HR 224
· 119th Congress
· Housing and Community Development
Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
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Became Public Law No: 119-70.
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Jan 20, 2026
signed
Signed by President.
Jan 20, 2026
signed
Became Public Law No: 119-70.
Jan 13, 2026
sent
Presented to President.
Jan 07, 2026
floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jan 06, 2026
committee
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Jan 06, 2026
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jan 06, 2026
passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S52)
Feb 11, 2025
introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Feb 10, 2025
floor
Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Feb 10, 2025
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H593-595)
Feb 10, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 224.
Feb 10, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H593)
Feb 10, 2025
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H593)
Feb 10, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 07, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Jan 07, 2025
introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Financial Services Committee
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Public Law
Jan 20, 2026
Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
This act excludes compensation received for a military service-connected disability from a veteran's income when determining eligibility for assistance under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
The CDBG program provides grants to urban communities for development activities focused on revitalizing neighborhoods, economic development, and providing improved community facilities and services.
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on how service-connected disability compensation is treated when determining eligibility for all programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This includes identifying instances where the treatment of such compensation is inconsistent with the requirement under this act.
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Introduced in House
Jan 07, 2025
Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
This bill excludes compensation received for a military service-connected disability from a veteran's income when determining eligibility for assistance under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
The CDBG program provides grants to urban communities for development activities focused on revitalizing neighborhoods, economic development, and providing improved community facilities and services.
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on how service-connected disability compensation is treated when determining eligibility for all programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This includes identifying instances where the treatment of such compensation is inconsistent with the requirement under this bill.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 224 Engrossed in House (EH)]
+[H.R. 224 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
-<DOC>
+H.R.224
-119th CONGRESS
-1st Session
-H. R. 224
+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
-_______________________________________________________________________
+of the
-AN ACT
+United States of America
-To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development
-Act of 1974 to require the exclusion of service-connected disability
+AT THE SECOND SESSION
+
+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six
+
+An Act
+
+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.
+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 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.''.
-
+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
+(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,
-provides legislative recommendations relating to how such
-program could better serve veteran populations, and under-
-served communities.
+(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, provides
+legislative recommendations relating to how such program could
+better serve veteran populations, and under-served communities.
-Passed the House of Representatives February 10, 2025.
+Speaker of the House of Representatives.
-Attest:
-
-Clerk.
-119th CONGRESS
-
-1st Session
-
-H. R. 224
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-AN ACT
-
-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.
+Vice President of the United States and
+President of the Senate.
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