H.R. 5845: To authorize 700 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to help meet the housing needs of low-income families in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

H.R. 5845: To authorize 700 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to help meet the housing needs of low-income families in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-22 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To authorize 700 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to help meet the housing needs of low-income families in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to: (1) provide 700 incremental vouchers to the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation in FY2011 for tenant-based rental housing assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and (2) renew such vouchers in each ensuing fiscal year.

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To authorize 700 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to help meet the housing needs of low-income families in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · 0 cosponsors

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5845.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5845 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111