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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4029 
To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to enable Indian 
Tribes and tribally designated housing entities to apply for, receive, 
and administer grants and subgrants under the Continuum of Care 
Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2019 
Mr. HECK (for himself, Mr. DUFFY, and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to 
enable Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing en-
tities to apply for, receive, and administer grants and 
subgrants under the Continuum of Care Program of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Access to 
Homeless Assistance Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION OF INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBALLY 
DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTITIES IN CON-
TINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 401 (42 U.S.C. 11360)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 
through (33) as paragraphs (12) through (35), 
respectively; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 
(9) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 
following: 
‘‘(8) FORMULA AREA.—The term ‘formula area’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 1000.302 
of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-
cessor regulation.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘a formula area,’’ after ‘‘non-
entitlement area,’’; and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (10), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(11) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec-
tion 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance 
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and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4103).’’; and 
(2) in subtitle C (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 435. INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBALLY DESIGNATED 
HOUSING ENTITIES. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, for 
purposes of this subtitle, an Indian Tribe or tribally des-
ignated housing entity (as defined in section 4 of the Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) may— 
‘‘(1) be a collaborative applicant or eligible enti-
ty; or 
‘‘(2) receive grant amounts from another entity 
that receives a grant directly from the Secretary, 
and use the amounts in accordance with this sub-
title.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77; 101 
Stat. 482) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 434 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 435. Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities.’’. 
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