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H.Res. 634 (118th)

Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights

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Introduced

28 July 2023

Last action

21 August 2023 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Sponsors

Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

Subjects

Housing

Source updated

21 July 2025

Housing

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Summary

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

  1. 28 July 2023

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 July 2023

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 28 July 2023

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 4 August 2023

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 21 August 2023

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

    Source: Committee

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