Housing for Women Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-2924
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2019-05-22
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Congressional oversight

Department of Veterans Affairs

Executive agency funding and structure

Government studies and investigations

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Military personnel and dependents

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Housing for Women Veterans Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2924 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 A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Grant Program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing for Women Veterans Act . 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. . 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).