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H. Res. 634 118th Congress House

Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights

Official title: Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 2027 and uphold, protect, and enforce the civil and human rights of un… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 2027 and uphold, protect, and enforce the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, including the human rights to housing, universal health care, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, confidentiality, internet access, vote, freedom from harassment by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents, and equal rights to health care, legal representation, and social services without discrimination based on housing status.

Introduced: July 28, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Agreed to (House)
Aug 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Aug 4, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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.
Jul 28, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 21, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights

This resolution urges the United States to protect the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, to establish regulations and enforcement tools to protect unhoused individuals from violations of civil and human rights, and to establish blanket legal protections for third parties providing goods or services to unhoused individuals.

The resolution also urges the United States to establish a process to award appropriate damages, attorney's fees, and costs to a prevailing plaintiff in an action alleging a violation of the human and civil rights of unhoused individuals. Relatedly, the resolution urges the United States to allow the court in such an action to consider housing status and apply leniency in compiling records, receipts, and documentation from those plaintiffs.

The resolution also expresses the intention of the House of Representatives to address the unhoused crisis in the United States by providing funding and imposing requirements on the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Services. 

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 20
D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jul 30, 2024
 D
Jackson, Jonathan L.
Illinois · Apr 2, 2024
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jan 31, 2024
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Dec 14, 2023
 D
Ramirez, Delia C.
Illinois · Nov 2, 2023
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 12, 2023
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Aug 25, 2023
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Aug 4, 2023
Blumenauer, Earl
· Jul 28, 2023
Bowman, Jamaal
· Jul 28, 2023
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Casar, Greg
Texas · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jul 28, 2023
Lee, Barbara
· Jul 28, 2023
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 2023
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jul 28, 2023
 D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Jul 28, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 634: Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-634/
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"H. Res. 634: Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-634/.
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H. Res. 634, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-634/.
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