Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4315
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2017-11-08
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Low- and moderate-income housing

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <b>Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act of 2017</b></p> <p> This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937, with respect to the determination of income of each member of a household applying for or receiving low-income rental assistance, to exclude from the income of an Armed Forces veteran (1) service-connected disability compensation, and (2) a pension paid to a veteran age 65 or older. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4315 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 8, 2017 Mr. Vargas (for himself and Mr. Poliquin ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To exclude from consideration as income under the United States Housing Act of 1937 certain veterans compensation and pensions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act of 2017 . 2. Exclusions from income (a) Amendment to existing definition of income Paragraph (4) of section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(4) ) is amended— (1) by inserting (A) after except that ; (2) by striking and any amounts and inserting , (B) any amounts ; (3) by striking or any deferred and inserting , (C) any deferred ; and (4) by inserting after prospective monthly amounts the following: , and (D) in the case of a veteran (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code), any disability compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, and amounts from a pension paid under section 1513 of title 38, United States Code, . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which the amendments made by section 102(c) of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–201 ; 130 Stat. 788) take effect. (c) Amendment to definition of income after HOTMA Effective on the day after the date on which the amendments made by section 102(c) of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–201 ; 130 Stat. 788) take effect, clause (iv) of section 3(b)(4)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(4)(B) ) is amended to read as follows: (iv) any disability compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, and amounts from a pension paid under chapter 15 of such title; and .