[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5830 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5830

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to enable certain non-profit 
organizations that serve homeless veterans to participate in the Grants 
 and Per Diem Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide 
    transitional housing or other facilities for homeless veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2012

  Mr. Reichert (for himself and Mr. Walz of Minnesota) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to enable certain non-profit 
organizations that serve homeless veterans to participate in the Grants 
 and Per Diem Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide 
    transitional housing or other facilities for homeless veterans.

    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 ``Housing for Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF CERTAIN GRANTS TO ASSIST HOMELESS VETERANS.

    Section 2011(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``A grant'' and inserting ``(1) A grant'';
            (2) by striking ``The amount'' and all that follows through 
        the period and inserting the following:
    ``(2) The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed 65 
percent of the estimated cost of the project concerned.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3)(A) The Secretary may not deny an application from an entity 
that seeks a grant under this section to carry out a project described 
in subsection (b)(1)(A) solely on the basis that the entity proposes to 
use funding from other private or public sources, if the entity 
demonstrates that a private nonprofit organization will provide 
oversight and site control for the project.
    ``(B) In this paragraph, the term `private nonprofit organization' 
means the following:
            ``(i) An incorporated private institution, organization, or 
        foundation--
                    ``(I) that has received, or has temporary clearance 
                to receive, tax-exempt status under paragraph (2), (3), 
                or (19) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 
                of 1986;
                    ``(II) for which no part of the net earnings of the 
                institution, organization, or foundation inures to the 
                benefit of any member, founder, or contributor of the 
                institution, organization, or foundation; and
                    ``(III) that the Secretary determines is 
                financially responsible.
            ``(ii) A for-profit limited partnership or limited 
        liability company, the sole general partner or manager of which 
        is an organization that is described by subclauses (I) through 
        (III) of clause (i).
            ``(iii) A for-profit corporation or limited liability 
        company wholly owned and controlled by one or more 
        organizations that are described by subclauses (I) through 
        (III) of clause (i).''.
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