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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 293 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Labor 

to carry out a grant program to provide reintegration services through 

programs and facilities that emphasize services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2009 

Mr. BUYER (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 

BUCHANAN, Mr. STEARNS, and Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a grant program to provide 

reintegration services through programs and facilities 

that emphasize services for homeless women veterans 

and homeless veterans with children. 

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 ‘‘Homeless Women Vet5 erans and Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration 

6 Grant Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS AND HOMELESS 

2 VETERANS WITH CHILDREN REINTEGRATION 

3 GRANT PROGRAM. 

4 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Chapter 20 of title 38, 

5 United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 

6 2021 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 2021A. Homeless women veterans and homeless 

8 veterans with children reintegration 

9 grant program 

10 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—Subject to the availability of appro11 priations provided for such purpose, the Secretary of 

12 Labor shall make grants to program and facilities that 

13 the Secretary determines provide dedicated services for 

14 homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with chil15 dren. 

16 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this section 

17 shall be used to provide job training, counseling, place18 ment services (including job readiness and literacy and 

19 skills training) and child care services to expedite the re20 integration of homeless women veterans and homeless vet21 erans with children into the labor force. 

22 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT TO MONITOR EXPENDITURES OF

23 FUNDS.—(1) The Secretary of Labor shall collect such in24 formation as that Secretary considers appropriate to mon25 itor and evaluate the distribution and expenditure of funds 

26 appropriated to carry out this section. The information 


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1 shall include data with respect to the results or outcomes 

2 of the services provided to each homeless veteran under 

3 this section. 

4 ‘‘(2) Information under paragraph (1) shall be fur5 nished in such form and manner as the Secretary of Labor 

6 may specify. 

7 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE ASSISTANT

8 SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT

9 AND TRAINING.—The Secretary of Labor shall carry out 

10 this section through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

11 Veterans’ Employment and Training. 

12 ‘‘(e) BIENNIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Sec13 retary of Labor shall include as part of the report required 

14 under section 2021(d) of this title an evaluation of the 

15 grant program under this section, which shall include an 

16 evaluation of services furnished to veterans under this sec17 tion and an analysis of the information collected under 

18 subsection (c). 

19 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) 

20 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 

21 section $10,000,000 for each fiscal year. 

22 ‘‘(2) Funds appropriated to carry out this section 

23 shall remain available until expended. Funds obligated in 

24 any fiscal year to carry out this section may be expended 

25 in that fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

3 after the item relating to section 2120 the following new 

4 item: 

‘‘2021A. Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program.’’. 

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