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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3287 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for supportive 

services for very low-income veteran families to include former members 

of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 

Mr. BOOKER 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 expand eligibility 

for supportive services for very low-income veteran families to include former members of the reserve components 

of the Armed Forces, 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 ‘‘Supportive Services 

5 for National Guard and Reserve Veterans and Families 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY 

2 LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES TO IN3 CLUDE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE 

4 COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

5 (a) EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Section 2044 of 

6 title 38, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘vet8 eran’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘veteran 

11 families’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible families’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘veteran 

13 families’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible families’’; and 

14 (C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘veteran 

15 family’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible family’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) in the matter preceding subpara19 graph (A), by striking ‘‘veteran families’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘eligible families’’; and 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(vii), by strik22 ing ‘‘veteran family’’ and inserting ‘‘eligi23 ble family’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘veteran 

25 families’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible families’’; and 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘veteran 

2 families’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible families’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘veteran 

4 families’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘eligi5 ble families’’; 

6 (5) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘veteran 

7 families’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible families’’; and 

8 (6) in subsection (f)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (6)(A)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘very low-income vet11 eran family’’ and inserting ‘‘very low-in12 come eligible family’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘a veteran family’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘an eligible family’’; and 

15 (B) by striking paragraph (7) and insert16 ing the following: 

17 ‘‘(7) The term ‘eligible family’ includes— 

18 ‘‘(A) a veteran who is a single person; 

19 ‘‘(B) a family in which the head of house20 hold or the spouse of the head of household is 

21 a veteran; 

22 ‘‘(C) a former member of a reserve compo23 nent of the Armed Forces who has retired or 

24 separated from service after having served a 

25 term of enlistment and is a single person; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) a family in which the head of house2 hold or spouse of the head of household is a 

3 former member of a reserve component of the 

4 Armed Forces who has retired or separated 

5 from service after having served a term of en6 listment.’’. 

7 (b) FUNDING.—Subsection (e) of such section, as 

8 most recently amended by section 305(a) of the Joseph 

9 Maxwell Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Vet10 erans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2022 

11 (division U of Public Law 117–328), is further amended— 

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘From amounts’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(2)(A) Of amounts available under paragraph 

17 (1)(H) for fiscal year 2024, $50,000,000 shall be available 

18 to carry out subsections (a), (b), and (c) with respect to 

19 eligible families described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) 

20 of subsection (f)(7). 

21 ‘‘(B) Any amounts made available under subpara22 graph (A) to carry out subsections (a), (b), and (c) with 

23 respect to eligible families described in subparagraphs (C) 

24 and (D) of subsection (f)(7) that remain available after 

25 supportive services have been provided to such families 


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1 under this section shall be available during fiscal year 

2 2024 to carry out subsections (a), (b), and (c) with respect 

3 to eligible families described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

4 of such subsection.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. STUDY ON FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITY EXPE6 RIENCED BY MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE 

7 COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

8 (a) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF STUDY.—Not 

9 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 

10 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 

11 a report detailing plans to establish a study to analyze 

12 food and housing insecurity experienced by members of 

13 the reserve components of the Armed Forces. 

14 (b) CONDUCT OF STUDY.—Not later than 120 days 

15 after the date on which the report required by subsection 

16 (a) is submitted, the Secretary of Defense shall begin con17 ducting the study described in such subsection. 

18 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after 

19 the date on which the report required by subsection (a) 

20 is submitted, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of De21 fense shall submit to Congress a report including the find22 ings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b). 


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1 (d) RESERVE COMPONENT DEFINED.—In this sec2 tion, the term ‘‘reserve component’’ has the meaning given 

3 that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. 

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