{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-3848","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 3848","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to homelessness, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to homelessness, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"HOME Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-06-06","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-12-05","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h695","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act","result":"Passed","yea":408,"nay":10,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll695.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.","date":"2023-12-06"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-12-05","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023 or the HOME Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill addresses the funding and administration of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs related to homeless veterans."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill increases the maximum rate of per diem payments provided by the VA to entities (i.e., grant recipients or authorized entities) that furnish services and transitional housing to homeless veterans. The bill also authorizes the VA to provide a maximum of 200% of the otherwise applicable maximum rate to a certain number of grant recipients and authorized entities in each fiscal year from FY2024 through FY2026. Under the bill, the VA may not provide more than 12,000 per diem payments in a fiscal year."},{"k":"p","t":"Through FY2024, the bill authorizes the VA to use certain available funds to provide specified assistance to homeless veterans who are participating in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. Such assistance may include food, shelter, clothing, transportation for specified purposes, and technology items such as smartphones."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill authorizes the VA to collaborate with organizations to manage the use of VA land for homeless veterans to live and sleep."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also extends certain loan fee rates through May 18, 2032, under the VA's home loan program."}],"words":211},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on homelessness by changing per diem payment rules for homeless veteran services, allowing certain funds to be used for direct assistance until September 30, 2024, and allowing collaboration on use of Department land.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text/eh#HE57651FB6EDE4D5E93760474388C92AF"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text/eh#HEFE159EE69AB4AA0A62D3315F431B3CE"}]},"core_areas":["Per diem payments for services and housing for homeless veterans","Temporary authority to use funds for food, shelter, transportation and communications devices for homeless veterans","Use of Department of Veterans Affairs land by homeless veterans for living and sleeping"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 2012 of title 38, United States Code, by replacing “115 percent” with “133 percent” in a clause setting the maximum rate for per diem payments.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text/eh#HE57651FB6EDE4D5E93760474388C92AF"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary, in fiscal years 2024 through 2026 and if Congress is notified, to waive the maximum per diem rate and pay up to 200 percent of the State home domiciliary care rate, for no more than 50 percent of all grant recipients and eligible entities in a fiscal year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text/eh#HE57651FB6EDE4D5E93760474388C92AF"}},{"text":"Bars more than 12,000 per diem payments in a fiscal year and requires reports to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs within 90 days of enactment and at least twice each year after.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text/eh#HE57651FB6EDE4D5E93760474388C92AF"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary to use funds for sections 2011, 2012, 2031 or 2061 of title 38 to give covered veterans food, shelter, clothing, blankets, hygiene items, transportation, and tablets, smartphones, disposable phones and service plans, until September 30, 2024.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text/eh#HEFE159EE69AB4AA0A62D3315F431B3CE"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary to collaborate, to the extent practicable, with organizations to manage the use of Department of Veterans Affairs land for homeless veterans for living and sleeping, and requires reports to Congress every six months.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text/eh#HEFE159EE69AB4AA0A62D3315F431B3CE"}},{"text":"Amends the loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38 by replacing “November 14, 2031” with “May 18, 2032” each place it appears.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text/eh#H2B6C4A406ADE48CBAEBD28F3B88E67E5"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-12-05","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3848/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-3848.png","v":"8355b48d0671","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3848, 118th Congress: Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023. House: 408 Yea, 10 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 5 Dec 2023."}}