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HR 4737 108th Congress House

To provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement for a resident of a public housing project.

Introduced: June 25, 2004 Introduced by: Meeks, Gregory W. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Aug 3, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Jun 25, 2004
Introduced in House
Jun 25, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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 Latest action August 3, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to include among the exemptions from the public housing community service requirement a resident who: (1) is 60 years or older (currently 62 years or older); (2) is in her third trimester of pregnancy; (3) is a parent or guardian of a child under the age of five and resides with the child; (4) has reported being the victim of domestic violence to a local law enforcement agency on at least one occasion during the previous 12 months and such agency has not found that the individual's report is without merit; (5) is unemployed and resides with a child under the age of 14 and the individual's spouse, who is employed full-time; (6) provides more than 20 hours per week of unpaid childcare to a child with respect to whom the individual is not a parent or guardian; or (7) is eligible to receive food stamps.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4737: To provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement for a resident of a public housing project.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4737/
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