Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008

To promote and enhance the operation of local building code enforcement administration across the country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant program.

7/9/2008--Passed House amended. Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award $1 million grants, on a competitive basis and with federal matching funds, to qualified local building code enforcement departments to increase staffing, provide staff training, increase staff competence and professional qualifications, support individual certification or departmental accreditation, or for capital expenditures specifically dedicated to department administration. Allows the Secretary to waive specified non-federal matching fund requirements and to institute new ones, by regulation, based upon the level of economic distress of the local jurisdiction in which the local building code enforcement department seeking such grant is located. Sets forth criteria for rating and ranking of grant proposals. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
• and 24 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Melissa Bean [D, IL-8]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
  • Rep. Nancy Boyda [D, KS-2]
  • Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Thelma Drake [R, VA-2]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
  • Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
  • Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6]
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Committees

• Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
• 2 more
  • House Financial Services
  • House Financial Services
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.4461

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
December 12, 2007		July 09, 2008

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• Jul 10, 2008: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Jul 09, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jul 09, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4461.
• Jul 09, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Jul 09, 2008: Mr. Moore (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Jun 24, 2008: Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity Discharged.
• Added to calendar on Jun 24, 2008: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• Jun 24, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Mar 28, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
• Dec 12, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
• Introduced on Dec 12, 2007.

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June 24, 2008 NAMIC: Legislation to Promote Stronger Buildings Will Save Lives ...

HR 4461, the Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2007, provides $100 million over a five-year period to help local and state authorities ...

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December 14, 2007 Building Code Legislation Seen by NAMIC as ‘Vital’ to Protecting ...

13, 2007) – The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies today urged members of Congress to support HR 4461, the Community Building Code ...

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