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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4057 

To establish a grant program administered under an agreement among the 

Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human 

Services, and Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the U.S. Interagency 

Council on Homelessness, to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness through coordinated provision of housing, health care, mental health 

and substance abuse treatment, supportive and other services, including 

assistance in accessing non-homeless specific benefits and services, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2004 

Mr. RENZI (for himself, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. NEY, Mr. SIMMONS, 

Mr. PICKERING, Mr. TIBERI, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. MATHESON, Mrs. 

JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. CAPUANO, and Mr. REYNOLDS) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program administered under an agreement among the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, and Veterans 

Affairs, in consultation with the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness through coordinated provision of housing, 

health care, mental health and substance abuse treatment, supportive and other services, including assistance 

in accessing non-homeless specific benefits and services, 

and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Samaritan Initiative 

5 Act of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SAMARITAN INITIATIVE. 

7 Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 11136 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

9 the end the following new subtitle: 

10 ‘‘Subtitle H—Samaritan Initiative 

11 ‘‘SEC. 495. PURPOSE. 

12 ‘‘The purpose of the Samaritan Initiative is to au13 thorize competitive grants for coordinated comprehensive 

14 housing, treatment, and support services to chronically 

15 homeless persons to accomplish the following objectives: 

16 ‘‘(1) To reduce the prevalence of chronic home17 lessness. 

18 ‘‘(2) To support promising strategies to move 

19 chronically homeless persons in urban and rural 

20 communities from the streets to safe, permanent 

21 housing. 

22 ‘‘(3) To provide for integrated systems of serv23 ices to improve the effectiveness of programs serving 

24 chronically homeless persons. 
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1 ‘‘(4) To promote self-sufficiency and recovery 

2 among chronically homeless persons. 

3 ‘‘(5) To encourage programs serving chronically 

4 homeless persons to promote access to Federal, 

5 State, and local non-homeless specific programs of 

6 assistance for which such persons are eligible. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 495A. GRANT AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTRATION. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The participating Federal agen9 cies shall enter into an agreement among the agencies to 

10 make and administer competitive grants to eligible enti11 ties, including faith-based and community-based organiza12 tions, in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle for 

13 the purpose of providing treatment and support services 

14 that are coordinated with housing for chronically homeless 

15 persons. 

16 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agreement authorized 

18 under subsection (a) shall designate the Secretary of 

19 Housing and Urban Development as the admin20 istering Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(2) DELEGATIONS.—No provision of this sub22 title shall be construed as limiting the ability of the 

23 participating Federal agencies to delegate, assign, or 

24 share administrative responsibilities as the partici-
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1 pating Federal agencies may determine to be nec2 essary or appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION AMONG PARTICIPATING FED4 ERAL AGENCIES.—The administering Secretary shall co5 ordinate with other participating Federal agencies to im6 plement and administer the grant program established 

7 under this subtitle. 

8 ‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY IMPLEMENTATION AND MONI9 TORING TEAM.—The participating Federal agencies shall 

10 establish an interagency implementation and monitoring 

11 team to review and conduct oversight of program grantees 

12 under this subtitle. Each participating Federal agency 

13 shall appoint appropriate designees to serve on the imple14 mentation and monitoring team. 

15 ‘‘(e) COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the grant 

17 program under this subtitle, the interagency imple18 mentation and monitoring team shall establish uni19 form or coordinated requirements, standards, proce20 dures, and timetables to the maximum extent fea21 sible and appropriate. 

22 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The general principle set 

23 forth in paragraph (1) shall be implemented by the 

24 interagency implementation and monitoring team 

25 with respect to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) application procedures and grant re2 quirements, including those providing for— 

3 ‘‘(i) a single consolidated application 

4 form; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) a single timetable, location, and 

6 procedure for filing of a consolidated appli7 cation; 

8 ‘‘(B) criteria for award of grants; 

9 ‘‘(C) a coordinated process for review and 

10 approval or denial of the consolidated applica11 tion; 

12 ‘‘(D) establishment of performance stand13 ards and measures of performance outcomes, 

14 including— 

15 ‘‘(i) the requirement that the Sec16 retary of Housing and Urban Development 

17 attempt to quantify the reduction in chron18 ic homelessness; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the requirement that, where ap20 plicable, the grantees utilize a Homeless 

21 Management Information System; 

22 ‘‘(E) oversight, including monitoring, au23 dits, and evaluations of grantees, and require24 ments for annual reports by grantees; and 
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1 ‘‘(F) other factors that the interagency im2 plementation and monitoring team determines 

3 are necessary or appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT.— 

5 ‘‘(A) Subject to paragraph (1), the inter6 agency implementation and monitoring team 

7 shall establish such performance standards, per8 formance measures, and annual reporting re9 quirements and make such performance reviews 

10 and audits as may be necessary or appropriate 

11 for the following purposes: 

12 ‘‘(i) To determine whether a grantee 

13 has carried out its activities in a timely 

14 manner and in accordance with applicable 

15 requirements of this subtitle. 

