Housing Our Heroes Act
Latest action · Dec 3, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 5, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Housing Our Heroes Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to begin a three-year pilot grant program to assess the feasibility of awarding grants to eligible entities to purchase and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Eligible entities are: (1) veterans service agencies and organizations, (2) homeless organizations, and (3) other nongovernmental organizations.
The Veterans Homelessness Grant Fund is established in the Treasury.
The VA shall give grant priority to communities with the greatest need of homeless services, and may give grant priority to achieve geographic grant distribution.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 5, 2015 to Dec 7, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Original | Nov 5, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jan 28, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Feb 1, 2016 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Feb 4, 2016 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 3, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Mar 3, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Dec 7, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 5, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 3, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 5, 2015Introduced in House
- Nov 5, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 165, November 5, 2015, page H8154.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6062 | SERVICE Act | Related bill | Oct 19, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot grant program to acquire and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Housing Our Heroes Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2015Introduced in House
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 bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
