HEALING Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 23, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMar 23, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Holistic Economic Aid for Low-Income Neighborhood Growth Act of 2021 or the HEALING Act of 2021
This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, insular areas, and other institutions serving or owned by minorities to carry out Community Development Block Grant activities and other assistance in low- and moderate-income areas. Additionally, HUD must carry out a Civil Unrest Business Recovery Program to provide compensation to certain for-profit entities for damages from social and civil unrest during 2020 and to support business-led economic development.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2021 to Jun 11, 2021; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Mar 23, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 11, 2021 |
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 Mar 23, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2021Referred 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. 167, no. 54, March 23, 2021, page H1622.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8946 | HEALING Act of 2020 | Reintroduction of | Dec 10, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide emergency relief assistance under a modified Community Development Block Grant program for communities facing economic damage from civil and social crises, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HEALING Act of 2021
- Holistic Economic Aid for Low-Income Neighborhood Growth Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
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- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Economic development
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental health
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Government trust funds
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing supply and affordability
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Land use and conservation
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Minnesota
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Monuments and memorials
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Protest and dissent
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Self-employed
- Small business
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local finance
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Women in business
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2021Introduced 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.
