Return Home to Housing Act

Bill: 118-hr-491
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-24
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Return Home to Housing Act</b></p> <p>This bill increases the maximum rate of per diem payments provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to entities (i.e., grant recipients or authorized entities) that furnish services and transitional housing to homeless veterans. The bill also specifies that the VA may adjust the per diem rate in response to an emergency.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 491 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2023 Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Ms. Tenney , Ms. Jacobs , and Mr. Garbarino ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the rate of per diem payments provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to grantees that provide services to homeless veterans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Return Home to Housing Act . 2. Adjustments to rate of per diem payments provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for services furnished to homeless veterans Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) in subclause (I), by inserting , including in response to an emergency after appropriate ; and (B) in subclause (II)(aa)(BB), by striking 115 and inserting 200 ; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking 150 and inserting 200 .