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1	2		119THCONGRESS
2	3		1
3	4		STSESSION H. R. 224
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development
	6	+	Act of 1974 to require the exclusion of service-connected disability com-
	7	+	pensation when determining whether a person is a person of low and
	8	+	moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate
	9	+	income, and for other purposes.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	JANUARY7, 2025
	12	+	Ms. D
	13	+	ELACRUZ(for herself, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. EMMER, Mr. CRENSHAW,
	14	+	Mr. C
	15	+	ISCOMANI, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr.
	16	+	S
	17	+	ESSIONS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
	18	+	mittee on Financial Services
	19	+	A BILL
5	20		To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community
6	21		Development Act of 1974 to require the exclusion of
7	22		service-connected disability compensation when deter-
8	23		mining whether a person is a person of low and moderate
9	24		income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate
10	25		income, and for other purposes.
11	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
12		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
13		-	•HR 224 EH
14		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
15		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabled Veterans 2
16		-	Housing Support Act’’. 3
17		-	SEC. 2. SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY COMPENSATION. 4
18		-	Section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community 5
19		-	Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(20)) is 6
20		-	amended by adding at the end the following: 7
	27	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	28	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	29	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabled Veterans 4
	30	+	Housing Support Act’’. 5
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	33	+	•HR 224 IH
	34	+	SEC. 2. SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY COMPENSATION. 1
	35	+	Section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community 2
	36	+	Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(20)) is 3
	37	+	amended by adding at the end the following: 4
21	38		‘‘(C) S
22		-	ERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY COM -8
23		-	PENSATION.—When determining whether a person is 9
24		-	a person of low and moderate income, a person of 10
25		-	low income, or a person of moderate income under 11
26		-	this paragraph, a State, unit of general local govern-12
27		-	ment, or Indian tribe shall exclude any service-con-13
28		-	nected disability compensation received by such per-14
29		-	son from the Department of Veterans Affairs.’’. 15
30		-	SEC. 3. REPORT. 16
31		-	The Comptroller General of the United States shall, 17
32		-	not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 18
33		-	this Act, submit to the Congress a report that— 19
34		-	(1) examines how service-connected disability 20
35		-	compensation is treated for the purposes of deter-21
36		-	mining eligibility for all programs administered by 22
37		-	the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; 23
38		-	(2) identifies any instances where service-con-24
39		-	nected disability compensation is treated in a man-25 3
40		-	•HR 224 EH
41		-	ner inconsistent with the amendment made by sec-1
42		-	tion 2; and 2
43		-	(3) with respect to each program administered 3
44		-	by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-4
45		-	ment in which service-connected disability compensa-5
46		-	tion is treated inconsistently, provides legislative rec-6
47		-	ommendations relating to how such program could 7
48		-	better serve veteran populations, and under-served 8
49		-	communities. 9
50		-	Passed the House of Representatives February 10,
51		-	2025.
52		-	Attest:
53		-	Clerk. 119
54		-	TH
55		-	CONGRESS
56		-	1
57		-	ST
58		-	S
59		-	ESSION
60		-
61		-	H. R. 224
62		-	AN ACT
63		-	To amend section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and
64		-	Community Development Act of 1974 to require
65		-	the exclusion of service-connected disability com-
66		-	pensation when determining whether a person is
67		-	a person of low and moderate income, a person
68		-	of low income, or a person of moderate income,
69		-	and for other purposes.
	39	+	ERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY COM -5
	40	+	PENSATION.—When determining whether a person is 6
	41	+	a person of low and moderate income, a person of 7
	42	+	low income, or a person of moderate income under 8
	43	+	this paragraph, a State, unit of general local govern-9
	44	+	ment, or Indian tribe shall exclude any service-con-10
	45	+	nected disability compensation received by such per-11
	46	+	son from the Department of Veterans Affairs.’’. 12
	47	+	SEC. 3. REPORT. 13
	48	+	The Comptroller General of the United States shall, 14
	49	+	not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 15
	50	+	this Act, submit to the Congress a report that— 16
	51	+	(1) examines how service-connected disability 17
	52	+	compensation is treated for the purposes of deter-18
	53	+	mining eligibility for all programs administered by 19
	54	+	the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; 20
	55	+	(2) identifies any instances where service-con-21
	56	+	nected disability compensation is treated in a man-22
	57	+	ner inconsistent with the amendment made by sec-23
	58	+	tion 2; and 24
	59	+	(3) with respect to each program administered 25
	60	+	by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-26
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	63	+	•HR 224 IH
	64	+	ment in which service-connected disability compensa-1
	65	+	tion is treated inconsistently, provides legislative rec-2
	66	+	ommendations relating to how such program could 3
	67	+	better serve veteran populations, and under-served 4
	68	+	communities. 5
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