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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1642 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, to the extent 
possible, an enhanced-use lease for a homeless housing project at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs facility known as the Sepulveda Ambula-
tory Care Center, located in North Hills, California, shall provide that 
such housing project shall be maintained as a sober living facility for 
veterans only, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2007 
Mr. SHERMAN (for himself and Mr. FILNER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, 
to the extent possible, an enhanced-use lease for a home-
less housing project at the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs facility known as the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care 
Center, located in North Hills, California, shall provide 
that such housing project shall be maintained as a sober 
living facility for veterans only, and for other purposes. 
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 
Housing at Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center Promotion 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCED USE LEASE FOR SEPULVEDA AMBULA-
TORY CARE CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR LEASE.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may enter into an enhanced-use lease 
under section 8162 of title 38, United States Code, at the 
Department facility known as the Sepulveda Ambulatory 
Care Center (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Center’’), for 
a homeless housing project, only to the extent, subject to 
the exceptions provided in subsection (d), that any such 
lease contains legally enforceable provisions that the ten-
ant under the lease shall comply with the following terms 
and conditions: 
(1) That the housing project located at the 
Center shall provide housing exclusively for veterans, 
as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(2) That such housing project shall be main-
tained, for the duration of the lease, as a sober liv-
ing facility. 
(3) That the housing project shall be adequately 
staffed with health care, counseling, and security 
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personnel, taking into account the ratio of such staff 
to residents, in order to protect residents of the 
housing project and of the community, and that the 
minimum staffing ratios shall be specified in an en-
forceable provision of the lease. 
(4) That the housing project shall provide hous-
ing to not fewer than 150 and not more than 225 
residents. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF
QUALIFIED
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall consider proposals for the en-
hanced-use lease under subsection (a) from all organiza-
tions determined by the Secretary to be qualified, and 
which are capable and willing to comply with the terms 
and conditions described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and 
(4) of subsection (a). 
(c) SELECTION
OF ORGANIZATION.—In the event 
that there are more than one qualified organizations de-
scribed in subsection (b) which submit a proposal, the Sec-
retary shall enter into the enhanced-use lease under sub-
section (a) with the organization that the Secretary deter-
mines shall offer the best treatment services, security 
staffing, and supervision with respect to residents of the 
housing project. The Secretary shall give preference to en-
tering into such a lease with a qualified organization which 
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has the most experience nationwide in providing housing 
and treatment for homeless veterans. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—If the Secretary, after a diligent 
search, is unable to enter into an enhanced-use lease with 
a qualified organization containing all of the terms and 
conditions specified in subsection (a) on or before a date 
that is 12 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary— 
(1) may enter into such a lease with a qualified 
organization providing that the housing project shall 
be exclusively for veterans during the duration of the 
lease, with preference given to an organization which 
housing project shall provide housing to the highest 
number of residents not exceeding 225; and 
(2) if, after a diligent search, the Secretary is 
unable to enter into such a lease with a qualified or-
ganization that provides that the housing project 
shall be exclusively for veterans during the duration 
of the lease, may enter into such a lease with an or-
ganization providing that not less than 80 percent of 
the residents of the housing project shall be veterans 
throughout the duration of the lease. 
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