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HR 6149 109th Congress House

Gulf Coast Housing Accessibility Act of 2006

Official title: To enhance housing and emergency assistance to victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma of 2005, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 21, 2006 Introduced by: Green, Al Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Affordable housingAlabamaDisabledDisaster relief
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Economics and Public FinanceEmergency ManagementFederal aid to housingFederal-local relationsFederal-state relationsFloridaGovernment Operations and PoliticsHome repair and improvementHomelessHousing for the agedHousing for the disabledHousing subsidiesHurricane aftermath legislationHurricanesIncome tax
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 18, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Sep 22, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Sep 21, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, 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.
Sep 21, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 18, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gulf Coast Housing Accessibility Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to allocate additional assistance for project-based housing vouchers for individuals and households located within the disaster areas of Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma of 2005.

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to set forth conditions for providing permanent and semipermanent housing units.

Instructs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) enter into a mission assignment with the Secretary for a transfer of FEMA Disaster Relief Funds into the Disaster Voucher Program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and (2) transfer into the Disaster Voucher Program individuals and households receiving transitional housing, rental, or other related assistance.

Permits such individuals and families to opt-out of such a transfer.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3889 Identical bill Gulf Coast Housing Accessibility Act of 2006
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Sep 27, 2006
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 27, 2006
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 27, 2006
Watson, Diane
· Sep 27, 2006
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Sep 21, 2006
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 21, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6149: Gulf Coast Housing Accessibility Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6149/
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