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Union Calendar No. 101 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1856 

[Report No. 116–137, Part I] 

To provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 25, 2019 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GREEN of Texas, 

Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. ESHOO, 

Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. FOSTER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. CRIST, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. HECK, Mr. CASE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. MENG, 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. OMAR, Mr. HIMES, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. 

VARGAS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. DEAN, Ms. 

KAPTUR, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. WELCH, Ms. 

TLAIB, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GONZALEZ of 

Texas, Mr. CLAY, and Ms. CLARKE of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 

and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JULY 5, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JULY 5, 2019 

Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 25, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, 

and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Homelessness 

5 Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds that— 

8 (1) although the United States has experienced a 

9 reduction in veteran homelessness after a surge of new 

10 Federal funding targeted to homeless veterans starting 

11 in fiscal year 2008, major progress towards the na12 tional goals for ending homelessness in our Nation 

13 has virtually stalled in the absence of increased fund14 ing; 

15 (2) according to the Department of Housing and 

16 Urban Development’s 2018 point-in-time count, there 

17 were 552,830 people experiencing homelessness in the 

18 United States on any given night, including nearly 

19 160,000 children and youth; 

20 (3) homelessness in many communities has 

21 reached crisis proportions and some cities have de22 clared that homelessness has reached a state of emer23 gency; and 

24 (4) the Federal Government must renew its com25 mitment to the national goals to end homelessness. 


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1 SEC. 3. FUNDING TO ADDRESS UNMET NEEDS. 

2 Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating section 491 (42 U.S.C. 

5 11408; relating to rural housing stability grant pro6 gram) as section 441; 

7 (2) by redesignating section 592 (42 U.S.C. 

8 11408a; relating to use of FMHA inventory for tran9 sitional housing for homeless persons and for turnkey 

10 housing) as section 442; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub12 title: 

13 ‘‘Subtitle E—5-Year Path to End 

14 Homelessness 

15 ‘‘SEC. 451. FUNDING TO ADDRESS UNMET NEEDS. 

16 ‘‘(a) DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS.—There is appro17 priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

18 appropriated for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, 

19 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 

20 emergency relief grants under this section to address the 

21 unmet needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions with 

22 the highest need. 

23 ‘‘(b) FORMULA GRANTS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) ALLOCATION.—Amounts appropriated 

25 under subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall be allo26 cated among collaborative applicants that comply 


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1 with section 402, in accordance with the funding for2 mula established under paragraph (2) of this sub3 section. 

4 ‘‘(2) FORMULA.—The Secretary shall, in con5 sultation with the United States Interagency Council 

6 on Homeless, establish a formula for allocating grant 

7 amounts under this section to address the unmet 

8 needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions with 

9 the highest need, using the best currently available 

10 data that targets need based on key structural deter11 minants of homelessness in the geographic area rep12 resented by a collaborative applicant, which shall in13 clude data providing accurate counts of— 

14 ‘‘(A) the poverty rate in the geographic area 

15 represented by the collaborative applicant; 

16 ‘‘(B) shortages of affordable housing for low17 , very low-, and extremely low-income households 

18 in the geographic area represented by the collabo19 rative applicant; 

20 ‘‘(C) the number of overcrowded housing 

21 units in the geographic area represented by the 

22 collaborative applicant; 

23 ‘‘(D) the number of unsheltered homeless in24 dividuals and the number of chronically homeless 

25 individuals; and 


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1 ‘‘(E) any other factors that the Secretary 

2 considers appropriate. 

3 The formula shall provide priority to collaborative 

4 applicants for which the local governments, within the 

5 area served by the applicant, have adopted local poli6 cies, such as through zoning and regulation, that le7 verage the private sector’s participation to provide 

8 housing that is reserved and affordable to low-, very 

9 low-, and extremely low-income households, as defined 

10 by the Secretary, for a minimum term of 15 years. 

11 The Secretary shall establish by regulation the process 

12 and manner that local governments will be evaluated. 

