,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cifj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,castro of ,texas 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,coffman1 and ,mr4 ,denham7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services1 and in addition to
 the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for a survey regarding homeless 
female veterans1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,reduce ,homelessness for  
,female ,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,survey of 
homeless female veterans  7a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #d months after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,housing and ,urban   
,development and the ,secretary of      
,veterans ,affairs shall enter into a   

contract to conduct a survey of a       
statistically valid sample of female    
veterans who are homeless4  7b7 ,survey 
design ,the ,secretaries shall design   
the survey required by subsection 7a7 to
 collect the following types of         
information about each individual       
surveyed1 where applicable3  7#a7       
,demographic information1 including the 
age1 race1 marital status1 level of     
educational attainment1 and military    
occupational specialty of the individual
 while serving in the ,armed ,forces4   
7#b7 ,number of years of military       
service1 deployment1 and                
service-connected disability 7if any74  
7#c7 ,whether the individual has any    
children1 and whether any of the        
children require special assistance4    
7#d7 ,number of years of homelessness4  
7#e7 ,the nature and extent of the      
individual's experience with the        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 the  
,department of ,housing and ,urban      
,development1 and any organization that 

receives any discretionary              
appropriations1 direct spending1 or     
grants from either of the departments4  
7#f7 ,the employment status of the      
individual4  7#g7 ,such other matters   
the ,secretaries determine appropriate4 
7c7 ,submission of a model of the survey
 ,not later than #a month before the    
collection of data under the survey     
begins1 the ,secretaries shall submit a 
model of the survey designed under      
subsection 7b7 to the ,committee on     
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives1 the ,committee on     
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate1 the 
,committee on ,financial ,services of   
the ,house of ,representatives1 and the 
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs of the ,senate4  7d7    
,survey completion ,the contractor      
shall-- 7#a7 conduct the survey required
 by subsection 7a7 by electronic means  
and by any other means the contractor   
determines appropriate2 and  7#b7 submit
 the results of the completed survey to 

the ,secretaries not later than #f      
months after entering into the contract 
required by subsection 7a74  7e7 ,report
 ,not later than #ij days after the     
contractor has submitted the results of 
the survey required by this section1 the
 ,secretaries shall submit to the       
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the
 ,house of ,representatives1 the        
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the
 ,senate1 the ,committee on ,financial  
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives1 and the ,committee on 
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
of the ,senate1 a report on the results 
of the survey and any recommendations of
 the ,secretaries relating to such      
results4 ,the report shall also include 
the raw data of the survey results4  7f7
 ,public availability of data ,not later
 than #a year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretaries
 shall publish1 and make available to   
the public1 a report containing the data
 collected under subsection 7d74  #c4   

,definitions ,for purposes of this ,act1
 the following definitions shall apply3 
7#a7 ,the term veteran has the meaning  
given such term in section #aja7b7 of   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,the term homeless has the meaning given
 such term in section #ajc7;a7 of the   
,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless ,assistance 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aacjb7;a774