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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1801 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1801

To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the 
                      Act, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2005

Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Allard, Ms. Collins, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Bond, 
    Mrs. Murray, Mr. Chafee, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
 Schumer, Mr. Corzine, Mrs. Clinton, and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the 
                      Act, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Partnership to End 
Homelessness Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    Section 102 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11301) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            ``(1) the United States faces a crisis of individuals and 
        families who lack basic affordable housing and appropriate 
        shelter;
            ``(2) assistance from the Federal Government is an 
        important factor in the success of efforts by State and local 
        governments and the private sector to address the problem of 
        homelessness in a comprehensive manner;
            ``(3) there are several Federal Government programs to 
        assist persons experiencing homelessness, including programs 
        for individuals with disabilities, veterans, children, and 
        youth;
            ``(4) homeless assistance programs must be evaluated on the 
        basis of their effectiveness in reducing homelessness, 
        transitioning individuals and families to permanent housing and 
        stability, and optimizing their self-sufficiency;
            ``(5) States and units of general local government 
        receiving Federal block grant and other Federal grant funds 
        must be evaluated on the basis of their effectiveness in--
                    ``(A) implementing plans to appropriately discharge 
                individuals to and from mainstream service systems; and
                    ``(B) reducing barriers to participation in 
                mainstream programs, as identified in--
                            ``(i) a report by the Government 
                        Accountability Office entitled `Homelessness: 
                        Coordination and Evaluation of Programs Are 
                        Essential', issued February 26, 1999; or
                            ``(ii) a report by the Government 
                        Accountability Office entitled `Homelessness: 
                        Barriers to Using Mainstream Programs', issued 
                        July 6, 2000;
            ``(6) an effective plan for reducing homelessness should 
        provide a comprehensive housing system (including permanent 
        housing and, as needed, transitional housing) that recognizes 
        that, while some individuals and families experiencing 
        homelessness attain economic viability and independence 
        utilizing transitional housing and then permanent housing, 
        others can reenter society directly and optimize self-
        sufficiency through acquiring permanent housing;
            ``(7) supportive housing activities include the provision 
        of permanent housing or transitional housing, and appropriate 
        supportive services, in an environment that can meet the short-
        term or long-term needs of persons experiencing homelessness as 
        they reintegrate into mainstream society;
            ``(8) homeless housing and supportive services programs 
        within a community are most effective when they are developed 
        and operated as part of an inclusive, collaborative, locally 
        driven homeless planning process that involves as decision 
        makers persons experiencing homelessness, advocates for persons 
        experiencing homelessness, service organizations, government 
        officials, business persons, neighborhood advocates, and other 
        community members;
            ``(9) homelessness should be treated as a symptom of many 
        neighborhood, community, and system problems, whose remedies 
        require a comprehensive approach integrating all available 
        resources;
            ``(10) there are many private sector entities, particularly 
        nonprofit organizations, that have successfully operated 
        outcome-effective homeless programs;
            ``(11) Federal homeless assistance should supplement other 
        public and private funding provided by communities for housing 
        and supportive services for low-income households;
            ``(12) the Federal Government has a responsibility to 
        establish partnerships with State and local governments and 
        private sector entities to address comprehensively the problems 
        of homelessness; and
            ``(13) the results of Federal programs targeted for persons 
        experiencing homelessness have been positive.
    ``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act--
            ``(1) to create a unified and performance-based process for 
        allocating and administering funds under title IV;
            ``(2) to encourage comprehensive, collaborative local 
        planning of housing and services programs for persons 
        experiencing homelessness;
            ``(3) to focus the resources and efforts of the public and 
        private sectors on ending and preventing homelessness;
            ``(4) to provide funds for programs to assist individuals 
        and families in the transition from homelessness, and to 
        prevent homelessness for those vulnerable to homelessness;
            ``(5) to consolidate the separate homeless assistance 
        programs carried out under title IV (consisting of the 
        supportive housing program and related innovative programs, the 
        safe havens program, the section 8 assistance program for 
        single-room occupancy dwellings, the shelter plus care program, 
        and the rural homeless housing assistance program) into a 
        single program with specific eligible activities;
            ``(6) to allow flexibility and creativity in re-thinking 
        solutions to homelessness, including alternative housing 
        strategies, outcome-effective service delivery, and the 
        involvement of persons experiencing homelessness in decision 
        making regarding opportunities for their long-term stability, 
        growth, well-being, and optimum self-sufficiency; and
            ``(7) to ensure that multiple Federal agencies are involved 
        in the provision of housing, health care, human services, 
        employment, and education assistance, as appropriate for the 
        missions of the agencies, to persons experiencing homelessness, 
        through the funding provided for implementation of programs 
        carried out under this Act and other programs targeted for 
        persons experiencing homelessness, and mainstream funding, and 
        to promote coordination among those Federal agencies, including 
        providing funding for a United States Interagency Council on 
        Homelessness to advance such coordination.''.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS.

    Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11311 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 201 (42 U.S.C. 11311), by striking the 
        period at the end and inserting the following: ``whose mission 
        shall be to develop and coordinate the implementation of a 
        national strategy to prevent and end homelessness while 
        maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government in 
        contributing to an end to homelessness in the United States.'';
            (2) in section 202 (42 U.S.C. 11312)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``(16)'' and inserting 
                        ``(19)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting after paragraph (15) the 
                        following:
            ``(16) The Commissioner of Social Security, or the designee 
        of the Commissioner.
            ``(17) The Attorney General of the United States, or the 
        designee of the Attorney General.
            ``(18) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
        or the designee of the Director.'';
                    (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``annually'' and 
                inserting ``2 times each year''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Administration.--The Assistant to the President for Domestic 
Policy within the Executive Office of the President shall oversee the 
functioning of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness to 
ensure Federal interagency collaboration and program coordination to 
focus on preventing and ending homelessness, to increase access to 
mainstream programs (as identified in a report by the Government 
Accountability Office entitled `Homelessness: Barriers to Using 
Mainstream Programs', issued July 6, 2000) by persons experiencing 
homelessness, to eliminate the barriers to participation in those 
programs, to implement a Federal plan to prevent and end homelessness, 
and to identify Federal resources that can be expended to prevent and 
end homelessness.'';
            (3) in section 203(a) (42 U.S.C. 11313(a))--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), 
                (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), 
                (8), (9), and (10), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following:
            ``(1) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
        the Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 2005, 
        develop and submit to the President and to Congress a National 
        Strategic Plan to End Homelessness;'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``at least 2, but in no 
                case more than 5'' and inserting ``not less than 5, but 
                in no case more than 10''; and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (5), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following:
            ``(6) encourage the creation of State Interagency Councils 
        on Homelessness and the formulation of multi-year plans to end 
        homelessness at State, city, and county levels;
            ``(7) develop mechanisms to ensure access by persons 
        experiencing homelessness to all Federal, State, and local 
        programs for which the persons are eligible, and to verify 
        collaboration among entities within a community that receive 
        Federal funding under programs targeted for persons 
        experiencing homelessness, and other programs for which persons 
        experiencing homelessness are eligible, including mainstream 
        programs identified by the Government Accountability Office in 
        the 2 reports described in section 102(a)(5)(B);''; and
            (4) by striking section 208 (42 U.S.C. 11318) and inserting 
        the following:

``SEC. 208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``Of any amounts made available for any fiscal year to carry out 
subtitles B and C of title IV, $3,000,000 shall be allocated to the 
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy within the Executive 
Office of the President to carry out this title.''.

SEC. 4. HOUSING ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    Subtitle A of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking the subtitle heading and inserting the 
        following:

                  ``Subtitle A--General Provisions'';

            (2)(A) by redesignating section 401 (42 U.S.C. 11361) as 
        section 403; and
            (B) by redesignating section 402 (42 U.S.C. 11362) as 
        section 406;
            (3) by inserting before section 403 (as redesignated in 
        paragraph (2)) the following:

``SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Chronically homeless.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `chronically homeless', 
                used with respect to an individual or family, means an 
                individual or family who--
                            ``(i) is homeless;
                            ``(ii) has been homeless continuously for 
                        at least 1 year or has been homeless on at 
                        least 4 separate occasions in the last 3 years; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) in the case of a family, has an 
                        adult head of household with a disabling 
                        condition.
                    ``(B) Disabling condition.--As used in this 
                paragraph, the term `disabling condition' means a 
                condition that is a diagnosable substance use disorder, 
                serious mental illness, developmental disability (as 
                defined in section 102 of the Developmental 
                Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 
                (42 U.S.C. 15002)), or chronic physical illness or 
                disability, including the co-occurrence of 2 or more of 
                those conditions.
            ``(2) Collaborative applicant.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `collaborative 
                applicant' means an entity that--
                            ``(i) is a representative community 
                        homeless assistance planning body established 
                        or designed in accordance with section 402;
                            ``(ii) serves as the applicant for project 
                        sponsors who jointly submit a single 
                        application for a grant under subtitle C in 
                        accordance with a collaborative process; and
                            ``(iii) if the entity is a legal entity and 
                        is awarded such grant, receives such grant 
                        directly from the Secretary.
                    ``(B) State and local governments.--Notwithstanding 
                the requirements of subparagraph (A), the term 
                `collaborative applicant' includes a State or local 
                government, or a consortium of State or local 
                governments, engaged in activities to end homelessness.
            ``(3) Collaborative application.--The term `collaborative 
        application' means an application for a grant under subtitle C 
        that--
                    ``(A) satisfies section 422 (including containing 
                the information described in subsections (a) and (c) of 
                section 426); and
                    ``(B) is submitted to the Secretary by a 
                collaborative applicant.
            ``(4) Consolidated plan.--The term `Consolidated Plan' 
        means a comprehensive housing affordability strategy and 
        community development plan required in part 91 of title 24, 
        Code of Federal Regulations.
            ``(5) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means, 
        with respect to a subtitle, a public entity, a private entity, 
        or an entity that is a combination of public and private 
        entities, that is eligible to receive directly grant amounts 
        under that subtitle.
            ``(6) Geographic area.--The term `geographic area' means a 
        State, metropolitan city, urban county, town, village, or other 
        nonentitlement area, or a combination or consortia of such, in 
        the United States, as described in section 106 of the Housing 
        and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306).
            ``(7) Homeless individual with a disability.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `homeless individual 
                with a disability' means an individual who is homeless, 
                as defined in section 103, and has a disability that--
                            ``(i)(I) is expected to be long-continuing 
                        or of indefinite duration;
                            ``(II) substantially impedes the 
                        individual's ability to live independently;
                            ``(III) could be improved by the provision 
                        of more suitable housing conditions; and
                            ``(IV) is a physical, mental, or emotional 
                        impairment, including an impairment caused by 
                        alcohol or drug abuse;
                            ``(ii) is a developmental disability, as 
                        defined in section 102 of the Developmental 
                        Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 
                        of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002); or
                            ``(iii) is the disease of acquired 
                        immunodeficiency syndrome or any condition 
                        arising from the etiologic agency for acquired 
                        immunodeficiency syndrome.
                    ``(B) Rule.--Nothing in clause (iii) of 
                subparagraph (A) shall be construed to limit 
                eligibility under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph 
                (A).
            ``(8) Legal entity.--The term `legal entity' means--
                    ``(A) an entity described in section 501(c)(3) of 
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 
                under section 501(a) of that Code;
                    ``(B) an instrumentality of State or local 
                government; or
                    ``(C) a consortium of instrumentalities of State or 
                local governments that has constituted itself as an 
                entity.
            ``(9) Metropolitan city; urban county; nonentitlement 
        area.--The terms `metropolitan city', `urban county', and 
        `nonentitlement area' have the meanings given such terms in 
        section 102(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
        1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)).
            ``(10) New.--The term `new', used with respect to housing, 
        means housing for which no assistance has been provided under 
        this title.
            ``(11) Operating costs.--The term `operating costs' means 
        expenses incurred by a project sponsor operating--
                    ``(A) transitional housing or permanent housing 
                under this title with respect to--
                            ``(i) the administration, maintenance, 
                        repair, and security of such housing;
                            ``(ii) utilities, fuel, furnishings, and 
                        equipment for such housing; or
                            ``(iii) conducting an assessment under 
                        section 426(c)(2); and
                    ``(B) supportive housing, for homeless individuals 
                with disabilities or homeless families that include 
                such an individual, under this title with respect to--
                            ``(i) the matters described in clauses (i), 
                        (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) coordination of services as needed 
                        to ensure long-term housing stability.
            ``(12) Outpatient health services.--The term `outpatient 
        health services' means outpatient health care services, mental 
        health services, and outpatient substance abuse treatment 
        services.
            ``(13) Permanent housing.--The term `permanent housing' 
        means community-based housing without a designated length of 
        stay, and includes permanent supportive housing for homeless 
        individuals with disabilities and homeless families that 
        include such an individual who is an adult.
            ``(14) Permanent housing development activities.--The term 
        `permanent housing development activities' means activities--
                    ``(A) to construct, lease, rehabilitate, or acquire 
                structures to provide permanent housing;
                    ``(B) involving tenant-based and project-based 
                flexible rental assistance for permanent housing;
                    ``(C) described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 
                section 423(a) as they relate to permanent housing; or
                    ``(D) involving the capitalization of a dedicated 
                project account from which payments are allocated for 
                rental assistance and operating costs of permanent 
                housing.
            ``(15) Private nonprofit organization.--The term `private 
        nonprofit organization' means an organization--
                    ``(A) no part of the net earnings of which inures 
                to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or 
                individual;
                    ``(B) that has a voluntary board;
                    ``(C) that has an accounting system, or has 
                designated a fiscal agent in accordance with 
                requirements established by the Secretary; and
                    ``(D) that practices nondiscrimination in the 
                provision of assistance.
            ``(16) Project.--The term `project', used with respect to 
        activities carried out under subtitle C, means eligible 
        activities described in section 423(a), undertaken pursuant to 
        a specific endeavor, such as serving a particular population or 
        providing a particular resource.
            ``(17) Project-based.--The term `project-based', used with 
        respect to rental assistance, means assistance provided 
        pursuant to a contract that--
                    ``(A) is between--
                            ``(i) a project sponsor; and
                            ``(ii) an owner of a structure that exists 
                        as of the date the contract is entered into; 
                        and
                    ``(B) provides that rental assistance payments 
                shall be made to the owner and that the units in the 
                structure shall be occupied by eligible persons for not 
                less than the term of the contract.
            ``(18) Project sponsor.--The term `project sponsor', used 
        with respect to proposed eligible activities, means the 
        organization directly responsible for the proposed eligible 
        activities.
            ``(19) Recipient.--Except as used in subtitle B, the term 
        `recipient' means an eligible entity who--
                    ``(A) submits an application for a grant under 
                section 422 that is approved by the Secretary;
                    ``(B) receives the grant directly from the 
                Secretary to support approved projects described in the 
                application; and
                    ``(C)(i) serves as a project sponsor for the 
                projects; or
                    ``(ii) awards the funds to project sponsors to 
                carry out the projects.
            ``(20) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            ``(21) Seriously mentally ill.--The term `seriously 
        mentally ill' means having a severe and persistent mental 
        illness or emotional impairment that seriously limits a 
        person's ability to live independently.
            ``(22) State.--Except as used in subtitle B, the term 
        `State' means each of the several States, the District of 
        Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
        the Northern Mariana Islands.
            ``(23) Supportive housing.--The term `supportive housing' 
        means housing that--
                    ``(A) helps individuals experiencing homelessness 
                and families experiencing homelessness to transition 
                from homelessness to living in safe, decent, and 
                affordable housing as independently as possible; and
                    ``(B) provides supportive services and housing 
                assistance on either a temporary or permanent basis, as 
                determined by the identified abilities and needs of the 
                program participants.
            ``(24) Supportive services.--The term `supportive 
        services'--
                    ``(A) through the end of the final determination 
                year (as described in section 423(a)(6)(C)(iii)), means 
                the services described in section 423(a)(6)(A), for 
                both new projects and projects receiving renewal 
                funding; and
                    ``(B) after that final determination year, means 
                the services described in section 423(a)(6)(B), as 
                permitted under section 423(a)(6)(C), for both new 
                projects and projects receiving renewal funding.
            ``(25) Tenant-based.--The term `tenant-based', used with 
        respect to rental assistance, means assistance that allows an 
        eligible person to select a housing unit in which such person 
        will live using rental assistance provided under subtitle C, 
        except that if necessary to assure that the provision of 
        supportive services to a person participating in a program is 
        feasible, a recipient or project sponsor may require that the 
        person live--
                    ``(A) in a particular structure or unit for not 
                more than the first year of the participation; and
                    ``(B) within a particular geographic area for the 
                full period of the participation, or the period 
                remaining after the period referred to in subparagraph 
                (A).
            ``(26) Transitional housing.--The term `transitional 
        housing' means housing, the purpose of which is to facilitate 
        the movement of individuals and families experiencing 
        homelessness to permanent housing within 24 months or such 
        longer period as the Secretary determines necessary.

``SEC. 402. COLLABORATIVE APPLICANTS.

