United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5477 (116th)
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from denying home loans for veterans who legally work in the marijuana industry on the basis of the nature of such work, and for other purposes.
Introduced
18 December 2019
Last action
28 January 2020 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sponsors
Katherine Clark, Jenniffer González-Colón
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from denying a veteran a home loan because the veteran works in the marijuana industry in a state where the industry is legal.
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Timeline
18 December 2019
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
18 December 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 December 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 December 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
14 January 2020
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Source: Committee
28 January 2020
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 18 December 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 18 December 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 18 December 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 18 December 2019
Sponsors
- Katherine Clark · D · Sponsor
- Jenniffer González-Colón · R · Sponsor
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Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5477
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5477
- us · 116-hr-5477 · source updated 5 December 2025