S. 811: American Dream Downpayment Act

108th Congress · introduced 2003-04-08 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-186.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-04-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 108-186. (final step reached)
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Official title

American Dream Downpayment Act

Plain summary

American Dream Downpayment Act - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to participating jurisdictions for downpayment assistance to low-income, first-time home buyers; and (2) make the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 inapplicable to such assistance.

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Official text

American Dream Downpayment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] · 9 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 811, A bill to support certain housing proposals in the fiscal year 2003 budget for the federal government, including the downpayment assistance initiative under the HOME Investment Partnership Act (2003-10-22); CBO cost estimate: S. 811, A bill to support certain housing proposals in the fiscal year 2003 budget for the federal government, including the downpayment assistance initiative under the HOME Investment Partnership Act (2003-10-22)

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Mike Crapo (R-ID), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s811.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s811 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108