Sec. 607. Administrative improvements to grant and per diem programs of Department of Veterans Affairs
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Section 2012 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(1), in the matter before subparagraph (A), by inserting and except as otherwise provided in this section after such purpose ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: Each year, the Secretary shall review each grant recipient and eligible entity that received a per diem payment under this section for a service furnished to a veteran during the one-year period preceding the review to evaluate the performance of the grant recipient or eligible entity during that period with respect to— the success of the grant recipient or eligible entity in assisting veterans to obtain, transition into, and retain permanent housing; and increasing the income of veterans, whether by helping veterans obtain employment or by helping veterans obtain income-related benefits to which such veterans may be eligible or entitled.
For any grant recipient or eligible entity whose performance was evaluated for a year under paragraph (1), the Secretary may only provide per diem under this section to that grant recipient or eligible entity in the following year if the Secretary determines that such performance merits continued receipt of per diem under this section. The Secretary shall establish uniform performance targets throughout the United States for all grant recipients and eligible entities that receive per diem payments under this section for purposes of evaluating the performance of each such grant recipient and eligible entity under this subsection. .
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish uniform performance targets pursuant to paragraph
(3)of section 2012(e) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(2). The Secretary shall complete the first review of each grant recipient and eligible entity pursuant to paragraph
(1)of such section, as so added, not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.