HOMELESS
Addresses
Stand Down Veterans Event: Tucker Jameson, E1042 [20JN]
Bills and resolutions
Children and youth: increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 5076), H6135 [11JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a grant program to provide burials for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3876), H223 [14JA]
——— enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans (see S. 1987), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 4004), H1658 [5FE]
——— provide per diem payments to eligible entities for furnishing care to dependents of certain homeless veterans (see H.R. 4140), H2147 [4MR]
Diseases: modernize formula and terms for allocations to prevent homelessness for individuals living with HIV or AIDS (see H.R. 5640), H7886 [18SE]
Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see S. 2653), S4903 [24JY] (see H.R. 5186), H6813 [24JY]
Native Americans: provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see S. 2960), S6205 [20NO]
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S4762 [23JY]
Taxation: qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for low-income housing tax credit (see S. 2723), S5216 [31JY]
Veterans: waive minimum period of continuous active duty for homeless veterans to receive benefits and furnish benefits to homeless veterans with discharges or releases under other than honorable conditions (see S. 2179), S1818 [27MR]
Press releases
Bill To Reauthorize, Improve Critical Homeless Veteran Programs Signed Into Law: National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, H3353 [30AP]
Remarks in House
Big Horn County, MT: groundbreaking of Apsaalooke Warrior Apartments complex on Crow Reservation, H3948 [8MY]
Broward County, FL: tribute to Salvation Army of Broward County Open Door Project, E912 [5JN]
Children and youth: increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (H.R. 5076), H6664, H6703, H6704 [23JY], E1216 [23JY]
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: anniversary of Veterans Braintrust Forum, E310–E313 [5MR]
Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H3961, H4003 [8MY], H6673 [23JY]
Dept. of HUD: authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (H.R. 2790), H8254, H8255 [2DE]
——— establish position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs and submit a report on veterans’ homelessness (H.R. 384), H8041 [18NO]
——— Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program funding, H5160, H5161 [9JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a grant program to provide burials for homeless veterans (H.R. 3876), H8041 [18NO]
——— expand the definition of homeless veteran to include veterans displaced by domestic violence for purposes of benefits, H3305 [30AP]
——— homeless veterans funding, H3352 [30AP], E1531 [12NO]
——— require recipients of grants and other assistance for provision of housing and other services to homeless veterans to comply with building and fire codes, H5132, H5133 [9JN]
Families and domestic relations: increase in number of homeless middle class families, H2007 [27FE]
Good Shepherd Housing Foundation: anniversary, E1550 [12NO]
Homeless Solutions, Inc.: anniversary, E458 [27MR]
Kingston, NY: tribute to opening of Ulster County Patriots Project, E941 [10JN]
——— tribute to Washbourne House, H2898 [3AP]
Morristown, NJ: anniversary of Market Street Mission, E388 [14MR]
National Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Week: observance, E1658 [20NO]
National Low Income Housing Coalition: anniversary, E1601 [17NO]
Native Americans: establish a demonstration program to provide rental assistance and supportive housing for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (H.R. 3418), H5214 [10JN]
New Jersey (U.S.S.): tribute to volunteers who served Thanksgiving dinner to homeless on the ship, E201 [11FE]
Rhode Island Housing (organization): tribute, H5733 [25JN]
Rockford, IL: anniversary of Rockford Rescue Mission, E530 [7AP]
San Mateo, CA: anniversary of Samaritan House, E748 [13MY]
Schools: eliminate barriers to charter school enrollment for foster youth or unaccompanied homeless youth, H4032, H4033 [9MY]
Waukegan, IL: anniversary of the Eddie Washington Center for Men, E238 [25FE]
Winchester, IN: tribute to Journey Home veterans homeless shelter, E493 [2AP]
Remarks in Senate
Dept. of HHS: clarify Federal definition of homelessness relative to Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility, S6011, S6012 [17NO]
Dept. of HUD: homeless assistance grants funding, S3779 [18JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans (S. 1987), S765 [4FE]
Families in Transition (organization): hosting of New Hampshire Day To End Childhood Homelessness observance, S5309 [31JY]
Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (S. 2653), S4905 [24JY]
Project HOME (organization): anniversary, S2193 [7AP]
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (S. 2646), S4764–S4767 [23JY], S5981 [13NO], S6381 [8DE]
Veterans Support Network (organization): tribute, S4901 [24JY]
Reports filed
Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2646), S5918 [12NO]
Texts of
H.R. 2790, Housing Assistance Efficiency Act, H8254 [2DE]
H.R. 5076, Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act, H6703 [23JY]
S. 2646, Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act, S4764–S4766 [23JY]
S. 2653, Homeless Children and Youth Act, S4905 [24JY]