Congressman Hinojosa introduced this legislation to increase funding for the Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED) program. This program provides funding and information to communities that support innovative affordable housing and economic development activities in rural communities.

Congressman Hinojosa introduced legislation to increase resources available to community-based housing development organizations to develop affordable housing projects and programs in rural areas.

The Rural Rental Housing Act aims to improve housing conditions for low-income residents in Rural communities.

This legislation will authorize $50 million for a matching grant program at the National Science Foundation that will leverage federal, state, local, and private resources to re-invigorate high school laboratories in high need and rural school districts.

Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) and fellow Members of Congress are working to stop the proposed closure by USDA of 30 percent of the more than 2,300 Farm Service Agencies field offices in the U.S. Hinojosa, House Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) and House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) jointly introduced legislation, H.R. 3974, which will prohibit any local or county FSA office closings at least until 2007, when the next Farm Bill will take effect.