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HR 2703 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing finance and home ownership Lawyers and legal services Public-private cooperation Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act of 2017

Introduced: May 25, 2017 Introduced by: Lieu, Ted Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 25, 2017
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
May 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
May 25, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 25, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act of 2017

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into agreements with public or private entities to fund, through the award of a grant or the use of a contract, a portion of the pro bono legal services such entities provide to homeless veterans or veterans at risk of homelessness related to housing, family law, income support, and criminal defense.

What's happening now May 25, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1993 Related bill Homeless Veterans Legal Services Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 12
D
Takano, Mark
California · Jun 26, 2017
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Jun 15, 2017
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 26, 2017
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 25, 2017
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · May 25, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 25, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 25, 2017
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 25, 2017
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · May 25, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2703: Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2703/
MLA
"H.R. 2703: Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2703/.
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H.R. 2703, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2703/.
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