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        S.896

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine


                                 An Act


 
      To prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit 
                              availability.

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

              DIVISION A--PREVENTING MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the ``Helping 
Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this division is 
the following:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

              TITLE I--PREVENTION OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES

Sec. 101. Guaranteed rural housing loans.
Sec. 102. Modification of housing loans guaranteed by the Department of 
          Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 103. Additional funding for HUD programs to assist individuals to 
          better withstand the current mortgage crisis.
Sec. 104. Mortgage modification data collecting and reporting.
Sec. 105. Neighborhood Stabilization Program Refinements.

        TITLE II--FORECLOSURE MITIGATION AND CREDIT AVAILABILITY

Sec. 201. Servicer safe harbor for mortgage loan modifications.
Sec. 202. Changes to HOPE for Homeowners Program.
Sec. 203. Requirements for FHA-approved mortgagees.
Sec. 204. Enhancement of liquidity and stability of insured depository 
          institutions to ensure availability of credit and reduction of 
          foreclosures.
Sec. 205. Application of GSE conforming loan limit to mortgages assisted 
          with TARP funds.
Sec. 206. Mortgages on certain homes on leased land.
Sec. 207. Sense of Congress regarding mortgage revenue bond purchases.

                  TITLE III--MORTGAGE FRAUD TASK FORCE

Sec. 301. Sense of the Congress on establishment of a Nationwide 
          Mortgage Fraud Task Force.

               TITLE IV--FORECLOSURE MORATORIUM PROVISIONS

Sec. 401. Sense of the Congress on foreclosures.
Sec. 402. Public-Private Investment Program; Additional Appropriations 
          for the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset 
          Relief Program.
Sec. 403. Removal of requirement to liquidate warrants under the TARP.
Sec. 404. Notification of sale or transfer of mortgage loans.

                    TITLE V--FARM LOAN RESTRUCTURING

Sec. 501. Congressional Oversight Panel special report.

    TITLE VI--ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

Sec. 601. Enhanced oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

            TITLE VII--PROTECTING TENANTS AT FORECLOSURE ACT

Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Effect of foreclosure on preexisting tenancy.
Sec. 703. Effect of foreclosure on section 8 tenancies.
Sec. 704. Sunset.

      TITLE VIII--COMPTROLLER GENERAL ADDITIONAL AUDIT AUTHORITIES

Sec. 801. Comptroller General additional audit authorities.

              TITLE I--PREVENTION OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES

    SEC. 101. GUARANTEED RURAL HOUSING LOANS.
    (a) Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans.--Section 502(h) of the Housing 
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) as paragraphs 
    (16) and (17), respectively; and
        (2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following new 
    paragraphs:
        ``(13) Loss mitigation.--Upon default or imminent default of 
    any mortgage guaranteed under this subsection, mortgagees shall 
    engage in loss mitigation actions for the purpose of providing an 
    alternative to foreclosure (including actions such as special 
    forbearance, loan modification, pre-foreclosure sale, deed in lieu 
    of foreclosure, as required, support for borrower housing 
    counseling, subordinate lien resolution, and borrower relocation), 
    as provided for by the Secretary.
        ``(14) Payment of partial claims and mortgage modifications.--
    The Secretary may authorize the modification of mortgages, and 
    establish a program for payment of a partial claim to a mortgagee 
    that agrees to apply the claim amount to payment of a mortgage on a 
    1- to 4-family residence, for mortgages that are in default or face 
    imminent default, as defined by the Secretary. Any payment under 
    such program directed to the mortgagee shall be made at the sole 
    discretion of the Secretary and on terms and conditions acceptable 
    to the Secretary, except that--
            ``(A) the amount of the partial claim payment shall be in 
        an amount determined by the Secretary, and shall not exceed an 
        amount equivalent to 30 percent of the unpaid principal balance 
        of the mortgage and any costs that are approved by the 
        Secretary;
            ``(B) the amount of the partial claim payment shall be 
        applied first to any outstanding indebtedness on the mortgage, 
        including any arrearage, but may also include principal 
        reduction;
            ``(C) the mortgagor shall agree to repay the amount of the 
        partial claim to the Secretary upon terms and conditions 
        acceptable to the Secretary;
            ``(D) expenses related to a partial claim or modification 
        are not to be charged to the borrower;
            ``(E) the Secretary may authorize compensation to the 
        mortgagee for lost income on monthly mortgage payments due to 
        interest rate reduction;
            ``(F) the Secretary may reimburse the mortgagee from the 
        appropriate guaranty fund in connection with any activities 
        that the mortgagee is required to undertake concerning 
        repayment by the mortgagor of the amount owed to the Secretary;
            ``(G) the Secretary may authorize payments to the mortgagee 
        on behalf of the borrower, under such terms and conditions as 
        are defined by the Secretary, based on successful performance 
        under the terms of the mortgage modification, which shall be 
        used to reduce the principal obligation under the modified 
        mortgage; and
            ``(H) the Secretary may authorize the modification of 
        mortgages with terms extended up to 40 years from the date of 
        modification.
        ``(15) Assignment.--
            ``(A) Program authority.--The Secretary may establish a 
        program for assignment to the Secretary, upon request of the 
        mortgagee, of a mortgage on a 1- to 4-family residence 
        guaranteed under this chapter.
            ``(B) Program requirements.--
                ``(i) In general.--The Secretary may encourage loan 
            modifications for eligible delinquent mortgages or 
            mortgages facing imminent default, as defined by the 
            Secretary, through the payment of the guaranty and 
            assignment of the mortgage to the Secretary and the 
            subsequent modification of the terms of the mortgage 
            according to a loan modification approved under this 
            section.
                ``(ii) Acceptance of assignment.--The Secretary may 
            accept assignment of a mortgage under a program under this 
            subsection only if--

                    ``(I) the mortgage is in default or facing imminent 
                default;
                    ``(II) the mortgagee has modified the mortgage or 
                qualified the mortgage for modification sufficient to 
                cure the default and provide for mortgage payments the 
                mortgagor is reasonably able to pay, at interest rates 
                not exceeding current market interest rates; and
                    ``(III) the Secretary arranges for servicing of the 
                assigned mortgage by a mortgagee (which may include the 
                assigning mortgagee) through procedures that the 
                Secretary has determined to be in the best interests of 
                the appropriate guaranty fund.

            ``(C) Payment of guaranty.--Under the program under this 
        paragraph, the Secretary may pay the guaranty for a mortgage, 
        in the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (2), 
        without reduction for any amounts modified, but only upon the 
        assignment, transfer, and delivery to the Secretary of all 
        rights, interest, claims, evidence, and records with respect to 
        the mortgage, as defined by the Secretary.
            ``(D) Disposition.--After modification of a mortgage 
        pursuant to this paragraph, and assignment of the mortgage, the 
        Secretary may provide guarantees under this subsection for the 
        mortgage. The Secretary may subsequently--
                ``(i) re-assign the mortgage to the mortgagee under 
            terms and conditions as are agreed to by the mortgagee and 
            the Secretary;
                ``(ii) act as a Government National Mortgage 
            Association issuer, or contract with an entity for such 
            purpose, in order to pool the mortgage into a Government 
            National Mortgage Association security; or
                ``(iii) re-sell the mortgage in accordance with any 
            program that has been established for purchase by the 
            Federal Government of mortgages insured under this title, 
            and the Secretary may coordinate standards for interest 
            rate reductions available for loan modification with 
            interest rates established for such purchase.
            ``(E) Loan servicing.--In carrying out the program under 
        this subsection, the Secretary may require the existing 
        servicer of a mortgage assigned to the Secretary under the 
        program to continue servicing the mortgage as an agent of the 
        Secretary during the period that the Secretary acquires and 
        holds the mortgage for the purpose of modifying the terms of 
        the mortgage. If the mortgage is resold pursuant to 
        subparagraph (D)(iii), the Secretary may provide for the 
        existing servicer to continue to service the mortgage or may 
        engage another entity to service the mortgage.''.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--Subsection (h) of section 502 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ``(as defined in paragraph 
    (13)'' and inserting ``(as defined in paragraph (17)''; and
        (2) in paragraph (18)(E)(as so redesignated by subsection 
    (a)(2)), by--
            (A) striking ``paragraphs (3), (6), (7)(A), (8), and (10)'' 
        and inserting ``paragraphs (3), (6), (7)(A), (8), (10), (13), 
        and (14)''; and
            (B) striking ``paragraphs (2) through (13)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraphs (2) through (15)''.
    (c) Procedure.--
        (1) In general.--The promulgation of regulations necessitated 
    and the administration actions required by the amendments made by 
    this section shall be made without regard to--
            (A) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
        title 5, United States Code;
            (B) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
        effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
        notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
        rulemaking; and
            (C) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
        known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
        (2) Congressional review of agency rulemaking.--In carrying out 
    this section, and the amendments made by this section, the 
    Secretary shall use the authority provided under section 808 of 
    title 5, United States Code.
    SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF HOUSING LOANS GUARANTEED BY THE 
      DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
    (a) Maturity of Housing Loans.--Section 3703(d)(1) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``at the time of 
origination'' after ``loan''.
    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
implement the amendments made by this section through notice, procedure 
notice, or administrative notice.
    SEC. 103. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HUD PROGRAMS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS 
      TO BETTER WITHSTAND THE CURRENT MORTGAGE CRISIS.
    (a) Additional Appropriations for Advertising To Increase Public 
Awareness of Mortgage Scams and Counseling Assistance.--In addition to 
any amounts that may be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2010 
and 2011 for such purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to remain available 
until expended, $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011 
for purposes of providing additional resources to be used for 
advertising to raise awareness of mortgage fraud and to support HUD 
programs and approved counseling agencies, provided that such amounts 
are used to advertise in the 100 metropolitan statistical areas with 
the highest rate of home foreclosures, and provided, further that up to 
$5,000,000 of such amounts are used for advertisements designed to 
reach and inform broad segments of the community.
    (b) Additional Appropriations for the Housing Counseling Assistance 
Program.--In addition to any amounts that may be appropriated for each 
of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011 for such purpose, there is authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
to remain available until expended, $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2010 and 2011 to carry out the Housing Counseling Assistance 
Program established within the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, provided that such amounts are used to fund HUD-certified 
housing-counseling agencies located in the 100 metropolitan statistical 
areas with the highest rate of home foreclosures for the purpose of 
assisting homeowners with inquiries regarding mortgage-modification 
assistance and mortgage scams.
    (c) Additional Appropriations for Personnel at the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity.--In addition to any amounts that may be 
appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011 for such 
purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, to remain available until expended, 
$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011 for purposes of 
hiring additional personnel at the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
provided that such amounts are used to hire personnel at the local 
branches of such Office located in the 100 metropolitan statistical 
areas with the highest rate of home foreclosures.
    SEC. 104. MORTGAGE MODIFICATION DATA COLLECTING AND REPORTING.
    (a) Reporting Requirements.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Comptroller 
of the Currency and the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, 
shall jointly submit a report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives on the volume of mortgage modifications 
reported to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the 
Office of Thrift Supervision, under the mortgage metrics program of 
each such Office, during the previous quarter, including the following:
        (1) A copy of the data collection instrument currently used by 
    the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Office of 
    Thrift Supervision to collect data on loan modifications.
        (2) The total number of mortgage modifications resulting in 
    each of the following:
            (A) Additions of delinquent payments and fees to loan 
        balances.
            (B) Interest rate reductions and freezes.
            (C) Term extensions.
            (D) Reductions of principal.
            (E) Deferrals of principal.
            (F) Combinations of modifications described in subparagraph 
        (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
        (3) The total number of mortgage modifications in which the 
    total monthly principal and interest payment resulted in the 
    following:
            (A) An increase.
            (B) Remained the same.
            (C) Decreased less than 10 percent.
            (D) Decreased between 10 percent and 20 percent.
            (E) Decreased 20 percent or more.
        (4) The total number of loans that have been modified and then 
    entered into default, where the loan modification resulted in--
            (A) higher monthly payments by the homeowner;
            (B) equivalent monthly payments by the homeowner;
            (C) lower monthly payments by the homeowner of up to 10 
        percent;
            (D) lower monthly payments by the homeowner of between 10 
        percent to 20 percent; or
            (E) lower monthly payments by the homeowner of more than 20 
        percent.
    (b) Data Collection.--
        (1) Required.--
            (A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller of the Currency and 
        the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, shall issue 
        mortgage modification data collection and reporting 
        requirements to institutions covered under the reporting 
        requirement of the mortgage metrics program of the Comptroller 
        or the Director.
            (B) Inclusiveness of collections.--The requirements under 
        subparagraph (A) shall provide for the collection of all 
        mortgage modification data needed by the Comptroller of the 
        Currency and the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision 
        to fulfill the reporting requirements under subsection (a).
        (2) Report.--The Comptroller of the Currency shall report all 
    requirements established under paragraph (1) to each committee 
    receiving the report required under subsection (a).
    SEC. 105. NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM REFINEMENTS.
    (a) In General.--Section 2301(c) of the Foreclosure Prevention Act 
of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 5301 note) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
        (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
    paragraph:
        ``(3) Exception for certain states.--Each State that has 
    received the minimum allocation of amounts pursuant to the 
    requirement under section 2302 may, to the extent such State has 
    fulfilled the requirements of paragraph (2), distribute any 
    remaining amounts to areas with homeowners at risk of foreclosure 
    or in foreclosure without regard to the percentage of home 
    foreclosures in such areas.''.
    (b) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection 
(a) shall take effect as if enacted on the date of enactment of the 
Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289).

