Livable Communities Act of 2009

Summary

Livable Communities Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC). Establishes in the executive branch an independent Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities. Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make comprehensive planning grants and sustainability challenge grants to eligible entities (partnerships between a consortium of units of general local government and an eligible partner, which may be a metropolitan planning organization, a rural planning organization, a regional council, or a state). Requires the use of a comprehensive planning grant to carry out a project to: (1) coordinate land use, housing, transportation, and infrastructure planning processes across jurisdictions and agencies; (2) identify potential regional partnerships for developing and implementing a comprehensive regional plan; (3) conduct or update housing, infrastructure, transportation, energy, and environmental assessments to determine regional needs and promote sustainable development; (4) develop or update a comprehensive regional plan or goals and strategies to implement an existing comprehensive regional plan; and (5) implement local zoning and other code changes necessary to implement a comprehensive regional plan and promote sustainable development. Requires the use of a sustainability challenge grant to: (1) promote integrated transportation, housing, energy, and economic development activities carried out across policy and governmental jurisdictions; (2) promote sustainable and location-efficient development; and (3) implement projects identified in a comprehensive regional plan. Directs the OSHC Director to study and report to specified congressional committees on incentives for encouraging lenders to make, and homebuyers and homeowners to participate in, energy-efficient mortgages and location-efficient mortgages.

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Timeline

1. 6 August 2009

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 August 2009

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9017-9018)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 August 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 9 June 2010

   Committee

   Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

5. 3 August 2010

   Reported

   Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

6. 19 December 2010

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.

   Source: Calendars

7. 19 December 2010

   Reported

   Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Dodd with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

   Source: Committee

8. 19 December 2010

   Reported

   Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Dodd with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Reported to Senate · 19 December 2010 · Official file
• Introduced in Senate · 6 August 2009 · Official file

Documents

6 official files

• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 19 December 2010

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 19 December 2010

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 19 December 2010

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 August 2009

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 August 2009

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 August 2009

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Sponsors

• Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
• Michael Bennet · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] · D · Sponsor
• Charles Schumer · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · ID · Cosponsor
• Ron Wyden · D · Cosponsor
• Kirsten Gillibrand · D · Cosponsor
• John Reed · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
• Mark Warner · D · Cosponsor
• Richard Durbin · D · Cosponsor
• Bernie Sanders · I · Cosponsor
• Jeanne Shaheen · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssbk00 · Standing

Related records

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