Update: House Approval of HUD Appropriations Bill—Finally Yes, After 12 Hour Debate.

The House took up consideration of the HUD/Transportation bill around 8:20 A.M. Pacific Time on Tuesday July 24th. The debate on the bill, including consideration of 42 amendments, continued for another 12 hours before the bill was finally approved.

The full THOMAS information on the bill, including all amendments is here)

In addition to the two HUD related amendments discussed in yesterdays article (here) there were a number of additional HUD related amendments that were defeated or withdrawn. These included an increase in Public Housing operating subsidies by $20 million; elimination of funding for the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program; an increase in Brownfields funding by $1 million; an increase in funding for Fair Housing by $5.82 million; an increase of Lead Hazard Control funding by $10 million; elimination of earmark projects in Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin, California, Alabama, and Texas; prohibition of the use of funds to implement or enforce the requirement under section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937[this was a public housing community service exemption provision]; reduction in funding by $3.2 billion, by $507.67 million, and by $253.69 million; prohibition of the use of FHA funds for a housing trust fund; prohibition of the use of funds to implement Davis Bacon provisions.

HUD related amendments that were approved included an increase of HOME funding by $6.76 million; prohibition from the use of funds to implement proposed rules published on Friday, May 11, 2007, relating to FHA standards for mortgagor's investment in mortgaged property; prohibition of the use of funds to provide homeownership assistance for applicants, or to employ workers as described in 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).