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<dc:title>119 HR 5997 IH: Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-11-10</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 5997</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20251110">November 10, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001285">Ms. Brownley</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="T000481">Ms. Tlaib</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">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.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HD6035BCB3AD14CFEA1699B244D425289" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HFD9CC362149B4DC097007306C3F2EEC4" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H79339A968F7642E89779A29987FAB3E3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Programs assisting homeless veterans and other veterans with special needs</header> <subsection id="H6564E1D4D9D34B2B8DE67D936FB588CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2031 of such title is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HC0D76542CD9D45CFA10BFFD3200B5AB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>(a)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF71DC2236D374E3CAAF0E2DDD43D315E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H0F9C71D1BE874BC0AAF4CC9D4281A946"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Housing assistance for homeless veterans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2041 of such title is amended by striking subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD0F4B51B30B34E22949EC281AF27948C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Financial assistance for supportive services for very low-Income veteran families in permanent housing</header><text>Section 2044(e)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> 
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<subparagraph id="HB265E1334BC84D218A7C96D8A373F6FC" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$420,000,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2026.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEF687E35D03749A7ACD2836FBD6832F3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant program for homeless veterans with special needs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2061(d)(1) of such title is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H259CE56D68DF465F8A10F3853E1244AE" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2007 through 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA6A8A6BBA95453AAFC7FFCBCCD2C78C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H65B304CB0B454BFF90BE9D44593D24A0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2066 of such title is amended by striking subsection (d).</text></subsection></section> </legis-body></bill>

