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H.R. 95: Homeless Veteran Families Act

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H.R. 95: Homeless Veteran Families Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-03 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 557 (2019): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR95 (2019-10-15), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.

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Official title

Homeless Veteran Families Act

Plain summary

Homeless Veteran Families Act This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs per diem payment calculation for entities furnishing services to homeless veterans to include funding for a minor dependent. The rate for per diem payments is the daily cost of care as estimated by the grant recipient or eligible entity. This bill would expand the per diem payment amount for a homeless veteran who has care of a minor dependent to the daily cost of care plus, for each minor dependent, an amount that equals 50% of such daily cost of care.

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Official text

Homeless Veteran Families Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · 301 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 95, Homeless Veteran Families Act (2019-05-16)

Cosponsors on this site

Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), James A. Himes (D-CT), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), J. French Hill (R-AR), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), William R. Keating (D-MA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), James P. McGovern (D-MA) and 241 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] reported raising $580,025 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr95 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116