H.R. 5653: CDBG Grant Return Act of 2014
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H.R. 5653: CDBG Grant Return Act of 2014
113th Congress · introduced 2014-09-18 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-09-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
CDBG Grant Return Act of 2014
Plain summary
CDBG Grant Return Act of 2014 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize any metropolitan city, urban county, local government, Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives amounts from a community development block grant (CDBG), at its sole discretion, to return to the Treasury any or all of such amounts. Allows each entity, at its discretion, to retain and use for any purpose up to 10% of such returned funds. Requires the returned funds to be covered into the Treasury General Fund. Prohibits them from being reallocated, redistributed, or otherwise made available under the Act.
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Official text
CDBG Grant Return Act of 2014
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr5653.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr5653 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113