Report on Homeless Veterans Bill, proposed by @Congresswoman Willa | (D-CA)
The bill is to amend the Virtual Government Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, U.S. Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD–VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Secertary of Security to submit monthly reports to our Congress regarding homeless veterans, and for other purposes. 1. Expansion of eligibility for HUD–VASH (A) HUD provisions Section 8(O)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(O)(19) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: Veteran defined in this paragraph, the term veteran has the meaning as the term in section 2002(B) of title 38, U.S Code. (B) VHA case managers Subsection (B) of section 2003 of title 38, U.S Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In the case of vouchers provided under the HUD–VASH program under section 8 (O)(19) of such Act, for purposes of the preceding sentence, the term veteran shall have the meaning given such term in section 2002(B) of this title. 2. Monthly reports or each congressional session (A) In general but not less frequently than once each month, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Virtual Congess a report on the homelessness services provided under programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including services under HUD–VASH program under section 8 (O)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f (O)(19). (B) Information the head of Veterans Affairs will include will vary and will be whatever is prudent; however each such monthly report shall contain, a statement of the number of eligible individuals who were furnished such homelessness services and the number of individuals furnished such services under each such program, disaggregated by the number of men who received such services and the number of women who received such services, and such other information as the Secretary considers appropriate.
The Veteran Employment Program, proposed by @tallshayne [SIGM∆ Chief]
Veteran Employment Program (VEP)
A bill to provide corporations with an incentive to hire additional United States, former
service members.
Section 1:
This act may be cited as the ‘Veteran Employment Program’ or as the ‘VEP’
Section 2:
a) ‘Veterans’ will be defined as a person who has served honorably in the United
States military and is no longer serving in the military. For the purpose of this bill,
members of the United States Military Reserve will also fall under this definition.
b) Workers who are Self-Employed shall be exempt from the effects of this bill
i. ‘Self-Employed’ will be defined as all other workers currently
considered to be self-employed for tax purposes.
c) Employment will be defined as a non-contract, non-temporary status, full-time
employee. The employee would be required to have been employed with the
company for 180 days to qualify under this status
a. ‘Temporary employees’ will be defined as those in casual or short-term
employment, on-demand workers, intermittent workers, voucher-based
workers, platform workers, paid trainees, interns, apprentices and any
other employee classed as an independent contractor
Section 3:
a) Any United States based corporation will be allowed to apply for a five year, 2%
federal tax break if 5% of their total full-time employee workforce are veterans.
b) The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would work with the Department of Veteran
Affairs (VA) to investigate that corporations utilizing this special tax break to
ensure the statistics are correct.
c) This tax break would be in addition to the current incentives of hiring disabled or
unemployed veterans.
d) Every 5 years the corporation would be required to reapply for this tax break to
continue receiving it.
e) Corporations must be able to provide proof that they will be providing a
minimum of 300 hours of job training to qualify.
Section 4:
The US Department Of Labor and Department of Veteran Affairs and their relevant
departments shall be responsible for the enforcement of this legislation
Section 5:
This legislation will go into effect January 2 nd 2021
This legislation will have a sunset period of 15 years.
Submitted by:
Congressman Shayne Allen (D-OR)
Co-Sponsered By:
Chief of Staff McKenna (D-CA)
Congressmen S4L (R-CA)
Attorney General Sidious (R-TX)
Congressmen Soro (D-MA)
Congressmen Kaufman (D-OR)
Congressmen Harris (R-MD)
Congressmen Hull (D-NY)
HHS Secretary Vita (I-MD)
The Veteran's Affairs Reform Act, proposed by Congressman Bert L
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IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
February 2, 2020
Congressman Bert L (D-PA)
Cosponsor:
President Starro (D-CA)
Congressman Robert Smith (D-AUS)
Congressman Yann (D-MA)
Congressman Waffles (D-RI)
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Veterans Affairs Reform Act (VARA)
“Article —1
The Office of Veterans Affairs annual budget will be increased by 10% to a total of 220 Billion dollars. These additional funds will be appropriated from the budgets of the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, & Department of Labor. The cost of this increase will be shared between the three agencies.
These additional funds are contingent upon a satisfactory report by the oversight committee to Congress at the end of the fiscal year. If the operations of the office have not improved to the satisfaction of Congress, no funds will be released. These funds will only become available upon a satisfactory report to Congress.
“Article —2
A bi-partisan oversight committee will be established to conduct an examination of the Office of Veterans Affairs with the goal of streamlining the Office’s operations and provide more efficient and higher quality care and support to our veterans.
The Office of Veterans Affairs will provide expanded mental health care for returning and discharged veterans to combat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and support veterans’ emotional and mental health.
“Section 3.
The Office of Veterans Affairs will provide expanded employment support and social services to returning and discharged veterans to assist with veterans’ reintegration into civilian life and promote veterans’ post-service success.
“Article —3
The Office of Veterans Affairs will improve systems and record keeping to the current highest standards to provide fast and efficient record-keeping and record-sharing and to improve the standard of service to veterans and their families.
“Article —4
The Office of Veterans Affairs Oversight Committee will provide annual reports to Congress on the performance of the OVA and recommendations for further improvement and performance enhancement.