Housing America's Workforce Act
Latest action · Aug 24, 2005 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.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Housing America's Workforce Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for up to 50 percent of the qualified housing expenses paid for the benefit of their employees. Defines "qualified housing expenses" to include homeownership assistance and rental assistance. Limits the amount of such credit to the lesser of $10,000 or six percent of an employee's home purchase price, or up to $2,000 for rental assistance. Excludes from employee gross income the value of employer-paid housing assistance.
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants in FY2006-FY2008, on a competitive basis, to nonprofit housing organizations or local governments for certain costs, including operating costs and technical assistance costs, of employer-assisted housing programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a national clearinghouse, including a website, to provide information about employer-assisted housing programs to federal, state, and local governments and other interested entities.
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a national evaluation of employer-assisted housing programs and provide to the Secretary an interim report by January 1, 2008, and final report by December 31, 2009.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2005 to Jul 24, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Oct 6, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Oct 6, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Oct 6, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 6, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Oct 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Oct 6, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Mar 15, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 15, 2006 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Mar 15, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 29, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Mar 29, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | May 9, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | May 24, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | May 24, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jul 24, 2006 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2005 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2005 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Aug 24, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 24, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Jun 30, 2005Introduced in House
- Jun 30, 2005Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 109-16 | PUBLIC ACCESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM122 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 26, 2005 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1330 | Housing America's Workforce Act | Identical bill | Jun 29, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Housing America's Workforce Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Corporation taxes
- Cost of living adjustments
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee benefit plans
- Federal aid to housing
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Home ownership
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing finance
- Housing subsidies
- Income tax
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Labor and Employment
- Mortgages
- Rent
- Tax credits
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2005Introduced in House
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.