[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 888 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 888

  To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide for 
 renewals of grants for permanent housing under the supportive housing 
   program and for shelter plus care assistance to be funded through 
 section 8 rental assistance amounts made available under the Housing 
  Certificate Fund of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2001

 Mr. LaFalce (for himself, Mr. Weller, Mr. Frank, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Sabo, 
  Mrs. Biggert, and Ms. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide for 
 renewals of grants for permanent housing under the supportive housing 
   program and for shelter plus care assistance to be funded through 
 section 8 rental assistance amounts made available under the Housing 
  Certificate Fund of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

    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 ``Homeless Prevention Permanent 
Housing Renewal Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. RENEWAL OF PERMANENT HOUSING GRANTS AND SHELTER PLUS CARE 
              GRANTS UNDER HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND.

    (a) Supportive Housing Program Permanent Housing Grant Renewals.--
Section 429 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11389) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Permanent Housing Grant Renewals.--For fiscal year 2002 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated, 
from any amounts appropriated under the Housing Certificate Fund 
account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
such sums as may be necessary for renewing expiring grants under this 
subtitle for permanent housing for homeless persons with 
disabilities.''.
    (b) Shelter Plus Care Grant Renewals.--Section 463 of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11403h) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Grant Renewals.--For fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated, from any amounts 
appropriated under the Housing Certificate Fund account of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development for assistance under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, such sums as may be 
necessary for renewing expiring grants under this subtitle.''.
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