Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act

Bill: 118-hr-3186
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family services

Low- and moderate-income housing

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><b>Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act</b></p> <p>This bill permanently extends authorization for the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides supportive services to very low-income veterans (and their families) occupying or transitioning to permanent housing.</p></body></html>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3186 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2023 Mr. LaLota (for himself, Mr. Phillips , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Gottheimer , and Mr. Crow ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act . 2. Permanent authority to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing Section 2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (9) The amounts that are appropriated to carry out such subsections for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. .