Livable Communities Act of 2011
Latest action · Sep 22, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5914-5919)
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.
- IntroducedSep 22, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Livable Communities Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC).
Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make comprehensive planning grants to eligible entities (partnerships between a consortium of units of general local government and an eligible partner or an Indian tribe that meets specified requirements). Defines "eligible partner" as a metropolitan planning organization, a rural planning organization, or a regional council, or one of these and a state, an Indian tribe, a state and an Indian tribe, or an institution of higher education.
Requires the use of a comprehensive planning grant to carry out a project to: (1) coordinate locally defined planning processes, across jurisdictions and agencies; (2) identify regional partnerships for developing and implementing a comprehensive regional plan; (3) conduct or update assessments to determine regional needs and promote economic and community development; (4) develop or update a comprehensive regional plan or goals and strategies to implement an existing comprehensive regional plan and other related activities; and (5) identify local zoning and other code changes necessary to implement a comprehensive regional plan and promote sustainable development.
Requires the use of a community challenge grant to: (1) promote integrated planning and investments across policy and governmental jurisdictions, and (2) implement projects identified in a comprehensive regional plan.
Authorizes the Secretary of HUD to make or guarantee (up to 75% of) loans to eligible governmental, corporate, or partnership borrowers for infrastructure development projects used to support transit-oriented development.
Requires the Director of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control to lead the federal initiative to support healthy housing and eradicate housing-related health hazards.
Requires the Secretary to study how sustainable building features in housing, such as energy efficiency, affect: (1) the quality of the indoor environment, (2) the prevalence of housing-related health hazards, and (3) the health of such occupants.
States that no housing assisted using a grant under this Act may be made available to an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 22, 2011 to Jul 16, 2012; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Sep 22, 2011 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Oct 3, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jul 16, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 23, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Sep 22, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5913-5914)
- Sep 22, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5914-5919)
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 S5913Text printed S5914–S5919 | Robert Menendez D-NJ (text) | Sep 22, 2011 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3325 | Livable Communities Act of 2011 | Identical bill | Jan 12, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Livable Communities Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Building construction
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Economic development
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental health
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Farmland
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing supply and affordability
- Land use and conservation
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Public transit
- Regional and metropolitan planning
- Rural conditions and development
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2011Introduced 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.