13 The Secretary shall ensure that local governments are 

14 not incentivized or otherwise rewarded for elimi15 nating or undermining the intent of zoning regula16 tions or other regulations or policies that establish 

17 fair wages for laborers, ensure health and safety of 

18 buildings for residents and the general public, protect 

19 fair housing, establish environmental protections, es20 tablish standards for resiliency, prevent tenant dis21 placement, or any other requirements that the Sec22 retary determines it is in the public interest to pre23 serve. 

24 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—For each fiscal year for which 

25 amounts are made available under subsection (a), the 


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1 Secretary shall make a grant to each collaborative ap2 plicant for which an amount is allocated pursuant to 

3 application of the formula established pursuant to 

4 paragraph (2) of this subsection in an amount that 

5 is equal to the formula amount determined for such 

6 collaborative applicant. 

7 ‘‘(4) TIMING.—The funding formula required 

8 under paragraph (2) shall be established by regula9 tions issued, after notice and opportunity for public 

10 comment, not later than 6 months after the date of 

11 enactment of this section. 

12 ‘‘(c) USE OF GRANTS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 

14 through (4), a collaborative applicant that receives a 

15 grant under this section may use such grant amounts 

16 only for eligible activities under section 415, 423, or 

17 441(b). 

18 ‘‘(2) PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RE19 QUIREMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided 

21 in subparagraph (B), each collaborative appli22 cant that receives a grant under this section 

23 shall use not less than 75 percent of such grant 

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1 cluding capital costs, rental subsidies, and serv2 ices. 

3 ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION.—The Secretary shall ex4 empt a collaborative applicant from the applica5 bility of the requirement under subparagraph 

6 (A) if the applicant demonstrates, in accordance 

7 with such standards and procedures as the Sec8 retary shall establish, that— 

9 ‘‘(i) chronic homelessness has been 

10 functionally eliminated in the geographic 

11 area served by the applicant; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) the permanent supportive housing 

13 under development in the geographic area 

14 served by the applicant is sufficient to func15 tionally eliminate chronic homelessness once 

16 such units are available for occupancy. 

17 The Secretary shall consider and make a deter18 mination regarding each request for an exemp19 tion under this subparagraph not later than 60 

20 days after receipt of such request. 

21 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON USE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE

22 EXPENSES.—Not more than 5 percent of the total 

23 amount of any grant under this section to a collabo24 rative applicant may be used for costs of administra25 tion. 


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1 ‘‘(4) HOUSING FIRST REQUIREMENT.—The Sec2 retary shall ensure that each collaborative applicant 

3 that receives a grant under this section is imple4 menting, to the extent possible, and will use such 

5 grant amounts in accordance with, a Housing First 

6 model for assistance for homeless persons. 

7 ‘‘(d) RENEWAL FUNDING.—Expiring contracts for 

8 leasing, rental assistance, or permanent housing shall be 

9 treated, for purposes of section 429, as expiring contracts 

10 referred to in subsection (a) of such section. 

11 ‘‘(e) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than the ex13 piration of the 12-month period beginning upon the 

14 first allocation of amounts made after the date of the 

15 enactment of this Act pursuant to subsection (b)(1), 

16 and annually thereafter, the Secretary and the United 

17 States Interagency Council on Homelessness shall sub18 mit a report to the Committees on Financial Services 

19 and Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and 

21 Urban Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate pro22 viding detailed information regarding the grants 

23 made under this section during the preceding year, 

24 the activities funded with such grant amounts, and 


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1 the impact of such activities on the communities 

2 where such activities took place. 

3 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION BY SEC4 RETARY.—The Secretary shall require each collabo5 rative applicant that receives a grant under this sec6 tion to submit such information to the Secretary as 

7 may be necessary for the Secretary to comply with the 

8 reporting requirement under paragraph (1). 

9 ‘‘SEC. 452. SPECIAL PURPOSE VOUCHERS. 

10 ‘‘(a) DIRECT APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated 

11 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro12 priated for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, 

13 $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 

14 shall be used as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Except as provided 

16 in paragraph (2), such amount shall be used for in17 cremental assistance for rental assistance under sec18 tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

19 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons and households who 

20 are homeless (as such term is defined in section 103 

21 (42 U.S.C. 11302)), which assistance shall be in addi22 tion to such assistance provided pursuant to renewal 

23 of expiring contracts for such assistance. 

