Title: To amend the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to modify the eligibility requirements for entities collaborating with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide case management services to homeless veterans under the Veterans Affairs supported housing program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill creates additional eligibility requirements for entities to enter into contracts or agreements with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide case management services to certain veterans participating in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. In addition to existing requirements, an eligible entity must have demonstrated experience in providing case management services to veterans for obtaining suitable housing at varying locations nationwide, or in the area or areas similar to where the services will be provided under the relevant contract or agreement.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6677 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6677

 To amend the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune 
    Families Act of 2012 to modify the eligibility requirements for 
   entities collaborating with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
    provide case management services to homeless veterans under the 
Veterans Affairs supported housing program of the Department of Housing 
                         and Urban Development.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2022

  Ms. Jacobs of California (for herself and Ms. Mace) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune 
    Families Act of 2012 to modify the eligibility requirements for 
   entities collaborating with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
    provide case management services to homeless veterans under the 
Veterans Affairs supported housing program of the Department of Housing 
                         and Urban Development.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTITIES 
              COLLABORATING WITH THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO 
              PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO HOMELESS VETERANS IN 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT-
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SUPPORTED HOUSING PROGRAM.

    Section 304(c)(2) of the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for 
Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-154; 38 U.S.C. 2041 
note) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (E) as 
        subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph (B):
                    ``(B) providing case management services to 
                veterans for obtaining suitable housing at varying 
                locations nationwide or in the area or areas similar to 
                where the services will be provided under the relevant 
                contract or agreement;''.
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