S. 4233 — Introduced in Senate

II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4233 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 1, 2024Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide or subsidize housing for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Veterans determines that sufficient Federal resources exist to provide housing assistance to all homeless veterans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Heroes Over Aliens Act or the HOA Act. 2. Limitation on use of funds to house aliens unlawfully present in the United States until sufficient Federal resources exist to provide housing assistance to all homeless veterans (a) Funding limitation Except as provided under subsection (b), no Federal funds may be used to provide or subsidize housing for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States until the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to Congress the determination described in subsection (c). (b) Exclusions The limitation described in subsection (a) does not apply to any aliens who are— (1) in the custody of, or being detained by, the Department of Homeland Security; or (2) incarcerated in a Federal prison or in any prison, institution, or facility receiving funding from the Federal Government. (c) Determination described The determination described in this subsection is a determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that, based on the most recent point-in-time count data available from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, sufficient Federal resources exist to provide housing assistance to all veterans who are homeless or experiencing homelessness. (d) Considerations In making the determination described in subsection (c), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consider the criteria and benchmarks described in the document entitled Criteria and Benchmarks for Achieving the Goal of Ending Veteran Homelessness (Version 4, June 2019) published by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. (e) Definition of veteran In this section, the term veteran has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.