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Bringing America Home Act

Introduced: April 26, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Mar 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Mar 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jan 3, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jan 3, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Nov 16, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 16, 2005
Introduced in House
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Bringing America Home Act - Declares that it is a national goal to fulfill the basic human need of shelter by ending homelessness in the United States.

Establishes in the Treasury the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) incremental rental assistance; (2) housing program funding; (3) rural housing and economic development; and (4) veterans homeless comprehensive services programs.

Federal Homelessness to Housing Mutual Mortgage Association Act - Establishes the Federal Hopelessness to Housing Mutual Mortgage Association (Hollie Mae) which may develop mutual housing (generally, a nonprofit cooperative ownership housing association) that is affordable for low-income individuals and families.

Provides for: (1) use of federal property to assist the homeless; (2) preservation of HOPE VI public housing units; and (3) establishment of an Emergency Rent Relief Fund.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit.

Revises assistance provisions under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, including establishing a continuum of care program.

Expresses the sense of Congress respecting the need to expand Medicaid and keep it affordable to beneficiaries.

Authorizes appropriations, and sets forth program provisions, for mental health, substance abuse, and homelessness programs.

What's happening now March 27, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 12
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Independent 1
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 6, 2006
Davis, Artur
· May 18, 2006
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 9, 2006
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· Apr 26, 2006
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Dec 16, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Dec 6, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 6, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 16, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4347: Bringing America Home Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4347/
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"H.R. 4347: Bringing America Home Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4347/.
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H.R. 4347, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4347/.
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