H.R. 1359: Temporary CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2011
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H.R. 1359: Temporary CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-04 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Temporary CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2011
Plain summary
Temporary CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise requirements for activities eligible for community development block grant (CDBG) assistance. Increases from 15% to 25% the limitation on the amount of CDBG assistance that may be used to provide public services (e.g., those concerned with employment, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, energy conservation, welfare or recreation needs) for FY2011-FY2012 to any local government that, based on information of the U.S. Bureau of the Census for 2009, has a population of between 250,000 and 800,000, has a land area of less than 75 square miles, and among cities having a population exceeding 250,000 ranks among the 25 having the highest poverty rates.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Temporary CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] · 4 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1359.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1359 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112