Bills · S 5579
IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS
Senate BillS. 5579
S. 5579: A bill to authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing information, and for other purposes.
The bill’s title describes a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing information.
INTRO SEP 29· LAST ACTION SEP 29
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tl;dr
Grants would help educational institutions study and digitize historic housing records. The details are not available.
LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS
STEP 2 / 8Introduced
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WHAT THE BILL DOES
The proposed grants would support work to analyze, digitize, and map historic housing records. Those activities could affect how such records are studied and made available, but the title alone does not explain what information would be covered or how the program would operate.
KEY PROVISIONS
3PROVISION 01
Would authorize a grant program for educational institutions.
This is the program the bill’s title says it would create authority for; the title gives no funding amount or grant rules.
PROVISION 02
The grants would support analysis of historic records relating to housing information.
This describes one type of work the proposed program would support.
PROVISION 03
The grants would also support digitizing and mapping those records.
These activities could make the records available in digital or mapped forms, though the title does not provide details.
SPONSORSHIP
1 + 1
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YRS IN OFFICE
8
BILLS LED
48
COSPONSOR BREAKDOWNBIPARTISAN · 0%
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ACTION TIMELINE
2 EVENTSSEP 29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SEP 29
Introduced in Senate
BILL INFO
TypeSenate Bill
NumberS 5579
Congress119th
StatusIn Committee
IntroducedSep 29, 2026
Last actionSep 29, 2026
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IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS · BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE · INTRODUCED SEP 29, 2026
Senate BillS. 5579
S. 5579: A bill to authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing information, and for other purposes.
The bill’s title describes a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing information.
INTRODUCED SEP 29, 2026· LAST ACTION SEP 29, 2026
PASSAGE CHANCES
2%
READING
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COSPONSORS
1
COMPLEXITY
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