Homeless Veteran Families Act

Bill: 116-hr-95
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-01-03
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child care and development

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Homeless Veteran Families Act</b></p> <p>This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs per diem payment calculation for entities furnishing services to homeless veterans to include funding for a minor dependent. The rate for per diem payments is the daily cost of care as estimated by the grant recipient or eligible entity.</p> <p>This bill would expand the per diem payment amount for a homeless veteran who has care of a minor dependent to the daily cost of care plus, for each minor dependent, an amount that equals 50% of such daily cost of care.</p>

action_date: 2019-10-15
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Homeless Veteran Families Act</b></p> <p>This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs per diem payment calculation for entities furnishing services to homeless veterans to include funding for a minor dependent. The rate for per diem payments is the daily cost of care as estimated by the grant recipient or eligible entity.</p> <p>This bill would expand the per diem payment amount for a homeless veteran who has care of a minor dependent to the daily cost of care plus, for each minor dependent, an amount that equals 50% of such daily cost of care.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 95 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2019 Ms. Brownley of California (for herself, Mr. DeFazio , and Mr. Price of North Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Homeless Veteran Families Act . 2. Modification of calculation of amounts of per diem grants Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (i), by inserting or (iii) after clause (ii) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) With respect to a homeless veteran who has care of a minor dependent while receiving services from the grant recipient or eligible entity, the daily cost of care shall be the sum of the daily cost of care determined under subparagraph (A) plus, for each such minor dependent, an amount that equals 50 percent of such daily cost of care. .

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 95 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Homeless Veteran Families Act . 2. Modification of calculation of amounts of per diem grants Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (i), by inserting or (iii) after clause (ii) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) With respect to a homeless veteran who has care of a minor dependent while receiving services from the grant recipient or eligible entity, the daily cost of care shall be the sum of the daily cost of care determined under subparagraph (A) plus, for each such minor dependent, an amount that equals 50 percent of such daily cost of care. .

Passed the House of Representatives October 15, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 95 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 16, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Homeless Veteran Families Act . 2. Modification of calculation of amounts of per diem grants Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (i), by inserting or (iii) after clause (ii) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) With respect to a homeless veteran who has care of a minor dependent while receiving services from the grant recipient or eligible entity, the daily cost of care shall be the sum of the daily cost of care determined under subparagraph (A) plus, for each such minor dependent, an amount that equals 50 percent of such daily cost of care. .

Passed the House of Representatives October 15, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk