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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8340 

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 

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. 

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 

5 Disabled Veterans Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS. 

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

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

4 (1) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v), as 

5 clauses (vi) and (vii); and 

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

7 ‘‘(iv) with respect to the supported 

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

9 any disability benefits received under chap10 ter 11 or chapter 15 of title 38, United 

11 States Code, received by a Veteran, except 

12 that this exclusion may not apply to the 

13 definition of adjusted income; 

14 ‘‘(v) with respect to any household re15 ceiving rental assistance under the sup16 ported housing program under section 

17 8(o)(19) as it relates to eligibility for other 

18 types of housing assistance, any disability 

19 benefits received under chapter 11 or chap20 ter 15 of title 38, United States Code, re21 ceived by a Veteran, except that this exclu22 sion may not apply to the definition of ad23 justed income;’’. 

24 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS. 

25 (a) IN GENERAL.—When determining the eligibility 

26 of a person to rent a residential dwelling unit constructed 


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1 on Department property on or after the date of the enact2 ment of this Act, for which assistance is provided as part 

3 of a housing assistance program administered by the Sec4 retary of Housing and Urban Development and not yet 

5 in existence at the time of the enactment of this section, 

6 the Secretary shall exclude from income any disability ben7 efits received under chapter 11 or chapter 15 of title 38, 

8 United States Code by such person. 

9 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

11 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

12 (2) DEPARTMENT PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘De13 partment property’’ has the meaning given the term 

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

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