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HR 2591 114th Congress House Taxation Government trust funds Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015

Introduced: June 1, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Jun 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 1, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 1, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund; (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a specified portion (not less than $1) of any overpayment of tax, and to make a contribution of an additional amount, to be paid over to such Fund to provide services to homeless veterans; and (3) require the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development, each year beginning with the President's annual budget submission for FY2017, to include a description of the use of funds from the Fund in the previous fiscal year and the proposed use of such funds for the next fiscal year.

What's happening now June 5, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 3, 2016
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 15, 2015
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jun 1, 2015
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Jun 1, 2015
Murphy, Tim
· Jun 1, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2591: Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2591/
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"H.R. 2591: Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2591/.
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H.R. 2591, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2591/.
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