Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2282
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-07-25
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter

Housing and community development funding

Indian social and development programs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill allows an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity to apply for a Homeless Assistance Grant under the Continuum of Care Program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Under current law, nonprofit and government entities may apply for and use such grants to provide shelter and other services to eligible individuals. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2282 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2019 Ms. Smith (for herself, Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Udall , and Mr. Tester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to enable Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities to apply for, receive, and administer grants and subgrants under the Continuum of Care Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Act of 2019 . 2. Participation of Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities in Continuum of Care Program (a) In general Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 401 ( 42 U.S.C. 11360 )— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (33) as paragraphs (12) through (35), respectively; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: (8) Formula area The term formula area has the meaning given the term in section 1000.302 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. ; (D) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by inserting a formula area, after nonentitlement area, ; and (E) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so redesignated, the following: (11) Indian Tribe The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term Indian tribe in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4103 ). ; and (2) in subtitle C ( 42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), by adding at the end the following: 435. Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, for purposes of this subtitle, an Indian Tribe or tribally designated housing entity (as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4103 )) may— (1) be a collaborative applicant or eligible entity; or (2) receive grant amounts from another entity that receives a grant directly from the Secretary, and use the amounts in accordance with this subtitle. . (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( Public Law 100–77 ; 101 Stat. 482) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 434 the following: Sec. 435. Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities. .