SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing our Military 
Veterans Effectively Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘HOME Act of 
2023’’. 
SEC. 2. PER DIEM PAYMENTS PROVIDED BY THE SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR SERV-
ICES FURNISHED TO HOMELESS VETERANS. 
Section 2012 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) in clause (i)(II)(aa)(BB), by strik-
ing ‘‘115 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘133 per-
cent’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) During each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026, 
the Secretary may waive the maximum rate for per diem 
payments under clause (i)(II)(aa)(BB) or (ii) and, subject 
to the availability of appropriations, provide such pay-
ments at a rate that does not exceed 200 percent of the 
rate authorized for State homes for domiciliary care under 
subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1741 of this title, as the 
Secretary may increase from time to time under sub-
section (c) of that section if the Secretary notifies Con-
gress of such waiver.
‘‘(iv) The Secretary may not, pursuant to clause (iii), 
waive the maximum rate described in such clause for more 
than 50 percent of all grant recipients and eligible entities 
in a fiscal year.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may not provide more than 
12,000 per diem payments under this section in a fiscal 
year.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the HOME Act of 2023, 
and not less frequently than twice each year thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives a report on the rate 
for per diem payments under this section that includes, 
for each Veterans Integrated Service Network of the De-
partment, the following data: 
‘‘(1) The average rate for such a payment. 
‘‘(2) A list of locations where the rate for such 
a payment is within 10 percent of the maximum rate 
for such a payment authorized under this section.
‘‘(3) The average length of stay by a veteran 
participating in a program described in section 
2012(a) of this title.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS TO USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR IM-
PROVED FLEXIBILITY IN ASSISTANCE TO 
HOMELESS VETERANS. 
(a) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs may use amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry 
out section 2011, 2012, 2031, or 2061 of title 38, United 
States Code, to provide to a covered veteran, as the Sec-
retary determines necessary— 
(1) food, shelter, clothing, blankets, and hy-
giene items required for the safety and survival of 
the veteran; 
(2) transportation required to support the sta-
bility and health of the veteran for appointments 
with service providers, the conduct of housing 
searches, and the obtainment of food and supplies; 
and 
(3) tablets, smartphones, disposable phones, 
and related service plans required to support the 
stability and health of the veteran through the main-
tenance of contact with service providers, prospective 
landlords, and family members. 
(b) HOMELESS VETERANS ON DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may collabo-
rate, to the extent practicable, with one or more or-
ganizations to manage the use of land of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for homeless veterans for 
living and sleeping. 
(2) FORMS OF COLLABORATION.—Collaboration 
under paragraph (1) may include the provision by ei-
ther the Secretary or the head of the organization 
concerned of food services and security for property, 
buildings, and other facilities owned or controlled by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than six months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every six 
months thereafter until the date specified in subsection 
(d), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that 
includes, with respect to the period covered by such re-
port— 
(1) a statement, disaggregated by each medical 
center of the Department of Veterans Affairs, of the 
amount of funds under this section—
(A) each such medical center requested 
from the Secretary; and 
(B) to which the Secretary provided each 
such medical center; 
(2) data, disaggregated by each such medical 
center, relating to how each such medical center 
used amounts provided by the Secretary under this 
section; 
(3) the number of covered veterans to which the 
Secretary provided assistance under this section; 
(4) the total amount of assistance the Secretary 
provided to covered veterans pursuant to subsection 
(a)(3) for communications equipment, broken down 
by the type of equipment provided; 
(5) the total amount of assistance the Secretary 
provided covered veterans pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2) for ridesharing; 
(6) the number of covered veterans who re-
ceived such assistance; and 
(7) a description, for each rideshare used by a 
covered veteran with such assistance, of the reasons 
such covered veteran used such rideshare. 
(8) the number of covered veterans who lived or 
slept on Department land;
(9) the amount of funds used to make available 
Department land for covered veterans to live and 
sleep; 
(10) the number of Department employees 
whose primary responsibilities involved providing 
services for covered veterans living or sleeping on 
Department land; 
(11) the average length of time a covered vet-
eran lived or slept on Department land, and 
(12) the period of time the Secretary expects 
Department land will be made available for covered 
veterans to live and sleep. 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 
terminate on September 30, 2024. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
veteran’’ means— 
(1) a homeless veteran; and 
(2) a veteran participating in the program car-
ried out under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)). 
SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOUSING LOAN FEES. 
The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November
14, 2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘May 18, 
2032’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 5, 
2023. 
Attest: 
Clerk.