I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3796 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve per diem grant payments 
for organizations assisting homeless veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 13, 2009 
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve per 
diem grant payments for organizations assisting homeless 
veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PER DIEM GRANT PAYMENTS. 
(a) MINIMUM RATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
2012(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) The rate for such per diem payments shall 
be an amount equal to the greater of— 
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‘‘(i) the daily cost of care estimated by the 
grant recipient or eligible entity, as adjusted by the 
Secretary under subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(ii) $60 per bed provided by the grant recipi-
ent or eligible entity.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 
(B) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph 
(A)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subparagraph 
(A)(i)’’. 
(b) PRIORITY
FOR NONCONFORMING ENTITIES.— 
Section 2012 of such title is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR NONCONFORMING ENTITIES.— 
(1) The Secretary shall ensure that 25 percent of funds 
available for per diem payments under this section shall 
be made available for per diem payments to the following 
grant recipients or eligible entities: 
‘‘(A) Grant recipients or eligible entities that— 
‘‘(i) meet each of the transitional and sup-
portive services criteria prescribed by the Sec-
retary pursuant to subsection (a)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) furnish services to homeless individ-
uals, of which less than 75 percent are vet-
erans. 
‘‘(B) Grant recipients or eligible entities that— 
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‘‘(i) meet at least one, but not all, of the 
transitional and supportive services criteria pre-
scribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) furnish services to homeless individ-
uals, of which not less than 75 percent are vet-
erans. 
‘‘(C) Grant recipients or eligible entities that— 
‘‘(i) meet at least one, but not all, of the 
transitional and supportive services criteria pre-
scribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) furnish services to homeless individ-
uals, of which less than 75 percent are vet-
erans. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), in providing 
per diem payments under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall determine the rate of such per diem payments in ac-
cordance with the following order of priority: 
‘‘(A) Grant recipients or eligible entities de-
scribed by paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) Grant recipients or eligible entities de-
scribed by paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(C) Grant recipients or eligible entities de-
scribed by paragraph (1)(C). 
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‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, an eligible enti-
ty includes an entity that is ineligible to receive a grant 
under section 2011 of this title, but whom the Secretary 
determines carries out the purposes described in that sec-
tion.’’. 
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