3.0.0 1017 2022-02-03T05:53:27Z 2022-02-03T05:53:27Z Senate S S 2011-05-17 112 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2011-06-08T18:13:26Z Referred to 2011-05-17T23:01:48Z HELP Veterans Act of 2011 112 117 HR 2011-02-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Related bill CRS 2011-06-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116. Committee 2011-05-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysis Hearing, speech, and vision care Housing for the elderly and disabled Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2011-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-20T18:32:25Z Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011 - Increases the amount of assistance authorized to be provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for permanent and total service-disabled veterans who are temporarily residing in housing owned by a family member from: (1) $14,000 to $28,000, in the case of the acquisition of housing with special features; and (2) $2,000 to $5,000, in the case of adaptations to a current residence. Directs the Secretary to adjust such amounts annually based on the residential home cost-of-construction index. Removes a provision that prohibits providing such assistance after December 31, 2011.

Expands the eligibility for specially adapted housing assistance provided by the Secretary for veterans with certain vision impairments.

Removes certain limitations on the aggregate amount of assistance available for adapting and acquiring such housing for individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member.

]]> Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase assistance for disabled veterans who are temporarily residing in housing owned by a family member, and for other purposes. Display Title Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1017is/xml/BILLS-112s1017is.xml 2011-06-08 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.