HOMeS Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6124
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2016-09-22
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter

Housing and community development funding

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Housing our Military Servicemembers Act of 2016 </b> <b>or the</b> <b> HOMeS Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide incentives to geographic areas under the Continuum of Care program for using funds for activities proven to be effective at reducing homelessness for former servicemembers of the Armed Forces.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6124 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 22, 2016 Mr. Stivers (for himself and Mrs. Beatty ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide incentives to grantees under the Continuum of Care program to re-house all former members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing our Military Servicemembers Act of 2016 or the HOMeS Act of 2016 . 2. Incentive for proven strategies Subsection (d) of section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11386b(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting and former servicemembers before the semicolon at the end; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting and former servicemembers before the first comma; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Former servicemember For purposes of this subsection, the term former servicemember means a person who served in the active or inactive military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom. .