Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act

Bill: 116-hr-6608
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2020-04-23
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding

Health technology, devices, supplies

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows nonprofit organizations and local governments to use funds provided under the Emergency Food and Shelter Grant Program to provide sanitary napkins and tampons.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6608 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2020 Ms. Meng (for herself and Mrs. Beatty ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To provide for the availability of menstrual hygiene products for homeless individuals under the Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency food and shelter grant program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act . 2. Menstrual hygiene products availability for homeless individuals under emergency food and shelter grant program Subsection (a) of section 316 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11346(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) guidelines that ensure that amounts provided under the program to private nonprofit organizations and local governments may be used to provide sanitary napkins and tampons, except that all items provided shall conform to applicable industry standards. .