I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7908 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 
a Commission on Youth Homelessness, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LIEU, and 
Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to establish a Commission on Youth Homelessness, 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 ‘‘Commission on Youth 
Homelessness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMISSION ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall, not later than 60 days after the 
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date of the enactment of this Act, establish a Commission 
on Youth Homelessness. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) CHAIR.—The Commission established pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall be chaired by a person 
nominated by and representing the Secretary. 
(2) MEMBERS.—The Commission established 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be comprised of— 
(A) not less than three persons, rec-
ommended to the Secretary for appointment by 
one or more of the members described in sub-
paragraphs (B) through (F), who have lived ex-
perience of homelessness, (as defined by section 
103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act), including homeless children and 
youths (as such terms are defined in section 
725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act); 
(B) a member representing the Depart-
ment of Education, nominated by the Secretary 
of Education; 
(C) a member representing the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, nomi-
nated by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; 
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(D) a representative from a national non-
profit homeless youth organization; 
(E) a representative from a national non-
profit civil rights organization representing his-
torically marginalized communities or socially 
disadvantaged groups; and 
(F) a national organization representing 
LGBTQIA+ populations. 
(c) MEETINGS.—The Commission on Youth Home-
lessness shall have a meeting not less than 90 days after 
all of the members of such Commission have been ap-
pointed by the Secretary. 
(d) REPORT.—The Commission on Youth Homeless-
ness shall, not later than 1 year after the date on which 
all members of such Commission have been appointed by 
the Secretary, submit a report to the Congress and to the 
President that includes the following: 
(1) A description of any ways in which Federal, 
State, Tribal, and local laws, regulations, and poli-
cies have harmed or otherwise impacted youth and 
young adults who are homeless or at-risk of home-
lessness. 
(2) A list of Federal, State, Tribal, and local 
laws, regulations, and policies that unnecessarily tar-
get youth and young adults who identify as Black, 
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Indigenous, people of color, or LGBTQIA+ causing 
the criminalization, institutionalization, or incarcer-
ation of historically and systemically marginalized 
people living in poverty. 
(3) Makes legislative recommendations to 
achieve the following: 
(A) Non-discriminatory housing applica-
tions based on credit and income history for 
youth and young adults. 
(B) Employment safeguards to avoid dis-
crimination on the absence of a permanent 
mailing address, housing history, or employ-
ment history. 
(C) Low- or no-barrier access to mental 
health and substance use services for youth and 
young adults. 
(D) The waiving of or assistance with mov-
ing expenses, including move-in fees and appli-
cation fees for youth and young adults. 
(E) Actions that Federal agencies may 
take in removing barriers to prevent and end 
youth and young adult homelessness. 
(F) Evidence-based solutions and rec-
ommendations to prevent and end youth and 
young adult homelessness. 
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) LIVED EXPERIENCE.—The term ‘‘lived ex-
perience’’ means persons who have lived experience 
of homelessness, as defined by section 103 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11302) and includes homeless children and 
youths as defined in section 725 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 11434a), or other youth-serving systems, as 
defined by agencies that serve children, youth, and 
families. Agencies may include the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Department of Edu-
cation, Child Welfare, Department of Juvenile Jus-
tice, and agencies serving homeless youth. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(3) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means not 
older than 17 years old. 
(4) YOUNG ADULT.—The term ‘‘young adult’’ 
means— 
(A) 18 years or older but not older than 
30 years old; or 
(B) emancipated minors under applicable 
State law. 
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