,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #a1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,kennedy 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cotton1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mrs4          
,blackburn1 and ,mr4 ,cramer7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,banking1 ,housing1 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 veterans4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,heroes  
,over ,aliens ,act or the ,,hoa ,act4   
#b4 ,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  7a7 ,funding limitation       

,except as provided under subsection    
7b71 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 7c74  7b7       
,exclusions ,the limitation described in
 subsection 7a7 does not apply to any   
aliens who are-- 7#a7 in the custody of1
 or being detained by1 the ,department  
of ,homeland ,security2 or  7#b7        
incarcerated in a ,federal prison or in 
any prison1 institution1 or facility    
receiving funding from the ,federal     
,government4  7c7 ,determination        
described ,the determination described  
in this subsection is a determination by
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
that1 based on the most recent          
point-in-time count data available from 
the ,department of ,housing and ,urban  
,development1 sufficient ,federal       
resources exist to provide housing      

assistance to all veterans who are      
homeless or experiencing homelessness4  
7d7 ,considerations ,in making the      
determination described in subsection   
7c71 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 7,version #d1 ,june      
#bjai7 published by the ,united ,states 
,interagency ,council on ,homelessness4 
7e7 ,definition of veteran ,in this     
section1 the term veteran has the       
meaning given that term in section #aja 
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4