]

Hazardous substances: combat toxic indoor mold in federally-assisted housing (see S. 2834), S4554 [18SE] (see H.R. 5533), H4380 [18SE]

Homeless: amend definition of homelessness used to verify eligibility for homeless assistance programs to meet needs of homeless families and honor assessments and priorities of local communities (see H.R. 5221), H4187 [15AU]

——— authorize grant program to assist State and local governments, continuums of care, and community-based organizations that administer health and homelessness services to better coordinate those services (see S. 3165), S5229 [30OC] (see H.R. 773), H676 [2FE]

——— make grants to States and continua of care to carry out conversions of structures for use as emergency shelters and housing for homeless persons and families (see H.R. 3117), H2135 [5MY]

——— permanently end unhoused crisis, declare public health emergency, and uphold, protect, and enforce civil and human rights of unhoused individuals without discrimination based on housing status (see H. Res. 634), H4151 [28JY]

Housing: address homelessness and affordable housing crises (see S. 2701), S3757 [27JY] (see H.R. 5254), H4196 [22AU]

——— amend definition of ‘‘manufactured home’’ (see H.R. 5198), H4181 [11AU]

——— authorize insurance of certain mortgages to finance repairs and improvements to condominium projects (see H.R. 4465), H3166 [3JY]

——— conduct annual risk assessment of properties receiving tenant-based or project-based rental assistance for lead-based hazards (see S. 577), S567 [1MR] (see H.R. 1366), H1113 [3MR]

——— create database of eviction information, establish grant programs for eviction prevention and legal aid, and limit use of housing court-related records in consumer reports (see H.R. 5038), H4140 [27JY]

——— create housing vouchers for high-need families with young children, provide recipients with counseling and case management services, and provide information about housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods (see S. 1257), S1339 [25AP] (see H.R. 3776), H2708 [31MY]

——— ensure that federally-backed financing for construction, rehabilitation, or purchase of manufactured home communities is available only if owner has implemented minimum consumer protections in lease agreements (see S. 2204), S2225 [22JN] (see H.R. 4557), H3205 [11JY]

——— establish grant program for public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in public housing (see S. 2600), S3754 [27JY] (see H.R. 5064), H4141 [27JY]

——— establish grant program to provide affordable housing to low-income grandparents who are raising their grandchildren (see S. 1448), S1533 [4MY] (see H.R. 3153), H2171 [9MY]

——— establish grant program to provide support for housing navigators who assist individuals in navigating local, State, and Federal housing assistance programs (see H.R. 4390), H3150 [27JN]

——— establish program to provide low- and moderate-income first-time, first-generation homebuyers with access to affordable and sustainable home loans (see S. 2295), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4573), H3476 [12JY]

——— establish resident organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations (see H.R. 5827), H4909 [29SE]

——— establish waiver program to allow for ZIP-code localization area median income calculations (see H.R. 3715), H2637 [25MY]

——— expand certain service coordinator programs (see H.R. 5177), H4171 [8AU]

——— improve Federal housing inspection process, hold owners accountable for misusing funds, and discipline inspectors who fail to uphold Federal standards (see S. 554), S531 [28FE]

——— making appropriations for certain Federal housing programs in event of Government shutdown (see H.R. 5814), H4854 [28SE]

——— protect consumers from price-gouging of residential rental and sale prices (see H.R. 702), H626 [1FE]

——— provide rental voucher assistance for homeless (see S. 680), S669 [7MR]

——— provide standards for physical condition and management of housing entities receiving assistance payments and impose penalties for failure to meet such standards (see S. 581), S568 [1MR] (see H.R. 1281), H1047 [1MR]

——— reform policies and issue guidance related to health and safety accountability (see S. 553), S531 [28FE]

——— remove requirement on lessors to provide thirty day notice to vacate (see H.R. 802), H678 [2FE]

——— waive certain requirements for Community Development Block Grant amounts used for public services activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to homelessness and emergency rental assistance needs (see H.R. 5436), H4296 [13SE]

Housing Stabilization Fund: establish to provide emergency housing assistance to extremely low-income renters and homeowners (see H.R. 5277), H4204 [25AU]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law and provide liability protection for local law enforcement who enforce Federal laws (see S. 1068), S1088 [30MR]

Insurance: discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling program (see H.R. 4899), H4028 [26JY]

Intergovernmental relations: require Sec. of HUD to testify annually before Congress (see H.R. 6864), H6997 [19DE]

