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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 23, 2002
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937, for purposes of determining low-income housing assistance eligibility based upon median income or income ceilings, to consider Los Alamos County, New Mexico, as: (1) an area separate from the Santa Fe metropolitan statistical area; (2) part of such area with respect to such determinations for those parts of the Santa Fe metropolitan area that does not include Los Alamos County; and (3) a difficult development area for purposes of the low-income housing credit.
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Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] · R–NM
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4707)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4706-4707)
Introduced in Senate
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