IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4029 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2019 

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

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to 

enable Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities to apply for, receive, and administer grants and 

subgrants under the Continuum of Care Program of 

the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Access to 

3 Homeless Assistance Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION OF INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBALLY 

5 DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTITIES IN CON6 TINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

8 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in section 401 (42 U.S.C. 11360)— 

11 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 

12 through (33) as paragraphs (12) through (35), 

13 respectively; 

14 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 

15 (9) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; 

16 (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(8) FORMULA AREA.—The term ‘formula area’ 

19 has the meaning given the term in section 1000.302 

20 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc21 cessor regulation.’’; 

22 (D) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, 

23 by inserting ‘‘a formula area,’’ after ‘‘non24 entitlement area,’’; and 

25 (E) by inserting after paragraph (10), as 

26 so redesignated, the following: 


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1 ‘‘(11) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

2 has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec3 tion 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance 

4 and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

5 4103).’’; and 

6 (2) in subtitle C (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), by 

7 adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 435. PARTICIPATION OF INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIB9 ALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTITIES. 

10 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, for 

11 purposes of this subtitle, an Indian Tribe or tribally des12 ignated housing entity (as defined in section 4 of the Na13 tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 

14 Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) may— 

15 ‘‘(1) be a collaborative applicant or eligible enti16 ty; or 

17 ‘‘(2) receive grant amounts from another entity 

18 that receives a grant directly from the Secretary, 

19 and use the amounts in accordance with this sub20 title.’’. 

21 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

22 The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney23 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77; 101 

24 Stat. 482) is amended by inserting after the item relating 

25 to section 434 the following: 


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‘‘Sec. 435. Participation of Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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