16 ‘‘(ii) To assess the effectiveness of a 

17 grantee in accomplishing the objectives of 

18 this subtitle. 

19 ‘‘(iii) Other such purposes as the 

20 interagency implementation and moni21 toring team may deem significant with re22 spect to the performance assessment of a 

23 grantee. 

24 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

25 may provide program monitoring and evaluation 
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1 services and staff to participating Federal agen2 cies. In such cases, participating Federal agen3 cies may reimburse such Secretary, as appro4 priate. 

5 ‘‘(f) PROVISIONS AND REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE

6 TO GRANTS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grantee under this sub8 title shall establish and operate a system of assist9 ance to chronically homeless persons that identifies 

10 such persons and provides to such persons access to 

11 affordable permanent housing that is coordinated 

12 with appropriate treatment and support. 

13 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED GRANTEE ACTIVITIES.—A 

14 grantee under this subtitle shall carry out, directly 

15 or through arrangements with a network of other 

16 entities, the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) HOUSING ACTIVITIES.—Eligible ac18 tivities specified in section 495B(a) that ensure 

19 the placement of chronically homeless persons 

20 in safe, affordable, permanent housing. 

21 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT AND SUPPORT ACTIVI22 TIES.—Eligible activities specified in section 

23 495C(a) to address the multiple physical health, 

24 mental health, and substance abuse treatment 

25 needs of chronically homeless persons who are 
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1 eligible for or residents in housing under section 

2 495B(a). 

3 ‘‘(C) SERVICE COORDINATION.—Activities, 

4 including those coordinated with local planning 

5 bodies, that promote the access of eligible 

6 chronically homeless persons to a range of serv7 ices that contribute to self-sufficiency, recovery, 

8 employment, stability in housing, and access to 

9 health care. 

10 ‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATION.—Administrative 

11 and planning activities, including the develop12 ment and implementation of comprehensive 

13 plans for housing and services at the grantee 

14 level with costs not to exceed 6 percent of total 

15 costs of carrying out the program under this 

16 subtitle. 

17 ‘‘(E) OTHER SERVICES.—Such services 

18 and activities as the participating Federal agen19 cies may find necessary and appropriate. 

20 ‘‘(3) CRITERIA FOR GRANT AWARD.—The cri21 teria for the award of grants under this subtitle 

22 shall include the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) The extent to which the applicant 

24 demonstrates an understanding of the unique 

25 characteristics of chronically homeless persons. 
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1 ‘‘(B) The adequacy of the applicant’s ap2 proach in addressing the needs of the chron3 ically homeless. 

4 ‘‘(C) The capacity of the applicant to carry 

5 out and sustain required activities. 

6 ‘‘(D) Where services are to be provided 

7 through a network of entities, the adequacy of 

8 the qualifications of such entities and the stated 

9 willingness of such entities to collaborate and 

10 participate in carrying out proposed activities. 

11 ‘‘(E) The extent to which the applicant has 

12 been involved in Federal, State, or local non13 homeless specific programs of assistance that 

14 could provide additional assistance to eligible 

15 chronically homeless persons. 

16 ‘‘(F) The commitment and the dem17 onstrated ability of the applicant to enumerate 

18 the reduction in the number of chronically 

19 homeless persons. 

20 ‘‘(G) Such additional criteria as the par21 ticipating Federal agencies may deem signifi22 cant or necessary with respect to the applicant’s 

23 potential success in carrying out the purpose of 

24 this subtitle. 
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1 ‘‘(4) INITIAL TERM OF GRANT.—Notwith2 standing any other provision of law, each grant shall 

3 be for an initial term of 3 years. 

