Stop Tenant Organizing Promotion Act

Bill: 113-hr-224
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-14
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Executive agency funding and structure

Housing and community development funding

Low- and moderate-income housing

Public housing
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Stop Tenant Organizing Promotion Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from carrying out, supporting, or otherwise providing any assistance to the Tenant Resource Network Program authorized under the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.</p> <p>Amends the Act to repeal the Secretary's authority to provide funding for the Program.</p> <p>Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any funds currently allocated under the Program. Requires the funds to be covered into the General Fund of the Treasury and used only for reducing the federal budget deficit.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 224 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 14, 2013 Mrs. Black introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To terminate the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide assistance under the Tenant Resource Network Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Tenant Organizing Promotion Act . 2. Termination of authority to provide assistance under the Tenant Resource Network Program (a) Termination of authority Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not carry out, support, or otherwise provide any assistance to the Tenant Resource Network Program authorized under section 514(f)(3) of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 ( Public Law 105–65 ; 111 Stat. 1392). (b) Repeal of funding provision for the Tenant Resource Network Program Section 514(f)(3) of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 is repealed. (c) Deficit reduction Any funds made available under section 514(f)(3) of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 that have been allocated for use, but not yet obligated as of the date of the enactment of this Act, for the Tenant Resource Network Program shall not be available for obligation or expenditure under such Program, but should be covered into the General Fund of the Treasury and should be used only for reducing the budget deficit of the Federal Government.