Current status is Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1714

1. Short title
2. Service-connected disability compensation
3. Report

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act".

2. Service-connected disability compensation

Section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(20)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(C) Service-connected disability compensation - When determining whether a person is a person of low and moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate income under this paragraph, a State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe shall exclude any service-connected disability compensation received by the person from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

3. Report

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that—

(1) - examines how service-connected disability compensation is treated for the purposes of determining eligibility for all programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;

(2) - identifies any instances where service-connected disability compensation is treated in a manner inconsistent with the amendment made by section 2; and

(3) - with respect to each program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in which service-connected disability compensation is treated inconsistently with the amendment made by section 2, provides legislative recommendations relating to how that program could better serve veteran populations and underserved communities.