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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5831. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5823 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself and Ms. Warren)) to the bill H.R. 6644, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 806. ADDITIONAL REPORTS.
(a) Annual Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for not less
than 10 years, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall issue a report that measures and tracks the
affordability of housing in the United States, which shall
include comprehensive analysis on housing affordability for
middle income homeowners, using the metric of annual housing
costs as not more than 30 percent of gross income for the
definition of affordability.
(b) GAO Report on Outcomes.—Not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, and again not later than 5
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall issue a report
on the outcomes of this Act and the amendments made by this
Act, including how this Act—
(1) affected housing supply outcomes in the period covered
by the report, including whether—
(A) the Act directly increased the production of single-
family housing units;
(B) permit issuance rates materially different; and
(C) approval times for new privately-owned residential
construction permits changed;
(2) affected affordability and the housing market during
the period covered by the report, including—
(A) a decomposition of the drivers of homeownership
affordability that were directly affected by this Act;
(B) whether median home prices decreased, and if so, by how
much;
(C) whether the Act directly caused an increase in
construction of single-family homes;
(D) any house price to income ratio changes that can be
directly attributed to the Act; and
(E) whether homeownership of single-family homes became
more attainable after the enactment of the Act as compared to
before the enactment of the Act; and
(3) affected Federal expenditures, including—
(A) the total Federal outlays under each title of the Act
during the period covered by the report;
(B) whether expenditures were duplicative of existing
programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, the Department of Agriculture, or the Federal
Housing Finance Agency; and
(C) whether the Act increased Federal outlays or increased
the Federal deficit during the period covered by the report.