        TITLE II--FORECLOSURE MITIGATION AND CREDIT AVAILABILITY

    SEC. 201. SERVICER SAFE HARBOR FOR MORTGAGE LOAN MODIFICATIONS.
    (a) Congressional Findings.--Congress finds the following:
        (1) Increasing numbers of mortgage foreclosures are not only 
    depriving many Americans of their homes, but are also destabilizing 
    property values and negatively affecting State and local economies 
    as well as the national economy.
        (2) In order to reduce the number of foreclosures and to 
    stabilize property values, local economies, and the national 
    economy, servicers must be given--
            (A) authorization to--
                (i) modify mortgage loans and engage in other loss 
            mitigation activities consistent with applicable guidelines 
            issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee 
            under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; and
                (ii) refinance mortgage loans under the Hope for 
            Homeowners program; and
            (B) a safe harbor to enable such servicers to exercise 
        these authorities.
    (b) Safe Harbor.--Section 129A of the Truth in Lending Act (15 
U.S.C. 1639a) is amended to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 129. DUTY OF SERVICERS OF RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGES.
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
whenever a servicer of residential mortgages agrees to enter into a 
qualified loss mitigation plan with respect to 1 or more residential 
mortgages originated before the date of enactment of the Helping 
Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009, including mortgages held in a 
securitization or other investment vehicle--
        ``(1) to the extent that the servicer owes a duty to investors 
    or other parties to maximize the net present value of such 
    mortgages, the duty shall be construed to apply to all such 
    investors and parties, and not to any individual party or group of 
    parties; and
        ``(2) the servicer shall be deemed to have satisfied the duty 
    set forth in paragraph (1) if, before December 31, 2012, the 
    servicer implements a qualified loss mitigation plan that meets the 
    following criteria:
            ``(A) Default on the payment of such mortgage has occurred, 
        is imminent, or is reasonably foreseeable, as such terms are 
        defined by guidelines issued by the Secretary of the Treasury 
        or his designee under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 
        of 2008.
            ``(B) The mortgagor occupies the property securing the 
        mortgage as his or her principal residence.
            ``(C) The servicer reasonably determined, consistent with 
        the guidelines issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or his 
        designee, that the application of such qualified loss 
        mitigation plan to a mortgage or class of mortgages will likely 
        provide an anticipated recovery on the outstanding principal 
        mortgage debt that will exceed the anticipated recovery through 
        foreclosures.
    ``(b) No Liability.--A servicer that is deemed to be acting in the 
best interests of all investors or other parties under this section 
shall not be liable to any party who is owed a duty under subsection 
(a)(1), and shall not be subject to any injunction, stay, or other 
equitable relief to such party, based solely upon the implementation by 
the servicer of a qualified loss mitigation plan.
    ``(c) Standard Industry Practice.--The qualified loss mitigation 
plan guidelines issued by the Secretary of the Treasury under the 
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 shall constitute standard 
industry practice for purposes of all Federal and State laws.
    ``(d) Scope of Safe Harbor.--Any person, including a trustee, 
issuer, and loan originator, shall not be liable for monetary damages 
or be subject to an injunction, stay, or other equitable relief, based 
solely upon the cooperation of such person with a servicer when such 
cooperation is necessary for the servicer to implement a qualified loss 
mitigation plan that meets the requirements of subsection (a).
    ``(e) Reporting.--Each servicer that engages in qualified loss 
mitigation plans under this section shall regularly report to the 
Secretary of the Treasury the extent, scope, and results of the 
servicer's modification activities. The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
prescribe regulations or guidance specifying the form, content, and 
timing of such reports.
    ``(f) Definitions.--As used in this section--
        ``(1) the term `qualified loss mitigation plan' means--
            ``(A) a residential loan modification, workout, or other 
        loss mitigation plan, including to the extent that the 
        Secretary of the Treasury determines appropriate, a loan sale, 
        real property disposition, trial modification, pre-foreclosure 
        sale, and deed in lieu of foreclosure, that is described or 
        authorized in guidelines issued by the Secretary of the 
        Treasury or his designee under the Emergency Economic 
        Stabilization Act of 2008; and
            ``(B) a refinancing of a mortgage under the Hope for 
        Homeowners program;
        ``(2) the term `servicer' means the person responsible for the 
    servicing for others of residential mortgage loans (including of a 
    pool of residential mortgage loans); and
        ``(3) the term `securitization vehicle' means a trust, special 
    purpose entity, or other legal structure that is used to facilitate 
    the issuing of securities, participation certificates, or similar 
    instruments backed by or referring to a pool of assets that 
    includes residential mortgages (or instruments that are related to 
    residential mortgages such as credit-linked notes).
    ``(g) Rule of Construction.--No provision of subsection (b) or (d) 
shall be construed as affecting the liability of any servicer or person 
as described in subsection (d) for actual fraud in the origination or 
servicing of a loan or in the implementation of a qualified loss 
mitigation plan, or for the violation of a State or Federal law, 
including laws regulating the origination of mortgage loans, commonly 
referred to as predatory lending laws.''.
    SEC. 202. CHANGES TO HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERS PROGRAM.
    (a) Program Changes.--Section 257 of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z-23) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in the heading for paragraph (1), by striking ``the 
        board'' and inserting ``secretary'';
            (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Board'' inserting 
        ``Secretary, after consultation with the Board,'';
            (C) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``consistent with 
        section 203(b) to the maximum extent possible'' before the 
        semicolon; and
            (D) by adding after paragraph (2) the following:
        ``(3) Duties of board.--The Board shall advise the Secretary 
    regarding the establishment and implementation of the HOPE for 
    Homeowners Program.'';
        (2) by striking ``Board'' each place such term appears in 
    subsections (e), (h)(1), (h)(3), (j), (l), (n), (s)(3), and (v) and 
    inserting ``Secretary'';
        (3) in subsection (e)--
            (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
        ``(1) Borrower certification.--
            ``(A) No intentional default or false information.--The 
        mortgagor shall provide a certification to the Secretary that 
        the mortgagor has not intentionally defaulted on the existing 
        mortgage or mortgages or any other substantial debt within the 
        last 5 years and has not knowingly, or willfully and with 
        actual knowledge, furnished material information known to be 
        false for the purpose of obtaining the eligible mortgage to be 
        insured and has not been convicted under Federal or State law 
        for fraud during the 10-year period ending upon the insurance 
        of the mortgage under this section.
            ``(B) Liability for repayment.--The mortgagor shall agree 
        in writing that the mortgagor shall be liable to repay to the 
        Secretary any direct financial benefit achieved from the 
        reduction of indebtedness on the existing mortgage or mortgages 
        on the residence refinanced under this section derived from 
        misrepresentations made by the mortgagor in the certifications 
        and documentation required under this paragraph, subject to the 
        discretion of the Secretary.
            ``(C) Current borrower debt-to-income ratio.--As of the 
        date of application for a commitment to insure or insurance 
        under this section, the mortgagor shall have had, or thereafter 
        is likely to have, due to the terms of the mortgage being 
        reset, a ratio of mortgage debt to income, taking into 
        consideration all existing mortgages of that mortgagor at such 
        time, greater than 31 percent (or such higher amount as the 
        Secretary determines appropriate).'';
            (B) in paragraph (4)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``, subject to 
            standards established by the Board under subparagraph 
            (B),''; and
                (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``shall'' and 
            inserting ``may''; and
            (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ``; and provided that'' 
        and all that follows through ``new second lien'';
            (D) in paragraph (9)--
                (i) by striking ``by procuring (A) an income tax return 
            transcript of the income tax return of the mortgagor, or 
            (B)'' and inserting ``in accordance with procedures and 
            standards that the Secretary shall establish (provided that 
            such procedures and standards are consistent with section 
            203(b) to the maximum extent possible) which may include 
            requiring the mortgagee to procure''; and
                (ii) by striking ``and by any other method, in 
            accordance with procedures and standards that the Board 
            shall establish'';
            (E) in paragraph (10)--
                (i) by striking ``The mortgagor shall not'' and 
            inserting the following:
            ``(A) Prohibition.--The mortgagor shall not''; and
                (ii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) Duty of mortgagee.--The duty of the mortgagee to 
        ensure that the mortgagor is in compliance with the prohibition 
        under subparagraph (A) shall be satisfied if the mortgagee 
        makes a good faith effort to determine that the mortgagor has 
        not been convicted under Federal or State law for fraud during 
        the period described in subparagraph (A).'';
            (F) in paragraph (11), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``, except that the Secretary may 
        provide exceptions to such latter requirement (relating to 
        present ownership interest) for any mortgagor who has inherited 
        a property''; and
            (G) by adding at the end:
        ``(12) Ban on millionaires.--The mortgagor shall not have a net 
    worth, as of the date the mortgagor first applies for a mortgage to 
    be insured under the Program under this section, that exceeds 
    $1,000,000.'';
        (4) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ``The Board shall 
    prohibit the Secretary from paying'' and inserting ``The Secretary 
    shall not pay''; and
        (5) in subsection (i)--
            (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and adjusting the 
        margins accordingly;
            (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as 
        redesignated by this paragraph, by striking ``For each'' and 
        inserting the following:
        ``(1) Premiums.--For each'';
            (C) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated by this paragraph, 
        by striking ``equal to 3 percent'' and inserting ``not more 
        than 3 percent''; and
            (D) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by this paragraph, 
        by striking ``equal to 1.5 percent'' and inserting ``not more 
        than 1.5 percent'';
            (E) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Considerations.--In setting the premium under this 
    subsection, the Secretary shall consider--
            ``(A) the financial integrity of the HOPE for Homeowners 
        Program; and
            ``(B) the purposes of the HOPE for Homeowners Program 
        described in subsection (b).'';
        (6) in subsection (k)--
            (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting ``Exit 
        Fee'';
            (B) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``such sale or refinancing'' and inserting 
        ``the mortgage being insured under this section''; and
            (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and the mortgagor'' and 
        all that follows through the end and inserting ``may, upon any 
        sale or disposition of the property to which the mortgage 
        relates, be entitled to up to 50 percent of appreciation, up to 
        the appraised value of the home at the time when the mortgage 
        being refinanced under this section was originally made. The 
        Secretary may share any amounts received under this paragraph 
        with or assign the rights of any amounts due to the Secretary 
        to the holder of the existing senior mortgage on the eligible 
        mortgage, the holder of any existing subordinate mortgage on 
        the eligible mortgage, or both.'';
        (7) in the heading for subsection (n), by striking ``the 
    Board'' and inserting ``Secretary'';
        (8) in subsection (p), by striking ``Under the direction of the 
    Board, the'' and inserting ``The'';
        (9) in subsection (s)--
            (A) in the first sentence of paragraph (2), by striking 
        ``Board of Directors of'' and inserting ``Advisory Board for''; 
        and
            (B) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking ``subsection 
        (e)(1)(B) and such other'' and inserting ``such'';
        (10) in subsection (v), by inserting after the period at the 
    end the following: ``The Secretary shall conform documents, forms, 
    and procedures for mortgages insured under this section to those in 
    place for mortgages insured under section 203(b) to the maximum 
    extent possible consistent with the requirements of this 
    section.''; and
        (11) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(x) Payments to Servicers and Originators.--The Secretary may 
establish a payment to the--
        ``(1) servicer of the existing senior mortgage or existing 
    subordinate mortgage for every loan insured under the HOPE for 
    Homeowners Program; and
        ``(2) originator of each new loan insured under the HOPE for 
    Homeowners Program.
    ``(y) Auctions.--The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Board, 
shall, if feasible, establish a structure and organize procedures for 
an auction to refinance eligible mortgages on a wholesale or bulk 
basis.''.
    (b) Reducing TARP Funds To Offset Costs of Program Changes.--
Paragraph (3) of section 115(a) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization 
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5225) is amended by inserting ``, as such amount 
is reduced by $1,244,000,000,'' after ``$700,000,000,000''.
    (c) Technical Correction.--The second section 257 of the National 
Housing Act (Public Law 110-289; 122 Stat. 2839; 12 U.S.C. 1715z-24) is 
amended by striking the section heading and inserting the following:
    ``SEC. 258. PILOT PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR BORROWERS 
      WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CREDIT HISTORY.''.
    SEC. 203. REQUIREMENTS FOR FHA-APPROVED MORTGAGEES.
    (a) Mortgagee Review Board.--
        (1) In general.--Section 202(c)(2) of the National Housing Act 
    (12 U.S.C. 1708(c)) is amended--
            (A) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting ``or their designees.''; and
            (C) by striking subparagraph (G).
        (2) Prohibition against limitations on mortgagee review board's 
    power to take action against mortgagees.--Section 202(c) of the 
    National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1708(c)) is amended by adding at 
    the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(9) Prohibition against limitations on mortgagee review 
    board's power to take action against mortgagees.--No State or local 
    law, and no Federal law (except a Federal law enacted expressly in 
    limitation of this subsection after the effective date of this 
    sentence), shall preclude or limit the exercise by the Board of its 
    power to take any action authorized under paragraphs (3) and (6) of 
    this subsection against any mortgagee.''.
    (b) Limitations on Participation and Mortgagee Approval and Use of 
Name.--Section 202 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1708) is 
amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as 
    subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively;
        (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
    subsection:
    ``(d) Limitations on Participation in Origination and Mortgagee 
Approval.--
        ``(1) Requirement.--Any person or entity that is not approved 
    by the Secretary to serve as a mortgagee, as such term is defined 
    in subsection (c)(7), shall not participate in the origination of 
    an FHA-insured loan except as authorized by the Secretary.
        ``(2) Eligibility for approval.--In order to be eligible for 
    approval by the Secretary, an applicant mortgagee shall not be, and 
    shall not have any officer, partner, director, principal, manager, 
    supervisor, loan processor, loan underwriter, or loan originator of 
    the applicant mortgagee who is--
            ``(A) currently suspended, debarred, under a limited denial 
        of participation (LDP), or otherwise restricted under part 25 
        of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 2 Code of 
        Federal Regulations, part 180 as implemented by part 2424, or 
        any successor regulations to such parts, or under similar 
        provisions of any other Federal agency;
            ``(B) under indictment for, or has been convicted of, an 
        offense that reflects adversely upon the applicant's integrity, 
        competence or fitness to meet the responsibilities of an 
        approved mortgagee;
            ``(C) subject to unresolved findings contained in a 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development or other 
        governmental audit, investigation, or review;
            ``(D) engaged in business practices that do not conform to 
        generally accepted practices of prudent mortgagees or that 
        demonstrate irresponsibility;
            ``(E) convicted of, or who has pled guilty or nolo 
        contendre to, a felony related to participation in the real 
        estate or mortgage loan industry--
                ``(i) during the 7-year period preceding the date of 
            the application for licensing and registration; or
                ``(ii) at any time preceding such date of application, 
            if such felony involved an act of fraud, dishonesty, or a 
            breach of trust, or money laundering;
            ``(F) in violation of provisions of the S.A.F.E. Mortgage 
        Licensing Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) or any 
        applicable provision of State law; or
            ``(G) in violation of any other requirement as established 
        by the Secretary.
        ``(3) Rulemaking and implementation.--The Secretary shall 
    conduct a rulemaking to carry out this subsection. The Secretary 
    shall implement this subsection not later than the expiration of 
    the 60-day period beginning upon the date of the enactment of this 
    subsection by notice, mortgagee letter, or interim final 
    regulations, which shall take effect upon issuance.''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Use of Name.--The Secretary shall, by regulation, require 
each mortgagee approved by the Secretary for participation in the FHA 
mortgage insurance programs of the Secretary--
        ``(1) to use the business name of the mortgagee that is 
    registered with the Secretary in connection with such approval in 
    all advertisements and promotional materials, as such terms are 
    defined by the Secretary, relating to the business of such 
    mortgagee in such mortgage insurance programs; and
        ``(2) to maintain copies of all such advertisements and 
    promotional materials, in such form and for such period as the 
    Secretary requires.''.
    (c) Payment for Loss Mitigation.--Section 204(a)(2) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710(a)(2)) is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``or faces imminent default, as defined by the 
    Secretary'' after ``default'';
        (2) by inserting ``support for borrower housing counseling, 
    partial claims, borrower incentives, preforeclosure sale,'' after 
    ``loan modification,''; and
        (3) by striking ``204(a)(1)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection 
    (a)(1)(A) or section 230(c)''.
    (d) Payment of FHA Mortgage Insurance Benefits.--
        (1) Additional loss mitigation actions.--Section 230(a) of the 
    National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715u(a)) is amended--
            (A) by inserting ``or imminent default, as defined by the 
        Secretary'' after ``default'';
            (B) by striking ``loss'' and inserting ``loan'';
            (C) by inserting ``preforeclosure sale, support for 
        borrower housing counseling, subordinate lien resolution, 
        borrower incentives,'' after ``loan modification,'';
            (D) by inserting ``as required,'' after ``deeds in lieu of 
        foreclosure,''; and
            (E) by inserting ``or section 230(c),'' before ``as 
        provided''.
        (2) Amendment to partial claim authority.--Section 230(b) of 
    the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715u(b)) is amended to read as 
    follows:
    ``(b) Payment of Partial Claim.--
        ``(1) Establishment of program.--The Secretary may establish a 
    program for payment of a partial claim to a mortgagee that agrees 
    to apply the claim amount to payment of a mortgage on a 1- to 4-
    family residence that is in default or faces imminent default, as 
    defined by the Secretary.
        ``(2) Payments and exceptions.--Any payment of a partial claim 
    under the program established in paragraph (1) to a mortgagee shall 
    be made in the sole discretion of the Secretary and on terms and 
    conditions acceptable to the Secretary, except that--
            ``(A) the amount of the payment shall be in an amount 
        determined by the Secretary, not to exceed an amount equivalent 
        to 30 percent of the unpaid principal balance of the mortgage 
        and any costs that are approved by the Secretary;
            ``(B) the amount of the partial claim payment shall first 
        be applied to any arrearage on the mortgage, and may also be 
        applied to achieve principal reduction;
            ``(C) the mortgagor shall agree to repay the amount of the 
        insurance claim to the Secretary upon terms and conditions 
        acceptable to the Secretary;
            ``(D) the Secretary may permit compensation to the 
        mortgagee for lost income on monthly payments, due to a 
        reduction in the interest rate charged on the mortgage;
            ``(E) expenses related to the partial claim or modification 
        may not be charged to the borrower;
            ``(F) loans may be modified to extend the term of the 
        mortgage to a maximum of 40 years from the date of the 
        modification; and
            ``(G) the Secretary may permit incentive payments to the 
        mortgagee, on the borrower's behalf, based on successful 
        performance of a modified mortgage, which shall be used to 
        reduce the amount of principal indebtedness.
        ``(3) Payments in connection with certain activities.--The 
    Secretary may pay the mortgagee, from the appropriate insurance 
    fund, in connection with any activities that the mortgagee is 
    required to undertake concerning repayment by the mortgagor of the 
    amount owed to the Secretary.''.
        (3) Assignment.--Section 230(c) of the National Housing Act (12 
    U.S.C. 1715u(c)) is amended--
            (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)'';
            (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
        subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively;
            (C) in paragraph (1)(B) (as so redesignated)--
                (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
            clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
                (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so 
            redesignated), by striking ``under a program under this 
            subsection'' and inserting ``under this paragraph''; and
                (iii) in clause (i) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
            ``or facing imminent default, as defined by the Secretary'' 
            after ``default'';
            (D) in paragraph (1)(C) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``under a program under this subsection'' and inserting ``under 
        this paragraph''; and
            (E) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Assignment and loan modification.--
            ``(A) Authority.--The Secretary may encourage loan 
        modifications for eligible delinquent mortgages or mortgages 
        facing imminent default, as defined by the Secretary, through 
        the payment of insurance benefits and assignment of the 
        mortgage to the Secretary and the subsequent modification of 
        the terms of the mortgage according to a loan modification 
        approved by the mortgagee.
            ``(B) Payment of benefits and assignment.--In carrying out 
        this paragraph, the Secretary may pay insurance benefits for a 
        mortgage, in the amount determined in accordance with section 
        204(a)(5), without reduction for any amounts modified, but only 
        upon the assignment, transfer, and delivery to the Secretary of 
        all rights, interest, claims, evidence, and records with 
        respect to the mortgage specified in clauses (i) through (iv) 
        of section 204(a)(1)(A).
            ``(C) Disposition.--After modification of a mortgage 
        pursuant to this paragraph, the Secretary may provide insurance 
        under this title for the mortgage. The Secretary may 
        subsequently--
                ``(i) re-assign the mortgage to the mortgagee under 
            terms and conditions as are agreed to by the mortgagee and 
            the Secretary;
                ``(ii) act as a Government National Mortgage 
            Association issuer, or contract with an entity for such 
            purpose, in order to pool the mortgage into a Government 
            National Mortgage Association security; or
                ``(iii) re-sell the mortgage in accordance with any 
            program that has been established for purchase by the 
            Federal Government of mortgages insured under this title, 
            and the Secretary may coordinate standards for interest 
            rate reductions available for loan modification with 
            interest rates established for such purchase.
            ``(D) Loan servicing.--In carrying out this paragraph, the 
        Secretary may require the existing servicer of a mortgage 
        assigned to the Secretary to continue servicing the mortgage as 
        an agent of the Secretary during the period that the Secretary 
        acquires and holds the mortgage for the purpose of modifying 
        the terms of the mortgage, provided that the Secretary 
        compensates the existing servicer appropriately, as such 
        compensation is determined by the Secretary consistent, to the 
        maximum extent possible, with section 203(b). If the mortgage 
        is resold pursuant to subparagraph (C)(iii), the Secretary may 
        provide for the existing servicer to continue to service the 
        mortgage or may engage another entity to service the 
        mortgage.''.
        (4) Implementation.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
    Development may implement the amendments made by this subsection 
    through notice or mortgagee letter.
    (e) Change of Status.--The National Housing Act is amended by 
striking section 532 (12 U.S.C. 1735f-10) and inserting the following 
new section:
    ``SEC. 532. CHANGE OF MORTGAGEE STATUS.
    ``(a) Notification.--Upon the occurrence of any action described in 
subsection (b), an approved mortgagee shall immediately submit to the 
Secretary, in writing, notification of such occurrence.
    ``(b) Actions.--The actions described in this subsection are as 
follows:
        ``(1) The debarment, suspension or a Limited Denial of 
    Participation (LDP), or application of other sanctions, other 
    exclusions, fines, or penalties applied to the mortgagee or to any 
    officer, partner, director, principal, manager, supervisor, loan 
    processor, loan underwriter, or loan originator of the mortgagee 
    pursuant to applicable provisions of State or Federal law.
        ``(2) The revocation of a State-issued mortgage loan originator 
    license issued pursuant to the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 
    2008 (12 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) or any other similar declaration of 
    ineligibility pursuant to State law.''.
    (f) Civil Money Penalties.--Section 536 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1735f-14) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
            inserting ``or any of its owners, officers, or directors'' 
            after ``mortgagee or lender'';
                (ii) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``title I'' and 
            all that follows through ``under this Act.'' and inserting 
            ``title I or II of this Act, or any implementing 
            regulation, handbook, or mortgagee letter that is issued 
            under this Act.''; and
                (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the 
            following:
            ``(K) Violation of section 202(d) of this Act (12 U.S.C. 
        1708(d)).
            ``(L) Use of `Federal Housing Administration', `Department 
        of Housing and Urban Development', `Government National 
        Mortgage Association', `Ginnie Mae', the acronyms `HUD', `FHA', 
        or `GNMA', or any official seal or logo of the Department of 
        Housing and Urban Development, except as authorized by the 
        Secretary.'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the 
            end and inserting ``; or''; and
                (iii) by adding at the end the following new 
            subparagraph:
            ``(D) causing or participating in any of the violations set 
        forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection.''; and
            (C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
        ``(3) Prohibition against misleading use of federal entity 
    designation.--The Secretary may impose a civil money penalty, as 
    adjusted from time to time, under subsection (a) for any use of 
    `Federal Housing Administration', `Department of Housing and Urban 
    Development', `Government National Mortgage Association', `Ginnie 
    Mae', the acronyms `HUD', `FHA', or `GNMA', or any official seal or 
    logo of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, by any 
    person, party, company, firm, partnership, or business, including 
    sellers of real estate, closing agents, title companies, real 
    estate agents, mortgage brokers, appraisers, loan correspondents, 
    and dealers, except as authorized by the Secretary.''; and
        (2) in subsection (g), by striking ``The term'' and all that 
    follows through the end of the sentence and inserting ``For 
    purposes of this section, a person acts knowingly when a person has 
    actual knowledge of acts or should have known of the acts.''.
    (g) Expanded Review of FHA Mortgagee Applicants and Newly Approved 
Mortgagees.--Not later than the expiration of the 3-month period 
beginning upon the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall--
        (1) expand the existing process for reviewing new applicants 
    for approval for participation in the mortgage insurance programs 
    of the Secretary for mortgages on 1- to 4-family residences for the 
    purpose of identifying applicants who represent a high risk to the 
    Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund; and
        (2) implement procedures that, for mortgagees approved during 
    the 12-month period ending upon such date of enactment--
            (A) expand the number of mortgages originated by such 
        mortgagees that are reviewed for compliance with applicable 
        laws, regulations, and policies; and
            (B) include a process for random reviews of such mortgagees 
        and a process for reviews that is based on volume of mortgages 
        originated by such mortgagees.
    SEC. 204. ENHANCEMENT OF LIQUIDITY AND STABILITY OF INSURED 
      DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT AND 
      REDUCTION OF FORECLOSURES.
    (a) Temporary Increase in Deposit Insurance Extended.--Section 136 
of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5241) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``December 31, 2009'' and 
        inserting ``December 31, 2013'';
            (B) by striking paragraph (2);
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and
            (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``December 31, 2009'' and inserting ``December 31, 2013''; and
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``December 31, 2009'' and 
        inserting ``December 31, 2013'';
            (B) by striking paragraph (2);
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and
            (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``December 31, 2009'' and inserting ``December 31, 2013''; and
    (b) Extension of Restoration Plan Period.--Section 7(b)(3)(E)(ii) 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(3)(E)(ii)) is 
amended by striking ``5-year period'' and inserting ``8-year period''.
    (c) FDIC and NCUA Borrowing Authority.--
        (1) FDIC.--Section 14(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
    (12 U.S.C. 1824(a)) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``$30,000,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$100,000,000,000'';
            (B) by striking ``The Corporation is authorized'' and 
        inserting the following:
        ``(1) In general.--The Corporation is authorized'';
            (C) by striking ``There are hereby'' and inserting the 
        following:
        ``(2) Funding.--There are hereby''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) Temporary increases authorized.--
            ``(A) Recommendations for increase.--During the period 
        beginning on the date of enactment of this paragraph and ending 
        on December 31, 2010, if, upon the written recommendation of 
        the Board of Directors (upon a vote of not less than two-thirds 
        of the members of the Board of Directors) and the Board of 
        Governors of the Federal Reserve System (upon a vote of not 
        less than two-thirds of the members of such Board), the 
        Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with the President) 
        determines that additional amounts above the $100,000,000,000 
        amount specified in paragraph (1) are necessary, such amount 
        shall be increased to the amount so determined to be necessary, 
        not to exceed $500,000,000,000.
            ``(B) Report required.--If the borrowing authority of the 
        Corporation is increased above $100,000,000,000 pursuant to 
        subparagraph (A), the Corporation shall promptly submit a 
        report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
        of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the 
        House of Representatives describing the reasons and need for 
        the additional borrowing authority and its intended uses.
            ``(C) Restriction on usage.--The Corporation may not borrow 
        pursuant to subparagraph (A) to fund obligations of the 
        Corporation incurred as a part of a program established by the 
        Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Emergency Economic 
        Stabilization Act of 2008 to purchase or guarantee assets.''.
        (2) NCUA.--Section 203(d)(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act 
    (12 U.S.C. 1783(d)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(1) If, in the judgment of the Board, a loan to the insurance 
    fund, or to the stabilization fund described in section 217 of this 
    title, is required at any time for purposes of this subchapter, the 
    Secretary of the Treasury shall make the loan, but loans under this 
    paragraph shall not exceed in the aggregate $6,000,000,000 
    outstanding at any one time. Except as otherwise provided in this 
    subsection, section 217, and in subsection (e) of this section, 
    each loan under this paragraph shall be made on such terms as may 
    be fixed by agreement between the Board and the Secretary of the 
    Treasury.''.
        (3) Temporary increases of borrowing authority for ncua.--
    Section 203(d) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1783(d)) 
    is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(4) Temporary increases authorized.--
            ``(A) Recommendations for increase.--During the period 
        beginning on the date of enactment of this paragraph and ending 
        on December 31, 2010, if, upon the written recommendation of 
        the Board (upon a vote of not less than two-thirds of the 
        members of the Board) and the Board of Governors of the Federal 
        Reserve System (upon a vote of not less than two-thirds of the 
        members of such Board), the Secretary of the Treasury (in 
        consultation with the President) determines that additional 
        amounts above the $6,000,000,000 amount specified in paragraph 
        (1) are necessary, such amount shall be increased to the amount 
        so determined to be necessary, not to exceed $30,000,000,000.
            ``(B) Report required.--If the borrowing authority of the 
        Board is increased above $6,000,000,000 pursuant to 
        subparagraph (A), the Board shall promptly submit a report to 
        the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
        Representatives describing the reasons and need for the 
        additional borrowing authority and its intended uses.''.
    (d) Expanding Systemic Risk Special Assessments.--Section 
13(c)(4)(G)(ii) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
1823(c)(4)(G)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:
                ``(ii) Repayment of loss.--

