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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9669 

To provide for the basic needs of students at institutions of higher education. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 

Mrs. TORRES of California (for herself, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. 

CROCKETT, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. CORREA, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, 

Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. 

LEE of California, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide for the basic needs of students at institutions 

of higher education. 

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 ‘‘Basic Assistance for 

5 Students In College Act’’ or the ‘‘BASIC Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DATA SHARING. 

7 (a) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of Education, in 

8 coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec9 retary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary 


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1 of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the 

2 Treasury, and the head of any other applicable Federal 

3 or State agency, shall maintain agreements— 

4 (1) to securely share data among the respective 

5 Federal agencies of such Secretaries in order to 

6 identify students who have applied for Federal fi7 nancial aid and who are enrolled at institutions of 

8 higher education (as defined in section 102 of the 

9 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) 

10 who may be eligible for federally funded programs to 

11 support basic needs through— 

12 (A) the supplemental nutrition assistance 

13 program established under the Food and Nutri14 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), a nu15 trition assistance program carried out under 

16 section 19 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2028), or a 

17 nutrition assistance program carried out by the 

18 Secretary of Agriculture in the Northern Mar19 iana Islands; 

20 (B) the supplemental security income pro21 gram under title XVI of the Social Security Act 

22 (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 

23 (C) the program of block grants to States 

24 for temporary assistance for needy families 


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1 under part A of title IV of the Social Security 

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

3 (D) the special supplemental nutrition pro4 gram for women, infants, and children estab5 lished by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act 

6 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); 

7 (E) the Medicaid program under title XIX 

8 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 

9 seq.); 

10 (F) Federal housing assistance programs, 

11 including tenant-based assistance under section 

12 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

13 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), and public housing, as 

14 defined in section 3(b)(1) of such Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(1)); 

16 (G) Federal child care assistance pro17 grams, including assistance under the Child 

18 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

19 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) and the Child 

20 Care Access Means Parents in School Program 

21 under section 419N of the Higher Education 

22 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070e); 

23 (H) the free and reduced price school 

24 lunch program established under the Richard 


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1 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 

3 (I) refundable credit for coverage under a 

4 qualified health plan under section 36B of the 

5 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

6 (J) the Earned Income Tax Credit under 

7 section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

8 1986; 

9 (K) the Child Tax Credit under section 24 

10 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or 

11 (L) any other federally funded program de12 termined by the Secretary to be appropriate; 

13 and 

14 (2) to coordinate efforts to provide assistance to 

15 institutions of higher education to facilitate the en16 rollment of eligible students in the programs de17 scribed in paragraph (1). 

18 (b) INFORMATION ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PRO19 GRAMS TO SUPPORT BASIC NEEDS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 483 of the Higher 

21 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090) is amended 

22 by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(e) INFORMATION ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PRO24 GRAMS TO SUPPORT BASIC NEEDS.— 

25 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(A) BENEFIT PROGRAM.—The term ‘ben2 efit program’ means a program described in 

3 any of subparagraphs (A) through (L) of sec4 tion 201(a)(1) of the Basic Assistance for Stu5 dents In College Act. 

6 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘eli7 gible student’ means any student who, as a re8 sult of information submitted on the application 

9 for Federal student financial aid, has been de10 termined by the Secretary (in consultation with 

11 the heads of applicable Federal agencies) to be 

12 potentially eligible for a benefit program. 

13 ‘‘(2) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—For each 

14 year for which an eligible student submits an appli15 cation for Federal student financial aid, the Sec16 retary shall send, in written and electronic form, to 

17 the eligible student information regarding potential 

18 eligibility for assistance under, and application proc19 ess for, benefit programs. 

20 ‘‘(3) INCLUSION.—The information provided 

21 under paragraph (2) shall include a description of 

22 the appropriate State or Federal resources to which 

23 to apply for each benefit program.’’. 

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1 culture, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv2 ices, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop3 ment, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the head 

4 of any other applicable Federal or State agency, in 

5 designing the written and electronic communication 

6 regarding potential eligibility for assistance under, 

7 and application process for, the benefit programs (as 

8 defined in subsection (e)(1) of section 483 of the 

9 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090)). 

10 (c) FURTHER INFORMATION ON FEDERALLY FUND11 ED PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT BASIC NEEDS.—Section 483 

12 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090)) 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(E)— 

15 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

16 the semicolon; 

17 (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(iii) an authorization under subpara21 graph (D) and disclosing the information 

22 as described in clause (ii), the Secretary 

23 shall provide the applicant with notification 

24 of the appropriate Federal or State re25 sources necessary to apply for Federal and 


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1 State programs that support basic needs.’’; 

2 and 

3 (2) in subsection (c)(3)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘may enter’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘shall enter’’; and 

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and shall consult with 

7 the heads of applicable Federal agencies in de8 signing the written and electronic communica9 tion regarding potential eligibility for assistance 

10 under such programs’’ after ‘‘may be eligible’’. 

