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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4936 

To establish a grant program to provide temporary housing to homeless 

individuals, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 31, 2019 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself and Mr. CISNEROS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program to provide temporary housing 

to homeless individuals, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bridge to End Home5 lessness Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY HOUSING GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Housing 

8 and Urban Development (in this Act referred to as the 

9 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish a competitive grant program 

10 to provide grants to eligible entities under subsection (b) 


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1 to provide interim housing to individuals experiencing 

2 homelessness. 

3 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

4 under subsection (a), an entity shall— 

5 (1) be a governmental entity at the county, city, 

6 regional, or locality level; 

7 (2) submit a plan for targeted outreach to indi8 viduals experiencing homelessness within the juris9 diction of the entity or a partner of the entity; and 

10 (3) submit to the Secretary an application that 

11 includes a plan and assurances to provide for— 

12 (A) identifying unused property or land 

13 that— 

14 (i) is located within the entity’s juris15 diction or partner entity’s jurisdiction; and 

16 (ii) will be converted into a facility for 

17 interim housing for such individuals; 

18 (B) furnishing such facility with on-site 

19 mental health, employment, substance use dis20 order, and wellness resources, except that for 

21 services that cannot be furnished on-site, the 

22 plan shall provide for direct linkage to transpor23 tation services to appointments for such serv24 ices; 


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1 (C) accommodation of service animals and 

2 pets at such facility; 

3 (D) permanent, on-site supervision of such 

4 facility; 

5 (E) coordination of such facility with pub6 lic services agencies and law enforcement; and 

7 (F) keeping the administrative entity for 

8 the local Continuum of Care under subtitle C of 

9 title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As10 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) in11 formed. 

12 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—Each entity provided a grant 

13 under this section shall— 

14 (1) employ trauma-informed principles; 

15 (2) employ a Housing First approach that 

16 prioritizes permanent housing to people experiencing 

17 homelessness; and 

18 (3) provide connections to permanent housing 

19 as a part of any case management provided. 

20 (d) GRANT FUNDS.—An entity provided a grant 

21 under this section shall receive— 

22 (1) not more than $10,000,000 in the first year 

23 of the grant, to remain available until expended, for 

24 costs of acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, or 


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1 repurposing of a property to be used as an interim 

2 housing facility; and 

3 (2) not more than $2,000,000 in each of the 5 

4 subsequent years for costs associated with providing 

5 services at such facility. 

6 (e) PARTNERSHIPS.—An entity may enter into a 

7 partnership with providers of services for the interim 

8 housing facility established with grant amounts under this 

9 section, including local health agencies, medical, mental 

10 health, and substance use treatment providers, employ11 ment services providers, housing providers, and such other 

12 service providers as necessary. 

13 (f) MEASURES OF OUTCOMES.— 

14 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall de15 velop measures of outcomes to be applied by recipi16 ents of grants under this section in evaluating the 

17 effectiveness of programs carried out under this sec18 tion. 

19 (2) ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF DATA.—Each eligi20 ble entity described in subsection (b) that receives a 

21 grant under this section shall annually submit to the 

22 Secretary a report that includes data to evaluate the 

23 success of the program carried out by the entity 

24 based on whether such program is achieving the pur25 poses of the program. Such reports shall utilize the 


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1 measures of outcomes under paragraph (1) in a rea2 sonable manner to demonstrate the progress of the 

3 program in achieving such purposes. 

4 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

5 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act— 

6 (1) for fiscal year 2020, $100,000,000; and 

7 (2) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 

8 through 2025. 

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