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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3796 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve per diem grant payments 

for organizations assisting homeless veterans. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 13, 2009 

Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve per 

diem grant payments for organizations assisting homeless 

veterans. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. PER DIEM GRANT PAYMENTS. 

4 (a) MINIMUM RATE.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

6 2012(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is 

7 amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(2)(A) The rate for such per diem payments shall 

9 be an amount equal to the greater of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the daily cost of care estimated by the 

2 grant recipient or eligible entity, as adjusted by the 

3 Secretary under subparagraph (B); or 

4 ‘‘(ii) $60 per bed provided by the grant recipi5 ent or eligible entity.’’. 

6 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 

7 (B) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘sub8 paragraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 

9 (A)(i)’’. 

10 (b) PRIORITY FOR NONCONFORMING ENTITIES.— 

11 Section 2012 of such title is further amended by adding 

12 at the end the following new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR NONCONFORMING ENTITIES.— 

14 (1) The Secretary shall ensure that 25 percent of funds 

15 available for per diem payments under this section shall 

16 be made available for per diem payments to the following 

17 grant recipients or eligible entities: 

18 ‘‘(A) Grant recipients or eligible entities that— 

19 ‘‘(i) meet each of the transitional and sup20 portive services criteria prescribed by the Sec21 retary pursuant to subsection (a)(1); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) furnish services to homeless individ23 uals, of which less than 75 percent are vet24 erans. 

25 ‘‘(B) Grant recipients or eligible entities that— 


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1 ‘‘(i) meet at least one, but not all, of the 

2 transitional and supportive services criteria pre3 scribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 

4 (a)(1); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) furnish services to homeless individ6 uals, of which not less than 75 percent are vet7 erans. 

8 ‘‘(C) Grant recipients or eligible entities that— 

9 ‘‘(i) meet at least one, but not all, of the 

10 transitional and supportive services criteria pre11 scribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 

12 (a)(1); and 

13 ‘‘(ii) furnish services to homeless individ14 uals, of which less than 75 percent are vet15 erans. 

16 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), in providing 

17 per diem payments under this subsection, the Secretary 

18 shall determine the rate of such per diem payments in ac19 cordance with the following order of priority: 

20 ‘‘(A) Grant recipients or eligible entities de21 scribed by paragraph (1)(A). 

22 ‘‘(B) Grant recipients or eligible entities de23 scribed by paragraph (1)(B). 

24 ‘‘(C) Grant recipients or eligible entities de25 scribed by paragraph (1)(C). 


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1 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, an eligible enti2 ty includes an entity that is ineligible to receive a grant 

3 under section 2011 of this title, but whom the Secretary 

4 determines carries out the purposes described in that sec5 tion.’’. 

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