[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 91 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 91

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments 
 under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish 
    care to dependents of homeless veterans, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 10, 2019

  Mr. Gardner (for himself and 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 authorize per diem payments 
 under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish 
    care to dependents of homeless 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 ``Creating a Reliable Environment for 
Veterans' Dependents Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF PER DIEM PAYMENTS FOR FURNISHING CARE TO 
              DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN HOMELESS VETERANS.

    Section 2012(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) Services for which a recipient of a grant under section 2011 
of this title (or an entity described in paragraph (1)) may receive per 
diem payments under this subsection may include furnishing care for a 
dependent of a homeless veteran who is under the care of such homeless 
veteran while such homeless veteran receives services from the grant 
recipient (or entity).''.
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