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116th Congress > House > Vote 714

Date: January 13, 2020

Result: 362-31 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 15

Sponsor: PETERS, Scott (D-CA)

Bill number: HR2398

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: Veteran HOUSE Act

Bill summary:

Veteran Housing Opportunities and Unemployment Support Extension Act of 2020 or the Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020

This bill expands eligibility for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing (VASH) rental voucher assistance to homeless veterans honorably discharged or released from active military, naval, or air service regardless of length of service. According to federal regulations, HUD was granted authority in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to waive or provide an alternative for the current requirement that HUD-VASH assistance be targeted to homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders.

Bill titles: To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding homeless veterans, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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