Rep. Shri Thanedar

Maddy summaryThe Keeping Housing Affordable in Forgotten Communities Act creates a pilot program to preserve affordable housing in communities historically divided by infrastructure like highways. It requires projects involving the removal or retrofitting of such infrastructure to include planning for long-term affordability through tools like community land trusts, shared equity programs, or housing cooperatives that maintain affordability for low- and moderate-income residents for at least 30 years. The program mandates preventing displacement and requires funding recipients to report on housing costs, demographic changes, and partnerships with affordable housing organizations. A joint report on the program’s effectiveness must be submitted to Congress by January 1, 2027.

Maddy summaryHRES 904 is a House resolution supporting World AIDS Day goals. It encourages efforts to achieve zero new HIV transmissions, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths by 2030, while commending existing programs like PEPFAR and the Ryan White CARE Act. The resolution also supports continued funding for HIV prevention, treatment, and research, with specific focus on communities disproportionately affected by HIV in the U.S. and globally. As a symbolic statement, it does not create new laws or allocate funds.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends existing law to expand substance abuse treatment services for children, adolescents, and young adults to explicitly include suicide prevention. It broadens eligibility for funding to include pediatric specialists, children’s hospitals, emergency departments, and Indian Health Service programs. The bill requires grantees to provide parents or guardians with counseling on preventing overdose/suicide and supplies to reduce access to lethal means (like medications or firearms). It mandates a minimum of $2 million annually in federal grants for these suicide and overdose prevention programs, effective 2024-2028.

This bill establishes the Digital Literacy and Equity Commission to conduct a study on digital literacy and equity, including the state of digital literacy and information literacy in the United States.

Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to honor Marshall "Major" Taylor, a pioneering Black cyclist who broke racial barriers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It recognizes his athletic achievements, including world records and international championship wins, as well as his advocacy for equality in sports. The medal, designed by the Treasury Secretary, will be presented to Taylor's great-granddaughter, Karen Donovan, following the congressional authorization. As a commemorative act with no policy changes, it serves solely to honor Taylor's legacy as a trailblazer and role model.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new tax credit for individuals and businesses that invest in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), which provide financial services to underserved communities. Taxpayers can claim a credit equal to 3% of their investment for the first 10 investments, and 4% for subsequent investments, claimed annually over 20 years (the original investment date plus 19 anniversary dates). The total annual credit amount is capped at $1 billion in 2023, increasing to $2 billion in 2024 and beyond, with the Treasury Secretary allocating credits to CDFIs based on financial performance, ability to attract private capital, and other criteria. This policy change aims to encourage private investment in CDFIs that serve low-income communities and small businesses.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to update funding authorization language and renumber sections. It removes a specific dollar amount for fiscal year 2010 from section 208 and deletes section 209, redesignating section 210 as section 209. The changes are procedural, adjusting how the law references funding and section numbering within the existing framework. The bill directly affects the Interagency Council on Homelessness and programs administered under the McKinney-Vento Act, but does not create new funding or alter program requirements.

Maddy summaryThe Poverty Line Act of 2023 updates how the federal poverty line is calculated to better reflect current costs of basic needs. It requires annual revisions using detailed data on food, housing (adjusted for regional Fair Market Rents), childcare, and health costs (including premiums and out-of-pocket expenses), with adjustments for household size and geographic location. This revised line will directly affect households applying for federal assistance programs like SNAP, Medicaid, and housing subsidies, as it determines eligibility thresholds. The bill mandates regional poverty line variants and a public lookup tool, with implementation beginning three years after enactment. The changes aim to align the poverty measure with actual household spending patterns rather than the current methodology.

Maddy summaryThe Inclusive Democracy Act of 2023 protects voting rights for people with criminal convictions in federal elections, ensuring they can register and vote while incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. It requires states to notify individuals about their voting rights at key points (during conviction, on probation/parole, and in carceral settings), and mandates carceral settings to provide voter registration forms, absentee ballot applications, and voting information. The bill establishes procedures for transmitting registration and ballot applications with expedited processing near election deadlines, requires states to accept applications and ballots postmarked within 2 days of deadlines, and prohibits prosecution for voting in non-federal elections when registered for federal elections. The law applies to federal elections starting with the 2024 general election.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require lenders to collect and report data on loans to LGBTQI-owned businesses. It specifically adds "LGBTQI-owned" to existing categories for data collection, includes sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status as protected characteristics in lending data, and defines an "LGBTQI-owned business" as one where over 50% of ownership/control and net profit/loss accrues to self-identifying LGBTQI individuals. The policy change directly affects financial institutions that report lending data to the government, mandating they track and disclose these new categories. This provides concrete data on lending practices for LGBTQI business owners, who face documented barriers in accessing credit.