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S 4062 117th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Geography and mapping Housing supply and affordability Land transfers Land use and conservation Low- and moderate-income housing State and local government operations

HOUSES Act of 2022

Introduced: April 7, 2022 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Jun 7, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-301.
Apr 7, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 7, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Open Underutilized Space to Ensure Shelter Act of 2022 or the HOUSES Act of 2022

This bill authorizes the sale of certain federal land to states and units of local government for projects to provide housing.

Specifically, the bill authorizes a state or unit of local government to nominate, for consideration for conveyance by the Department of the Interior, one or more tracts of public lands within the boundary of the state or unit of local government to carry out an eligible project to provide housing.

Interior may not offer to convey to a unit of local government such a tract until it receives from the governor of the state approval for the conveyance.

Interior may not convey to a state or unit of local government such a tract until the state or unit of local government has in effect any ordinances, statutes, or regulations that are necessary to ensure compliance with the project proposal.

What's happening now June 7, 2022

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-301.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Apr 25, 2022
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Apr 25, 2022
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Apr 7, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4062: HOUSES Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4062/
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"S. 4062: HOUSES Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4062/.
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S. 4062, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4062/.
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