Housing

Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2004

Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Coordinator of Funeral, Burial, and Disposition Services, to: (1) survey existing State laws pertaining to the death care industry; and (2) formulate standards specifying the elements of an effective system for registering, inspecting, and monitoring the handling and disposition of human remains by funeral homes and other death care providers. Requires the Coordinator to: (1) award Federal assistance grants to State agencies that regulate death care providers; and (2) establish minimum standards and requirements governing State regulation of funeral homes and other death care providers. Sets forth deceptive trade practices, including funeral provider practices that: (1) fail to make timely price disclosures regarding funeral goods and services; (2) fail to give an itemized written statement for retention to a purchaser of funeral goods or funeral services at the conclusion of the discussion related to such goods and services and prior to providing any services beyond taking possession of a deceased human body for authorized embalming; (3) make specified misrepresentations; (4) condition goods and services upon the purchase of other goods and services; and (5) provide embalming services without prior approval. Prohibits unsolicited telephone offers or door-to-door direct offers to sell funeral goods, services, crematory services, interment rights, or other cemetery and memorialization goods and services. Sets forth consumer protections with respect to certain cash advance prohibitions and requirements, and preneed and prepaid funeral service transactions.

To establish limitations on the utilization and disposal of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System at Montrose, New York, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2004

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to retain property comprising the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System at Montrose, New York (FDR campus) as an element of that system. Sets forth certain limitations on the utilization and disposal of the FDR campus. Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the need for housing of low-income veterans who are served by the Hudson Valley Health Care System; and (2) a proposal of the Town of Cortlandt, New York to take title to certain facilities on the FDR campus.

A concurrent resolution recognizing community organization of public access defibrillation programs.

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2004

Recognizes the growing number of community activists, organizations, and municipal governments leading the national effort to establish public access defibrillation (PAD) programs. Encourages the continued development and implementation of PAD programs in schools, sports arenas, NASCAR race tracks, large hotels, concert halls, public housing, high-rise buildings, gated communities, buildings subject to high-security, and similar facilities to increase the survival rate for victims of cardiac arrest.

Matthew Boisvert Help Extend Respect Owed to Every Soldier (HEROES) Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2004

Matthew Boisvert Help Extend Respect Owed to Every Soldier (HEROES) Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to allow certain military and veterans' service organizations access to veterans being furnished hospital care and medical services, subject to the consent of such veterans, for the purpose of providing information and counseling to such veterans. Authorizes payment or reimbursement up to $250 for civilian clothing and personal care products for members of the Armed Forces (members) who are evacuated for medical treatment. Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish minimum uniform standards for postdeployment medical examinations. Requires that such examinations include screening for mental health disorders. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) provide veterans who live more than 50 miles from a Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) medical facility with vouchers for psychiatric services at private facilities; (2) establish and maintain a health status registry for veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduing Freedom. Rescinds a DVA Memorandum dated July 18, 2002, entitled "Status of VHA Enrollment and Associated Issues." Directs the Secretary of each military department to establish a support system for members who incur severe disabilities on or after September 11, 2001, to assist in the transition to civilian life. Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program of employment training for veterans. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide mortgage assistance to members who were seriously injured while on active duty.

Managing Our Medicare and Medicaid Services and Protecting Our Parents Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2004

Managing Our Medicare and Medicaid Services and Protecting Our Parents Act - Amends the Public Health Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a loan repayment program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants serving in underserved nursing homes. Directs the Secretary to establish a mentoring program for training nursing home administrators. Requires the Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide, in implementing the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, the degree of family involvement among the quality indicators for the evaluation of the quality of nursing homes. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reinstitute certain payment levels for health institutions (Boren Amendment Medicaid payment methodology) and to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP).

