Home for the Brave Act of 2021
Latest action · Jul 19, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
- IntroducedJul 19, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Home for the Brave Act of 2021
This bill excludes from income veterans' service-connected disability or death benefits for purposes of determinations made in connection with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's housing assistance programs.
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 19, 2021 to Sep 20, 2022; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Jul 19, 2021 |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Sep 20, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jul 19, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 19, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H3668H.R. 4503–4504 | — | Jul 19, 2021 |
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. 167, no. 126, July 19, 2021, page H3668.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4191 | Home for the Brave Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Aug 16, 2019 |
| HR 6179 | Home for the Brave Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Nov 2, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To exclude from consideration as income under the housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Home for the Brave Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2021Introduced 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.
