S.Amdt. 2218

SA 2218. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Young, and Mr. Murphy)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. __. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HUD-VASH.

(a) HUD Provisions.--Section 8(o)(19) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(D) Veteran defined.--In this paragraph, the term
`veteran' has the meaning given that term in section 2002(b)
of title 38, United States Code.''.
(b) VHA Case Managers.--Subsection (b) of section 2003 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) In the case of vouchers provided under the HUD-VASH
program under section 8(o)(19) of such Act, for purposes of
paragraph (1), the term `veteran' shall have the meaning
given such term in section 2002(b) of this title.''.
(c) Annual Reports on Homelessness Services Provided by
Department of Veterans Affairs.--
(1) In general.--Not less frequently than once each year,
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report on the homelessness services
provided under programs of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, including services under the HUD-VASH program under
section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)).
(2) Included information.--Each such annual report shall
include, with respect to the year preceding the submittal of
the report, a statement of the number of eligible individuals
who were furnished such homelessness services and the number
of individuals furnished such services under each such
program, disaggregated by the number of men who received such
services and the number of women who received such services,
and such other information as the Secretary considers
appropriate
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