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[H.R. 224 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.224

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six


                                 An Act


 
To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
    of 1974 to require the exclusion of service-connected disability 
 compensation when determining whether a person is a person of low and 
moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate income, 
                         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 ``Disabled Veterans Housing Support 
Act''.
SEC. 2. SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY COMPENSATION.
    Section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(20)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
        ``(C) Service-connected disability compensation.--When 
    determining whether a person is a person of low and moderate 
    income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate income 
    under this paragraph, a State, unit of general local government, or 
    Indian tribe shall exclude any service-connected disability 
    compensation received by such person from the Department of 
    Veterans Affairs.''.
SEC. 3. REPORT.
    The Comptroller General of the United States shall, not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the 
Congress a report that--
        (1) examines how service-connected disability compensation is 
    treated for the purposes of determining eligibility for all 
    programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
    Development;
        (2) identifies any instances where service-connected disability 
    compensation is treated in a manner inconsistent with the amendment 
    made by section 2; and
        (3) with respect to each program administered by the Secretary 
    of Housing and Urban Development in which service-connected 
    disability compensation is treated inconsistently, provides 
    legislative recommendations relating to how such program could 
    better serve veteran populations, and under-served communities.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.