Congress expands funding for homeless veterans services through 2025 and beyond
H.R. 3013 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the authorization of appropriations for comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans. · Filed by Delia Ramirez (D-IL) · 10 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 24, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill increases federal funding for comprehensive service programs that help homeless veterans. It extends the existing authorization through fiscal year 2024, then adds $350 million for fiscal year 2025 and open-ended funding for all subsequent years, allowing Congress to appropriate whatever amount is deemed necessary annually.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to increase and stabilize federal appropriations authority for existing homeless veterans' comprehensive service programs under 38 U.S.C. § 2016. It is a straightforward funding authorization amendment with no riders or hidden mechanisms.
What the text implies
- The shift from a fixed fiscal-year cap to indefinite 'such sums as may be necessary' language removes a prior budgetary constraint, but actual spending still requires annual congressional appropriations — the bill authorizes spending, not mandatory funding.
- The $350M baseline for 2025 may signal congressional intent about minimum funding levels, but does not guarantee appropriations committees will fund at that level in practice.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Homeless veterans gain access to expanded and sustained comprehensive services (housing, mental health, employment support, etc.). The bill removes a prior funding ceiling and establishes a clear baseline ($350M for 2025) plus indefinite future authorization, ensuring these programs are not starved by appropriations uncertainty.
Named in the bill
Department of Veterans Affairs, 38 U.S.C. § 2016, homeless veterans
Where it stands
10 cosponsors: 10 Democrats.
- Apr 24, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Apr 24, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 3 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $380,451 in lobbying spend. A filing names 169 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Delia Ramirez, the sponsor, reported $383,900 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Disabled American Veterans — $310,451 on 2 filings
- American Bus Association — $70,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 21, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (463 characters) on Apr 14, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 21, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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