24 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.—The Secretary 

25 may use not more than 10 percent of such amounts 


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1 provided for each fiscal year for administrative fees 

2 under 8(q) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

3 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)). The Secretary shall establish 

4 policies and procedures to provide such fees to the ex5 tent necessary to assist homeless persons and families 

6 on whose behalf rental assistance is provided to find 

7 and maintain suitable housing. 

8 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall make assist9 ance provided under this section available to public housing 

10 agencies based on geographical need for such assistance by 

11 homeless persons and households, as identified by the Sec12 retary, public housing agency administrative performance, 

13 and other factors as specified by the Secretary. In allocating 

14 assistance among public housing agencies, the Secretary 

15 shall provide priority to agencies having jurisdictions in 

16 which the local governments within such jurisdictions have 

17 adopted local policies, such as through zoning and regula18 tion, that leverage the private sector’s participation to pro19 vide housing that is reserved and affordable to low-, very 

20 low-, and extremely low-income households, as determined 

21 by the Secretary, for a minimum term of 15 years. The 

22 Secretary shall establish by regulation the process and man23 ner that local governments will be evaluated. The Secretary 

24 shall ensure that local governments are not incentivized or 

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1 tent of zoning regulations or other regulations or policies 

2 that establish fair wages for laborers, ensure health and 

3 safety of buildings for residents and the general public, pro4 tect fair housing, establish environmental protections, estab5 lish standards for resiliency, prevent tenant displacement, 

6 or any other requirements that the Secretary determines it 

7 is in the public interest to preserve. 

8 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Assistance made available under 

9 this section shall continue to remain available only for 

10 homeless persons and households upon turn-over. 

11 ‘‘(d) RENEWAL FUNDING.—Renewal of expiring con12 tracts for rental assistance provided under subsection (a) 

13 and for administrative fees under such subsection shall, to 

14 the extent provided in appropriation Acts, be funded under 

15 the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance account. 

16 ‘‘(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Upon a finding by the Sec17 retary that a waiver or alternative requirement pursuant 

18 to this subsection is necessary to ensure that homeless per19 sons and households can obtain housing using rental assist20 ance made available under this section, the Secretary may 

21 waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provi22 sion of any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin23 isters in connection with the use of funds made available 

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1 ronment) that relates to screening of applicants for assist2 ance, admission of applicants, and selection of tenants. The 

3 Secretary shall require public housing agencies receiving 

4 rental assistance funding made available under this section 

5 to take all reasonable actions to help assisted persons and 

6 families avoid subsequent homelessness. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 453. OUTREACH FUNDING. 

8 ‘‘(a) DIRECT APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated 

9 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro10 priated for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, 

11 $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, to the 

12 Secretary for grants under this section to provide outreach 

13 and coordinate services for persons and households who are 

14 homeless or formerly homeless. 

15 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 

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

17 grants under this section on a competitive basis only 

18 to collaborative applicants who comply with section 

19 402. 

20 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—The competition for grants 

21 under this section shall provide priority— 

22 ‘‘(A) to collaborative applicants who submit 

23 plans to make innovative and effective use of 

24 staff funded with grant amounts pursuant to 

25 subsection (c); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) to collaborative applicants for which 

2 the local governments, within the area served by 

3 the applicant, have adopted local policies, such 

4 as through zoning and regulation, that leverage 

5 the private sector’s participation to provide 

6 housing that is reserved and affordable to low-, 

7 very low-, and extremely low-income households, 

8 as defined by Secretary, for a minimum term of 

9 15 years. The Secretary shall establish by regula10 tion the process and manner that local govern11 ments will be evaluated. The Secretary shall en12 sure that local governments are not incentivized 

13 or otherwise rewarded for eliminating or under14 mining the intent of zoning regulations or other 

15 regulations or policies that establish fair wages 

16 for laborers, ensure health and safety of buildings 

17 for residents and the general public, protect fair 

18 housing, establish environmental protections, es19 tablish standards for resiliency, prevent tenant 

20 displacement, or any other requirements that the 

21 Secretary determines it is in the public interest 

22 to preserve. 

