Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-4461
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building laws
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Local laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: 
Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants, on a competitive basis and with federal matching funds, to qualified local building code enforcement departments to increase staffing, provide staff training, increase staff competence and professional qualifications, support individual certification or departmental accreditation, or for capital expenditures specifically dedicated to department administration.
 
Sets forth criteria for rating and ranking of grant proposals.
 


action_date: 2008-07-09
text: 
Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award $1 million grants, on a competitive basis and with federal matching funds, to qualified local building code enforcement departments to increase staffing, provide staff training, increase staff competence and professional qualifications, support individual certification or departmental accreditation, or for capital expenditures specifically dedicated to department administration.
 
Allows the Secretary to waive specified non-federal matching fund requirements and to institute new ones, by regulation, based upon the level of economic distress of the local jurisdiction in which the local building code enforcement department seeking such grant is located.
 
Sets forth criteria for rating and ranking of grant proposals.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6266-6268)
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6266-6268)
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4461.
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6266-6269)
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Mr. Moore (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity Discharged.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Introduced in House