115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
January 12, 2017
Mr. Heller (for himself and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act”.
SEC. 2. Authorization of per diem payments for furnishing care to dependents of certain homeless veterans.
Section 2012(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) Services for which a recipient of a grant under section 2011 of this title (or an entity described in paragraph (1)) may receive per diem payments under this subsection may include furnishing care for a dependent of a homeless veteran who is under the care of such homeless veteran while such homeless veteran receives services from the grant recipient (or entity).”.