[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 29 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 29

To amend the definition of ``homeless person'' under the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act to include certain homeless children and youth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

  Mrs. Biggert (for herself, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Davis of 
   Kentucky, Mr. Carson of Indiana, and Mr. Hinojosa) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the definition of ``homeless person'' under the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act to include certain homeless children and youth.

    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 Children and Youth Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION.

    Subsection (a) of section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the paragraph at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3)(A) a child or youth who has been verified as 
        homeless, as such term is defined in section 725(2)(B)(i) of 
        the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        11434a(2)(B)(i)), by a local educational agency homeless 
        liaison, designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the 
        McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)), and the family of such child or youth;
            ``(B) a youth verified as homeless by the director of a 
        program funded under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 
        U.S.C. 5701 et seq.), or a designee of the director;
            ``(C) a child verified as homeless under section 602 of the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401) by 
        the director or the designee of such program, and the family of 
        such child; and
            ``(D) a child verified as homeless under section 637 of the 
        Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832) by the director or designee of 
        such program, and the family of such child.''.
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