Keeping Families Together Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2763
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2019-05-15
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Housing and community development funding

Immigration status and procedures

Low- and moderate-income housing

Public housing
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 154.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from implementing, administering, enforcing, or in any manner making effective the proposed rule titled <i>Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status</i>, issued on May 10, 2019, or any final rule based substantially on such proposed rule.</p> <p>The rule requires that every member of a household receiving HUD housing assistance must be a U.S. citizen or noncitizen with eligible immigration status.</p>

action_date: 2019-09-06
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Keeping Families Together Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from implementing, administering, enforcing, or in any manner making effective the proposed rule titled <i>Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status</i>, issued on May 10, 2019, or any final rule based substantially on such proposed rule.</p> <p>The rule requires that every member of a household receiving HUD housing assistance must be a U.S. citizen or noncitizen with eligible immigration status.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2763 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2019 Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Escobar , and Mr. Correa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from implementing certain rules.

1. Prohibition The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not implement, administer, enforce, or in any manner make effective the proposed rule entitled Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status , issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on May 10, 2019 (Docket No. FR–6124–P–01), or any final rule based substantially on such proposed rule.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 154 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2763 [Report No. 116–196] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2019 Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Escobar , and Mr. Correa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services September 6, 2019 Additional sponsors: Ms. Pressley , Mrs. Trahan , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Schiff , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Roybal-Allard , and Mr. DeSaulnier September 6, 2019 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 15, 2019 A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from implementing certain rules.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping Families Together Act of 2019 . 2. Prohibition The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not implement, administer, enforce, or in any manner make effective the proposed rule entitled Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status , issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on May 10, 2019 (Docket No. FR–6124–P–01), or any final rule based substantially on such proposed rule.

September 6, 2019 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed