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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2282 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2019 

Ms. SMITH (for herself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. UDALL, and Mr. TESTER) 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 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Homeless Assistance Act of 2019’’. 


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•S 2282 IS

1 SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION OF INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBALLY 

2 DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTITIES IN CON3 TINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM. 

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

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

6 amended— 

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

8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 

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

10 respectively; 

11 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 

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

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

14 following: 

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

16 has the meaning given the term in section 1000.302 

17 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc18 cessor regulation.’’; 

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

20 by inserting ‘‘a formula area,’’ after ‘‘non21 entitlement area,’’; and 

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

23 so redesignated, the following: 

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

25 has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec26 tion 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance 


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•S 2282 IS

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

2 4103).’’; and 

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

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 435. INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBALLY DESIGNATED 

6 HOUSING ENTITIES. 

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

8 purposes of this subtitle, an Indian Tribe or tribally des9 ignated housing entity (as defined in section 4 of the Na10 tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 

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

12 ‘‘(1) be a collaborative applicant or eligible enti13 ty; or 

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

15 that receives a grant directly from the Secretary, 

16 and use the amounts in accordance with this sub17 title.’’. 

18 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

19 The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney20 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77; 101 

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

22 to section 434 the following: 

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

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