Return Home to Housing Act
Latest action · Jul 19, 2022 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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.
- IntroducedOct 15, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Return Home to Housing Act
This bill increases the maximum rate of per diem payments provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to entities (i.e., grant recipients or authorized entities) that furnish services and transitional housing to homeless veterans.
Cosponsors 46
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 15, 2021 to Dec 14, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Oct 15, 2021 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Oct 15, 2021 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Oct 15, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 22, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Oct 25, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 12, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jan 10, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | May 18, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 17, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jul 19, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Aug 2, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Aug 26, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Sep 19, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Oct 28, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Oct 31, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Nov 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Dec 6, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 6, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Dec 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Dec 14, 2022 |
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 Oct 15, 2021Markup Jul 19, 2022 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Oct 25, 2021Discharged Jul 18, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 19, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 18, 2022Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
- Oct 25, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Oct 15, 2021Introduced in House
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 30, 2022H.R. 5606, Return Home to Housing ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 181, October 15, 2021, page H5639.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-869 | OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS141 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Jul 19, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 491 | Return Home to Housing Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 14, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the rate of per diem payments provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to grantees that provide services to homeless veterans.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Return Home to Housing 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.
- Oct 15, 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.
