ant displacement, or any other requirements that the 
Secretary determines it is in the public interest to 
preserve. 
SEC. 9. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSIST-
ANCE ACT GRANTS. 
Section 408 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11364) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal 
year.’’. 
SEC. 10. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES 
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS. 
Section 209 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 11. ELIGIBILITY OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
TIONS FOR FUNDING. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide 
that private nonprofit organizations (as such term is de-
fined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)) that are eligible entities 
(as such term is defined in such section 401), including 
faith-based such organizations that are eligible entities, 
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shall be eligible for assistance made available or author-
ized by this Act or by the amendments made by this Act 
(but not including assistance under section 452 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as added by 
section 3 of this Act), and shall be eligible to be sub-
grantees for entities receiving amounts made available or 
authorized by this Act or by the amendments made by 
this Act. 
SEC. 12. ELIGIBILITY OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in deter-
mining eligibility for assistance made available by this Act 
or the amendments made by this Act or for which appro-
priations are authorized by this Act or the amendments 
made by this Act, the status of an entity as faith-based 
or the possibility that an entity may be faith-based may 
not be a basis for any discrimination against such entity 
in any manner or for any purpose. 
SEC. 13. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The table of sections in section 101(b) of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended— 
(1) in the item relating to title II, by striking 
‘‘INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOME-
LESS’’ and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES INTER-
AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS’’; 
(2) by striking the item relating to section 209; 
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(3) in the item relating to section 491, by strik-
ing ‘‘491’’ and inserting ‘‘441’’; 
(4) in the item relating to section 492, by strik-
ing ‘‘492’’ and inserting ‘‘442’’; and 
(5) by inserting before the item relating to title 
V the following: 
‘‘Subtitle E—Emergency Funding To Address Unmet Need 
‘‘Sec. 451. Funding to address unmet needs. 
‘‘Sec. 452. Outreach funding.’’. 
SEC. 14. FUNDING PRIORITY. 
In selecting entities to receive amounts authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act and amounts made available 
by this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall provide priority to entities serving areas for 
which the local governments having jurisdiction have 
adopted policies that decriminalize homelessness. 
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