3.0.0 808 2023-01-11T13:19:24Z 2023-01-11T13:19:24Z Senate S S 2009-04-02 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-02T23:48:07Z Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 111 1877 HR 2009-04-02 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Identical bill CRS 2009-04-02 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4358-4368) IntroReferral 2009-04-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4357-4358) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2009-04-02 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2009-04-02 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-04-02 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-04-02 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-04-02 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2009-04-02 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-04-02 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-04-02 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-04-02 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-04-02 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-04-02 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-04-02 True Housing and Community Development Congressional oversight Crime victims Government information and archives Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Interagency Council on Homelessness Public-private cooperation Rural conditions and development Housing and Community Development 00 2009-04-02 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-04T18:03:54Z Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate housing assistance programs for homeless persons.

Declares that the mission of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness is to coordinate the federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of federal contributions to end homelessness.

Prescribes requirements for the selection of community homeless assistance planning boards, particularly for collaborative applicants.

Requires the relevant parties in a geographic area to establish a collaborative applicant to apply for a homeless assistance grant. Requires a collaborative applicant to: (1) design a collaborative process to develop such grant applications and evaluate project outcomes; (2) establish priorities for funding projects; (3) participate in the Consolidated Plan for the geographic area served by the applicant; (4) ensure operations of, and consistent participation by, project sponsors in a community-wide homeless management information system (HMIS); and (5) act as a unified funding agency to distribute HUD funds to other project sponsors in the applicable geographic area funds for their projects.

Prescribes requirements for: (1) an emergency solutions grants program; (2) a continuum of care grants program; (3) designation of high-performing communities; and (4) a rural housing stability assistance program.

Increases from 5% to 7.5% the amount of any emergency solutions grant a recipient may use for administrative purposes.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) appropriate administrative costs for implementing the emergency solutions grants program; and (2) homelessness and homeless assistance in rural areas.

]]> Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 Display Title Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s808is/xml/BILLS-111s808is.xml 2009-04-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4358-4368) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.