HR 4546 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Public Housing Emergency Response Act

Latest action · Sep 27, 2019 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.

  1. IntroducedSep 27, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Public Housing Emergency Response Act

This bill authorizes additional assistance from the Public Housing Capital Fund to public housing agencies for the development, financing, and modernization of public housing developments and for management improvements.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 27, 2019 to Oct 6, 2020; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYGrace MengOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYKathleen M. RiceOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYMax RoseOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 27, 2019
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOct 1, 2019
D-OREarl BlumenauerOct 8, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOct 8, 2019
D-WAPramila JayapalNov 8, 2019
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeMar 10, 2020
D-HIEd CaseOct 6, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Sep 27, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Sep 27, 2019Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 157, September 27, 2019, page H8081.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 116-68SAFE & DECENT? EXAMINING THE CURRENT STATE OF RESIDENTS' HEALTH AND SAFETY IN HUD HOUSING166 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeNov 20, 2019

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3212Public Housing Emergency Response ActIdentical billJan 16, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To authorize additional monies to the Public Housing Capital Fund of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Public Housing Emergency Response Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2019Introduced in House

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