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A bill to strengthen the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.
To strengthen the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Summary
This bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to remove the cap on funding for the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, changing from a specific authorization of $3 million for fiscal year 2010 to an open-ended authorization allowing "such sums as may be necessary." The bill also removes a section limiting appropriations and reorganizes the statute's sections accordingly. These changes provide flexibility for Congress to appropriate funds based on the council's needs without being constrained by prior authorization limits.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
5 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Mar 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1666) · senate
- Mar 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025
Mr. Reed (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To strengthen the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS.
(a) In General.—Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 208 (42 U.S.C. 11318), by striking “to carry out this title $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2011” and inserting “such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title”;
(2) by striking section 209 (42 U.S.C. 11319); and
(3) by redesignating section 210 (42 U.S.C. 11320) as section 209.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.—The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 note) is amended by striking the items relating to sections 209 and 210 and inserting the following:
“Sec. 209. Encouragement of State involvement.”. <all>
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