# 114-hr-2813: Shelter Our Servicemembers Act

114-hr-2813, Shelter Our Servicemembers Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2813
- Congress: 114
- Title: Shelter Our Servicemembers Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Introduced: 2015-06-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 15
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Shelter Our Servicemembers Act Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide elderly homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. Allows recipients to use such grant to: (1) purchase real property to provide up to 200 homeless veterans with non-transitional housing, and (2) refurbish or renovate such property. Makes eligible for such housing veterans of at least 55 years of age who: (1) have been continuously homeless for a year or more or, during the last three years, had at least four separate periods of living on the streets, in an emergency shelter, or a combination thereof; and (2) have a condition that limits their ability to work or perform activities of daily living. Requires VA to provide case management for elderly veterans receiving such assistance.

## Cosponsors (15)

- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2015-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2015-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takai, Mark [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (D-AZ), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2016-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
- 114-hr-3185: Equality Act
- 114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015
- 114-hr-1786: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act
- 114-hr-1619: Paycheck Fairness Act
- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-2813 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2813)

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- [114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2737)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2813 (as of 2025-11-18).