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H.R. 3640 116th Congress House

Housing Access for Blind Veterans Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assist blind veterans who have not lost use of a leg in acquiring spec… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assist blind veterans who have not lost use of a leg in acquiring specially adapted housing, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 9, 2019 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysisVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jul 9, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 9, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Housing Access for Blind Veterans Act

This bill expands eligibility for the Department of Veterans Affairs Specially Adapted Housing grant, which assists veterans with certain service-connected disabilities with acquiring housing with special features. Currently, a disabled veteran must have blindness in both eyes and loss (or loss of use) of one lower extremity to be eligible. The bill revises this requirement to expand eligibility to veterans who have not lost a lower extremity but are disabled due to blindness in both eyes, having central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a standard correcting lens.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3504 Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3640: Housing Access for Blind Veterans Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3640/
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"H.R. 3640: Housing Access for Blind Veterans Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3640/.
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H.R. 3640, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3640/.
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