To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide food to veterans under the grant and per diem grant programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs during certain public health emergencies.
Supporting At-risk Veterans in an Emergency Act or the SAVE Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to reallocate specified grant funds to provide food to homeless veterans during a covered public health emergency. Additionally, the bill authorizes grant recipients to use per diem payments to provide food and basic supplies for homeless veterans and formerly homeless veterans who experienced homelessness during the one-year period ending on the date of enactment of this bill.
A covered public health emergency is defined to include (1) a public health emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, or (2) an emergency with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) declared by a governmental authority.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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