[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3287 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3287
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for
supportive services for very low-income veteran families to include
former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 9, 2023
Mr. Booker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for
supportive services for very low-income veteran families to include
former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for
other purposes.
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 ``Supportive Services for National
Guard and Reserve Veterans and Families Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN
FAMILIES TO INCLUDE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE
COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Expansion of Eligibility.--Section 2044 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``veteran'' and
inserting ``eligible'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``veteran
families'' and inserting ``eligible families'';
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``veteran
families'' and inserting ``eligible families''; and
(C) in paragraph (6), by striking ``veteran
family'' and inserting ``eligible family'';
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``veteran families'' and
inserting ``eligible families''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (D)(vii), by striking
``veteran family'' and inserting ``eligible
family'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``veteran
families'' and inserting ``eligible families''; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``veteran
families'' and inserting ``eligible families'';
(4) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``veteran families''
each place it appears and inserting ``eligible families'';
(5) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``veteran families''
and inserting ``eligible families''; and
(6) in subsection (f)--
(A) in paragraph (6)(A)--
(i) by striking ``very low-income veteran
family'' and inserting ``very low-income
eligible family''; and
(ii) by striking ``a veteran family'' and
inserting ``an eligible family''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the
following:
``(7) The term `eligible family' includes--
``(A) a veteran who is a single person;
``(B) a family in which the head of household or
the spouse of the head of household is a veteran;
``(C) a former member of a reserve component of the
Armed Forces who has retired or separated from service
after having served a term of enlistment and is a
single person; and
``(D) a family in which the head of household or
spouse of the head of household is a former member of a
reserve component of the Armed Forces who has retired
or separated from service after having served a term of
enlistment.''.
(b) Funding.--Subsection (e) of such section, as most recently
amended by section 305(a) of the Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert
Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act
of 2022 (division U of Public Law 117-328), is further amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``From amounts''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2)(A) Of amounts available under paragraph (1)(H) for fiscal
year 2024, $50,000,000 shall be available to carry out subsections (a),
(b), and (c) with respect to eligible families described in
subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (f)(7).
``(B) Any amounts made available under subparagraph (A) to carry
out subsections (a), (b), and (c) with respect to eligible families
described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (f)(7) that remain
available after supportive services have been provided to such families
under this section shall be available during fiscal year 2024 to carry
out subsections (a), (b), and (c) with respect to eligible families
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such subsection.''.
SEC. 3. STUDY ON FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITY EXPERIENCED BY MEMBERS OF
THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Report on Establishment of Study.--Not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report detailing plans to establish a study
to analyze food and housing insecurity experienced by members of the
reserve components of the Armed Forces.
(b) Conduct of Study.--Not later than 120 days after the date on
which the report required by subsection (a) is submitted, the Secretary
of Defense shall begin conducting the study described in such
subsection.
(c) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date on which
the report required by subsection (a) is submitted, and annually
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report
including the findings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection
(b).
(d) Reserve Component Defined.--In this section, the term ``reserve
component'' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38,
United States Code.
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