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Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 — H.R. 7301, legislative history
Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 — Legislative History — 3 court filings in the archive from U.S. Congress, filed between June 24, 2020 and July 1, 2020.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. Congress |
|---|---|
| Filings | 3 public filings |
| Filed | 2020-06-24 – 2020-07-01 |
Case summary
This page collects three printings of H.R. 7301 of the 116th Congress, 2d Session, a bill to prevent evictions, foreclosures and unsafe housing conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, cited as the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020. Ms. Waters introduced it on June 24, 2020 and it was referred to the Committee on Financial Services and, in part, to the Committee on the Judiciary. Title I covers emergency rental assistance, a Homeowner Assistance Fund, protections from evictions and foreclosures, liquidity for mortgage servicers, rural rental assistance, public housing and section 8 funding, fair housing and housing counselling. Title II covers homeless assistance funding and an emergency rental assistance voucher program. The Senate receipt print is dated June 30, 2020.
Case at a glance
| Parties | Issuing body: the U.S. Congress. The introduced print names Ms. Waters as the sponsor |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | Legislative documents, no docket. H.R. 7301, 116th Congress, 2d Session; prints IH (June 24, 2020), RDS (received in the Senate June 30, 2020) and EH, which the archive lists under July 1, 2020 |
| Program | Not a relief program named in the pandemic lending sense. The bill would authorize emergency rental assistance through the Emergency Solutions Grants program, a Homeowner Assistance Fund, rural rental assistance and public and assisted housing funding, all tied to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Section 104 refers to a pledge or grant of security interest of the Federal Reserve under section 4003(a) of the CARES Act |
| Claims | Not applicable. These are three printings of a bill, not pleadings |
| Disposition or status | The three documents carry the bill only as far as receipt in the Senate on June 30, 2020. No further action appears in the filings on this page |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read |
What would the bill have appropriated?
Section 101 authorizes $100,000,000,000 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for grants under the Emergency Solutions Grants program, to be used for short- or medium-term assistance with rent and rent-related costs. Section 102 authorizes $75,000,000,000 for the Homeowner Assistance Fund.
What else does Title I fund?
Section 105 authorizes $309,000,000 for rural rental assistance for fiscal year 2020, and section 106 authorizes $2,000,000,000 for the Public Housing Operating Fund and $3,000,000,000 for tenant-based section 8 rental assistance, of which not more than $500,000,000 may be used for administrative fees.
Do the three prints differ?
Not in short title or table of contents, which are identical across the three. The introduced print carries the sponsor and referral line, the Senate print the receipt line, and the engrossed print begins with the words "AN ACT".
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
3 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- Bill text (introduced) — H.R. 7301, Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020
- Bill text (received Senate) — H.R. 7301, Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 (2020-06-30)
- Bill text (engrossed House) — H.R. 7301, Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 (2020-07-01)
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.