Tenants’ Right to Organize Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the Internal Revenue Code to promote the establishment of tenant organizations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Government Operations, Housing.
Who Benefits and How
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H2A2C40C7973F4857829751B1BC461323: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tenants’ Right to Organize Act.
- Section H60186FD5632849B9A130B368C21F5A49: 2. Sense of the Congress It is the sense of the Congress that all members of a household receiving tenant-based rental assistance have the right to decent,...
- Section HF8290885C97B4BA7B0017EC70ED25B69: 3. Housing choice voucher tenant organizations Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end the...
- Section HCF0BDD8550A14DBFA43E1F092A23DA68: 4. LIHTC tenant organizations Section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In the case of...
- Section H146524286C1345ACB2E72212841E08CE: 5. Enforcement Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing of the Department of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the Internal Revenue Code to promote the establishment of tenant organizations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Government Operations, Housing
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the Internal Revenue Code to promote the establishment of tenant organizations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Ramirez (for herself, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Casar, …
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition …
Introduced in House
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "secretary_of_housing_and_urban_development"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a family or any member of a family that receives assistance under this section.(iv)Tenant organizer(I)In generalThe term tenant organizer means an individual who—(aa)assists tenants in establishing and operating a legitimate tenant organization
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