Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2012
Latest action · Oct 1, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 25, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2012 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require that each housing assistance payments contract entered into under the Section 8 rental assistance voucher program by a public housing agency (PHA) and the owner of a dwelling unit provide that such owner pay, on a timely basis, all covered taxes validly assessed against the property in which the unit is located. Defines "covered taxes" as any tax under state or local law assessed upon real property or the revenue of which is dedicated for use only for schools or for costs of education.
Allows a contract to provide that, upon notification and identification of a tax delinquency by a taxing authority, the PHA shall abate all of the rental assistance amounts for the property, transferring them monthly to the taxing authority, until the delinquency is eliminated.
Declares that nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize, or establish any cause or grounds for, the termination of the tenancy of any tenant from any dwelling unit assisted under the rental assistance voucher program.
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to maintain a database of information regarding owners of dwelling units: (1) assisted under the program whose housing assistance payments contracts have been terminated for noncompliance with the requirements of this Act, and (2) with respect to whom assistance amounts have been abated and transferred to a taxing authority.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2012 to Aug 1, 2012, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Original | Jul 25, 2012 |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Original | Jul 25, 2012 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Original | Jul 25, 2012 |
| R-FL | Richard B. Nugent | Original | Jul 25, 2012 |
| R-IL | Robert T. Schilling | Aug 1, 2012 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Jul 25, 2012Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
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- Jul 25, 2012Introduced in House
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