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S. 606 (98th)

A bill to prohibit the owners and operators of federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped from restricting the ownership of pets by the tenants of such housing.

reportedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

28 February 1983

Last action

13 April 1983 · Reported

Status

Committee on Banking. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1338 ordered to be reported.

Sponsors

Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL], Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR], Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI], Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT], Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI]

Subjects

Housing

Source updated

14 January 2025

Housing

Summary

Prohibits federally assisted rental housing projects for the elderly and handicapped from forbidding tenants to have pets or discriminating against persons having pets. Permits a project authority to require the removal of a pet that constitutes a threat to the health or safety of project occupants or other persons in the community.

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Timeline

  1. 28 February 1983

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 February 1983

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 9 March 1983

    Committee

    Committee on Banking requested executive comment from HUD, Agriculture Department.

    Source: Committee

  4. 13 April 1983

    Reported

    Committee on Banking. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1338 ordered to be reported.

    Source: Committee

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

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