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HR 4737 108th Congress House Housing and Community Development Agriculture and Food Caregivers Crime and Law Enforcement Families Family violence Food stamps Labor and Employment Low-income housing Parents Pregnant women Public housing Social Welfare Victims of crimes Welfare recipients Welfare work participation Wife abuse Women

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
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 3, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Jun 25, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jun 25, 2004
Introduced in House
 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.

What's happening now August 3, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

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