Housing

Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) and the Secretaries of each military department to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes each department Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense and each military department for fiscal years after 2002 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of authorized construction projects. Modifies certain prior-year construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2002 for such Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2002 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Terminates all authorizations contained in this Act on October 1, 2005, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2006, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes: (1) agreements with private entities to enhance military training, testing, and operations; (2) the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; and (3) specified military land conveyances.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from the recapture provisions of the low-income housing credit for certain recipients of Federal multi-family housing loans.

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2002

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an exemption from the recapture provisions of the low-income housing credit when the disposition of a building is made by a taxpayer who received a federal multi-family housing loan and the disposition is to a tax-exempt organization which will continue to operate the building as a qualified low-income building.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include in the criteria for selecting any project for the low-income housing credit whether such project has high-speed Internet infrastructure.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2002

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the criteria for selecting a project for the low-income housing credit to require such criteria to include infrastructure permitting the use of high-speed Internet technology in each residential unit.

Safety and Self-Sufficiency Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002

Safety and Self-Sufficiency Act of 2002 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to change from discretionary to mandatory certification by its chief executive officer that a State has established and is enforcing standards and procedures addressing domestic and sexual violence. Revises current requirements for such standards and procedures, adding new ones for caseworker training and optional use of qualified professionals. Requires the initial assessment for individual responsibility plans to cover potential barriers to employment, including domestic or sexual violence, mental or physical health, learning disability, substance abuse, English as a second language, or insufficient housing, transportation or child care. Requires a State, before imposing a noncompliance sanction or penalty against an individual, to: (1) consider specifically whether the individual has been subjected to domestic or sexual violence; and (2) if such violence is identified, make a reasonable effort to modify or waive program requirements or prohibitions, and offer the individual referral to voluntary services. Prohibits imposition of sanctions or penalties if domestic or sexual violence is a significant contributing factor to the individual's noncompliance. Allows a State to: (1) count survivors of domestic or sexual violence as being engaged in work for work participation rates; and (2) exclude such survivors from the 20 percent limitation on the hardship exception to normal termination of TANF after five years. Sets a penalty for State noncompliance with the requirements of this Act at five percent of the State family assistance grant.

Alberto Faustino Trevino, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Susan M. Wachter, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 29 April 2002

FHA Downpayment Simplification Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002

FHA Downpayment Simplification Act of 2002 - Amends the National Housing Act to revise downpayment requirements for mortgage insurance eligibility.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 2003 for: (1) armed forces procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases, as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military retirement and survivor benefit matters; (2) military health care; (3) acquisition policy and management, including the authority to waive domestic source or content requirements; (4) DOD organization and management, including the designation of departmental accountable officials; (5) DOD budget and financial matters; (6) the repeal of various DOD reporting requirements; (7) the conduct of an Arctic and Western Pacific military environmental cooperation program; (8) expansion of a military readiness and range preservation initiative; (9) the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; and (10) agreements with private organizations to address encroachment and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations. Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for military construction and military family housing.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to guarantee adjustable rate mortgages, to authorize the guarantee of hybrid adjustable rate mortgages, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to guarantee adjustable rate mortgages for veterans eligible for housing loan benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (replaces provisions that directed the Secretary to carry out a demonstration project to guaranty loans in a manner similar to the manner in which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development insured adjustable rate mortgages under the National Housing Act). Includes within such guaranteed mortgages hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (mortgages whose interest rates are adjusted after as few as three years) which do not correspond to a specified national interest rate index approved by the Secretary.

Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002

Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2002, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date. Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) the staffing and level of extended care services provided nationally in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities during any fiscal year are not less than that provided during FY 1998 (current law), excluding nursing home care; and (2) the average daily census of veterans in Department nursing homes, in community nursing homes pursuant to contract, and in State nursing homes for which the Secretary pays per diem to States for such care is not less in total than in FY 1998.

Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY 2003 for: (1) armed forces procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) the payment of distribution incentive pay for service in less-than-desirable locations or in difficult-to-fill positions; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military spouse, retirement, and survivor benefit matters; (2) military health care; (3) acquisition policy and management, including the authority to waive domestic source or content requirements; (4) Department of Defense (DOD) organization and management, including the designation of departmental accountable officials; (5) general contracting and acquisition procedures and limitations; (6) the repeal of various DOD reporting requirements; (7) FY 2003 military construction and military family housing, including alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of such housing; (8) the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; and (9) the authority to carry out environmental response projects necessitated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.

To extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002

Amends the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 to extend, through FY 2006, the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program which provides for admission into the United States each fiscal year of up to 4,000 young disadvantaged aliens from designated counties in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland suffering from sectarian violence and high unemployment for the purpose of developing job skills and conflict resolution in a diverse and peaceful environment so that they can return to their homes better able to contribute toward economic regeneration and the Irish peace process.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain overseas pay of members of the Armed Forces of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income compensation for "covered service" in the U.S. military. Defines "covered service" as service outside the United States in a permanent change of station for which travel, transportation, and housing of dependents at Government expense would generally not be authorized under policies of the Secretary concerned, except in the case of service in such an assignment for which such travel, transportation, and housing is actually authorized as an exception to the applicable policy.

Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002

Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that the parsonage allowance exclusion from gross income cannot exceed the fair rental value of the home, including furnishings and appurtenances such as a garage, plus the cost of utilities. Sets forth effective date provisions.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under the Native American Housing Loan Pilot Program to veterans who are married to Native Americans.

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002

Extends the eligibility for direct housing loans made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under the Native American housing loan pilot program to veterans who are married to Native Americans.

American Dream Downpayment Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002

American Dream Downpayment Act - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to participating jurisdictions for downpayment assistance to low-income, first-time home buyers; and (2) make the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 inapplicable to such assistance. Amends the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations for the self-help housing provider program. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize appropriations for the public housing agency grant program for project demolition, revitalization, and replacement, and tenant-based assistance. Extends the program sunset date to September 30, 2003.

Welfare Reform and Housing Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002

Welfare Reform and Housing Act - Amends title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to authorize States to use State Family Assistance Grants to provide: (1) supplemental housing benefits to, or on behalf of, an individual to reduce or reimburse the individual's costs for housing accommodations; and (2) grants, loans, or other payments for the costs of minor rehabilitation of housing owned or rented by TANF-eligible individuals. Requires State plans to describe: (1) the primary problems that families receiving assistance and families who have recently ceased receiving assistance experience in securing and retaining adequate affordable housing; and (2) the methods adopted to identify and remedy barriers to work posed by living arrangements, housing costs, and housing locations. Requires an individual responsibility plan to include housing-related benefits or services the State or other entities will provide to overcome those barriers. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development jointly to: (1) develop a uniform data collection and matching protocol to determine the type of subsidized housing received by families receiving assistance and federally- or State-funded housing benefits; and (2) award grants for the conduct and evaluation of demonstrations of different models to provide housing with services. Requires participating States to enter into cooperation agreements with public housing agencies for economic self-sufficiency activities. Authorizes States to invite private owners of federally assisted housing to participate in cooperation agreements. Authorizes the Secretary to make housing assistance available for certain qualified aliens, including battered aliens or their children.

Affordable Housing Improvements Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002

Affordable Housing Improvements Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to transfer unused section 8 rental assistance amounts for use under the HOME investment partnerships and public housing Capital Fund programs. Limits such funds' availability to18 months. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act respecting HOME investment program use of such funds to: (1) require use within the jurisdiction of the recipient public housing agency; and (2) target specified income-based families for rental and homeownership assistance.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located immediately adjacent to qualified census tracts.

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an increased low-income housing credit for property which is contiguous to a qualified census tract and which meets qualified allocation plan criteria.

Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2002

Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that the parsonage allowance exclusion from gross income cannot exceed the fair rental value of the home, including furnishings and appurtenances such as a garage, plus the cost of utilities.

