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H.R. 5606: Return Home to Housing Act

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H.R. 5606: Return Home to Housing Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-15 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Return Home to Housing Act

Plain summary

Return Home to Housing Act This bill increases the maximum rate of per diem payments provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to entities (i.e., grant recipients or authorized entities) that furnish services and transitional housing to homeless veterans.

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Official text

Return Home to Housing Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] · 46 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5606, Return Home to Housing Act (2022-08-30)

Cosponsors on this site

Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Dina Titus (D-NV), William R. Keating (D-MA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Josh Harder (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] reported raising $772,833 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5606 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117