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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 812
To modify the minimum allocation requirement for the emergency solutions
grants program.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 14, 2019
Mr. MENENDEZ introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To modify the minimum allocation requirement for the
emergency solutions grants program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Solutions to End
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Homelessness Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT FOR EMER-
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GENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS PROGRAM.
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Section 414(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
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sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11373(b)) is amended to read as
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follows:
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‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If, under the allocation
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provisions applicable under this subtitle, a metropoli-
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tan city or an urban county would receive a grant
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of less than .05 percent of the amounts appropriated
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under section 408 and made available to carry out
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this subtitle for any fiscal year, such amount shall
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be reallocated to the State in which the metropolitan
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city or urban county, as applicable, is located, except
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that—
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‘‘(A) in the case of the metropolitan city,
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such amount shall be reallocated to the urban
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county in which the metropolitan city is located,
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if the urban county—
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‘‘(i) has previously received and ad-
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ministered assistance under this section;
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and
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‘‘(ii) agrees to receive such amount;
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and
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‘‘(B) in the case of the urban county, such
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amount shall be provided to the urban county
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if the urban county has previously received and
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administered assistance under this section.
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‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph
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(1), a metropolitan city shall receive the grant
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amount described such paragraph if the metropoli-
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tan city—
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‘‘(A) is located in a State that does not
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have counties as local governments;
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‘‘(B) has a population greater than 40,000
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but less than 50,000 as used in determining the
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fiscal year 1987 community development block
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grant program allocation; and
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‘‘(C) was allocated in excess of $1,000,000
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in community development block grant funds in
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fiscal year 1987.
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‘‘(3) AMOUNTS REALLOCATED TO URBAN COUN-
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TIES.—An urban county that receives amounts re-
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allocated under paragraph (1)(A) shall expend those
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amounts for the benefit of metropolitan cities lo-
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cated in the urban county.’’.
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