,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dheh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bc   
7legislative day1 ,october #ai71        
#bjbj,mrs4 ,loeffler 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,rounds7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 and the ,honoring
 ,america's ,veterans and ,caring for   
,camp ,lejeune ,families ,act of #bjab1 
to make certain enhancements to grants  
awarded by the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs and contracts between the      
,secretary and entities that provide    
services to homeless veterans1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,reducing      
,veteran ,homelessness ,act of #bjbj4   
#b4 ,improvements to grants awarded by  
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to 
entities that provide services to       
homeless veterans  7a7 ,rates for per   
diem payments ,section                  

#bjab7;a77#b77;,b7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by striking  
clause 7i7 and inserting the following  
new clause 7i73  7i7 7,i7 ,except as    
provided in clause 7ii71 and subject to 
the availability of appropriations1 the 
,secretary may adjust the rate for such 
per diem payments4  7,,ii7 ,any         
adjustment made under this clause-- 7aa7
 may not result in a rate that-- 7,,aa7 
is lower than the rate in effect under  
this paragraph as in effect immediately 
preceding the date of the enactment of  
the ,reducing ,veteran ,homelessness    
,act of #bjbj2 or 7,,bb7 exceeds the    
rate that is #aae percent of the rate   
authorized for ,state homes for         
domiciliary care under subsection       
7a77#a77;,a7 of section #agda of this   
title1 as the ,secretary may increase   
from time to time under subsection 7c7  
of that section2 and  7bb7 may be       
determined on the basis of locality4  4 
7b7 ,reimbursement for use of homeless  
management information system ,section  

#bjab7;a7 of such title is amended by   
adding at the end the following         
paragraph3  7#d7 ,the ,secretary may    
reimburse the recipient of a grant under
 section #bjaa1 #bjac1 or #bjfa of this 
title for fees charged to that grant    
recipient for the use of the homeless   
management information system described 
in section #djb7;f7 of the              
,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless ,assistance 
,act 7,public ,law #ajj-gg2 #db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aacfj;a7f77-- 7,a7 in amounts
 the ,secretary determines to be        
reasonable2 and  7,b7 if the ,secretary 
determines that the grant recipient is  
unable to obtain information contained  
in such system through other means and  
at no cost to the grant recipient4  4   
#c4 ,contracts relating to case managers
 for homeless veterans in supported     
housing program  7a7 ,in general        
,section #cjd of the ,honoring          
,america's ,veterans and ,caring for    
,camp ,lejeune ,families ,act of #bjab  
7,public ,law #aab-aed2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4   

#bjda note7 is amended-- 7#a7 in        
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 by inserting 7#a7 
before ,the ,secretary2 and  7,b7 by    
adding at the end the following new     
paragraphs3  7#b7 7,a7 ,the director of 
each covered medical center shall seek  
to enter into one or more contracts or  
agreements described in paragraph 7#a74 
7,b7 ,any contract or agreement entered 
into under subparagraph 7,a7 may require
 that each case manager employed by an  
eligible entity has credentials         
equivalent to the credentials required  
for a case manager of the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs4  7,c7 7i7 ,the     
,secretary may waive the requirement    
under subparagraph 7,a7 with respect to 
a covered medical center if the         
,secretary determines that fulfilling   
such requirement is infeasible4  7ii7   
,if the ,secretary grants a waiver under
 clause 7i71 the ,secretary shall1 not  
later than #ij days after granting the  
waiver1 submit to the ,committee on     
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate and  

the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of
 the ,house of ,representatives a report
 containing-- 7,i7 an explanation of the
 determination made under clause 7i72   
7,,ii7 a plan to increase the number of 
case managers of the ,department2 and   
7,,iii7 a plan for the covered medical  
center to increase use of housing       
vouchers allocated to that medical      
center under the program described in   
paragraph 7#a74  7,d7 ,in this          
paragraph1 the term covered medical     
center means a medical center of the    
,department with respect to which the   
,secretary determines that-- 7i7 #ae    
percent of all housing vouchers         
allocated to that medical center under  
the program described in paragraph 7#a7 
during the fiscal year preceding the    
fiscal year in which such determination 
was made were unused due to a lack of   
case management services provided by the
 ,secretary2 and  7ii7 one or more case 
manager positions have been vacant for  
at least nine consecutive months        

immediately preceding the date of such  
determination4  2 and  7#b7 in          
subsection 7b77#b7-- 7,a7 in the matter 
before subparagraph 7,a71 by striking 1 
including because-- and inserting a     
period2 and  7,b7 by striking           
subparagraphs 7,a71 7,b71 and 7,c74  7b7
 ,effective date ,the amendments made by
 this section shall take effect on the  
first day of the first fiscal year that 
begins after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4