I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5830 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to enable certain non-profit organiza-
tions that serve homeless veterans to participate in the Grants and 
Per Diem Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide 
transitional housing or other facilities for homeless veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2012 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. WALZ of Minnesota) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to enable certain 
non-profit organizations that serve homeless veterans to 
participate in the Grants and Per Diem Program of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide transi-
tional housing or other facilities for homeless veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing for Heroes 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF CERTAIN GRANTS TO ASSIST 
HOMELESS VETERANS. 
Section 2011(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A grant’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) A 
grant’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘The amount’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) The amount of a grant under this section may 
not exceed 65 percent of the estimated cost of the project 
concerned.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary may not deny an application 
from an entity that seeks a grant under this section to 
carry out a project described in subsection (b)(1)(A) solely 
on the basis that the entity proposes to use funding from 
other private or public sources, if the entity demonstrates 
that a private nonprofit organization will provide oversight 
and site control for the project. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘private nonprofit 
organization’ means the following: 
‘‘(i) An incorporated private institution, organi-
zation, or foundation— 
‘‘(I) that has received, or has temporary 
clearance to receive, tax-exempt status under 
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paragraph (2), (3), or (19) of section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
‘‘(II) for which no part of the net earnings 
of the institution, organization, or foundation 
inures to the benefit of any member, founder, 
or contributor of the institution, organization, 
or foundation; and 
‘‘(III) that the Secretary determines is fi-
nancially responsible. 
‘‘(ii) A for-profit limited partnership or limited 
liability company, the sole general partner or man-
ager of which is an organization that is described by 
subclauses (I) through (III) of clause (i). 
‘‘(iii) A for-profit corporation or limited liability 
company wholly owned and controlled by one or 
more organizations that are described by subclauses 
(I) through (III) of clause (i).’’. 
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