Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Heroes Over Aliens Act or the HOA Act.
(a) Funding limitation
Except as provided under subsection (b), no Federal funds may be used to provide or subsidize housing for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States until the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to Congress the determination described in subsection (c).
(b) Exclusions
The limitation described in subsection (a) does not apply to any aliens who are—
(1) in the custody of, or being detained by, the Department of Homeland Security; or
(2) incarcerated in a Federal prison or in any prison, institution, or facility receiving funding from the Federal Government.
(c) Determination described
The determination described in this subsection is a determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that, based on the most recent point-in-time count data available from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, sufficient Federal resources exist to provide housing assistance to all veterans who are homeless or experiencing homelessness.
(d) Considerations
In making the determination described in subsection (c), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consider the criteria and benchmarks described in the document entitled Criteria and Benchmarks for Achieving the Goal of Ending Veteran Homelessness (Version 4, June 2019) published by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.
(e) Definition of veteran
In this section, the term veteran has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.