[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3287 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3287

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for 
  supportive services for very low-income veteran families to include 
 former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 9, 2023

  Mr. Booker 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 expand eligibility for 
  supportive services for very low-income veteran families to include 
 former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, 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 ``Supportive Services for National 
Guard and Reserve Veterans and Families Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN 
              FAMILIES TO INCLUDE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE 
              COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Expansion of Eligibility.--Section 2044 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``veteran'' and 
        inserting ``eligible'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``veteran 
                families'' and inserting ``eligible families'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``veteran 
                families'' and inserting ``eligible families''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (6), by striking ``veteran 
                family'' and inserting ``eligible family'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``veteran families'' and 
                        inserting ``eligible families''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D)(vii), by striking 
                        ``veteran family'' and inserting ``eligible 
                        family'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``veteran 
                families'' and inserting ``eligible families''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``veteran 
                families'' and inserting ``eligible families'';
            (4) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``veteran families'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``eligible families'';
            (5) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``veteran families'' 
        and inserting ``eligible families''; and
            (6) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (6)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``very low-income veteran 
                        family'' and inserting ``very low-income 
                        eligible family''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``a veteran family'' and 
                        inserting ``an eligible family''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(7) The term `eligible family' includes--
                    ``(A) a veteran who is a single person;
                    ``(B) a family in which the head of household or 
                the spouse of the head of household is a veteran;
                    ``(C) a former member of a reserve component of the 
                Armed Forces who has retired or separated from service 
                after having served a term of enlistment and is a 
                single person; and
                    ``(D) a family in which the head of household or 
                spouse of the head of household is a former member of a 
                reserve component of the Armed Forces who has retired 
                or separated from service after having served a term of 
                enlistment.''.
    (b) Funding.--Subsection (e) of such section, as most recently 
amended by section 305(a) of the Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert 
Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act 
of 2022 (division U of Public Law 117-328), is further amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``From amounts''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) Of amounts available under paragraph (1)(H) for fiscal 
year 2024, $50,000,000 shall be available to carry out subsections (a), 
(b), and (c) with respect to eligible families described in 
subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (f)(7).
    ``(B) Any amounts made available under subparagraph (A) to carry 
out subsections (a), (b), and (c) with respect to eligible families 
described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (f)(7) that remain 
available after supportive services have been provided to such families 
under this section shall be available during fiscal year 2024 to carry 
out subsections (a), (b), and (c) with respect to eligible families 
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such subsection.''.

SEC. 3. STUDY ON FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITY EXPERIENCED BY MEMBERS OF 
              THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Report on Establishment of Study.--Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report detailing plans to establish a study 
to analyze food and housing insecurity experienced by members of the 
reserve components of the Armed Forces.
    (b) Conduct of Study.--Not later than 120 days after the date on 
which the report required by subsection (a) is submitted, the Secretary 
of Defense shall begin conducting the study described in such 
subsection.
    (c) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date on which 
the report required by subsection (a) is submitted, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
including the findings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection 
(b).
    (d) Reserve Component Defined.--In this section, the term ``reserve 
component'' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code.
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