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- H.R.5861
H.R.5861: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant pilot program to provide housing to elderly homeless veterans.
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
- This bill is primarily about armed forces and national security
- Introduced May 30, 2012
- Latest Major Action July 11, 2012
- See the two similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Summary
Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. Authorizes the Secretaries to award two grants of up to $25 million each under the program. Allows recipients to use such grant to: (1) purchase real property to provide up to 200 homeless veterans with...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to House Financial Services
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Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
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| May 30, 2012 |
Introduced in the House by Bob Filner (D-Calif.) |