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HCONRES 285 109th Congress House Housing and Community Development Alabama Building laws Emergency Management Floods Government Operations and Politics Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Louisiana Mississippi State laws

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama should adopt comprehensive, modern, and uniform statewide building codes.

Introduced: October 27, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Oct 28, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Oct 27, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 27, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9332)
Oct 27, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) following the tragedies of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama should adopt comprehensive, modern, and uniform statewide building codes establishing minimum standards for the construction and maintenance of buildings and other structures to mitigate against future disasters, increase public safety, and enhance such states' rebuilding; and (2) such standards should be at least as comprehensive as the International Code Council's model building standards and codes.

What's happening now October 28, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
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Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Nov 9, 2005
BOEHNER, JOHN
· Nov 4, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 285: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama should adopt comprehensive, modern, and uniform statewide building codes.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-285/
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"H. Con. Res. 285: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama should adopt comprehensive, modern, and uniform statewide building codes.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-285/.
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H. Con. Res. 285, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-285/.
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[H. Con. Res. 285: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama should adopt comprehensive, modern, and uniform statewide building codes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-285/)
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