Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2004
Latest action · Nov 17, 2004 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 806.
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.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide funds to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to make grants or loans to a school district located within a qualified community for: (1) construction of new housing units within the community, and the purchase and rehabilitation of existing structures to be used as such; (2) rehabilitation or leasing of housing units within a qualified community and the purchase or lease of real property on which such housing units will be constructed, purchased, or rehabilitated; (3) repayment of a loan used for such purposes or any other activities normally associated with them; and (4) funding of any remaining costs not financed by loans or other sources of funding.
Defines qualified community as a home rule or general law city incorporated under the laws of Alaska, or an unincorporated community situated outside the city limits, which: (1) has a population of 6,500 or fewer individuals; (2) is situated within or near a Native Village that includes the Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Islands Reserve, as determined by the Corporation; and (3) is not connected by road (except the Alaska Marine Highway System or a road through Canada) or railroad to the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.
Requires occupants of such housing units, with certain exceptions, to be teachers, administrators, other school staff, and members of their households.
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture to carry out this Act from FY 2006 through 2015.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 20, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Ben Nighthorse Campbell | Original | Nov 20, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 21, 2003Hearings Mar 16, 2004Markup Sep 29, 2004Reported Nov 17, 2004 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2004Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-414.
- Nov 17, 2004Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 806.
- Sep 29, 2004Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 16, 2004Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held in Anchorage, AK. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-468.
- Nov 20, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Nov 20, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15291)
- Nov 20, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15291-15292)
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 S15291Text printed S15291 | Lisa Murkowski R-AK (text) | Nov 20, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 10, 2004S. 1905, Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2004<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 29, 2004</p>
- Nov 10, 2004S. 1905, Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2004Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 29, 2004
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-468 | RURAL TEACHER HOUSING ACT52 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Mar 16, 2004 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide habitable living quarters for teachers, administrators, other school staff, and their households in rural areas of Alaska located in or near Alaska Native Villages.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2003
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Alaska
- Building construction
- Construction costs
- Counseling
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to housing
- Government lending
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing finance
- Housing subsidies
- Indian education
- Indian housing
- Indian lands
- Law
- Leases
- Libraries
- Licenses
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Real property
- Residential rehabilitation
- Rural education
- School administration
- School districts
- School personnel
- Secondary education
- Teachers
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2004Reported to Senate
- Nov 20, 2003Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.