3.0.0 3309 2019-02-20T23:40:02Z 2019-02-24T02:25:14Z Senate S S 2012-06-18 112 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2012-06-28T02:00:00Z Referred to 2012-06-18T22:53:50Z 2012-06-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668. Committee 2012-06-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4242-4243) IntroReferral 2012-06-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4241-4242) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2012-07-09 False Armed Forces and National Security Advisory bodies Aging Child care and development Dental care Homelessness and emergency shelter Lawyers and legal services Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Mental health Poverty and welfare assistance Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' medical care Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2012-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2012-10-11T14:30:26Z Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act of 2012 - Requires public or private nonprofit entities that receive grants under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to agree to meet the physical, privacy, safety, and security needs of such veterans.

Requires at least 1% of VA financial assistance provided for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing to be used for legal services to assist such families with issues that interfere with their ability to obtain or retain housing or supportive services.

Allows services for which a homeless veteran receives a grant under the comprehensive service programs to include furnishing care for a dependent. Directs (under current law, authorizes) the VA Secretary to make per diem homeless veterans assistance payments to certain entities that meet the supportive services criteria, but also furnish assistance to individuals who are not veterans.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for the operational expenses of a service center established for homeless veterans.

Revises VA authority to provide dental care to veterans receiving certain other assistance through the VA to include those veterans receiving assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937.

Extends permanently the VA comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans. Extends temporarily various VA authorities and programs affecting homeless veterans.

]]> Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act of 2012 Display Title Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to homeless veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3309is/xml/BILLS-112s3309is.xml 2012-06-27 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668. 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.