House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants for the provision of furniture, household items, and other assistance to homeless veterans to facilitate their transition into permanent housing, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2522.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3563):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2522, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2522
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
30 cosponsors — 30 Democrats
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Robert Scott (D-VA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joyce Beatty.
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- H.R. 2773 (114th) 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act
- H.R. 1908 (114th) Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2015
- H.R. 247 (114th) Maya Angelou Congressional Gold Medal Act
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.