# 114-hr-2591: Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015

114-hr-2591, Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2591
- Congress: 114
- Title: Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2015-06-01
- Sponsor: STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund; (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a specified portion (not less than $1) of any overpayment of tax, and to make a contribution of an additional amount, to be paid over to such Fund to provide services to homeless veterans; and (3) require the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development, each year beginning with the President's annual budget submission for FY2017, to include a description of the use of funds from the Fund in the previous fiscal year and the proposed use of such funds for the next fiscal year.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] (R-PA), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2015-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2015-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2015-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-3119: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
- 114-hr-1786: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act
- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
- 114-hr-3268: PAST Act
- 114-hr-3185: Equality Act
- 114-hr-2902: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-2591 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2591)

## Related
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- [114-hr-1786: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1786)
- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
- [114-hr-3268: PAST Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3268)
- [114-hr-3185: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3185)
- [114-hr-2902: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2902)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2591 (as of 2025-11-18).