Public Housing Capital Repair Fund Act
Latest action · Jul 12, 2017 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.
- IntroducedJul 12, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Housing Capital Repair Fund Act
This bill reauthorizes the Public Housing Capital Fund Program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 through FY2020.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall: (1) provide grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) for capital repairs that reduce health hazards in dwelling units, including mold hazards and lead-based paint hazards; and (2) make such grants to address the unmet capital needs of large, mid-size, and small PHAs.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2017 to Jul 26, 2017; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 12, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 117, July 12, 2017, page H5760.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize appropriations for the public housing Capital Fund for addressing urgent capital needs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Public Housing Capital Repair Fund Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced in House
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.
