Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5997 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5997

   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

                           November 10, 2025

Ms. Brownley (for herself and Ms. Tlaib) 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 
2025''.

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

    (a) 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).
    (b) Housing Assistance for Homeless Veterans.--Section 2041 of such 
title is amended by striking subsection (c).
    (c) 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 
        2026.''.
    (d) 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 2024'' 
        and inserting ``each fiscal year''; and
            (2) by striking ``such''.
    (e) Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.--Section 2066 of such 
title is amended by striking subsection (d).
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