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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 224 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 224

 To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development 
 Act of 1974 to require the exclusion of service-connected disability 
 compensation when determining whether a person is a person of low and 
   moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate 
                    income, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2025

Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. 
 Ciscomani, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Sessions) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development 
 Act of 1974 to require the exclusion of service-connected disability 
 compensation when determining whether a person is a person of low and 
   moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate 
                    income, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disabled Veterans Housing Support 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY COMPENSATION.

    Section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(20)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(C) Service-connected disability compensation.--When 
        determining whether a person is a person of low and moderate 
        income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate income 
        under this paragraph, a State, unit of general local 
        government, or Indian tribe shall exclude any service-connected 
        disability compensation received by such person from the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall, not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the 
Congress a report that--
            (1) examines how service-connected disability compensation 
        is treated for the purposes of determining eligibility for all 
        programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development;
            (2) identifies any instances where service-connected 
        disability compensation is treated in a manner inconsistent 
        with the amendment made by section 2; and
            (3) with respect to each program administered by the 
        Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in which service-
        connected disability compensation is treated inconsistently, 
        provides legislative recommendations relating to how such 
        program could better serve veteran populations, and under-
        served communities.
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