House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020

H.R. 2398Introduced Apr 30, 2019Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Where it went

IntroducedApr 30, 2019
Committee actionNov 14, 2019
Passed HouseJan 13, 2020 · 362–31
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 14, 2020 — 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. 2398.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2398, a bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs” on May 29, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2019 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55309
CBO publication date
May 29, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2398, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2398, a bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees...” on November 20, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 14, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2019 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55876
CBO publication date
November 20, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2398, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 70, April 30, 2019, Page H3340):
Article I, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2398, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2398
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2398, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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

24 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 21 Democrats

3 of 24 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.

Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Harley Rouda (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Juan Vargas (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Peters.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-52 district

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Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.