    ``(a) Establishment and Designation.--A collaborative applicant 
shall be established for a geographic area by the relevant parties in 
that geographic area, or designated for a geographic area by the 
Secretary in accordance with subsection (d), to lead a collaborative 
planning process to design and evaluate programs, policies, and 
practices to prevent and end homelessness.
    ``(b) Membership of Established Collaborative Applicant.--A 
collaborative applicant established under subsection (a) shall be 
composed of persons from a particular geographic area who are--
            ``(1) persons who are experiencing or have experienced 
        homelessness (with not fewer than 2 persons being individuals 
        who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness);
            ``(2) persons who act as advocates for the diverse 
        subpopulations of persons experiencing homelessness;
            ``(3) persons or representatives of organizations who 
        provide assistance to the variety of individuals and families 
        experiencing homelessness; and
            ``(4) relatives of individuals experiencing homelessness;
            ``(5) government agency officials, particularly those 
        officials responsible for administering funding under programs 
        targeted for persons experiencing homelessness, and other 
        programs for which persons experiencing homelessness are 
        eligible, including mainstream programs identified by the 
        Government Accountability Office in the 2 reports described in 
        section 102(a)(5)(B);
            ``(6) 1 or more local educational agency liaisons 
        designated under section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii), or their designees;
            ``(7) members of the business community;
            ``(8) members of neighborhood advocacy organizations; and
            ``(9) members of philanthropic organizations that 
        contribute to preventing and ending homelessness in the 
        geographic area of the collaborative applicant.
    ``(c) Rotation of Membership of Established or Designated 
Collaborative Applicant.--The parties establishing or designating a 
collaborative applicant under subsection (a) shall ensure, to the 
extent practicable, that the collaborative applicant rotates its 
membership to ensure that representatives of all agencies, businesses, 
and organizations who are described in paragraphs (1) through (9) of 
subsection (b) and invested in developing and implementing strategies 
to prevent and end homelessness are able to participate as 
decisionmaking members of the collaborative applicant.
    ``(d) Existing Planning Bodies.--The Secretary may designate an 
entity to be a collaborative applicant if such entity--
            ``(1) prior to the date of enactment of the Community 
        Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 2005, engaged in 
        coordinated, comprehensive local homeless housing and services 
        planning and applied for Federal funding to provide homeless 
        assistance; and
            ``(2) ensures that its membership includes persons 
        described in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (b).
    ``(e) Tax Exempt Organizations.--An entity may be established or 
designated to serve as a collaborative applicant under this section 
without being a legal entity. If a collaborative applicant is a legal 
entity, the collaborative applicant may only receive funds directly 
from the Secretary under this title, and may only apply for funds to 
conduct the activities described in section 423(a)(7).
    ``(f) Remedial Action.--If the Secretary finds that a collaborative 
applicant for a geographic area does not meet the requirements of this 
section, the Secretary may take remedial action to ensure fair 
distribution of grant amounts under subtitle C to eligible entities 
within that area. Such measures may include designating another body as 
a collaborative applicant, or permitting other eligible entities to 
apply directly for grants.
    ``(g) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
displace conflict of interest or government fair practices laws, or 
their equivalent, that govern applicants for grant amounts under 
subtitles B and C.
    ``(h) Duties.--A collaborative applicant shall--
            ``(1)(A) design a collaborative process, established 
        jointly and complied with by its members, for evaluating, 
        reviewing, prioritizing, awarding, and monitoring projects and 
        applications submitted by project sponsors under subtitle C, 
        and for evaluating the outcomes of projects for which funds are 
        awarded under subtitle B, in such a manner as to ensure that 
        the entities involved further the goal of preventing and ending 
        homelessness, and optimizing self-sufficiency among individuals 
        and families experiencing homelessness, in the geographic area 
        involved;
            ``(B)(i)(I) review relevant policies and practices (in 
        place and planned) of public and private entities in the 
        geographic area served by the collaborative applicant to 
        determine if the policies and practices further or impede the 
        goal described in subparagraph (A);
            ``(II) in conducting the review, give priority to the 
        review of--
                    ``(aa) the discharge planning and service 
                termination policies and practices of publicly funded 
                facilities or institutions (such as health care or 
                treatment facilities or institutions, foster care or 
                youth facilities, or juvenile or adult correctional 
                institutions), and entities carrying out publicly 
                funded programs and systems of care (such as health 
                care or treatment programs, the programs of block 
                grants to States for temporary assistance for needy 
                families established under part A of title IV of the 
                Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), child 
                welfare or youth programs, or juvenile or adult 
                correctional programs), to ensure that such a discharge 
                or termination does not result in immediate 
                homelessness for the persons involved;
                    ``(bb) the access and utilization policies and 
                practices of the entities carrying out mainstream 
                programs identified by the Government Accountability 
                Office in the 2 reports described in section 
                102(a)(5)(B), to ensure that persons experiencing 
                homelessness are able to access and utilize the 
                programs;
                    ``(cc) local policies and practices relating to 
                zoning and enforcement of local statutes, to ensure 
                that the policies and practices allow reasonable 
                inclusion and distribution in the geographic area of 
                special needs populations and families with children 
                and the facilities that serve the populations and 
                families;
                    ``(dd) policies and practices relating to the 
                school selection and enrollment of homeless children 
                and youths (as defined in section 725) to ensure that 
                the homeless children and youths, and their parents, 
                are able to exercise their educational rights under 
                subtitle B of title VII; and
                    ``(ee) local policies and practices relating to the 
                placement of families with homeless children and youths 
                (as so defined) in emergency or transitional shelters, 
                to ensure that the children and youths are placed as 
                close as possible to their school of origin in order to 
                facilitate continuity of, and prevent disruption of, 
                educational services; and
            ``(III) in conducting the review, determine the 
        modifications and corrective actions that need to be taken, and 
        by whom, to ensure that the relevant policies and practices do 
        not stimulate, or prolong, homelessness in the geographic area;
            ``(ii) inform the appropriate entities of the 
        determinations described in clause (i); and
            ``(iii) at least once every 3 years, prepare for inclusion 
        in any application reviewed by the collaborative applicant, and 
        submitted to the Secretary under section 422, the 
        determinations described in clause (i), in the form of an 
        exhibit entitled `Assessment of Relevant Policies and 
        Practices, and Needed Corrective Actions to End and Prevent 
        Homelessness'; and
            ``(C) if the collaborative applicant designs and carries 
        out the projects, design and carry out the projects in such a 
        manner as to further the goal described in subparagraph (A);
            ``(2)(A) require, consistent with the Government 
        Performance and Results Act of 1993 and amendments made by that 
        Act, that recipients and project sponsors who are funded by 
        grants received under subtitle C implement and maintain an 
        outcome-based evaluation of their projects that measures 
        effective and timely delivery of housing or services and 
        whether provision of such housing or services results in 
        preventing or ending homelessness for the persons that such 
        recipients and project sponsors serve; and
            ``(B) request that States and local governments who 
        distribute funds under subtitle B submit information and 
        comments on the administration of activities under subtitle B, 
        to enable the collaborative applicant to plan and design a full 
        continuum of care for persons experiencing homelessness;
            ``(3) require, consistent with the Government Performance 
        and Results Act of 1993 and amendments made by that Act, 
        outcome-based evaluation of the homeless assistance planning 
        process of the collaborative applicant to measure the 
        performance of the collaborative applicant in preventing or 
        ending the homelessness of persons in the geographic area of 
        the collaborative applicant;
            ``(4) participate in the Consolidated Plan for the 
        geographic area served by the collaborative applicant; and
            ``(5)(A) require each project sponsor who is funded by a 
        grant received under subtitle C to establish such fiscal 
        control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to 
        assure the proper disbursal of, and accounting for, Federal 
        funds awarded to the project sponsor under subtitle C in order 
        to ensure that all financial transactions carried out under 
        subtitle C are conducted, and records maintained, in accordance 
        with generally accepted accounting principles; and
            ``(B) arrange for an annual survey, audit, or evaluation of 
        the financial records of each project carried out by a project 
        sponsor funded by a grant received under subtitle C.
    ``(i) Conflict of Interest.--No member of a collaborative applicant 
may participate in decisions of the collaborative applicant concerning 
the award of a grant, or provision of other financial benefits, to such 
member or the organization that such member represents.
    ``(j) Homeless Management Information System.--
            ``(1) In general.--In accordance with standards established 
        by the Secretary, each collaborative applicant shall ensure 
        consistent participation by project sponsors in a community-
        wide homeless management information system. The collaborative 
        applicant shall ensure the participation for purposes of 
        collecting unduplicated counts of individuals and families 
        experiencing homelessness, analyzing patterns of use of 
        assistance provided under subtitles B and C for the geographic 
        area involved, implementing an effective information and 
        referral system, and providing information for the needs 
        analyses and funding priorities of collaborative applicants.
            ``(2) Funds.--A collaborative applicant may apply for funds 
        under this title to establish, continue, carry out, or ensure 
        consistent participation by project sponsors in a homeless 
        management information system, if the applicant is a legal 
        entity.'';
            (4) by inserting after section 403 (as redesignated in 
        paragraph (2)) the following:

``SEC. 404. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Technical Assistance for Project Sponsors.--The Secretary 
shall make effective technical assistance available to private 
nonprofit organizations and other nongovernmental entities, States, 
metropolitan cities, urban counties, and counties that are not urban 
counties that are potential project sponsors, in order to implement 
effective planning processes for preventing and ending homelessness, to 
optimize self-sufficiency among individuals experiencing homelessness 
and to improve their capacity to become project sponsors.
    ``(b) Technical Assistance for Collaborative Applicants.--The 
Secretary shall make effective technical assistance available to 
collaborative applicants to improve their ability to carry out the 
provisions of this title, and to design and execute outcome-effective 
strategies for preventing and ending homelessness in their geographic 
areas consistent with the provisions of this title.
    ``(c) Reservation.--The Secretary may reserve not more than 1 
percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year for carrying 
out subtitles B and C, to make available technical assistance under 
subsections (a) and (b).

``SEC. 405. PERFORMANCE REPORTS AND MONITORING.