Law enforcement: prohibit jurisdictions that defund police from receiving grants under certain economic development assistance programs and Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3321), H2345 [15MY]

Manufactured housing community improvement grant program: establish (see S. 3264), S5458 [9NO] (see H.R. 6321), H5667 [9NO]

Medicaid: provide guidance on connecting beneficiaries with housing-related services and supports under Medicaid and other housing resources (see S. 2932), S4678 [26SE]

Mortgages: authorize mortgage insurance for certain treatment facilities (see H.R. 5648), H4455 [21SE]

——— establish mortgage insurance program for first responders (see S. 1514), S1602 [10MY] (see H.R. 3170), H2243 [10MY]

——— extend pilot program that establishes automated process for providing alternative credit rating information for mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under certain mortgages (see H.R. 123), H102 [9JA]

National Fall Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 67), H4456 [21SE]

Native Americans: provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see H.R. 4155), H2956 [15JN]

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp.: establish national land bank network (see H.R. 2832), H1946 [25AP]

New York, NY: require Inspector General to report to Congress on non-compliance of New York City Housing Authority (see H.R. 6550), H6079 [1DE]

NIST: establish program to inspect buildings containing covered federally assisted rental housing (see H.R. 6905), H7007 [22DE]

Office of Eviction Prevention: establish and authorize funding for Eviction Protection Grant Program (see H.R. 5816), H4854 [28SE]

People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission: improve social safety net and increase social mobility by increasing access to resources which address underlying causes of poverty (see H.R. 323), H232 [12JA]

Poverty: support livable wage and expanded welfare benefits, provide quality healthcare and education, and institute political and economic reforms to address systemic poverty (see H. Res. 532), H3071 [21JN]

Public housing: establish penalty for failure to enforce compliance with public housing community service and self-sufficiency requirements (see H.R. 113), H101 [9JA]

——— facilitate development of fair and affordable housing and decrease certain housing costs (see H.R. 4233), H3069 [21JN]

——— identify and make available information relative to best practices utilizing mixed income publicly owned housing to increase supply of affordable housing (see H.R. 6318), H5651 [8NO]

——— inspect certain public housing developments to ensure compliance with housing quality and safety standards (see H.R. 2842), H1946 [25AP]

——— require certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in housing choice vouchers (see S. 1713), S1744 [18MY] (see H.R. 3573), H2499 [22MY]

——— require public housing agency to establish and maintain online portal for tenants and applicants (see S. 2334), S2984 [18JY] (see H.R. 4718), H3699 [18JY]

Public Housing Capital Fund: authorize additional monies (see H.R. 307), H204 [11JA]

Public lands: authorize sale of certain Federal land to States and local governments to address housing shortages (see S. 3117), S5143 [24OC]

Public welfare programs: increase number of landlords participating in Housing Choice Voucher program (see S. 32), S74 [24JA] (see H.R. 4606), H3573 [13JY]

Real estate: exempt small seller financers from certain licensing requirements (see H.R. 3464), H2452 [18MY]

Safety: improve safety and security of families living in public and federally assisted housing in high-crime areas (see S. 578), S568 [1MR] (see H.R. 1334), H1049 [1MR]

——— require public housing properties receiving Federal assistance to maintain comfortable and safe temperatures in dwelling units (see S. 579), S568 [1MR] (see H.R. 1333), H1049 [1MR]

Taxation: extend certain incentives related to empowerment zones to District of Columbia (see H.R. 6488), H5936 [28NO]

Technology: prohibit use of biometric recognition technology in certain federally assisted dwelling units (see H.R. 5358), H4229 [8SE]

Urban areas: establish excess urban heat mitigation grant program (see S. 1379), S1419 [27AP] (see H.R. 2945), H2083 [27AP]

Veterans: exclude certain veteran disability payments from income when determining housing assistance programs eligibility (see H.R. 6179), H5361 [2NO]

——— make homebuyers aware of all loan options by providing veterans with written comparison of Dept. of Veterans Affairs, FHA, and conventional loan options (see S. 2496), S3522 [25JY] (see H.R. 4335), H3141 [23JN]

——— set aside community development block grant amounts for grants to renovate, rehabilitate, and modernize local chapter facilities of veterans service organizations (see H.R. 6361), H5668 [9NO]

Volunteer workers: expand eligibility for certain housing programs for qualified volunteer first responders (see S. 1988), S2097 [14JN] (see H.R. 4787), H3887 [20JY]

Voting: require inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications (see H.R. 5290), H4204 [25AU]

