Housing Assistance Efficiency Act
Latest action · Dec 3, 2014 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.
- IntroducedJul 23, 2013
- Passed HouseDec 2, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Housing Assistance Efficiency Act - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow (in addition to a state, local government, or public housing agency) a private nonprofit organization to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the Act.
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), at least once (currently, twice) during each fiscal year, to reallocate any housing assistance provided from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program that is unused or returned or that becomes available after the minimum allocation requirements under the Act.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 23, 2013 to Dec 2, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Jul 23, 2013 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 18, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Sep 18, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Sep 18, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Sep 18, 2013 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Sep 26, 2013 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Oct 16, 2013 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Feb 26, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Dec 2, 2014 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2014Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Dec 2, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8254-8255)
- Dec 2, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2790.
- Dec 2, 2014Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 2, 2014Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2014Referred in Senate
- Dec 2, 2014Engrossed in House
- Jul 23, 2013Introduced in House
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