S. 606 — A bill to prohibit the owners and operators of federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped from restricting the ownership of pets by the tenants of such housing.

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Prohibits federally assisted rental housing projects for the elderly and handicapped from forbidding tenants to have pets or discriminating against persons having pets.

Permits a project authority to require the removal of a pet that constitutes a threat to the health or safety of project occupants or other persons in the community.

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S. 1338Housing and Community Development Act of 1983
1983-11-30Similar Provisions Contained in H.R.3959.
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H.R. 1373A bill to prohibit the owners and operators of federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped from restricting the ownership of pets by the tenants of such housing.
1983-03-01Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
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1983-02-28
Introduced in Senate
1983-02-28
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
1983-03-09
Committee on Banking requested executive comment from HUD, Agriculture Department.
1983-04-13
Committee on Banking. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1338 ordered to be reported.

A bill to prohibit the owners and operators of federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped from restricting the ownership of pets by the tenants of such housing.

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