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HR 5999 112th Congress House

Housing for Blinded Veterans Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide specially adapted housing assistance to blind veterans.

Introduced: June 21, 2012 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Housing for the elderly and disabledVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jul 6, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jun 21, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 21, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 6, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Housing for Blinded Veterans Act - Changes from "5/200 visual acuity or less" to "central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of standard correcting lenses" the standard of visual acuity required for eligibility for veterans' specially adapted housing assistance provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 117 Related bill HELP Veterans Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5999: Housing for Blinded Veterans Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5999/
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"H.R. 5999: Housing for Blinded Veterans Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5999/.
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H.R. 5999, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5999/.
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