    ``(a) In General.--A collaborative applicant shall submit to the 
Secretary an annual performance report regarding the activities carried 
out with grant amounts received under subtitles B and C in the 
geographic area served by the collaborative applicant, at such time and 
in such manner as the Secretary determines to be reasonable.
    ``(b) Content.--The performance report described in subsection (a) 
shall--
            ``(1) describe the number of persons provided homelessness 
        prevention assistance (including the number of such persons who 
        were discharged or whose services were terminated as described 
        in section 422(c)(1)(B)(ii)(I)(bb)), and the number of 
        individuals and families experiencing homelessness who were 
        provided shelter, housing, or supportive services, with the 
        grant amounts awarded in the fiscal year prior to the fiscal 
        year in which the report was submitted, including measurements 
        of the number of persons experiencing homelessness who--
                    ``(A) entered permanent housing, and the length of 
                time such persons resided in that housing, if known;
                    ``(B) entered transitional housing, and the length 
                of time such persons resided in that housing, if known;
                    ``(C) obtained or retained jobs;
                    ``(D) increased their income, including increasing 
                income through the receipt of government benefits;
                    ``(E) received mental health or substance abuse 
                treatment in an institutional setting and now receive 
                that assistance in a less restrictive, community-based 
                setting;
                    ``(F) received additional education, vocational or 
                job training, or employment assistance services;
                    ``(G) received additional physical, mental, or 
                emotional health care;
                    ``(H) were children under the age of 18 during the 
                year at issue, including the number of--
                            ``(i) children who were not younger than 2 
                        and not older than 4, or were infants or 
                        toddlers with disabilities (as defined in 
                        section 632 of the Individuals with 
                        Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1432));
                            ``(ii) children described in clause (i) who 
                        were enrolled in preschool or were receiving 
                        services under part C of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                        1431 et seq.);
                            ``(iii) children who were not younger than 
                        5 and not older than 17;
                            ``(iv) children described in clause (iii) 
                        who are enrolled in elementary school or 
                        secondary school (as such terms are defined in 
                        section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
                        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); and
                            ``(v) children under the age of 18 who 
                        received child care, health care, mental health 
                        care, or supplemental educational services; and
                    ``(I) were reunited with their families;
            ``(2) estimate the number of persons experiencing 
        homelessness, including children under the age of 18, in the 
        geographic area served by the collaborative applicant who are 
        eligible for, but did not receive, services, housing, or other 
        assistance through the programs funded under subtitles B and C 
        in the prior fiscal year;
            ``(3) indicate the accomplishments achieved within the 
        geographic area that involved the use of the grant amounts 
        awarded in the prior fiscal year, regarding efforts to 
        coordinate services and programs within the geographic area;
            ``(4) indicate the accomplishments achieved within the 
        geographic area to--
                    ``(A) increase access by persons experiencing 
                homelessness to programs that are not targeted for 
                persons experiencing homelessness (but for which 
                persons experiencing homelessness are eligible), 
                including mainstream programs identified by the 
                Government Accountability Office in the 2 reports 
                described in section 102(a)(5)(B); and
                    ``(B) prevent the homelessness of persons 
                discharged from publicly funded institutions or systems 
                of care (such as health care facilities, child welfare 
                or other youth facilities or systems of care, 
                institutions or systems of care relating to the program 
                of block grants to States for temporary assistance for 
                needy families established under part A of title IV of 
                the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), and 
                juvenile or adult correctional programs and 
                institutions);
            ``(5) describe how the collaborative applicant and other 
        involved public and private entities within the geographic area 
        will incorporate their experiences in the prior fiscal year 
        into the programs and process that the collaborative applicant 
        and entities will implement during the next fiscal year, 
        including describing specific strategies to improve their 
        performance outcomes;
            ``(6) assess the consistency and coordination between the 
        programs funded under subtitles B and C in the prior fiscal 
        year and the Consolidated Plan;
            ``(7) include updates to the exhibits described in section 
        402(h)(1)(B)(iii) that were included in applications--
                    ``(A) submitted under section 422 by collaborative 
                applicants; and
                    ``(B) approved by the Secretary;
            ``(8) for each project sponsor funded by the collaborative 
        applicant through a grant under subtitle C--
                    ``(A) include a performance evaluation (which may 
                include information from the reports described in 
                subsection (a) and section 422(c)(1)(B)(vii)) of each 
                project carried out by the project sponsor, based on 
                the outcome-based evaluation measures described in 
                section 402(h)(2)(A), the measurements described in 
                section 423(a)(7), and the evaluation plan for the 
                project described in section 426(b)(8) and resulting 
                from the monitoring described in sections 402(h)(1)(A) 
                and 426(c)(3); and
                    ``(B) include a report, resulting from a survey, 
                audit or evaluation conducted under section 
                402(h)(5)(B), detailing whether the project sponsor has 
                carried out the recordkeeping and reporting 
                requirements of section 402(h)(5); and
            ``(9) provide such other information as the Secretary finds 
        relevant to assessing performance, including performance on 
        success measures that are risk-adjusted to factors related to 
        the circumstances of the population served.
    ``(c) Waiver.--The Secretary may grant a waiver to any 
collaborative applicant that is unable to provide information required 
by subsection (b). Such collaborative applicant shall submit a plan to 
provide such information within a reasonable period of time.
    ``(d) Monitoring by the Secretary.--
            ``(1) Collaborative applicants.--Each year, the Secretary 
        shall--
                    ``(A) ensure that each collaborative applicant has 
                complied with the requirements of subsection (b)(8) and 
                section 402(h)(5);
                    ``(B) require each collaborative applicant 
                receiving funds under subtitle C to establish such 
                fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be 
                necessary to assure the proper disbursal of, and 
                accounting for, Federal funds awarded to the 
                collaborative applicant under subtitle C in order to 
                ensure that all financial transactions carried out 
                under subtitle C are conducted, and records maintained, 
                in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
                principles; and
                    ``(C) for a selected sample of collaborative 
                applicants receiving funds under subtitle C--
                            ``(i) ensure that each selected 
                        collaborative applicant has satisfactorily 
                        carried out the recordkeeping and reporting 
                        requirements of subsections (a) and (b), 
                        section 426(c)(3), and, if applicable, section 
                        426(c)(6); and
                            ``(ii) survey, audit, or evaluate the 
                        financial records of each selected 
                        collaborative applicant receiving funds under 
                        subtitle C to carry out section 423(a)(7)(A), 
                        using Federal auditors.
            ``(2) Project sponsors.--Each year, the Secretary shall 
        select a sample of project sponsors and shall conduct a 
        performance evaluation of each project of each selected project 
        sponsor funded under subtitle C, using the outcome-based 
        evaluation measures developed by the appropriate collaborative 
        applicant in accordance with section 402(h)(2)(A) and including 
        the measurements described in section 423(a)(7).
    ``(e) Action by Secretary.--Based on the information available to 
the Secretary, including information obtained pursuant to subsections 
(b) and (d), the Secretary may adjust, reduce, or withdraw amounts made 
available (or that would otherwise be made available) to collaborative 
applicants, or take other action as appropriate (including designating 
another body as a collaborative applicant, or permitting other 
collaborative entities to apply directly for grants under subtitle C), 
except that amounts already properly expended on eligible activities 
under this title may not be recaptured by the Secretary.''; and
            (5) by inserting after section 406 (as redesignated in 
        paragraph (2)) the following:

``SEC. 407. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out title II and 
this title $1,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.''.

SEC. 5. EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM.

    Subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 412 (42 U.S.C. 11372) and inserting 
        the following:

``SEC. 412. GRANT ASSISTANCE.

    ``The Secretary shall make grants to States and local governments 
(and to private nonprofit organizations providing assistance to persons 
experiencing homelessness, in the case of grants made with reallocated 
amounts) for the purpose of carrying out activities described in 
section 414.

``SEC. 412A. AMOUNT AND ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--Of the amount made available to carry out this 
subtitle and subtitle C for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate 
nationally not more than 15 percent of such amount for activities 
described in section 414.
    ``(b) Allocation.--An entity that receives a grant under section 
412, and serves an area that includes 1 or more geographic areas (or 
portions of such areas) served by collaborative applicants that submit 
applications under subtitle C, shall allocate the funds made available 
through the grant to carry out activities described in section 414, in 
consultation with the collaborative applicants.'';
            (2) in section 413(b) (42 U.S.C. 11373(b)), by striking 
        ``amounts appropriated'' and all that follows through ``for 
        any'' and inserting ``amounts appropriated under section 407 
        and made available to carry out this subtitle for any'';
            (3) by striking section 414 (42 U.S.C. 11374) and inserting 
        the following:

``SEC. 414. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--Assistance provided under section 412 may be 
used for the following activities:
            ``(1) The renovation, major rehabilitation, or conversion 
        of buildings to be used as emergency shelters.
            ``(2) The provision of essential services, including 
        services concerned with employment, health, or education, 
        family support services for homeless youth, alcohol or drug 
        abuse prevention or treatment, or mental health treatment, if 
        such essential services have not been provided by the local 
        government during any part of the immediately preceding 12-
        month period, or the use of assistance under this subtitle 
        would complement the provision of those essential services.
            ``(3) Maintenance, operation insurance, provision of 
        utilities, and provision of furnishings.
            ``(4) Efforts to prevent homelessness, such as the 
        provision of financial assistance to families who have received 
        eviction notices or notices of termination of utility services, 
        if--
                    ``(A) the inability of such a family to make the 
                required payments is due to a sudden reduction in 
                income;
                    ``(B) the assistance is necessary to avoid the 
                eviction or termination of services;
                    ``(C) there is a reasonable prospect that the 
                family will be able to resume the payments within a 
                reasonable period of time; and
                    ``(D) funds appropriated for the assistance will 
                not supplant funding for homelessness prevention 
                activities from other sources (other funds made 
                available under this Act).
    ``(b) Limitation.--Not more than 30 percent of the aggregate amount 
of all assistance to a State or local government under this subtitle 
may be used for activities under subsection (a)(4).''; and
            (4) by repealing sections 417 and 418 (42 U.S.C. 11377, 
        11378).

