Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 2005
Latest action · Mar 21, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 2005 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a reinsurance coverage program available only through contracts for reinsurance coverage purchased at regional auctions.
States that the purpose of the program is to improve: (1) the availability of homeowners' insurance for the purpose of facilitating the pooling, and spreading the risk, of catastrophic financial losses from disasters; and (2) the solvency of the homeowners' insurance markets.
Prescribes implementation guidelines that include establishment: (1) in the Treasury of the Disaster Reinsurance Fund; and (2) of a National Commission on Catastrophe Risks and Insurance Loss Costs.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2005 to Sep 22, 2005; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| R-FL | Michael Bilirakis | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Original | Feb 16, 2005 |
| R-FL | E. Clay Shaw Jr. | Mar 3, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Mar 3, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | May 3, 2005 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | May 5, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jun 16, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Sep 22, 2005 |
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 Feb 16, 2005 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 21, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Feb 16, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 16, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1816 | Brad Sherman D-CA | Sep 12, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Apartment houses
- Auctions
- Auditing
- Building laws
- Commerce
- Condominium (Housing)
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cooperative housing
- Disaster insurance
- Earthquakes
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Federal advisory bodies
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fires
- Floods
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Housing and Community Development
- Hurricanes
- Income tax
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Insurance companies
- Insurance premiums
- Law
- Property insurance
- Reinsurance
- Restrictive trade practices
- State laws
- Tsunamis
- Volcanoes
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2005Introduced in House
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