House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 585.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 12, January 21, 2025, Page H258):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 585, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 19, 2026). 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
10 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 9 Democrats
9 of 10 cosponsors (90%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Donald Davis (D-NC), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Josh Riley (D-NY), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nick LaLota.
- H.R. 787 (119th) Plain Language in Contracting Act
- H.R. 835 (119th) 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act
- H.R. 586 (119th) Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act
- H.R. 788 (119th) DOE and SBA Research Act
- H.Res. 991 (119th) Requesting return of official papers on H.R. 1834.
- H.Res. 1394 (119th) Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign nationals over United States citizens.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.