HR 8607 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

VA Housing Loan Forever Act of 2024

Latest action · Jun 12, 2024 Subcommittee Hearings Held

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 4, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 4, 2024 to Oct 29, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalJun 4, 2024
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezJun 11, 2024
D-NCAlma S. AdamsJun 11, 2024
D-INAndré CarsonJun 11, 2024
D-CABarbara LeeJun 11, 2024
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonJun 11, 2024
D-MIDebbie DingellJun 11, 2024
D-WIGwen MooreJun 11, 2024
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.Jun 11, 2024
D-CAJim CostaJun 11, 2024
D-ILNikki BudzinskiJun 11, 2024
D-MIRashida TlaibJun 11, 2024
D-TXColin Z. AllredJun 13, 2024
D-ILDelia C. RamirezJun 13, 2024
D-CAScott H. PetersJun 13, 2024
D-MIShri ThanedarJun 13, 2024
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettJun 13, 2024
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyJun 13, 2024
D-MDKweisi MfumeJun 28, 2024
D-KSSharice DavidsJun 28, 2024
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickJun 28, 2024
D-ILDanny K. DavisAug 2, 2024
D-LATroy A. CarterAug 23, 2024
D-CAJimmy PanettaOct 22, 2024
D-CAJudy ChuOct 29, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 4, 2024
Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
Referred Jun 10, 2024Hearings Jun 12, 2024

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 12, 2024Subcommittee Hearings Held
  2. Jun 10, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
  3. Jun 4, 2024Introduced in House
  4. Jun 4, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H6004Delia C. Ramirez D-ILNov 14, 2024

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: VA Housing Loan Benefits

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 95, June 4, 2024, page H3656.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

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 make certain legatees of certain veterans eligible for housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
VA Housing Loan Forever Act of 2024

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 4, 2024Introduced in House

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