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H.R. 3553 (111th): Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act of 2010
- Introduced:
- Sep 10, 2009 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ1]
- Status:
- Signed by the President
- Slip Law:
- This bill became Pub.L. 111-269.
The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.
Library of Congress Summary
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
10/12/2010--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced.
The summary of that version is repeated here, with an updated short title.) Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act of 2010 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to exclude from consideration as income any amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as veterans' disability compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation for service-related disabilities of a member of the family.
House Republican Conference Summary
The summary below was written by the House Republican Conference, which is the caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives.
This summary can be found at http://www.gop.gov/bill/111/2/hr3553.
Background
NAHASDA, signed into law in 1996, reorganized how housing assistance provided to Native Americans via the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was structured. The legislation created the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program, a formula grant that gives funds to tribes or tribally designated housing entities to provide affordable housing activities on a reservation or Indian area. According to HUD, "eligible activities include housing development, assistance to housing developed under the Indian Housing Program, housing services to eligible families and individuals, crime prevention and safety, and model activities that provide creative approaches to solving affordable housing problems." Under the legislation, a "low income family" eligible for assistance is defined as a family whose income does not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the area. Under current law, VA service disability benefits received by a Native American are counted as income for determining eligibility. H.R. 3553 would exclude such benefits from the definition of income, allowing Native Americans to receive certain VA benefits without counting the income against HUD's means tested threshold for NAHASDA.
Summary
H.R. 3553 would exclude Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) disability benefit payments for service related disabilities from income when determining housing benefit eligibility under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA). Under current law, VA service related disability benefits are considered income for the purposes of determining means tested eligibility under NAHASDA.
Cost
A CBO score for H.R. 3553 was not yet available as of press time.
House Democratic Caucus Summary
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
United States Code
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- Title 25: INDIANS
- Chapter 43: NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION
- Section 4103: Definitions
Other Citations
- 38 U.S.C. Chapter 11