[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 913 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 913

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to distribute 
 funds available for grants under title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney 
  Homeless Assistance Act to help ensure that each State receives not 
less than 0.5 percent of such funds for certain programs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 1999

Ms. Collins (for herself and Ms. Snowe) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking and Urban 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to distribute 
 funds available for grants under title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney 
  Homeless Assistance Act to help ensure that each State receives not 
less than 0.5 percent of such funds for certain programs, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Homelessness Assistance Funding 
Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOCATION UNDER SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM.

    Section 429 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11389) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Minimum Allocation.--
            ``(1) In general.--In making grants using amounts allocated 
        for use under this subtitle, the Secretary shall ensure that 
        not less than 0.5 percent of the total amount allocated for 
        such use is provided to eligible applicants for use within each 
        of the several States, subject only to the lack of eligible 
        applicants or the ability of such applicants to provide funds 
        required under section 426(e).
            ``(2) Distribution in certain circumstances.--If the amount 
        provided to eligible applicants for use within a State under 
        paragraph (1) exceeds the amount competitively awarded under 
        this subtitle for use in the State, the amount provided for use 
        by operation of paragraph (1) shall be distributed among the 
        remaining eligible applicants on a pro rata basis for projects 
        designated as priority in the applications submitted under this 
        subtitle, based on the amounts requested in those 
        applications.''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOCATION UNDER SECTION 8 SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY 
              MODERATE REHABILITATION.

    Section 441(c) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401(c)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and indenting each 
        subparagraph accordingly;
            (2) by striking ``The amounts'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
        amounts'';
            (3) by striking ``No single'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Limitation for cities and urban counties.--No 
        single''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Minimum allocation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In providing assistance using 
                amounts allocated for use under this section, the 
                Secretary shall ensure that not less than 0.5 percent 
                of the total amount allocated for such use is provided 
                to eligible applicants for use within each of the 
                several States, subject only to the lack of eligible 
                applicants.
                    ``(B) Distribution in certain circumstances.--If 
                the amount provided to eligible applicants for use 
                within a State under subparagraph (A) exceeds the 
                amount competitively awarded under this subsection for 
                use in the State, the amount provided for use by 
                operation of subparagraph (A) shall be distributed 
                among the remaining eligible applicants on a pro rata 
                basis for projects designated as priority in the 
                applications submitted under this section, based on the 
                amounts requested in those applications.''.

SEC. 3. MINIMUM ALLOCATION UNDER SHELTER PLUS CARE PROGRAM.

    Section 463 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11403h) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Minimum Allocation.--
            ``(1) In general.--In providing assistance using amounts 
        allocated for use under this subtitle, the Secretary shall 
        ensure that not less than 0.5 percent of the total amount 
        allocated for such use is provided to eligible applicants for 
        use within each of the several States, subject only to the lack 
        of eligible applicants or the ability of such applicants to 
        provide funds required under section 453.
            ``(2) Distribution in certain circumstances.--If the amount 
        provided to eligible applicants for use within a State under 
        paragraph (1) exceeds the amount competitively awarded under 
        this subtitle for use in the State, the amount provided for use 
        by operation of paragraph (1) shall be distributed among the 
        remaining eligible applicants on a pro rata basis for projects 
        designated as priority in the applications submitted under this 
        subtitle, based on the amounts requested in those 
        applications.''.
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