SEC. 6. HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking the subtitle heading and inserting the 
        following:

              ``Subtitle C--Homeless Assistance Program'';

            (2) by striking sections 421 through 423 (42 U.S.C. 11381 
        et seq.) and inserting the following:

``SEC. 421. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this subtitle are--
            ``(1) to promote the implementation of activities that can 
        prevent vulnerable individuals and families from becoming 
        homeless;
            ``(2) to promote the development of transitional and 
        permanent housing, including low-demand housing;
            ``(3) to promote access to and effective utilization of 
        mainstream programs identified by the Government Accountability 
        Office in the 2 reports described in section 102(a)(5)(B) and 
        programs funded with State or local resources; and
            ``(4) to optimize self-sufficiency among individuals 
        experiencing homelessness.

``SEC. 422. COMMUNITY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Projects.--The Secretary shall award grants to collaborative 
applicants to carry out homeless assistance and prevention projects, 
either directly or by awarding funds to project sponsors to carry out 
the projects.
    ``(b) Notification of Funding Availability.--The Secretary shall 
release a Notification of Funding Availability for grants awarded under 
this subtitle for a fiscal year not later than 3 months after the date 
of enactment of the appropriate Act making appropriations for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development for the fiscal year.
    ``(c) Applications.--
            ``(1) Submission to the secretary.--To receive a grant 
        under subsection (a), a collaborative applicant shall submit an 
        application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as 
        the Secretary may require, and containing--
                    ``(A) the information described in subsections (a) 
                and (c) of section 426; and
                    ``(B) other information that shall--
                            ``(i) describe the establishment (or 
                        designation) and function of the collaborative 
                        applicant, including--
                                    ``(I) the nomination and selection 
                                process, including the names and 
                                affiliations of all members of the 
                                collaborative applicant; or
                                    ``(II) all meetings held by the 
                                collaborative applicant in preparing 
                                the application, including 
                                identification of those meetings that 
                                were public; and
                                    ``(III) all meetings between 
                                representatives of the collaborative 
                                applicant, and persons responsible for 
                                administering the Consolidated Plan;
                            ``(ii) outline the range of housing and 
                        service programs available to persons 
                        experiencing homelessness or imminently at risk 
                        of experiencing homelessness and describe the 
                        unmet needs that remain in the geographic area 
                        for which the collaborative applicant seeks 
                        funding regarding--
                                    ``(I) prevention activities, 
                                including providing assistance in--
                                            ``(aa) making mortgage, 
                                        rent, or utility payments; or
                                            ``(bb) accessing permanent 
                                        housing and transitional 
                                        housing for individuals (and 
                                        families that include the 
                                        individuals) who are being 
                                        discharged from a publicly 
                                        funded facility, program, or 
                                        system of care, or whose 
                                        services (from such a facility, 
                                        program, or system of care) are 
                                        being terminated;
                                    ``(II) outreach activities to 
                                assess the needs and conditions of 
                                persons experiencing homelessness, 
                                including significant subpopulations of 
                                such persons, including individuals 
                                with disabilities, veterans, victims of 
                                domestic violence, homeless children 
                                and youths (as defined in section 725), 
                                and chronically homeless individuals 
                                and families;
                                    ``(III) emergency shelters, 
                                including the supportive and referral 
                                services the shelters provide;
                                    ``(IV) transitional housing with 
                                appropriate supportive services to help 
                                persons experiencing homelessness who 
                                are not yet able or prepared to make 
                                the transition to permanent housing and 
                                independent living;
                                    ``(V) permanent housing to help 
                                meet the long-term needs of individuals 
                                and families experiencing homelessness; 
                                and
                                    ``(VI) needed supportive services, 
                                including services for children;
                            ``(iii) prioritize the projects for which 
                        the collaborative applicant seeks funding 
                        according to the unmet needs in the fiscal year 
                        for which the applicant submits the application 
                        as described in clause (ii);
                            ``(iv) identify funds from private and 
                        public sources, other than funds received under 
                        subtitles B and C, that the State, units of 
                        general local government, recipients, project 
                        sponsors, and others will use for homelessness 
                        prevention, outreach, emergency shelter, 
                        supportive services, transitional housing, and 
                        permanent housing, that will be integrated with 
                        the assistance provided under subtitles B and 
                        C;
                            ``(v) identify funds provided by the State 
                        and units of general local government under 
                        programs targeted for persons experiencing 
                        homelessness, and other programs for which 
                        persons experiencing homelessness are eligible, 
                        including mainstream programs identified by the 
                        Government Accountability Office in the 2 
                        reports described in section 102(a)(5)(B);
                            ``(vi) explain--
                                    ``(I) how the collaborative 
                                applicant will meet the housing and 
                                service needs of individuals and 
                                families experiencing homelessness in 
                                the applicant's community; and
                                    ``(II) how the collaborative 
                                applicant will integrate the activities 
                                described in the application with the 
                                strategy of the State, units of general 
                                local government, and private entities 
                                in the geographic area over the next 5 
                                years to prevent and end homelessness, 
                                including, as part of that strategy, a 
                                work plan for the applicable fiscal 
                                years;
                            ``(vii) report on the outcome-based 
                        performance of the homeless programs within the 
                        geographic area served by the collaborative 
                        applicant that were funded under this title in 
                        the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in 
                        which the application is submitted;
                            ``(viii) include any relevant required 
                        agreements under subtitle C;
                            ``(ix) contain a certification of 
                        consistency with the Consolidated Plan pursuant 
                        to section 403;
                            ``(x) include an exhibit described in 
                        section 402(h)(1)(B)(iii) and prepared by the 
                        collaborative applicant in accordance with that 
                        section; and
                            ``(xi) contain a certification that project 
                        sponsors for all projects for which the 
                        collaborative applicant seeks funding through 
                        the grant will establish policies and practices 
                        that are consistent with, and do not restrict 
                        the exercise of rights provided by, subtitle B 
                        of title VII, and other laws relating to the 
                        provision of educational and related services 
                        to individuals experiencing homelessness.
            ``(2) Consideration.--In outlining the programs and 
        describing the needs referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the 
        collaborative applicant shall take into account the findings 
        and recommendations of the most recently completed annual 
        assessments, conducted pursuant to section 2034 of title 38, 
        United States Code, of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
        medical centers or regional benefits offices whose service 
        areas include the geographic area described in paragraph 
        (1)(A)(ii).
            ``(3) Announcement of awards.--The Secretary shall 
        announce, within 4 months after the last date for the 
        submission of applications described in this subsection for a 
        fiscal year, the grants conditionally awarded under subsection 
        (a) for that fiscal year.
            ``(4) Obligation, distribution, and utilization of funds.--
                    ``(A) Requirements for obligation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 9 months 
                        after the announcement referred to in paragraph 
                        (3), each recipient of a grant announced under 
                        paragraph (3) shall, with respect to a project 
                        to be funded through such grant, meet, or cause 
                        the project sponsor to meet, all requirements 
                        for the obligation of funds for such project, 
                        including site control, matching funds, and 
                        environmental review requirements, except as 
                        provided in clause (ii).
                            ``(ii) Acquisition, rehabilitation, or 
                        construction.--Not later than 15 months after 
                        the announcement referred to in paragraph (3), 
                        each recipient or project sponsor seeking the 
                        obligation of funds for acquisition of housing, 
                        rehabilitation of housing, or construction of 
                        new housing for a grant announced under 
                        paragraph (3) shall meet all requirements for 
                        the obligation of those funds, including site 
                        control, matching funds, and environmental 
                        review requirements.
                            ``(iii) Extensions.--At the discretion of 
                        the Secretary, and in compelling circumstances, 
                        the Secretary may extend the date by which a 
                        recipient shall meet or cause a project sponsor 
                        to meet the requirements described in clause 
                        (i) if the Secretary determines that compliance 
                        with the requirements was delayed due to 
                        factors beyond the reasonable control of the 
                        recipient or project sponsor. Such factors may 
                        include difficulties in obtaining site control 
                        for a proposed project, completing the process 
                        of obtaining secure financing for the project, 
                        or completing the technical submission 
                        requirements for the project.
                    ``(B) Obligation.--Not later than 45 days after a 
                recipient meets or causes a project sponsor to meet the 
                requirements described in subparagraph (A), the 
                Secretary shall obligate the funds for the grant 
                involved.
                    ``(C) Distribution.--A recipient that receives 
                funds through such a grant--
                            ``(i) shall distribute the funds to project 
                        sponsors (in advance of expenditures by the 
                        project sponsors); and
                            ``(ii) shall distribute the appropriate 
                        portion of the funds to a project sponsor not 
                        later than 45 days after receiving a request 
                        for such distribution from the project sponsor.
                    ``(D) Expenditure of funds.--The Secretary may 
                establish a date by which funds made available through 
                a grant announced under paragraph (3) for a homeless 
                assistance and prevention project shall be entirely 
                expended by the recipient or project sponsors involved. 
                The Secretary shall recapture the funds not expended by 
                such date. The Secretary shall reallocate the funds for 
                another homeless assistance and prevention project that 
                meets the requirements of this subtitle to be carried 
                out, if possible and appropriate, in the same 
                geographic area as the area served through the original 
                grant.
    ``(d) Notification of Pro Rata Estimated Need Amounts.--
            ``(1) Notice.--The Secretary shall inform each 
        collaborative applicant, at a time concurrent with the release 
        of the Notice of Funding Availability for the grants, of the 
        pro rata estimated need amount under this subtitle for the 
        geographic area represented by the collaborative applicant.
            ``(2) Amount.--
                    ``(A) Basis.--Such estimated need amount shall be 
                based on a percentage of the total funds available, or 
                estimated to be available, to carry out this subtitle 
                for any fiscal year that is equal to the percentage of 
                the total amount available for section 106 of the 
                Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
                U.S.C. 5306) for the prior fiscal year that--
                            ``(i) was allocated to all metropolitan 
                        cities and urban counties within the geographic 
                        area represented by the collaborative 
                        applicant; or
                            ``(ii) would have been distributed to all 
                        counties within such geographic area that are 
                        not urban counties, if the 30 percent portion 
                        of the allocation to the State involved (as 
                        described in subsection (d)(1) of that section 
                        106) for that year had been distributed among 
                        the counties that are not urban counties in the 
                        State in accordance with the formula specified 
                        in that subsection (with references in that 
                        subsection to nonentitlement areas considered 
                        to be references to those counties).
                    ``(B) Rule.--In computing the estimated need 
                amount, the Secretary shall adjust the estimated need 
                amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) to 
                ensure that--
                            ``(i) 75 percent of the total funds 
                        available, or estimated to be available, to 
                        carry out this subtitle for any fiscal year are 
                        allocated to the metropolitan cities and urban 
                        counties that received a direct allocation of 
                        funds under section 413 for the prior fiscal 
                        year; and
                            ``(ii) 25 percent of the total funds 
                        available, or estimated to be available, to 
                        carry out this subtitle for any fiscal year are 
                        allocated--
                                    ``(I) to the metropolitan cities 
                                and urban counties that did not receive 
                                a direct allocation of funds under 
                                section 413 for the prior fiscal year; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) to counties that are not 
                                urban counties.
                    ``(C) Combinations or consortia.--For a 
                collaborative applicant that represents a combination 
                or consortium of cities or counties, the estimated need 
                amount shall be the sum of the estimated need amounts 
                for the cities or counties represented by the 
                collaborative applicant.
                    ``(D) Authority of secretary.--The Secretary may 
                increase the estimated need amount for a geographic 
                area if necessary to provide 1 year of renewal funding 
                for all expiring contracts entered into under this 
                subtitle for the geographic area.
    ``(e) Appeals.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 3 months after the date 
        of enactment of the Community Partnership to End Homelessness 
        Act of 2005, the Secretary shall establish a timely appeal 
        procedure for grant amounts awarded or denied under this 
        subtitle pursuant to an application for funding.
            ``(2) Process.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
        procedure permits appeals submitted by collaborative 
        applicants, entities carrying out homeless housing and services 
        projects (including emergency shelters and homelessness 
        prevention programs), homeless planning bodies not designated 
        by the Secretary as collaborative applicants.
    ``(f) Renewal Funding for Unsuccessful Applicants.--The Secretary 
may renew funding for a specific project previously funded under this 
subtitle that the Secretary determines is worthy, and was included as 
part of a total application that met the criteria of subsection (c), 
even if the application was not selected to receive grant assistance. 
The Secretary may renew the funding for a period of not more than 1 
year, and under such conditions as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate.

