Bills · 118th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023

Also known as HOME Act of 2023

Where it stands

  1. Introduced6/6/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 12/5/23
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 408–10 on December 5, 2023 (Roll Call 695 →). Received in the Senate on December 6, 2023. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 12/5/23Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic202 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Not voting
  • Republican206 Yea · 10 Nay · 4 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023 or the HOME Act of 2023

This bill addresses the funding and administration of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs related to homeless veterans.

Specifically, the bill increases the maximum rate of per diem payments provided by the VA to entities (i.e., grant recipients or authorized entities) that furnish services and transitional housing to homeless veterans. The bill also authorizes the VA to provide a maximum of 200% of the otherwise applicable maximum rate to a certain number of grant recipients and authorized entities in each fiscal year from FY2024 through FY2026. Under the bill, the VA may not provide more than 12,000 per diem payments in a fiscal year.

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Sponsor
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer ( Republican · OR-5)
Cosponsors
4
Introduced
6/6/23
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (19)
  1. 6/6/23Introduced in House
  2. 6/6/23Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  3. 6/13/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
  4. 6/14/23Subcommittee Hearings Held
  5. 7/19/23Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. 7/19/23Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  7. 7/26/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  8. 7/26/23Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  9. 9/8/23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-189.
  10. 9/8/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152.
  11. 12/4/23Mr. Van Orden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  12. 12/4/23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6094-6097)
  13. 12/4/23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3848.
  14. 12/4/23At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  15. 12/5/23Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6130)
  16. 12/5/23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 10 (Roll no. 695). (text: 12/04/2023 CR H6094-6095)
  17. 12/5/23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 10 (Roll no. 695). (text: 12/04/2023 CR H6094-6095)
  18. 12/5/23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. 12/6/23Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.