# § 2033. Additional services at certain locations
**(a)** Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall operate a program under this section to expand and improve the provision of benefits and services by the Department to homeless veterans.
**(b)** The program shall include the establishment of sites under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to be centers for the provision of comprehensive services to homeless veterans. The services to be provided at each site shall include a comprehensive and coordinated array of those specialized services which may be provided under existing law. The Secretary shall carry out the program under this section in sites in at least each of the 20 largest metropolitan statistical areas.
**(c)** The program shall include the services of such employees of the Veterans Benefits Administration as the Secretary determines appropriate at sites under the jurisdiction of the Secretary at which services are provided to homeless veterans.
**(d)** The program under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2026.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–114, title II, § 202(a), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2286, § 1773; renumbered § 2033 and amended Pub. L. 107–95, §§ 5(b)(1), (f), 8(b), Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 918, 919; Pub. L. 109–444, § 2(d), Dec. 21, 2006, 120 Stat. 3304; Pub. L. 109–461, title VII, § 704(b), title X, § 1006(b), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3440, 3468; Pub. L. 112–37, § 10(d), Oct. 5, 2011, 125 Stat. 397; Pub. L. 112–191, title II, § 204, Oct. 5, 2012, 126 Stat. 1439; Pub. L. 113–59, § 9(b), Dec. 20, 2013, 127 Stat. 662; Pub. L. 113–175, title II, § 204(b), Sept. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 1904; Pub. L. 114–58, title III, § 307(b), Sept. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 114–228, title III, § 308(b), Sept. 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 939; Pub. L. 115–62, title III, § 307(b), Sept. 29, 2017, 131 Stat. 1163; Pub. L. 115–251, title I, § 144(b), Sept. 29, 2018, 132 Stat. 3170; Pub. L. 116–159, div. E, title III, § 5304(b), Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 751; Pub. L. 117–180, div. E, title III, § 303(b), Sept. 30, 2022, 136 Stat. 2138; Pub. L. 118–83, div. B, title III, § 324(b), Sept. 26, 2024, 138 Stat. 1541; Pub. L. 119–37, div. G, title III, § 7302(b), Nov. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 650.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2025—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2024—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2022—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2020—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2018—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2017—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2016—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2015—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2014—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2013—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2012—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2011—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.
2006—Subsec. (d). , provided that as of the enactment of , the amendments made by were deemed for all purposes not to have taken effect and that ceased to be in effect. See Amendment notes below and , set out as a Coordination of Provisions With note under .
, substituted “” for “”.
, which substituted “” for “”, was terminated by . See Amendment notes above.
2001—, renumbered as this section.
Subsec. (b). , struck out “not fewer than eight programs (in addition to any existing programs providing similar services) at” after “establishment of” and inserted at end “The Secretary shall carry out the program under this section in sites in at least each of the 20 largest metropolitan statistical areas.”
Subsec. (d). , substituted “” for “”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2025 Amendment
Amendment by effective as if enacted on , see , set out as a note under .