``SEC. 423. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award grants to qualified 
collaborative applicants under section 422 to carry out homeless 
assistance and prevention projects that consist of 1 or more of the 
following eligible activities:
            ``(1) Construction of new housing units to provide 
        transitional or permanent housing.
            ``(2) Acquisition or rehabilitation of a structure to 
        provide supportive services or to provide transitional or 
        permanent housing, other than emergency shelter.
            ``(3) Leasing of property, or portions of property, not 
        owned by the recipient or project sponsor involved, for use in 
        providing transitional or permanent housing, or providing 
        supportive services.
            ``(4) Provision of rental assistance to provide 
        transitional or permanent housing to eligible persons. The 
        rental assistance may include tenant-based or project-based 
        rental assistance.
            ``(5) Payment of operating costs for housing units assisted 
        under this subtitle.
            ``(6)(A) Through the end of the final determination year 
        (as described in subparagraph (C)(iii)), the supportive 
        services described in section 425(c), for both new projects and 
        projects receiving renewal funding.
            ``(B) After that final determination year, for both new 
        projects and projects receiving renewal funding, services 
        providing job training, case management, outreach services, 
        life skills training, housing counseling services, and other 
        services determined by the Secretary (either at the Secretary's 
        initiative or on the basis of adequate justification by an 
        applicant) to be directly relevant to allowing persons 
        experiencing homelessness to access and retain housing.
            ``(C)(i) Not later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal 
        year in which the date of enactment of the Community 
        Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 2005 occurs (referred to 
        in this paragraph as the `initial year'), the Government 
        Accountability Office, after consultation with the 
        congressional committees with jurisdiction over the services 
        referred to in this pararaph, shall determine--
                    ``(I) the amount of Federal funds (other than funds 
                made available under this subtitle) that were made 
                available to fund the supportive services described in 
                section 425(c), other than the services described in 
                subparagraph (B) (referred to in this paragraph as the 
                `outside supportive services amount') for that initial 
                year; and
                    ``(II) the amount of Federal funds made available 
                under this subtitle to fund the supportive services 
                described in section 425(c), other than the services 
                described in subparagraph (B) (referred to in this 
                paragraph as the `subtitle B supportive services 
                amount') for that initial year.
            ``(ii) Not later than 30 days after the end of the third 
        full fiscal year after that date of enactment and of each 
        subsequent fiscal year (referred to in this paragraph as the 
        `determination year') until the final determination year 
        described in clause (iii), the Government Accountability 
        Office, after consultation with the committees described in 
        clause (i), shall--
                    ``(I) determine the outside supportive services 
                amount for that determination year;
                    ``(II) calculate the increase in the outside 
                supportive services amount, by subtracting the outside 
                supportive services amount for the initial year from 
                the outside supportive services amount for that 
                determination year;
                    ``(III) make--
                            ``(aa) a positive determination that the 
                        increase is greater than or equal to the 
                        subtitle B supportive services amount for the 
                        initial year; or
                            ``(bb) a negative determination that that 
                        increase is less than that amount; and
                    ``(IV) submit a report regarding that determination 
                year, and containing the positive or negative 
                determination, to the Secretary.
            ``(iii) On receipt of such a report regarding a 
        determination year that contains a positive determination, the 
        Secretary may publish a notice in the Federal Register, 
        containing a proposed order that subparagraph (B) shall apply 
        for subsequent fiscal years, and seeking public comment for a 
        period of not less than 60 days. At the end of the comment 
        period, the Secretary may issue a final order that subparagraph 
        (B) shall apply for subsequent fiscal years. If the Secretary 
        issues that final order, the determination year shall be 
        considered to be the final determination year for purposes of 
        this subparagraph.
            ``(iv) If the Secretary does not issue a final order under 
        clause (iii), subparagraph (A) shall apply for the fiscal year 
        following the determination year.
            ``(7)(A) In the case of a collaborative applicant that is a 
        legal entity, payment of administrative costs related to 
        planning, administering grand awards for, monitoring, and 
        evaluating projects, and ensuring compliance with homeless 
        management information system requirements described in section 
        402(j)(2), for which the collaborative applicant may use not 
        more than 6 percent of the total funds made available through 
        the grant. A project sponsor receiving funds from the 
        collaborative applicant may use not more than an additional 5 
        percent of the total funds made available through the grant for 
        such administrative costs.
            ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, monitoring and 
        evaluating shall include--
                    ``(i) measuring the outcomes of the homeless 
                assistance planning process of a collaborative 
                applicant for preventing and ending homelessness;
                    ``(ii) the effective and timely implementation of 
                specific projects funded under this subtitle, relative 
                to projected outcomes; and
                    ``(iii) in the case of a housing project funded 
                under this subtitle, compliance with appropriate 
                standards of housing quality and habitability as 
                determined by the Secretary.
            ``(8) Prevention activities (for which a collaborative 
        applicant may use not more than 5 percent of the funds made 
        available through the grant), including--
                    ``(A) providing financial assistance to individuals 
                or families who have received eviction notices, 
                foreclosure notices, or notices of termination of 
                utility services if, in the case of such an individual 
                or family--
                            ``(i) the inability of the individual or 
                        family to make the required payments is due to 
                        a sudden reduction in income;
                            ``(ii) the assistance is necessary to avoid 
                        the eviction, foreclosure, or termination of 
                        services; and
                            ``(iii) there is a reasonable prospect that 
                        the individual or family will be able to resume 
                        the payments within a reasonable period of 
                        time;
                    ``(B) carrying out relocation activities (including 
                providing security or utility deposits, rental 
                assistance for a final month at a location, assistance 
                with moving costs, or rental assistance for not more 
                than 3 months) for moving into transitional or 
                permanent housing, individuals, and families that 
                include such individuals--
                            ``(i) who lack housing;
                            ``(ii) who are being discharged from a 
                        publicly funded acute care or long-term care 
                        facility, program, or system of care, or whose 
                        services (from such a facility, program, or 
                        system of care) are being terminated; and
                            ``(iii) who have plans, developed 
                        collaboratively by the public entities involved 
                        and the individuals and families, for securing 
                        or maintaining housing after any funding 
                        provided under this subtitle is utilized; and
                    ``(C) providing family support services that 
                promote reunification of--
                            ``(i) youth experiencing homelessness, with 
                        their families; and
                            ``(ii) children or youth involved with the 
                        child welfare or juvenile justice systems, with 
                        their parents or guardians.
    ``(b) Eligibility for Funds for Prevention Activities.--To be 
eligible to receive grant funds under section 422 to carry out the 
prevention activities described in subsection (a)(8), an applicant 
shall submit an application to the Secretary under section 422 that 
shall include a certification in which--
            ``(1) the relevant public entities in the geographic area 
        involved certify compliance with subsection (c); and
            ``(2) the publicly funded institutions, facilities, and 
        systems of care in the geographic area certify that the 
        institutions, facilities, and systems of care will take, and 
        fund directly, all reasonable measures to ensure that the 
        institutions, facilities, and systems of care do not discharge 
        individuals into homelessness.
    ``(c) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Funds appropriated under section 
407 and made available for prevention activities described in 
subsection (a)(8) shall be used to supplement and not supplant other 
Federal, State, and local public funds used for homelessness 
prevention.
    ``(d) Use Restrictions.--
            ``(1) Acquisition, rehabilitation, and new construction.--A 
        project that consists of activities described in paragraph (1) 
        or (2) of subsection (a) shall be operated for the purpose 
        specified in the application submitted for the project under 
        section 422 for not less than 15 years.
            ``(2) Other activities.--A project that consists of 
        activities described in any of paragraphs (3) through (8) of 
        subsection (a) shall be operated for the purpose specified in 
        the application submitted for the project under section 422 for 
        the duration of the grant period involved.
            ``(3) Conversion.--If the recipient or project sponsor 
        carrying out a project that provides transitional or permanent 
        housing submits a request to the collaborative applicant 
        involved to carry out instead a project for the direct benefit 
        of low-income persons, and the collaborative applicant 
        determines that the initial project is no longer needed to 
        provide transitional or permanent housing, the collaborative 
        applicant may recommend that the Secretary approve the project 
        described in the request and authorize the recipient or project 
        sponsor to carry out that project. If the collaborative 
        applicant is the recipient or project sponsor, it shall submit 
        such a request directly to the Secretary who shall determine if 
        the conversion of the project is appropriate.
    ``(e) Incentives To Create New Permanent Housing Stock.--
            ``(1) Awards.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In making grants to 
                collaborative applicants under section 422, the 
                Secretary shall make awards that provide the incentives 
                described in paragraph (2) to promote the creation of 
                new permanent housing units through the construction, 
                or acquisition and rehabilitation, of permanent housing 
                units, that are owned by a project sponsor or other 
                independent entity who entered into a contract with a 
                recipient or project sponsor, for--
                            ``(i) chronically homeless individuals and 
                        chronically homeless families; and
                            ``(ii) nondisabled homeless families.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--In awarding funds under this 
                subsection, the Secretary shall not award more than 10 
                percent of the funds for project sponsors or 
                independent entities that propose to serve nondisabled 
                homeless families.
            ``(2) Assistance.--
                    ``(A) Individuals with disabilities.--A 
                collaborative applicant that receives assistance under 
                section 422 to implement a project that involves the 
                construction, or acquisition and rehabilitation, of new 
                permanent housing units described in paragraph (1), for 
                individuals and families described in paragraph 
                (1)(A)(i), shall also receive, as part of the grant, 
                incentives consisting of--
                            ``(i) funds sufficient to provide not more 
                        than 10 years of rental assistance, renewable 
                        in accordance with section 428;
                            ``(ii) a bonus in an amount to be 
                        determined by the Secretary to carry out 
                        activities described in this section; and
                            ``(iii) the technical assistance needed to 
                        ensure the financial viability and programmatic 
                        effectiveness of the project.
                    ``(B) Nondisabled homeless families.--A 
                collaborative applicant that receives assistance under 
                section 422 to implement a project that involves the 
                construction, or acquisition and rehabilitation, of new 
                permanent housing units described in paragraph (1), for 
                nondisabled homeless families, shall also receive 
                incentives consisting of--
                            ``(i) a bonus in an amount to be determined 
                        by the Secretary to carry out activities 
                        described in this section; and
                            ``(ii) the technical assistance needed to 
                        ensure the financial viability and programmatic 
                        effectiveness of the project.
            ``(3) Eligible applicants.--To be eligible to receive a 
        grant under this subtitle to carry out activities to create new 
        permanent housing stock for individuals and families described 
        in paragraph (1), an applicant shall be a collaborative 
        applicant as described in this subtitle, a private nonprofit or 
        for profit organization, a public-private partnership, a public 
        housing agency, or an instrumentality of a State or local 
        government.
            ``(4) Location.--To the extent practicable, a collaborative 
        applicant that receives a grant under this subtitle to create 
        new permanent housing stock shall ensure that the housing is 
        located in a mixed-income environment.
            ``(5) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
        `nondisabled homeless family' means a homeless family that does 
        not have an adult head of household with a disabling condition, 
        as defined in section 401(1)(B).
    ``(f) Repayment of Assistance and Prevention of Undue Benefits.--
            ``(1) Repayment.--If a recipient (or a project sponsor 
        receiving funds from the recipient) receives assistance under 
        section 422 to carry out a project that consists of activities 
        described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) and the 
        project ceases to provide transitional or permanent housing--
                    ``(A) earlier than 10 years after operation of the 
                project begins, the Secretary shall require the 
                recipient (or the project sponsor receiving funds from 
                the recipient) to repay 100 percent of the assistance; 
                or
                    ``(B) not earlier than 10 years, but earlier than 
                15 years, after operation of the project begins, the 
                Secretary shall require the recipient (or the project 
                sponsor receiving funds from the recipient) to repay 20 
                percent of the assistance for each of the years in the 
                15-year period for which the project fails to provide 
                that housing.
            ``(2) Prevention of undue benefits.--Except as provided in 
        paragraph (3), if any property is used for a project that 
        receives assistance under subsection (a) and consists of 
        activities described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), 
        and the sale or other disposition of the property occurs before 
        the expiration of the 15-year period beginning on the date that 
        operation of the project begins, the recipient (or the project 
        sponsor receiving funds from the recipient) who received the 
        assistance shall comply with such terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary may prescribe to prevent the recipient (or a project 
        sponsor receiving funds from the recipient) from unduly 
        benefitting from such sale or disposition.
            ``(3) Exception.--A recipient (or a project sponsor 
        receiving funds from the recipient) shall not be required to 
        make the repayments, and comply with the terms and conditions, 
        required under paragraph (1) or (2) if--
                    ``(A) the sale or disposition of the property used 
                for the project results in the use of the property for 
                the direct benefit of very low-income persons; or
                    ``(B) all of the proceeds of the sale or 
                disposition are used to provide transitional or 
                permanent housing meeting the requirements of this 
                subtitle.'';
            (3) in section 425 (42 U.S.C. 11385), by striking 
        subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Services.--Subject to section 423(a)(6), supportive services 
may include such services as--
            ``(1) establishing and operating a child care services 
        program for families experiencing homelessness;
            ``(2) establishing and operating an employment assistance 
        program, including providing job training;
            ``(3) providing outpatient health services, food, and case 
        management;
            ``(4) providing assistance in obtaining permanent housing, 
        employment counseling, and nutritional counseling;
            ``(5) providing outreach services, life skills training, 
        and housing search and counseling services;
            ``(6) providing assistance in obtaining other Federal, 
        State, and local assistance available for residents of 
        supportive housing (including mental health benefits, 
        employment counseling, and medical assistance, but not 
        including major medical equipment);
            ``(7) providing legal services for purposes including 
        requesting reconsiderations and appeals of veterans and public 
        benefit claim denials and resolving outstanding warrants that 
        interfere with an individual's ability to obtain and retain 
        housing;
            ``(8) providing--
                    ``(A) transportation services that facilitate an 
                individual's ability to obtain and maintain employment;
                    ``(B) income assistance;
                    ``(C) health care; and
                    ``(D) other supportive services necessary to obtain 
                and maintain housing; and
            ``(9) providing other services determined by the Secretary 
        (either at the Secretary's initiative or on the basis of 
        adequate justification by an applicant) to be directly relevant 
        to allowing persons experiencing homelessness to access and 
        retain housing.'';
            (4) in section 426 (42 U.S.C. 11386)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                        ``Applications'' and all that follows through 
                        ``shall'' and inserting ``Applications for 
                        assistance under section 422 shall'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by striking subparagraph (B) 
                                and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) a description of the size and characteristics 
                of the population that would occupy housing units or 
                receive supportive services assisted under this 
                subtitle;''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (E), by 
                                striking ``in the case of projects 
                                assisted under this title that do not 
                                receive assistance under such 
                                sections,''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (3), in the last 
                        sentence, by striking ``recipient'' and 
                        inserting ``recipient (or a project sponsor 
                        receiving funds from the recipient)'';
                    (B) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and 
                inserting:
    ``(b) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary shall award funds to 
collaborative applicants, and other eligible applicants that have been 
approved by the Secretary, by a national competition based on criteria 
established by the Secretary, which shall include--
            ``(1) the capacity of the applicant based on the past 
        performance and management of the applicant;
            ``(2) if applicable, previous performance regarding 
        homelessness prevention, housing, and services programs funded 
        in any fiscal year prior to the date of submission of the 
        application;
            ``(3) the plan by which--
                    ``(A) access to appropriate permanent housing will 
                be secured if the proposed project does not include 
                permanent housing; and
                    ``(B) access to outcome-effective supportive 
                services will be secured for residents or consumers 
                involved in the project who are willing to use the 
                services;
            ``(4) if applicable, the extent to which an evaluation for 
        the project will--
                    ``(A) use periodically collected information and 
                analysis to determine whether the project has resulted 
                in enhanced stability and well-being of the residents 
                or consumers served by the project;
                    ``(B) include evaluations obtained directly from 
                the individuals or families served by the project; and
                    ``(C) be submitted by the project sponsors for the 
                grant, to the collaborative applicant, for review and 
                use in assessments, conducted by the collaborative 
                applicant, consistent with the duty of the 
                collaborative applicant to ensure effective outcomes 
                that contribute to the goal of preventing and ending 
                homelessness in the geographic area served by the 
                collaborative applicant;
            ``(5) the need for the type of project proposed in the 
        geographic area to be served and the extent to which 
        prioritized programs meet unmet needs;
            ``(6) the extent to which the amount of assistance to be 
        provided under this subtitle will be supplemented with 
        resources from other public and private sources, including 
        mainstream programs identified by the Government Accountability 
        Office in the 2 reports described in section 102(a)(5)(B);
            ``(7) demonstrated coordination with the other Federal, 
        State, local, private, and other entities serving individuals 
        experiencing homelessness in the planning and operation of 
        projects, to the extent practicable;
            ``(8) the extent to which the membership of the 
        collaborative applicant involved represents the composition 
        described in section 402(b) and the extent of membership 
        involvement in the application process; and
            ``(9) such other factors as the Secretary determines to be 
        appropriate to carry out this subtitle in an effective and 
        efficient manner.
    ``(c) Required Agreements.--The Secretary may not provide 
assistance for a proposed project under this subtitle unless the 
collaborative applicant involved agrees--
            ``(1) to ensure the operation of the project in accordance 
        with the provisions of this subtitle;
            ``(2) to conduct an ongoing assessment of access to 
        mainstream programs referred to in subsection (b)(4);
            ``(3) to monitor and report to the Secretary the progress 
        of the project;
            ``(4) to develop and implement procedures to ensure--
                    ``(A) the confidentiality of records pertaining to 
                any individual provided family violence prevention or 
                treatment services through the project; and
                    ``(B) that the address or location of any family 
                violence shelter project assisted under this subtitle 
                will not be made public, except with written 
                authorization of the person responsible for the 
                operation of such project;
            ``(5) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 
        individuals and families experiencing homelessness are 
        involved, through employment, provision of volunteer services, 
        or otherwise, in constructing, rehabilitating, maintaining, and 
        operating facilities for the project and in providing 
        supportive services for the project;
            ``(6) if a collaborative applicant receives funds under 
        subtitle C to carry out the payment of administrative costs 
        described in section 423(a)(7), to establish such fiscal 
        control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to 
        assure the proper disbursal of, and accounting for, such funds 
        in order to ensure that all financial transactions carried out 
        with such funds are conducted, and records maintained, in 
        accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
            ``(7) to comply with such other terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary may establish to carry out this subtitle in an 
        effective and efficient manner.'';
                    (C) in subsection (d), in the first sentence, by 
                striking ``recipient'' and inserting ``recipient or 
                project sponsor'';
                    (D) by striking subsection (e);
                    (E) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h), 
                as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively;
                    (F) in subsection (f) (as redesignated in 
                subparagraph (E)), in the first sentence, by striking 
                ``recipient'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``recipient or project sponsor'';
                    (G) by striking subsection (i); and
                    (H) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection 
                (h);
            (5)(A) by repealing section 429 (42 U.S.C. 11389); and
            (B) by redesignating sections 427 and 428 (42 U.S.C. 11387, 
        11388) as sections 431 and 432, respectively; and
            (6) by inserting after section 426 the following:

