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H.R. 5671 (114th)

Urban Progress Act of 2016

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Introduced

7 July 2016

Last action

30 August 2016 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Sponsors

Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2], Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43], Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8], Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12], Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6], Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1], David Scott, Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]

Subjects

Housing, Taxation

Source updated

12 August 2025

Housing · Taxation

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Summary

Urban Progress Act of 2016 This bill provides support (e.g. grant programs or tax credits) for: the Rental Assistance Demonstration program that improves public housing, qualified ex-felons and employers who hire them, economically disadvantaged communities, a training program for workers, a program for providing eligible youth with summer employment opportunities, a plan to reduce the number of children living in poverty, benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for children who attend summer school, families that have children and are under 150% of the poverty line, a process to expunge and seal certain youth criminal records, an effort in preventing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity, and a program for increasing the racial diversity of law enforcement agencies. The bill also addresses gun violence, including by: (1) making trafficking in firearms a crime, (2) establishing firearm prohibitions for certain high-risk individuals, (3) establishing background check requirements, and (4) requiring gun owners to report a lost or stolen firearm to Department of Justice and local law enforcement authorities within 48 hours of discovery.

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Timeline

  1. 7 July 2016

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 7 July 2016

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 7 July 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 7 July 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 20 July 2016

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

    Source: Committee

  6. 30 August 2016

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

    Source: Committee

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