S 381 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

LEGACY Act of 2003

Introduced Feb 12, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Mary L. Landrieu D-LA

Latest action · Feb 12, 2003 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.

IntroducedFeb 12, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act of 2003 (Legacy Act of 2003) - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out: (1) a five-year pilot program in connection with the supportive housing program to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations for expanding the supply of intergenerational dwelling units for intergenerational families (families headed by an elderly person); and (2) a five-year demonstration program for section 8 rental assistance to families headed by a grandparent or relative who is raising a child.

Makes grandparent-headed and relative-headed families eligible for: (1) family unification assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937; (2) Home program ECHO units under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; and (3) fair housing initiatives education, counseling, and outreach under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987.

Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to provide Department of Housing and Urban Development personnel with related training.

Directs the Secretary and the Director of the Bureau of the Census to conduct a joint study of such families' housing needs.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2003 to Mar 21, 2003; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-LA	John B. Breaux	Original	Feb 12, 2003
R-OH	Mike DeWine	Original	Feb 12, 2003
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton		Mar 21, 2003

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 Feb 13, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 12, 2003Introduced in Senate
Feb 12, 2003Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-89	FEDERAL RECOGNITION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT PROCESS BY THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS109 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Mar 31, 2004

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 811	American Dream Downpayment Act	Related bill	Dec 16, 2003

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to provide the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development the authority to establish programs that serve intergenerational families, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: LEGACY Act of 2003; Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 12, 2003Introduced in Senate

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