Enhanced Second Chance Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2004

Enhanced Second Chance Act of 2004: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention or Enhanced Second Chance Act of 2004 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize, rewrite, and expand provisions regarding adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects, including by authorizing funds to: (1) provide structured post-release housing and transitional housing; (2) facilitate collaboration to promote the employment of people released from prison; and (3) establish or expand the use of reentry courts. Sets forth grant priorities and requirements, including that each State or local government recipient establish a Reentry Task Force or other relevant convening authority. Authorizes the Attorney General to make a grant to provide for the establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center. Directs the Attorney General to establish an interagency task force on Federal programs and activities relating to offender reentry. Authorizes the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics to conduct research on offender reentry. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the role of State child protective services at the time of arrest and to establish services for the preservation of families impacted by the incarceration of a family member; (2) the Secretary of Labor to implement a program to educate employers about existing incentives to the hiring of former prisoners; and (3) the Department of Justice to modify existing procedures and policies to improve the transition of Federal prisoners into their communities.

Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2004

Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to design national strategies for providing services in supportive housing that will assist in ending chronic homelessness and to implement programs that address chronic homelessness. Requires the Secretary to make matching grants to eligible entities to provide services that promote recovery and self-sufficiency and that address barriers to housing stability to chronically homeless individuals in, or who are scheduled to become residents of, permanent supportive housing and to other individuals and families who have voluntarily chosen to seek other housing opportunities after a period of tenancy in supportive housing. Directs the Secretary to require grantees to report data regarding the performance outcomes of projects carried out under this Act, which shall include measuring and reporting specific performance outcomes related to the long-term goals of: (1) increasing stability within the community for individuals who have been chronically homeless; and (2) decreasing recurrence of periods of homelessness.

Children's Development Commission Act (Kiddie Mac)

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2004

Children's Development Commission Act (Kiddie Mac) - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages for: (1) new or rehabilitated child care and development facilities, including mortgage insurance for fire safety equipment loans; and (2) purchase or refinance of existing child care and development facilities. Establishes the Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac) which shall: (1) issue facility standards and compliance certifications; and (2) make loans not in excess of $50,000 for facility rehabilitation or renovation. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study of the availability of child care facility secondary mortgage markets.

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2004

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005 - Makes FY 2005 emergency supplemental appropriations for additional natural disaster assistance to: (1) the Department of Agriculture for the Emergency Conservation Program of the Farm Service Agency, the Emergency Watershed Protection Program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Rural Community Advancement Program, the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, and Rural Housing Assistance Grants; (2) the Department of Justice for the Federal Prison System for salaries, expenses, buildings, and facilities; (3) the Department of Commerce for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for operations, research, facilities, procurement, acquisition, and construction; (4) the Small Business Administration for the Disaster Loans Program Account; (5) the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance (including transfer of funds in some cases) for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Defense-Wide, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, "Other Procurement, Air Force, "Procurement, Defense-Wide," Defense Working Capital Funds, and the Defense Health Program; (6) the Corps of Engineers - Civil for "General Investigations" and "Construction, General," "Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee," "Operation and Maintenance, General," and "Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies;" (7) the U.S. Agency for International Development for International Disaster and Family Assistance; (8) the Department of Homeland Security for the U.S. Coast Guard for Operating Expenses and Emergency Preparedness and Response for Disaster Relief; (9) the Department of the Interior for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service for construction, and the U.S. Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, and research; (10) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for State and private forestry, the National Forest System, wildlife fire management, and capital improvement and maintenance; (11) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund; (12) the Department of Defense for military construction for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army Reserve, through FY 2007, family housing operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and for the Base Realignment and Closure Account; (13) the Department of Transportation for the Federal Aviation Administration for facilities and equipment, Grants-in-Aid for Airports, the Federal Highway Administration for the Emergency Relief Program (including rescission of contract authorization); (14) the Executive Office of the President for unanticipated needs of the American Red Cross; (15) the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Health Administration for medical services, administration and facilities, general operating expenses, the National Cemetery Administration, construction, and minor projects; (16) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Community Development Fund; and (17) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for space flight capabilities.

