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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3094 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve homeless veterans 

reintegration programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 27, 2021 

Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

MARSHALL, and Ms. HIRONO) 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 improve homeless 

veterans reintegration programs, 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 ‘‘Reaching Every Home5 less Veteran Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRA7 TION PROGRAMS. 

8 (a) GRANTS.—Section 2021 of title 38, United States 

9 Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) 

2 as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—(1) In awarding grants for purposes 

6 of conducting programs described in subsection (a), the 

7 Secretary of Labor shall, to the maximum extent prac8 ticable, consider applications for fundable grants from en9 tities in all States. 

10 ‘‘(2) In each State in which no entity has been award11 ed a grant described in paragraph (1) as of the date of 

12 the enactment of the Reaching Every Homeless Veteran 

13 Act of 2021, the Secretary of Labor shall, in coordination 

14 with the Director of Veterans’ Employment and Training 

15 in the State, organize and conduct an outreach and edu16 cation program to ensure communities are aware of the 

17 programs conducted under this section and the benefits 

18 of the programs.’’. 

19 (b) CONTENTS OF BIENNIAL REPORT TO CON20 GRESS.—Subsection (e) of section 2021 of such title, as 

21 redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended— 

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Not less’’; and 

23 (2) by striking the second sentence and insert24 ing the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Labor shall include in each re2 port submitted under paragraph (1) the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) An evaluation of services furnished to vet4 erans under this section. 

5 ‘‘(B) An analysis of the information collected 

6 under subsection (c). 

7 ‘‘(C) An identification of— 

8 ‘‘(i) the total number of applications for 

9 grants under this section that the Secretary re10 ceived during the fiscal year preceding the date 

11 on which the report is submitted; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the number of such applications that 

13 were denied. 

14 ‘‘(D) With respect to each State in which no 

15 entity was awarded a grant under this section dur16 ing the fiscal year preceding the date on which the 

17 report is submitted— 

18 ‘‘(i) an identification of the top five rea19 sons why entities that applied for such a grant 

20 were not awarded the grant; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) information regarding the specific cri22 teria used to score the applications and an ex23 planation of if, how, or why such criteria dif24 fered from the previous fiscal year.’’. 


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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2021A(e) 

2 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘section 2021(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2021(e)’’. 

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