Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 26, 2008 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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 26, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit section 8 rental assistance (including tenant- and project-based assistance) from being provided to any family that includes a convicted felon or illegal alien.
Places a five-year limitation on section 8 rental assistance, disregarding any month during which such individual was a member of a disabled or elderly family so assisted.
Prohibits such assistance on behalf of any family, unless each member of the family who is 18 years of age or older performs at least 20 hours of work activities per week.
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to exempt from such prohibition any individual family member who meets certain requirements.
Requires a public housing agency (PHA), in providing such housing assistance, to give preference to families that include a member who is a veteran that will reside in the dwelling unit.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the HUD Moving to Work demonstration program under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 should be expanded to include significantly more PHAs.
Authorizes the use of unspent section 8 housing assistance payments for section 8 compliance measures.
Requires approved PHA plans, including modifications and amendments, to be made public at the PHA's office and in electronic form on the World Wide Web.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2008 to May 22, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| R-TN | David Davis | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Apr 2, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2008Introduced in House
- Feb 26, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Disabled
- Electronic government information
- Ex-offenders
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing authorities
- Housing for the aged
- Housing for the disabled
- Housing subsidies
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Labor and Employment
- Planning
- Public housing
- Rental housing
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Veterans' benefits
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare work participation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2008Introduced in House
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