United States · Bill · S
S. 312 (106th)
A bill to require certain entities that operate homeless shelters to identify and provide certain counseling to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
Introduced
26 January 1999
Last action
26 January 1999 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA], Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
10 February 2026
Summary
Requires each entity that receives a Federal grant to provide emergency shelter for homeless individuals to: (1) identify whether each individual seeking such shelter is a veteran; and (2) provide each individual who is a veteran such counseling related to available veterans' benefits as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs considers appropriate. Bars Federal funds to entities failing to comply.
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Timeline
26 January 1999
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
26 January 1999
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
26 January 1999
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1013)
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 26 January 1999 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/312
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/312
- us · 106-s-312 · source updated 10 February 2026