[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2788-S2789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 677. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. 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

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       (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. 1084. 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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