Simplifying Veterans Assistance Act of 2025

Simplifying Veterans Assistance Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide specified guidance to entities seeking grants for the provision of comprehensive service programs to homeless veterans (e.g., rehabilitative services). Specifically, the VA must provide guidance and best practices on a publicly available VA website. Additionally, after the announcement of a funding notice and before the application deadline, the VA must offer at least two online information sessions for entities seeking grants. 

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1960 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1960

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide guidance to applicants for grants for 
  comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2025

Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, 
 Mr. Bresnahan, and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide guidance to applicants for grants for 
  comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans, 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 ``Simplifying Veterans Assistance Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVISION OF GUIDANCE TO 
              APPLICANTS FOR GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE PROGRAMS 
              FOR HOMELESS VETERANS.

    Section 2011(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``and Process'' 
        after ``Requirement'';
            (2) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``An entity''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) The Secretary shall make publicly available on an 
appropriate website of the Department guidance and best practices for 
entities seeking grants for projects under this section.
    ``(B) After the announcement of a funding notice for grants under 
this section, and before the application deadline, the Secretary shall 
offer at least two online information sessions for entities seeking 
such grants. Each such information session shall--
            ``(i) last for at least one hour;
            ``(ii) include the opportunity for participants to ask 
        questions about the grant application process;
            ``(iii) include an explanation of the specific language in 
        the grant application; and
            ``(iv) provide information about other sources of 
        information about such grants and assistance in applying for 
        such grants.''.
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