4 ‘‘(5) GRANT RENEWAL.—The participating 

5 Federal agencies may award on a competitive basis 

6 a renewal grant under this subtitle for additional 3- 

7 year terms, subject to the grantee’s continued quali8 fication for the grant as determined by the partici9 pating Federal agencies. The amount of a renewal 

10 grant under this paragraph may be up to 50 percent 

11 of the cost of the program. 

12 ‘‘(6) FEDERAL MATCHING.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this 

14 subtitle shall be available to pay the Federal 

15 share of the costs incurred by the grantee for 

16 activities under this subtitle. 

17 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL SHARE.—For purposes of 

18 subparagraph (A), the Federal share shall be 

19 75 percent of the cost of the program for the 

20 first year of the grant, 75 percent for the sec21 ond year, and 50 percent for each succeeding 

22 year, including each year of a renewal grant 

23 term under paragraph (5). 
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1 ‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non2 Federal share of costs incurred by the grantee 

3 may be in cash or in-kind, as appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(7) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The partici5 pating Federal agencies shall ensure that consider6 ation is given to geographic distribution (such as 

7 urban and rural areas) in the awarding of grants 

8 under subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘(8) DISCLOSURE.—Section 12(a) of the De10 partment of Housing and Urban Development Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 3537a(a)) shall not apply to this subtitle. 

12 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to 

14 carry out this subtitle $70,000,000 for fiscal year 

15 2005, of which— 

16 ‘‘(A) $50,000,000 is authorized to be ap17 propriated to the Department of Housing and 

18 Urban Development; 

19 ‘‘(B) $10,000,000 is authorized to be ap20 propriated to the Department of Health and 

21 Human Services; and 

22 ‘‘(C) Up to $10,000,000 is authorized 

23 from the amounts to be appropriated to the De24 partment of Veterans Affairs for treatment of 
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1 homeless veterans under Medical Care to carry 

2 out section 495D. 

3 ‘‘(2) There are authorized to be appropriated 

4 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

5 years 2006, 2007, and 2008. 

6 ‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE FUNDS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of carrying 

8 out the program under this subtitle, in accordance 

9 with the agreement under subsection (a), the partici10 pating Federal agencies are authorized to transfer to 

11 the administering Secretary funds appropriated for 

12 use under this subtitle, and the administering Sec13 retary may receive such funds. 

14 ‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—In the event that, not15 withstanding subsection (g), funds are not appro16 priated for use in accordance with this subtitle to 

17 one or more participating Federal agencies in any 

18 fiscal year, paragraph (1) shall not be construed to 

19 require a participating Federal agency that has been 

20 provided with budget authority pursuant to sub21 section (g) in a fiscal year to use such budget au22 thority to fund grants for activities that are not in 

23 accordance with the primary mission of such partici24 pating Federal agency. 
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1 ‘‘(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT.—In ad2 dition to funds otherwise provided for agency administra3 tive costs, up to 2 percent of amounts appropriated for 

4 the activities under this subtitle may be used by the par5 ticipating Federal agencies for administrative costs, in6 cluding to— 

7 ‘‘(1) provide technical assistance to applicants 

8 and grantees; and 

9 ‘‘(2) provide support and assistance in selecting 

10 and assessing projects to carry out the purpose of 

11 this subtitle, including any preparation necessary for 

12 such selection and assessment. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 495B. HOUSING ACTIVITIES. 

14 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES.—Subject to 

15 the provisions of section 495A, a grant under this subtitle 

16 shall be used for activities in support of permanent hous17 ing for chronically homeless persons, including the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(1) PROVISION OF HOUSING.— 

20 ‘‘(A) ACQUISITION.—The acquisition of oc21 cupancy-ready real property. 

22 ‘‘(B) REHABILITATION.—The minor reha23 bilitation of real property for housing. 

24 ‘‘(C) OPERATING COSTS.—The costs of op25 erating a housing project, including salaries and 
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1 benefits, maintenance, insurance, utilities, re2 placement reserve accounts, and furnishings. 

3 ‘‘(D) LEASING.—Leasing of an existing 

4 structure or structures, or portions thereof to 

5 provide housing. 

6 ‘‘(E) HOUSING COUNSELING.—The costs 

7 of counseling and advice services with respect to 

8 property maintenance, financial management, 

9 and other such matters as may be appropriate 

10 to assist chronically homeless persons in obtain11 ing housing. 

12 ‘‘(2) RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Project-based or 

13 tenant-based rental assistance for chronically home14 less persons, which assistance shall be provided to 

15 the extent practicable in the manner provided under 

16 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

17 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

18 ‘‘(3) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—Such other activities 

19 as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop20 ment determines to be appropriate. 

