Inclusive Home Design Act of 2005
Latest action · Jul 27, 2005 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1625-1626)
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 17, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Inclusive Home Design Act of 2005 - Requires, with exceptions, newly constructed, federally assisted single family houses and town houses to include at least one level that complies with the following accessibility features for persons with disabilities: (1) accessible entrance; (2) accessible interior doors; (3) accessible environmental controls; and (4) accessible habitable space and an accessible bathroom.
Requires: (1) each applicant for Federal financial assistance to submit compliance assurances to the relevant Federal agency; and (2) each person who arranges for design or construction of a covered dwelling to submit architectural and construction plans for State or local approval. Prohibits Federal financial assistance to a State or local government unit unless the recipient is taking certain enforcement actions with regard to covered dwellings.
Permits: (1) private civil actions in a U.S. District Court or State court for violations under this Act; and (2) the Attorney General to commence civil actions or intervene in civil actions under this Act.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2005 to Jul 27, 2006; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | May 17, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jul 26, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 26, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jul 26, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jul 26, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Jul 26, 2005 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Jun 16, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jun 16, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Jun 16, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Jun 16, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Jul 27, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jul 27, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2005 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Apr 15, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1625-1626)
- Apr 15, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Mar 17, 2005Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require all newly constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with disabilities.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Inclusive Home Design Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Architecture and the disabled
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Building construction
- Building laws
- Civil actions and liability
- Damages
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to housing
- Federal preemption
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing for the disabled
- Housing subsidies
- Income tax
- Injunctions
- Land transfers
- Law
- Leases
- Legal fees
- Mortgage guaranty insurance
- Parties to actions
- Public housing
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Punitive damages
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Taxation
- Veterans' benefits
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2005Introduced in House
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