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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5186 

To amend the definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ under the McKinney-Vento 

Homeless Assistance Act to include certain homeless children and youth, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2014 

Mr. STIVERS (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, and Mr. AL

GREEN of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce, 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 

A BILL 

To amend the definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ under the 

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to include certain homeless children and youth, 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 ‘‘Homeless Children and 

5 Youth Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOME2 LESS ASSISTANCE ACT. 

3 The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) in section 103— 

6 (A) in subsection (a)— 

7 (i) in paragraph (5)(A)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘are sharing’’ and 

9 all that follows through ‘‘charitable 

10 organizations,’’; 

11 (II) by striking ‘‘14 days’’ each 

12 place that term appears and inserting 

13 ‘‘30 days’’; 

14 (III) in clause (i), by inserting 

15 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

16 (IV) by striking clause (ii); and 

17 (V) by redesignating clause (iii) 

18 as clause (ii); and 

19 (ii) by amending paragraph (6) to 

20 read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(6) unaccompanied youth and homeless fami22 lies with children and youth defined as homeless 

23 under other Federal statutes who— 

24 ‘‘(A) are certified as homeless by the direc25 tor or designee of a director of a program fund26 ed under any other Federal statute; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) have been certified by a director or 

2 designee of a director of a program funded 

3 under this Act or a director or designee of a di4 rector of a public housing agency as lacking a 

5 fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime resi6 dence, which shall include— 

7 ‘‘(i) temporarily sharing the housing 

8 of another person due to loss of housing, 

9 economic hardship, or other similar reason; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(ii) living in a room in a motel or 

12 hotel.’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(f) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

15 ‘‘(1) the term ‘other Federal statute’ has the 

16 meaning given that term in section 401; and 

17 ‘‘(2) the term ‘public housing agency’ means an 

18 agency described in section 3(b)(6) of the United 

19 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1437a(b)(6)).’’; 

21 (2) in section 401— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)(C)— 

23 (i) by striking clause (iv); and 

24 (ii) by redesignating clauses (v), (vi), 

25 and (vii) as clauses (iv), (v), and (vi); 


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1 (B) in paragraph (7)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘Federal statute other 

3 than this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘other 

4 Federal statute’’; and 

5 (ii) by inserting ‘‘of’’ before ‘‘this 

6 Act’’; 

7 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 

8 through (33) as paragraphs (15) through (34), 

9 respectively; and 

10 (D) by adding after paragraph (13) the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(14) OTHER FEDERAL STATUTE.—The term 

13 ‘other Federal statute’ includes— 

14 ‘‘(A) the Runaway and Homeless Youth 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.); 

16 ‘‘(B) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 

17 et seq.); 

18 ‘‘(C) subtitle N of the Violence Against 

19 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e et 

20 seq.); 

21 ‘‘(D) section 330(h) of the Public Health 

22 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(h)); 

23 ‘‘(E) section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act 

24 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); 


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1 ‘‘(F) the Higher Education Act of 1965 

2 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); and 

3 ‘‘(G) subtitle B of title VII of this Act.’’; 

4 (3) by inserting after section 408 the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 409. PUBLIC REPORT ON HMIS DATA. 

6 ‘‘The Secretary shall aggregate and publicly report 

7 information provided to the Secretary pursuant to section 

8 402(f)(3) and shall ensure that any public report does not 

9 contain personally identifiable information.’’; 

10 (4) in section 422— 

11 (A) in subsection (a)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

13 inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

15 (ii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(2) RESTRICTION.—In awarding grants under 

18 paragraph (1), the Secretary may not consider or 

19 prioritize the specific homeless populations intended 

20 to be served by the applicant if the applicant dem21 onstrates that the project— 

22 ‘‘(A) would meet the priorities identified in 

23 the plan submitted under section 427(b)(1)(B); 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(B) is cost-effective in meeting the overall 

2 goals and objectives identified in that plan.’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) by striking subsection (j); 

5 (5) in section 424(d), by striking paragraph 

6 (5); 

7 (6) in section 427(b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

10 (I) in clause (vi), by adding 

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

12 (II) in clause (vii), by striking 

13 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

14 (III) by striking clause (viii); 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

16 (I) in clause (iii), by adding 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (II) in clause (iv)(VI), by striking 

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

20 (III) by striking clause (v); 

21 (iii) in subparagraph (E), by adding 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (iv) by striking subparagraph (F); and 

24 (v) by redesignating subparagraph (G) 

25 as subparagraph (F); and 


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1 (B) by striking paragraph (3); and 

2 (7) by amending section 433 to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 433. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit to 

5 Congress an annual report, which shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) summarize the activities carried out under 

7 this subtitle and set forth the findings, conclusions, 

8 and recommendations of the Secretary as a result of 

9 the activities; and 

10 ‘‘(2) include, for the year preceding the date on 

11 which the report is submitted— 

12 ‘‘(A) data required to be made publically 

13 available in the report submitted under section 

14 409; and 

15 ‘‘(B) data on programs funded under any 

16 other Federal statute, as such term is defined 

17 in section 401. 

18 ‘‘(b) TIMING.—A report under subsection (a) shall be 

19 submitted not later than 4 months after the end of each 

20 fiscal year.’’. 

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