A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.
Sponsor and status
110th Congress (2007–2009)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Jul 30, 2008
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on July 30, 2008.
18 Cosponsors (18 Democrats)
History
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Jul 30, 2007
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Aug 4, 2007
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Rules Change —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 615 (110th). |
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Aug 4, 2007
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
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Feb 28, 2008
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Failed Cloture in the Senate
The Senate must often vote to end debate before voting on a bill, called a cloture vote. The vote on cloture failed. This is often considered a filibuster. The Senate may try again. |
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Apr 10, 2008
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Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
The Senate passed the bill with changes not in the House version and sent it back to the House to approve the changes. |
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Apr 17, 2008
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Passed the Senate with an Amendment. |
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May 7, 2008
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Rules Change —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 1175 (110th). |
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May 13, 2008
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Passed the House with an Amendment. |
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Jun 25, 2008
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Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
The Senate passed the bill with changes not in the House version and sent it back to the House to approve the changes. |
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Jul 16, 2008
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Passed the Senate with an Amendment 2. |
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Jul 23, 2008
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Passed the House with an Amendment 2. |
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Jul 28, 2008
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Passed Congress. |
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Jul 30, 2008
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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H.R. 3221 (110th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 3221. This is the one from the 110th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress, which met from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 3, 2009. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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