Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-1905
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2003-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Building construction
Construction costs
Counseling
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to housing
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Indian education
Indian housing
Indian lands
Law
Leases
Libraries
Licenses
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real property
Residential rehabilitation
Rural education
School administration
School districts
School personnel
Secondary education
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: 
Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide funds to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to make grants or loans to a school district located within a qualified community for: (1) construction of new housing units within the community, and the purchase and rehabilitation of existing structures to be used as such; (2) rehabilitation or leasing of housing units within a qualified community and the purchase or lease of real property on which such housing units will be constructed, purchased, or rehabilitated; (3) repayment of a loan used for such purposes or any other activities normally associated with them; and (4) funding of any remaining costs not financed by loans or other sources of funding.
 
Defines qualified community as a home rule or general law city incorporated under the laws of Alaska, or an unincorporated community situated outside the city limits, which: (1) has a population of 6,500 or fewer individuals; (2) is situated within or near a Native Village that includes the Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Islands Reserve, as determined by the Corporation; and (3) is not connected by road (except the Alaska Marine Highway System or a road through Canada) or railroad to the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.
 
Requires occupants of such housing units, with certain exceptions, to be teachers, administrators, other school staff, and members of their households.

action_date: 2004-11-17
text: 
Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide funds to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to make grants or loans to a school district located within a qualified community for: (1) construction of new housing units within the community, and the purchase and rehabilitation of existing structures to be used as such; (2) rehabilitation or leasing of housing units within a qualified community and the purchase or lease of real property on which such housing units will be constructed, purchased, or rehabilitated; (3) repayment of a loan used for such purposes or any other activities normally associated with them; and (4) funding of any remaining costs not financed by loans or other sources of funding.
 
Defines qualified community as a home rule or general law city incorporated under the laws of Alaska, or an unincorporated community situated outside the city limits, which: (1) has a population of 6,500 or fewer individuals; (2) is situated within or near a Native Village that includes the Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Islands Reserve, as determined by the Corporation; and (3) is not connected by road (except the Alaska Marine Highway System or a road through Canada) or railroad to the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.
 
Requires occupants of such housing units, with certain exceptions, to be teachers, administrators, other school staff, and members of their households.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture to carry out this Act from FY 2006 through 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 806.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-414.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-414.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2004-03-16
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held in Anchorage, AK. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-468.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15291-15292)
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15291)
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate