HR 2897 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Bringing America Home Act

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

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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; 27 are original cosponsors, there from 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
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-ILLane EvansOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalJul 25, 2003
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesSep 23, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOct 7, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOct 7, 2003
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Oct 7, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOct 16, 2003
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOct 29, 2003
D-FLPeter DeutschOct 29, 2003
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOct 29, 2003
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickNov 19, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroNov 19, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownNov 19, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerMar 10, 2004
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyMar 10, 2004
D-HINeil AbercrombieMar 10, 2004
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaMay 5, 2004
D-CATom LantosMay 5, 2004
D-CABob FilnerMay 13, 2004
D-ILBobby L. RushMay 13, 2004
D-NYGregory W. MeeksMay 13, 2004
D-ALArtur DavisJul 19, 2004
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezJul 19, 2004
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezJul 19, 2004
D-ILDanny K. DavisJul 19, 2004
D-ILJerry F. CostelloJul 19, 2004
D-CAJoe BacaJul 19, 2004
D-GAJohn LewisJul 19, 2004
D-CAMichael M. HondaJul 19, 2004
D-PAChaka FattahOct 8, 2004
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOct 8, 2004

Committees 7

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2003
Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
Referred Aug 25, 2003
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2003
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Referred Jul 31, 2003
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2003
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee
Referred Aug 8, 2003
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2003
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Referred Aug 13, 2003
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Aug 13, 2003
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2003
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2003
Health Subcommittee
Referred Aug 22, 2003
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2003
Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Referred Aug 1, 2003

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 Workforce Protections.
  4. Aug 13, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  5. Aug 8, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 108-99H.R. 4057182 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeJul 13, 2004

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To end homelessness in the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced
Bringing America Home Act
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
Federal Homelessness to Housing Mutual Mortgage Association Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 25, 2003Introduced in House

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