Title: Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2017
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2017
This bill makes the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs and services permanent: (1) homeless veterans reintegration programs, (2) referral and counseling services for veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions (including penal institutions), (3) financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing, (4) a grant program for homeless veterans with special needs, (5) treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, (6) housing assistance for homeless veterans, and (7) the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 104 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 104

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent certain 
programs that assist homeless veterans and other veterans with special 
                     needs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

  Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent certain 
programs that assist homeless veterans and other veterans with special 
                     needs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAMS ASSISTING HOMELESS VETERANS AND OTHER VETERANS WITH 
              SPECIAL NEEDS.

    (a) Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs.--Section 2021(e)(1) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(G) $50,000,000 for each fiscal year after 2017.''.
    (b) Referral and Counseling Services for Veterans at Risk of 
Homelessness Who Are Transitioning From Certain Institutions.--Section 
2023 of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (d); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
    (c) Treatment for Seriously Mentally Ill and Homeless Veterans.--
Section 2031 of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a)''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
    (d) Housing Assistance for Homeless Veterans.--Section 2041 of such 
title is amended by striking subsection (c).
    (e) Financial Assistance for Supportive Services for Very Low-
Income Veteran Families in Permanent Housing.--Section 2044(e)(1) of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
            ``(F) $300,000,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year 
        2017.''.
    (f) Grant Program for Homeless Veterans With Special Needs.--
Section 2061(d)(1) of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``each of fiscal years 2007 through 2017'' 
        and inserting ``each fiscal year''; and
            (2) by striking ``such''.
    (g) Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.--Section 2066 of such 
title is amended by striking subsection (d).
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