Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008
Latest action · Jul 10, 2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2007
- Passed HouseJul 9, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award $1 million grants, on a competitive basis and with federal matching funds, to qualified local building code enforcement departments to increase staffing, provide staff training, increase staff competence and professional qualifications, support individual certification or departmental accreditation, or for capital expenditures specifically dedicated to department administration.
Allows the Secretary to waive specified non-federal matching fund requirements and to institute new ones, by regulation, based upon the level of economic distress of the local jurisdiction in which the local building code enforcement department seeking such grant is located.
Sets forth criteria for rating and ranking of grant proposals.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2007 to Jul 9, 2008; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-IL | Melissa L. Bean | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-VA | Thelma D. Drake | Jan 16, 2008 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Jan 28, 2008 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | May 7, 2008 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | May 14, 2008 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | May 14, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | May 21, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jun 24, 2008 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jun 24, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jul 9, 2008 |
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 Dec 12, 2007Markup Jun 24, 2008 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 28, 2008Discharged Jun 24, 2008 | |
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 10, 2008 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Jul 9, 2008Mr. Moore (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 9, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6266-6269)
- Jul 9, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4461.
- Jul 9, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6266-6268)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6266–H6269Text printed H6266–H6268 | Dennis Moore D-KS, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Shelley Moore Capito R-WV | Jul 9, 2008 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 8, 2008H.R. 4461, Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 24, 2008</p>
- Jul 8, 2008H.R. 4461, Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 24, 2008
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. 110-136 | CLIMATE BENEFITS OF IMPROVED BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY190 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 17, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2458 | Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2007 | Related bill | Dec 12, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote and enhance the operation of local building code enforcement administration across the country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2008Referred in Senate
- Jul 9, 2008Engrossed in House
- Dec 12, 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.
