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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6426 

To increase accountability, transparency, and local control of governing boards 

under the Continuum of Care program of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 19, 2022 

Mr. GOODEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To increase accountability, transparency, and local control 

of governing boards under the Continuum of Care program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 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 ‘‘Empowering Local Of5 ficials to Combat Homelessness Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD REQUIREMENTS. 

2 Section 426 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist3 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386) is amended by adding at the 

4 end the following new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(h) CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARDS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) HUD REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 

7 act as a governing board for a continuum of care as8 sisted under this subtitle, a continuum of care board 

9 shall comply with such requirements as the Sec10 retary shall establish to ensure the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) MEMBERSHIP.—A continuum of care 

12 board shall have at all times— 

13 ‘‘(i) at least one member who is the 

14 mayor or other chief executive officer of a 

15 unit of general local government within the 

16 geographic area served by the continuum 

17 of care; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) at least one member who is a law 

19 enforcement officer of a law enforcement 

20 agency whose jurisdiction includes any 

21 area within the geographic area served by 

22 the continuum of care. 

23 ‘‘(B) TRANSPARENCY.— A continuum of 

24 care board shall comply with guidelines, that 

25 the Secretary shall establish, that— 


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1 ‘‘(i) provide requirements and best 

2 practices guidance regarding the scoring or 

3 awarding grants and preventing, moni4 toring, and reporting conflicts of interest 

5 among members of a continuum of care 

6 board; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) require each continuum of care 

8 board to submit to the Secretary, for each 

9 grant cycle, the scoring criteria used in 

10 awarding grants. 

11 ‘‘(2) GAO REQUIREMENTS.—The Comptroller 

12 General of the United States shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) provide technical assistance to the 

14 Secretary in establishing the guidelines under 

15 paragraph (1)(B); and 

16 ‘‘(B) conduct oversight of grant amounts 

17 distributed pursuant to this subtitle for any 

18 continuum of care program that has been noti19 fied by the Secretary, the Inspector General of 

20 the Department of Housing and Urban Devel21 opment, the Comptroller General, or any rel22 evant State agency during the past 36 months 

23 of a violation relating to the use of funds pro24 vided under this subtitle, to ensure use of such 

25 grant amounts in accordance with this subtitle. 


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1 ‘‘(i) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection may not be 

2 construed to alter or affect any other requirement estab3 lished by the Secretary with respect to continuum of care 

4 boards.’’. 

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