,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjbj,mr4   
,ted ,lieu of ,california introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,veterans ,affairs to provide food to   
veterans under the grant and per diem   
grant programs of the ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs during certain public
 health emergencies4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,supporting ,at-risk ,veterans in an    
,emergency ,act or the ,,save ,act4  #b4
 ,general support  7a7 ,use of funds    
,during a covered public health         
emergency1 the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs may use amounts appropriated or
 otherwise made available to the        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs to    
carry out sections #bjaa1 #bjab1 and    
#bjfa of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code1 to provide food to homeless      
veterans4  7b7 ,use of per diem payments

 ,during a covered public health        
emergency1 a recipient of a grant or an 
eligible entity under the grant and per 
diem program of the ,department 7in this
 subsection referred to as the program7 
may use per diem payments under sections
 #bjab and #bjfa of title #ch1 ,united  
,states ,code1 to provide food and basic
 supplies for-- 7#a7 homeless veterans  
in the program2 and  7#b7 formerly      
homeless veterans in the community who  
experienced homelessness during the     
one-year period ending on the date of   
the enactment of this ,act4  7c7 covered
 public health emergency defined ,in    
this section1 the term covered public   
health emergency means-- 7#a7 a public  
health emergency under the ,robert ,t4  
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq472 or  7#b7 an   
emergency with respect to ,,covid-#ai   
declared by a ,federal1 ,state1 or local
 authority4