US Congress House Bill 1146 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-16 - Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Office of Community Planning and Development to carry out a program to make grants to organizations to provide legal services and other related supportive services on behalf of low-income families (including individuals and victims of domestic violence) who reside in a rental dwelling unit and have an income that does not exceed 80% of the median income for the area in which the family resides. The following organizations may receive such grants: nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to persons or families of limited income, including organizations that receive funding from the Legal Services Corporation; legal clinics sponsored by law schools or other organizations; and such other entities as HUD considers appropriate. These grants may be used only to provide legal services and other related supportive services in connection with: (1) an eviction of such a family, (2) the prevention of such eviction, (3) a dispute between the landlord and a tenant who is a family member, or (4) enforcing the family's legal rights regarding tenancy or fair housing. Funds for such program shall be derived from revenues resulting from amendments by this bill to the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the limitation on the mortgage interest deduction for the acquisition indebtedness of certain taxpayers.

Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act

Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-16	House	Introduced in House

HB516 (Related) 2017-01-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1146/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1146/BILLS-115hr1146ih.pdf