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H.R. 2612: Veterans Adapted Housing Expansion Act of 2003

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H.R. 2612: Veterans Adapted Housing Expansion Act of 2003

108th Congress · introduced 2003-06-26 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-06-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Veterans Adapted Housing Expansion Act of 2003

Plain summary

Veterans Adapted Housing Expansion Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide specially adapted housing assistance to veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities due to the loss, or loss of use of, both upper extremities so as to preclude use of the arms at or below the elbows. Requires the Secretary to provide such assistance to veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities if the disability either: (1) is due to blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity or less; or (2) includes the anatomical loss, or loss of use of, both hands.

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Official text

Veterans Adapted Housing Expansion Act of 2003

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] · 16 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Maxine Waters (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr2612 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108