21 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSING AC22 TIVITIES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING REAL PROP24 ERTY.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) USE RESTRICTION.—Each grantee 

2 under this subtitle shall ensure that permanent 

3 housing projects for chronically homeless per4 sons that are acquired or rehabilitated with 

5 grant amounts under this subtitle are used for 

6 such persons for not less than 10 years. 

7 ‘‘(B) HOUSING QUALITY.—Each grantee 

8 under this subtitle shall ensure that housing as9 sisted with grant amounts provided under this 

10 subtitle is decent, safe, and sanitary and com11 plies with all applicable State and local housing 

12 codes, building codes, and licensing require13 ments in the jurisdiction in which the housing 

14 is located. 

15 ‘‘(C) PREVENTION OF UNDUE BENEFIT.— 

16 Subject to the provisions of section 495A(e), 

17 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop18 ment may prescribe such terms and conditions 

19 as such Secretary considers necessary to pre20 vent grantees from unduly benefiting from the 

21 sale or other disposition of projects, other than 

22 a sale or other disposition resulting in the use 

23 of a project for the direct benefit of chronically 

24 homeless persons. 
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1 ‘‘(2) HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

2 SYSTEM.—Each grantee shall be required to provide 

3 such information to the appropriate administrator of 

4 the local homeless management information system, 

5 as is necessary for the implementation and operation 

6 of homeless management information systems. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 495C. TREATMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES. 

8 ‘‘Subject to the provision of section 495A, a grant 

9 under this subtitle shall be used to provide treatment and 

10 support services, which may include the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES.—Primary 

12 health services, including the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) PHYSICIAN AND OTHER SERVICES.— 

14 Health services related to family medicine, in15 ternal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, or gyne16 cology that are furnished by physicians and 

17 where appropriate, physicians’ assistants, nurse 

18 practitioners, and nurse midwives. 

19 ‘‘(B) DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES.—Diagnostic 

20 laboratory and radiological services. 

21 ‘‘(C) PREVENTIVE SERVICES.—Preventive 

22 health services. 

23 ‘‘(D) EMERGENCY SERVICES.—Emergency 

24 medical services. 
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1 ‘‘(E) ACCESS TO PHARMACEUTICAL SERV2 ICES.—Access to pharmaceutical services. 

3 ‘‘(2) ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE SERVICES.— 

4 Services or activities designed to prevent, deter, re5 duce, or eliminate substance abuse or addictive be6 haviors, including a comprehensive range of personal 

7 and family counseling methods, early interventions, 

8 methadone treatment for opiate abusers, or detoxi9 fication for alcohol and other drug abusers, and 

10 treatment services such as intake and assessment, 

11 behavioral therapy and counseling, clinical and case 

12 management, pharmacotherapies, and self-help and 

13 peer support activities. 

14 ‘‘(3) MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERV15 ICES.—Mental health and counseling services, in16 cluding services and activities that apply therapeutic 

17 processes to personal, family, or situational problems 

18 in order to bring about a positive resolution of the 

19 problem or improved individual functioning or cir20 cumstances, including crisis interventions, individual 

21 supportive therapy, and prescription of psychotropic 

22 medications or explanations about the use and man23 agement of medications. 

24 ‘‘(4) OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.—Outreach 

25 services including extending services or help to 
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1 homeless persons to develop a relationship of trust 

2 and engage such persons into appropriate service 

3 programs. 

4 ‘‘(5) INFORMATION AND REFERRAL.—Services 

5 or activities designed to provide information about 

6 services and assistance provided through public and 

7 private programs, including Federal, State and local 

8 non-homeless targeted programs that provide or fi9 nancially support the provision of medical, social, 

10 educational, or other related services, and a brief as11 sessment of client needs to facilitate appropriate re12 ferrals. 

13 ‘‘(6) CASE MANAGEMENT.—Case management 

14 services and activities, including the arrangement, 

15 coordination, monitoring, and delivery of services to 

16 meet the needs of individuals who are homeless, in17 cluding individual service plan development, coun18 seling, monitoring, securing and coordinating serv19 ices. 

20 ‘‘(7) OTHER SERVICES.—Such other services as 

21 the Secretary of Health and Human Services deter22 mines appropriate. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 495D. VETERANS’ BENEFITS. 

