119-s1714

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1714 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1714

 To amend 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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 12, 2025

 Mr. Crapo (for himself and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
 and Urban Affairs

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 A BILL

 To amend 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 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.''.

SEC. 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.
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