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Union Calendar No. 613 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8340 

[Report No. 118–726] 

To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 

exclude certain disability benefits from income for the purposes of determining eligibility for the supported housing program under section 

8(o)(19), and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2024 

Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. NICKEL, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 

MEUSER, Mr. BACON, Mr. MAST, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Ms. NORTON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. LAWLER, 

Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. CHU, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 

DELUZIO, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. 

HORSFORD, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mrs. 

CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of 

North Carolina, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 

SORENSEN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. PEREZ, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. PETERS, Ms. 

LEGER FERNANDEZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 

Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DUNN of Florida, Mr. TONKO, Mr. EDWARDS, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. 

KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. MANNING, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. AMO, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. 

TORRES of California, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. 

HAYES, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. FROST, Ms. SPANBERGER, 

Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 

MOLINARO, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 

CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. SMITH of New 

Jersey, Ms. ROSS, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. LOPEZ, Mr. RASKIN, 

Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. SALINAS, 


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Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mrs. BICE, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, 

Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. MENG, 

Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. AGUILAR, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. OBERNOLTE, 

Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mr. CISCOMANI


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NOVEMBER 1, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 10, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 to exclude certain disability benefits from 

income for the purposes of determining eligibility for 

the supported housing program under section 8(o)(19), 

and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Housing Unhoused Dis5 abled Veterans Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS. 

7 Section 3(b)(4)(B) of the United States Housing Act 

8 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(4)(B)) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 

10 clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and 

11 (2) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 

12 ‘‘(iv) with respect to the supported 

13 housing program under section 8(o)(19), 

14 any disability benefits received under chap15 ter 11 or chapter 15 of title 38, United 

16 States Code, received by a veteran, except 

17 that this exclusion may not apply to the 

18 definition of adjusted income; 

19 ‘‘(v) with respect to any household re20 ceiving rental assistance under the sup21 ported housing program under section 

22 8(o)(19) as it relates to eligibility for other 

23 types of housing assistance, any disability 

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1 ceived by a veteran, except that this exclu2 sion may not apply to the definition of ad3 justed income;’’. 

4 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—When determining the eligibility of 

6 a veteran to rent a residential dwelling unit constructed 

7 on Department property on or after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, for which assistance is provided as part 

9 of a housing assistance program administered by the Sec10 retary of Housing and Urban Development and not yet in 

11 existence at the time of the enactment of this section, the 

12 Secretary shall exclude from income any disability benefits 

13 received under chapter 11 or chapter 15 of title 38, United 

14 States Code by such person. 

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

18 (2) DEPARTMENT PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘De19 partment property’’ has the meaning given the term 

20 in section 901 of title 38, United States Code. 


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Union Calendar No. 613 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8340 

[Report No. 118–726] 

A BILL 

To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States 

poses. gram under section 8(o)(19), and for other purmining eligibility for the supported housing probenefits from income for the purposes of deterHousing Act of 1937 to exclude certain disability 

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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