11 (d) REPORT.—The Secretary of Education, in coordi12 nation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

13 Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Health 

14 and Human Services, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 

15 the head of any other applicable Federal or State agency, 

16 shall prepare and submit to Congress a report that pre17 sents summary statistics on students who have applied for 

18 Federal financial aid and who are enrolled at institutions 

19 of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the High20 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) and are expe21 riencing student food insecurity and housing insecurity, 

22 disaggregated by race and ethnicity, income quintile, sta23 tus as a first generation college student, Federal Pell 

24 Grant eligibility status, disability status, status as a stu25 dent parent, sex (including sexual orientation and gender 


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1 identity), and other subgroups, as determined by such 

2 heads of agencies. 

3 SEC. 3. GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE BASIC NEEDS OF STU4 DENTS. 

5 Title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

6 U.S.C. 1161a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘PART BB—GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE BASIC 

9 NEEDS OF STUDENTS 

10 ‘‘SEC. 899. GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE BASIC NEEDS OF STU11 DENTS. 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) BASIC NEEDS.—The term ‘basic needs’, 

14 with respect to a student, means the physiological 

15 and safety necessities that are central conditions for 

16 the student to learn, including— 

17 ‘‘(A) nutritious and sufficient food; 

18 ‘‘(B) safe, secure, and adequate housing 

19 (including to sleep, to study, to cook, and to 

20 shower); 

21 ‘‘(C) health care to promote sustained 

22 mental and physical well-being; 

23 ‘‘(D) high-quality and affordable childcare; 

24 ‘‘(E) affordable technology and internet ac25 cess; 


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1 ‘‘(F) accessible transportation; 

2 ‘‘(G) personal hygiene and clothing; and 

3 ‘‘(H) other costs described in paragraphs 

4 (2) through (14) of section 472(a). 

5 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘community 

7 college’ means— 

8 ‘‘(i) a public institution of higher edu9 cation at which— 

10 ‘‘(I) the highest degree awarded 

11 is an associate degree; or 

12 ‘‘(II) an associate degree is the 

13 most frequently awarded degree, in14 cluding a 2-year Tribal College or 

15 University (as defined in section 316); 

16 ‘‘(ii) a public postsecondary vocational 

17 institution (as defined in section 102(c)); 

18 or 

19 ‘‘(iii) at the designation of the Sec20 retary, in the case of a State in which 

21 there is no community college operated or 

22 controlled by the State that meets a defini23 tion under clause (i) or (ii), a college or 

24 similarly defined and structured academic 

25 entity— 


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1 ‘‘(I) that was in existence on 

2 July 1, 2023; 

3 ‘‘(II) within a public 4-year insti4 tution of higher education; and 

5 ‘‘(III) at which— 

6 ‘‘(aa) the highest degree 

7 awarded is an associate degree; 

8 or 

9 ‘‘(bb) an associate degree is 

10 the most frequently awarded de11 gree. 

12 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi13 ble institution’ means an institution of higher edu14 cation (as defined in section 101 or 102(a)(1)(B)). 

15 ‘‘(b) PLANNING GRANTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

17 planning grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 

18 institutions to enable the eligible institutions to con19 duct research and planning in accordance with para20 graph (2)— 

21 ‘‘(A) to reduce incidences of— 

22 ‘‘(i) student food insecurity; 

23 ‘‘(ii) student housing insecurity; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) students experiencing homeless25 ness; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) to meet other basic needs of students. 

2 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—An eligible institution receiv3 ing a grant under this subsection shall use grant 

4 funds to carry out the following activities: 

5 ‘‘(A) Establish a basic needs steering com6 mittee that will be— 

7 ‘‘(i) responsible for developing and ap8 proving the basic needs strategy described 

9 in subparagraph (C); and 

10 ‘‘(ii) comprised of relevant campus 

11 stakeholders, such as— 

12 ‘‘(I) students who have experi13 enced challenges in meeting basic 

14 needs; 

15 ‘‘(II) student government rep16 resentatives; 

17 ‘‘(III) staff of the eligible institu18 tion representing the areas of student 

19 financial aid, housing, dining, student 

20 affairs, academic advising, equity sup21 port services, accessibility services, 

22 campus security, legal services, and 

23 health and well-being services (includ24 ing counseling or psychological serv25 ices); 


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1 ‘‘(IV) faculty; 

2 ‘‘(V) relevant administrators, in3 cluding local human services adminis4 trators; 

5 ‘‘(VI) community-based and 

6 other nonprofit organizations; and 

7 ‘‘(VII) representatives from local 

8 governmental agencies. 

