IIB 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1171 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 31, 2009 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program for fiscal years 2010 through 2014, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.
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Reauthorization of appropriations for Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program
Section 2021(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 2009 and inserting 2014.
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Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program
(a)
Grant program
Chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2021 the following new section:
2021A.
Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program
(a)
Grants
Subject to the availability of appropriations provided for such purpose, the Secretary of Labor shall make grants to program and facilities that the Secretary determines provide dedicated services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children. (b)
Use of funds
Grants under this section shall be used to provide job training, counseling, placement services (including job readiness and literacy and skills training) and child care services to expedite the reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children into the labor force. (c)
Requirement To Monitor Expenditures of Funds
(1)The Secretary of Labor shall collect such information as that Secretary considers appropriate to monitor and evaluate the distribution and expenditure of funds appropriated to carry out this section. The information shall include data with respect to the results or outcomes of the services provided to each homeless veteran under this section. (2)Information under paragraph (1) shall be furnished in such form and manner as the Secretary of Labor may specify. (d)
Administration Through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training
The Secretary of Labor shall carry out this section through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training. (e)
Biennial Report to Congress
The Secretary of Labor shall include as part of the report required under section 2021(d) of this title an evaluation of the grant program under this section, which shall include an evaluation of services furnished to veterans under this section and an analysis of the information collected under subsection (c). (f)
Authorization of Appropriations
(1)In addition to any amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 2021 of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. (2)Funds appropriated to carry out this section shall remain available until expended. Funds obligated in any fiscal year to carry out this section may be expended in that fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year.
. (b)
Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2021 the following new item: 2021A. Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program. .
Passed the House of Representatives March 30, 2009. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk