[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3960 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3960

  To provide for a survey regarding homeless female veterans, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 5, 2015

    Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Mr. Coffman, and Mr. Denham) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for a survey regarding homeless female veterans, 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 ``Reduce Homelessness for Female 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. SURVEY OF HOMELESS FEMALE VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 4 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall enter into a contract to 
conduct a survey of a statistically valid sample of female veterans who 
are homeless.
    (b) Survey Design.--The Secretaries shall design the survey 
required by subsection (a) to collect the following types of 
information about each individual surveyed, where applicable:
            (1) Demographic information, including the age, race, 
        marital status, level of educational attainment, and military 
        occupational specialty of the individual while serving in the 
        Armed Forces.
            (2) Number of years of military service, deployment, and 
        service-connected disability (if any).
            (3) Whether the individual has any children, and whether 
        any of the children require special assistance.
            (4) Number of years of homelessness.
            (5) The nature and extent of the individual's experience 
        with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of 
        Housing and Urban Development, and any organization that 
        receives any discretionary appropriations, direct spending, or 
        grants from either of the departments.
            (6) The employment status of the individual.
            (7) Such other matters the Secretaries determine 
        appropriate.
    (c) Submission of a Model of the Survey.--Not later than 1 month 
before the collection of data under the survey begins, the Secretaries 
shall submit a model of the survey designed under subsection (b) to the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on 
Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
    (d) Survey Completion.--The contractor shall--
            (1) conduct the survey required by subsection (a) by 
        electronic means and by any other means the contractor 
        determines appropriate; and
            (2) submit the results of the completed survey to the 
        Secretaries not later than 6 months after entering into the 
        contract required by subsection (a).
    (e) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the contractor has 
submitted the results of the survey required by this section, the 
Secretaries shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate, a report on the results of the survey and any 
recommendations of the Secretaries relating to such results. The report 
shall also include the raw data of the survey results.
    (f) Public Availability of Data.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall publish, and 
make available to the public, a report containing the data collected 
under subsection (d).

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
            (1) The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``homeless'' has the meaning given such term 
        in section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)).
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