3.0.0 2061 2022-11-01T13:50:44Z 2022-11-01T13:50:44Z Senate S 2019-07-09 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-09T16:37:03Z Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020 116 2398 HR 2020-01-14 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2019-07-09 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-07-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2019-07-09 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-07-09 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2019-07-31 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-09-17 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-09-17 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-02-24 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2020-08-03 False Housing and Community Development Congressional oversight Homelessness and emergency shelter Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Housing and Community Development 00 2019-07-09 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-22T13:10:18Z Veteran Housing Opportunities and Unemployment Support Extension Act of 2019

This bill expands eligibility for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing (VASH) rental voucher assistance to homeless veterans honorably discharged or released from active military, naval, or air service regardless of length of service. According to federal regulations, HUD was granted authority in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to waive or provide an alternative for the current requirement that HUD-VASH assistance be targeted to homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders.

]]> Veteran Housing Opportunities and Unemployment Support Extension Act of 2019 Display Title Veteran Housing Opportunities and Unemployment Support Extension Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Veteran Housing Opportunities and Unemployment Support Extension Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding homeless veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2061is/xml/BILLS-116s2061is.xml 2019-07-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 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.