                    ``(I) In general.--The Corporation shall recover 
                the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund arising from any 
                action taken or assistance provided with respect to an 
                insured depository institution under clause (i) from 1 
                or more special assessments on insured depository 
                institutions, depository institution holding companies 
                (with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury 
                with respect to holding companies), or both, as the 
                Corporation determines to be appropriate.
                    ``(II) Treatment of depository institution holding 
                companies.--For purposes of this clause, sections 
                7(c)(2) and 18(h) shall apply to depository institution 
                holding companies as if they were insured depository 
                institutions.
                    ``(III) Regulations.--The Corporation shall 
                prescribe such regulations as it deems necessary to 
                implement this clause. In prescribing such regulations, 
                defining terms, and setting the appropriate assessment 
                rate or rates, the Corporation shall establish rates 
                sufficient to cover the losses incurred as a result of 
                the actions of the Corporation under clause (i) and 
                shall consider: the types of entities that benefit from 
                any action taken or assistance provided under this 
                subparagraph; economic conditions, the effects on the 
                industry, and such other factors as the Corporation 
                deems appropriate and relevant to the action taken or 
                the assistance provided. Any funds so collected that 
                exceed actual losses shall be placed in the Deposit 
                Insurance Fund.''.

    (e) Establishment of a National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund 
Restoration Plan Period.--Section 202(c)(2) of the Federal Credit Union 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1782(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
            ``(D) Fund restoration plans.--
                ``(i) In general.--Whenever--

                    ``(I) the Board projects that the equity ratio of 
                the Fund will, within 6 months of such determination, 
                fall below the minimum amount specified in subparagraph 
                (C); or
                    ``(II) the equity ratio of the Fund actually falls 
                below the minimum amount specified in subparagraph (C) 
                without any determination under sub-clause (I) having 
                been made,

            the Board shall establish and implement a restoration plan 
            within 90 days that meets the requirements of clause (ii) 
            and such other conditions as the Board determines to be 
            appropriate.
                ``(ii) Requirements of restoration plan.--A restoration 
            plan meets the requirements of this clause if the plan 
            provides that the equity ratio of the Fund will meet or 
            exceed the minimum amount specified in subparagraph (C) 
            before the end of the 8-year period beginning upon the 
            implementation of the plan (or such longer period as the 
            Board may determine to be necessary due to extraordinary 
            circumstances).
                ``(iii) Transparency.--Not more than 30 days after the 
            Board establishes and implements a restoration plan under 
            clause (i), the Board shall publish in the Federal Register 
            a detailed analysis of the factors considered and the basis 
            for the actions taken with regard to the plan.''.
    (f) Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund.--
        (1) Establishment of stabilization fund.--Title II of the 
    Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1781 et seq.) is amended by 
    adding at the end the following new section:
    ``SEC. 217. TEMPORARY CORPORATE CREDIT UNION STABILIZATION FUND.
    ``(a) Establishment of Stabilization Fund.--There is hereby created 
in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the 
`Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund.' The Board will 
administer the Stabilization Fund as prescribed by section 209.
    ``(b) Expenditures From Stabilization Fund.--Money in the 
Stabilization Fund shall be available upon requisition by the Board, 
without fiscal year limitation, for making payments for the purposes 
described in section 203(a), subject to the following additional 
limitations:
        ``(1) All payments other than administrative payments shall be 
    connected to the conservatorship, liquidation, or threatened 
    conservatorship or liquidation, of a corporate credit union.
        ``(2) Prior to authorizing each payment the Board shall--
            ``(A) certify that, absent the existence of the 
        Stabilization Fund, the Board would have made the identical 
        payment out of the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund 
        (Insurance Fund); and
            ``(B) report each such certification to the Committee on 
        Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
        Representatives.
    ``(c) Authority To Borrow.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Stabilization Fund is authorized to 
    borrow from the Secretary of the Treasury from time-to-time as 
    deemed necessary by the Board. The maximum outstanding amount of 
    all borrowings from the Treasury by the Stabilization Fund and the 
    National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, combined, is limited to 
    the amount provided for in section 203(d)(1), including any 
    authorized increases in that amount.
        ``(2) Repayment of advances.--
            ``(A) In general.--The advances made under this section 
        shall be repaid by the Stabilization Fund, and interest on such 
        advance shall be paid, to the General fund of the Treasury.
            ``(B) Variable rate of interest.--The Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall make the first rate determination at the time of 
        the first advance under this section and shall reset the rate 
        again for all advances on each anniversary of the first 
        advance. The interest rate shall be equal to the average market 
        yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United 
        States with remaining periods to maturity equal to 12 months.
        ``(3) Repayment schedule.--The Stabilization Fund shall repay 
    the advances on a first-in, first-out basis, with interest on the 
    amount repaid, at times and dates determined by the Board at its 
    discretion. All advances shall be repaid not later than the date of 
    the seventh anniversary of the first advance to the Stabilization 
    Fund, unless the Board extends this final repayment date. The Board 
    shall obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury on 
    any proposed extension, including the terms and conditions of the 
    extended repayment.
    ``(d) Assessment To Repay Advances.--At least 90 days prior to each 
repayment described in subsection (c)(3), the Board shall set the 
amount of the upcoming repayment and determine if the Stabilization 
Fund will have sufficient funds to make the repayment. If the 
Stabilization Fund might not have sufficient funds to make the 
repayment, the Board shall assess each federally insured credit union a 
special premium due and payable within 60 days in an aggregate amount 
calculated to ensure the Stabilization Fund is able to make the 
repayment. The premium charge for each credit union shall be stated as 
a percentage of its insured shares as represented on the credit union's 
previous call report. The percentage shall be identical for each credit 
union. Any credit union that fails to make timely payment of the 
special premium is subject to the procedures and penalties described 
under subsections (d), (e), and (f) of section 202.
    ``(e) Distributions From Insurance Fund.--At the end of any 
calendar year in which the Stabilization Fund has an outstanding 
advance from the Treasury, the Insurance Fund is prohibited from making 
the distribution to insured credit unions described in section 
202(c)(3). In lieu of the distribution described in that section, the 
Insurance Fund shall make a distribution to the Stabilization Fund of 
the maximum amount possible that does not reduce the Insurance Fund's 
equity ratio below the normal operating level and does not reduce the 
Insurance Fund's available assets ratio below 1.0 percent.
    ``(f) Investment of Stabilization Fund Assets.--The Board may 
request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of the 
Stabilization Fund as is not, in the Board's judgment, required to meet 
the current needs of the Stabilization Fund. Such investments shall be 
made by the Secretary of the Treasury in public debt securities, with 
maturities suitable to the needs of the Stabilization Fund, as 
determined by the Board, and bearing interest at a rate determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration current market 
yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of 
comparable maturity.
    ``(g) Reports.--The Board shall submit an annual report to Congress 
on the financial condition and the results of the operation of the 
Stabilization Fund. The report is due to Congress within 30 days after 
each anniversary of the first advance made under subsection (c)(1). 
Because the Fund will use advances from the Treasury to meet corporate 
stabilization costs with full repayment of borrowings to Treasury at 
the Board's discretion not due until 7 years from the initial advance, 
to the extent operating expenses of the Fund exceed income, the 
financial condition of the Fund may reflect a deficit. With planned and 
required future repayments, the Board shall resolve all deficits prior 
to termination of the Fund.
    ``(h) Closing of Stabilization Fund.--Within 90 days following the 
seventh anniversary of the initial Stabilization Fund advance, or 
earlier at the Board's discretion, the Board shall distribute any 
funds, property, or other assets remaining in the Stabilization Fund to 
the Insurance Fund and shall close the Stabilization Fund. If the Board 
extends the final repayment date as permitted under subsection (c)(3), 
the mandatory date for closing the Stabilization Fund shall be extended 
by the same number of days.''.
        (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 202(c)(3)(A) of the Federal 
    Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1782(c)(3)(A)) is amended by inserting 
    ``, subject to the requirements of section 217(e),'' after ``The 
    Board shall''.
    SEC. 205. APPLICATION OF GSE CONFORMING LOAN LIMIT TO MORTGAGES 
      ASSISTED WITH TARP FUNDS.
    In making any assistance available to prevent and mitigate 
foreclosures on residential properties, including any assistance for 
mortgage modifications, using any amounts made available to the 
Secretary of the Treasury under title I of the Emergency Economic 
Stabilization Act of 2008, the Secretary shall provide that the 
limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage 
that may be modified, refinanced, made, guaranteed, insured, or 
otherwise assisted, using such amounts shall not be less than the 
dollar amount limitation on the maximum original principal obligation 
of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation that is in effect, at the time that the mortgage is 
modified, refinanced, made, guaranteed, insured, or otherwise assisted 
using such amounts, for the area in which the property involved in the 
transaction is located.
    SEC. 206. MORTGAGES ON CERTAIN HOMES ON LEASED LAND.
    Section 255(b)(4) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
20(b)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting:
            ``(B) under a lease that has a term that ends no earlier 
        than the minimum number of years, as specified by the 
        Secretary, beyond the actuarial life expectancy of the 
        mortgagor or comortgagor, whichever is the later date.''.
    SEC. 207. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MORTGAGE REVENUE BOND 
      PURCHASES.
    It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury 
should use amounts made available in this Act to purchase mortgage 
revenue bonds for single-family housing issued through State housing 
finance agencies and through units of local government and agencies 
thereof.

                  TITLE III--MORTGAGE FRAUD TASK FORCE

    SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONWIDE 
      MORTGAGE FRAUD TASK FORCE.
    (a) In General.--It is the sense of the Congress that the 
Department of Justice establish a Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force 
(hereinafter referred to in this section as the ``Task Force'') to 
address mortgage fraud in the United States.
    (b) Support.--If the Department of Justice establishes the Task 
Force referred to in subsection (a), it is the sense of the Congress 
that the Attorney General should provide the Task Force with the 
appropriate staff, administrative support, and other resources 
necessary to carry out the duties of the Task Force.
    (c) Mandatory Functions.--If the Department of Justice establishes 
the Task Force referred to in subsection (a), it is the sense of the 
Congress that the Attorney General should--
        (1) establish coordinating entities, and solicit the voluntary 
    participation of Federal, State, and local law enforcement and 
    prosecutorial agencies in such entities, to organize initiatives to 
    address mortgage fraud, including initiatives to enforce State 
    mortgage fraud laws and other related Federal and State laws;
        (2) provide training to Federal, State, and local law 
    enforcement and prosecutorial agencies with respect to mortgage 
    fraud, including related Federal and State laws;
        (3) collect and disseminate data with respect to mortgage 
    fraud, including Federal, State, and local data relating to 
    mortgage fraud investigations and prosecutions; and
        (4) perform other functions determined by the Attorney General 
    to enhance the detection of, prevention of, and response to 
    mortgage fraud in the United States.
    (d) Optional Functions.--If the Department of Justice establishes 
the Task Force referred to in subsection (a), it is the sense of the 
Congress that the Task Force should--
        (1) initiate and coordinate Federal mortgage fraud 
    investigations and, through the coordinating entities described 
    under subsection (c), State and local mortgage fraud 
    investigations;
        (2) establish a toll-free hotline for--
            (A) reporting mortgage fraud;
            (B) providing the public with access to information and 
        resources with respect to mortgage fraud; and
            (C) directing reports of mortgage fraud to the appropriate 
        Federal, State, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial 
        agency, including to the appropriate branch of the Task Force 
        established under subsection (d);
        (3) create a database with respect to suspensions and 
    revocations of mortgage industry licenses and certifications to 
    facilitate the sharing of such information by States;
        (4) make recommendations with respect to the need for and 
    resources available to provide the equipment and training necessary 
    for the Task Force to combat mortgage fraud; and
        (5) propose legislation to Federal, State, and local 
    legislative bodies with respect to the elimination and prevention 
    of mortgage fraud, including measures to address mortgage loan 
    procedures and property appraiser practices that provide 
    opportunities for mortgage fraud.

