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S. 1203

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 1203, the Housing Vouchers Fairness Act, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 31, 2025 by Sen. Ruben Gallego (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, and last saw action on Mar 31, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Record

Text

S. 1203 has 4 co-sponsors.

sb1203/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S1203 IS: Housing Vouchers Fairness Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-31
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1203  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 31, 2025   Mr. Gallego  (for himself,  Ms. Rosen ,  Ms. Cortez Masto , and  Mr. Kelly ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs    A BILL
To authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for rental vouchers for high population areas, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Housing Vouchers Fairness Act  .
2.
Rental vouchers for high growth population areas
 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 following:
(23)
Rental vouchers for high growth population areas
(A)
In general
The Secretary shall, each year, using amounts appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (B), provide additional assistance in an equitable manner to each eligible public housing agency for tenant-based assistance, based on the population in the area served by the public housing agency, the extent to which existing voucher allocations of the eligible public housing agency do not meet its housing affordability needs, and historical shortfalls in providing assistance to such eligible public housing agency as a result of voucher formula allocations not keeping pace with population growth over the period identified in subparagraph (C)(ii).
(B)
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to Secretary to carry out this paragraph $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, which shall be available for renewals in each fiscal year thereafter until expended.
(C)
Eligible public housing agency defined
For the purposes of this paragraph, the term  eligible public housing agency  means a public housing agency that administers Federal housing assistance for an area that, as determined by the Secretary—
(i)
has a population of greater than 100,000; and
(ii)
is one of 25 areas in the United States that experienced the highest population growth between 2012 to 2022.
 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-03-31
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for rental vouchers for high population areas, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D) sponsors S. 1203, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 1203 went before 1 committee: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Referred To · Mar 31, 2025 · 465 Bills

Actions

S. 1203 has taken 2 actions since Mar 31, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 31, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Mar 31, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 1203 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 1203, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 1203 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Housing Vouchers Fairness Act — Display Title
  • Housing Vouchers Fairness Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for rental vouchers for high population areas, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 26 registered lobbyists who named S. 1203 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Environment/Superfund, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Housing, Immigration.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 26.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ALEXIA SMOKLER114
AUSTIN PEREZ114
BRYAN GREENE114
CAITLIN VANNOY114
COLETTE MASSENGALE114
ELAYNE WEISS114
ERIN STACKLEY114
EVAN LIDDIARD114
HELEN DEVLIN114
JOSEPH HARRIS114
KATHRYN CRENSHAW114
KEISHA WILKINSON114
KEN FEARS114
MATTHEW EMERY114
MATTHEW STROSS114
MYA WALKER114
NAJEE BAILEY114
NIA DUGGINS114
NICOLE LINDLER114
REBECCA WRIGHT114

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS2025 fourth_quarter$15.9M4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS2026 first_quarter$15.5M1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS2026 second_quarter$14.6M2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS2025 third_quarter$11M3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1203 under Housing and Community Development, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1203’s is Housing and Community Development.

s1203/policy-areas.txt
Housing and Community DevelopmentAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com