House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Homes for Heroes Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 14, 2015 · 412–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2015 — 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. 251.
- 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 (Vol. 161, No. 4, January 9, 2015, Page H189):General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1) Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 82 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 251, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Conyers (D-MI), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Norma Torres (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Green.
- H.Res. 295 (114th) Supporting local law enforcement agencies in their continued work to serve our communities, and supporting their use of body worn cameras…
- H.R. 5025 (114th) 2016 Tax Day Floods Supplemental Funding Act
- H.R. 2033 (114th) Nepal Temporary Protected Status Act of 2015
- H.Res. 905 (114th) Expressing condolences to the family of Ms. Jacqueline A. Ellis, and commemorating the life and work of Ms. Jacqueline Ellis.
- H.Con.Res. 2 (114th) Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 106th anniversary.
- H.Con.Res. 110 (114th) Original NAACP Resolution of 2016
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.