Official Summaries

Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act

This bill permanently extends authorization for the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides supportive services to very low-income veterans (and their families) occupying or transitioning to permanent housing.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 585 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 585

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority 
 of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance 
    for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in 
                           permanent housing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2025

Mr. LaLota (for himself, Mr. Case, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Malliotakis, 
  Mr. Ryan, and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority 
 of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance 
    for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in 
                           permanent housing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Veteran Families in Need 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
              SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES 
              IN PERMANENT HOUSING.

    Section 2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as 
        paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) The amounts that are appropriated to carry out such 
        subsections for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter.''.
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