,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eace  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ah1       
#bjai,ms4 ,barragn introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to give priority in         
allocation of rental assistance vouchers
 under the ,veterans ,affairs ,supported
 ,housing program of the ,department of 
,housing and ,urban ,development to     
areas having the largest populations of 
homeless veterans1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,housing ,homeless  
,veterans ,act of #bjai4  #b4           
,allocation of ,,hud-,,vash vouchers    
7a7 ,amendment to ,,vash program        
,paragraph 7#ai7 of section #h7o7 of the
 ,united ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7o77#ai77 is      
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subparagraphs3  7,d7      
,allocation criteria ,notwithstanding   
any other provision of law 7including   

paragraph 7#f7 under the heading ,public
 and ,indian ,housing--,tenant-,based   
,rental ,assistance in title ,,ii of    
division ,k of ,public ,law #aae-ca71 in
 making amounts for assistance under    
this paragraph available among public   
housing agencies in each fiscal year1   
the ,secretary shall give priority to   
public housing agencies that--  7i7     
serve areas having the highest numbers  
of homeless veterans2 and  7ii7 have    
fully utilized their available funds    
under this paragraph for the preceding  
fiscal year and have a demonstrated need
 for incremental assistance under this  
paragraph4  7,e7 ,reallocation of unused
 vouchers for ,,vash assistance  7i7    
,recapture and reallocation             
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary shall-- 7,i7        
recapture from any public housing agency
 described in clause 7ii7 any amounts of
 assistance provided under this         
paragraph to the agency that are not--  
7aa7 under lease after #bd months2  7bb7

 committed under an agreement to enter  
into a housing assistance payments      
contract2 or  7cc7 committed1 under a   
commitment of award letter that has been
 approved by the board of governors or  
other similar governing body of the     
public housing agency1 for project-based
 voucher assistance for a project2 and  
7,,ii7 reallocate any recaptured amounts
 to public housing authorities that have
 leased their entire allocation of      
assistance under this paragraph4  7ii7  
,agencies subject to recapture ,an      
agency described in this clause is an   
agency whose jurisdiction is located    
within an area within which the homeless
 population has decreased1 according to 
the point-in-time information of the    
,secretary for the two most recent      
reporting periods for such information4 
4  7b7 ,applicability ,the amendment    
made by subsection 7a7 shall apply to   
amounts made available-- 7#a7 by        
paragraph 7#f7 under the heading ,public
 and ,indian ,housing--,tenant-,based   

,rental ,assistance in title ,,ii of    
division ,k of ,public ,law #aae-ca1 to 
the extent such amounts remain          
unobligated as of the date of the       
enactment of this ,act2 and  7#b7 by any
 other provision of law enacted after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act4