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HR 1875 115th 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 2017

Introduced: April 4, 2017 Introduced by: Schneider, Bradley Scott Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Apr 4, 2017
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.
Apr 4, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund to provide services to homeless veterans; (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a portion of any overpayment of tax or an additional contribution for the fund; and (3) require the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development, to include in the President's budget, beginning with FY2019, a description of the uses of the fund during the previous fiscal year and the proposed uses for the next fiscal year.

What's happening now April 5, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5045 Related bill STOP Homelessness Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Apr 27, 2017
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Apr 27, 2017
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 4, 2017
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Frankel, Lois
Florida · Apr 4, 2017
Murphy, Tim
· Apr 4, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1875: Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1875/
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"H.R. 1875: Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1875/.
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H.R. 1875, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1875/.
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