H.R. 5555: Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-06-17 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-06-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act

Plain summary

Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act - Includes as a veteran, for purposes of eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the surviving spouse of a veteran whose death was not a result of willful misconduct, and at the time of death was in receipt of or entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling if: (1) the disability was so rated for ten or more years preceding death; (2) the disability was so rated for at least five years since the veteran's discharge or release from active duty; or (3) the veteran was a former prisoner of war who died after September 30, 1999, and the disability was so rated for at least one year preceding death.

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Official text

Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] · 34 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5555.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5555 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111