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Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights

USA118th CongressHRES-634| House 
| Updated: 8/21/2023
Cori Bush

Cori Bush

Democratic Representative

Missouri

Cosponsors (24)
Nikema Williams (Democratic)Jonathan L. Jackson (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Delia C. Ramirez (Democratic)Greg Casar (Democratic)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Jahana Hayes (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)Ayanna Pressley (Democratic)Jamaal Bowman (Democratic)
Committees (8)
• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Financial Services Committee• Health Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights This resolution urges the United States to protect the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, to establish regulations and enforcement tools to protect unhoused individuals from violations of civil and human rights, and to establish blanket legal protections for third parties providing goods or services to unhoused individuals. The resolution also urges the United States to establish a process to award appropriate damages, attorney's fees, and costs to a prevailing plaintiff in an action alleging a violation of the human and civil rights of unhoused individuals. Relatedly, the resolution urges the United States to allow the court in such an action to consider housing status and apply leniency in compiling records, receipts, and documentation from those plaintiffs. The resolution also expresses the intention of the House of Representatives to address the unhoused crisis in the United States by providing funding and imposing requirements on the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Timeline
Jul 28, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 28, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 4, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
  • July 28, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • July 28, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • August 4, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • August 21, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Housing and Community Development

Assault and harassment offensesCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsDefense spendingDepartment of DefenseEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee hiringEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureFirst Amendment rightsGovernment information and archivesGovernment trust fundsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHigher educationHIV/AIDSHomelessness and emergency shelterHousing and community development fundingHousing discriminationHousing supply and affordabilityHuman rightsHuman traffickingInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet, web applications, social mediaLabor standardsLow- and moderate-income housingPoverty and welfare assistancePublic housingReligionRight of privacySelf-employedSocial security and elderly assistanceSolid waste and recyclingStudent aid and college costsVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsViolent crimeVoting rightsWages and earningsWater use and supply

Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights

USA118th CongressHRES-634| House 
| Updated: 8/21/2023
Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights This resolution urges the United States to protect the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, to establish regulations and enforcement tools to protect unhoused individuals from violations of civil and human rights, and to establish blanket legal protections for third parties providing goods or services to unhoused individuals. The resolution also urges the United States to establish a process to award appropriate damages, attorney's fees, and costs to a prevailing plaintiff in an action alleging a violation of the human and civil rights of unhoused individuals. Relatedly, the resolution urges the United States to allow the court in such an action to consider housing status and apply leniency in compiling records, receipts, and documentation from those plaintiffs. The resolution also expresses the intention of the House of Representatives to address the unhoused crisis in the United States by providing funding and imposing requirements on the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Timeline
Jul 28, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 28, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 4, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
  • July 28, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • July 28, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • August 4, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • August 21, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cori Bush

Cori Bush

Democratic Representative

Missouri

Cosponsors (24)
Nikema Williams (Democratic)Jonathan L. Jackson (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Delia C. Ramirez (Democratic)Greg Casar (Democratic)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Jahana Hayes (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)Ayanna Pressley (Democratic)Jamaal Bowman (Democratic)
Committees (8)
• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Financial Services Committee• Health Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee

Housing and Community Development

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Assault and harassment offensesCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsDefense spendingDepartment of DefenseEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee hiringEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureFirst Amendment rightsGovernment information and archivesGovernment trust fundsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHigher educationHIV/AIDSHomelessness and emergency shelterHousing and community development fundingHousing discriminationHousing supply and affordabilityHuman rightsHuman traffickingInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet, web applications, social mediaLabor standardsLow- and moderate-income housingPoverty and welfare assistancePublic housingReligionRight of privacySelf-employedSocial security and elderly assistanceSolid waste and recyclingStudent aid and college costsVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsViolent crimeVoting rightsWages and earningsWater use and supply