              TITLE IV--FORECLOSURE MORATORIUM PROVISIONS

    SEC. 401. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON FORECLOSURES.
    (a) In General.--It is the sense of the Congress that mortgage 
holders, institutions, and mortgage servicers should not initiate a 
foreclosure proceeding or a foreclosure sale on any homeowner until the 
foreclosure mitigation provisions, like the Hope for Homeowners 
program, as required under title II, and the President's ``Homeowner 
Affordability and Stability Plan'' have been implemented and determined 
to be operational by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 
the Secretary of the Treasury.
    (b) Scope of Moratorium.--The foreclosure moratorium referred to in 
subsection (a) should apply only for first mortgages secured by the 
owner's principal dwelling.
    (c) FHA-Regulated Loan Modification Agreements.--If a mortgage 
holder, institution, or mortgage servicer to which subsection (a) 
applies reaches a loan modification agreement with a homeowner under 
the auspices of the Federal Housing Administration before any plan 
referred to in such subsection takes effect, subsection (a) shall cease 
to apply to such institution as of the effective date of the loan 
modification agreement.
    (d) Duty of Consumer To Maintain Property.--Any homeowner for whose 
benefit any foreclosure proceeding or sale is barred under subsection 
(a) from being instituted, continued, or consummated with respect to 
any homeowner mortgage should not, with respect to any property 
securing such mortgage, destroy, damage, or impair such property, allow 
the property to deteriorate, or commit waste on the property.
    (e) Duty of Consumer To Respond to Reasonable Inquiries.--Any 
homeowner for whose benefit any foreclosure proceeding or sale is 
barred under subsection (a) from being instituted, continued, or 
consummated with respect to any homeowner mortgage should respond to 
reasonable inquiries from a creditor or servicer during the period 
during which such foreclosure proceeding or sale is barred.
    SEC. 402. PUBLIC-PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROGRAM; ADDITIONAL 
      APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED 
      ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM.
    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Public-Private 
Investment Program Improvement and Oversight Act of 2009''.
    (b) Public-Private Investment Program.--
        (1) In general.--Any program established by the Federal 
    Government to create a public-private investment fund shall--
            (A) in consultation with the Special Inspector General of 
        the Trouble Asset Relief Program (in this section referred to 
        as the ``Special Inspector General''), impose strict conflict 
        of interest rules on managers of public-private investment 
        funds to ensure that securities bought by the funds are 
        purchased in arms-length transactions, that fiduciary duties to 
        public and private investors in the fund are not violated, and 
        that there is full disclosure of relevant facts and financial 
        interests (which conflict of interest rules shall be 
        implemented by the manager of a public-private investment fund 
        prior to such fund receiving Federal Government financing);
            (B) require each public-private investment fund to make a 
        quarterly report to the Secretary of the Treasury (in this 
        section referred to as the ``Secretary'') that discloses the 10 
        largest positions of such fund (which reports shall be publicly 
        disclosed at such time as the Secretary of the Treasury 
        determines that such disclosure will not harm the ongoing 
        business operations of the fund);
            (C) allow the Special Inspector General access to all books 
        and records of a public-private investment fund, including all 
        records of financial transactions in machine readable form, and 
        the confidentiality of all such information shall be maintained 
        by the Special Inspector General;
            (D) require each manager of a public-private investment 
        fund to retain all books, documents, and records relating to 
        such public-private investment fund, including electronic 
        messages;
            (E) require each manager of a public-private investment 
        fund to acknowledge, in writing, a fiduciary duty to both the 
        public and private investors in such fund;
            (F) require each manager of a public-private investment 
        fund to develop a robust ethics policy that includes methods to 
        ensure compliance with such policy;
            (G) require strict investor screening procedures for 
        public-private investment funds; and
            (H) require each manager of a public-private fund to 
        identify for the Secretary, on a periodic basis, each investor 
        that, individually or together with affiliates, directly or 
        indirectly, holds equity interests equal to at least 10 percent 
        of the equity interest of the fund including if such interests 
        are held in a vehicle formed for the purpose of directly or 
        indirectly investing in the fund.
        (2) Interaction between public-private investment funds and the 
    term-asset backed securities loan facility.--The Secretary shall 
    consult with the Special Inspector General and shall issue 
    regulations governing the interaction of the Public-Private 
    Investment Program, the Term-Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility, 
    and other similar public-private investment programs. Such 
    regulations shall address concerns regarding the potential for 
    excessive leverage that could result from interactions between such 
    programs.
        (3) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
    establishment of a program described in paragraph (1), the Special 
    Inspector General shall submit a report to Congress on the 
    implementation of this section.
    (c) Additional Appropriations for the Special Inspector General.--
        (1) In general.--Of amounts made available under section 115(a) 
    of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 
    110-343), $15,000,000 shall be made available to the Special 
    Inspector General, which shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 
    made available to the Special Inspector General.
        (2) Priorities.--In utilizing funds made available under this 
    section, the Special Inspector General shall prioritize the 
    performance of audits or investigations of recipients of non-
    recourse Federal loans made under any program that is funded in 
    whole or in part by funds appropriated under the Emergency Economic 
    Stabilization Act of 2008, to the extent that such priority is 
    consistent with other aspects of the mission of the Special 
    Inspector General. Such audits or investigations shall determine 
    the existence of any collusion between the loan recipient and the 
    seller or originator of the asset used as loan collateral, or any 
    other conflict of interest that may have led the loan recipient to 
    deliberately overstate the value of the asset used as loan 
    collateral.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to any 
activity of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in connection 
with insured depository institutions, as described in section 
13(c)(2)(B) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
    (e) Definition.--In this section, the term ``public-private 
investment fund'' means a financial vehicle that is--
        (1) established by the Federal Government to purchase pools of 
    loans, securities, or assets from a financial institution described 
    in section 101(a)(1) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 
    2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211(a)(1)); and
        (2) funded by a combination of cash or equity from private 
    investors and funds provided by the Secretary of the Treasury or 
    funds appropriated under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 
    of 2008.
    (f) Offset of Costs of Program Changes.--Notwithstanding the 
amendment made by section 202(b) of this Act, paragraph (3) of section 
115(a) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 
5225) is amended by inserting ``, as such amount is reduced by 
$1,259,000,000,'' after ``$700,000,000,000''.
    (g) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such 
regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to 
define terms or carry out the authorities or purposes of this section.
    SEC. 403. REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT TO LIQUIDATE WARRANTS UNDER THE 
      TARP.
    Section 111(g) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 
(12 U.S.C. 5221(g)) is amended by striking ``shall liquidate warrants 
associated with such assistance at the current market price'' and 
inserting ``, at the market price, may liquidate warrants associated 
with such assistance''.
    SEC. 404. NOTIFICATION OF SALE OR TRANSFER OF MORTGAGE LOANS.
    (a) In General.--Section 131 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 
1641) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Notice of New Creditor.--
        ``(1) In general.--In addition to other disclosures required by 
    this title, not later than 30 days after the date on which a 
    mortgage loan is sold or otherwise transferred or assigned to a 
    third party, the creditor that is the new owner or assignee of the 
    debt shall notify the borrower in writing of such transfer, 
    including--
            ``(A) the identity, address, telephone number of the new 
        creditor;
            ``(B) the date of transfer;
            ``(C) how to reach an agent or party having authority to 
        act on behalf of the new creditor;
            ``(D) the location of the place where transfer of ownership 
        of the debt is recorded; and
            ``(E) any other relevant information regarding the new 
        creditor.
        ``(2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
    `mortgage loan' means any consumer credit transaction that is 
    secured by the principal dwelling of a consumer.''.
    (b) Private Right of Action.--Section 130(a) of the Truth in 
Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1640(a)) is amended by inserting ``subsection 
(f) or (g) of section 131,'' after ``section 125,''.

                    TITLE V--FARM LOAN RESTRUCTURING

    SEC. 501. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT PANEL SPECIAL REPORT.
    Section 125(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 
(12 U.S.C. 5233(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) Special report on farm loan restructuring.--Not later 
    than 60 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 
    Oversight Panel shall submit a special report on farm loan 
    restructuring that--
            ``(A) analyzes the state of the commercial farm credit 
        markets and the use of loan restructuring as an alternative to 
        foreclosure by recipients of financial assistance under the 
        Troubled Asset Relief Program; and
            ``(B) includes an examination of and recommendation on the 
        different methods for farm loan restructuring that could be 
        used as part of a foreclosure mitigation program for farm loans 
        made by recipients of financial assistance under the Troubled 
        Asset Relief Program, including any programs for direct loan 
        restructuring or modification carried out by the Farm Service 
        Agency of the Department of Agriculture, the farm credit 
        system, and the Making Home Affordable Program of the 
        Department of the Treasury.''.

   TITLE VI--ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

    SEC. 601. ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM.
    Section 116 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 
U.S.C. 5226) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)--
            (A) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(v) public accountability for the exercise of such 
            authority, including with respect to actions taken by those 
            entities participating in programs established under this 
            Act.''; and
        (2) in subsection (a)(2)--
            (A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (F); 
        and
            (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
        `governmental unit' has the meaning given under section 101(27) 
        of title 11, United States Code, and does not include any 
        insured depository institution as defined under section 3 of 
        the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 8113).
            ``(B) GAO presence.--The Secretary shall provide the 
        Comptroller General with appropriate space and facilities in 
        the Department of the Treasury as necessary to facilitate 
        oversight of the TARP until the termination date established in 
        section 5230 of this title.
            ``(C) Access to records.--
                ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
            of law, and for purposes of reviewing the performance of 
            the TARP, the Comptroller General shall have access, upon 
            request, to any information, data, schedules, books, 
            accounts, financial records, reports, files, electronic 
            communications, or other papers, things, or property 
            belonging to or in use by the TARP, any entity established 
            by the Secretary under this Act, any entity that is 
            established by a Federal reserve bank and receives funding 
            from the TARP, or any entity (other than a governmental 
            unit) participating in a program established under the 
            authority of this Act, and to the officers, employees, 
            directors, independent public accountants, financial 
            advisors and any and all other agents and representatives 
            thereof, at such time as the Comptroller General may 
            request.
                ``(ii) Verification.--The Comptroller General shall be 
            afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with 
            the balances or securities held by, among others, 
            depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians.
                ``(iii) Copies.--The Comptroller General may make and 
            retain copies of such books, accounts, and other records as 
            the Comptroller General determines appropriate.
            ``(D) Agreement by entities.--Each contract, term sheet, or 
        other agreement between the Secretary or the TARP (or any TARP 
        vehicle, officer, director, employee, independent public 
        accountant, financial advisor, or other TARP agent or 
        representative) and an entity (other than a governmental unit) 
        participating in a program established under this Act shall 
        provide for access by the Comptroller General in accordance 
        with this section.
            ``(E) Restriction on public disclosure.--
                ``(i) In general.--The Comptroller General may not 
            publicly disclose proprietary or trade secret information 
            obtained under this section.
                ``(ii) Exception for congressional committees.--This 
            subparagraph does not limit disclosures to congressional 
            committees or members thereof having jurisdiction over a 
            private or public entity referred to under subparagraph 
            (C).
                ``(iii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section 
            shall be construed to alter or amend the prohibitions 
            against the disclosure of trade secrets or other 
            information prohibited by section 1905 of title 18, United 
            States Code, section 714(c) of title 31, United States 
            Code, or other applicable provisions of law.''.

            TITLE VII--PROTECTING TENANTS AT FORECLOSURE ACT

    SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.
    This title may be cited as the ``Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure 
Act of 2009''.
    SEC. 702. EFFECT OF FORECLOSURE ON PREEXISTING TENANCY.
    (a) In General.--In the case of any foreclosure on a federally-
related mortgage loan or on any dwelling or residential real property 
after the date of enactment of this title, any immediate successor in 
interest in such property pursuant to the foreclosure shall assume such 
interest subject to--
        (1) the provision, by such successor in interest of a notice to 
    vacate to any bona fide tenant at least 90 days before the 
    effective date of such notice; and
        (2) the rights of any bona fide tenant, as of the date of such 
    notice of foreclosure--
            (A) under any bona fide lease entered into before the 
        notice of foreclosure to occupy the premises until the end of 
        the remaining term of the lease, except that a successor in 
        interest may terminate a lease effective on the date of sale of 
        the unit to a purchaser who will occupy the unit as a primary 
        residence, subject to the receipt by the tenant of the 90 day 
        notice under paragraph (1); or
            (B) without a lease or with a lease terminable at will 
        under State law, subject to the receipt by the tenant of the 90 
        day notice under subsection (1),
    except that nothing under this section shall affect the 
    requirements for termination of any Federal- or State-subsidized 
    tenancy or of any State or local law that provides longer time 
    periods or other additional protections for tenants.
    (b) Bona Fide Lease or Tenancy.--For purposes of this section, a 
lease or tenancy shall be considered bona fide only if--
        (1) the mortgagor or the child, spouse, or parent of the 
    mortgagor under the contract is not the tenant;
        (2) the lease or tenancy was the result of an arms-length 
    transaction; and
        (3) the lease or tenancy requires the receipt of rent that is 
    not substantially less than fair market rent for the property or 
    the unit's rent is reduced or subsidized due to a Federal, State, 
    or local subsidy.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``federally-related mortgage loan'' has the same meaning as in section 
3 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 
2602).
    SEC. 703. EFFECT OF FORECLOSURE ON SECTION 8 TENANCIES.
    Section 8(o)(7) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(7)) is amended--
        (1) by inserting before the semicolon in subparagraph (C) the 
    following: ``and in the case of an owner who is an immediate 
    successor in interest pursuant to foreclosure during the term of 
    the lease vacating the property prior to sale shall not constitute 
    other good cause, except that the owner may terminate the tenancy 
    effective on the date of transfer of the unit to the owner if the 
    owner--
                ``(i) will occupy the unit as a primary residence; and
                ``(ii) has provided the tenant a notice to vacate at 
            least 90 days before the effective date of such notice.''; 
            and
        (2) by inserting at the end of subparagraph (F) the following: 
    ``In the case of any foreclosure on any federally-related mortgage 
    loan (as that term is defined in section 3 of the Real Estate 
    Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2602)) or on any 
    residential real property in which a recipient of assistance under 
    this subsection resides, the immediate successor in interest in 
    such property pursuant to the foreclosure shall assume such 
    interest subject to the lease between the prior owner and the 
    tenant and to the housing assistance payments contract between the 
    prior owner and the public housing agency for the occupied unit, 
    except that this provision and the provisions related to 
    foreclosure in subparagraph (C) shall not shall not affect any 
    State or local law that provides longer time periods or other 
    additional protections for tenants.''.
    SEC. 704. SUNSET.
    This title, and any amendments made by this title are repealed, and 
the requirements under this title shall terminate, on December 31, 
2012.

      TITLE VIII--COMPTROLLER GENERAL ADDITIONAL AUDIT AUTHORITIES

    SEC. 801. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ADDITIONAL AUDIT AUTHORITIES.
    (a) Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.--Section 714 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Federal Reserve Board,'' 
    and inserting ``Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
    (in this section referred to as the `Board'),''; and
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``Federal Reserve Board,'' and inserting ``Board''; and
            (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``of Governors''.
    (b) Confidential Information.--Section 714(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following:
        ``(3) Except as provided under paragraph (4), an officer or 
    employee of the Government Accountability Office may not disclose 
    to any person outside the Government Accountability Office 
    information obtained in audits or examinations conducted under 
    subsection (e) and maintained as confidential by the Board or the 
    Federal reserve banks.
        ``(4) This subsection shall not--
            ``(A) authorize an officer or employee of an agency to 
        withhold information from any committee or subcommittee of 
        jurisdiction of Congress, or any member of such committee or 
        subcommittee; or
            ``(B) limit any disclosure by the Government Accountability 
        Office to any committee or subcommittee of jurisdiction of 
        Congress, or any member of such committee or subcommittee.''.
    (c) Access to Records.--Section 714(d) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``The Comptroller General 
    shall have access to the officers, employees, contractors, and 
    other agents and representatives of an agency and any entity 
    established by an agency at any reasonable time as the Comptroller 
    General may request. The Comptroller General may make and retain 
    copies of such books, accounts, and other records as the 
    Comptroller General determines appropriate.'' after the first 
    sentence;
        (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, copies of any record,'' 
    after ``records''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3)(A) For purposes of conducting audits and examinations 
    under subsection (e), the Comptroller General shall have access, 
    upon request, to any information, data, schedules, books, accounts, 
    financial records, reports, files, electronic communications, or 
    other papers, things or property belonging to or in use by--
            ``(i) any entity established by any action taken by the 
        Board described under subsection (e);
            ``(ii) any entity receiving assistance from any action 
        taken by the Board described under subsection (e), to the 
        extent that the access and request relates to that assistance; 
        and
            ``(iii) the officers, directors, employees, independent 
        public accountants, financial advisors and any and all 
        representatives of any entity described under clause (i) or 
        (ii); to the extent that the access and request relates to that 
        assistance;
        ``(B) The Comptroller General shall have access as provided 
    under subparagraph (A) at such time as the Comptroller General may 
    request.
        ``(C) Each contract, term sheet, or other agreement between the 
    Board or any Federal reserve bank (or any entity established by the 
    Board or any Federal reserve bank) and an entity receiving 
    assistance from any action taken by the Board described under 
    subsection (e) shall provide for access by the Comptroller General 
    in accordance with this paragraph.''.
    (d) Audits of Certain Actions of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System.--Section 714 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Comptroller General may 
conduct audits, including onsite examinations when the Comptroller 
General determines such audits and examinations are appropriate, of any 
action taken by the Board under the third undesignated paragraph of 
section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 343); with respect to 
a single and specific partnership or corporation.''.

                    DIVISION B--HOMELESSNESS REFORM

SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the ``Homeless 
Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this division is 
as follows:

                     DIVISION B--HOMELESSNESS REFORM

Sec. 1001. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 1002. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 1003. Definition of homelessness.
Sec. 1004. United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

             TITLE I--HOUSING ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1101. Definitions.
Sec. 1102. Community homeless assistance planning boards.
Sec. 1103. General provisions.
Sec. 1104. Protection of personally identifying information by victim 
          service providers.
Sec. 1105. Authorization of appropriations.

              TITLE II--EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS PROGRAM

Sec. 1201. Grant assistance.
Sec. 1202. Eligible activities.
Sec. 1203. Participation in Homeless Management Information System.
Sec. 1204. Administrative provision.
Sec. 1205. GAO study of administrative fees.

                  TITLE III--CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

Sec. 1301. Continuum of care.
Sec. 1302. Eligible activities.
Sec. 1303. High performing communities.
Sec. 1304. Program requirements.
Sec. 1305. Selection criteria, allocation amounts, and funding.
Sec. 1306. Research.

          TITLE IV--RURAL HOUSING STABILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Sec. 1401. Rural housing stability assistance.
Sec. 1402. GAO study of homelessness and homeless assistance in rural 
          areas.

