Military and Veterans Affairs, Space and Domestic Security

Housing for Veterans; Creating the “Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program Act”; establishing the Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program in certain counties, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring a landlord to submit to the contracted program administrator required documentation within a specified time period to apply for funding; authorizing a landlord to apply for up to a specified dollar amount from the funds, etc.

Space Florida; Revising the definition of the term “governmental purpose”; providing that certain property being used by a nongovernmental lessee pursuant to a project authorized by the Space Florida board of directors is deemed to perform an essential governmental purpose and is exempt from taxation; exempting from the sales and use tax certain tangible personal property leased to private entities; providing that Space Florida is not subject to certain provisions, etc.

Florida National Guard Increased Force Structure; Urging the Congress of the United States to impel the National Guard Bureau to examine the present allocations of the Florida National Guard and allow an increase in its force structure, etc.

Trust Funds/Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund; Creating the Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund within the Florida Housing Finance Corporation for a specified purpose; authorizing any unexpended balance at a specified time to revert and be reappropriated for a certain purpose; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.

This Florida Senate Memorial (SM 1714) urges Congress to pass H.R. 260, the "No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act," to stop taxpayer funds from reaching the Taliban. It specifically references that over $40 million weekly in U.S. taxpayer money is allegedly being sent to the Taliban through questionable channels, despite its history of human rights abuses and ties to other terrorist groups. The memorial requests Congress implement a strategy to block this funding flow. As a symbolic resolution (not a binding bill), it directs Florida's delegation to advocate for H.R. 260's passage.