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HR 5045 115th Congress House Taxation Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Housing and Urban Development Government trust funds Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

STOP Homelessness Act of 2018

Introduced: February 15, 2018 Introduced by: Barragán, Nanette Diaz Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Feb 15, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Feb 15, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Services, Tools, and Opportunities to Prevent Homelessness Act of 2018 or the STOP Homelessness Act of 2018

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish the Stop Homelessness Fund for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to use to provide housing and services to homeless and formerly homeless individuals; (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a portion (not less than $1) of any overpayment of tax or an additional contribution for the fund; (3) provide appropriations to the fund equal to twice the amount that is designated and contributed by taxpayers to the fund; and (4) require HUD 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 February 15, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1875 Related bill Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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Takano, Mark
California · Mar 8, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5045: STOP Homelessness Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5045/
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"H.R. 5045: STOP Homelessness Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5045/.
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H.R. 5045, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5045/.
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