Letters

Proposed fiscal year 2024 budget funding levels: Marica L. Fudge, Sec. of HUD, H1972 [26AP]

Remarks in House

Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, H5506, H5507 [7NO]

Community Development Fund: funding to promote identification and removal of barriers to affordable housing production and preservation, H5505, H5506 [7NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5508, H5509, H5510 [7NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4820), H5420–H5424, H5427–H5462 [6NO], H5472, H5474, H5480, H5481, H5490–H5494, H5503–H5540 [7NO], E1085 [13NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4820), consideration (H. Res. 838), H5235–H5241 [2NO]

——— prohibit funding to consider social cost of greenhouse gases in agency budgets, procurement processes, or environmental reviews, H5523 [7NO]

——— prohibit funding to finalize any rule or regulation that has or is likely to have certain effects on economy, H5511 [7NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement certain Executive orders relative to clean cars and trucks, Federal sustainability, and environmental justice, H5521 [7NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement certain Executive orders relative to climate change, H5528 [7NO]

——— prohibit funding to promulgate new rules likely to result in certain impact on economy, major increase in consumer prices, or adverse effects on U.S. global competition, H5514 [7NO]

Equity Action Plan: prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce, H5529, H5530 [7NO]

Ethnic groups: Diversity Council and associated race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation-based affinity or employee resource groups funding relative to divisive nature, H5460, H5461 [6NO]

Federal aid programs: establish grant program to help revitalize certain localities (H.R. 837), H698 [6FE]

——— Section 8 housing voucher program funding relative to GAO study on marital status and demographics of program beneficiaries and effects of marriage penalties for means-tested housing benefits, H5504 [7NO]

Federal employees: prohibit remote work agreements for employees when alternative worksite is located within certain distance from Dept. office, H5508 [7NO]

HOME Investment Partnership program: funding, H5452 [6NO], H5480 [7NO]

Housing: address affordable housing crisis, H221 [12JA], H6065 [1DE]

——— establish resident organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations (H.R. 5827), H6933 [13DE]

——— funding for public housing authorities to conduct drug testing as condition of receiving benefits, H5503 [7NO]

——— reduce salary of Assistant Sec. for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner, H5522, H5523 [7NO]

Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program: funding, H5504, H5505 [7NO]

LGBTQI+: prohibit funding to implement rule entitled ‘‘Equal Access in Accordance With an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs’’, H5524 [7NO]

McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance program: funding, H5452 [6NO]

Mortgages: establish mortgage insurance program for first responders (H.R. 3170), H2337 [15MY]

Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: funding, H5461, H5462 [6NO]

Public housing: identify and make available information relative to best practices utilizing mixed income publicly owned housing to increase supply of affordable housing (H.R. 6318), H5989 [30NO]

Reading, PA: LGBT Center of Greater Reading funding, H3686 [18JY]

——— LGBTQ Center of Greater Reading funding, H5481 [7NO]

Taxation: extend certain incentives related to empowerment zones to District of Columbia (H.R. 6488), E1133 [28NO]

Veterans Housing Rehabilitation and Modification Pilot Program: funding through reductions in Robert C. Weaver Federal Building renovation funding, H5452 [6NO]

Remarks in Senate

BIA: process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines (S. 70), S3118 [18JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: reduce funding to divisions B and C and rescind certain IRS funding, S5276 [1NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4820), S5128 [24OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4820), unanimous-consent request, S4504 [14SE]

——— making appropriations (S. 2437), S4435, S4436 [13SE]

Government regulations: prohibit funding to implement final rule relative to energy efficient standards for certain subsidized housing, S5168 [25OC]

Homeless: authorize grant program to assist State and local governments, continuums of care, and community-based organizations that administer health and homelessness services to better coordinate those services (S. 3165), S5231 [30OC]

Housing: address homelessness and affordable housing crises (S. 2701), S3765 [27JY]

——— provide rental voucher assistance for homeless (S. 680), S5905 [12DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4820, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 838) (H. Rept. 118–261), H5361 [2NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4820) (H. Rept. 118–154), H3894 [24JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2437) (S. Rept. 118–70), S3457 [20JY]

Nomination of David Uejio To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S1622 [11MY]

Nomination of Solomon J. Greene To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Policy Development and Research: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S1622 [11MY]

Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 70) (S. Rept. 118–33), S1788 [30MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 838, consideration of H.R. 4820, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, H5235 [2NO]

H.R. 4820, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, H5427–H5451 [6NO]

S. 70, Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, S100–S102 [25JA], S3119 [18JY]