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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3073 

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

Affairs establish a grant program to provide assistance to veterans who 

are at risk of becoming homeless. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2009 

Mr. NYE (for himself and Mr. HUNTER) 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 Veterans Affairs establish a grant program 

to provide assistance to veterans who are at risk of 

becoming homeless. 

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

3 SECTION 1. GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO 

4 VETERANS AT RISK OF BECOMING HOME5 LESS. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subchapter VII of chapter 20 

7 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 2067. Grant program for homelessness prevention 

2 ‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Subject to the availability of 

3 appropriations provided for such purpose, the Secretary 

4 shall carry out a program under which the Secretary shall 

5 make grants to public entities and private nonprofit orga6 nizations to provide assistance for covered veterans in ac7 cordance with this section. 

8 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE PROVIDED.—The recipient of a 

9 grant under this section shall use the grant to— 

10 ‘‘(1) make payments to an eligible veteran’s 

11 landlord, mortgage company, or utility company for 

12 amounts of rent or mortgage that are in arrears, se13 curity deposits for rental properties, or utility bills 

14 or arrears; and 

15 ‘‘(2) ensure that at the onset of providing as16 sistance for a veteran under paragraph (1), the vet17 eran is in receipt of supportive services to further 

18 prevent homelessness, which may include job train19 ing, mental health and substance abuse treatment, 

20 and other services identified by the Secretary to ad21 dress the barriers that compromise the veteran’s 

22 self-sufficiency and well-being. This would help link 

23 the veterans to appropriate services within the VA, 

24 as well as other federal resources that are available 

25 through DOL and HUD. 


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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible 

2 to receive a grant under this section, a public entity or 

3 private nonprofit organization shall submit to the Sec4 retary an application containing such information and as5 surances as the Secretary may require. Such application 

6 shall demonstrate that the entity or organization is capa7 ble of providing the assistance described in subsection (b). 

8 ‘‘(d) DURATION OF ASSISTANCE.—The recipient of a 

9 grant under this section may not provide assistance under 

10 subsection (b) to any veteran for a duration of longer than 

11 three months. 

12 ‘‘(e) COVERED VETERANS.—For the purposes of this 

13 section, the term ‘covered veteran’ means a veteran who 

14 is at risk of becoming homeless (as that term is defined 

15 in section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist16 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a))), as determined by the 

17 Secretary, and who— 

18 ‘‘(1) is in imminent danger of eviction or fore19 closure; 

20 ‘‘(2) demonstrates a compromised ability to 

21 make rental or mortgage payments based on income; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(3) meets such eligibility criteria as is estab24 lished by the recipient of a grant under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(f) RECOVERY OF UNUSED GRANT FUNDS.—(1) If 

2 a grant recipient under this section does not provide as3 sistance in accordance with this section or ceases to pro4 vide the assistance for which the grant was made, the 

5 United States shall be entitled to recover from such recipi6 ent the total of all unused grant amounts made under this 

7 section to such recipient. 

8 ‘‘(2) Any amount recovered by the United States 

9 under paragraph (1) may be obligated by the Secretary 

10 without fiscal year limitation to carry out provisions of 

11 this subchapter. 

12 ‘‘(3) An amount may not be recovered under para13 graph (1) as an unused grant amount before the end of 

14 the three-year period beginning on the date on which the 

15 grant is made. 

16 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each 

18 of fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013 to carry out this 

19 section.’’. 

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

21 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

22 after the item relating to section 2066 the following new 

23 item: 

‘‘2067. Grant program for homelessness prevention.’’. 

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