To authorize States to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program of the Department of the Treasury to demolish blighted structures, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-655
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2013-02-13
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government trust funds

Housing and community development funding

Housing finance and home ownership
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> Authorizes a state or state agency to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program to demolish blighted structures.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 655 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2013 Mr. Joyce (for himself, Ms. Fudge , and Ms. Kaptur ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To authorize States to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program of the Department of the Treasury to demolish blighted structures, and for other purposes.

1. Use of Hardest Hit Fund amounts for demolition activities Notwithstanding any provision of title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ( 12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq. ), any regulation, guidance, order, or other directive of the Secretary of the Treasury, or any agreement (or amendment thereto) entered into under the Hardest Hit Fund program of the Secretary under such title I, any amounts of assistance that have been, or are, allocated for or provided to a State or State agency through the Hardest Hit Fund program may be used, without limitation, to demolish blighted structures.