               TITLE V--REPEALS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

Sec. 1501. Repeals.
Sec. 1502. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 1503. Effective date.
Sec. 1504. Regulations.
Sec. 1505. Amendment to table of contents.
SEC. 1002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
        (1) a lack of affordable housing and limited scale of housing 
    assistance programs are the primary causes of homelessness; and
        (2) homelessness affects all types of communities in the United 
    States, including rural, urban, and suburban areas.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this division are--
        (1) to consolidate the separate homeless assistance programs 
    carried out under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
    Assistance Act (consisting of the supportive housing program and 
    related innovative programs, the safe havens program, the section 8 
    assistance program for single-room occupancy dwellings, and the 
    shelter plus care program) into a single program with specific 
    eligible activities;
        (2) to codify in Federal law the continuum of care planning 
    process as a required and integral local function necessary to 
    generate the local strategies for ending homelessness; and
        (3) to establish a Federal goal of ensuring that individuals 
    and families who become homeless return to permanent housing within 
    30 days.
SEC. 1003. DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS.
    (a) In General.--Section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) 
    and (d); and
        (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of this Act, the terms `homeless', 
`homeless individual', and `homeless person' means--
        ``(1) an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and 
    adequate nighttime residence;
        ``(2) an individual or family with a primary nighttime 
    residence that is a public or private place not designed for or 
    ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human 
    beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train 
    station, airport, or camping ground;
        ``(3) an individual or family living in a supervised publicly 
    or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary 
    living arrangements (including hotels and motels paid for by 
    Federal, State, or local government programs for low-income 
    individuals or by charitable organizations, congregate shelters, 
    and transitional housing);
        ``(4) an individual who resided in a shelter or place not meant 
    for human habitation and who is exiting an institution where he or 
    she temporarily resided;
        ``(5) an individual or family who--
            ``(A) will imminently lose their housing, including housing 
        they own, rent, or live in without paying rent, are sharing 
        with others, and rooms in hotels or motels not paid for by 
        Federal, State, or local government programs for low-income 
        individuals or by charitable organizations, as evidenced by--
                ``(i) a court order resulting from an eviction action 
            that notifies the individual or family that they must leave 
            within 14 days;
                ``(ii) the individual or family having a primary 
            nighttime residence that is a room in a hotel or motel and 
            where they lack the resources necessary to reside there for 
            more than 14 days; or
                ``(iii) credible evidence indicating that the owner or 
            renter of the housing will not allow the individual or 
            family to stay for more than 14 days, and any oral 
            statement from an individual or family seeking homeless 
            assistance that is found to be credible shall be considered 
            credible evidence for purposes of this clause;
            ``(B) has no subsequent residence identified; and
            ``(C) lacks the resources or support networks needed to 
        obtain other permanent housing; and
        ``(6) unaccompanied youth and homeless families with children 
    and youth defined as homeless under other Federal statutes who--
            ``(A) have experienced a long term period without living 
        independently in permanent housing,
            ``(B) have experienced persistent instability as measured 
        by frequent moves over such period, and
            ``(C) can be expected to continue in such status for an 
        extended period of time because of chronic disabilities, 
        chronic physical health or mental health conditions, substance 
        addiction, histories of domestic violence or childhood abuse, 
        the presence of a child or youth with a disability, or multiple 
        barriers to employment.
    ``(b) Domestic Violence and Other Dangerous or Life-Threatening 
Conditions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 
Secretary shall consider to be homeless any individual or family who is 
fleeing, or is attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening 
conditions in the individual's or family's current housing situation, 
including where the health and safety of children are jeopardized, and 
who have no other residence and lack the resources or support networks 
to obtain other permanent housing.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than the expiration of the 6-month 
period beginning upon the date of the enactment of this division, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue regulations that 
provide sufficient guidance to recipients of funds under title IV of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow uniform and 
consistent implementation of the requirements of section 103 of such 
Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this section. This subsection 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this division.
    (c) Clarification of Effect on Other Laws.--This section and the 
amendments made by this section to section 103 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) may not be construed to 
affect, alter, limit, annul, or supersede any other provision of 
Federal law providing a definition of ``homeless'', ``homeless 
individual'', or ``homeless person'' for purposes other than such Act, 
except to the extent that such provision refers to such section 103 or 
the definition provided in such section 103.
SEC. 1004. UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS.
    (a) In General.--Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) is amended--
        (1) in section 201 (42 U.S.C. 11311), by inserting before the 
    period at the end the following ``whose mission shall be 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 the Federal Government in 
    contributing to the end of homelessness'';
        (2) in section 202 (42 U.S.C. 11312)--
            (A) in subsection (a)--
                (i) by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (22); 
            and
                (ii) by inserting after paragraph (15) the following:
        ``(16) The Commissioner of Social Security, or the designee of 
    the Commissioner.
        ``(17) The Attorney General of the United States, or the 
    designee of the Attorney General.
        ``(18) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or 
    the designee of the Director.
        ``(19) The Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community 
    Initiatives, or the designee of the Director.
        ``(20) The Director of USA FreedomCorps, or the designee of the 
    Director.'';
            (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``annually'' and 
        inserting ``four times each year, and the rotation of the 
        positions of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson required under 
        subsection (b) shall occur at the first meeting of each year''; 
        and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Administration.--The Executive Director of the Council shall 
report to the Chairman of the Council.'';
        (3) in section 203(a) (42 U.S.C. 11313(a))--
            (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), 
        (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (9), (10), and 
        (11), respectively;
            (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated 
        by subparagraph (A), the following:
        ``(1) not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment 
    of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to 
    Housing Act of 2009, develop, make available for public comment, 
    and submit to the President and to Congress a National Strategic 
    Plan to End Homelessness, and shall update such plan annually;'';
            (C) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), 
        by striking ``at least 2, but in no case more than 5'' and 
        inserting ``not less than 5, but in no case more than 10'';
            (D) by inserting after paragraph (5), as so redesignated by 
        subparagraph (A), the following:
        ``(6) encourage the creation of State Interagency Councils on 
    Homelessness and the formulation of jurisdictional 10-year plans to 
    end homelessness at State, city, and county levels;
        ``(7) annually obtain from Federal agencies their 
    identification of consumer-oriented entitlement and other resources 
    for which persons experiencing homelessness may be eligible and the 
    agencies' identification of improvements to ensure access; develop 
    mechanisms to ensure access by persons experiencing homelessness to 
    all Federal, State, and local programs for which the persons are 
    eligible, and to verify collaboration among entities within a 
    community that receive Federal funding under programs targeted for 
    persons experiencing homelessness, and other programs for which 
    persons experiencing homelessness are eligible, including 
    mainstream programs identified by the Government Accountability 
    Office in the reports entitled `Homelessness: Coordination and 
    Evaluation of Programs Are Essential', issued February 26, 1999, 
    and `Homelessness: Barriers to Using Mainstream Programs', issued 
    July 6, 2000;
        ``(8) conduct research and evaluation related to its functions 
    as defined in this section;
        ``(9) develop joint Federal agency and other initiatives to 
    fulfill the goals of the agency;'';
            (E) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated by subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (F) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated by subparagraph 
        (A), by striking the period at the end and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (G) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
        ``(12) develop constructive alternatives to criminalizing 
    homelessness and laws and policies that prohibit sleeping, feeding, 
    sitting, resting, or lying in public spaces when there are no 
    suitable alternatives, result in the destruction of a homeless 
    person's property without due process, or are selectively enforced 
    against homeless persons; and
        ``(13) not later than the expiration of the 6-month period 
    beginning upon completion of the study requested in a letter to the 
    Acting Comptroller General from the Chair and Ranking Member of the 
    House Financial Services Committee and several other members 
    regarding various definitions of homelessness in Federal statutes, 
    convene a meeting of representatives of all Federal agencies and 
    committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate having 
    jurisdiction over any Federal program to assist homeless 
    individuals or families, local and State governments, academic 
    researchers who specialize in homelessness, nonprofit housing and 
    service providers that receive funding under any Federal program to 
    assist homeless individuals or families, organizations advocating 
    on behalf of such nonprofit providers and homeless persons 
    receiving housing or services under any such Federal program, and 
    homeless persons receiving housing or services under any such 
    Federal program, at which meeting such representatives shall 
    discuss all issues relevant to whether the definitions of 
    `homeless' under paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 103(a) of 
    the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended by section 
    1003 of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to 
    Housing Act of 2009, should be modified by the Congress, including 
    whether there is a compelling need for a uniform definition of 
    homelessness under Federal law, the extent to which the differences 
    in such definitions create barriers for individuals to accessing 
    services and to collaboration between agencies, and the relative 
    availability, and barriers to access by persons defined as 
    homeless, of mainstream programs identified by the Government 
    Accountability Office in the two reports identified in paragraph 
    (7) of this subsection; and shall submit transcripts of such 
    meeting, and any majority and dissenting recommendations from such 
    meetings, to each committee of the House of Representatives and the 
    Senate having jurisdiction over any Federal program to assist 
    homeless individuals or families not later than the expiration of 
    the 60-day period beginning upon conclusion of such meeting.''.
        (4) in section 203(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 11313(b))--
            (A) by striking ``Federal'' and inserting ``national'';
            (B) by striking ``; and'' and inserting ``and pay for 
        expenses of attendance at meetings which are concerned with the 
        functions or activities for which the appropriation is made;'';
        (5) in section 205(d) (42 U.S.C. 11315(d)), by striking 
    ``property.'' and inserting ``property, both real and personal, 
    public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose 
    of aiding or facilitating the work of the Council.''; and
        (6) by striking section 208 (42 U.S.C. 11318) and inserting the 
    following:
    ``SEC. 208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal years 2011. Any amounts appropriated to carry out this title 
shall remain available until expended.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on, and shall apply beginning on, the date of the enactment 
of this division.

             TITLE I--HOUSING ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 1101. DEFINITIONS.
    Subtitle A of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.) is amended--
        (1) by striking the subtitle heading and inserting the 
    following:

                  ``Subtitle A--General Provisions'';

        (2) by redesignating sections 401 and 402 (42 U.S.C. 11361, 
    11362) as sections 403 and 406, respectively; and
        (3) by inserting before section 403 (as so redesignated by 
    paragraph (2) of this section) the following new section:
    ``SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS.
    ``For purposes of this title:
        ``(1) At risk of homelessness.--The term `at risk of 
    homelessness' means, with respect to an individual or family, that 
    the individual or family--
            ``(A) has income below 30 percent of median income for the 
        geographic area;
            ``(B) has insufficient resources immediately available to 
        attain housing stability; and
            ``(C)(i) has moved frequently because of economic reasons;
            ``(ii) is living in the home of another because of economic 
        hardship;
            ``(iii) has been notified that their right to occupy their 
        current housing or living situation will be terminated;
            ``(iv) lives in a hotel or motel;
            ``(v) lives in severely overcrowded housing;
            ``(vi) is exiting an institution; or
            ``(vii) otherwise lives in housing that has characteristics 
        associated with instability and an increased risk of 
        homelessness.
        Such term includes all families with children and youth defined 
        as homeless under other Federal statutes.
        ``(2) Chronically homeless.--
            ``(A) In general.--The term `chronically homeless' means, 
        with respect to an individual or family, that the individual or 
        family--
                ``(i) is homeless and lives or resides in a place not 
            meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an 
            emergency shelter;
                ``(ii) has been homeless and living or residing in a 
            place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in 
            an emergency shelter continuously for at least 1 year or on 
            at least 4 separate occasions in the last 3 years; and
                ``(iii) has an adult head of household (or a minor head 
            of household if no adult is present in the household) with 
            a diagnosable substance use disorder, serious mental 
            illness, developmental disability (as defined in section 
            102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill 
            of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002)), post traumatic 
            stress disorder, cognitive impairments resulting from a 
            brain injury, or chronic physical illness or disability, 
            including the co-occurrence of 2 or more of those 
            conditions.
            ``(B) Rule of construction.--A person who currently lives 
        or resides in an institutional care facility, including a jail, 
        substance abuse or mental health treatment facility, hospital 
        or other similar facility, and has resided there for fewer than 
        90 days shall be considered chronically homeless if such person 
        met all of the requirements described in subparagraph (A) prior 
        to entering that facility.
        ``(3) Collaborative applicant.--The term `collaborative 
    applicant' means an entity that--
            ``(A) carries out the duties specified in section 402;
            ``(B) serves as the applicant for project sponsors who 
        jointly submit a single application for a grant under subtitle 
        C in accordance with a collaborative process; and
            ``(C) if the entity is a legal entity and is awarded such 
        grant, receives such grant directly from the Secretary.
        ``(4) Collaborative application.--The term `collaborative 
    application' means an application for a grant under subtitle C 
    that--
            ``(A) satisfies section 422; and
            ``(B) is submitted to the Secretary by a collaborative 
        applicant.
        ``(5) Consolidated plan.--The term `Consolidated Plan' means a 
    comprehensive housing affordability strategy and community 
    development plan required in part 91 of title 24, Code of Federal 
    Regulations.
        ``(6) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means, with 
    respect to a subtitle, a public entity, a private entity, or an 
    entity that is a combination of public and private entities, that 
    is eligible to directly receive grant amounts under such subtitle.
        ``(7) Families with children and youth defined as homeless 
    under other federal statutes.--The term `families with children and 
    youth defined as homeless under other Federal statutes' means any 
    children or youth that are defined as `homeless' under any Federal 
    statute other than this subtitle, but are not defined as homeless 
    under section 103, and shall also include the parent, parents, or 
    guardian of such children or youth under subtitle B of title VII 
    this Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.).
        ``(8) Geographic area.--The term `geographic area' means a 
    State, metropolitan city, urban county, town, village, or other 
    nonentitlement area, or a combination or consortia of such, in the 
    United States, as described in section 106 of the Housing and 
    Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306).
        ``(9) Homeless individual with a disability.--
            ``(A) In general.--The term `homeless individual with a 
        disability' means an individual who is homeless, as defined in 
        section 103, and has a disability that--
                ``(i)(I) is expected to be long-continuing or of 
            indefinite duration;
                ``(II) substantially impedes the individual's ability 
            to live independently;
                ``(III) could be improved by the provision of more 
            suitable housing conditions; and
                ``(IV) is a physical, mental, or emotional impairment, 
            including an impairment caused by alcohol or drug abuse, 
            post traumatic stress disorder, or brain injury;
                ``(ii) is a developmental disability, as defined in 
            section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 
            and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002); or
                ``(iii) is the disease of acquired immunodeficiency 
            syndrome or any condition arising from the etiologic agency 
            for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
            ``(B) Rule.--Nothing in clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) 
        shall be construed to limit eligibility under clause (i) or 
        (ii) of subparagraph (A).
        ``(10) Legal entity.--The term `legal entity' means--
            ``(A) an entity described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and exempt 
        from tax under section 501(a) of such Code;
            ``(B) an instrumentality of State or local government; or
            ``(C) a consortium of instrumentalities of State or local 
        governments that has constituted itself as an entity.
        ``(11) Metropolitan city; urban county; nonentitlement area.--
    The terms `metropolitan city', `urban county', and `nonentitlement 
    area' have the meanings given such terms in section 102(a) of the 
    Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)).
        ``(12) New.--The term `new' means, with respect to housing, 
    that no assistance has been provided under this title for the 
    housing.
        ``(13) Operating costs.--The term `operating costs' means 
    expenses incurred by a project sponsor operating transitional 
    housing or permanent housing under this title with respect to--
            ``(A) the administration, maintenance, repair, and security 
        of such housing;
            ``(B) utilities, fuel, furnishings, and equipment for such 
        housing; or
            ``(C) coordination of services as needed to ensure long-
        term housing stability.
        ``(14) Outpatient health services.--The term `outpatient health 
    services' means outpatient health care services, mental health 
    services, and outpatient substance abuse services.
        ``(15) Permanent housing.--The term `permanent housing' means 
    community-based housing without a designated length of stay, and 
    includes both permanent supportive housing and permanent housing 
    without supportive services.
        ``(16) Personally identifying information.--The term 
    `personally identifying information' means individually identifying 
    information for or about an individual, including information 
    likely to disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, 
    dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including--
            ``(A) a first and last name;
            ``(B) a home or other physical address;
            ``(C) contact information (including a postal, e-mail or 
        Internet protocol address, or telephone or facsimile number);
            ``(D) a social security number; and
            ``(E) any other information, including date of birth, 
        racial or ethnic background, or religious affiliation, that, in 
        combination with any other non-personally identifying 
        information, would serve to identify any individual.
        ``(17) Private nonprofit organization.--The term `private 
    nonprofit organization' means an organization--
            ``(A) no part of the net earnings of which inures to the 
        benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual;
            ``(B) that has a voluntary board;
            ``(C) that has an accounting system, or has designated a 
        fiscal agent in accordance with requirements established by the 
        Secretary; and
            ``(D) that practices nondiscrimination in the provision of 
        assistance.
        ``(18) Project.--The term `project' means, with respect to 
    activities carried out under subtitle C, eligible activities 
    described in section 423(a), undertaken pursuant to a specific 
    endeavor, such as serving a particular population or providing a 
    particular resource.
        ``(19) Project-based.--The term `project-based' means, with 
    respect to rental assistance, that the assistance is provided 
    pursuant to a contract that--
            ``(A) is between--
                ``(i) the recipient or a project sponsor; and
                ``(ii) an owner of a structure that exists as of the 
            date the contract is entered into; and
            ``(B) provides that rental assistance payments shall be 
        made to the owner and that the units in the structure shall be 
        occupied by eligible persons for not less than the term of the 
        contract.
        ``(20) Project sponsor.--The term `project sponsor' means, with 
    respect to proposed eligible activities, the organization directly 
    responsible for carrying out the proposed eligible activities.
        ``(21) Recipient.--Except as used in subtitle B, the term 
    `recipient' means an eligible entity who--
            ``(A) submits an application for a grant under section 422 
        that is approved by the Secretary;
            ``(B) receives the grant directly from the Secretary to 
        support approved projects described in the application; and
            ``(C)(i) serves as a project sponsor for the projects; or
            ``(ii) awards the funds to project sponsors to carry out 
        the projects.
        ``(22) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of 
    Housing and Urban Development.
        ``(23) Serious mental illness.--The term `serious mental 
    illness' means a severe and persistent mental illness or emotional 
    impairment that seriously limits a person's ability to live 
    independently.
        ``(24) Solo applicant.--The term `solo applicant' means an 
    entity that is an eligible entity, directly submits an application 
    for a grant under subtitle C to the Secretary, and, if awarded such 
    grant, receives such grant directly from the Secretary.
        ``(25) Sponsor-based.--The term `sponsor-based' means, with 
    respect to rental assistance, that the assistance is provided 
    pursuant to a contract that--
            ``(A) is between--
                ``(i) the recipient or a project sponsor; and
                ``(ii) an independent entity that--

                    ``(I) is a private organization; and
                    ``(II) owns or leases dwelling units; and

            ``(B) provides that rental assistance payments shall be 
        made to the independent entity and that eligible persons shall 
        occupy such assisted units.
        ``(26) State.--Except as used in subtitle B, the term `State' 
    means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
    Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
    Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other 
    territory or possession of the United States.
        ``(27) Supportive services.--The term `supportive services' 
    means services that address the special needs of people served by a 
    project, including--
            ``(A) the establishment and operation of a child care 
        services program for families experiencing homelessness;
            ``(B) the establishment and operation of an employment 
        assistance program, including providing job training;
            ``(C) the provision of outpatient health services, food, 
        and case management;
            ``(D) the provision of assistance in obtaining permanent 
        housing, employment counseling, and nutritional counseling;
            ``(E) the provision of outreach services, advocacy, life 
        skills training, and housing search and counseling services;
            ``(F) the provision of mental health services, trauma 
        counseling, and victim services;
            ``(G) the provision of assistance in obtaining other 
        Federal, State, and local assistance available for residents of 
        supportive housing (including mental health benefits, 
        employment counseling, and medical assistance, but not 
        including major medical equipment);
            ``(H) the provision of legal services for purposes 
        including requesting reconsiderations and appeals of veterans 
        and public benefit claim denials and resolving outstanding 
        warrants that interfere with an individual's ability to obtain 
        and retain housing;
            ``(I) the provision of--
                ``(i) transportation services that facilitate an 
            individual's ability to obtain and maintain employment; and
                ``(ii) health care; and
            ``(J) other supportive services necessary to obtain and 
        maintain housing.
        ``(28) Tenant-based.--The term `tenant-based' means, with 
    respect to rental assistance, assistance that--
            ``(A) allows an eligible person to select a housing unit in 
        which such person will live using rental assistance provided 
        under subtitle C, except that if necessary to assure that the 
        provision of supportive services to a person participating in a 
        program is feasible, a recipient or project sponsor may require 
        that the person live--
                ``(i) in a particular structure or unit for not more 
            than the first year of the participation;
                ``(ii) within a particular geographic area for the full 
            period of the participation, or the period remaining after 
            the period referred to in subparagraph (A); and
            ``(B) provides that a person may receive such assistance 
        and move to another structure, unit, or geographic area if the 
        person has complied with all other obligations of the program 
        and has moved out of the assisted dwelling unit in order to 
        protect the health or safety of an individual who is or has 
        been the victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
        assault, or stalking, and who reasonably believed he or she was 
        imminently threatened by harm from further violence if he or 
        she remained in the assisted dwelling unit.
        ``(29) Transitional housing.--The term `transitional housing' 
    means housing the purpose of which is to facilitate the movement of 
    individuals and families experiencing homelessness to permanent 
    housing within 24 months or such longer period as the Secretary 
    determines necessary.
        ``(30) Unified funding agency.--The term `unified funding 
    agency' means a collaborative applicant that performs the duties 
    described in section 402(g).
        ``(31) Underserved populations.--The term `underserved 
    populations' includes populations underserved because of geographic 
    location, underserved racial and ethnic populations, populations 
    underserved because of special needs (such as language barriers, 
    disabilities, alienage status, or age), and any other population 
    determined to be underserved by the Secretary, as appropriate.
        ``(32) Victim service provider.--The term `victim service 
    provider' means a private nonprofit organization whose primary 
    mission is to provide services to victims of domestic violence, 
    dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Such term includes 
    rape crisis centers, battered women's shelters, domestic violence 
    transitional housing programs, and other programs.
        ``(33) Victim services.--The term `victim services' means 
    services that assist domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
    assault, or stalking victims, including services offered by rape 
    crisis centers and domestic violence shelters, and other 
    organizations, with a documented history of effective work 
    concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
    stalking.''.
SEC. 1102. COMMUNITY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PLANNING BOARDS.
    Subtitle A of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 401 
(as added by section 1101(3) of this division) the following new 
section:
    ``SEC. 402. COLLABORATIVE APPLICANTS.
    ``(a) Establishment and Designation.--A collaborative applicant 
shall be established for a geographic area by the relevant parties in 
that geographic area to--
        ``(1) submit an application for amounts under this subtitle; 
    and
        ``(2) perform the duties specified in subsection (f) and, if 
    applicable, subsection (g).
    ``(b) No Requirement To Be a Legal Entity.--An entity may be 
established to serve as a collaborative applicant under this section 
without being a legal entity.
    ``(c) Remedial Action.--If the Secretary finds that a collaborative 
applicant for a geographic area does not meet the requirements of this 
section, or if there is no collaborative applicant for a geographic 
area, the Secretary may take remedial action to ensure fair 
distribution of grant amounts under subtitle C to eligible entities 
within that area. Such measures may include designating another body as 
a collaborative applicant, or permitting other eligible entities to 
apply directly for grants.
    ``(d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
displace conflict of interest or government fair practices laws, or 
their equivalent, that govern applicants for grant amounts under 
subtitles B and C.
    ``(e) Appointment of Agent.--
        ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a collaborative 
    applicant may designate an agent to--
            ``(A) apply for a grant under section 422(c);
            ``(B) receive and distribute grant funds awarded under 
        subtitle C; and
            ``(C) perform other administrative duties.
        ``(2) Retention of duties.--Any collaborative applicant that 
    designates an agent pursuant to paragraph (1) shall regardless of 
    such designation retain all of its duties and responsibilities 
    under this title.
    ``(f) Duties.--A collaborative applicant shall--
        ``(1) design a collaborative process for the development of an 
    application under subtitle C, and for evaluating the outcomes of 
    projects for which funds are awarded under subtitle B, in such a 
    manner as to provide information necessary for the Secretary--
            ``(A) to determine compliance with--
                ``(i) the program requirements under section 426; and
                ``(ii) the selection criteria described under section 
            427; and
            ``(B) to establish priorities for funding projects in the 
        geographic area involved;
        ``(2) participate in the Consolidated Plan for the geographic 
    area served by the collaborative applicant; and
        ``(3) ensure operation of, and consistent participation by, 
    project sponsors in a community-wide homeless management 
    information system (in this subsection referred to as `HMIS') 
    that--
            ``(A) collects unduplicated counts of individuals and 
        families experiencing homelessness;
            ``(B) analyzes patterns of use of assistance provided under 
        subtitles B and C for the geographic area involved;
            ``(C) provides information to project sponsors and 
        applicants for needs analyses and funding priorities; and
            ``(D) is developed in accordance with standards established 
        by the Secretary, including standards that provide for--
                ``(i) encryption of data collected for purposes of 
            HMIS;
                ``(ii) documentation, including keeping an accurate 
            accounting, proper usage, and disclosure, of HMIS data;
                ``(iii) access to HMIS data by staff, contractors, law 
            enforcement, and academic researchers;
                ``(iv) rights of persons receiving services under this 
            title;
                ``(v) criminal and civil penalties for unlawful 
            disclosure of data; and
                ``(vi) such other standards as may be determined 
            necessary by the Secretary.
    ``(g) Unified Funding.--
        ``(1) In general.--In addition to the duties described in 
    subsection (f), a collaborative applicant shall receive from the 
    Secretary and distribute to other project sponsors in the 
    applicable geographic area funds for projects to be carried out by 
    such other project sponsors, if--
            ``(A) the collaborative applicant--
                ``(i) applies to undertake such collection and 
            distribution responsibilities in an application submitted 
            under this subtitle; and
                ``(ii) is selected to perform such responsibilities by 
            the Secretary; or
            ``(B) the Secretary designates the collaborative applicant 
        as the unified funding agency in the geographic area, after--
                ``(i) a finding by the Secretary that the applicant--

                    ``(I) has the capacity to perform such 
                responsibilities; and
                    ``(II) would serve the purposes of this Act as they 
                apply to the geographic area; and

                ``(ii) the Secretary provides the collaborative 
            applicant with the technical assistance necessary to 
            perform such responsibilities as such assistance is agreed 
            to by the collaborative applicant.
        ``(2) Required actions by a unified funding agency.--A 
    collaborative applicant that is either selected or designated as a 
    unified funding agency for a geographic area under paragraph (1) 
    shall--
            ``(A) require each project sponsor who is funded by a grant 
        received under subtitle C to establish such fiscal control and 
        fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure the 
        proper disbursal of, and accounting for, Federal funds awarded 
        to the project sponsor under subtitle C in order to ensure that 
        all financial transactions carried out under subtitle C are 
        conducted, and records maintained, in accordance with generally 
        accepted accounting principles; and
            ``(B) arrange for an annual survey, audit, or evaluation of 
        the financial records of each project carried out by a project 
        sponsor funded by a grant received under subtitle C.
    ``(h) Conflict of Interest.--No board member of a collaborative 
applicant may participate in decisions of the collaborative applicant 
concerning the award of a grant, or provision of other financial 
benefits, to such member or the organization that such member 
represents.''.
SEC. 1103. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
    Subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11361 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 403 (as so 
redesignated by section 1101(2) of this division) the following new 
sections:
    ``SEC. 404. PREVENTING INVOLUNTARY FAMILY SEPARATION.
    ``(a) In General.--After the expiration of the 2-year period that 
begins upon the date of the enactment of the Homeless Emergency 
Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, and except as 
provided in subsection (b), any project sponsor receiving funds under 
this title to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, or 
permanent housing to families with children under age 18 shall not deny 
admission to any family based on the age of any child under age 18.
    ``(b) Exception.--Notwithstanding the requirement under subsection 
(a), project sponsors of transitional housing receiving funds under 
this title may target transitional housing resources to families with 
children of a specific age only if the project sponsor--
        ``(1) operates a transitional housing program that has a 
    primary purpose of implementing an evidence-based practice that 
    requires that housing units be targeted to families with children 
    in a specific age group; and
        ``(2) provides such assurances, as the Secretary shall require, 
    that an equivalent appropriate alternative living arrangement for 
    the whole family or household unit has been secured.
    ``SEC. 405. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make available technical 
assistance to private nonprofit organizations and other nongovernmental 
entities, States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and counties 
that are not urban counties, to implement effective planning processes 
for preventing and ending homelessness, to improve their capacity to 
prepare collaborative applications, to prevent the separation of 
families in emergency shelter or other housing programs, and to adopt 
and provide best practices in housing and services for persons 
experiencing homeless.
    ``(b) Reservation.--The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 
percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year for carrying 
out subtitles B and C, to provide technical assistance under subsection 
(a).''.
SEC. 1104. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION BY VICTIM 
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
    Subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11361 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this title, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``SEC. 407. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION BY 
      VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS.
    ``In the course of awarding grants or implementing programs under 
this title, the Secretary shall instruct any victim service provider 
that is a recipient or subgrantee not to disclose for purposes of the 
Homeless Management Information System any personally identifying 
information about any client. The Secretary may, after public notice 
and comment, require or ask such recipients and subgrantees to disclose 
for purposes of the Homeless Management Information System non-
personally identifying information that has been de-identified, 
encrypted, or otherwise encoded. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to supersede any provision of any Federal, State, or local 
law that provides greater protection than this subsection for victims 
of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.''.
SEC. 1105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    Subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11361 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this title, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
$2,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2011.''.

              TITLE II--EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS PROGRAM

SEC. 1201. GRANT ASSISTANCE.
    Subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.) is amended--
        (1) by striking the subtitle heading and inserting the 
    following:

          ``Subtitle B--Emergency Solutions Grants Program'';

        (2) by striking section 417 (42 U.S.C. 11377);
        (3) by redesignating sections 413 through 416 (42 U.S.C. 11373-
    6) as sections 414 through 417, respectively; and
        (4) by striking section 412 (42 U.S.C. 11372) and inserting the 
    following:
    ``SEC. 412. GRANT ASSISTANCE.
    ``The Secretary shall make grants to States and local governments 
(and to private nonprofit organizations providing assistance to persons 
experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, in the case of 
grants made with reallocated amounts) for the purpose of carrying out 
activities described in section 415.
    ``SEC. 413. AMOUNT AND ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) In General.--Of the amount made available to carry out this 
subtitle and subtitle C for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate 
nationally 20 percent of such amount for activities described in 
section 415. The Secretary shall be required to certify that such 
allocation will not adversely affect the renewal of existing projects 
under this subtitle and subtitle C for those individuals or families 
who are homeless.
    ``(b) Allocation.--An entity that receives a grant under section 
412, and serves an area that includes 1 or more geographic areas (or 
portions of such areas) served by collaborative applicants that submit 
applications under subtitle C, shall allocate the funds made available 
through the grant to carry out activities described in section 415, in 
consultation with the collaborative applicants.''; and
        (5) in section 414(b) (42 U.S.C. 11373(b)), as so redesignated 
    by paragraph (3) of this section, by striking ``amounts 
    appropriated'' and all that follows through ``for any'' and 
    inserting ``amounts appropriated under section 408 and made 
    available to carry out this subtitle for any''.
SEC. 1202. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
    The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended by striking 
section 415 (42 U.S.C. 11374), as so redesignated by section 1201(3) of 
this division, and inserting the following new section:
    ``SEC. 415. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
    ``(a) In General.--Assistance provided under section 412 may be 
used for the following activities:
        ``(1) The renovation, major rehabilitation, or conversion of 
    buildings to be used as emergency shelters.
        ``(2) The provision of essential services related to emergency 
    shelter or street outreach, including services concerned with 
    employment, health, education, family support services for homeless 
    youth, substance abuse services, victim services, or mental health 
    services, if--
            ``(A) such essential services have not been provided by the 
        local government during any part of the immediately preceding 
        12-month period or the Secretary determines that the local 
        government is in a severe financial deficit; or
            ``(B) the use of assistance under this subtitle would 
        complement the provision of those essential services.
        ``(3) Maintenance, operation, insurance, provision of 
    utilities, and provision of furnishings related to emergency 
    shelter.
        ``(4) Provision of rental assistance to provide short-term or 
    medium-term housing to homeless individuals or families or 
    individuals or families at risk of homelessness. Such rental 
    assistance may include tenant-based or project-based rental 
    assistance.
        ``(5) Housing relocation or stabilization services for homeless 
    individuals or families or individuals or families at risk of 
    homelessness, including housing search, mediation or outreach to 
    property owners, legal services, credit repair, providing security 
    or utility deposits, utility payments, rental assistance for a 
    final month at a location, assistance with moving costs, or other 
    activities that are effective at--
            ``(A) stabilizing individuals and families in their current 
        housing; or
            ``(B) quickly moving such individuals and families to other 
        permanent housing.
    ``(b) Maximum Allocation for Emergency Shelter Activities.--A 
grantee of assistance provided under section 412 for any fiscal year 
may not use an amount of such assistance for activities described in 
paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) that exceeds the greater 
of--
        ``(1) 60 percent of the aggregate amount of such assistance 
    provided for the grantee for such fiscal year; or
        ``(2) the amount expended by such grantee for such activities 
    during fiscal year most recently completed before the effective 
    date under section 1503 of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and 
    Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009.''.
SEC. 1203. PARTICIPATION IN HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
    Section 416 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11375), as so redesignated by section 1201(3) of this division, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Participation in HMIS.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
recipients of funds under this subtitle ensure the consistent 
participation by emergency shelters and homelessness prevention and 
rehousing programs in any applicable community-wide homeless management 
information system.''.
SEC. 1204. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION.
    Section 418 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11378) is amended by striking ``5 percent'' and inserting ``7.5 
percent''.
SEC. 1205. GAO STUDY OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.
    Not later than the expiration of the 12-month period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this division, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall--
        (1) conduct a study to examine the appropriate administrative 
    costs for administering the program authorized under subtitle B of 
    title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
    11371 et seq.); and
        (2) submit to Congress a report on the findings of the study 
    required under paragraph (1).

                  TITLE III--CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

SEC. 1301. CONTINUUM OF CARE.
    The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended--
        (1) by striking the subtitle heading for subtitle C of title IV 
    (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and inserting the following:

