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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2065 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2065

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require recipients of per 
diem payments from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the provision 
  of services for homeless veterans to comply with codes relevant to 
     operations and level of care provided, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2013

Mr. McKinley (for himself and Mrs. Napolitano) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require recipients of per 
diem payments from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the provision 
  of services for homeless veterans to comply with codes relevant to 
     operations and level of care provided, 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 ``Safe Housing for Homeless Veterans 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS ON THE AWARD OF PER DIEM PAYMENTS BY THE SECRETARY 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR THE PROVISION OF HOUSING OR 
              SERVICES TO HOMELESS VETERANS.

    (a) Condition.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 2012(c) of title 
        38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a per diem payment may 
not be provided under this section to a grant recipient or eligible 
entity unless the entity submits to the Secretary an annual 
certification, approved or verified by the authority having 
jurisdiction or a qualified third party, that the building where the 
entity provides such housing or services is in compliance with codes 
relevant to the operations and level of care provided, including 
applicable provisions of the most recently published version of the 
Life Safety Code or International Building Code and International Fire 
Code (or such versions of such codes that have been adopted as State or 
local codes by the jurisdiction in which the project is located), 
licensing requirements, fire and safety requirements, and any other 
requirements in the jurisdiction in which the project is located 
regarding the condition of the structure and the operation of the 
supportive housing or service center.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply with respect to an application for a per diem 
        payment under section 2012 of title 38, United States Code, 
        submitted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Annual Report.--Section 2065(b) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
        paragraph (6):
            ``(6) The Secretary's evaluation of the safety and 
        accessibility of facilities used to provide programs 
        established by grant recipients or eligible entities under 
        section 2011 and 2012 of this title, including the number of 
        such grant recipients or eligible entities who have submitted a 
        certification under section 2012(c)(1).''.
    (c) Treatment of Current Recipients.--In the case of the recipient 
of a per diem payment under section 2012 of title 38, United States 
Code, that receives such a payment during the year in which this Act is 
enacted, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require the recipient 
to submit the certification required under section 2012(c)(1) of such 
title, as amended by subsection (a)(1), by not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. If the recipient fails to 
submit such certification by such date, the Secretary may not make any 
additional per diem payments to the recipient under such section 2012 
until the recipient submits such certification.
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