Ronald Rosenfeld, of Oklahoma, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for the remainder of the term expiring February 27, 2009, vice John Thomas Korsmo, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 5 October 2004

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 2004

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005 - Makes FY 2005 emergency supplemental appropriations for additional storm disaster assistance to: (1) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for the National Forest System, including for capital improvements and maintenance; (2) the Department of Commerce for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for operations, research, and facilities, procurement, acquisition, and construction; (3) the Department of Defense for military personnel for the Navy and Airforce, operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Airforce, Defense-Wide, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Army National Guard and Air National Guard, the Defense Health Program, Other Procurement, Air Force and Procurement, Defense-Wide, military construction for the Navy and Army Reserve, the Base Realignment and Closure Account, Family Housing, Operation and Maintenance, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and the Working Capital Fund, Defense-Wide; (4) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund; (5) the Department of Homeland Security for the Disaster Relief Fund; (6) the U.S. Coast Guard for operating expenses; (7) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Community Development Fund; (8) the Department of the Interior for the U.S. Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, and research, the Fish and Wildlife Service for resource management and for construction, the National Park Service for construction and major maintenance; (9) the Department of Justice for the Federal Prison System for buildings, facilities, salaries, and expenses; (10) the Department of Transportation for the Federal Aviation Administration for operations, emergency assistance to airports (to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund), the Federal Highway Administration for the Emergency Relief Program (to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund other than the Mass Transit Account); (11) the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Health Administration for medical services, facilities, and administration, for general operating expenses, the National Cemetery Administration, and construction and minor projects; (12) the Corps of Engineers-Civil Works for general operation and maintenance, flood control and coastal emergencies, and Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee; (13) the Environmental Protection Agency for buildings and facilities; (14) the Agency for International Development for International Disaster and Famine Assistance; (15) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for space flight capabilities; (16) the Small Business Administration for the Disaster Loans Program Account; and (17) the Executive Office of the President for unanticipated needs.

Native American Housing Enhancement Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 2004

Native American Housing Enhancement Act of 2004 - Amends title V (Farm Housing) of the Housing Act of 1949 to state that federally recognized Indian tribes who exercise powers of self-government (or their instrumentalities) shall comply with the Indian Civil Rights Act (title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) when receiving assistance under title V. States that title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 shall not apply to tribes: (1) covered by the Indian Civil Rights Act (title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1968); or (2) tribes acting under affordable housing provisions of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. Amends the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act to make Indian tribes, tribally designated housing entities, or other agencies primarily serving Indians eligible for Youthbuild grants. Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to require Federal guarantees for tribal housing activities to guarantee repayment of 95 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due on the notes or other obligations.

Bennett Freeze Rehabilitation Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2004

Bennett Freeze Rehabilitation Act of 2004 - Amends Federal law commonly referred to as the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 to authorize the Commissioner of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission to carry out a rehabilitation program to redress the effects of Federal development restrictions in the western portion of the Navajo Reservation (the Bennett Freeze, issued administratively in 1966 by former Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner Robert Bennett to restrict the Navajo tribe in Arizona from constructing and repairing their dwellings on land subject to a land dispute with the Hopi Tribe.) Limits such rehabilitation program to housing construction and renovation, infrastructure improvements, and economic development initiatives. Provides that, upon the Secretary of the Interior's approval of an agreement between the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe settling the land dispute over the lands subject to the Bennett Freeze, certain provisions of such Act concerning any development of lands in litigation are repealed.

Native American Veterans Home Loan Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2004

Native American Veterans Home Loan Act of 2004 - Extends through December 31, 2010, a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may make direct housing loans to Native American veterans.

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2004

Makes continuing appropriations for FY 2005. Appropriates amounts for continuing, at the current rate of operations, projects or activities which were conducted in FY 2004 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (2) Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (3) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004; (4) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004; (5) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004; (6) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004; (7) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (8) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (9) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004; (10) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004; (11) Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; and (12) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004. Provides funding under this resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 20, 2004. Authorizes continuation of other specified activities (including activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments) through such date.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and extend housing, education, and other benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2004

Nye County Higher Education Campus Conveyance Act - Requires the conveyance, without consideration, of all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the University and Community College System of Nevada for use as a campus for the Nye County Nevada Higher Education Campus in Pahrump Valley, Nevada.