             ``Subtitle C--Continuum of Care Program''; and

        (2) by striking sections 421 and 422 (42 U.S.C. 11381 and 
    11382) and inserting the following new sections:
    ``SEC. 421. PURPOSES.
    ``The purposes of this subtitle are--
        ``(1) to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of 
    ending homelessness;
        ``(2) to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers and 
    State and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals 
    and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to 
    individuals, families, and communities by homelessness;
        ``(3) to promote access to, and effective utilization of, 
    mainstream programs described in section 203(a)(7) and programs 
    funded with State or local resources; and
        ``(4) to optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and 
    families experiencing homelessness.
    ``SEC. 422. CONTINUUM OF CARE APPLICATIONS AND GRANTS.
    ``(a) Projects.--The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive 
basis, and using the selection criteria described in section 427, to 
carry out eligible activities under this subtitle for projects that 
meet the program requirements under section 426, either by directly 
awarding funds to project sponsors or by awarding funds to unified 
funding agencies.
    ``(b) Notification of Funding Availability.--The Secretary shall 
release a notification of funding availability for grants awarded under 
this subtitle for a fiscal year not later than 3 months after the date 
of the enactment of the appropriate Act making appropriations for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development for such fiscal year.
    ``(c) Applications.--
        ``(1) Submission to the secretary.--To be eligible to receive a 
    grant under subsection (a), a project sponsor or unified funding 
    agency in a geographic area shall submit an application to the 
    Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may 
    require, and containing such information as the Secretary 
    determines necessary--
            ``(A) to determine compliance with the program requirements 
        and selection criteria under this subtitle; and
            ``(B) to establish priorities for funding projects in the 
        geographic area.
        ``(2) Announcement of awards.--
            ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
        the Secretary shall announce, within 5 months after the last 
        date for the submission of applications described in this 
        subsection for a fiscal year, the grants conditionally awarded 
        under subsection (a) for that fiscal year.
            ``(B) Transition.--For a period of up to 2 years beginning 
        after the effective date under section 1503 of the Homeless 
        Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 
        2009, the Secretary shall announce, within 6 months after the 
        last date for the submission of applications described in this 
        subsection for a fiscal year, the grants conditionally awarded 
        under subsection (a) for that fiscal year.
    ``(d) Obligation, Distribution, and Utilization of Funds.--
        ``(1) Requirements for obligation.--
            ``(A) In general.--Not later than 9 months after the 
        announcement referred to in subsection (c)(2), each recipient 
        or project sponsor shall meet all requirements for the 
        obligation of those funds, including site control, matching 
        funds, and environmental review requirements, except as 
        provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C).
            ``(B) Acquisition, rehabilitation, or construction.--Not 
        later than 24 months after the announcement referred to in 
        subsection (c)(2), each recipient or project sponsor seeking 
        the obligation of funds for acquisition of housing, 
        rehabilitation of housing, or construction of new housing for a 
        grant announced under subsection (c)(2) shall meet all 
        requirements for the obligation of those funds, including site 
        control, matching funds, and environmental review requirements.
            ``(C) Extensions.--At the discretion of the Secretary, and 
        in compelling circumstances, the Secretary may extend the date 
        by which a recipient or project sponsor shall meet the 
        requirements described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) if the 
        Secretary determines that compliance with the requirements was 
        delayed due to factors beyond the reasonable control of the 
        recipient or project sponsor. Such factors may include 
        difficulties in obtaining site control for a proposed project, 
        completing the process of obtaining secure financing for the 
        project, obtaining approvals from State or local governments, 
        or completing the technical submission requirements for the 
        project.
        ``(2) Obligation.--Not later than 45 days after a recipient or 
    project sponsor meets the requirements described in paragraph (1), 
    the Secretary shall obligate the funds for the grant involved.
        ``(3) Distribution.--A recipient that receives funds through 
    such a grant--
            ``(A) shall distribute the funds to project sponsors (in 
        advance of expenditures by the project sponsors); and
            ``(B) shall distribute the appropriate portion of the funds 
        to a project sponsor not later than 45 days after receiving a 
        request for such distribution from the project sponsor.
        ``(4) Expenditure of funds.--The Secretary may establish a date 
    by which funds made available through a grant announced under 
    subsection (c)(2) for a homeless assistance project shall be 
    entirely expended by the recipient or project sponsors involved. 
    The date established under this paragraph shall not occur before 
    the expiration of the 24-month period beginning on the date that 
    funds are obligated for activities described under paragraphs (1) 
    or (2) of section 423(a). The Secretary shall recapture the funds 
    not expended by such date. The Secretary shall reallocate the funds 
    for another homeless assistance and prevention project that meets 
    the requirements of this subtitle to be carried out, if possible 
    and appropriate, in the same geographic area as the area served 
    through the original grant.
    ``(e) Renewal Funding for Unsuccessful Applicants.--The Secretary 
may renew funding for a specific project previously funded under this 
subtitle that the Secretary determines meets the purposes of this 
subtitle, and was included as part of a total application that met the 
criteria of subsection (c), even if the application was not selected to 
receive grant assistance. The Secretary may renew the funding for a 
period of not more than 1 year, and under such conditions as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
    ``(f) Considerations in Determining Renewal Funding.--When 
providing renewal funding for leasing, operating costs, or rental 
assistance for permanent housing, the Secretary shall make adjustments 
proportional to increases in the fair market rents in the geographic 
area.
    ``(g) More Than 1 Application for a Geographic Area.--If more than 
1 collaborative applicant applies for funds for a geographic area, the 
Secretary shall award funds to the collaborative applicant with the 
highest score based on the selection criteria set forth in section 427.
    ``(h) Appeals.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a timely 
    appeal procedure for grant amounts awarded or denied under this 
    subtitle pursuant to a collaborative application or solo 
    application for funding.
        ``(2) Process.--The Secretary shall ensure that the procedure 
    permits appeals submitted by entities carrying out homeless housing 
    and services projects (including emergency shelters and 
    homelessness prevention programs), and all other applicants under 
    this subtitle.
    ``(i) Solo Applicants.--A solo applicant may submit an application 
to the Secretary for a grant under subsection (a) and be awarded such 
grant on the same basis as such grants are awarded to other applicants 
based on the criteria described in section 427, but only if the 
Secretary determines that the solo applicant has attempted to 
participate in the continuum of care process but was not permitted to 
participate in a reasonable manner. The Secretary may award such grants 
directly to such applicants in a manner determined to be appropriate by 
the Secretary.
    ``(j) Flexibility To Serve Persons Defined as Homeless Under Other 
Federal Laws.--
        ``(1) In general.--A collaborative applicant may use not more 
    than 10 percent of funds awarded under this subtitle (continuum of 
    care funding) for any of the types of eligible activities specified 
    in paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 423(a) to serve families 
    with children and youth defined as homeless under other Federal 
    statutes, or homeless families with children and youth defined as 
    homeless under section 103(a)(6), but only if the applicant 
    demonstrates that the use of such funds is of an equal or greater 
    priority or is equally or more cost effective in meeting the 
    overall goals and objectives of the plan submitted under section 
    427(b)(1)(B), especially with respect to children and unaccompanied 
    youth.
        ``(2) Limitations.--The 10 percent limitation under paragraph 
    (1) shall not apply to collaborative applicants in which the rate 
    of homelessness, as calculated in the most recent point in time 
    count, is less than one-tenth of 1 percent of total population.
        ``(3) Treatment of certain populations.--
            ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 103(a) and 
        subject to subparagraph (B), funds awarded under this subtitle 
        may be used for eligible activities to serve unaccompanied 
        youth and homeless families and children defined as homeless 
        under section 103(a)(6) only pursuant to paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection and such families and children shall not otherwise 
        be considered as homeless for purposes of this subtitle.
            ``(B) At risk of homelessness.--Subparagraph (A) may not be 
        construed to prevent any unaccompanied youth and homeless 
        families and children defined as homeless under section 
        103(a)(6) from qualifying for, and being treated for purposes 
        of this subtitle as, at risk of homelessness or from 
        eligibility for any projects, activities, or services carried 
        out using amounts provided under this subtitle for which 
        individuals or families that are at risk of homelessness are 
        eligible.''.
SEC. 1302. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
    The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended by striking 
section 423 (42 U.S.C. 11383) and inserting the following new section:
    ``SEC. 423. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
    ``(a) In General.--Grants awarded under section 422 to qualified 
applicants shall be used to carry out projects that serve homeless 
individuals or families that consist of one or more of the following 
eligible activities:
        ``(1) Construction of new housing units to provide transitional 
    or permanent housing.
        ``(2) Acquisition or rehabilitation of a structure to provide 
    transitional or permanent housing, other than emergency shelter, or 
    to provide supportive services.
        ``(3) Leasing of property, or portions of property, not owned 
    by the recipient or project sponsor involved, for use in providing 
    transitional or permanent housing, or providing supportive 
    services.
        ``(4) Provision of rental assistance to provide transitional or 
    permanent housing to eligible persons. The rental assistance may 
    include tenant-based, project-based, or sponsor-based rental 
    assistance. Project-based rental assistance, sponsor-based rental 
    assistance, and operating cost assistance contracts carried out by 
    project sponsors receiving grants under this section may, at the 
    discretion of the applicant and the project sponsor, have an 
    initial term of 15 years, with assistance for the first 5 years 
    paid with funds authorized for appropriation under this Act, and 
    assistance for the remainder of the term treated as a renewal of an 
    expiring contract as provided in section 429. Project-based rental 
    assistance may include rental assistance to preserve existing 
    permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals and families.
        ``(5) Payment of operating costs for housing units assisted 
    under this subtitle or for the preservation of housing that will 
    serve homeless individuals and families and for which another form 
    of assistance is expiring or otherwise no longer available.
        ``(6) Supportive services for individuals and families who are 
    currently homeless, who have been homeless in the prior six months 
    but are currently residing in permanent housing, or who were 
    previously homeless and are currently residing in permanent 
    supportive housing.
        ``(7) Provision of rehousing services, including housing 
    search, mediation or outreach to property owners, credit repair, 
    providing security or utility deposits, rental assistance for a 
    final month at a location, assistance with moving costs, or other 
    activities that--
            ``(A) are effective at moving homeless individuals and 
        families immediately into housing; or
            ``(B) may benefit individuals and families who in the prior 
        6 months have been homeless, but are currently residing in 
        permanent housing.
        ``(8) In the case of a collaborative applicant that is a legal 
    entity, performance of the duties described under section 
    402(f)(3).
        ``(9) Operation of, participation in, and ensuring consistent 
    participation by project sponsors in, a community-wide homeless 
    management information system.
        ``(10) In the case of a collaborative applicant that is a legal 
    entity, payment of administrative costs related to meeting the 
    requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 402(f), 
    for which the collaborative applicant may use not more than 3 
    percent of the total funds made available in the geographic area 
    under this subtitle for such costs.
        ``(11) In the case of a collaborative applicant that is a 
    unified funding agency under section 402(g), payment of 
    administrative costs related to meeting the requirements of that 
    section, for which the unified funding agency may use not more than 
    3 percent of the total funds made available in the geographic area 
    under this subtitle for such costs, in addition to funds used under 
    paragraph (10).
        ``(12) Payment of administrative costs to project sponsors, for 
    which each project sponsor may use not more than 10 percent of the 
    total funds made available to that project sponsor through this 
    subtitle for such costs.
    ``(b) Minimum Grant Terms.--The Secretary may impose minimum grant 
terms of up to 5 years for new projects providing permanent housing.
    ``(c) Use Restrictions.--
        ``(1) Acquisition, rehabilitation, and new construction.--A 
    project that consists of activities described in paragraph (1) or 
    (2) of subsection (a) shall be operated for the purpose specified 
    in the application submitted for the project under section 422 for 
    not less than 15 years.
        ``(2) Other activities.--A project that consists of activities 
    described in any of paragraphs (3) through (12) of subsection (a) 
    shall be operated for the purpose specified in the application 
    submitted for the project under section 422 for the duration of the 
    grant period involved.
        ``(3) Conversion.--If the recipient or project sponsor carrying 
    out a project that provides transitional or permanent housing 
    submits a request to the Secretary to carry out instead a project 
    for the direct benefit of low-income persons, and the Secretary 
    determines that the initial project is no longer needed to provide 
    transitional or permanent housing, the Secretary may approve the 
    project described in the request and authorize the recipient or 
    project sponsor to carry out that project.
    ``(d) Repayment of Assistance and Prevention of Undue Benefits.--
        ``(1) Repayment.--If a recipient or project sponsor receives 
    assistance under section 422 to carry out a project that consists 
    of activities described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) 
    and the project ceases to provide transitional or permanent 
    housing--
            ``(A) earlier than 10 years after operation of the project 
        begins, the Secretary shall require the recipient or project 
        sponsor to repay 100 percent of the assistance; or
            ``(B) not earlier than 10 years, but earlier than 15 years, 
        after operation of the project begins, the Secretary shall 
        require the recipient or project sponsor to repay 20 percent of 
        the assistance for each of the years in the 15-year period for 
        which the project fails to provide that housing.
        ``(2) Prevention of undue benefits.--Except as provided in 
    paragraph (3), if any property is used for a project that receives 
    assistance under subsection (a) and consists of activities 
    described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), and the sale 
    or other disposition of the property occurs before the expiration 
    of the 15-year period beginning on the date that operation of the 
    project begins, the recipient or project sponsor who received the 
    assistance shall comply with such terms and conditions as the 
    Secretary may prescribe to prevent the recipient or project sponsor 
    from unduly benefitting from such sale or disposition.
        ``(3) Exception.--A recipient or project sponsor shall not be 
    required to make the repayments, and comply with the terms and 
    conditions, required under paragraph (1) or (2) if--
            ``(A) the sale or disposition of the property used for the 
        project results in the use of the property for the direct 
        benefit of very low-income persons;
            ``(B) all of the proceeds of the sale or disposition are 
        used to provide transitional or permanent housing meeting the 
        requirements of this subtitle;
            ``(C) project-based rental assistance or operating cost 
        assistance from any Federal program or an equivalent State or 
        local program is no longer made available and the project is 
        meeting applicable performance standards, provided that the 
        portion of the project that had benefitted from such assistance 
        continues to meet the tenant income and rent restrictions for 
        low-income units under section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986; or
            ``(D) there are no individuals and families in the 
        geographic area who are homeless, in which case the project may 
        serve individuals and families at risk of homelessness.
    ``(e) Staff Training.--The Secretary may allow reasonable costs 
associated with staff training to be included as part of the activities 
described in subsection (a).
    ``(f) Eligibility for Permanent Housing.--Any project that receives 
assistance under subsection (a) and that provides project-based or 
sponsor-based permanent housing for homeless individuals or families 
with a disability, including projects that meet the requirements of 
subsection (a) and subsection (d)(2)(A) of section 428 may also serve 
individuals who had previously met the requirements for such project 
prior to moving into a different permanent housing project.
    ``(g) Administration of Rental Assistance.--Provision of permanent 
housing rental assistance shall be administered by a State, unit of 
general local government, or public housing agency.''.
SEC. 1303. HIGH PERFORMING COMMUNITIES.
    The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended by striking 
section 424 (42 U.S.C. 11384) and inserting the following:
    ``SEC. 424. INCENTIVES FOR HIGH-PERFORMING COMMUNITIES.
    ``(a) Designation as a High-Performing Community.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall designate, on an annual 
    basis, which collaborative applicants represent high-performing 
    communities.
        ``(2) Consideration.--In determining whether to designate a 
    collaborative applicant as a high-performing community under 
    paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish criteria to ensure 
    that the requirements described under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) 
    of subsection (d) are measured by comparing homeless individuals 
    and families under similar circumstances, in order to encourage 
    projects in the geographic area to serve homeless individuals and 
    families with more severe barriers to housing stability.
        ``(3) 2-year phase in.--In each of the first 2 years after the 
    effective date under section 1503 of the Homeless Emergency 
    Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, the 
    Secretary shall designate not more than 10 collaborative applicants 
    as high-performing communities.
        ``(4) Excess of qualified applicants.--If, during the 2-year 
    period described under paragraph (2), more than 10 collaborative 
    applicants could qualify to be designated as high-performing 
    communities, the Secretary shall designate the 10 that have, in the 
    discretion of the Secretary, the best performance based on the 
    criteria described under subsection (d).
        ``(5) Time limit on designation.--The designation of any 
    collaborative applicant as a high-performing community under this 
    subsection shall be effective only for the year in which such 
    designation is made. The Secretary, on an annual basis, may renew 
    any such designation.
    ``(b) Application.--
        ``(1) In general.--A collaborative applicant seeking 
    designation as a high-performing community under subsection (a) 
    shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, and in 
    such manner as the Secretary may require.
        ``(2) Content of application.--In any application submitted 
    under paragraph (1), a collaborative applicant shall include in 
    such application--
            ``(A) a report showing how any money received under this 
        subtitle in the preceding year was expended; and
            ``(B) information that such applicant can meet the 
        requirements described under subsection (d).
        ``(3) Publication of application.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(A) publish any report or information submitted in an 
        application under this section in the geographic area 
        represented by the collaborative applicant; and
            ``(B) seek comments from the public as to whether the 
        collaborative applicant seeking designation as a high-
        performing community meets the requirements described under 
        subsection (d).
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--Funds awarded under section 422(a) to a 
project sponsor who is located in a high-performing community may be 
used--
        ``(1) for any of the eligible activities described in section 
    423; or
        ``(2) for any of the eligible activities described in 
    paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 415(a).
    ``(d) Definition of High-Performing Community.--For purposes of 
this section, the term `high-performing community' means a geographic 
area that demonstrates through reliable data that all five of the 
following requirements are met for that geographic area:
        ``(1) Term of homelessness.--The mean length of episodes of 
    homelessness for that geographic area--
            ``(A) is less than 20 days; or
            ``(B) for individuals and families in similar circumstances 
        in the preceding year was at least 10 percent less than in the 
        year before.
        ``(2) Families leaving homelessness.--Of individuals and 
    families--
            ``(A) who leave homelessness, fewer than 5 percent of such 
        individuals and families become homeless again at any time 
        within the next 2 years; or
            ``(B) in similar circumstances who leave homelessness, the 
        percentage of such individuals and families who become homeless 
        again within the next 2 years has decreased by at least 20 
        percent from the preceding year.
        ``(3) Community action.--The communities that compose the 
    geographic area have--
            ``(A) actively encouraged homeless individuals and families 
        to participate in homeless assistance services available in 
        that geographic area; and
            ``(B) included each homeless individual or family who 
        sought homeless assistance services in the data system used by 
        that community for determining compliance with this subsection.
        ``(4) Effectiveness of previous activities.--If recipients in 
    the geographic area have used funding awarded under section 422(a) 
    for eligible activities described under section 415(a) in previous 
    years based on the authority granted under subsection (c), that 
    such activities were effective at reducing the number of 
    individuals and families who became homeless in that community.
        ``(5) Flexibility to serve persons defined as homeless under 
    other federal laws.--With respect to collaborative applicants 
    exercising the authority under section 422(j) to serve homeless 
    families with children and youth defined as homeless under other 
    Federal statutes, effectiveness in achieving the goals and outcomes 
    identified in subsection 427(b)(1)(F) according to such standards 
    as the Secretary shall promulgate.
    ``(e) Cooperation Among Entities.--A collaborative applicant 
designated as a high-performing community under this section shall 
cooperate with the Secretary in distributing information about 
successful efforts within the geographic area represented by the 
collaborative applicant to reduce homelessness.''.
SEC. 1304. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
    Section 426 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11386) is amended--
        (1) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting the 
    following:
    ``(a) Site Control.--The Secretary shall require that each 
application include reasonable assurances that the applicant will own 
or have control of a site for the proposed project not later than the 
expiration of the 12-month period beginning upon notification of an 
award for grant assistance, unless the application proposes providing 
supportive housing assistance under section 423(a)(3) or housing that 
will eventually be owned or controlled by the families and individuals 
served. An applicant may obtain ownership or control of a suitable site 
different from the site specified in the application. If any recipient 
or project sponsor fails to obtain ownership or control of the site 
within 12 months after notification of an award for grant assistance, 
the grant shall be recaptured and reallocated under this subtitle.
    ``(b) Required Agreements.--The Secretary may not provide 
assistance for a proposed project under this subtitle unless the 
collaborative applicant involved agrees--
        ``(1) to ensure the operation of the project in accordance with 
    the provisions of this subtitle;
        ``(2) to monitor and report to the Secretary the progress of 
    the project;
        ``(3) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 
    individuals and families experiencing homelessness are involved, 
    through employment, provision of volunteer services, or otherwise, 
    in constructing, rehabilitating, maintaining, and operating 
    facilities for the project and in providing supportive services for 
    the project;
        ``(4) to require certification from all project sponsors that--
            ``(A) they will maintain the confidentiality of records 
        pertaining to any individual or family provided family violence 
        prevention or treatment services through the project;
            ``(B) that the address or location of any family violence 
        shelter project assisted under this subtitle will not be made 
        public, except with written authorization of the person 
        responsible for the operation of such project;
            ``(C) they will establish policies and practices that are 
        consistent with, and do not restrict the exercise of rights 
        provided by, subtitle B of title VII, and other laws relating 
        to the provision of educational and related services to 
        individuals and families experiencing homelessness;
            ``(D) in the case of programs that provide housing or 
        services to families, they will designate a staff person to be 
        responsible for ensuring that children being served in the 
        program are enrolled in school and connected to appropriate 
        services in the community, including early childhood programs 
        such as Head Start, part C of the Individuals with Disabilities 
        Education Act, and programs authorized under subtitle B of 
        title VII of this Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.); and
            ``(E) they will provide data and reports as required by the 
        Secretary pursuant to the Act;
        ``(5) if a collaborative applicant is a unified funding agency 
    under section 402(g) and receives funds under subtitle C to carry 
    out the payment of administrative costs described in section 
    423(a)(11), to establish such fiscal control and fund accounting 
    procedures as may be necessary to assure the proper disbursal of, 
    and accounting for, such funds in order to ensure that all 
    financial transactions carried out with such funds are conducted, 
    and records maintained, in accordance with generally accepted 
    accounting principles;
        ``(6) to monitor and report to the Secretary the provision of 
    matching funds as required by section 430;
        ``(7) to take the educational needs of children into account 
    when families are placed in emergency or transitional shelter and 
    will, to the maximum extent practicable, place families with 
    children as close as possible to their school of origin so as not 
    to disrupt such children's education; and
        ``(8) to comply with such other terms and conditions as the 
    Secretary may establish to carry out this subtitle in an effective 
    and efficient manner.'';
        (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c);
        (3) in the first sentence of subsection (c) (as so redesignated 
    by paragraph (2) of this subsection), by striking ``recipient'' and 
    inserting ``recipient or project sponsor'';
        (4) by striking subsection (e);
        (5) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h), as 
    subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively;
        (6) in the first sentence of subsection (e) (as so redesignated 
    by paragraph (5) of this section), by striking ``recipient'' each 
    place it appears and inserting ``recipient or project sponsor'';
        (7) by striking subsection (i); and
        (8) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (g).
SEC. 1305. SELECTION CRITERIA, ALLOCATION AMOUNTS, AND FUNDING.
    The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended--
        (1) by repealing section 429 (42 U.S.C. 11389); and
        (2) by redesignating sections 427 and 428 (42 U.S.C. 11387, 
    11388) as sections 432 and 433, respectively; and
        (3) by inserting after section 426 the following new sections:
    ``SEC. 427. SELECTION CRITERIA.
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award funds to recipients 
through a national competition between geographic areas based on 
criteria established by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Required Criteria.--
        ``(1) In general.--The criteria established under subsection 
    (a) shall include--
            ``(A) the previous performance of the recipient regarding 
        homelessness, including performance related to funds provided 
        under section 412 (except that recipients applying from 
        geographic areas where no funds have been awarded under this 
        subtitle, or under subtitles C, D, E, or F of title IV of this 
        Act, as in effect prior to the date of the enactment of the 
        Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing 
        Act of 2009, shall receive full credit for performance under 
        this subparagraph), measured by criteria that shall be 
        announced by the Secretary, that shall take into account 
        barriers faced by individual homeless people, and that shall 
        include--
                ``(i) the length of time individuals and families 
            remain homeless;
                ``(ii) the extent to which individuals and families who 
            leave homelessness experience additional spells of 
            homelessness;
                ``(iii) the thoroughness of grantees in the geographic 
            area in reaching homeless individuals and families;
                ``(iv) overall reduction in the number of homeless 
            individuals and families;
                ``(v) jobs and income growth for homeless individuals 
            and families;
                ``(vi) success at reducing the number of individuals 
            and families who become homeless;
                ``(vii) other accomplishments by the recipient related 
            to reducing homelessness; and
                ``(viii) for collaborative applicants that have 
            exercised the authority under section 422(j) to serve 
            families with children and youth defined as homeless under 
            other Federal statutes, success in achieving the goals and 
            outcomes identified in section 427(b)(1)(F);
            ``(B) the plan of the recipient, which shall describe--
                ``(i) how the number of individuals and families who 
            become homeless will be reduced in the community;
                ``(ii) how the length of time that individuals and 
            families remain homeless will be reduced;
                ``(iii) how the recipient will collaborate with local 
            education authorities to assist in the identification of 
            individuals and families who become or remain homeless and 
            are informed of their eligibility for services under 
            subtitle B of title VII of this Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et 
            seq.);
                ``(iv) the extent to which the recipient will--

                    ``(I) address the needs of all relevant 
                subpopulations;
                    ``(II) incorporate comprehensive strategies for 
                reducing homelessness, including the interventions 
                referred to in section 428(d);
                    ``(III) set quantifiable performance measures;
                    ``(IV) set timelines for completion of specific 
                tasks;
                    ``(V) identify specific funding sources for planned 
                activities; and
                    ``(VI) identify an individual or body responsible 
                for overseeing implementation of specific strategies; 
                and

