Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019
Latest action. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019
This bill authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs.
Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding for
public housing agencies to maintain and improve public housing buildings;
states and communities to reduce the risk of flood damage to housing;
very low-income residents to improve and modernize rural housing;
Indian tribes to develop housing and housing services;
nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions to conduct activities related to affordable housing and economic development;
state housing finance agencies to provide supportive housing for individuals with disabilities;
private nonprofit organizations to provide supportive housing for the elderly; and
states, counties, and cities to develop and preserve affordable housing.
The bill also requires that specified portions of funding made available under the bill be used for water and energy efficiency.
In administering such funding made available under the bill, the relevant federal agencies must consult with grantees and recipients and meet with state and local government officials for the purpose of recommending and promoting funding opportunities and initiatives to include minority and women's business enterprises in such grant activities.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on November 21, 2019. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on November 21, 2019: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 116th Congress (2019-20), 344 of the 14,345 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.4 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced it on November 21, 2019, and 2 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 2 Democrats.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on November 21, 2019, 2485 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2485 days ago, on November 21, 2019.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 116th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2021 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers