Congress 107 - HR 1433 - Community Character Act of 2001

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Affordable housing Auditing Citizen participation Commemorations Economics and Public Finance Education Educational planning Energy Environmental Protection Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Hawaiians Historic sites Housing and Community Development Indian lands Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Intergovernmental fiscal relations Land use Landscape protection Planning Policy sciences Public Lands and Natural Resources Public records Public utilities Regional planning Research and development Science, Technology, Communications Standards State laws State-local relations Sustainable development Transportation and Public Works Transportation planning Urban affairs Urban growth Water Resources Development Watershed management

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Community Character Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a program to provide grants to States (including tribal governments and Native Hawaiian organizations) to assist in the development or revision of land use planning legislation and the creation or revision of State and multi-State comprehensive land use plans or plan elements.

Requires grant funds to be used to obtain technical assistance in: (1) drafting such legislation; (2) research and development for land use planning programs and requirements relating to the development of State guide plans; (3) conducting workshops, educating and consulting policy makers, and involving citizens in the planning process; and (4) integrating State and regional concerns and land use plans with such Federal plans.

Authorizes increased Federal cost sharing for projects with tribal governments or Native Hawaiian organizations.

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Apr 23, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1494)
Apr 24, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Apr 17, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from HUD.
Apr 5, 2001

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E571-572)
Apr 4, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 4, 2001

Introduced in House

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