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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4177 

To authorize supplemental funding for supportive housing for the elderly, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 2, 2020 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 

Ms. SINEMA, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

SANDERS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize supplemental funding for supportive housing 

for the elderly, 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 ‘‘Emergency Housing 

5 Assistance for Older Adults Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUS2 ING FOR THE ELDERLY. 

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated $1,202,000,000 for fiscal 

5 year 2020 for assistance for supportive housing for the 

6 elderly, of which— 

7 (1) $845,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 

8 under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

9 U.S.C. 1701q) or section 8 of the United States 

10 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), as appro11 priate, and for hiring additional staff and for serv12 ices and costs, including acquiring personal protec13 tive equipment, to prevent, prepare for, or respond 

14 to the public health emergency relating to 

15 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic 

16 for— 

17 (A) projects for which assistance is pro18 vided under a project rental assistance contract 

19 under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 

20 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); 

21 (B) projects for which a direct loan under 

22 section 202 of such Act was made and for 

23 which assistance is provided under section 8 of 

24 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

25 U.S.C. 1437f); and 


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1 (C) projects for which project-based assist2 ance is provided under such section 8 in which 

3 more than 80 percent of tenants are 62 years 

4 of age or older; 

5 (2) $50,000,000 shall be for installation of, and 

6 service fees for, wireless internet services in projects 

7 and individual units described in paragraph (1); 

8 (3) $7,000,000 shall be for a 1-year extension 

9 of the Supportive Services Demonstration of the De10 partment of Housing and Urban Development au11 thorized under the heading ‘‘HOUSING FOR THE EL12 DERLY’’ under the heading ‘‘HOUSING PROGRAMS’’ 

13 under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF HOUS14 ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT’’ in title II 

15 of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop16 ment Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76; 

17 128 Stat. 618); and 

18 (4) $300,000,000 shall be for grants under sec19 tion 676 of the Housing and Community Develop20 ment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632) for costs of 

21 providing service coordinators for purposes of coordi22 nating services to prevent, prepare for, or respond to 

23 the public health emergency relating to Coronavirus 

24 Disease 2019 (COVID–19). 


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1 (b) ELIGIBILITY OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PER2 SONS WITH DISABILITIES.—For purposes of subsection 

3 (a), section 676(a) of the Housing and Community Devel4 opment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632(a)) shall be applied 

5 by substituting ‘‘(G), and (H)’’ for ‘‘and (G)’’. 

6 (c) SERVICE COORDINATORS.— 

7 (1) HIRING.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the hiring of staff 

9 using amounts made available pursuant to this 

10 section for costs of providing service coordina11 tors, grantees shall consider and hire, at all lev12 els of employment and to the greatest extent 

13 possible, a diverse staff, including by race, eth14 nicity, gender, and disability status. 

15 (B) REPORT.—Not later 120 days after 

16 the date on which the emergency declared on 

17 March 13, 2020, by the President under the 

18 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer19 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) 

20 relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 

21 (COVID–19) pandemic terminates, each grant22 ee described in subparagraph (A) shall submit 

23 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel24 opment a report describing compliance with 

25 that subparagraph. 


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1 (2) ONE-TIME GRANTS.—Grants made using 

2 amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a) 

3 for costs of providing service coordinators shall not 

4 be renewable. 

5 (3) ONE-YEAR AVAILABILITY.—Any amounts 

6 made available pursuant to this section for costs of 

7 providing service coordinators that are allocated for 

8 a grantee and remain unexpended upon the expira9 tion of the 12-month period beginning upon such al10 location shall be recaptured by the Secretary. 

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