HR 965 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act

Latest action · Feb 11, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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. IntroducedFeb 4, 2025
  2. Passed HouseFeb 10, 2025
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2025 to Feb 10, 2025; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ILBill FosterOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-PADaniel MeuserOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-NEDon BaconOriginalFeb 4, 2025
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalFeb 4, 2025
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalFeb 4, 2025
D-CAMike LevinOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXMonica De La CruzOriginalFeb 4, 2025
D-ILNikki BudzinskiOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalFeb 4, 2025
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalFeb 4, 2025
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalFeb 4, 2025
D-CATed LieuOriginalFeb 4, 2025
D-NCAlma S. AdamsFeb 7, 2025
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderFeb 7, 2025
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioFeb 7, 2025
D-MIDebbie DingellFeb 7, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonFeb 7, 2025
D-RIGabe AmoFeb 7, 2025
D-CAJim CostaFeb 7, 2025
D-OHJoyce BeattyFeb 7, 2025
R-AZJuan CiscomaniFeb 7, 2025
D-WAMarilyn StricklandFeb 7, 2025
D-CAPete AguilarFeb 7, 2025
D-CARobert GarciaFeb 7, 2025
D-CAScott H. PetersFeb 7, 2025
D-RISeth MagazinerFeb 7, 2025
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciFeb 7, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveFeb 7, 2025
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyFeb 7, 2025
D-LATroy A. CarterFeb 7, 2025
D-ORAndrea SalinasFeb 10, 2025
R-FLBrian J. MastFeb 10, 2025
D-NCDonald G. DavisFeb 10, 2025
D-ILEric SorensenFeb 10, 2025
R-CAJay ObernolteFeb 10, 2025
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleFeb 10, 2025
D-CAJudy ChuFeb 10, 2025
D-CALaura FriedmanFeb 10, 2025
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyFeb 10, 2025
D-WAMarie Gluesenkamp PerezFeb 10, 2025
D-FLMaxwell FrostFeb 10, 2025
R-NYMichael LawlerFeb 10, 2025
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánFeb 10, 2025
R-NYNicole MalliotakisFeb 10, 2025
D-PASummer L. LeeFeb 10, 2025
D-NMTeresa Leger FernandezFeb 10, 2025

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Feb 4, 2025
SenateBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Referred Feb 11, 2025

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 11, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  2. Feb 10, 2025Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  3. Feb 10, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H603-605)
  4. Feb 10, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 965.
  5. Feb 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H603)

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 H603–H605Text printed H603Brad Sherman D-CA, J. French Hill R-AR, Juan Vargas D-CA, Monica De La Cruz R-TXFeb 10, 2025

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: The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution; and Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 23, February 4, 2025, page H461.

CRS reports 3

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R48732ROAD to Housing Act of 2025ReportOct 20, 2026
R48849Housing for the 21st Century ActReportOct 20, 2026
R48743Housing Issues in the 119th CongressReportSep 25, 2026

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1415Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans ActRelated billApr 10, 2025
HR 664421st Century ROAD to Housing ActRelated billJul 11, 2026

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude certain disability benefits from income for the purposes of determining eligibility for the supported housing program under section 8(o)(19), and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act
Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude certain disability benefits from income for the purposes of determining eligibility for the supported housing program under section 8(o)(19), and for other purposes.

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 11, 2025Referred in Senate
  2. Feb 10, 2025Engrossed in House
  3. Feb 4, 2025Introduced in House

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