IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4810 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 23 (legislative day, MARCH 19), 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements in the services provided for homeless vet-
erans under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Veteran Home-
lessness Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AUTHORIZED TO BE APPRO-
PRIATED 
FOR 
COMPREHENSIVE 
SERVICE 
PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. 
Section 2013 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2010’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$200,000,000’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR PROVIDING 
SERVICES TO HOMELESS VETERANS. 
(a) IMPROVEMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Section 2012 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘per diem’’ wherever it appears; 
(2) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘daily cost of care’’ 
and inserting ‘‘annual cost of furnishing 
services’’; and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following new subparagraph (B): 
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‘‘(B) The Secretary shall annually adjust the rate of 
payment under subparagraph (A) to reflect anticipated 
changes in the cost of furnishing services and to take into 
account the cost of providing services in a particular geo-
graphic area. The Secretary may set a maximum amount 
payable to a grant recipient under this section.’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘other sources of income’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘the cost of services provided by the grant re-
cipient as the Secretary may require to assist 
the Secretary in making the determination 
under subparagraph (A)’’; 
(D) by striking subparagraph (D) and in-
serting the following new subparagraph (D): 
‘‘(D) In making the determination under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary may consider the availability of 
other sources of income, including payments to the grant 
recipient or eligible entity for furnishing services to home-
less veterans under programs other than under this sub-
chapter, payments or grants from other departments or 
agencies of the United States, from departments or agen-
cies of State or local governments, or from private entities 
or organizations.’’; and 
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(E) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) The Secretary shall authorize payments under 
this subsection to each grant recipient on an annual basis 
but shall make a payment to each grant recipient for each 
calendar quarter in an amount equal to a portion of the 
annual amount authorized for such recipient. Upon the ex-
piration of a calendar quarter, each grant recipient shall 
provide to the Secretary a statement of the amount spent 
by the recipient during that calendar quarter, and if the 
amount spent is less than the amount provided for that 
calendar quarter, repay to the Secretary the balance. If 
the amount spent by a grant recipient for such purpose 
for a calendar quarter exceeds the amount provided to the 
recipient for that quarter, the Secretary shall make an ad-
ditional payment to the recipient in an amount equal to 
the amount by which the amount so spent exceeded the 
amount so provided, as long as the total amount provided 
to such recipient in a calendar year does not exceed the 
amount of the annual payment for that recipient.’’; 
(3) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) 
and inserting the following new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) Payments under this subsection to a grant re-
cipient or eligible entity may be used to match, or in com-
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