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Good afternoon. As the Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, I am here to explain the CJS bill and ask that you provide an appropriate rule for its consideration.
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The senators announced that Senators Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), all members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined the bill as cosponsors.
Assembly Bill A-4 would, among other things, eliminate the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) and clarify the methodology for calculating municipal fair share obligation. The 70-page bill was introduced and announced in a press conference on Monday, with the text made publicly available on Tuesday afternoon.