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act Amendments of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2002

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act Amendments of 2002 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) reauthorize State family assistance grants and provide for their annual adjustment; (2) revise contingency fund requirements; (3) provide for bonuses for States that reduce child poverty; (4) repeal authority for Federal loans for State welfare programs; (5) replace the caseload reduction credit with employment credit to reward States in which families leave welfare for work; (5) increase guaranteed funding for child care; (6) authorize States to establish a parents as scholars program; (7) modify requirements with respect to vocational educational training and other preemployment activities; (8) eliminate the separate work participation rate for two parent families; (9) prohibit State imposition of stricter eligibility criteria for two-parent families; (10) establish grants to States for programs encouraging two-parent families and reducing teenage pregnancies; (11) require a child well-being plan as part of the individual responsibility plan; (12) exclude victims of domestic violence from the 20 percent limitation on hardship exception; (13) provide for continuation of certain pre-TANF waivers for States that elect to continue to operate under such a waiver; (14) authorize States to cover legal immigrants under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP); (15) establish grants for second chance homes; and (16) authorize transfer of TANF funds to carry out an access to jobs or a reverse commute project. Restores SCHIP funding for the social services block grant. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and of Labor to award grants for projects related to promoting business linkages and providing for transitional jobs programs. Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to award grants to improve the coordination of support programs for low-income families and noncustodial parents; and (2) a State to use a family assistance grant for wage subsidies or other benefits or services to a family with an individual participating in certain work activities and meeting other specified requirements. Amends SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to authorize States to align foster care and adoption assistance eligibility with TANF eligibility. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to exclude State TANF assistance from the five year waiting period for legal immigrants. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to revise and extend the transitional medical assistance (TMA) program. Prohibits use of TANF funds to displace public employees.

A bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida, after Franklin D. Miller.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2002

Designates the building housing the regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Petersburg, Florida, as the Franklin D. Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office Building. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, on the first Memorial Day after such designation, to provide for an appropriate ceremony to honor Franklin D. Miller and to commemorate the designation.

Rural Health Care Facility Improvement Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2002

Rural Health Care Facility Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a loan guarantee program for rural health facilities. Defines rural health facility to include the following facilities found in rural areas: health clinics, critical access hospitals, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, health centers, federally qualified health centers, and nursing homes. Covers the purchase of new and the repair of existing infrastructure and technology. Sets forth loan limits. Entitles the United States to subrogation and makes such loan guarantees incontestable. Authorizes the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to prevent a default, subject to the requirements of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. Permits the Secretary to foreclose, as specified.

Border Economic Recovery Act for Health and the Environment

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2002

Border Economic Recovery Act for Health and the Environment - Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to authorize appropriations. Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 with respect to funding for State-furnished emergency health services for undocumented aliens in the United States-Mexico border area ("border area"). Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, with respect to the special supplemental nutrition program, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize partnerships for increased coordination of food and nutrition assistance for residents of colonias in the border area. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase funding for grants and loans for water and waste facilities in communities whose residents face significant health risks. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to selected colleges in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to provide community resource centers to serve colonias. Amends the Public Health Service Act with respect to funding of: (1) tuberculosis prevention activities in the border area; and (2) interdisciplinary, community-based linkages and centers addressing unmet health care needs in such area and in the State of Florida. Authorizes funding for the Border Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (concerning youth substance abuse prevention in the border area). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make awards of grants or cooperative agreements to: (1) conduct cancer screenings in the border area and report diagnosis information to the appropriate State cancer registry; (2) expand a diabetes study; and (3) support community-based sexually transmitted disease control programs. Provides funding for the Department of HUD's Healthy Homes Initiative, reserving specified amounts for border area activities. Provides funding for: (1) the Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative; (2) the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy; (3) environmental infrastructure projects carried out by the International Boundary and Water Commission (and requires a long-range water supply strategic plan); (4) the U.S. contribution to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation; (5) innovative water conservation programs; (6) the International Consortium for the Environment established at Brooks Air Force Base; (7) the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission for environmental infrastructure projects; and (8) grants for high-priority projects carried out through the North American Development Bank's Border Environmental Infrastructure Fund.

Airline Workers and Victims of Terrorism Mortgage Relief Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2002

Airline Workers and Victims of Terrorism Mortgage Relief Act of 2002 - Establishes a moratorium on foreclosure of certain Federal Housing Administration single-family mortgages for borrowers affected by the events of September 11, 2001. Extends eligibility to air carrier and aircraft manufacturer employees who are involuntarily separated after such date.

Uniform Securities Disclosure Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2002

Uniform Securities Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act, respectively, to extend Federal securities registration and reporting requirements to specified mortgage-backed and other housing-related securities, and subordinate obligations under such Acts.

Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2002

Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out demonstration programs to provide: (1) intergenerational family housing in connection with the supportive housing program; and (2) section 8 rental assistance to grandparent-headed or relative-headed covered families. Makes such covered families eligible for the following programs: (1) family unification assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937; (2) cottage housing opportunity units under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; and (3) fair housing initiatives program education, and outreach under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to provide Department of Housing and Urban Development personnel with training respecting covered family issues.

Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 2002

Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002 - Amends specified housing-related Acts with respect to: (1) home investment partnerships; (2) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance for single and multifamily housing, and health care facilities; (3) supportive housing for elderly and disabled families; (4) section 8 rental housing assistance; (5) public housing; (6) Hope VI revitalization assistance; (7) homeless housing programs; (8) Native American housing; (9) housing impact analysis; (10) community development block grants; (11) housing counseling programs; (13) housing opportunities for persons with AIDS; and (14) Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) guarantee fees.

Community Economic Development Expertise Enhancement Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 2002

Community Economic Development Expertise Enhancement Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to increase the capacity and expertise of qualifying community-based economic development organizations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an assessment of such organizations' capability needs; and (2) establish the Advisory Council on Community Economic Development. Directs the President to include with each annual budget request a report regarding Federal financial support for community economic development.

To repeal limitations under the Home Investment Partnerships Act on the percentage of the operating budget of an organization receiving assistance under such Act that may be funded under such Act.

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2002

Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, with respect to housing education and organizational support assistance and other support for State and local housing strategies, to repeal the limitation of an affordable housing contract under such support programs to 20 percent of a contracting organization's operating budget.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the eligibility of certain expenses for the low-income housing credit.

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2002

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include associated development costs in the basis of any building which is part of a low-income housing project when calculating the low-income housing credit.

Healthcare Accessibility for Seniors Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2002

Healthcare Accessibility for Seniors Act of 2002 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that, in order for States to receive payment under Medicaid, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other managed care plans providing medical assistance to Medicaid beneficiaries must provide in their contracts with the State for payment of specifically authorized services by certain health centers in Federally-assisted housing for the elderly. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a clearinghouse through which interested parties may receive information and technical assistance on the establishment and operation of such centers. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for grants to public and nonprofit private entities for health centers in Federally-assisted housing for the elderly.

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2002

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to revise requirements for child abuse prevention and treatment grants, with special emphasis on: (1) community-based organizations; (2) linkages between child protective services agencies and health care, mental health care, and developmental services; and (3) children with disabilities or serious health-related problems who are victims of abuse or neglect. Amends the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 with respect to infant abandonment prevention grants and family support programs for child abuse and neglect prevention. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to research and report to the appropriate congressional committees about adoption outcomes and the factors affecting them. Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to: (1) revise requirements for State demonstration grants; (2) authorize an extended duration of a national domestic violence hotline grant; and (3) extend the authorization of appropriations for demonstration grants for community initiatives and for transitional housing assistance grants.

Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2002

Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the renewable electricity production tax credit to include credits for electricity produced from biomass, swine and bovine waste nutrients, geothermal energy, and solar energy. Provides alternative vehicle and fuel incentives, including credits for installation of alternative fueling stations and the retail sale of alternative fuels as motor vehicle fuel, modification of the credit for qualified electric vehicles, extending the deduction for certain refueling property, and allowing the alcohol fuels credit to be transferred and to be used against motor fuels taxes. Sets forth certain conservation and energy efficiency provisions such as credits for the construction of new energy efficient homes, the installation of energy efficient appliances, combined heat and power system properties, and energy efficiency improvements to existing homes. Establishes a three-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices. Establishes clean coal incentives, including credits for emission reductions, efficiency improvements in existing coal-based generation facilities, and investment in qualifying advanced clean coal technology. Revises oil and gas provisions, including establishing a credit for the production of oil and gas from marginal wells, permitting the expensing of capital costs incurred in complying with EPA sulfur regulations, establishing an environmental tax credit, extending the marginal production income limit, and treating natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property. Sets forth electric utility restructuring provisions.

