HR 2398 · 116th Congress · Housing and Community Development

Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020

Introduced 2019-04-30· Sponsored by Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]· House

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.(2020-01-14)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2020-01-13

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Yea 362Nay 31

Democrats

215 Yea·0 Nay

Republicans

146 Yea·31 Nay

PassedHouse · 2020-01-13

Roll #15 ↗

Yea 362Nay 31

Democrats

215 Yea·0 Nay

Republicans

146 Yea·31 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] This bill expands eligibility for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing (VASH) rental voucher assistance to homeless veterans honorably discharged or released from active military, naval, or air service regardless of length of service. According to federal regulations, HUD was granted authority in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to waive or provide an alternative for the current requirement that HUD-VASH assistance be targeted to homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 2398, a bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs

May 29, 2019

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2019

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Nov 20, 2019

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 14, 2019