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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2653 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2014 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. PORTMAN, and Mr. BEGICH) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOME7 LESS ASSISTANCE ACT. 

8 The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) is amended— 


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1 (1) in section 103— 

2 (A) in subsection (a)— 

3 (i) in paragraph (5)(A)— 

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

5 all that follows through ‘‘charitable 

6 organizations,’’; 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘14 days’’ each 

8 place that term appears and inserting 

9 ‘‘30 days’’; 

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

11 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

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

13 (V) by redesignating clause (iii) 

14 as clause (ii); and 

15 (ii) by amending paragraph (6) to 

16 read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(6) unaccompanied youth and homeless fami18 lies with children and youth defined as homeless 

19 under other Federal statutes who— 

20 ‘‘(A) are certified as homeless by the direc21 tor or designee of a director of a program fund22 ed under any other Federal statute; or 

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

24 designee of a director of a program funded 

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1 rector of a public housing agency as lacking a 

2 fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime resi3 dence, which shall include— 

4 ‘‘(i) temporarily sharing the housing 

5 of another person due to loss of housing, 

6 economic hardship, or other similar reason; 

7 or 

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

9 hotel.’’; and 

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

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

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

13 meaning given that term in section 401; and 

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

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

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

17 1437a(b)(6)).’’; 

18 (2) in section 401— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)(C)— 

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

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

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

23 (B) in paragraph (7)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘Federal statute other 

2 than this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘other 

3 Federal statute’’; and 

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

5 Act’’; 

6 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 

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

8 respectively; and 

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

10 following: 

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

12 ‘other Federal statute’ includes— 

13 ‘‘(A) the Runaway and Homeless Youth 

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

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

16 et seq.); 

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

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

19 seq.); 

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

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

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

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

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

25 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); and 


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

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

3 ‘‘SEC. 409. AVAILABILITY OF HMIS REPORT. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The information provided to the 

5 Secretary under section 402(f)(3) shall be made publically 

6 available on the Internet website of the Department of 

7 Housing and Urban Development in aggregate, non-per8 sonally identifying reports. 

9 ‘‘(b) REQUIRED DATA.—Each report made publically 

10 available under subsection (a) shall be updated on at least 

11 an annual basis and shall include— 

12 ‘‘(1) a cumulative count of the number of indi13 viduals and families experiencing homelessness; 

14 ‘‘(2) a cumulative assessment of the patterns of 

15 assistance provided under subtitles B and C for the 

16 each geographic area involved; and 

17 ‘‘(3) a count of the number of individuals and 

18 families experiencing homelessness that are docu19 mented through the HMIS by each collaborative ap20 plicant.’’; 

21 (4) in section 422— 

22 (A) in subsection (a)— 

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

24 inserting the following: 

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


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1 (ii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

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

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

5 prioritize the specific homeless populations intended 

6 to be served by the applicant if the applicant dem7 onstrates that the project— 

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

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

10 and 

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

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

13 and 

14 (B) by striking subsection (j); 

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

16 (5); 

17 (6) in section 427(b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

24 (III) by striking clause (viii); 

25 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 


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

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

5 (III) by striking clause (v); 

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

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

9 (v) by redesignating subparagraph (G) 

10 as subparagraph (F); and 

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

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

13 ‘‘SEC. 433. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

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

15 Congress an annual report, which shall— 

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

17 this subtitle and set forth the findings, conclusions, 

18 and recommendations of the Secretary as a result of 

19 the activities; and 

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

21 which the report is submitted— 

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

23 available in the report under section 409; and 


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

2 other Federal statute, as such term is defined 

3 in section 401. 

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

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

6 fiscal year.’’. 

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