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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1642 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, to the extent 

possible, an enhanced-use lease for a homeless housing project at the 

Department of Veterans Affairs facility known as the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, located in North Hills, California, shall provide that 

such housing project shall be maintained as a sober living facility for 

veterans only, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2007 

Mr. SHERMAN (for himself and Mr. FILNER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, 

to the extent possible, an enhanced-use lease for a homeless housing project at the Department of Veterans Affairs facility known as the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care 

Center, located in North Hills, California, shall provide 

that such housing project shall be maintained as a sober 

living facility for veterans only, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeless Veterans 

3 Housing at Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center Promotion 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ENHANCED USE LEASE FOR SEPULVEDA AMBULA6 TORY CARE CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF VET7 ERANS AFFAIRS. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR LEASE.—The Secretary of 

9 Veterans Affairs may enter into an enhanced-use lease 

10 under section 8162 of title 38, United States Code, at the 

11 Department facility known as the Sepulveda Ambulatory 

12 Care Center (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Center’’), for 

13 a homeless housing project, only to the extent, subject to 

14 the exceptions provided in subsection (d), that any such 

15 lease contains legally enforceable provisions that the ten16 ant under the lease shall comply with the following terms 

17 and conditions: 

18 (1) That the housing project located at the 

19 Center shall provide housing exclusively for veterans, 

20 as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States 

21 Code. 

22 (2) That such housing project shall be main23 tained, for the duration of the lease, as a sober liv24 ing facility. 

25 (3) That the housing project shall be adequately 

26 staffed with health care, counseling, and security 


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1 personnel, taking into account the ratio of such staff 

2 to residents, in order to protect residents of the 

3 housing project and of the community, and that the 

4 minimum staffing ratios shall be specified in an en5 forceable provision of the lease. 

6 (4) That the housing project shall provide hous7 ing to not fewer than 150 and not more than 225 

8 residents. 

9 (b) CONSIDERATION OF QUALIFIED ORGANIZA10 TIONS.—The Secretary shall consider proposals for the en11 hanced-use lease under subsection (a) from all organiza12 tions determined by the Secretary to be qualified, and 

13 which are capable and willing to comply with the terms 

14 and conditions described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and 

15 (4) of subsection (a). 

16 (c) SELECTION OF ORGANIZATION.—In the event 

17 that there are more than one qualified organizations de18 scribed in subsection (b) which submit a proposal, the Sec19 retary shall enter into the enhanced-use lease under sub20 section (a) with the organization that the Secretary deter21 mines shall offer the best treatment services, security 

22 staffing, and supervision with respect to residents of the 

23 housing project. The Secretary shall give preference to en24 tering into such a lease with a qualified organization which 


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1 has the most experience nationwide in providing housing 

2 and treatment for homeless veterans. 

3 (d) EXCEPTIONS.—If the Secretary, after a diligent 

4 search, is unable to enter into an enhanced-use lease with 

5 a qualified organization containing all of the terms and 

6 conditions specified in subsection (a) on or before a date 

7 that is 12 months after the date of the enactment of this 

8 Act, the Secretary— 

9 (1) may enter into such a lease with a qualified 

10 organization providing that the housing project shall 

11 be exclusively for veterans during the duration of the 

12 lease, with preference given to an organization which 

13 housing project shall provide housing to the highest 

14 number of residents not exceeding 225; and 

15 (2) if, after a diligent search, the Secretary is 

16 unable to enter into such a lease with a qualified or17 ganization that provides that the housing project 

18 shall be exclusively for veterans during the duration 

19 of the lease, may enter into such a lease with an or20 ganization providing that not less than 80 percent of 

21 the residents of the housing project shall be veterans 

22 throughout the duration of the lease. 

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