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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6426 
To increase accountability, transparency, and local control of governing boards 
under the Continuum of Care program of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2022 
Mr. GOODEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To increase accountability, transparency, and local control 
of governing boards under the Continuum of Care pro-
gram of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, 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 ‘‘Empowering Local Of-
ficials to Combat Homelessness Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 426 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARDS.— 
‘‘(1) HUD REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 
act as a governing board for a continuum of care as-
sisted under this subtitle, a continuum of care board 
shall comply with such requirements as the Sec-
retary shall establish to ensure the following: 
‘‘(A) MEMBERSHIP.—A continuum of care 
board shall have at all times— 
‘‘(i) at least one member who is the 
mayor or other chief executive officer of a 
unit of general local government within the 
geographic area served by the continuum 
of care; and 
‘‘(ii) at least one member who is a law 
enforcement officer of a law enforcement 
agency whose jurisdiction includes any 
area within the geographic area served by 
the continuum of care. 
‘‘(B) TRANSPARENCY.— A continuum of 
care board shall comply with guidelines, that 
the Secretary shall establish, that— 
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‘‘(i) provide requirements and best 
practices guidance regarding the scoring or 
awarding grants and preventing, moni-
toring, and reporting conflicts of interest 
among members of a continuum of care 
board; and 
‘‘(ii) require each continuum of care 
board to submit to the Secretary, for each 
grant cycle, the scoring criteria used in 
awarding grants. 
‘‘(2) GAO REQUIREMENTS.—The Comptroller 
General of the United States shall— 
‘‘(A) provide technical assistance to the 
Secretary in establishing the guidelines under 
paragraph (1)(B); and 
‘‘(B) conduct oversight of grant amounts 
distributed pursuant to this subtitle for any 
continuum of care program that has been noti-
fied by the Secretary, the Inspector General of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, the Comptroller General, or any rel-
evant State agency during the past 36 months 
of a violation relating to the use of funds pro-
vided under this subtitle, to ensure use of such 
grant amounts in accordance with this subtitle. 
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‘‘(i) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection may not be 
construed to alter or affect any other requirement estab-
lished by the Secretary with respect to continuum of care 
boards.’’. 
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