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Union Calendar No. 21 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1171 
[Report No. 111–54] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Homeless Veterans 
Reintegration Program for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2009 
Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. BUYER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
MARCH 26, 2009 
Additional sponsor: Mr. MICHAUD 
MARCH 26, 2009 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the 
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program for fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014. 
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 ‘‘Homeless Veterans Re-
integration Program Reauthorization Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 2021(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 3. HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS AND HOMELESS VET-
ERANS 
WITH 
CHILDREN 
REINTEGRATION 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Chapter 20 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2021 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 2021A. Homeless women veterans and homeless vet-
erans with children reintegration grant 
program 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations provided for such purpose, the Secretary of Labor 
shall make grants to program and facilities that the Sec-
retary determines provide dedicated services for homeless 
women veterans and homeless veterans with children. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this section shall 
be used to provide job training, counseling, placement serv-
ices (including job readiness and literacy and skills train-
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ing) and child care services to expedite the reintegration 
of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with 
children into the labor force. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT TO MONITOR EXPENDITURES OF 
FUNDS.—(1) The Secretary of Labor shall collect such in-
formation as that Secretary considers appropriate to mon-
itor and evaluate the distribution and expenditure of funds 
appropriated to carry out this section. The information 
shall include data with respect to the results or outcomes 
of the services provided to each homeless veteran under this 
section. 
‘‘(2) Information under paragraph (1) shall be fur-
nished in such form and manner as the Secretary of Labor 
may specify. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION
THROUGH
THE
ASSISTANT 
SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND 
TRAINING.—The Secretary of Labor shall carry out this sec-
tion through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ 
Employment and Training. 
‘‘(e) BIENNIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
of Labor shall include as part of the report required under 
section 2021(d) of this title an evaluation of the grant pro-
gram under this section, which shall include an evaluation 
of services furnished to veterans under this section and an 
analysis of the information collected under subsection (c). 
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‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) In 
addition to any amount authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out section 2021 of this title, there is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
‘‘(2) Funds appropriated to carry out this section shall 
remain available until expended. Funds obligated in any 
fiscal year to carry out this section may be expended in 
that fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2021 the following new item: 
‘‘2021A. Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegra-
tion grant program.’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Homeless Vet-
erans Reintegration Program for fiscal years 2010 
through 2014, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 21 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1171 
[Report No. 111–54] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reau-
thorize the Homeless Veterans Reintegration 
Program for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
MARCH 26, 2009 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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