Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 30, 2007 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery.
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.
- IntroducedJan 10, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 and the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 to repeal provisions that prohibited the cancellation of certain loans under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to assist local governments in providing essential services and to assist local governments affected by Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season, respectively. (Makes this Act effective on the enactment date of the Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005.)
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2007 |
| Disaster Recovery (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2007Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery.
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 10, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S393)
- Jan 10, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S393)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S393Text printed S393 | Mary L. Landrieu D-LA (text) | Jan 10, 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.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47342 | FEMA’s Community Disaster Loan Program: History, Data, and Issues for Congress | Report | Dec 14, 2022 |
| R42527 | FEMA’s Community Disaster Loan Program: History, Analysis, and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Dec 14, 2012 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 87 | A bill to permit the cancellation of certain loans under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. | Related bill | Mar 30, 2007 |
| HR 680 | To permit the cancellation of certain loans under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. | Text similarities | Jan 25, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to permit the cancellation of certain loans under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in Senate
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.
