HR 2897 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Bringing America Home Act

Introduced Jul 25, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Julia Carson D-IN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 25, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJul 25, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Bringing America Home Act - Recognizes housing as a basic human right, and declares Congress' goal to end homelessness in the Unites States.

Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund, which shall be used to fund specified housing and related programs.

Authorizes appropriations for specified housing and related programs.

Federal Homelessness to Housing Mutual Mortgage Association Act - Establishes the Federal Homelessness to Housing Mutual Mortgage Association (Hollie May), which shall provide housing and homeownership opportunities for the homeless in cooperative housing associations.

Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to: (1) provide for the use of surplus Federal property to assist the homeless; and (2) revise and consolidate specified homeless assistance programs.

Establishes in the Treasury the Emergency Rent Relief Fund.

Exempts work performed in public housing from consideration as income under specified housing programs. Sets forth conditions for postal delivery service for the homeless. Authorizes grants for public housing police forces.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit; (2) limit mortgage interest deductions; and (3) repeal the exclusion of gain on a principal residence sale.

Expresses the sense of Congress against local ordinances that disadvantage the homeless.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) every person in the United States should have access to affordable and comprehensive medical care; and (2) Medicaid should be expanded.

Authorizes appropriations for specified health and homeless programs.

Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to substance abuse, mental health services, and the homeless, to: (1) require the establishment of Federal plans on addiction, mental illness, HIV/AIDS, and homelessness; (2) provide grants for treatment; (3) revise the projects for assistance in transition from homelessness (PATH) program; (4) revise the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990.

Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding the right to a living wage or similar benefits.

Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize grants for a homebuild program for affordable housing construction and apprenticeship.

Authorizes a Department of Labor apprenticeship program for working people experiencing homelessness.

Sets forth day laborer and temporary worker employment and related provisions.

Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) require supplemental security income (SSI) and old age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) outreach programs for the homeless; and (2) increase SSI asset limits, and provide presumptive eligibility for persons experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Cosponsors 56

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2003 to Oct 8, 2004, with 27 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJul 25, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-GADenise L. MajetteOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJul 25, 2003
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Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 25, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
  2. Aug 22, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Aug 13, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  4. Aug 13, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  5. Aug 8, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

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