,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbhg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #i1  
#bjbc,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   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,supportive ,services for ,national 
,guard and ,reserve ,veterans and       
,families ,act4  #b4 ,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;,a7-- 7i7 by striking very        
low-income veteran family and inserting 
very low-income eligible family2 and    
7ii7 by striking a veteran family and   
inserting an 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
 7e7 of such section1 as most recently  

amended by section #cje7;a7 of the      
,joseph ,maxwell ,cleland and ,robert   
,joseph ,dole ,memorial ,veterans       
,benefits and ,health ,care ,improvement
 ,act of #bjbb 7division ,u of ,public  
,law #aag-cbh71 is further amended--    
7#a7 by inserting 7#a7 before ,from     
amounts2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph3  7#b7 7,a7 
,of amounts available under paragraph   
7#a77;,h7 for fiscal year #bjbd1        
#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  7,b7 ,any amounts  
made available under subparagraph 7,a7  
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 #bjbd 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  #c4 ,study on food and  
housing insecurity experienced by       
members of the reserve components of the
 ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,report on         
establishment of study ,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 ,conduct of study ,not    
later than #abj days after the date on  
which the report required by subsection 
7a7 is submitted1 the ,secretary of     
,defense shall begin conducting the     
study described in such subsection4  7c7
 ,annual report ,not later than one year
 after the date on which the report     
required by subsection 7a7 is submitted1
 and annually thereafter1 the ,secretary

 of ,defense shall submit to ,congress a
 report including the findings of the   
study conducted pursuant to subsection  
7b74  7d7 ,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