Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Shelters for the homeless2008-05-11T20:00:00Zopencongress.orgtag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5958Bill Introduced: S.Res.558 A resolution designating June 10, 2008, as "National Hunger Awareness Day" and authorizing the collection of food donations during the period beginning May 12, 2008, and ending June 10, 2008, from concerned Members of Congress and staff to assist families suffering from hunger and food insecurity in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-11:/action/1569002008-05-11T20:00:00Z
A resolution designating June 10, 2008, as "National Hunger Awareness Day" and authorizing the collection of food donations during the period beginning May 12, 2008, and ending June 10, 2008, from concerned Members of Congress and staff to assist families suffering from hunger and food insecurity in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5894 Emergency Housing Assistance Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-23:/action/1512342008-04-23T20:00:00Z
To provide funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for housing-related assistance needed to prevent homelessness of families in connection with foreclosures on their residences.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5524 Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-03:/action/1465532008-03-03T19:00:00Z
To amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.4129 Homeless Access to Recovery through Treatment Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-11-07:/action/1362272007-11-07T19:00:00Z
To amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen and expand substance abuse and mental health services to persons experiencing homelessness in the United States.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.3990 Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-10-28:/action/1350972007-10-28T20:00:00Z
To reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members of the armed forces and their family members and partners through enhanced programs of prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of assailants, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.Res.561 Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the impact it has made on homelessness and endeavoring to continue working to eliminate homelessness in the United States.tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-18:/action/1232552007-07-18T20:00:00Z
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the impact it has made on homelessness and endeavoring to continue working to eliminate homelessness in the United States.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.2874 Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-26:/action/1200992007-06-26T20:00:00Z
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the provision of health care to veterans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.2554 After Care Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-23:/action/1140552007-05-23T20:00:00Z
To amend title 18 of the United States Code to require HIV testing of Federal prisoners about to be released, to direct the Attorney General of the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide HIV/AIDS treatment for recently released Federal prisoners, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.2446 Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-21:/action/1134372007-05-21T20:00:00Z
To reauthorize the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.2219 Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-07:/action/1114352007-05-07T20:00:00Z
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award a grant to a private, nonprofit entity to establish, publicize, and operate a national toll-free suicide prevention telephone hotline targeted to and staffed by veterans of the Armed Forces.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.Res.186 A resolution designating June 5, 2007, as "National Hunger Awareness Day" and authorizing the Senate offices of Senators Gordon H. Smith, Blanche L. Lincoln, Elizabeth Dole, and Richard J. Durbin to collect donations of food during the period beginning May 7, 2007, and ending June 5, 2007, from concerned Members of Congress and staff to assist families suffering from hunger and food insecurity in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-02:/action/1110772007-05-02T20:00:00Z
A resolution designating June 5, 2007, as "National Hunger Awareness Day" and authorizing the Senate offices of Senators Gordon H. Smith, Blanche L. Lincoln, Elizabeth Dole, and Richard J. Durbin to collect donations of food during the period beginning May 7, 2007, and ending June 5, 2007, from concerned Members of Congress and staff to assist families suffering from hunger and food insecurity in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.1642 Homeless Veterans Housing at Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center Promotion Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-03-21:/action/973242007-03-21T20:00:00Z
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, to the extent possible, an enhanced-use lease for a homeless housing project at the Department of Veterans Affairs facility known as the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, located in North Hills, California, shall provide that such housing project shall be maintained as a sober living facility for veterans only, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.840 Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-05:/action/926742007-02-05T19:00:00Z
To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the housing assistance programs for homeless persons under title IV of such Act, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.601 FAFSA Fix for Homeless Kids Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-01-21:/action/914142007-01-21T19:00:00Z
To expand the definition of independent student in the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include homeless youth.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5960 Homeless Veterans Assistance Act of 2006tag:opencongress.org,2006-07-27:/action/394152006-07-27T20:00:00Z
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize various programs providing for the needs of homeless veterans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5265 Community Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Program Acttag:opencongress.org,2006-05-01:/action/496652006-05-01T20:00:00Z
To provide grants to certain areas to prepare for a tsunami.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5212 Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Acttag:opencongress.org,2006-04-25:/action/486102006-04-25T20:00:00Z
To reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members of the armed forces and their family members and partners through enhanced programs of prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of assailants, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5041 Homeless Assistance Consolidation Act of 2006tag:opencongress.org,2006-03-28:/action/515542006-03-28T19:00:00Z
To amend the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.363 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should promulgate as expeditiously as possible regulations required under the Public Health Service Act, relating to protections for residents of certain facilities with respect to the use of restraints and involuntary seclusion.tag:opencongress.org,2006-03-15:/action/527012006-03-15T19:00:00Z
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should promulgate as expeditiously as possible regulations required under the Public Health Service Act, relating to protections for residents of certain facilities with respect to the use of restraints and involuntary seclusion.<br /><br /> Bill Signed by President: H.R.972 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005tag:opencongress.org,2006-01-09:/action/554172006-01-09T19:00:00Z
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.<br /><br />January 09, 2006: Signed by President.