House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Housing Our Heroes Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 5, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISRAEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 165, November 5, 2015, Page H8154):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 5, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3970, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84910744e83d8f692e03871d956c21296594d3c87ce955b4227d8d1c7a37af05
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 August 12, 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
38 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 33 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 38 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ben Luján (D-NM), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Israel.
- H.Res. 810 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the life and work of Elie Wiesel in promoting human rights, peace, and…
- H.R. 2309 (114th) Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2015
- H.R. 2260 (114th) Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act
- H.R. 2067 (114th) Cold War Service Medal Act of 2015
- H.R. 3863 (114th) Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2015
- H.Res. 378 (114th) Expressing support for the designation of September 2015 as "National Ovarian Cancer Awareness 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.