American Public Housing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2695
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2013-07-16
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Executive agency funding and structure

Government lending and loan guarantees

Housing and community development funding

Housing finance and home ownership

Indian social and development programs

Low- and moderate-income housing

Public housing
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>American Public Housing Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt from reduction, under any sequestration ordered by the President, the following Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) accounts:</p> <ul> <li>Choice Neighborhoods Initiative,</li> <li>Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account,</li> <li>Native American Housing Block Grants,</li> <li>Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant,</li> <li>Project-Based Rental Assistance,</li> <li>Public Housing Capital Fund,</li> <li>Public Housing Operating Fund, and</li> <li>Tenant-Based Rental Assistance.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2695 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2013 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Ms. Bass , Ms. Brown of Florida , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Ms. Clarke , Mr. Clay , Ms. Hahn , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Ms. Meng , Ms. Moore , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Norton , Mr. Rangel , Mr. Rush , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Gutiérrez , Mrs. Christensen , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Takano , and Mr. Lewis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from sequestration the public and Indian housing programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Public Housing Act of 2013 . 2. Exemption of public and Indian housing programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development from sequestration Section 255 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by redesignating subsection (j) (relating to the identification of programs) as subsection (l) and by inserting before subsection (l) the following new subsection: (k) Public housing accounts The following accounts for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be exempt from reduction under any order issued under this part: Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account. Native American Housing Block Grants. Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant. Project-Based Rental Assistance. Public Housing Capital Fund. Public Housing Operating Fund. Tenant-Based Rental Assistance. .