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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 2282
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.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 25, 2019
Ms. SMITH (for herself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. UDALL, and Mr. TESTER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to
enable Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing en-
tities to apply for, receive, and administer grants and
subgrants under the Continuum of Care Program of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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 ‘‘Tribal Access to
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Homeless Assistance Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION OF INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBALLY
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DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTITIES IN CON-
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TINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the McKinney-Vento
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Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.) is
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amended—
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(1) in section 401 (42 U.S.C. 11360)—
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (10)
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through (33) as paragraphs (12) through (35),
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respectively;
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(B) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and
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(9) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively;
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the
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following:
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‘‘(8) FORMULA AREA.—The term ‘formula area’
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has the meaning given the term in section 1000.302
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of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-
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cessor regulation.’’;
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(D) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated,
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by inserting ‘‘a formula area,’’ after ‘‘non-
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entitlement area,’’; and
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(E) by inserting after paragraph (10), as
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so redesignated, the following:
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‘‘(11) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’
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has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec-
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tion 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance
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and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C.
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4103).’’; and
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(2) in subtitle C (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), by
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adding at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 435. INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBALLY DESIGNATED
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HOUSING ENTITIES.
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‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, for
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purposes of this subtitle, an Indian Tribe or tribally des-
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ignated housing entity (as defined in section 4 of the Na-
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tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination
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Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) may—
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‘‘(1) be a collaborative applicant or eligible enti-
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ty; or
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‘‘(2) receive grant amounts from another entity
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that receives a grant directly from the Secretary,
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and use the amounts in accordance with this sub-
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title.’’.
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
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The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney-
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Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77; 101
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Stat. 482) is amended by inserting after the item relating
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to section 434 the following:
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‘‘Sec. 435. Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities.’’.
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