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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1180 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize various programs 

servicing the needs of homeless veterans for fiscal years 2007 through 

2011, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2005 

Mr. OBAMA introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize various programs servicing the needs of homeless veterans 

for fiscal years 2007 through 2011, 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 ‘‘Sheltering All Veterans 

5 Everywhere Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Reauthorization Act of 

6 2005’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds that— 
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1 (1) homelessness is a serious problem in the 

2 United States; 

3 (2) veterans, who have served and defended this 

4 Nation, are especially at risk for homelessness; 

5 (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs esti6 mates that more than 250,000 veterans are home7 less on any given night; 

8 (4) an estimated 1 out of every 3 homeless men 

9 served in the Armed Forces; 

10 (5) America’s homeless veterans have served 

11 bravely in World War II, the Korean War, the Cold 

12 War, the Vietnam War, and more recent efforts such 

13 as Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation 

14 Iraqi Freedom; 

15 (6) male veterans are twice as likely to become 

16 homeless compared to their non-veteran counter17 parts; 

18 (7) female veterans are almost 4 times as likely 

19 to become homeless than their non-veteran counter20 parts; 

21 (8) it is imperative that the United States Gov22 ernment provide homeless or at-risk veterans with 

23 the services they need to prevent and end their 

24 homeless situations; and 
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1 (9) the programs reauthorized by this Act pro2 vide important housing and services to homeless vet3 erans and deserve to be reauthorized. 

4 SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE PROGRAMS. 

5 (a) AMENDING THE STRUCTURE BY WHICH GRANT

6 AND PER DIEM GRANTEES RECEIVE PAYMENT.—Section 

7 2012(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

8 to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(2) The rate for per diem payments under 

10 paragraph (1) shall be the rate authorized for State 

11 homes for domiciliary care under section 

12 1741(a)(1)(A) of this title.’’. 

13 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE

14 HOMELESS PROVIDERS GRANT AND PER DIEM PRO15 GRAM.—Section 2013 of title 38, United States Code, is 

16 amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(5) $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

18 through 2011.’’. 

19 SEC. 4. HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PRO20 GRAMS. 

21 (a) EXPANSION TO INCLUDE VETERANS AT IMMI22 NENT RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS.—Section 2021(a) of 

23 title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

24 veterans who are at imminent risk of homelessness’’ after 

25 ‘‘to expedite the reintegration of homeless veterans’’. 
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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

2 2021(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

3 by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(F) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

5 through 2011.’’. 

6 SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OUTREACH 

7 SERVICES. 

8 Section 2022 of title 38, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘including particular vet12 erans’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘including— 

13 ‘‘(1) particular veterans’’; and 

14 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

15 inserting the following: ‘‘; and 

16 ‘‘(2) members of the armed forces separating 

17 from active duty.’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(7) Plans to provide information concerning 

21 homelessness, including risk factors, awareness as22 sessment, and contact information for preventative 

23 assistance associated with homelessness.’’; and 

24 (3) in subsection (e)(1)— 
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

4 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(C) provision of information concerning home7 lessness, including risk factors, awareness assess8 ment, and contact information for preventative as9 sistance associated with homelessness.’’. 

10 SEC. 6. TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY 

11 MENTALLY ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS. 

12 (a) EXTENSION OF GENERAL TREATMENT AUTHOR13 IZATION.—Section 2031(b) of title 38, United States 

14 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘2011’’. 

16 (b) EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES AUTHOR17 IZATION.—Section 2033(d) of title 38, United States 

18 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘2011’’. 

20 SEC. 7. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SEC21 RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO TRANS22 FER PROPERTIES OBTAINED THROUGH 

23 FORECLOSURE OF VA HOME MORTGAGES. 

24 Section 2041 of title 38, United States Code, is 

25 amended by striking subsection (c). 
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1 SEC. 8. GRANT PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WITH 

2 SPECIAL NEEDS. 

3 Section 2061(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2005 through 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 9. EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR DENTAL CARE. 

7 Section 2062(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, for a period 

10 of 60 consecutive days,’’; and 

11 (2) by striking paragraph (3). 

12 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 

13 HOMELESS VETERAN SERVICE PROVIDER 

14 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

15 Section 2064(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 

16 amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

18 are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of 

19 fiscal years 2006 through 2011 to carry out the programs 

20 under this section.’’. 

21 SEC. 11. ANNUAL REPORT ON ASSISTANCE TO HOMELESS 

22 VETERANS. 

23 Section 2065(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(6) Information on the efforts of the Secretary 

26 to coordinate the delivery of housing and services to 
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1 homeless veterans with other Federal departments 

2 and agencies, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) the Department of Defense; 

4 ‘‘(B) the Department of Health and 

5 Human Services; 

6 ‘‘(C) the Department of Housing and 

7 Urban Development; 

8 ‘‘(D) the Department of Justice; 

9 ‘‘(E) the Department of Labor; 

10 ‘‘(F) the Interagency Council on Homeless11 ness; and 

12 ‘‘(G) the Social Security Administration.’’. 

13 SEC. 12. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HOMELESS VETERANS. 

14 Section 2066 of title 38, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by adding at the end 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(E) The Executive Director of the Inter19 agency Council on Homelessness (or a rep20 resentative of the Executive Director).’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘December 

22 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2011.’’ 
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1 SEC. 13. STUDY ON MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA AND HOME2 LESSNESS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 

4 2007, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit a re5 port containing the results of a study on the intersection 

6 of military sexual trauma and homelessness and effective 

7 service models for addressing trauma among homeless vet8 erans to— 

9 (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

10 Senate; 

11 (2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

12 Senate; 

13 (3) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

14 House of Representatives; and 

15 (4) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (b) CONTENTS.—The study required under sub18 section (a) shall include— 

19 (1) an examination of a possible correlation be20 tween military sexual trauma and homelessness 

21 among veterans; 

22 (2) a summary description of effective service 

23 models for assembling various treatment modalities 

24 and environments for treating homeless veterans 

25 who have experienced military sexual trauma; and 
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1 (3) an outcome evaluation of the ‘‘Seeking 

2 Safety’’ treatment regime made available by the Sec3 retary to homeless female veterans. 

4 (c) FUNDING.—From amounts appropriated for fis5 cal years 2006 and 2007 to the Department of Veterans 

6 Affairs for medical services to veterans, the Secretary shall 

7 make available such sums as may be necessary to conduct 

8 the study under subsection (a).

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