‘‘(i) each specific provision waived; 
‘‘(ii) the reason given by the grantee 
for the need for a waiver; and 
‘‘(iii) the expected impact of the waiv-
er on youth served under this program. 
‘‘(4) EXTERNAL
CONDITIONS.—The Secretary 
shall not require or impose any new or additional re-
quirements in exchange for receipt of a waiver if 
such requirements are not specified in this title. 
‘‘(5) TERMINATION.—The Secretary shall ter-
minate approval of a request for a waiver authorized 
under this subsection if the Secretary determines, 
after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that the 
performance of a grantee who was granted relief 
under this subsection has been inadequate, or if such 
relief is no longer necessary to achieve its original 
purposes. 
‘‘(6) WAIVER EXTENSION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
grant an extension to an existing waiver author-
ized under this subsection for a period of not 
more than 1 year upon a request for a waiver 
extension from the grantee. 
‘‘(B) EXTENSION
REQUEST.—A request 
for a waiver extension described under subpara-
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graph (A) shall be submitted to the Secretary 
not later than 30 days before the expiration 
date of the existing waiver, and shall re-certify 
the provisions in paragraph (2) and explain the 
need for additional time of relief from such pro-
visions provided in this title. 
‘‘(7) RESTRICTIONS.—Nothing in this title shall 
be construed as authorizing the Secretary to permit 
a grantee to alter the eligibility requirements for eli-
gible youth. Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued as authorizing the Secretary to waive any-
thing related to the Secretary’s authority under this 
title.’’; 
(7) in section 386(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘3 consecutive’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘5 consecutive’’ both places it appears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, acting through the As-
sociate Commissioner of the Family and Youth 
Services Bureau,’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(8) in section 386A— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Reconnecting Home-
less Youth Act of 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘Runaway and Homeless Youth and Traf-
ficking Prevention Act of 2022’’; and 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘371,’’ after ‘‘sec-
tions’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘371,’’ 
after ‘‘sections’’; 
(9) by inserting after section 386A the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 386B. NONDISCRIMINATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 
shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the bene-
fits of, or be subjected to discrimination under this title 
on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, 
national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined in section 
249(c) of title 18, United States Code), sexual orientation, 
or disability. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—If sex-segregation or sex-specific 
programming is necessary to the essential operation of a 
program, nothing in this section shall prevent any such 
program or activity from considering the sex of an indi-
vidual. In such circumstances, grantees may meet the re-
quirements of this section by providing comparable serv-
ices to individuals who cannot participate in the sex-seg-
regated or sex-specific programming. 
‘‘(c) DISQUALIFICATION.—The Secretary shall en-
force this section pursuant to section 654 of the Head 
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9849). The provisions of such section 
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relating to the procedure for review of an action taken by 
the Secretary shall apply. 
‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed as supplanting, displacing, preempting, or 
otherwise limiting the responsibilities and liabilities under 
other Federal or State civil rights laws with respect to dis-
crimination on a basis described in subsection (a).’’; 
(10) in section 387— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (4), 
(5), (6), (7), and (8), as paragraphs (9), (6), 
(7), (8), (11), and (12), respectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(1) CULTURALLY
AND
LINGUISTICALLY
AP-
PROPRIATE.—The term ‘culturally and linguistically 
appropriate’, with respect to services, has the mean-
ing given the term ‘culturally and linguistically ap-
propriate services’ in the ‘National Standards for 
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in 
Health and Health Care’, issued in April 2013, by 
the Office of Minority Health of the Department of 
Health and Human Services.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21’’ and 
inserting ‘‘26’’; and 
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(ii) by striking clause (ii) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(ii) for the purposes of part B, not 
less than 15 years of age but less than 26 
years of age;’’; 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) MIXED
PROJECTS.—The term ‘mixed 
projects’ means a building, structure, or campus 
that may house multiple programs serving youth 
under the age of 26. Any of these programs may be 
funded as authorized under this Act as well as fund-
ed by other entities, including private, public, and 
other government funding. 
‘‘(5) PREVENTION SERVICES.—The term ‘pre-
vention services’ means services to prevent youth 
from becoming runaway, homeless, or street youth 
and may include— 
‘‘(A) individual, family, group, and peer 
counseling; 
‘‘(B) family mediation; 
‘‘(C) 
assessing 
the 
strengths, 
vulnerabilities, and needs of youth; 
‘‘(D) connecting youth to public services 
and housing options; 
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