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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7480 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7480

 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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 29, 2024

 Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Wild, Mrs. 
 Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. Barr, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Weber of 
   Texas, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Cuellar, and Mr. 
  Crenshaw) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL

 
 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 of 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 and identifies any cases where service-connected 
        disability compensation is treated inconsistently across a 
        program; and
            (2) with respect to each program administered by the 
        Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, provides 
        legislative recommendations relating to how such program could 
        better serve veteran populations, and under-served communities.
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