US Congress House Bill 3970 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-4-1)
Status: Introduced on November 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Housing Our Heroes Act

Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-11-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-11-05	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3970/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3970/BILLS-114hr3970ih.pdf