I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1627
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to distribute
funds available for grants under title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act to help ensure that each State receives not
less than 0.5 percent of such funds for certain programs, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 29, 1999
Mr. BALDACCI (for himself and Mr. ALLEN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
to distribute funds available for grants under title IV
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
to help ensure that each State receives not less than
0.5 percent of such funds for certain programs, and
for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Homelessness Assist-
ance Funding Fairness Act’’.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOCATION UNDER SUPPORTIVE HOUS-
ING PROGRAM.
Section 429 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11389) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(c) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In making grants using
amounts allocated for use under this subtitle, the
Secretary shall ensure that not less than 0.5 percent
of the total amount allocated for such use is pro-
vided to eligible applicants for use within each of the
several States, subject only to the lack of eligible ap-
plicants or the ability of such applicants to provide
funds required under section 426(e).
‘‘(2) 
DISTRIBUTION
IN
CERTAIN
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—If the amount provided to eligible
applicants for use within a State under paragraph
(1) exceeds the amount competitively awarded under
this subtitle for use in the State, the amount pro-
vided for use by operation of paragraph (1) shall be
distributed among the remaining eligible applicants
on a pro rata basis for projects designated as pri-
ority in the applications submitted under this sub-
title, based on the amounts requested in those appli-
cations.’’.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOCATION UNDER SECTION 8 SINGLE
ROOM OCCUPANCY MODERATE REHABILITA-
TION.
Section 441(c) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401(c)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through
(5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively,
and indenting each subparagraph accordingly;
(2) by striking ‘‘The amounts’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2)
and (3), the amounts’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘No single’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
FOR
CITIES
AND
URBAN
COUNTIES.—No single’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In providing assist-
ance using amounts allocated for use under this
section, the Secretary shall ensure that not less
than 0.5 percent of the total amount allocated
for such use is provided to eligible applicants
for use within each of the several States, sub-
ject only to the lack of eligible applicants.
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION
IN
CERTAIN
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—If the amount provided to eligi-
ble applicants for use within a State under sub-
paragraph (A) exceeds the amount competi-
tively awarded under this subsection for use in
the State, the amount provided for use by oper-
ation of subparagraph (A) shall be distributed
among the remaining eligible applicants on a
pro rata basis for projects designated as pri-
ority in the applications submitted under this
section, based on the amounts requested in
those applications.’’.
SEC. 3. MINIMUM ALLOCATION UNDER SHELTER PLUS
CARE PROGRAM.
Section 463 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11403h) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(c) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In providing assistance
using amounts allocated for use under this subtitle,
the Secretary shall ensure that not less than 0.5 per-
cent of the total amount allocated for such use is
provided to eligible applicants for use within each of