Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6608 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. 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ Menstrual Equity For 4 The Homeless Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:18 Apr 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6608.IH H6608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6608 IH SEC. 2. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS AVAILABILITY 1 FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS UNDER EMER- 2 GENCY FOOD AND SHELTER GRANT PRO- 3 GRAM. 4 Subsection (a) of section 316 of the McKinney-Vento 5 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11346(a)) is amend- 6 ed— 7 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 8 end; 9 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 10 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 11 (3) by adding at the end the following new 12 paragraph: 13 ‘‘(7) guidelines that ensure that amounts pro- 14 vided under the program to private nonprofit organi- 15 zations and local governments may be used to pro- 16 vide sanitary napkins and tampons, except that all 17 items provided shall conform to applicable industry 18 standards.’’. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:18 Apr 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6608.IH H6608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS