IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 561 
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act and the impact it has made on homelessness and endeavoring to 
continue working to eliminate homelessness in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2007 
Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Ms. WATERS, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mrs. 
BIGGERT, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. BACHUS, Ms. CARSON, Mr. 
DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 
SIRES, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
LYNCH, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON 
of Texas, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. HODES, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. GARY G. 
MILLER of California, Mr. COHEN, and Mrs. JONES of Ohio) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act and the impact it has made 
on homelessness and endeavoring to continue working 
to eliminate homelessness in the United States. 
Whereas July 22, 2007, is the 20th anniversary of the enact-
ment of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Act, which was renamed the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act in October 2000; 
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Whereas Representatives Stewart B. McKinney and Bruce 
Vento worked tirelessly in the Congress to develop a Fed-
eral response to homelessness; 
Whereas Representative Stewart B. McKinney was committed 
to exposing the depth of the growing problem of home-
lessness in the 1980s; 
Whereas Representative Stewart B. McKinney was a recog-
nized expert on Federal housing law and urban affairs 
who successfully amended the National Housing Act and 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
to better target Federal aid to smaller cities, but became 
terminally ill with pneumonia after sleeping on a grate 
outside a Federal building with the homeless of Wash-
ington, DC; 
Whereas in 1985, after personally viewing the circumstances 
of the homeless and the need for crisis intervention in his 
congressional district in St. Paul, Minnesota, Representa-
tive Bruce Vento introduced a resolution to express the 
sense of the Congress that homelessness is a national 
problem requiring a national solution; 
Whereas throughout his career, Representative Vento re-
mained dedicated to securing a commitment of Federal 
resources to address homelessness; 
Whereas the programs established by the McKinney-Vento 
Act have provided housing, education, health care, and 
job training assistance, and critical outreach, to thou-
sands of homeless men, women, and children in the 
United States; 
Whereas the Education for Homeless Children and Youth 
Program of the McKinney-Vento Act has resulted in a 
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significant increase in the number of homeless children 
and youth attending school on a regular basis; 
Whereas the McKinney-Vento Act was intended to be only an 
emergency response and not the sole Federal response to 
homelessness; 
Whereas over the course of a year, as many as 3,500,000 
persons are estimated to experience homelessness in the 
United States; 
Whereas approximately 400,000 veterans of the Armed 
Forces of the United States experience homelessness at 
some point over the course of a year; 
Whereas the homeless population includes vulnerable groups 
such as children, unaccompanied youth, and persons with 
disabilities; and 
Whereas there were at least 142 unprovoked assaults against 
homeless persons in 2006, including 20 that resulted in 
death: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 20th anniversary of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the 
impact it has made on homelessness in the United 
States; 
(2) recognizes the positive impact the McKin-
ney-Vento Act has had on hundreds of thousands of 
homeless men, women, children, and youth in the 
United States; 
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