Samaritan Initiative Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 2004

Samaritan Initiative Act of 2004 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to establish a program through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under which a participating Federal agency shall make matching grants to eligible entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, for permanent housing (provision of housing or rental assistance) and related treatment (including health and drug and alcohol treatment) and support services for chronically homeless persons. Requires: (1) a participating Federal agency to establish an interagency implementation and monitoring team; and (2) a grantee to establish a homeless management information system. Obligates specified authorizations of appropriations for: (1) HUD; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Authorizes the participation of other Federal agencies.

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4424) making appropriations for military construction and family housing for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 2004

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4424) making appropriations for military construction and family housing for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.

Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2004

Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant qualifying alien agricultural workers (and their spouses and minor children) temporary resident status and subsequently lawful permanent resident status upon the fulfillment of specified agricultural work and residency requirements. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) adjustment of status applications, including penalties for false statements; (2) the waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) the temporary stay of removal and work authorization; (4) administrative and judicial review; and (5) dissemination of program information. Amends the Social Security Act to provide for the correction of such aliens' social security records. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth application requirements for H-2A (temporary agricultural worker) employers and employer associations, including assurances: (1) that the job opportunity is temporary or seasonal and is not the result of a labor dispute; (2) that attempts have been made to hire U.S. workers; and (3) respecting required wages and benefits and compliance with labor laws. Sets forth employment requirements with respect to H-2A worker wages, housing, and transportation reimbursement. Establishes the Commission on Agricultural Wage Standards under the H-2A program. Revises provisions respecting the admission and extension of stay of H-2A workers. Provides special rules for alien sheepherders. Sets forth worker protection and labor standards enforcement provisions for such aliens.

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2004

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (3) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (4) the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (5) the Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account; (6) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; (7) the Corporation for National and Community Service; (8) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (9) the Department of Defense-Civil; (10) the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; (11) the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; (12) the Environmental Protection Agency; (13) the Hazardous Substance Superfund, including transfers of funds; (14) the Executive Office of the President; (15) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (16) the General Services Administration; (17) the Interagency Council on the Homeless; (18) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (19) the National Credit Union Administration; (20) the National Science Foundation; (21) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (22) the Selective Service System. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act

Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Romolo A. Bernardi.

United States · United States Senate · 15 September 2004

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2004

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds and transfers of funds. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Employee Benefits Security Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits, including ones for disabled coal miners; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) veterans employment and training; (19) the Office of Inspector General; and (20) a working capital fund for a new core accounting system. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration, for specified health resources and services activities; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), for disease control, research, and training; (5) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, and the Office of the Director; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, for substance abuse and mental health services; (7) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (8) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, program management, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs; (10) low-income home energy assistance; (11) refugee and entrant assistance; (12) payments to States for the child care and development block grant; (13) the social services block grant; (14) children and families services programs; (15) promoting safe and stable families, through family preservation and support; (16) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (17) the Administration on Aging; (18) the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (19) the Office of Inspector General; (20) the Office for Civil Rights; (21) policy research; (22) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers, and medical care of dependents and retired personnel; and (23) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations, for the Strategic National Stockpile, and for activities to ensure a year-round influenza vaccine production capacity and the development and implementation of rapidly expandable influenza vaccine production technologies, as well as any purchase of such vaccine the Secretary determines necessary. Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) innovation and improvement activities; (6) safe schools and citizenship education; (7) English language acquisition and language enhancement; (8) special education; (9) rehabilitation services and disability research; (10) special institutions for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University; (11) vocational and adult education; (12) certain student financial assistance programs, as well as Federal administrative expenses for such programs (and sets a maximum individual Pell Grant amount); (13) specified higher education programs; (14) Howard University; (15) the college housing and academic facilities loans program account; (16) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (17) the Institute of Education Sciences; and (18) departmental management and program administration; (19) the Office for Civil Rights; and (20) the Office of the Inspector General. Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service, for domestic volunteer service programs and operating expenses; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account, Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts, administration, and the Office of Inspector General; (14) Social Security Administration for payments to the Social Security trust funds, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, and administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General; and (15) U.S. Institute of Peace.

