Record Number of House Sponsors for CHIA

As of June 23rd, the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act (CHIA) [H.R.1547/S.781] has 228 sponsors in the House and 31 in the Senate, which represents a record number of sponsors for the bill in the House. The April Congressional visits by fraternity and sorority leaders resulted in picking up 30 new sponsors, and that number is expected to grow throughout the early summer as more than 40 former House and Senate sponsors of the bill have not yet re-sponsored the 2009-10 version. In fact, counting former sponsors, almost 250 current members of the House have sponsored CHIA at some point.

With Your Help, We Raised $1 Million Over PAC’s Lifetime

When Greek women and men work together, the outcome can be substantial and long lasting. We hosted another successful event in Washington, D.C., in April, with 300 people attending from across the country alongside 28 members of Congress, and we look forward to a new rotation of leadership and progress.

As the first woman president of our political action committee, I’d like to note the accomplishments of all who have raised money, put in the equivalent value of their time and testimony, and continue to work on passage of the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act (CHIA).

As of this writing, we have 228 CHIA sponsors in the House—beating our all-time high of support from December 2008. We have 31 sponsors in the Senate. And the work is still ongoing with our members gaining the local support of our final and critical numbers for passage.