H.R. 2398: Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-30 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 15 (2020): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2398 (2020-01-13), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020

Plain summary

Veteran Housing Opportunities and Unemployment Support Extension Act of 2020 or the Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020 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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Official text

Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] · 24 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: 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 (2019-05-29); CBO cost estimate: 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... (2019-11-20)

Cosponsors on this site

Mike Levin (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Juan Vargas (D-CA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

House roll call 15 (2020): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2398 (2020-01-13): Passed

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr2398.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2398 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116