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disaster Assistance Act, 2004

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2004

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disaster Assistance Act, 2004 - Makes FY 2004 emergency supplemental appropriations for additional hurricane disaster assistance to: (1) the Small Business Administration for the Disaster Loans Program Account; (2) the Department of Defense for "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide;" (3) the Corps of Engineers - Civil Works for "Operation and Maintenance" and "Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies;" (4) the Department of Homeland Security for the U.S. Coast Guard for operating expenses and Emergency Preparedness and Response for "Disaster Relief;" (5) the Department of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service for construction; (6) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund; (7) the Executive Office of the President for unanticipated needs; (8) the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Health Administration for medical services, administration, and facilities; (9) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Community Development Fund; and (10) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for space flight capabilities.

Re-Entry Enhancement Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2004

Reentry Enhancement Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize, rewrite, and expand provisions regarding adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects, including by authorizing funds to: (1) provide structured post-release housing and transitional housing; (2) facilitate collaboration to promote the employment of people released from prison; and (3) establish or expand the use of reentry courts. Sets forth grant priorities and requirements, including that each State or local government recipient establish a Reentry Task Force or other relevant convening authority. Authorizes the Attorney General to make a grant to provide for the establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center. Establishes in the executive branch an interagency task force on Federal programs related to the reentry of former prisoners into the community, to be chaired by the Attorney General. Authorizes the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics to conduct research on offender reentry. Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for Federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a crime unless such individual is serving a felony sentence at the time of the election. Sets forth enforcement provisions. Requires the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment spends a reasonable part of the final portion of that term preparing for reentry into the community.

Carin M. Barth, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, vice Angela Antonelli, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 10 September 2004

Second Chance Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2004

Second Chance Act of 2004: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention or Second Chance Act of 2004 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize, rewrite, and expand provisions regarding adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects, including by authorizing funds to: (1) provide structured post-release housing and transitional housing; (2) facilitate specified collaboration to promote the employment of people released from prison; and (3) establish or expand the use of reentry courts. Sets forth grant priorities and requirements, including that each State or local government recipient establish a Reentry Task Force or other relevant convening authority. Authorizes the Attorney General to make a grant to provide for the establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center. Directs the Attorney General to establish an interagency task force on Federal programs and activities relating to offender reentry. Authorizes the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics to conduct research on offender reentry. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the role of State child protective services at the time of arrest and to establish services for the preservation of families impacted by the incarceration of a family member; and (2) the Secretary of Labor to implement a program to educate employers about existing incentives to the hiring of former prisoners and to make grants to community-based organizations to provide mentoring and other transitional services essential to reintegrating ex-offenders and incarcerated persons into society.

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 2004

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (3) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (4) the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (5) the Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account; (6) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; (7) the Corporation for National and Community Service; (8) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (9) the Department of Defense-Civil; (10) the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; (11) the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; (12) the Environmental Protection Agency; (13) the Hazardous Substance Superfund, including transfers of funds; (14) the Executive Office of the President; (15) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (16) the General Services Administration; (17) the Interagency Council on the Homeless; (18) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (19) the National Credit Union Administration; (20) the National Science Foundation; (21) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (22) the Selective Service System. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2004

