HR 4639 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Group Home Community Notification Act of 2005

Introduced Dec 18, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Vito Fossella R-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 20, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedDec 18, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Group Home Community Notification Act of 2005 - Makes it unlawful for any federally assisted non-profit intending to place a group home in a locality to refuse or fail to comply with all state and local laws for such a group home's placement in that locality, including laws requiring public notification, reporting requirements, and hearings.

States that any individual who participates in such a hearing shall be immune from suit based on a claim of discrimination against the disabled for any communication made in the course of such participation.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 20, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
  2. Dec 18, 2005Introduced in House
  3. Dec 18, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 18, 2005Introduced in House

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