,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjfa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #i1      
#bjai,mr4 ,tester 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,young1 and ,mr4 ,murphy7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,united ,states
 ,housing ,act of #aicg and title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code1 to expand        
eligibility for the ,,hud-,,vash        
program1 to direct the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs to submit annual     
reports to the ,committees on ,veterans'
 ,affairs of the ,senate and ,house of  
,representatives regarding homeless     
veterans1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veteran ,housing ,opportunities and
 ,unemployment ,support ,extension ,act 
of #bjai4  #b4 ,expansion of eligibility
 for ,,hud-,,vash  7a7 ,,hud provisions 
,section #h7o77#ai7 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    
subparagraph3  7,d7 ,veteran defined ,in
 this paragraph1 the term veteran has   
the meaning given that term in section  
#bjjb7;b7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states 
,code4  4  7b7 ,,vha case managers      
,subsection 7b7 of section #bjjc of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 by inserting 7#a7 before
 ,the ,secretary2 and  7#b7 by adding at
 the end the following new paragraph3   
7#b7 ,in the case of vouchers provided  
under the ,,hud-,,vash program under    
section #h7o77#ai7 of such ,act1 for    
purposes of paragraph 7#a71 the term    
veteran shall have the meaning given    
such term in section #bjjb7;b7 of this  
title4  4  7c7 ,annual reports on       
homelessness services provided by       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7#a7 
,in general ,not less frequently than   
once each year1 the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs shall submit to the  
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the

 ,senate and the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives a report on the        
homelessness services provided under    
programs of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs1 including services under     
,,hud-,,vash program under section      
#h7o77#a7 of the ,united ,states        
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adcg;f7o77#ai774  7#b7 ,included       
information ,each such annual report    
shall include1 with respect to the year 
preceding the submittal of the report1 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 program1 disaggregated  
by the number of men who received such  
services and the number of women who    
received such services1 and such other  
information as the ,secretary considers 
appropriate4