cated to States pursuant to the formula established 
under section 1338 of the Federal Housing Enter-
prises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 
(12 U.S.C. 4568), to be used solely in conjunction 
with grant funds awarded under such section 1338. 
(3) PRIORITY FOR HOUSING THE HOMELESS.— 
(A) PRIORITY.—During the first 5 fiscal 
years that amounts are made available under 
this subsection, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall ensure that priority 
for occupancy in dwelling units described in sub-
paragraph (B) that become available for occu-
pancy shall be given to persons and households 
who are homeless (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)). 
(B) COVERED DWELLING UNITS.—A dwell-
ing unit described in this subparagraph is any 
dwelling unit that— 
(i) is located in housing that was at 
any time provided assistance with any 
amounts from the Housing Trust Fund re-
ferred to paragraph (1) that were credited 
to such Trust Fund by such paragraph; or 
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(ii) is receiving assistance described in 
paragraph (2) with amounts made avail-
able under such paragraph. 
(b) TENANT RENT CONTRIBUTION.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
1338(c)(7) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Finan-
cial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 
4568(c)(7)(A)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘except that not less than 75 
percent’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘except 
that— 
‘‘(i) not less than 75 percent’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(ii) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, all rental housing dwelling 
units shall be subject to legally binding 
commitments that ensure that the contribu-
tion toward rent by a family residing in the 
dwelling unit shall not exceed 30 percent of 
the adjusted income (as such term is defined 
in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b))) of such 
family; and’’. 
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(2) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall issue regulations to im-
plement section 1338(c)(7)(A)(ii) of the Federal Hous-
ing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
of 1992, as added by the amendment made by para-
graph (1)(B) of this section, not later than the expira-
tion of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO HELP STATES 
AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ALIGN HEALTH 
AND HOUSING SYSTEMS. 
(a) FUNDING.—There is hereby made available to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development $20,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for providing technical 
assistance under section 405 of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361(b)) to integrate and 
coordinate assistance provided under the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) with 
health care funded by Federal programs, in collaboration 
with the United States Interagency Council on Homeless-
ness and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(b) USE.—In allocating amounts made available by 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall seek to— 
(1) assist States and localities in integrating 
and aligning policies and funding between Medicaid 
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programs, behavioral health providers, and housing 
providers to create supportive housing opportunities; 
and 
(2) engage State Medicaid program directors, 
Governors, State housing and homelessness agencies, 
any other relevant State offices, and any relevant 
local government entities, to assist States in increas-
ing use of their Medicaid programs to finance sup-
portive services for homeless persons. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In using amounts made available 
under this section, the Secretary shall give priority— 
(1) to use for States and localities having the 
highest numbers of chronically homeless persons; and 
(2) to assist localities that have adopted local 
policies, such as through zoning and regulation, that 
leverage the private sector’s participation to provide 
and make housing affordable for low-, very low-, and 
extremely low-income household, as defined by the 
Secretary, for a minimum of 15 years. The Secretary 
shall establish by regulation the process and manner 
that local governments will be evaluated. The Sec-
retary shall ensure that local governments are not 
incentivized or otherwise rewarded for eliminating or 
undermining the intent of zoning regulations or other 
regulations or policies that establish fair wages for la-
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borers, ensure health and safety of buildings for resi-
dents and the general public, protect fair housing, es-
tablish environmental protections, establish standards 
for resiliency, prevent tenant displacement, or any 
other requirements that the Secretary determines it is 
in the public interest to preserve. 
SEC. 6. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSIST-
ANCE ACT GRANTS. 
Section 408 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11364) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal 
year.’’. 
SEC. 7. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES INTER-
AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS. 
Section 209 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 8. ELIGIBILITY OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
TIONS FOR FUNDING. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide 
that private nonprofit organizations (as such term is de-
fined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
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sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)) that are eligible entities 
(as such term is defined in such section 401), including 
faith-based such organizations that are eligible entities, 
shall be eligible for assistance made available or authorized 
by this Act or by the amendments made by this Act (but 
not including assistance under section 452 of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as added by section 3 
of this Act), and shall be eligible to be subgrantees for enti-
ties receiving amounts made available or authorized by this 
Act or by the amendments made by this Act. 
SEC. 9. ELIGIBILITY OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in deter-
mining eligibility for assistance made available by this Act 
or the amendments made by this Act or for which appro-
priations are authorized by this Act or the amendments 
made by this Act, the status of an entity as faith-based or 
the possibility that an entity may be faith-based may not 
be a basis for any discrimination against such entity in 
any manner or for any purpose. 
SEC. 10. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided by this Act, 
and the amendments made by this Act, are designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 
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(b) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the Senate, this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act are designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. 
Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 11. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The table of sections in section 101(b) of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended— 
(1) in the item relating to title II, by striking 
‘‘INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOME-
LESS’’ and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES INTER-
AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS’’; 
(2) by striking the item relating to section 209; 
and 
(3) in the item relating to section 491, by strik-
ing ‘‘491’’ and inserting ‘‘441’’; 
(4) in the item relating to section 492, by strik-
ing ‘‘492’’ and inserting ‘‘442’’; and 
(5) by inserting before the item relating to title 
V the following: 
‘‘Subtitle E—5-Year Path to End Homelessness 
‘‘Sec. 451. Funding to address unmet needs. 
‘‘Sec. 452. Special purpose vouchers. 
‘‘Sec. 453. Outreach funding.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 101 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1856 
[Report No. 116–137, Part I] 
A BILL 
To provide a path to end homelessness in the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
JULY 5, 2019 
Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with 
an amendment 
JULY 5, 2019 
Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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