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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8275 
To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Honoring America’s Veterans 
and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012, to make certain 
enhancements to grants and agreements between the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs and entities that provide services to homeless veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 
Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of 
Tennessee, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. BOST, Mr. 
DUNN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 
COOK, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Honoring 
America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Fami-
lies Act of 2012, to make certain enhancements to grants 
and agreements between the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs and entities that provide services to homeless vet-
erans. 
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 ‘‘Reducing Veteran 
Homelessness Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS BE-
TWEEN THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS AND ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE SERV-
ICES TO HOMELESS VETERANS. 
Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking clause (i) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), the rate deter-
mined under this paragraph shall be the higher of— 
‘‘(I) 125 percent of the rate authorized for 
State homes for domiciliary care under subsection 
(a)(1)(A) of section 1741 of this title, as the Sec-
retary may increase from time to time under sub-
section (c) of that section; or 
‘‘(II) regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
that determine such rate based on locality.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause (iii): 
‘‘(iii) The Secretary may reimburse the recipient of 
a grant under section 2011, 2012, 2013, or 2061 of this 
title for fees charged to that grant recipient for the use 
of the homeless management information system described 
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in section 402 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11630a)— 
‘‘(I) in amounts the Secretary determines to be 
reasonable; and 
‘‘(II) if the Secretary determines that the grant 
recipient is unable to obtain information contained 
in such system through other means and at no cost 
to the grant recipient.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONTRACTING FOR HUD–VASH CASE MANAGERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Honoring 
America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Fami-
lies Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–154; 38 U.S.C. 2041 
note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the 
director of a covered medical center shall seek to enter 
into a contract or agreement described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) A contract or agreement under subparagraph 
(A) may require that a case manager employed by an eligi-
ble entity have credentials equivalent to those of a case 
manager of the Department. 
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‘‘(C) The Secretary may waive the requirement under 
subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that ful-
filling such requirement is infeasible. If the Secretary 
grants such a waiver, the Secretary shall submit, not later 
than 90 days after granting such waiver, to the Commit-
tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, a report containing— 
‘‘(i) an explanation of that determination; 
‘‘(ii) a plan to increase the number of case 
managers of the Department; and 
‘‘(iii) a plan for the covered medical center to 
increase use of such vouchers. 
‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘covered medical 
center’ means a medical center of the Department that 
the Secretary determines— 
‘‘(i) had more than 15 percent of all vouchers 
allocated to that medical center under the program 
described in paragraph (1) through the fiscal year 
preceding such determination go unused due to a 
lack of case management services provided by the 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) has a case manager position that has been 
vacant for at least nine consecutive months imme-
diately preceding the date of such determination.’’; 
and 
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(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘, including because—’’ and insert-
ing a period; and 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (C). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 
fiscal year to begin on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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