23 ‘‘(c) USE OF GRANTS.—A collaborative applicant that 

24 receives a grant under this section may use such grant 

25 amounts only for providing case managers, social workers, 


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1 or other staff who conduct outreach and coordinate services 

2 for persons and households who are homeless or formerly 

3 homeless. 

4 ‘‘(d) TIMING.—The Secretary shall establish the cri5 teria for the competition for grants under this section re6 quired under subsection (b) by regulations issued, after no7 tice and opportunity for public comment, not later than 

8 6 months after the date of enactment of this section.’’. 

9 SEC. 4. HOUSING TRUST FUND. 

10 (a) FUNDING.— 

11 (1) ANNUAL FUNDING.—There is appropriated, 

12 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap13 propriated, for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

14 2024, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, which shall be credited to the Housing Trust 

16 Fund established pursuant to section 1338 of the Fed17 eral Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and 

18 Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568) for use under 

19 such section. 

20 (2) RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—There is appro21 priated, out of any money in the Treasury not other22 wise appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2020 

23 through 2024, $50,000,000, to remain available until 

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1 cated to States pursuant to the formula established 

2 under section 1338 of the Federal Housing Enter3 prises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 

4 (12 U.S.C. 4568), to be used solely in conjunction 

5 with grant funds awarded under such section 1338. 

6 (3) PRIORITY FOR HOUSING THE HOMELESS.— 

7 (A) PRIORITY.—During the first 5 fiscal 

8 years that amounts are made available under 

9 this subsection, the Secretary of Housing and 

10 Urban Development shall ensure that priority 

11 for occupancy in dwelling units described in sub12 paragraph (B) that become available for occu13 pancy shall be given to persons and households 

14 who are homeless (as such term is defined in sec15 tion 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist16 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)). 

17 (B) COVERED DWELLING UNITS.—A dwell18 ing unit described in this subparagraph is any 

19 dwelling unit that— 

20 (i) is located in housing that was at 

21 any time provided assistance with any 

22 amounts from the Housing Trust Fund re23 ferred to paragraph (1) that were credited 

24 to such Trust Fund by such paragraph; or 


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1 (ii) is receiving assistance described in 

2 paragraph (2) with amounts made avail3 able under such paragraph. 

4 (b) TENANT RENT CONTRIBUTION.— 

5 (1) LIMITATION.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

6 1338(c)(7) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Finan7 cial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

8 4568(c)(7)(A)) is amended— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘except that not less than 75 

10 percent’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘except 

11 that— 

12 ‘‘(i) not less than 75 percent’’; 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

14 clause: 

15 ‘‘(ii) notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, all rental housing dwelling 

17 units shall be subject to legally binding 

18 commitments that ensure that the contribu19 tion toward rent by a family residing in the 

20 dwelling unit shall not exceed 30 percent of 

21 the adjusted income (as such term is defined 

22 in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 

23 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b))) of such 

24 family; and’’. 


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1 (2) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing 

2 and Urban Development shall issue regulations to im3 plement section 1338(c)(7)(A)(ii) of the Federal Hous4 ing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 

5 of 1992, as added by the amendment made by para6 graph (1)(B) of this section, not later than the expira7 tion of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the 

8 enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO HELP STATES 

10 AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ALIGN HEALTH 

11 AND HOUSING SYSTEMS. 

12 (a) FUNDING.—There is hereby made available to the 

13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development $20,000,000, 

14 to remain available until expended, for providing technical 

15 assistance under section 405 of the McKinney-Vento Home16 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361(b)) to integrate and 

17 coordinate assistance provided under the McKinney-Vento 

18 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) with 

19 health care funded by Federal programs, in collaboration 

20 with the United States Interagency Council on Homeless21 ness and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

22 (b) USE.—In allocating amounts made available by 

23 subsection (a), the Secretary shall seek to— 

24 (1) assist States and localities in integrating 

25 and aligning policies and funding between Medicaid 


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1 programs, behavioral health providers, and housing 

2 providers to create supportive housing opportunities; 

3 and 

4 (2) engage State Medicaid program directors, 

5 Governors, State housing and homelessness agencies, 

6 any other relevant State offices, and any relevant 

7 local government entities, to assist States in increas8 ing use of their Medicaid programs to finance sup9 portive services for homeless persons. 

