To require a report on veterans participating in the housing choice voucher program.

SA 3025. Ms. SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 3944, making appropriations for military
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in
consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, shall submit to the Committees on Veterans'
Affairs and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate
and the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Financial
Services of the House of Representatives a report that
identifies, as of the date of the report, the total number of
veterans participating in the housing choice voucher program
under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)).
(b) In this section, the term ``veteran''--
(1) means a person who, regardless of length of service,
was a member of the armed forces (as that term is defined in
section 101 of title 10, United States Code); and
(2) does not include a person who--
(A) received a dishonorable discharge from the armed
forces; or
(B) was discharged or dismissed from the armed forces by
reason of the sentence of a general court-martial.
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