Title: Housing for Women Veterans Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Housing for Women Veterans Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 the Supportive Services for Veterans Families program, which provides financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing or transitioning from homelessness. Under the bill, a specified amount of such funding shall have a focus on providing assistance to women veterans and their families.
The bill also requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to complete an analysis of programs that provide assistance to women veterans who are homeless or precariously housed to identify areas for improvement in such programs.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2924 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2924

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Supportive 
  Services for Veteran Families Grant Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2019

 Mr. Levin of California (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) 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 reauthorize the Supportive 
  Services for Veteran Families Grant Program, 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 ``Housing for Women Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VETERAN FAMILIES 
              GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A FOCUS 
              ON PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN VETERANS AND THEIR 
              FAMILIES.

    Section 2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following 
        new subparagraph:
                    ``(H) $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
                through 2022.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Not less than $20,000,000 shall be available under 
        paragraph (1)(H) for the provision of financial assistance 
        under subsection (a) to organizations that have a focus on 
        providing assistance to women veterans and their families.''.

SEC. 3. GAP ANALYSIS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROGRAMS THAT 
              PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN VETERANS WHO ARE HOMELESS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall complete 
an analysis of programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs that 
provide assistance to women veterans who are homeless or precariously 
housed to identify the areas in which such programs are failing to meet 
the needs of such women.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a report on the analysis completed 
under subsection (a).
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