10 (c) PRIORITY.—In using amounts made available 

11 under this section, the Secretary shall give priority— 

12 (1) to use for States and localities having the 

13 highest numbers of chronically homeless persons; and 

14 (2) to assist localities that have adopted local 

15 policies, such as through zoning and regulation, that 

16 leverage the private sector’s participation to provide 

17 and make housing affordable for low-, very low-, and 

18 extremely low-income household, as defined by the 

19 Secretary, for a minimum of 15 years. The Secretary 

20 shall establish by regulation the process and manner 

21 that local governments will be evaluated. The Sec22 retary shall ensure that local governments are not 

23 incentivized or otherwise rewarded for eliminating or 

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1 borers, ensure health and safety of buildings for resi2 dents and the general public, protect fair housing, es3 tablish environmental protections, establish standards 

4 for resiliency, prevent tenant displacement, or any 

5 other requirements that the Secretary determines it is 

6 in the public interest to preserve. 

7 SEC. 6. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

8 FOR MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSIST9 ANCE ACT GRANTS. 

10 Section 408 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist11 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11364) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

14 this title such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal 

15 year.’’. 

16 SEC. 7. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES INTER17 AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS. 

18 Section 209 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist19 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is hereby repealed. 

20 SEC. 8. ELIGIBILITY OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZA21 TIONS FOR FUNDING. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec23 retary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide 

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1 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)) that are eligible entities 

2 (as such term is defined in such section 401), including 

3 faith-based such organizations that are eligible entities, 

4 shall be eligible for assistance made available or authorized 

5 by this Act or by the amendments made by this Act (but 

6 not including assistance under section 452 of the McKin7 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as added by section 3 

8 of this Act), and shall be eligible to be subgrantees for enti9 ties receiving amounts made available or authorized by this 

10 Act or by the amendments made by this Act. 

11 SEC. 9. ELIGIBILITY OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 

12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in deter13 mining eligibility for assistance made available by this Act 

14 or the amendments made by this Act or for which appro15 priations are authorized by this Act or the amendments 

16 made by this Act, the status of an entity as faith-based or 

17 the possibility that an entity may be faith-based may not 

18 be a basis for any discrimination against such entity in 

19 any manner or for any purpose. 

20 SEC. 10. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided by this Act, 

22 and the amendments made by this Act, are designated as 

23 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the 

24 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 


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1 (b) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the Senate, this Act 

2 and the amendments made by this Act are designated as 

3 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. 

4 Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 

5 the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

6 SEC. 11. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

7 The table of sections in section 101(b) of the McKin8 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended— 

9 (1) in the item relating to title II, by striking 

10 ‘‘INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOME11 LESS’’ and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES INTER12 AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS’’; 

13 (2) by striking the item relating to section 209; 

14 and 

15 (3) in the item relating to section 491, by strik16 ing ‘‘491’’ and inserting ‘‘441’’; 

17 (4) in the item relating to section 492, by strik18 ing ‘‘492’’ and inserting ‘‘442’’; and 

19 (5) by inserting before the item relating to title 

20 V the following: 

‘‘Subtitle E—5-Year Path to End Homelessness 

‘‘Sec. 451. Funding to address unmet needs. 

‘‘Sec. 452. Special purpose vouchers. 

‘‘Sec. 453. Outreach funding.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 101 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1856 

[Report No. 116–137, Part I] 

A BILL 

To provide a path to end homelessness in the 

United States, and for other purposes. 

JULY 5, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with 

J

an amendment 

ULY 5, 2019 

Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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