to support the work of the Commission under sec-
tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equiva-
lent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay pay-
able for the General Schedule. 
‘‘(4) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon re-
quest of the Council and the Commission, the head 
of any Federal department or agency may detail, on 
a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that 
department or agency to the Commission to assist it 
in carrying out its duties under this section. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES.—The Commission shall— 
‘‘(1) work with the Council to make rec-
ommendations, inform, and participate in efforts to 
conduct research into, collect, analyze, and make 
publicly available data on, and provide leadership 
and coordination for furthering racial equity in 
housing, examining the impacts of structural racism 
on housing and homelessness, and the effectiveness 
of intervention strategies to address these impacts; 
and 
‘‘(2) work with the Council to implement the 
Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Home-
lessness. 
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‘‘(e) REPORTS.—The Council shall submit to Con-
gress, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-
retary of Transportation, the Secretary of Education, the 
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Chair of the Federal Re-
serve, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director of 
the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Chair of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation, and such other individuals 
as the Commission determines relevant an annual report 
on research findings with recommendations to improve ra-
cial equity in housing and to disrupt processes that pre-
serve and reinforce racism and racial disparities in hous-
ing and homelessness services. 
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—Section 14 of the Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to 
the Commission. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’. 
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TITLE II—ADDRESSING 
HOMELESSNESS 
SEC. 201. EXPANSION OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD.—The term ‘‘eligible 
household’’ means a family who initially— 
(A) has an income that does not exceed 50 
percent of the maximum income limitation for 
extremely low-income families established by the 
Secretary pursuant to section 3(b)(2)(C) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(2)(C)); or 
(B) is an extremely low-income family that 
includes an individual who is an individual who 
is a recipient of supplemental security income 
benefits under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.). 
(2) EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME FAMILY; PUBLIC 
HOUSING
AGENCY; STATE.—The terms ‘‘extremely 
low-income family’’, ‘‘public housing agency’’, and 
‘‘State’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(b) EXPANDED VOUCHERS.— 
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(1) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for providing incremental vouchers for rent-
al assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in ac-
cordance with this section for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2025, the amount necessary to fund— 
(A) the number of incremental vouchers 
required to be allocated under paragraph (2); 
(B) annual renewals of the vouchers allo-
cated under paragraph (2); and 
(C) administrative fees for vouchers allo-
cated under paragraph (2). 
(2) ALLOCATION.— 
(A) INCREMENTAL VOUCHERS.—The Sec-
retary shall allocate 500,000 incremental vouch-
ers in fiscal year 2022 and 1,000,000 incre-
mental vouchers in increments of 500,000 in 
each calendar year from 2023 through 2025 
under this section to public housing agencies 
pursuant to section 213(d) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 1439(d)). 
(B) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary 
shall, by notice in the Federal Register, estab-
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