[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4674 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4674

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the specially adapted 
housing assistance program for individuals with terminal illnesses, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2014

 Ms. Brownley of California (for herself and Mr. Jones) 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 improve the specially adapted 
housing assistance program for individuals with terminal illnesses, 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 ``Guarantee Housing for Terminally Ill 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH 
              TERMINAL ILLNESSES.

    (a) Individuals With Terminal Illnesses.--Chapter 21 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:
``Sec. 2110. Specially adapted housing assistance for individuals with 
              terminal illnesses
    ``(a) Priority.--In providing assistance under this chapter (not 
including section 2108), the Secretary shall give priority to an 
individual who is--
            ``(1) eligible for such assistance; and
            ``(2) diagnosed with a terminal illness.
    ``(b) Reimbursement.--(1) If a veteran diagnosed with a terminal 
illness is eligible for assistance under subsection (a) or (b) of 
section 2101 of this title or section 2102A and applies for, and has 
not yet received, such assistance, the Secretary shall reimburse the 
veteran for costs relating to specially adapted housing if--
            ``(A) such costs are for acquisitions or adaptions that the 
        veteran is eligible for under such assistance;
            ``(B) the veteran paid such costs after applying for such 
        assistance; and
            ``(C) such reimbursement does not exceed the amount of such 
        assistance for which the veteran is eligible, in accordance 
        with section 2102.
    ``(2) A reimbursement by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be 
treated as a grant for assistance under this chapter.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 
2109 the following:

``2110. Specially adapted housing assistance for individuals with 
                            terminal illnesses.''.
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