Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act

Bill: 119-hr-585
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-21
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: 2025-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <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>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 585 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2025 Mr. LaLota (for himself, Mr. Case , Ms. Lee of Nevada , Ms. Malliotakis , Mr. Ryan , and Mr. Davis 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 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 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter. .