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HR 790 109th Congress House

Public Housing Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2005

Official title: To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Introduced: February 14, 2005 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development AuthorizationCrime and Law EnforcementCrime preventionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development
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Drug abuseDrug abuse preventionDrug abuse treatmentDrugs and youthEconomics and Public FinanceFamiliesFederal aid to housingGovernment Operations and PoliticsHousing subsidiesJuvenile delinquencyLow-income housingPublic housingResidential rehabilitationSchool-age child careSecurity measuresSocial WelfareViolenceYouth services
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 21, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Feb 14, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Feb 14, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 21, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Public Housing Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for the assisted housing drug elimination program.

Limits activities for programs designed to reduce drug use in and around assisted low-income housing to: (1) providing drug abuse treatment through rehabilitation or relapse prevention; (2) providing education about the dangers and consequences of drug use or violent crime; (3) identifying drug users, and assisting drug use discontinuance through education or treatment programs; (4) providing after school youth activities; and (5) providing capital improvements and security services to discourage or eliminate drug use or violent crime.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 12 Independent 1
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 19, 2006
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jun 28, 2005
BAIRD, BRIAN
· Mar 14, 2005
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 14, 2005
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Feb 14, 2005
Davis, Artur
· Feb 14, 2005
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 14, 2005
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· Feb 14, 2005
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 14, 2005
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 14, 2005
Meek, Kendrick
· Feb 14, 2005
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 14, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 14, 2005
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 14, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 14, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 14, 2005
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 14, 2005
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 14, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 790: Public Housing Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-790/
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"H.R. 790: Public Housing Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-790/.
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H.R. 790, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-790/.
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