Emergency Food and Shelter Act of 2004
Latest action · Aug 3, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
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.
- IntroducedMar 29, 2004
- Passed SenateJul 21, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Emergency Food and Shelter Act of 2004 - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act respecting the emergency food and shelter program to: (1) authorize FY 2005 through 2007 appropriations; (2) change the name of one of the Board nominating organizations from the Council of Jewish Federations, Inc. to the United Jewish Communities; and (3) provide for inclusion of homeless individuals, homeless advocates, or food and shelter recipients on local boards (or to be consulted if a board is unable to meet such membership requirement).Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2004 to Jun 14, 2004; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 29, 2004 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | May 10, 2004 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | May 10, 2004 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | May 11, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | May 11, 2004 | |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | May 13, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | May 17, 2004 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Jun 14, 2004 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2004Markup Jun 2, 2004Reported Jul 15, 2004 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jul 22, 2004 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Aug 3, 2004 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Jul 22, 2004Received in the House.
- Jul 22, 2004Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jul 22, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Jul 21, 2004Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8569; text as passed Senate: CR S8569)
- Jul 15, 2004Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 108-308.
- Jul 15, 2004Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
- Jun 2, 2004Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 29, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Mar 29, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3296)
- Mar 29, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 S8569Text printed S8569 | William H. Frist R-TN | Jul 21, 2004 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3296 | Susan M. Collins R-ME | Mar 29, 2004 |
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
- Jun 14, 2004S. 2249, A bill to amend the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to provide for emergency food and shelter<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 2, 2004</p>
- Jun 14, 2004S. 2249, A bill to amend the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to provide for emergency food and shelterCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 2, 2004
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Stewart. B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to provide for emergency food and shelter.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Emergency Food and Shelter Act of 2004
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Emergency Food and Shelter Act of 2004
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Emergency Food and Shelter Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Agriculture and Food
- Authorization
- Charities
- Department of Homeland Security
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency housing
- Emergency Management
- Federal aid to housing
- Food relief
- Government Operations and Politics
- Homeless
- Housing and Community Development
- Jews
- Names
- Religion
- Shelters for the homeless
- Social Welfare
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2004Referred in House
- Jul 21, 2004Engrossed in Senate
- Jul 15, 2004Reported to Senate
- Mar 29, 2004Introduced 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.