HCONRES 98 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Expressing the sense of the Congress that homelessness in America should be eliminated.

Introduced Nov 19, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Alma S. Adams D-NC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 19, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedNov 19, 2015
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress regarding:

  • elimination of homelessness by 2020;
  • expanded funding for the Section 8 rental housing voucher program;
  • substantial additional funding to the National Housing Trust Fund;
  • increased funding for job training and related programs;
  • a federal "housing first" policy linking housing with supportive services for persons with special needs; and
  • permanent housing connected to employment, transportation, and job training programs for American families and individuals.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2015 to Apr 29, 2016, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalNov 19, 2015
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalNov 19, 2015
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalNov 19, 2015
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalNov 19, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalNov 19, 2015
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalNov 19, 2015
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalNov 19, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalNov 19, 2015
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalNov 19, 2015
D-CAJulia BrownleyDec 2, 2015
D-CATed LieuDec 2, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuDec 3, 2015
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeDec 8, 2015
D-WAAdam SmithFeb 4, 2016
D-MAJames P. McGovernFeb 4, 2016
Show all 16 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 19, 2015Introduced in House
  2. Nov 19, 2015Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  3. Nov 19, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 19, 2015Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.