Codify the Tribal HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program.

Troy Downing · Montana · Republican

policy impact 2.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 95%

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Occurrences

Evidence

Downing’s office said the bill would reauthorize NAHASDA through 2032 and includes a provision to support tribal veterans by codifying the existing Tribal HUD-VASH program.

Official office release tying Downing’s housing bill directly to codifying Tribal HUD-VASH, but it shows introduction rather than enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Downing Introduces Native American Housing and Self-Determination Modernization Act | Representative Troy Downing
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The draft bill was introduced by Mr. Downing and referred to committee; Section 18 is titled “Rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans.”

The legislative text contains the veterans-housing section that the office says would codify Tribal HUD-VASH, but the bill is only at introduction/referral stage.

partial same_term A for effort

nahasda-modernization-act-final-text.pdf
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Downing materially advanced the promise by introducing a March 2026 housing bill that his office said would codify the Tribal HUD-VASH program, and the bill text includes the relevant veterans-housing section. But the evidence only shows introduction and committee referral, not passage or enactment. In federal legislative terms, that is meaningful same-term progress but not full delivery of codification.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 90%