``SEC. 427. ALLOCATION AMOUNTS AND INCENTIVES FOR SPECIFIC ELIGIBLE 
              ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The Secretary shall promote--
            ``(1) permanent housing development activities for--
                    ``(A) homeless individuals with disabilities and 
                homeless families that include such an individual; and
                    ``(B) nondisabled homeless families; and
            ``(2) prevention activities described in section 423(a)(8).
    ``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `nondisabled homeless 
family' means a homeless family that does not include a homeless 
individual with a disability.
    ``(c) Annual Portion of Appropriated Amount Available.--
            ``(1) Disabled homeless individuals and families.--
                    ``(A) In general.--From the amount made available 
                to carry out this subtitle for a fiscal year, a portion 
                equal to not less than 30 percent of the sums made 
                available to carry out subtitle B and this subtitle for 
                that fiscal year shall be used for activities to 
                develop new permanent housing, in order to help create 
                affordable permanent housing for homeless individuals 
                with disabilities and homeless families that include 
                such an individual who is an adult.
                    ``(B) Calculation.--In calculating the portion of 
                the amount described in subparagraph (A) that is used 
                for activities described in subparagraph (A), the 
                Secretary shall not count funds made available to renew 
                contracts for existing projects (in existence as of the 
                date of the renewal) under section 428.
            ``(2) Prevention activities.--From the amount made 
        available to carry out this subtitle for a fiscal year, a 
        portion equal to not more than 5 percent of the sums described 
        in paragraph (1) shall be used for prevention activities 
        described in section 423(a)(8).
    ``(d) Funding for Acquisition, Construction, and Rehabilitation of 
Permanent or Transitional Housing.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to establish a limit on the amount of funding that an 
applicant may request under this subtitle for acquisition, 
construction, or rehabilitation activities for the development of 
permanent housing or transitional housing.

