HR 224 · enacted · significant
Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
- veterans
What this bill does
- Excludes military disability compensation from income calculations for housing assistance eligibility.
- Affects disabled veterans applying for Community Development Block Grant housing programs.
- Requires GAO report on how disability pay is counted across all HUD programs.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might excluding disability compensation from income calculations change which veterans qualify for housing assistance programs?
- 02
What trade-offs exist between expanding housing eligibility for disabled veterans and the funding available for other HUD programs?
- 03
Why does the bill require a GAO report on how disability pay is counted across different HUD programs?
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Sponsor · R-TX-15
Monica De La Cruz
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
11/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-01-20
Joining the bill
Pete Sessions
R-TX-17 · original
Dan Crenshaw
R-TX-2 · original
Juan Ciscomani
R-AZ-6 · original
Tom Emmer
R-MN-6 · original
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1 · original
Michael Lawler
R-NY-17 · original
Daniel Meuser
R-PA-9 · original
Brad Sherman
D-CA-32 · original
Pete Stauber
R-MN-8
Zachary Nunn
R-IA-3
Nicholas J. Begich III
R-AK
Legislative timeline
2026-01-20 · President
Became Public Law No: 119-70.
2026-01-20 · BecameLaw
Became Public Law No: 119-70.
2026-01-20 · President
Signed by President.
2026-01-20 · BecameLaw
Signed by President.
2026-01-13 · house · Floor
Presented to President.
2026-01-13 · President
Presented to President.
2026-01-07 · senate · Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2026-01-06 · senate · Floor
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S52)
2026-01-06 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2026-01-06 · senate · Discharge
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2026-01-06 · Committee
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2025-02-11 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H593)
2025-02-10 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H593)
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 224.
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H593-595)
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2025-01-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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