H.R. 6276: Public Housing Disaster Relief Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-06-17 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-06-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cazayoux, Donald J., Jr. [D-LA-6] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Public Housing Disaster Relief Act of 2008

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Public Housing Disaster Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development set-aside up to 2% of annual appropriations to provide assistance for emergencies and other disasters, and housing needs resulting from any litigation settlement, including a specified allocation to the Operation Safe Home program, administered by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for law enforcement efforts to combat violent crime on or near the premises of public and federally assisted housing. (Currently such funds may be used for emergency assistance for any eligible use under the Operating Fund or the Capital Fund, or for tenant-based assistance).

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Official text

Public Housing Disaster Relief Act of 2008

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cazayoux, Donald J., Jr. [D-LA-6] · 8 cosponsors

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Maxine Waters (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr6276.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6276 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110