House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep. Janice Hahn D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 897.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAHN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H816):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 897, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/897
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
537e7e20effb24a196d131966a085ee9dfb22f2476cf7dc311fd94b521e0eb1d
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 April 7, 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
37 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 33 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 37 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Lois Capps (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), William Enyart (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Gary Peters (D-MI) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Hahn.
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- H.R. 5101 (113th) National Freight Network Trust Fund Act of 2014
- H.Res. 317 (113th) Celebrating the upcoming 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles, California.
- H.R. 1914 (113th) Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013
- H.Res. 236 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on fully spending the receipts of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund on United States…
- H.Res. 158 (113th) Recognizing the importance of ports to the economy and national security of the United States.
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.