Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Housing our Military Servicemembers Act of 2016” or the “HOMeS Act of 2016”.
Housing our Military Servicemembers Act of 2016
A BILL
To amend section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide incentives to grantees under the Continuum of Care program to re-house all former members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Incentive for proven strategies
Subsection (d) of section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386b(d)) is amended—
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “and former servicemembers” before the semicolon at the end; and
in subparagraph (B), by inserting “and former servicemembers” before the first comma; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) Former servicemember—For purposes of this subsection, the term “former servicemember” means a person who served in the active or inactive military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom.”