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‘‘(2) PROHIBITION
OF
COMPENSATION
FROM
HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS.—The State will require
that, as a condition for receiving any amount from
a grant under section 1001, a person who manages
Federal benefits on behalf of a homeless individual
will not collect any compensation from such home-
less individual for the management of such benefits.
‘‘(3) MATCHING FUNDS.—The State will pro-
vide, in a fiscal year from sources other than this
title for the purpose of providing compensation for
persons who manage Federal benefits on behalf of
homeless individuals in such State, funds in an
amount equal to not less than $1 for every $3 of
Federal funds provided to the State in such fiscal
year in a grant under section 1001. Not more than
10 percent of such funds may be used for adminis-
trative purposes.
‘‘(4) STATE REPORT.—The State will submit,
for any fiscal year in which such State receives a
grant under section 1001, a report to the Secretary
describing the use of such grant, including—
‘‘(A) the number of persons who receive
amounts from such grant; and
‘‘(B) any other information the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
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‘‘SEC. 1003. SELECTION.
‘‘The Secretary shall select States to receive grants
under section 1001 which—
‘‘(1) have submitted an application in accord-
ance with the application requirements of section
1002; and
‘‘(2) currently have in effect minimum State
standards relating to persons who manage govern-
ment benefits on behalf of homeless individuals, as
determined by the Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 1004. ALLOCATION.
‘‘The Secretary may not make grants under section
1001 in a fiscal year to any State in an amount totaling
more than 5 percent of amounts appropriated under sec-
tion 1008 for that fiscal year.
‘‘SEC. 1005. GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.
‘‘To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall make
grants to States under section 1001 in a manner which
will equitably distribute such grants among the various re-
gions of the United States.
‘‘SEC. 1006. REPORT.
‘‘Not later than January 1, 1997, the Secretary shall
submit to the Congress a report containing—
‘‘(1) a compilation of the information contained
in the State reports received by the Secretary pursu-
ant to section 1002(4); and
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‘‘(2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
demonstration grant program.
‘‘SEC. 1007. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this title, the following definitions
apply:
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means
the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of
the several States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory or
possession of the United States.
‘‘SEC. 1008. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for each of
the fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 not more than
$40,000,000 to carry out this title. Such sums shall re-
main available until expended.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
in section 101(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new items:
‘‘TITLE X—NATIONAL HOMELESS ADVOCATE DEMONSTRATION
GRANT PROGRAM
‘‘Sec. 1001. In general.
‘‘Sec. 1002. Applications.
‘‘Sec. 1003. Selection.
‘‘Sec. 1004. Allocation.
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‘‘Sec. 1005. Geographic diversity.
‘‘Sec. 1006. Report.
‘‘Sec. 1007. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 1008. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
SEC. 702. QUALIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITA-
TION, PURCHASE, AND RENTAL OF PERMA-
NENT HOUSING FOR HOMELESS AFDC FAMI-
LIES AS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE UNDER
AFDC PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 406 of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 606) is amended by inserting after sub-
section (c) the following:
‘‘(d)(1) The term ‘emergency assistance to needy
families with children’ includes the qualified expenditures
of an eligible State.
‘‘(2) As used in paragraph (1):
‘‘(A) The term ‘eligible State’ means, with re-
spect to a fiscal year, a State that meets the follow-
ing requirements:
‘‘(i) The State plan approved under this
part for the fiscal year includes provision for
emergency assistance as described in subsection
(e) or this subsection.
‘‘(ii) The State has provided assurances to
the Secretary that the average amount that the
State intends to expend per family for such
emergency assistance for the fiscal year would
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not exceed such average amount for the imme-
diately preceding fiscal year. The Secretary
shall prescribe in regulations standards for de-
termining the period over which capital expendi-
tures incurred in the provision of such emer-
gency assistance are to be amortized.
‘‘(iii) There has been a 30-day period for
which the average amount expended by the
State for the provision of housing in shelters for
the homeless or in hotels, motels, or other tem-
porary accommodations was at least $1,200 per
family.
‘‘(B) The term ‘qualified expenditure’ means an
expenditure used exclusively for the construction, re-
habilitation, purchase, or rental of permanent hous-
ing—
‘‘(i) by the State, a political subdivision of
the State, an agency or instrumentality of the
State or of a political subdivision of the State,
or a nonprofit organization;
‘‘(ii) all units of which will be used exclu-
sively for rental to families that—
‘‘(I) are eligible (at the time of the
rental) for aid under the State plan under
this part;
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‘‘(II) have been unable to obtain de-
cent housing at rents not exceeding 30 per-
cent of their income; and
‘‘(III) if such housing were not avail-
able, would be homeless or compelled to
live in a shelter for the homeless or in a
hotel, motel, or other temporary accom-
modations; and
‘‘(iii) in a local jurisdiction that is experi-
encing a critical shortage of housing units that
are affordable to families eligible for aid under
the State plan.’’.
(b) SUNSET.—Effective 10 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the amendment made by subsection
(a) is hereby repealed.
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PROVISION OF
EMERGENCY SHELTER.—In providing emergency shelter
to homeless AFDC families, the Congress encourages the
States to combine funds available for such purpose under
the program of aid to families with dependent children
with funds available under other Federal, State, or local
programs, including the Community Development Block
Grant program, the Home Investment Partnership pro-
gram, and the programs under the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act.
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