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HR 4231 109th Congress House Housing and Community Development Affordable housing Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Housing finance Housing subsidies Nonprofit organizations Secondary mortgage market Social Welfare State laws Voter registration

To ensure that any affordable housing assistance program of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac allows participation by nonprofit organizations that engage in voter registration activities required under State…

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To ensure that any affordable housing assistance program of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac allows participation by nonprofit organizations that engage in voter registration activities required under State law.

Introduced: November 4, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jan 5, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Nov 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Nov 4, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes an exception to certain eligibility requirements of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) under any law or regulation with respect to a grant or other financial assistance program for nonprofit organizations to carry out affordable housing or public infrastructure development activities.

Makes inapplicable to such a nonprofit organization any law, regulation, or restriction making it ineligible for such grants or assistance, or limiting its eligibility, based on the organization's engaging in voter registration activities, to the extent that the organization is required under state law to engage in such activity.

What's happening now January 5, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Dec 8, 2005
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Nov 4, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4231: To ensure that any affordable housing assistance program of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac allows participation by nonprofit organizations that engage in voter registration activities required under State law.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4231/
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"H.R. 4231: To ensure that any affordable housing assistance program of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac allows participation by nonprofit organizations that engage in voter registration activities required under State law.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4231/.
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H.R. 4231, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4231/.
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