Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019
Latest action · Nov 21, 2019 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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019
This bill authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs.
Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding for
- public housing agencies to maintain and improve public housing buildings;
- states and communities to reduce the risk of flood damage to housing;
- very low-income residents to improve and modernize rural housing;
- Indian tribes to develop housing and housing services;
- nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions to conduct activities related to affordable housing and economic development;
- state housing finance agencies to provide supportive housing for individuals with disabilities;
- private nonprofit organizations to provide supportive housing for the elderly; and
- states, counties, and cities to develop and preserve affordable housing.
The bill also requires that specified portions of funding made available under the bill be used for water and energy efficiency.
In administering such funding made available under the bill, the relevant federal agencies must consult with grantees and recipients and meet with state and local government officials for the purpose of recommending and promoting funding opportunities and initiatives to include minority and women's business enterprises in such grant activities.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 21, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
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 Nov 21, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Nov 21, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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 S4529 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Jul 28, 2020 |
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45710 | Housing Issues in the 116th Congress | Report | Jan 8, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5187 | Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2020 | Related bill | Dec 24, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to facilitate the development of affordable housing, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Building construction
- Disability assistance
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental health
- Floods and storm protection
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing for the elderly and disabled
- Housing supply and affordability
- Indian social and development programs
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public housing
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
- User charges and fees
- Water use and supply
- Women's employment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2019Introduced 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.
