3.0.0 223 2023-01-11T13:28:50Z 2023-01-11T13:28:50Z Senate S 2015-01-21 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-21T21:43:03Z To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants for the provision of furniture, household items, and other assistance to homeless veterans to facilitate their transition into permanent housing, and for other purposes. 114 2522 HR 2015-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-01-21 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-01-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2015-01-21 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-02-09 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-02-12 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-02-25 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-04-23 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-06-01 False Armed Forces and National Security Housing and community development funding Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-01-21 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-11T14:49:57Z Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of awarding grants to veterans service agencies, veterans service organizations, and nongovernmental tax-exempt organizations with experience assisting veterans or the homeless to provide veterans who are receiving specified VA homeless benefits with furniture, household items, and other assistance to facilitate their settlement into permanent housing.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) give grant priority to applicants who serve communities that have the greatest need of homeless services, and (2) inform veterans of their eligibility to receive benefits under the pilot program.

Caps the amount of each grant and the amount of each grant that a grantee may use to provide benefits to an individual veteran.

]]> A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program on awarding grants for provision of furniture, household items, and other assistance to homeless veterans to facilitate their transition into permanent housing, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program on awarding grants for provision of furniture, household items, and other assistance to homeless veterans to facilitate their transition into permanent housing, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program on awarding grants for provision of furniture, household items, and other assistance to homeless veterans to facilitate their transition into permanent housing, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s223is/xml/BILLS-114s223is.xml 2015-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.