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S. 1619 (111th)

Livable Communities Act of 2009

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Introduced

6 August 2009

Last action

19 December 2010 · Reported

Status

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

Sponsors

Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]

Subjects

Environment, Housing, Energy, Transport

Source updated

14 January 2025

Environment · Housing · Energy · Transport

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

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  • Reported to Senate (text)

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