S 2048
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Advisory bodies
Low- and moderate-income housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Keeping Our Commitment to Ending Veteran Homelessness Act of 2015
Introduced: September 17, 2015
Introduced by:
Hirono, Mazie K.
Democratic
· Hawaii
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Sep 17, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 17, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Keeping Our Commitment to Ending Veteran Homelessness Act of 2015
This bill extends through FY2016 authority for the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs:
- homeless veterans reintegration programs;
- the homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration program;
- referral and counseling services for certain veterans at risk of homelessness;
- treatment and rehabilitation services for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, including a program to provide homeless veterans with benefits and services at certain locations;
- housing assistance for homeless veterans;
- financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing; and
- the grant program for homeless veterans with special needs.
Extends through December 31, 2016, authority for the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1