[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1237 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1237

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the grant program for 
homeless veterans with special needs to include male homeless veterans 
      with minor dependents and to establish a grant program for 
  reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with 
                   children, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2009

 Mrs. Murray (for herself, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Reed ) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the grant program for 
homeless veterans with special needs to include male homeless veterans 
      with minor dependents and to establish a grant program for 
  reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with 
                   children, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Homeless Women Veterans and Homeless 
Veterans with Children Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF GRANT PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL 
              NEEDS.

    (a) Inclusion Under Grant Program for Homeless Veterans With 
Special Needs of Entities Eligible for Comprehensive Service Program 
Grants and Per Diem Payments for Services to Homeless Veterans.--
Subsection (a) of section 2061 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``to grant and per diem providers'' and 
        inserting ``to entities eligible for grants and per diem 
        payments under sections 2011 and 2012 of this title''; and
            (2) by striking ``by those facilities and providers'' and 
        inserting ``by those facilities and entities''.
    (b) Inclusion of Male Homeless Veterans With Minor Dependents.--
Subsection (b) of such section is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``, including women who 
        have care of minor dependents'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'';
            (3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) veterans who have care of minor dependents.''.
    (c) Authorization of Provision of Services to Dependents.--Such 
section is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection (c):
    ``(c) Provision of Services to Dependents.--A recipient of a grant 
under subsection (a) may use such grant to provide services directly to 
a dependent of a homeless veteran with special needs described in 
subsection (b) who is under the care of such homeless veteran while 
such homeless veteran receives services from the grant recipient under 
this section.''.

SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM FOR REINTEGRATION OF HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS AND 
              HOMELESS VETERANS WITH CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 2021 the following new section:
``Sec. 2021A. Grant program for reintegration of homeless women 
              veterans and homeless veterans with children
    ``(a) Grants.--Subject to the availability of appropriations 
provided for such purpose, the Secretary of Labor shall award grants to 
eligible programs and facilities to provide the services described in 
subsection (c) to expedite the reintegration into the labor force of 
the following:
            ``(1) Homeless women veterans.
            ``(2) Homeless veterans with children.
    ``(b) Eligible Programs and Facilities.--An eligible program or 
facility for purposes of this section is a program or facility that 
provides dedicated services for homeless women veterans or homeless 
veterans with children.
    ``(c) Services.--The services described in this subsection are the 
following:
            ``(1) Job training.
            ``(2) Counseling.
            ``(3) Job placement services, including job readiness, 
        literacy, and skills training.
            ``(4) Child care.
    ``(d) Monitoring of Use of Funds.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
monitor and evaluate the use of amounts granted under this section. In 
monitoring and evaluating the use of such amounts, the Secretary shall 
collect from grantees such information as the Secretary considers 
appropriate, including data on the results or outcomes of the services 
provided to each homeless veteran under this section.
    ``(e) Administration Through Assistant Secretary for Veterans' 
Employment and Training.--The Secretary of Labor shall carry out this 
section through the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and 
Training.
    ``(f) Biennial Report to Congress.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
include as part of the report required by section 2021(d) of this title 
an evaluation of the grant program under this section. The information 
included in such report under this subsection shall include--
            ``(1) an evaluation of services furnished to veterans under 
        this section; and
            ``(2) an analysis of the information collected under 
        subsection (d).
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
    ``(2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) is 
in addition to any amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 
2021(e) of this title.
    ``(3) 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 
chapter 20 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 2021 the following new item:

``2021A. Grant program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and 
                            homeless veterans with children.''.
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