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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Housing for 

5 Homeless Veterans Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONDITIONS ON THE AWARD OF PER DIEM PAY2 MENTS BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS 

3 AFFAIRS FOR THE PROVISION OF HOUSING 

4 OR SERVICES TO HOMELESS VETERANS. 

5 (a) CONDITION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 

7 2012(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

8 to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a per diem 

10 payment may not be provided under this section to a grant 

11 recipient or eligible entity unless the entity submits to the 

12 Secretary an annual certification, approved or verified by 

13 the authority having jurisdiction or a qualified third party, 

14 that the building where the entity provides such housing 

15 or services is in compliance with codes relevant to the op16 erations and level of care provided, including applicable 

17 provisions of the most recently published version of the 

18 Life Safety Code or International Building Code and 

19 International Fire Code (or such versions of such codes 

20 that have been adopted as State or local codes by the juris21 diction in which the project is located), licensing require22 ments, fire and safety requirements, and any other re23 quirements in the jurisdiction in which the project is lo24 cated regarding the condition of the structure and the op25 eration of the supportive housing or service center.’’. 


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1 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

2 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to an ap3 plication for a per diem payment under section 2012 

4 of title 38, United States Code, submitted on or 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 2065(b) of title 38, 

7 United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para9 graph (7); and 

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol11 lowing new paragraph (6): 

12 ‘‘(6) The Secretary’s evaluation of the safety 

13 and accessibility of facilities used to provide pro14 grams established by grant recipients or eligible enti15 ties under section 2011 and 2012 of this title, in16 cluding the number of such grant recipients or eligi17 ble entities who have submitted a certification under 

18 section 2012(c)(1).’’. 

19 (c) TREATMENT OF CURRENT RECIPIENTS.—In the 

20 case of the recipient of a per diem payment under section 

21 2012 of title 38, United States Code, that receives such 

22 a payment during the year in which this Act is enacted, 

23 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require the recipi24 ent to submit the certification required under section 

25 2012(c)(1) of such title, as amended by subsection (a)(1), 


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1 by not later than two years after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act. If the recipient fails to submit such certifi3 cation by such date, the Secretary may not make any addi4 tional per diem payments to the recipient under such sec5 tion 2012 until the recipient submits such certification. 

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