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Department or of grant and per diem providers that are
designed to meet the general needs of homeless veterans.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2005, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report
setting forth the results of the study under subsection (a).
SEC. 8. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMATIC EXPANSIONS.
(a) ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.—Sec-
tion 1706 is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c) The Secretary shall develop standards to ensure
that mental health services are available to veterans in a
manner similar to the manner in which primary care is
available to veterans who require services by ensuring that
each primary care health care facility of the Department
has a mental health treatment capacity.’’.
(b) COMPREHENSIVE HOMELESS SERVICES PRO-
GRAM.—Subsection (b) of section 2033, as transferred and
redesignated by section 5(b)(1), is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘not fewer’’ in the first sentence
and all that follows through ‘‘services) at’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘The Secretary shall carry out the program
under this section in sites in at least each of the 20
largest metropolitan statistical areas.’’.
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(c) 
OPIOID
SUBSTITUTION
THERAPY.—Section
1720A is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(d) The Secretary shall ensure that opioid substi-
tution therapy is available at each Department medical
center.’’.
SEC. 9. COORDINATION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
(a) DISABLED VETERANS’ OUTREACH PROGRAM.—
Section 4103A(c) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(11) Coordination of services provided to vet-
erans with training assistance provided to veterans
by entities receiving financial assistance under sec-
tion 2021 of this title.’’.
(b) LOCAL VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—Section 4104(b) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(13) Coordinate services provided to veterans
with training assistance for veterans provided by en-
tities receiving financial assistance under section
2021 of this title.’’.
SEC. 10. USE OF REAL PROPERTY.
(a) LIMITATION ON DECLARING PROPERTY EXCESS
TO THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT.—Section 8122(d)
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the
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following: ‘‘and is not suitable for use for the provision
of services to homeless veterans by the Department or by
another entity under an enhanced-use lease of such prop-
erty under section 8162 of this title’’.
(b) WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS
FOR ENHANCED-USE LEASES FOR PROPERTIES USED TO
SERVE HOMELESS VETERANS.—Section 8162(b)(1) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(b)(1)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) In the case of a property that the Secretary de-
termines is appropriate for use as a facility to furnish
services to homeless veterans under chapter 20 of this
title, the Secretary may enter into an enhanced-use lease
without regard to the selection procedures required under
subparagraph (A).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (b) shall apply to leases entered into on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 11. MEETINGS OF INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOME-
LESS.
Section 202(c) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11312(c)) is amended to read as
follows:
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‘‘(c) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet at the call
of its Chairperson or a majority of its members, but not
less often than annually.’’.
SEC. 12. RENTAL ASSISTANCE VOUCHERS FOR HUD VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS SUPPORTED HOUSING PRO-
GRAM.
Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(19) RENTAL VOUCHERS FOR VETERANS AF-
FAIRS SUPPORTED HOUSING PROGRAM.—
‘‘(A) SET
ASIDE.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), the Secretary shall set aside, from
amounts made available for rental assistance
under this subsection, the amounts specified in
subparagraph (B) for use only for providing
such assistance through a supported housing
program administered in conjunction with the
Department of Veterans Affairs. Such program
shall provide rental assistance on behalf of
homeless veterans who have chronic mental ill-
nesses or chronic substance use disorders, shall
require agreement of the veteran to continued
treatment for such mental illness or substance
use disorder as a condition of receipt of such
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rental assistance, and shall ensure such treat-
ment and appropriate case management for
each veteran receiving such rental assistance.
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in
this subparagraph is—
‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2003, the amount
necessary to provide 500 vouchers for rent-
al assistance under this subsection;
‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2004, the amount
necessary to provide 1,000 vouchers for
rental assistance under this subsection;
‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 2005, the amount
necessary to provide 1,500 vouchers for
rental assistance under this subsection;
and
‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2006, the amount
necessary to provide 2,000 vouchers for
rental assistance under this subsection.
‘‘(C) FUNDING
THROUGH
INCREMENTAL
ASSISTANCE.—In any fiscal year, to the extent
that this paragraph requires the Secretary to
set aside rental assistance amounts for use
under this paragraph in an amount that ex-
ceeds that set aside in the preceding fiscal year,
such requirement shall be effective only to such
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extent or in such amounts as are or have been
provided in appropriation Acts for such fiscal
year for incremental rental assistance under
this subsection.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 16,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.