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Changing the Face of Greek Life
The Phi Kappa Psi Foundation invites you to get involved today and support the needed change that will make a lasting improvement on the Greek life experience. The United States Congress is considering a bill in the House of Representatives and the Senate that would allow fraternities and sororities to build and maintain housing just like colleges and universities. Your support is needed to help these laws gain traction!
We encourage members and partners to contact Congress to urge support of the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2007 |
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(H.R. 643/S. 638).
This Act would allow educational foundations to use tax-deductible charitable contributions to make grants to local house corporations; these grants can be used for improvements to an existing facility or for building a new facility. Passage of the Act would be a major benefit for fraternity and sorority housing nationwide, as it would make it easier to raise funds needed for critical safety enhancements and for other infrastructure improvements needed to sustain Greek housing.
An earlier version of the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act passed the House of Representatives in 2003 as part of a larger bill, but it failed to pass the Senate for political reasons. When Congress ended its work in 2005, the bill had 151 House sponsors and 28 Senate sponsors, but we have to start all over again in 2007. As of March 7, 2007, we have 29 sponsors in the House and 9 sponsors in the Senate. A complete list of current sponsors can be found at on the Capital Fraternal Caucus website at www.fraternalcaucus.org.
Often, senators and representatives sign onto legislation because their constituents contact them and ask for support through emails, phone calls or letters. Your involvement is vital to this legislation's success and participation is easy!
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Log on to the Capital Fraternal Caucus website at www.fraternalcaucus.org and register. This process is simple and provides general information on your Greek affiliation. |
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After registering, visit the "Legislation" link and click on "Write Your Legislators". The system will guide you through the steps and will populate form letter fields with your respective Congressional delegation. |
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