Title: Pandemic and Public Health Emergency Support for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Act
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
Pandemic and Public Health Emergency Support for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Act
This bill provides funds for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide additional housing support services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities in federally owned or subsidized housing in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6503 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6503

To provide housing support services to the elderly and individuals with 
    disabilities living in Federal Government housing or federally 
   subsidized housing during the Pandemic or Declared Public Health 
                               Emergency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2020

 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide housing support services to the elderly and individuals with 
    disabilities living in Federal Government housing or federally 
   subsidized housing during the Pandemic or Declared Public Health 
                               Emergency.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pandemic and Public Health Emergency 
Support for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) COVID-19 emergency period.--The term ``COVID-19 
        emergency period'' means the emergency period described in 
        section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act.
            (2) COVID-19 public health emergency.--The term ``COVID-19 
        public health emergency'' means such emergency declared under 
        section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d).
            (3) Housing support services.--The term ``housing support 
        services'' includes delivery of medicines, groceries, meals, 
        and household supplies.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.

SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR MULTIFAMILY SERVICE COORDINATORS AND SERVICE 
              COORDINATORS IN PUBLIC HOUSING.

    (a) Appropriation.--There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary during the COVID-19 
emergency period to provide housing support services in response to the 
COVID-19 public health emergency to support the ability of elderly 
individuals and individuals with disabilities living in Federal 
Government housing or federally subsidized housing to live 
independently and free of fear of contracting the COVID-19 disease.
    (b) Use.--The Secretary shall expend amounts appropriated under 
this section for--
            (1) grants under section 672 of the Housing and Community 
        Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632);
            (2) grants under section 34 of the United States Housing 
        Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6);
            (3) capital advances, project rental assistance, tenant-
        based rental assistance, and other assistance under section 811 
        of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
        U.S.C. 8013); and
            (4) providing other housing support services for the 
        elderly to delay or avoid the need for nursing home care.
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