House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2797.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISRAEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4979):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2797, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2797
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
24 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 21 Democrats
3 of 24 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), William Enyart (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Walter Jones (R-NC), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), David Loebsack (D-IA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Israel.
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- H.R. 2364 (113th) Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2013
- H.Res. 301 (113th) Expressing support for designation of September 2013 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
- H.Res. 473 (113th) Expressing support for designation of February 4, 2014, as National Cancer Prevention Day.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.