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY 2005. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds and transfers of funds. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Employee Benefits Security Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits, including ones for disabled coal miners; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) veterans employment and training; (19) the Office of Inspector General; and (20) a working capital fund for a new core accounting system. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), for disease control, research, and training; (5) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, and the Office of the Director; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (7) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (8) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, program management, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs; (10) low-income home energy assistance; (11) refugee and entrant assistance; (12) payments to States for the child care and development block grant; (13) the social services block grant; (14) disabled voter services; (15) children and families services programs; (16) promoting safe and stable families, through family preservation and support; (17) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (18) the Administration on Aging; (19) the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (20) the Office of Inspector General; (21) the Office for Civil Rights; (22) policy research; (23) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers, and medical care of dependents and retired personnel; and (24) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations, for the Strategic National Stockpile, and for activities to ensure a year-round influenza vaccine production capacity and the development and implementation of rapidly expandable influenza vaccine production technologies. Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) innovation and improvement activities; (6) safe schools and citizenship education; (7) English language acquisition and language enhancement; (8) special education; (9) rehabilitation services and disability research; (10) special institutions for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University; (11) vocational and adult education; (12) certain student financial assistance programs, as well as Federal administrative expenses for such programs (setting a maximum individual Pell Grant amount); (13) specified higher education programs; (14) Howard University; (15) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (16) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (17) the Institute of Education Sciences; (18) departmental management and program administration; (19) the Office for Civil Rights; and (20) the Office of the Inspector General. Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled; (3) Corporation for National and Community Service, for domestic volunteer service programs and operating expenses; (4) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (5) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (6) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (7) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (8) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (9) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (10) National Council on Disability; (11) National Labor Relations Board; (12) National Mediation Board; (13) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (14) Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account, Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts, administration, and the Office of Inspector General; and (15) Social Security Administration for payments to the Social Security trust funds, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General.

Zero Downpayment Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Zero Downpayment Act of 2004 - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure zero-downpayment mortgages of an eligible single family residence for a first-time homebuyer who has received specified homeownership counseling. Terminates program authority after September 30, 2011, except for mortgages executed prior to such date.

Tools for Community Initiatives Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Tools for Community Initiatives Act - Establishes the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (the Office) in the Executive Office of the President. Requires the Director of the Office to encourage faith-based and community initiatives and work to eliminate improper Federal barriers so as to allow faith-based and community entities to compete for Federal funding to the fullest opportunity permitted by law, including by: (1) developing, leading, and coordinating policies with respect to such initiatives; (2) coordinating public education activities designed to mobilize public support for such initiatives; (3) advising the President on options and ideas to assist, strengthen, and replicate successful initiatives; (4) developing and implementing strategic initiatives in keeping with policies that will strengthen families, communities, and the institutions of civil society; and (5) working to eliminate unnecessary legislative and regulatory barriers which impede the efforts of such initiatives to solve social problems. Requires the heads of the Departments of Education, Labor, Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Commerce, and Veteran Affairs, the Agency for International Development, and the Small Business Administration to designate a liaison to coordinate the activities of the department or agency with the Office.

Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004 - Approves, ratifies, and confirms the Mediator's Term Sheet dated April 20, 2004, (the Agreement) to resolve the Snake River Basin Adjudication litigation involving the United States, the Nez Perce Tribe (the Tribe), and the State of Idaho. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the heads of other Federal agencies to execute and perform all actions that are necessary to carry out the Agreement. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for a one-time payment to local governments to mitigate for the change of use of water acquired by the Bureau of Reclamation. Requires the Secretary to transfer land selected by the Tribe to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to be held in trust for the Tribe. Provides that the consumptive use and the springs or fountains water rights be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to enact a water code to be approved by the Secretary. Establishes: (1) the Nez Perce Tribe Water and Fisheries Fund for the Tribe to acquire land and water rights, restore or improve fish habitat, or for fish production, agricultural development, cultural preservation, water resource development, or fisheries-related projects; (2) the Nez Perce Domestic Water Supply Fund to pay for the design and construction of water supply and sewer systems for tribal communities; and (3) the Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Fund to pay for habitat protection and restoration in the Salmon and Clearwater River basins. Sets forth waiver and release provisions. Allows the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make a grant to the City of Blackfoot, Idaho to assist with natural resource restoration and conservation and water resource development associated with the Jensen Grove Lake.

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1102) to establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the development, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2004

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1102) to establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the development, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.

A bill to preserve the ability of the Federal Housing Administration to insure mortgages under sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2004

Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 to increase FY 2004 loan guarantee ceilings for mortgage insurance under the Special Risk Insurance Fund and the General Insurance Fund from $25 billion to $29 billion.

Military Housing Improvement Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2004

Military Housing Improvement Act of 2004 - Increases the private investment cap for the acquisition or construction of military family housing .

Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2004

Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make matching grants to States (40 percent) and localities (60 percent) to supplement State and local assistance for the preservation and promotion of low-income housing. States that grants shall be: (1) used for housing project acquisition, rehabilitation, capital expenditures, and related development costs; or (2) to eligible nonprofit entities for operational, working capital, and organizational expenses, and predevelopment activities to acquire housing that will remain affordable for low-income or very low-income families. Sets forth eligibility requirements for: (1) projects with Department of Housing and Urban Development-insured mortgages; (2) projects with section 8 project based assistance; (3) projects purchased by residents; and (4) rural rental assistance projects.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the recapture bond provisions of the low income housing tax credit program.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2004

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions of the low income housing tax credit requiring a bond to cover recapture amounts from the disposition, prior to a 15-year compliance period, of a building (or interest therein) eligible for the credit. Provides for a three-year statute of limitation (from the end of the compliance period) for assessing a recapture deficiency. Requires owners of buildings eligible for the low income housing tax credit to file informational returns with the Secretary of the Treasury upon the occurrence of a recapture event and to provide persons who are named in such returns with specified information. Imposes penalties for failure to file required returns.

A bill to provide that no funds may be used to provide assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, to certain students at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2004

Prohibits section 8 assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 to be provided to an individual who: (1) is a student at an institution of higher education; (2) is under 24 years of age; (3) is not a veteran; (4) is unmarried; (5) does not have a dependent child; and (6) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive such assistance. Considers as income for purposes of section 8 assistance eligibility any financial assistance in excess of tuition amounts under the Higher Education Act of 1965 from private sources or an institution of higher education.

Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2004

Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services to: (1) administer the grant program established by this Act; (2) provide technical assistance to entities that provide permanent supportive housing to the chronically homeless; and (3) implement an approach to disseminate information about such housing that is targeted to individuals who have been homeless for long periods and have disabilities. Defines "chronically homeless" as an individual or family that is currently homeless, has been homeless continuously for at least one year or on at least four separate occasions in the last three years, and has an adult head of household with a disabling condition. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to: (1) design national strategies to provide services in supportive housing to end chronic homelessness; (2) collaborate with specified Federal departments and programs to implement programs that address chronic homelessness; (3) develop improved methods for serving individuals with mental or physical illnesses, disabilities, substance abuse problems, or co-occurring disorders; and (4) promote collaboration between Federal, State and local agencies that are responsible for systems of care to ensure that services for the chronically homeless are delivered in a coordinated manner that promotes housing stability. Requires the Secretary to award matching grants for the provision of services to chronically homeless individuals in permanent supportive housing.

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4837) making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2004

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4837) making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.

Child Safety, Adoption, and Family Enhancement (Child SAFE) Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2004

Child Safety, Adoption, and Family Enhancement (Child SAFE) Act of 2004 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise eligibility for adoption assistance and foster care maintenance payments by eliminating certain income requirements, reducing Federal matching rates, allowing separate standards for relative foster family homes, modifying provisions for foster children's Medicaid eligibility, and including Indian tribes as eligible for such payments. Provides for Safe Children, Strong Families Programs, which revise and combine currently separate part B title IV SSA programs for child and family services and for promoting safe and stable families. Provides such part B grant allotment funds for States and Indian tribes to improve protection for children and strengthen families. Continues grants for State court improvement of adoption and foster care proceedings, and for programs mentoring children of prisoners. Establishes challenge grants to reward efforts to move children safely from foster care and prevent the removal of children from their homes. Revises child welfare waiver authority to eliminate various limitations, and to extend such authority to approve demonstration projects. Extends and increases amounts of high performance bonuses, under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency determinations of blindness and disability, under Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2004

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005 - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (6) chemical demilitarization construction, defense; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts. Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000. Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies in the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States. Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, before issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the congressional defense committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments, and the extent and likelihood of Federal liability) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private party under the contract involved in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided under the contract; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure for missile defense studies of any funds appropriated for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program. Extends the due date for a findings report from the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States to the President and Congress. Directs the Secretary of the Army, upon determining that any portion of certain real property at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, is excess to the needs of the Army, to first offer such property to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the National Forest System.

