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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1627

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to distribute

funds available for grants under title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney

Homeless Assistance Act to help ensure that each State receives not

less than 0.5 percent of such funds for certain programs, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 29, 1999

Mr. BALDACCI (for himself and Mr. ALLEN) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

to distribute funds available for grants under title IV

of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act

to help ensure that each State receives not less than

0.5 percent of such funds for certain programs, and

for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homelessness Assist5 ance Funding Fairness Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOCATION UNDER SUPPORTIVE HOUS2 ING PROGRAM.

3 Section 429 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

4 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11389) is amended—

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub6 section (d); and

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol8 lowing:

9 ‘‘(c) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants using

11 amounts allocated for use under this subtitle, the

12 Secretary shall ensure that not less than 0.5 percent

13 of the total amount allocated for such use is pro14 vided to eligible applicants for use within each of the

15 several States, subject only to the lack of eligible ap16 plicants or the ability of such applicants to provide

17 funds required under section 426(e).

18 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION IN CERTAIN CIR19 CUMSTANCES.—If the amount provided to eligible

20 applicants for use within a State under paragraph

21 (1) exceeds the amount competitively awarded under

22 this subtitle for use in the State, the amount pro23 vided for use by operation of paragraph (1) shall be

24 distributed among the remaining eligible applicants

25 on a pro rata basis for projects designated as pri26 ority in the applications submitted under this sub-
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1 title, based on the amounts requested in those appli2 cations.’’.

3 SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOCATION UNDER SECTION 8 SINGLE

4 ROOM OCCUPANCY MODERATE REHABILITA5 TION.

6 Section 441(c) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

7 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401(c)) is amended—

8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through

9 (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively,

10 and indenting each subparagraph accordingly;

11 (2) by striking ‘‘The amounts’’ and inserting

12 the following:

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

14 and (3), the amounts’’;

15 (3) by striking ‘‘No single’’ and inserting the

16 following:

17 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION FOR CITIES AND URBAN

18 COUNTIES.—No single’’; and

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

20 ‘‘(3) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In providing assist22 ance using amounts allocated for use under this

23 section, the Secretary shall ensure that not less

24 than 0.5 percent of the total amount allocated

25 for such use is provided to eligible applicants
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1 for use within each of the several States, sub2 ject only to the lack of eligible applicants.

3 ‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION IN CERTAIN CIR4 CUMSTANCES.—If the amount provided to eligi5 ble applicants for use within a State under sub6 paragraph (A) exceeds the amount competi7 tively awarded under this subsection for use in

8 the State, the amount provided for use by oper9 ation of subparagraph (A) shall be distributed

10 among the remaining eligible applicants on a

11 pro rata basis for projects designated as pri12 ority in the applications submitted under this

13 section, based on the amounts requested in

14 those applications.’’.

15 SEC. 3. MINIMUM ALLOCATION UNDER SHELTER PLUS

16 CARE PROGRAM.

17 Section 463 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

18 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11403h) is amended by adding

19 at the end the following:

20 ‘‘(c) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In providing assistance

22 using amounts allocated for use under this subtitle,

23 the Secretary shall ensure that not less than 0.5 per24 cent of the total amount allocated for such use is

25 provided to eligible applicants for use within each of
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1 the several States, subject only to the lack of eligible

2 applicants or the ability of such applicants to pro3 vide funds required under section 453.

4 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION IN CERTAIN CIR5 CUMSTANCES.—If the amount provided to eligible

6 applicants for use within a State under paragraph

7 (1) exceeds the amount competitively awarded under

8 this subtitle for use in the State, the amount pro9 vided for use by operation of paragraph (1) shall be

10 distributed among the remaining eligible applicants

11 on a pro rata basis for projects designated as pri12 ority in the applications submitted under this sub13 title, based on the amounts requested in those appli14 cations.’’.

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