2 ‘‘Subject to the provisions of section 495A, the Sec3 retary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to provide eligible 

4 veterans with case management services. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 495E. AUTHORITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES TO 

6 PARTICIPATE UNDER THIS SUBTITLE. 

7 ‘‘Federal agencies, in addition to the Secretaries of 

8 Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human 

9 Services, and Veterans Affairs, may participate under the 

10 provisions of this subtitle to the extent funds are appro11 priated to each agency for purposes of participating under 

12 the provisions of this subtitle. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 495F. DEFINITIONS. 

14 ‘‘For purposes of this subtitle, the following defini15 tions shall apply— 

16 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTERING SECRETARY.—The term 

17 ‘administering Secretary’ shall mean the Secretary 

18 designated as responsible for administration of the 

19 grant program under this subtitle by the agreement 

20 authorized in section 495A(a). 

21 ‘‘(2) CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PERSON.—The 

22 term ‘chronically homeless person’ means an unac23 companied disabled individual who has been sleeping 

24 in one or more places not meant for human habi25 tation or in one or more emergency homeless shel-
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1 ters for over one year or who has had four or more 

2 periods of homelessness over three years. 

3 ‘‘(3) DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘dis4 abled individual’ means an individual whose ability 

5 to work or perform one or more activities of daily 

6 living is limited due to— 

7 ‘‘(A) a diagnosable substance use disorder, 

8 serious mental illness, developmental disability, 

9 or chronic physical illness or disability; or 

10 ‘‘(B) the co-occurrence of two or more of 

11 these conditions. 

12 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en13 tity’ means a State, unit of general local govern14 ment, public housing agency, local workforce invest15 ment board and private nonprofit organization, in16 cluding a faith-based or community-based organiza17 tion. 

18 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE VETERAN.—The term ‘eligible 

19 veteran’ means a person who served in the active 

20 military, naval, or air service, and who was dis21 charged or released under conditions other than dis22 honorable. 

23 ‘‘(6) HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

24 SYSTEM.—The term ‘Homeless Management Infor25 mation System’ shall mean a computerized data col-
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1 lection application maintained by an eligible entity, 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(A) enumerates the homeless population 

4 within the jurisdiction of the eligible entity and 

5 the number of homeless individuals that re6 ceived services from the eligible entity; and 

7 ‘‘(B) captures information on the charac8 teristics and service needs of homeless individ9 uals. 

10 ‘‘(7) INTERAGENCY IMPLEMENTATION AND

11 MONITORING TEAM.—The term ‘interagency imple12 mentation and monitoring team’ shall mean a group 

13 of representatives appointed by each participating 

14 Federal agency, which shall coordinate among each 

15 other in implementing the provisions of this subtitle 

16 in accordance with subsection 495A(d) and which 

17 shall coordinate the review and oversight of program 

18 grantees under this subtitle. 

19 ‘‘(8) PARTICIPATING FEDERAL AGENCY.—The 

20 term ‘participating Federal agency’ shall mean the 

21 Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, 

22 Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs, 

23 or any other Federal agency that may receive appro24 priations for purposes of participating under the 

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1 ‘‘(9) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

2 The term ‘private nonprofit organization’ means a 

3 private organization— 

4 ‘‘(A) no part of the net earnings of which 

5 inures to benefits of any member, founder, con6 tributor, or individual; 

7 ‘‘(B) that has a voluntary board; and 

8 ‘‘(C) that has an accounting system or a 

9 designated fiscal agent in accordance with re10 quirements established by the participating 

11 Federal agencies. 

12 ‘‘(10) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY.—The term 

13 ‘public housing agency’ has the same meaning as in 

14 section 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 

15 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)). 

16 ‘‘(11) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any 

17 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

18 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is19 lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mar20 iana Islands, or any agency or instrumentality there21 of that is established pursuant to legislation and 

22 designated by the chief executive officer to act on 

23 behalf of the State with regard to provisions of this 

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1 ‘‘(12) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN2 MENT.—The term ‘unit of general local government’ 

3 means— 

4 ‘‘(A) a city, town, township, county, parish, 

5 village, or other general purpose political sub6 division of a State; and 

7 ‘‘(B) any agency or instrumentality thereof 

8 that is established pursuant to legislation and 

9 designated by the chief executive officer to act 

10 on behalf of the jurisdiction with regard to pro11 visions of this subtitle.’’. 

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