Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1909
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-07-30
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Geography and mapping

Government information and archives

Housing and community development funding

Housing discrimination

Housing supply and affordability

Racial and ethnic relations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to:</p> <ul> <li> implement, administer, or enforce the final rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled &quot;Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing&quot; (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 [July 16, 2015]); or</li> <li> design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing. </li></ul>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1909 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 30, 2015 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Vitter , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Enzi , Mr. Sessions , and Mr. Rubio ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To protect communities from destructive Federal overreach by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2015 . 2. Prohibition on use of Federal funds (a) HUD rule Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)). (b) Federal database Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a Federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing.