,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eccg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ba1 
#bjbb,mr4 ,booker 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 
to expand eligibility for supportive    
services for very low-income veteran    
families to include former members of   
the reserve components of the ,armed    
,forces1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,expansion of supportive services for   
very low-income veteran families to     
include former members of the reserve   
components of the ,armed ,forces  7a7   
,expansion of eligibility ,section #bjdd
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in the section heading1 
by striking veteran and inserting       
eligible2  7#b7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking veteran 
families and inserting eligible         
families2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#d71 by   

striking veteran families and inserting 
eligible families2 and  7,c7 in         
paragraph 7#f71 by striking veteran     
family and inserting eligible family2   
7#c7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in        
paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 in the matter      
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 veteran families and inserting eligible
 families2 and  7ii7 in subparagraph    
7,d77vii71 by striking veteran family   
and inserting eligible family2  7,b7 in 
paragraph 7#b71 by striking veteran     
families and inserting eligible         
families2 and  7,c7 in paragraph 7#c71  
by striking veteran families and        
inserting eligible families2  7#d7 in   
subsection 7c77#b71 by striking veteran 
families each place it appears and      
inserting eligible families2  7#e7 in   
subsection 7d77#a71 by striking veteran 
families and inserting eligible         
families2 and  7#f7 in subsection 7f7-- 
7,a7 in paragraph 7#f77;,a71 by striking
 veteran family each place it appears   
and inserting eligible family2 and  7,b7

 by striking paragraph 7#g7 and         
inserting the following3  7#g7 ,the term
 eligible family includes-- 7,a7 a      
veteran who is a single person2  7,b7 a 
family in which the head of household or
 the spouse of the head of household is 
a veteran2  7,c7 a former member of a   
reserve component of the ,armed ,forces 
who has retired or separated from       
service after having served a term of   
enlistment and is a single person2 and  
7,d7 a family in which the head of      
household or spouse of the head of      
household is a former member of a       
reserve component of the ,armed ,forces 
who has retired or separated from       
service after having served a term of   
enlistment4  4  7b7 ,funding ,subsection
 7e77#a7 of such section is amended by  
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,i7 7i7 ,such sums as   
may be available for such purposes for  
fiscal year #bjbc1 of which #ej1jjj1jjj 
shall be available to carry out         
subsections 7a71 7b71 and 7c7 with      

respect to eligible families described  
in subparagraphs 7,c7 and 7,d7 of       
subsection 7f77#g74  7ii7 ,any amounts  
made available under clause 7i7 to carry
 out subsections 7a71 7b71 and 7c7 with 
respect to eligible families described  
in subparagraphs 7,c7 and 7,d7 of       
subsection 7f77#g7 that remain available
 after supportive services have been    
provided to such families under this    
section shall be available during fiscal
 year #bjbc to carry out subsections    
7a71 7b71 and 7c7 with respect to       
eligible families described in          
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 of such     
subsection4  4  #b4 ,study on food and  
housing insecurity experienced by       
members of the reserve components of the
 ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,study on food and 
housing insecurity ,not later than one  
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense   
shall submit to ,congress a report      
detailing plans to establish a study to 
analyze food and housing insecurity     

experienced by members of the reserve   
components of the ,armed ,forces4  7b7  
,annual report ,not later than one year 
after submitting the report required    
under subsection 7a71 and annually      
thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,defense  
shall submit to ,congress a report      
including the findings of the study     
conducted pursuant to subsection 7a74   
7c7 ,reserve component defined ,in this 
section1 the term reserve component has 
the meaning given that term in section  
#aja of title #ch1 ,united ,states      
,code4