Title: GRACE for Homeless Veterans Act of 2020
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Grant Regulation Adjustment during the Coronavirus Emergency for Homeless Veterans Act of 2020 or the GRACE for Homeless Veterans Act of 2020
This bill addresses the administration of grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of facilities for homeless veterans, or the procurement of vans, including by removing the cap on the grant amount available for such projects during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4910 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4910

To adjust the regulation of certain grants awarded by the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs during a covered public health emergency to serve 
               homeless veterans, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2020

  Mr. Tester introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To adjust the regulation of certain grants awarded by the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs during a covered public health emergency to serve 
               homeless veterans, 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 ``Grant Regulation Adjustment during 
the Coronavirus Emergency for Homeless Veterans Act of 2020'' or the 
``GRACE for Homeless Veterans Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FUNDING LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS AWARDED 
              BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DURING A COVERED 
              PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TO SERVE HOMELESS VETERANS.

    Subsection (c)(2) of section 2011 of title 38, United States Code, 
shall not apply to any grant awarded during a covered public health 
emergency under such section for a project described in subsection 
(b)(1) of such section.

SEC. 3. DISPOSITION DURING A COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF 
              PROPERTY RELATING TO CERTAIN GRANTS AWARDED BY THE 
              SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO SERVE HOMELESS VETERANS.

    During a covered public health emergency, if the recipient of a 
grant awarded before or during such emergency under section 2011 of 
title 38, United States Code, for a project described in subsection 
(b)(1) of such section is no longer providing services in accordance 
with the terms of the grant, the recipient shall not be subject during 
such emergency to any property disposition requirements relating to the 
grant under subsection (c) or (f) of section 61.67 of title 38, Code of 
Federal Regulations, section 200.311(c) of title 2, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or successor regulations.

SEC. 4. COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``covered public health emergency'' means an 
emergency with respect to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) declared 
by a Federal, State, or local authority.
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