Military Construction Appropriations and Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2005

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2004

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005 - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (6) defense-wide chemical demilitarization construction; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts. Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000. Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account. Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States. Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union. Prohibits NATO Security Investment funds from being used for conducting missile defense studies. Designates the fitness center at Homestead Air Base, Florida, as the Sam Johnson Fitness Center.

Public Housing Community Service Incentive Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2004

Public Housing Community Service Incentive Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide that each adult resident of a public housing project who performs eight hours per month of community service (not including political activities) within the community of his or her residence shall receive priority consideration for participation in any economic self-sufficiency programs sponsored by the public housing agency that administers the public housing project in which the adult resides.

To provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement for a resident of a public housing project.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2004

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to include among the exemptions from the public housing community service requirement a resident who: (1) is 60 years or older (currently 62 years or older); (2) is in her third trimester of pregnancy; (3) is a parent or guardian of a child under the age of five and resides with the child; (4) has reported being the victim of domestic violence to a local law enforcement agency on at least one occasion during the previous 12 months and such agency has not found that the individual's report is without merit; (5) is unemployed and resides with a child under the age of 14 and the individual's spouse, who is employed full-time; (6) provides more than 20 hours per week of unpaid childcare to a child with respect to whom the individual is not a parent or guardian; or (7) is eligible to receive food stamps.

Dennis C. Shea, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Alberto Faustino Trevino, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 24 June 2004

Romolo A. Bernardi, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Alphonso R. Jackson, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 24 June 2004

Cathy M. MacFarlane, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Diane Leneghan Tomb, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 24 June 2004

Displacement Prevention Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2004

Displacement Prevention Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide grants to maintain the affordability of low- and moderate-income housing to: (1) property owners for property rehabilitation; (2) nonprofit organizations for multifamily property acquisitions; and (3) owners of covered multifamily properties in strong rental markets. Sets forth eligibility provisions, including extension of affordability restrictions. Prioritizes property assistance based upon the: (1) termination date of Federal assistance; (2) number of low-income residents; and (3) extent to which owner assurances of affordability restrictions will exceed periods provided for by this Act. Directs the Secretary to make enhanced housing vouchers (under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937) available to eligible families upon the termination date of an assisted multifamily housing project. Defines such families as: (1) a low-income family; (2) a moderate-income elderly or disabled family; or (3) a family residing in a low vacancy area. Requires the owner of an assisted multifamily housing project who intends to alter or terminate affordability restrictions to notify the Secretary, appropriate State and local entities, and each tenant. Stipulates that failure to so notify shall prevent the owner from tenant eviction or rent increase until one year after provision of such notification. Requires specified compliance reviews.

Homeownership Opportunities for Native Americans Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2004

Homeownership Opportunities for Native Americans Act of 2004 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to require Federal guarantees for tribal housing activities to guarantee repayment of 95 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due on the notes or other obligations guaranteed.

Energy Independence Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2004

Energy Independence Act of 2004 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a renewable fuel program for motor vehicle fuel sold or dispensed in the contiguous United States. Authorizes the Administrator to allow participation by noncontiguous States. Prohibits the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a fuel additive. Requires Federal agency fleet vehicles to be clean fuel vehicles. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC) to expand business tax credits (credits) for electricity produced from renewable resources. Authorizes pro rata allocation of the small ethanol producer credit to patrons of cooperative organizations. Establishes a business credit for energy efficient appliances. Repeals the retail excise tax on diesel fuel for diesel-powered trains. Reduces the excise tax rate on fuel used in inland waterways transportation. Provides a business credit for construction of energy efficient homes and a personal credit for energy efficiency improvements to existing homes. Sets forth special rules applicable to the business credit for renewable electricity production. Establishes a credit against manufacturers excise taxes for alcohol fuel and biodiesel mixtures. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify date restrictions applicable to additional duties on certain fuels. Amends the IRC to extend the alcohol fuels business credit. Establishes a general business credit for biodiesel fuels. Expands the qualified small-issue bond program. Establishes a personal credit for alternative motor vehicles. Establishes a business credit for engines complying with specified emissions levels.