``SEC. 428. RENEWAL FUNDING AND TERMS OF ASSISTANCE FOR PERMANENT 
              HOUSING.

    ``(a) In General.--Of the total amount available for use in 
connection with this subtitle, such sums as may be necessary shall be 
designated for the purpose of renewing expiring contracts for permanent 
housing, within the account referred to as the `Homeless Assistance 
Grants Account' on the date of enactment of the Community Partnership 
to End Homelessness Act of 2005.
    ``(b) Renewals.--Such sums shall be available for the renewal of 
contracts for a 1-year term for rental assistance and housing operation 
costs associated with permanent housing projects funded under this 
subtitle, or under subtitle C or F (as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of the Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act 
of 2005). The Secretary shall determine whether to renew a contract for 
such a permanent housing project on the basis of demonstrated need for 
the project and the compliance of the entity carrying out the project 
with appropriate standards of housing quality and habitability as 
determined by the Secretary.
    ``(c) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the Secretary from renewing contracts under this subtitle 
in accordance with criteria set forth in a provision of this subtitle 
other than this section.

``SEC. 429. MATCHING FUNDING.

    ``(a) In General.--A recipient of a grant (including a renewed 
grant) under this subtitle shall make available contributions, in cash, 
in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the Federal funds 
provided under the grant.
    ``(b) Application.--Subsection (a) shall not apply in the case of a 
grant for activities consisting of the payment of operating costs 
associated with permanent housing renewal grants described in section 
428 that fund the operation of permanent housing--
            ``(1) for individuals or families whose incomes are 50 
        percent or less of the median income for an individual or 
        family, respectively, in the geographic area involved; and
            ``(2) that receives no Federal or State funds from a source 
        other than this subtitle.

``SEC. 430. APPEAL PROCEDURE.

    ``(a) In General.--With respect to funding under this subtitle, if 
certification of consistency with the Consolidated Plan pursuant to 
section 403 is withheld from an applicant who has submitted an 
application for that certification, such applicant may appeal such 
decision to the Secretary.
    ``(b) Procedure.--The Secretary shall establish a procedure to 
process the appeals described in subsection (a).
    ``(c) Determination.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
receipt of an appeal described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
determine if certification was unreasonably withheld. If such 
certification was unreasonably withheld, the Secretary shall review 
such application and determine if such applicant shall receive funding 
under this subtitle.''.

SEC. 7. REPEALS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Repeals.--Subtitles D, E, F, and G of title IV of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11391 et seq., 11401 et seq., 
11403 et seq., and 11408 et seq.) are repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) United states interagency council on homelessness.--
        Section 2066(b)(3)(F) of title 38, United States Code and 
        section 506(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
        290aa-5(a)) are amended by striking ``Interagency Council on 
        the Homeless'' and inserting ``United States Interagency 
        Council on Homelessness''.
            (2) Consolidated plan.--Section 403(1) of the McKinney-
        Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as redesignated in section 4(2), 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``current housing affordability 
                strategy'' and inserting ``Consolidated Plan''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the comma the following: 
                ``(referred to in that section as a `comprehensive 
                housing affordability strategy')''.
            (3) Persons experiencing homelessness.--Section 103 of the 
        McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) is 
        amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Persons Experiencing Homelessness.--References in this Act to 
homeless individuals (including homeless persons) or homeless groups 
(including the homeless) shall be considered to include, and to refer 
to, individuals experiencing homelessness or groups experiencing 
homelessness, respectively.''.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect 6 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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