House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act

H.R. 3749Introduced Jul 12, 2019Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedJul 12, 2019
Committee actionOct 16, 2019
Passed HouseFeb 25, 2020 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 27, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3749.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3749, Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act” on October 28, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 16, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 2019 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55777
CBO publication date
October 28, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3749, 116th Congress
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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. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 117, July 12, 2019, Page H5775):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3749, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3749
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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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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

43 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 31 Democrats

12 of 43 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.

Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Jared Golden (D-ME), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), David Joyce (R-OH), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Brian Mast (R-FL), James McGovern (D-MA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA) and 13 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-20 district

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