House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Homes for Heroes Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2013 · 420–3
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 384.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H282):The Constitutional authority to enact this legislation can be found in: General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1) Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3)Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 154 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 384, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/384
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 14, 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 January 14, 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
20 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 18 Democrats
2 of 20 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), André Carson (D-IN), John Conyers (D-MI), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Green.
- H.Res. 392 (113th) Supporting the goals and ideals of October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the House of…
- H.Res. 49 (113th) Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
- H.Con.Res. 12 (113th) Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 104th anniversary.
- H.R. 5407 (113th) TIP Act of 2014
- H.Con.Res. 84 (113th) Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 105th anniversary.
- H.Res. 481 (113th) Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
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.