110th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 403

To amend section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt residents of public housing who are determined by the Veterans Administration to be permanently and totally disabled from the requirement to perform community service.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 11, 2007

Ms. CARSON (for herself, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. CLAY, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. FILNER, Ms. LEE, Mr. HARE, and Mr. GUTIERREZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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A BILL

To amend section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt residents of public housing who are determined by the Veterans Administration to be permanently and totally disabled from the requirement to perform community service.

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 Veteran Housing Simplification Act of 2007'.

SEC. 1. EXEMPTION FROM COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIREMENT.

Subsection (c)(2) of section 12 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j(c)(2)) is amended--

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:

`(C) has been determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled for purposes of chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, and who is unable to comply with the requirement under paragraph (1), or is a primary caretaker of such individual;'.

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