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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4936 
To establish a grant program to provide temporary housing to homeless 
individuals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 31, 2019 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself and Mr. CISNEROS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to provide temporary housing 
to homeless individuals, 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 ‘‘Bridge to End Home-
lessness Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY HOUSING GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development (in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish a competitive grant program 
to provide grants to eligible entities under subsection (b) 
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to provide interim housing to individuals experiencing 
homelessness. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an entity shall— 
(1) be a governmental entity at the county, city, 
regional, or locality level; 
(2) submit a plan for targeted outreach to indi-
viduals experiencing homelessness within the juris-
diction of the entity or a partner of the entity; and 
(3) submit to the Secretary an application that 
includes a plan and assurances to provide for— 
(A) identifying unused property or land 
that— 
(i) is located within the entity’s juris-
diction or partner entity’s jurisdiction; and 
(ii) will be converted into a facility for 
interim housing for such individuals; 
(B) furnishing such facility with on-site 
mental health, employment, substance use dis-
order, and wellness resources, except that for 
services that cannot be furnished on-site, the 
plan shall provide for direct linkage to transpor-
tation services to appointments for such serv-
ices; 
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(C) accommodation of service animals and 
pets at such facility; 
(D) permanent, on-site supervision of such 
facility; 
(E) coordination of such facility with pub-
lic services agencies and law enforcement; and 
(F) keeping the administrative entity for 
the local Continuum of Care under subtitle C of 
title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) in-
formed. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—Each entity provided a grant 
under this section shall— 
(1) employ trauma-informed principles; 
(2) employ a Housing First approach that 
prioritizes permanent housing to people experiencing 
homelessness; and 
(3) provide connections to permanent housing 
as a part of any case management provided. 
(d) GRANT FUNDS.—An entity provided a grant 
under this section shall receive— 
(1) not more than $10,000,000 in the first year 
of the grant, to remain available until expended, for 
costs of acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, or 
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repurposing of a property to be used as an interim 
housing facility; and 
(2) not more than $2,000,000 in each of the 5 
subsequent years for costs associated with providing 
services at such facility. 
(e) PARTNERSHIPS.—An entity may enter into a 
partnership with providers of services for the interim 
housing facility established with grant amounts under this 
section, including local health agencies, medical, mental 
health, and substance use treatment providers, employ-
ment services providers, housing providers, and such other 
service providers as necessary. 
(f) MEASURES OF OUTCOMES.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall de-
velop measures of outcomes to be applied by recipi-
ents of grants under this section in evaluating the 
effectiveness of programs carried out under this sec-
tion. 
(2) ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF DATA.—Each eligi-
ble entity described in subsection (b) that receives a 
grant under this section shall annually submit to the 
Secretary a report that includes data to evaluate the 
success of the program carried out by the entity 
based on whether such program is achieving the pur-
poses of the program. Such reports shall utilize the 
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measures of outcomes under paragraph (1) in a rea-
sonable manner to demonstrate the progress of the 
program in achieving such purposes. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act— 
(1) for fiscal year 2020, $100,000,000; and 
(2) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
through 2025. 
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