Senate bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2013
- Committee actionJul 24, 2013
- Passed SenateNov 6, 2013 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 287.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 287, Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2013” on August 27, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 24, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44522
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 287, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/287
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5dc5ccea558a21100ef5ac4c4cf8204265d0fe04aba978e8ad16486c0b403580
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 287, Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2013” on November 1, 2013. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects for S. 287 as reported (HEY13436) with an amendment (BAG13469)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44684
- CBO publication date
- November 1, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 287, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/287
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5dc5ccea558a21100ef5ac4c4cf8204265d0fe04aba978e8ad16486c0b403580
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 113-110 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 23, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 23, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/110
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 287, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/287
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5dc5ccea558a21100ef5ac4c4cf8204265d0fe04aba978e8ad16486c0b403580
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 287, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Boozman (R-AR), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT).
More from the sponsor
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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.