Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 15, 2007 Became Public Law No: 110-35.
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 26, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 24, 2007
- Passed SenateMay 24, 2007
- To the PresidentJun 6, 2007
- Became lawJun 15, 2007Public Law 110-35
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to suspend mandatory processing of Previous Participation Certificates under the Automated Partners Performance System and permit paper filings of such certificates until the Secretary: (1) revises the December 2006 draft of specified proposed regulations to eliminate unnecessary burdens and disincentives for program participants; and (2) submits such revised draft proposed regulations to certain congressional committees for review.
Instructs the Secretary also to suspend immediately all filing requirements under the Previous Participation Certificate process with respect to limited liability corporate investors who own or expect to own an interest in entities which are allowed or are expected to be allowed specified low-income housing tax credits under the Internal Revenue Code.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2007 to Apr 20, 2007; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 20, 2007 |
Committees 2
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 26, 2007Markup Mar 29, 2007Reported Apr 23, 2007 |
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2007Markup May 16, 2007Reported May 17, 2007 |
Actions 21
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2007Signed by President.
- Jun 15, 2007Became Public Law No: 110-35.
- Jun 6, 2007Presented to President.
- May 25, 2007Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- May 24, 2007Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6922)
- May 24, 2007Cleared for White House.
- May 17, 2007Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Dodd without amendment. Without written report.
- May 17, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 151.
- May 16, 2007Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Apr 25, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Apr 24, 2007Ms. Bean moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 24, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3787-3788)
- Apr 24, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1675.
- Apr 24, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3787)
- Apr 24, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 23, 2007Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 110-106.
- Apr 23, 2007Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 65.
- Mar 29, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 29, 2007Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 26, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6922 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | May 24, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3787, H3788Text printed H3787 | Melissa L. Bean D-IL, Randy Neugebauer R-TX | Apr 24, 2007 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- May 23, 2007H.R. 1675, Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs</p>
- May 23, 2007H.R. 1675, Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
- Apr 4, 2007H.R. 1675, Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 29, 2007</p>
- Apr 4, 2007H.R. 1675, Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 29, 2007
Printed hearings 3
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. 110-48 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IMPROVEMENT ACT: HAS THE PROMISE BEEN FULFILLED?78 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-34 | REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT137 pages | Financial Services Committee | Jun 6, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-44 | TAX INCENTIVES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING106 pages | Ways and Means Committee | May 24, 2007 |
CRS reports 6
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 6
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL31572 | Appropriations Subcommittee Structure: History of Changes from 1920 to 2025 | Report | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R45421 | Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Background and Selected Options for Further Reform Archived | Report | Dec 4, 2018 |
| R42395 | A Retrospective of House Rules Changes Since the 110th Congress Archived | Report | Jun 28, 2017 |
| R41605 | House Standing Committees’ Rules on Legislative Activities: Analysis of Rules in Effect in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Oct 11, 2016 |
| RL33539 | Intelligence Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Apr 23, 2013 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To suspend the requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding electronic filing of previous participation certificates and regarding filing of such certificates with respect to certain low-income housing investors.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Administrative procedure
- Affordable housing
- Apartment houses
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Corporation taxes
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic government information
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing subsidies
- Income tax
- Investors
- Law
- Low-income housing
- Real estate business
- Rental housing
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Taxation
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- May 17, 2007Reported to Senate
- Apr 25, 2007Referred in Senate
- Apr 24, 2007Engrossed in House
- Apr 23, 2007Reported in House
- Mar 26, 2007Introduced 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.