9 ‘‘(B) Conduct research regarding— 

10 ‘‘(i) the level of unmet basic needs at 

11 the eligible institution, disaggregated by 

12 race and ethnicity, income quintile, status 

13 as a first generation college student (as de14 fined in section 402A(h)), Federal Pell 

15 Grant eligibility status, disability status, 

16 status as a student parent, sex (including 

17 sexual orientation and gender identity), or 

18 other subgroup as determined by the eligi19 ble institution; 

20 ‘‘(ii) the presence of institutional bar21 riers (such as award displacement) and 

22 current institutional interventions to ad23 dress basic needs insecurity; 

24 ‘‘(iii) the presence of administrative 

25 barriers for students in applying, certifying 


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1 eligibility, and renewing applications for 

2 means-tested benefits, and interventions to 

3 address such barriers; 

4 ‘‘(iv)(I) the resources and activities 

5 available to address basic needs of stu6 dents, both on campus and off campus, as 

7 of the date of the research; and 

8 ‘‘(II) the impact of such resources and 

9 activities; and 

10 ‘‘(v) opportunities for coordination 

11 and collaboration between the eligible insti12 tution and government or community13 based organizations, such as— 

14 ‘‘(I) the local office that admin15 isters benefits under the supplemental 

16 nutrition assistance program estab17 lished under the Food and Nutrition 

18 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 

19 and carries out employment and train20 ing programs under that Act, or the 

21 temporary assistance for needy fami22 lies program and subsidized programs 

23 that meet the work requirements 

24 under part A of title IV of the Social 

25 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 


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1 ‘‘(II) organizations that partici2 pate in the Federal work-study pro3 gram under part C of title IV; or 

4 ‘‘(III) low-income housing assist5 ance organizations, including such or6 ganizations assisting with tenant7 based assistance under section 8(o) of 

8 the United States Housing Act of 

9 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), and pub10 lic housing (as defined in section 3(b) 

11 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b))). 

12 ‘‘(C) Develop a basic needs strategy that 

13 describes the means by which the eligible insti14 tution will— 

15 ‘‘(i) seek to address or meet the basic 

16 needs of students through on-campus and 

17 off-campus providers; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) incorporate the research con19 ducted under subparagraph (B), including 

20 with respect to the subgroups identified 

21 under clause (i) of that subparagraph, into 

22 the basic needs strategy. 

23 ‘‘(D) Implement the strategy described in 

24 subparagraph (C), including by— 


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1 ‘‘(i) conducting outreach to encourage 

2 students to participate in programs that 

3 provide basic needs or reduce basic needs 

4 insecurity; 

5 ‘‘(ii) educating students about Fed6 eral, State, local, and Tribal assistance 

7 programs, supporting student applications 

8 for those programs, and providing case 

9 management and training for students to 

10 maximize the assistance that students and 

11 their families receive to reduce basic needs 

12 insecurity; 

13 ‘‘(iii) coordinating and collaborating 

14 with Federal, State, local, and Tribal agen15 cies or community-based organizations; 

16 ‘‘(iv) hiring and training personnel to 

17 build infrastructure and implement pro18 gramming to reduce basic needs insecurity 

19 at the eligible institution; and 

20 ‘‘(v) carrying out other matters deter21 mined to be appropriate by the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(3) GRANT AMOUNTS; DURATION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant 

24 under this subsection shall be not more than 

25 $75,000. 


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1 ‘‘(B) DURATION.—A grant under this sub2 section shall be for a period of not more than 

3 2 years. 

4 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 

5 the end of the planning grant period under this sub6 section, each eligible institution that receives such a 

7 grant shall submit to the Secretary a report that de8 scribes the outcomes of the planning grant, regard9 less of whether the eligible institution intends to 

10 apply for an implementation grant. 

11 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) AWARD.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

14 award implementation grants, on a competitive 

15 basis, to eligible institutions to enable the eligi16 ble institutions to develop infrastructure to 

17 meet the basic needs of students by— 

18 ‘‘(i) implementing— 

19 ‘‘(I) a basic needs strategy devel20 oped under subsection (b)(2)(C); or 

21 ‘‘(II) another existing basic needs 

22 plan approved by the Secretary; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) carrying out the activities de24 scribed in paragraph (2). 


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1 ‘‘(B) ONGOING EXTERNAL FUNDING.—To 

2 be eligible to receive an implementation grant 

3 under this paragraph, an eligible institution 

4 shall identify, in the application for the grant, 

5 an ongoing non-Federal funding mechanism to 

6 support the activities carried out using grant 

7 funds after the expiration of the grant period. 

