US Congress Senate Bill 766 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Introduced on April 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain requirements for consideration as a rural area with respect to assistance for farm housing. Declares that any area classified as "rural" or a "rural area" before October 1, 1990, and determined not to be one as a result of data received from or after the 2010 decennial census, and any area deemed to be a "rural area" for purposes of the Act under any other provision of law at any time between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2010, shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2020, if that area has a population of between 10,000 and 35,000 (currently, between 10,000 and 25,000), is rural in character, and has a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower and moderate-income families.

A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.

Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

SB10 (Related) 2013-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S48-156)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/766/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s766/BILLS-113s766is.pdf