Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2021

Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2021

This bill permanently extends the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs and services:

• homeless veterans reintegration programs,
• financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing,
• a grant program for homeless veterans with special needs,
• treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans,
• housing assistance for homeless veterans, and
• the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2190 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2190

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent certain 
programs that assist homeless veterans and other veterans with special 
                     needs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2021

 Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
Hastings, Ms. Norton, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Chu, Mrs. Hayes, and Ms. Newman) 
 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 make permanent certain 
programs that assist homeless veterans and other veterans with special 
                     needs, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAMS ASSISTING HOMELESS VETERANS AND OTHER VETERANS WITH 
              SPECIAL NEEDS.

    (a) Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs.--Section 2021(e)(1) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(G) $50,000,000 for each fiscal year after 2022.''.
    (b) Referral and Counseling Services for Veterans at Risk of 
Homelessness Who Are Transitioning From Certain Institutions.--Section 
2023 of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (d); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
    (c) Treatment for Seriously Mentally Ill and Homeless Veterans.--
Section 2031 of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a)''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
    (d) Housing Assistance for Homeless Veterans.--Section 2041 of such 
title is amended by striking subsection (c).
    (e) Financial Assistance for Supportive Services for Very Low-
Income Veteran Families in Permanent Housing.--Section 2044(e)(1) of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
            ``(I) $420,000,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year 
        2022.''.
    (f) Grant Program for Homeless Veterans With Special Needs.--
Section 2061(d)(1) of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``each of fiscal years 2007 through 2022'' 
        and inserting ``each fiscal year''; and
            (2) by striking ``such''.
    (g) Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.--Section 2066 of such 
title is amended by striking subsection (d).
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