Health Care for Homeless Veterans Act

#4043 | S Congress #119

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Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (3/10/2026)

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 4043 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4043

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority 
     of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment and 
 rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 10, 2026

  Mr. Banks (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority 
     of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment and 
 rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care for Homeless Veterans 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR 
              SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS.

    Section 2031 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) In providing'' and inserting ``In 
        providing''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
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