House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Homeless Veteran Families Act

H.R. 95Introduced Jan 3, 2019Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedJan 3, 2019
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseOct 15, 2019 · 408–0
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 16, 2019 — 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. 95.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 95, Homeless Veteran Families Act” on May 16, 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 16, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55252
CBO publication date
May 16, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 95, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/95
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 Ms. BROWNLEY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H213):
Article I, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 95, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/95
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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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 95, 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

301 cosponsors — 101 Republicans, 199 Democrats, 1 independent

101 of 301 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN) and 271 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-26 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.