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House Bill 7480
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
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Introduced in House on Feb 29, 2024
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H. R. 7480 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7480


To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the exclusion of 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, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 29, 2024

Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Wild, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. Barr, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Cuellar, and Mr. Crenshaw) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

A BILL

To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the exclusion of 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, 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 “Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act”.

SEC. 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 of 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 such person from the Department of Veterans Affairs.”.

SEC. 3. Report.

The Comptroller General of the United States shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the 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 and identifies any cases where service-connected disability compensation is treated inconsistently across a program; and

(2) with respect to each program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, provides legislative recommendations relating to how such program could better serve veteran populations, and under-served communities.