Homeless Veteran Families Act

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 chil- dren of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:16 Oct 17, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H95.RFS H95 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 HR 95 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeless Veteran 2 Families Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CALCULATION OF AMOUNTS OF 4 PER DIEM GRANTS. 5 Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 6 Code, is amended— 7 (1) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or (iii)’’ after 8 ‘‘clause (ii)’’; and 9 (2) by adding at the end the following new 10 clause: 11 ‘‘(iii) With respect to a homeless veteran who 12 has care of a minor dependent while receiving serv- 13 ices from the grant recipient or eligible entity, the 14 daily cost of care shall be the sum of the daily cost 15 of care determined under subparagraph (A) plus, for 16 each such minor dependent, an amount that equals 17 50 percent of such daily cost of care.’’. 18 Passed the House of Representatives October 15, 2019. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:16 Oct 17, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H95.RFS H95 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS