S-425 : Still Just a Bill

Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2015

Reauthorizes Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless veterans reintegration programs through FY2020. Includes among those for whom job training, counseling, and placement services are to be provided to expedite their reintegration into the labor force: (1) veterans participating in the VA supported housing program for which rental assistance is provided under the United States Housing Act of 1937, (2) Indians who are veterans receiving assistance under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996, and (3) veterans who are transitioning from being incarcerated.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2016-12-07CalendarsPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.Senate
2016-12-07CommitteeCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 114-395. Supplemental views filed.Senate
2015-12-09CommitteeCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.Senate
2015-06-03CommitteeCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-201.Senate
2015-02-10IntroReferralRead twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Senate
2015-02-10IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Armed Forces and National Security
See Subjects
  • Business records
  • Cemeteries and funerals
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional tributes
  • Dental care
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health personnel
  • Higher education
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Lawyers and legal services
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Public-private cooperation
  • School administration
  • Separation, divorce, custody, support
  • Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
  • State and local government operations
  • Student aid and college costs
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula
  • Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
  • Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
  • Veterans' medical care
  • Veterans' pensions and compensation