To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants.

This bill provides that the Department of Veterans Affairs per diem payment calculation for an entity receiving homeless veterans shelter grants for a homeless veteran who has care of a minor dependent while receiving services from such entity shall be the sum of the daily cost of care for the veteran plus, for each minor dependent, an amount that equals 50% of the veteran's daily cost of care.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4099 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4099

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of 
  homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of 
                        certain per diem grants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 24, 2017

Mr. Coffman (for himself and Ms. Brownley of California) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of 
  homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of 
                        certain per diem grants.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF CALCULATION OF AMOUNTS OF PER DIEM GRANTS.

    Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by inserting ``or (iii)'' after ``clause 
        (ii)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                    ``(iii) With respect to a homeless veteran who has 
                care of a minor dependent while receiving services from 
                the grant recipient or eligible entity, the daily cost 
                of care shall be the sum of the daily cost of care 
                determined under subparagraph (A) plus, for each such 
                minor dependent, an amount that equals 50 percent of 
                such daily cost of care.''.
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