S.Amdt. 3033

SA 3033. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division C, insert
the following:

SEC. ___. STAFFING OF PROGRAM MANAGERS FOR SUPPORTED HOUSING
PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(a) Staffing.--Section 2003(b) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Secretary''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) The Secretary shall provide case management support
whenever requested by a local housing authority under the
supported housing program administered under such section.
``(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the
Secretary shall ensure that in each fiscal year no case
manager is concurrently assigned to more than 35 veterans
under this subsection.
``(B) The Secretary may waive the requirement of
subparagraph (A) for a particular case manager in a
particular fiscal year as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
``(C) Not less frequently than once each fiscal year, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the waivers
made by the Secretary under subparagraph (B) in the previous
fiscal year. Each report shall include a description of the
circumstances under which each waiver was made.
``(4) The Secretary shall ensure that each veteran to whom
a case manager is assigned under this subsection is located
within such distance of the case manager as the Secretary
considers reasonable.
``(5)(A) In any case in which a position within the
Veterans Health Administration for a case manager described
in paragraph (1) is vacant for a period of 180 days or more,
the Secretary shall seek to enter into a contract with a
local service provider with knowledge and expertise
applicable to a case manager in such position to furnish the
case management services that would otherwise be provided by
a case manager in such position.
``(B) The requirement in subparagraph (A) to seek to enter
into a contract shall cease to apply if the Secretary fills
the vacancy referred to in such subparagraph.''.
(b) Limitation on Conversion of Funds.--The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs may not convert any of the amounts
appropriated or otherwise made available in a fiscal year to
carry out section 2013 of such title from a specific purpose
program to a general purpose program unless the Secretary
included a proposal to do so in the budget justification
materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department
of Veterans Affairs budget for such fiscal year (as submitted
with the budget of the President for such fiscal year under
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code).
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