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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8275 

To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Honoring America’s Veterans 

and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012, to make certain 

enhancements to grants and agreements between the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and entities that provide services to homeless veterans. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 

Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of 

Tennessee, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. BOST, Mr. 

DUNN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 

COOK, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the 

Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Honoring 

America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012, to make certain enhancements to grants 

and agreements between the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and entities that provide services to homeless veterans. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reducing Veteran 

3 Homelessness Act of 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS BE5 TWEEN THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF6 FAIRS AND ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE SERV7 ICES TO HOMELESS VETERANS. 

8 Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 

9 Code, is amended— 

10 (1) by striking clause (i) and inserting the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), the rate deter13 mined under this paragraph shall be the higher of— 

14 ‘‘(I) 125 percent of the rate authorized for 

15 State homes for domiciliary care under subsection 

16 (a)(1)(A) of section 1741 of this title, as the Sec17 retary may increase from time to time under sub18 section (c) of that section; or 

19 ‘‘(II) regulations prescribed by the Secretary 

20 that determine such rate based on locality.’’; and 

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

22 clause (iii): 

23 ‘‘(iii) The Secretary may reimburse the recipient of 

24 a grant under section 2011, 2012, 2013, or 2061 of this 

25 title for fees charged to that grant recipient for the use 

26 of the homeless management information system described 


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1 in section 402 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist2 ance Act (Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11630a)— 

3 ‘‘(I) in amounts the Secretary determines to be 

4 reasonable; and 

5 ‘‘(II) if the Secretary determines that the grant 

6 recipient is unable to obtain information contained 

7 in such system through other means and at no cost 

8 to the grant recipient.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. CONTRACTING FOR HUD–VASH CASE MANAGERS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Honoring 

11 America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Fami12 lies Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–154; 38 U.S.C. 2041 

13 note) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec16 retary’’; and 

17 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

18 paragraphs: 

19 ‘‘(2)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the 

20 director of a covered medical center shall seek to enter 

21 into a contract or agreement described in paragraph (1). 

22 ‘‘(B) A contract or agreement under subparagraph 

23 (A) may require that a case manager employed by an eligi24 ble entity have credentials equivalent to those of a case 

25 manager of the Department. 


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1 ‘‘(C) The Secretary may waive the requirement under 

2 subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that ful3 filling such requirement is infeasible. If the Secretary 

4 grants such a waiver, the Secretary shall submit, not later 

5 than 90 days after granting such waiver, to the Commit6 tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep7 resentatives, a report containing— 

8 ‘‘(i) an explanation of that determination; 

9 ‘‘(ii) a plan to increase the number of case 

10 managers of the Department; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) a plan for the covered medical center to 

12 increase use of such vouchers. 

13 ‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘covered medical 

14 center’ means a medical center of the Department that 

15 the Secretary determines— 

16 ‘‘(i) had more than 15 percent of all vouchers 

17 allocated to that medical center under the program 

18 described in paragraph (1) through the fiscal year 

19 preceding such determination go unused due to a 

20 lack of case management services provided by the 

21 Secretary; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) has a case manager position that has been 

23 vacant for at least nine consecutive months imme24 diately preceding the date of such determination.’’; 

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1 (2) in subsection (b)(2)— 

2 (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 

3 by striking ‘‘, including because—’’ and insert4 ing a period; and 

5 (B) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), 

6 and (C). 

7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 

9 fiscal year to begin on or after the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act. 

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