Record Number of House Sponsors for CHIA

Associated Builders and Contractors Endorse 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.

We have learned that the Associated Builders and Contractors, a powerful lobby that is excited about the bill’s potential to jumpstart construction nationwide, has endorsed CHIA. The National Fire Protection Association and Hillel have also expressed their support of CHIA.

We are working closely with our leading supporters in the House and Senate to attach CHIA to any number of larger tax bills moving through Congress this summer.