H.R. 3389: Housing Homeless Veterans Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-25 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Housing Homeless Veterans Act of 2017

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Housing Homeless Veterans Act of 201 7 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in making Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing (VASH) program funds available among public-housing agencies (PHAs) for rental voucher assistance for homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders, to give priority to PHAs that: (1) serve areas having the highest numbers of homeless veterans, and (2) have fully utilized their available HUD-VASH funds for the preceding fiscal year and have demonstrated need for such incremental assistance. HUD shall: (1) recapture from a PHA certain unused HUD-VASH assistance, and (2) reallocate recaptured amounts to PHAs that have used their entire allocations of HUD-VASH assistance.

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Housing Homeless Veterans Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3389.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3389 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115