8 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—An eligible institution receiv9 ing a grant under this subsection shall use the grant 

10 funds to carry out at least 2 of the following activi11 ties: 

12 ‘‘(A) Providing to eligible students free or 

13 subsidized food, secure sleeping arrangements, 

14 temporary housing, priority access to existing 

15 on-campus child care, and other basic needs. 

16 ‘‘(B) Conducting outreach to students to 

17 reduce stigma associated with, and educate and 

18 encourage students to participate in, programs 

19 and services (including programs and services 

20 provided through grant funding) to meet basic 

21 needs. 

22 ‘‘(C) Educating students about public as23 sistance programs (including State and local 

24 public assistance programs, the supplemental 

25 nutrition assistance program under the Food 


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1 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

2 seq.), Federal housing assistance programs, and 

3 other income-based Federal assistance pro4 grams), supporting student applications for 

5 those programs, and providing case manage6 ment and training for students to maximize the 

7 public assistance that students and their fami8 lies receive to meet basic needs. 

9 ‘‘(D) Coordination and collaboration be10 tween the eligible institution and government or 

11 community-based organizations, such as the 

12 local office that administers benefits through 

13 the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

14 under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

15 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) or a low-income housing 

16 assistance organization. 

17 ‘‘(E) Purchasing materials, equipment, 

18 transportation, or facilities to reduce incidences 

19 of food and housing insecurity and address the 

20 basic needs of students at the eligible institu21 tion. 

22 ‘‘(F) Hiring and training personnel to 

23 build and improve basic needs infrastructure 

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1 port services, financial assistance, or means2 tested benefits programs to meet the basic 

3 needs of students. 

4 ‘‘(G) Other activities or services deter5 mined to be appropriate by the Secretary. 

6 ‘‘(3) GRANT AMOUNTS; DURATION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant 

8 under this subsection shall be not more than 

9 $1,000,000 for each 5-year period. 

10 ‘‘(B) DURATION.—A grant under this sub11 section shall be for a period of 5 years. 

12 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare 

13 and submit to Congress a report that describes— 

14 ‘‘(A) the impact on eligible students of 

15 grants provided under this subsection; 

16 ‘‘(B) the obstacles faced by recipients of 

17 grants under this subsection; 

18 ‘‘(C) successful outcomes of grants under 

19 this subsection; 

20 ‘‘(D) best practices for the provision of 

21 basic services to eligible students; and 

22 ‘‘(E) Federal and State policy barriers to 

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1 ‘‘(5) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary shall 

2 disseminate to eligible institutions information about 

3 best practices, as described in paragraph (4)(D). 

4 ‘‘(6) EVALUATION.—For the purpose of evalu5 ating the effectiveness of funds awarded under this 

6 subsection, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 

7 of each grant under this subsection to determine the 

8 impact on students, including improvements in re9 tention, progression, transfer, attainment, and basic 

10 needs security, as applicable. 

11 ‘‘(d) RESERVATION; PRIORITY; EQUITABLE DIS12 TRIBUTION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—In awarding grants under 

14 subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall reserve— 

15 ‘‘(A) an amount equal to not less than 25 

16 percent of the total amount available for grants 

17 under those subsections for grant awards to 

18 community colleges; and 

19 ‘‘(B) an amount equal to not less than 25 

20 percent of the total amount available for grants 

21 under those subsections for grant awards to 

22 historically Black colleges and universities, 

23 Tribal Colleges and Universities, and other mi24 nority-serving institutions. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 

2 subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall give pri3 ority to the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) Eligible institutions with respect to 

5 which not fewer than 25 percent of enrolled 

6 students are students that are eligible to receive 

7 a Federal Pell Grant under subpart 1 of part 

8 A of title IV. 

9 ‘‘(B) Eligible institutions described in sec10 tion 371(a). 

11 ‘‘(3) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding 

12 grants under subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary 

13 shall ensure an equitable distribution of grant 

14 awards to eligible institutions in States, based on 

15 State population. 

16 ‘‘(e) PERSONNEL EXPENSES LIMITATIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) PLANNING GRANTS.—An eligible institu18 tion that receives a planning grant under subsection 

19 (b) may use not more than 50 percent of grant 

20 funds for personnel expenses. 

21 ‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—An eligible 

22 institution that receives an implementation grant 

23 under subsection (c) may use not more than 75 per24 cent of grant funds for personnel expenses. 


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1 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 

4 2031, of which— 

5 ‘‘(1) $40,000,000 is authorized to be appro6 priated to provide planning grants under subsection 

7 (b); and 

8 ‘‘(2) $960,000,000 is authorized to be appro9 priated to provide implementation grants under sub10 section (c).’’. 

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