National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2003
Latest action · Jul 15, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 15, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2003 - Establishes the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury to promote the development of affordable low-income housing through grants to States and local jurisdictions.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 15, 2003 to Jul 19, 2004; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-RI | Lincoln Chafee | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Nov 20, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Mar 11, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Mar 24, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Apr 6, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | May 10, 2004 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | May 21, 2004 | |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Jun 1, 2004 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Jun 2, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Jun 3, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Jun 8, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Jun 8, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jun 9, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 16, 2004 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jul 9, 2004 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Jul 9, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| R-VT | James M. Jeffords | Jul 19, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 15, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Jul 15, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9423-9424)
- Jul 15, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9423 | John F. Kerry D-MA | Jul 15, 2003 |
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40781 | The Housing Trust Fund: An Overview | Report | Sep 8, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a National Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the development of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Age discrimination
- Building construction
- Community development
- Community development banking
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Disabled
- Discrimination
- Discrimination against the disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to housing
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing finance
- Housing subsidies
- Income tax
- Labor and Employment
- Land use
- Low-income housing
- Minimum wages
- Mortgages
- Nonprofit organizations
- Poverty
- Public housing
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Real property
- Rental housing
- Sex discrimination
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Tax-exempt securities
- Taxation
- Wages
- Welfare recipients
- Working poor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2003Introduced in Senate
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