11 Ms O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his estimate of the number of applicants on local authority housing lists at the latest date for which figures are available; the amount by which he estimates the number of applicants has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; the number of local authority houses completed during 2000 and 2001; the number of voluntary sector houses completed in 2000 and 2001; when the next assessment of housing needs will be undertaken; when the results will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6977/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2002

11 Ms O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his estimate of the number of applicants on local authority housing lists at the latest date for which figures are available; the amount by which he estimates the number of applicants has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; the number of local authority houses completed during 2000 and 2001; the number of voluntary sector houses completed in 2000 and 2001; when the next assessment of housing needs will be undertaken; when the results will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6977/02]

8 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will extend the scope of the essential repair grant scheme to enable persons under 65 years of age with physical or mental disabilities and who are on social welfare payments to qualify for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6350/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2002

8 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will extend the scope of the essential repair grant scheme to enable persons under 65 years of age with physical or mental disabilities and who are on social welfare payments to qualify for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6350/02]

4 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authority housing completions during 2000, 2001 and the projected number in 2002; the total number of persons on local authority housing lists at the latest date for which figures are available; the steps being taken to reduce the numbers on the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7290/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2002

4 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authority housing completions during 2000, 2001 and the projected number in 2002; the total number of persons on local authority housing lists at the latest date for which figures are available; the steps being taken to reduce the numbers on the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7290/02]

A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to exclude certain basic allowances for housing of a member of a uniformed service from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals of a child of the member.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2002

Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to exclude for a two-year period certain basic housing allowances of a member of the uniformed services from determination of the eligibility of the member's child for free and reduced price meals.

Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices Reduction Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2002

Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices Reduction Act - Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to prohibit any person, in connection with a subprime federally mortgage related loan, from providing mortgage lending services or mortgage brokerage services unless such person is certified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as having been adequately trained with regard to subprime lending. Amends the Truth in Lending Act to set forth lender requirements for high cost mortgages known as a "best practices plan". Proscribes unfair or deceptive acts or practices in providing mortgage lending services for either a subprime federally related mortgage loan or for mortgage brokerage services for such a loan. Sets forth civil penalties for violations. Consumer Fairness Act - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to declare unenforceable a written provision in any consumer contract or transaction which requires binding arbitration to resolve any controversy arising out of such transaction or contract, or to refuse to perform all or any part of the transaction. (Permits post-controversy arbitration agreements.) Amends the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to authorize the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to make grants to nonprofit community development corporations to educate borrowers and community groups regarding illegal and inappropriate predatory lending practices.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the management of health care services for veterans, shall place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 2002

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as of October 2, 2002, to give a higher priority in the provision of hospital care and medical services under the veterans' patient enrollment system to veterans who are eligible for treatment as a low-income family under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the area in which the veterans reside, regardless of whether such veterans are otherwise treated as single person families or families under such Act.

proposition de loi relative à l'instauration, pour le vendeur d'un bien immobilier par acte passé sous seing privé, d'un droit de rétractation

France · Senate · 19 February 2002

Shop Grant Extension Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2002

Shop Grant Extension Act - Amends the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, with respect to grants made available to self-help housing providers for FY 1998, to provide a 48-month period before funds are subject to recapture based upon failure to use the funds, or to fulfill grant terms.

Home at Last Tax Credit Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2002

Home at Last Tax Credit of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a credit to promote homeownership among low-income individuals purchasing homes in a census tract targeted for reinvestment and redevelopment by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Provides that the dollar amount of home at last tax credits received by each qualified State shall be equal to the population of the State multiplied by 40 cents, multiplied by 10, plus the unused home at last tax credit dollar amount of the state for the preceding calendar year or years. Provides for a cost-of-living adjustment. Defines a "qualified home at last loan" as a first mortgage single-family residential loan funded by a qualified lender to finance the purchase or construction or purchase and construction of a residence by a qualified borrower (meeting residence and income requirements) which has a lower-than-market interest rate as a result of a lender rate "buydown", but only if the loan, among other things: (1) does not exceed 105 percent of the purchase price of the residence; and (2) results in a monthly housing expense-to-income ratio with respect to such residence of not more than 33 percent at the time of closing. Requires annual reports from each State housing finance agency which allocates any home at last tax credit amount to any qualified lender. Prohibits carryback of home at last tax credits before the effective date.

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims' Housing Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2002

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims' Housing Act - Increases a specified authorization of appropriations under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to be used to provide housing assistance for individuals or families victimized by domestic violence, stalking, or adult or child sexual assault.

To provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2002

Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 to revise the (rental) reimbursement levels for expiring project-based section 8 contracts. (Eliminates the existing reimbursement based upon the lesser of adjusted existing, fair market, or market rents for expiring moderate rehabilitation project contracts.)

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to include an outlying county in a metropolitan statistical area if the county meets certain requirements.

United States · United States Congress · 12 February 2002

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in determining a metropolitan statistical area, to include an outlying county in the area if: (1) between 15 and 20 percent of the outlying county's employed residents are employed in the central county or counties of the area; (2) between 15 and 25 percent of individuals employed in the outlying county reside in such central county or counties; and (3) the outlying county has combined with such central county or counties as part of a metropolitan planning organization or is part of a regional area designated by a Federal agency for purposes of providing funds.

CARE Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2002

Charity Aid, Recovery, and Empowerment Act of 2002 (CARE Act of 2002) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, concerning charitable giving, to, among other things: (1) allow a charitable giving deduction to individuals not itemizing; (2) permit tax free distributions from IRA accounts for charitable purposes; and (3) increase the cap on corporate charitable contributions. Sets forth provisions concerning the treatment of nongovernmental providers of social services. Provides expedited procedures for obtaining tax exempt status. Provides financial for support nongovernmental community based organizations for, among other things: (1) grant writing, legal, program development, and management assistance; (2) capacity building; and (3) delivering assistance. Amends Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provisions of the Social Security Act (SSA) to restore State authority to transfer up to ten percent of TANF funds to carry out State programs under SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services). Amends title XX to restore funds to States and territories for FY 2003 and 2004. Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to provide for maternity group homes and evaluation of such homes. Savings for Working Families Act of 2002 - Permits a qualified financial institution, qualified nonprofit organization, or Indian tribe to establish one or more qualified individual development account programs. Defines such an account as an account established for an eligible individual (income based) as part of a qualified individual development account program (matched individual and entity savings accounts for qualifying educational, first-time home purchase, or business expenses). Provides matching funds through a tax credit.

Public Safety Ex-Offender Self-Sufficiency Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2002

Public Safety Ex-Offender Self-Sufficiency Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, as general business credit, a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit for housing provided to qualified ex-offenders in a qualified ex-offender residential building providing a required ex-offender support services program.

To revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance for homeless individual and families.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2002

Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to limit the amount of a grant (pursuant to the Notice of Funding Availability for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs for FY 2001) to the Liberty Center for the Homeless Incorporated. States that if an award has been made in excess of such amount prior to enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall modify the award and distribute such excess to other applicants from the Jacksonville, Florida, Continuum of Care in the order listed in the project priority list.

proposition de loi tendant à permettre aux communes dotées d'une carte communale d'exercer leur droit de préemption

France · Senate · 6 February 2002

Living Wage, Jobs For All Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2002

A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act - Declares that the Congress affirms the basic economic rights and responsibilities under the 1944 "Economic Bill of Rights," while updating and extending it to include: (1) certain rights to decent jobs, income security for individuals unable to work for pay, a decent living for farm families, freedom from monopolies, decent housing, adequate health services, social security in old age, sickness, accidental injury, and unemployment, and education and work training; and (2) certain other rights relating to collective bargaining, a safe working environment, information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting and campaigning, and personal security. Requires corporations registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose fully in annual reports the impact of their activities in the United States and other countries on environmental quality and on the rights of other stakeholders, including employees, consumers, and communities. Requires each State, as a condition of Federal grants and contracts, also to require all State-chartered corporations to submit such annual reports. Directs the Attorney General to establish a computerized registration program of all corporations found guilty of violating a Federal or State law. Authorizes the President to deny Federal contracts, loans, or loan guarantees to non-compliant corporations. Requires Federal agencies and commissions, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to help establish and maintain conditions under which all adult Americans may freely exercise the economic rights specified in 1944 and in this Act. Prohibits Federal agencies or commissions from promoting recession, stagnation, or unemployment to reduce wages or inflation. Directs the President to establish a full employment framework for the annual budget submitted to the Congress that meets specified goals for: (1) quality of life and environment; (2) responsible, sustainable growth; (3) unemployment reduction; and (4) human rights. Requires the Joint Economic Committee to oversee actions under this Act and submit an annual Concurrent Resolution on Economic Policy setting forth its proposed employment goals.