[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2179 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2179

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive the minimum period of 
continuous active duty in the Armed Forces for receipt of benefits for 
 homeless veterans, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
   furnish benefits for homeless veterans to homeless veterans with 
  discharges or releases from service in the Armed Forces under other 
           than honorable conditions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 27, 2014

  Mrs. Murray 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 waive the minimum period of 
continuous active duty in the Armed Forces for receipt of benefits for 
 homeless veterans, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
   furnish benefits for homeless veterans to homeless veterans with 
  discharges or releases from service in the Armed Forces under other 
           than honorable conditions, 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 Veterans Services 
Protection Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF MINIMUM PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS ACTIVE DUTY IN ARMED 
              FORCES FOR BENEFITS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS.

    Section 5303A(b)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as 
        subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
        subparagraph (F):
            ``(F) to benefits under chapter 20 of this title;''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION TO FURNISH BENEFITS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS TO 
              HOMELESS VETERANS WITH DISCHARGES OR RELEASES UNDER OTHER 
              THAN HONORABLE CONDITIONS.

    Section 5303(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``not apply to any war-risk insurance'' and 
        inserting the following: ``not apply to the following:
            ``(1) Any war-risk insurance''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Benefits under chapter 20 of this title.''.
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