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Union Calendar No. 613 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8340 
[Report No. 118–726] 
To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
exclude certain disability benefits from income for the purposes of deter-
mining eligibility for the supported housing program under section 
8(o)(19), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2024 
Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. NICK-
EL, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
MEUSER, Mr. BACON, Mr. MAST, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
NOVEMBER 1, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Ms. NORTON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. LAWLER, 
Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. CHU, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 
DELUZIO, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mrs. 
CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of 
North Carolina, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 
SORENSEN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. PEREZ, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. PETERS, Ms. 
LEGER FERNANDEZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DUNN of Flor-
ida, Mr. TONKO, Mr. EDWARDS, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. 
KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. MAN-
NING, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. AMO, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. 
TORRES of California, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. 
HAYES, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. FROST, Ms. SPANBERGER, 
Mr. KEAN
of New Jersey, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
MOLINARO, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey, Ms. ROSS, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. LOPEZ, Mr. RASKIN, 
Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. SALINAS, 
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Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mrs. BICE, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, 
Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. MENG, 
Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. AGUILAR, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. OBERNOLTE, 
Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mr. CISCOMANI 
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NOVEMBER 1, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 10, 2024] 
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A BILL 
To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 to exclude certain disability benefits from 
income for the purposes of determining eligibility for 
the supported housing program under section 8(o)(19), 
and for other purposes. 
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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 Unhoused Dis-
abled Veterans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS. 
Section 3(b)(4)(B) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(4)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 
clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) with respect to the supported 
housing program under section 8(o)(19), 
any disability benefits received under chap-
ter 11 or chapter 15 of title 38, United 
States Code, received by a veteran, except 
that this exclusion may not apply to the 
definition of adjusted income; 
‘‘(v) with respect to any household re-
ceiving rental assistance under the sup-
ported housing program under section 
8(o)(19) as it relates to eligibility for other 
types of housing assistance, any disability 
benefits received under chapter 11 or chap-
ter 15 of title 38, United States Code, re-
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ceived by a veteran, except that this exclu-
sion may not apply to the definition of ad-
justed income;’’. 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—When determining the eligibility of 
a veteran to rent a residential dwelling unit constructed 
on Department property on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, for which assistance is provided as part 
of a housing assistance program administered by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development and not yet in 
existence at the time of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall exclude from income any disability benefits 
received under chapter 11 or chapter 15 of title 38, United 
States Code by such person. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(2) DEPARTMENT
PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘De-
partment property’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 901 of title 38, United States Code. 
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Union Calendar No. 613 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8340 
[Report No. 118–726] 
A BILL 
To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 to exclude certain disability 
benefits from income for the purposes of deter-
mining eligibility for the supported housing pro-
gram under section 8(o)(19), and for other pur-
poses. 
NOVEMBER 1, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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