H.R. 5848: To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Program.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-22 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Program.

Plain summary

Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations for Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, which provide specified services to individuals who: (1) are suffering from serious mental illness, or are suffering from serious mental illness and from substance abuse; and (2) are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Revises the minimum state allotment for such program to be the greater of the amount received by the state in FY2009 or $750,000. (Current law sets forth a minimum allotment of $300,000 per state.) Provides that if funds appropriated are insufficient for all states to receive the minimum allotment, then states shall receive no less than the amount they received in FY2009 with additional money spent to give states the minimum of $750,000.

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To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Program.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] · 4 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] reported raising $248,839 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5848.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5848 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111