                ``(v) whether the recipient proposes to exercise 
            authority to use funds under section 422(j), and if so, how 
            the recipient will achieve the goals and outcomes 
            identified in section 427(b)(1)(F);
            ``(C) the methodology of the recipient used to determine 
        the priority for funding local projects under section 
        422(c)(1), including the extent to which the priority-setting 
        process--
                ``(i) uses periodically collected information and 
            analysis to determine the extent to which each project has 
            resulted in rapid return to permanent housing for those 
            served by the project, taking into account the severity of 
            barriers faced by the people the project serves;
                ``(ii) considers the full range of opinions from 
            individuals or entities with knowledge of homelessness in 
            the geographic area or an interest in preventing or ending 
            homelessness in the geographic area;
                ``(iii) is based on objective criteria that have been 
            publicly announced by the recipient; and
                ``(iv) is open to proposals from entities that have not 
            previously received funds under this subtitle;
            ``(D) the extent to which the amount of assistance to be 
        provided under this subtitle to the recipient will be 
        supplemented with resources from other public and private 
        sources, including mainstream programs identified by the 
        Government Accountability Office in the two reports described 
        in section 203(a)(7);
            ``(E) demonstrated coordination by the recipient with the 
        other Federal, State, local, private, and other entities 
        serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness and 
        at risk of homelessness in the planning and operation of 
        projects;
            ``(F) for collaborative applicants exercising the authority 
        under section 422(j) to serve homeless families with children 
        and youth defined as homeless under other Federal statutes, 
        program goals and outcomes, which shall include--
                ``(i) preventing homelessness among the subset of such 
            families with children and youth who are at highest risk of 
            becoming homeless, as such term is defined for purposes of 
            this title; or
                ``(ii) achieving independent living in permanent 
            housing among such families with children and youth, 
            especially those who have a history of doubled-up and other 
            temporary housing situations or are living in a temporary 
            housing situation due to lack of available and appropriate 
            emergency shelter, through the provision of eligible 
            assistance that directly contributes to achieving such 
            results including assistance to address chronic 
            disabilities, chronic physical health or mental health 
            conditions, substance addiction, histories of domestic 
            violence or childhood abuse, or multiple barriers to 
            employment; and
            ``(G) such other factors as the Secretary determines to be 
        appropriate to carry out this subtitle in an effective and 
        efficient manner.
        ``(2) Additional criteria.--In addition to the criteria 
    required under paragraph (1), the criteria established under 
    paragraph (1) shall also include the need within the geographic 
    area for homeless services, determined as follows and under the 
    following conditions:
            ``(A) Notice.--The Secretary shall inform each 
        collaborative applicant, at a time concurrent with the release 
        of the notice of funding availability for the grants, of the 
        pro rata estimated grant amount under this subtitle for the 
        geographic area represented by the collaborative applicant.
            ``(B) Amount.--
                ``(i) Formula.--Such estimated grant amounts shall be 
            determined by a formula, which shall be developed by the 
            Secretary, by regulation, not later than the expiration of 
            the 2-year period beginning upon the date of the enactment 
            of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition 
            to Housing Act of 2009, that is based upon factors that are 
            appropriate to allocate funds to meet the goals and 
            objectives of this subtitle.
                ``(ii) Combinations or consortia.--For a collaborative 
            applicant that represents a combination or consortium of 
            cities or counties, the estimated need amount shall be the 
            sum of the estimated need amounts for the cities or 
            counties represented by the collaborative applicant.
                ``(iii) Authority of secretary.--Subject to the 
            availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall 
            increase the estimated need amount for a geographic area if 
            necessary to provide 1 year of renewal funding for all 
            expiring contracts entered into under this subtitle for the 
            geographic area.
        ``(3) Homelessness counts.--The Secretary shall not require 
    that communities conduct an actual count of homeless people other 
    than those described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 
    103(a) of this Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)).
    ``(c) Adjustments.--The Secretary may adjust the formula described 
in subsection (b)(2) as necessary--
        ``(1) to ensure that each collaborative applicant has 
    sufficient funding to renew all qualified projects for at least one 
    year; and
        ``(2) to ensure that collaborative applicants are not 
    discouraged from replacing renewal projects with new projects that 
    the collaborative applicant determines will better be able to meet 
    the purposes of this Act.
    ``SEC. 428. ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS AND INCENTIVES FOR SPECIFIC 
      ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
    ``(a) Minimum Allocation for Permanent Housing for Homeless 
Individuals and Families With Disabilities.--
        ``(1) In general.--From the amounts made available to carry out 
    this subtitle for a fiscal year, a portion equal to not less than 
    30 percent of the sums made available to carry out subtitle B and 
    this subtitle, shall be used for permanent housing for homeless 
    individuals with disabilities and homeless families that include 
    such an individual who is an adult or a minor head of household if 
    no adult is present in the household.
        ``(2) Calculation.--In calculating the portion of the amount 
    described in paragraph (1) that is used for activities that are 
    described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not count funds 
    made available to renew contracts for existing projects under 
    section 429.
        ``(3) Adjustment.--The 30 percent figure in paragraph (1) shall 
    be reduced proportionately based on need under section 427(b)(2) in 
    geographic areas for which subsection (e) applies in regard to 
    subsection (d)(2)(A).
        ``(4) Suspension.--The requirement established in paragraph (1) 
    shall be suspended for any year in which funding available for 
    grants under this subtitle after making the allocation established 
    in paragraph (1) would not be sufficient to renew for 1 year all 
    existing grants that would otherwise be fully funded under this 
    subtitle.
        ``(5) Termination.--The requirement established in paragraph 
    (1) shall terminate upon a finding by the Secretary that since the 
    beginning of 2001 at least 150,000 new units of permanent housing 
    for homeless individuals and families with disabilities have been 
    funded under this subtitle.
    ``(b) Set-Aside for Permanent Housing for Homeless Families With 
Children.--From the amounts made available to carry out this subtitle 
for a fiscal year, a portion equal to not less than 10 percent of the 
sums made available to carry out subtitle B and this subtitle for that 
fiscal year shall be used to provide or secure permanent housing for 
homeless families with children.
    ``(c) Treatment of Amounts for Permanent or Transitional Housing.--
Nothing in this Act may be construed to establish a limit on the amount 
of funding that an applicant may request under this subtitle for 
acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation activities for the 
development of permanent housing or transitional housing.
    ``(d) Incentives for Proven Strategies.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide bonuses or other 
    incentives to geographic areas for using funding under this 
    subtitle for activities that have been proven to be effective at 
    reducing homelessness generally, reducing homelessness for a 
    specific subpopulation, or achieving homeless prevention and 
    independent living goals as set forth in section 427(b)(1)(F).
        ``(2) Rule of construction.--For purposes of this subsection, 
    activities that have been proven to be effective at reducing 
    homelessness generally or reducing homelessness for a specific 
    subpopulation includes--
            ``(A) permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless 
        individuals and families;
            ``(B) for homeless families, rapid rehousing services, 
        short-term flexible subsidies to overcome barriers to 
        rehousing, support services concentrating on improving incomes 
        to pay rent, coupled with performance measures emphasizing 
        rapid and permanent rehousing and with leveraging funding from 
        mainstream family service systems such as Temporary Assistance 
        for Needy Families and Child Welfare services; and
            ``(C) any other activity determined by the Secretary, based 
        on research and after notice and comment to the public, to have 
        been proven effective at reducing homelessness generally, 
        reducing homelessness for a specific subpopulation, or 
        achieving homeless prevention and independent living goals as 
        set forth in section 427(b)(1)(F).
        ``(3) Balance of incentives for proven strategies.--To the 
    extent practicable, in providing bonuses or incentives for proven 
    strategies, the Secretary shall seek to maintain a balance among 
    strategies targeting homeless individuals, families, and other 
    subpopulations. The Secretary shall not implement bonuses or 
    incentives that specifically discourage collaborative applicants 
    from exercising their flexibility to serve families with children 
    and youth defined as homeless under other Federal statutes.
    ``(e) Incentives for Successful Implementation of Proven 
Strategies.--If any geographic area demonstrates that it has fully 
implemented any of the activities described in subsection (d) for all 
homeless individuals and families or for all members of subpopulations 
for whom such activities are targeted, that geographic area shall 
receive the bonus or incentive provided under subsection (d), but may 
use such bonus or incentive for any eligible activity under either 
section 423 or paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 415(a) for homeless 
people generally or for the relevant subpopulation.
    ``SEC. 429. RENEWAL FUNDING AND TERMS OF ASSISTANCE FOR PERMANENT 
      HOUSING.
    ``(a) In General.--Renewal of expiring contracts for leasing, 
rental assistance, or operating costs for permanent housing contracts 
may be funded either--
        ``(1) under the appropriations account for this title; or
        ``(2) the section 8 project-based rental assistance account.
    ``(b) Renewals.--The sums made available under subsection (a) shall 
be available for the renewal of contracts in the case of tenant-based 
assistance, successive 1-year terms, and in the case of project-based 
assistance, successive terms of up to 15 years at the discretion of the 
applicant or project sponsor and subject to the availability of annual 
appropriations, for rental assistance and housing operation costs 
associated with permanent housing projects funded under this subtitle, 
or under subtitle C or F (as in effect on the day before the effective 
date of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to 
Housing Act of 2009). The Secretary shall determine whether to renew a 
contract for such a permanent housing project on the basis of 
certification by the collaborative applicant for the geographic area 
that--
        ``(1) there is a demonstrated need for the project; and
        ``(2) the project complies with program requirements and 
    appropriate standards of housing quality and habitability, as 
    determined by the Secretary.
    ``(c) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the Secretary from renewing contracts under this subtitle 
in accordance with criteria set forth in a provision of this subtitle 
other than this section.
    ``SEC. 430. MATCHING FUNDING.
    ``(a) In General.--A collaborative applicant in a geographic area 
in which funds are awarded under this subtitle shall specify 
contributions from any source other than a grant awarded under this 
subtitle, including renewal funding of projects assisted under 
subtitles C, D, and F of this title as in effect before the effective 
date under section 1503 of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid 
Transition to Housing Act of 2009, that shall be made available in the 
geographic area in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the 
funds provided to recipients in the geographic area, except that grants 
for leasing shall not be subject to any match requirement.
    ``(b) Limitations on In-Kind Match.--The cash value of services 
provided to the residents or clients of a project sponsor by an entity 
other than the project sponsor may count toward the contributions in 
subsection (a) only when documented by a memorandum of understanding 
between the project sponsor and the other entity that such services 
will be provided.
    ``(c) Countable Activities.--The contributions required under 
subsection (a) may consist of--
        ``(1) funding for any eligible activity described under section 
    423; and
        ``(2) subject to subsection (b), in-kind provision of services 
    of any eligible activity described under section 423.
    ``SEC. 431. APPEAL PROCEDURE.
    ``(a) In General.--With respect to funding under this subtitle, if 
certification of consistency with the consolidated plan pursuant to 
section 403 is withheld from an applicant who has submitted an 
application for that certification, such applicant may appeal such 
decision to the Secretary.
    ``(b) Procedure.--The Secretary shall establish a procedure to 
process the appeals described in subsection (a).
    ``(c) Determination.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
receipt of an appeal described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
determine if certification was unreasonably withheld. If such 
certification was unreasonably withheld, the Secretary shall review 
such application and determine if such applicant shall receive funding 
under this subtitle.''.
SEC. 1306. RESEARCH.
    There is authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000, for each of 
fiscal years 2010 and 2011, for research into the efficacy of 
interventions for homeless families, to be expended by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development over the 2 years at 3 different sites to 
provide services for homeless families and evaluate the effectiveness 
of such services.

          TITLE IV--RURAL HOUSING STABILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

SEC. 1401. RURAL HOUSING STABILITY ASSISTANCE.
    Subtitle G of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11408 et seq.) is amended--
        (1) by striking the subtitle heading and inserting the 
    following:

    ``Subtitle G--Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program''; and

        (2) in section 491--
            (A) by striking the section heading and inserting ``rural 
        housing stability grant program.'';
            (B) in subsection (a)--
                (i) by striking ``rural homelessness grant program'' 
            and inserting ``rural housing stability grant program'';
                (ii) by inserting ``in lieu of grants under subtitle 
            C'' after ``eligible organizations''; and
                (iii) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), and 
            inserting the following:
        ``(1) rehousing or improving the housing situations of 
    individuals and families who are homeless or in the worst housing 
    situations in the geographic area;
        ``(2) stabilizing the housing of individuals and families who 
    are in imminent danger of losing housing; and
        ``(3) improving the ability of the lowest-income residents of 
    the community to afford stable housing.'';
            (C) in subsection (b)(1)--
                (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G) as 
            subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K), respectively; and
                (ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the 
            following:
            ``(D) construction of new housing units to provide 
        transitional or permanent housing to homeless individuals and 
        families and individuals and families at risk of homelessness;
            ``(E) acquisition or rehabilitation of a structure to 
        provide supportive services or to provide transitional or 
        permanent housing, other than emergency shelter, to homeless 
        individuals and families and individuals and families at risk 
        of homelessness;
            ``(F) leasing of property, or portions of property, not 
        owned by the recipient or project sponsor involved, for use in 
        providing transitional or permanent housing to homeless 
        individuals and families and individuals and families at risk 
        of homelessness, or providing supportive services to such 
        homeless and at-risk individuals and families;
            ``(G) provision of rental assistance to provide 
        transitional or permanent housing to homeless individuals and 
        families and individuals and families at risk of homelessness, 
        such rental assistance may include tenant-based or project-
        based rental assistance;
            ``(H) payment of operating costs for housing units assisted 
        under this title;'';
            (D) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``appropriated'' and 
        inserting ``transferred'';
            (E) in subsection (c)--
                (i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``appropriated'' 
            and inserting ``transferred''; and
                (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ``appropriated'' and 
            inserting ``transferred'';
            (F) in subsection (d)--
                (i) in paragraph (5), by striking ``; and'' and 
            inserting a semicolon;
                (ii) in paragraph (6)--

                    (I) by striking ``an agreement'' and all that 
                follows through ``families'' and inserting the 
                following: ``a description of how individuals and 
                families who are homeless or who have the lowest 
                incomes in the community will be involved by the 
                organization''; and
                    (II) by striking the period at the end, and 
                inserting a semicolon; and

                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(7) a description of consultations that took place within the 
    community to ascertain the most important uses for funding under 
    this section, including the involvement of potential beneficiaries 
    of the project; and
        ``(8) a description of the extent and nature of homelessness 
    and of the worst housing situations in the community.'';
            (G) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(f) Matching Funding.--
        ``(1) In general.--An organization eligible to receive a grant 
    under subsection (a) shall specify matching contributions from any 
    source other than a grant awarded under this subtitle, that shall 
    be made available in the geographic area in an amount equal to not 
    less than 25 percent of the funds provided for the project or 
    activity, except that grants for leasing shall not be subject to 
    any match requirement.
        ``(2) Limitations on in-kind match.--The cash value of services 
    provided to the beneficiaries or clients of an eligible 
    organization by an entity other than the organization may count 
    toward the contributions in paragraph (1) only when documented by a 
    memorandum of understanding between the organization and the other 
    entity that such services will be provided.
        ``(3) Countable activities.--The contributions required under 
    paragraph (1) may consist of--
            ``(A) funding for any eligible activity described under 
        subsection (b); and
            ``(B) subject to paragraph (2), in-kind provision of 
        services of any eligible activity described under subsection 
        (b).
    ``(g) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary shall establish criteria 
for selecting recipients of grants under subsection (a), including--
        ``(1) the participation of potential beneficiaries of the 
    project in assessing the need for, and importance of, the project 
    in the community;
        ``(2) the degree to which the project addresses the most 
    harmful housing situations present in the community;
        ``(3) the degree of collaboration with others in the community 
    to meet the goals described in subsection (a);
        ``(4) the performance of the organization in improving housing 
    situations, taking account of the severity of barriers of 
    individuals and families served by the organization;
        ``(5) for organizations that have previously received funding 
    under this section, the extent of improvement in homelessness and 
    the worst housing situations in the community since such funding 
    began;
        ``(6) the need for such funds, as determined by the formula 
    established under section 427(b)(2); and
        ``(7) any other relevant criteria as determined by the 
    Secretary.'';
            (H) in subsection (h)--
                (i) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
            subparagraph (A), by striking ``The'' and inserting ``Not 
            later than 18 months after funding is first made available 
            pursuant to the amendments made by title IV of the Homeless 
            Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 
            2009, the''; and
                (ii) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``providing 
            housing and other assistance to homeless persons'' and 
            inserting ``meeting the goals described in subsection 
            (a)'';
                (iii) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``address 
            homelessness in rural areas'' and inserting ``meet the 
            goals described in subsection (a) in rural areas''; and
                (iv) in paragraph (2)--

                    (I) by striking ``The'' and inserting ``Not later 
                than 24 months after funding is first made available 
                pursuant to the amendment made by title IV of the 
                Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to 
                Housing Act of 2009, the'';
                    (II) by striking ``, not later than 18 months after 
                the date on which the Secretary first makes grants 
                under the program,''; and
                    (III) by striking ``prevent and respond to 
                homelessness'' and inserting ``meet the goals described 
                in subsection (a)'';

            (I) in subsection (k)--
                (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``rural homelessness 
            grant program'' and inserting ``rural housing stability 
            grant program''; and
                (ii) in paragraph (2)--

                    (I) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (II) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``rural 
                census tract.'' and inserting ``county where at least 
                75 percent of the population is rural; or''; and
                    (III) by adding at the end the following:

            ``(C) any area or community, respectively, located in a 
        State that has population density of less than 30 persons per 
        square mile (as reported in the most recent decennial census), 
        and of which at least 1.25 percent of the total acreage of such 
        State is under Federal jurisdiction, provided that no 
        metropolitan city (as such term is defined in section 102 of 
        the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974) in such 
        State is the sole beneficiary of the grant amounts awarded 
        under this section.'';
            (J) in subsection (l)--
                (i) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
            ``Program Funding.--''; and
                (ii) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
            following:
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall determine the total 
    amount of funding attributable under section 427(b)(2) to meet the 
    needs of any geographic area in the Nation that applies for funding 
    under this section. The Secretary shall transfer any amounts 
    determined under this subsection from the Community Homeless 
    Assistance Program and consolidate such transferred amounts for 
    grants under this section, except that the Secretary shall transfer 
    an amount not less than 5 percent of the amount available under 
    subtitle C for grants under this section. Any amounts so 
    transferred and not used for grants under this section due to an 
    insufficient number of applications shall be transferred to be used 
    for grants under subtitle C.''; and
            (K) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) Determination of Funding Source.--For any fiscal year, in 
addition to funds awarded under subtitle B, funds under this title to 
be used in a city or county shall only be awarded under either subtitle 
C or subtitle D.''.
SEC. 1402. GAO STUDY OF HOMELESSNESS AND HOMELESS ASSISTANCE IN RURAL 
AREAS.
    (a) Study and Report.--Not later than the expiration of the 12-
month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this division, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to 
examine homelessness and homeless assistance in rural areas and rural 
communities and submit a report to the Congress on the findings and 
conclusion of the study. The report shall contain the following 
matters:
        (1) A general description of homelessness, including the range 
    of living situations among homeless individuals and homeless 
    families, in rural areas and rural communities of the United 
    States, including tribal lands and colonias.
        (2) An estimate of the incidence and prevalence of homelessness 
    among individuals and families in rural areas and rural communities 
    of the United States.
        (3) An estimate of the number of individuals and families from 
    rural areas and rural communities who migrate annually to non-rural 
    areas and non-rural communities for homeless assistance.
        (4) A description of barriers that individuals and families in 
    and from rural areas and rural communities encounter when seeking 
    to access homeless assistance programs, and recommendations for 
    removing such barriers.
        (5) A comparison of the rate of homelessness among individuals 
    and families in and from rural areas and rural communities compared 
    to the rate of homelessness among individuals and families in and 
    from non-rural areas and non-rural communities.
        (6) A general description of homeless assistance for 
    individuals and families in rural areas and rural communities of 
    the United States.
        (7) A description of barriers that homeless assistance 
    providers serving rural areas and rural communities encounter when 
    seeking to access Federal homeless assistance programs, and 
    recommendations for removing such barriers.
        (8) An assessment of the type and amount of Federal homeless 
    assistance funds awarded to organizations serving rural areas and 
    rural communities and a determination as to whether such amount is 
    proportional to the distribution of homeless individuals and 
    families in and from rural areas and rural communities compared to 
    homeless individuals and families in non-rural areas and non-rural 
    communities.
        (9) An assessment of the current roles of the Department of 
    Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, and 
    other Federal departments and agencies in administering homeless 
    assistance programs in rural areas and rural communities and 
    recommendations for distributing Federal responsibilities, 
    including homeless assistance program administration and 
    grantmaking, among the departments and agencies so that service 
    organizations in rural areas and rural communities are most 
    effectively reached and supported.
    (b) Acquisition of Supporting Information.--In carrying out the 
study under this section, the Comptroller General shall seek to obtain 
views from the following persons:
        (1) The Secretary of Agriculture.
        (2) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
        (3) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
        (4) The Secretary of Education.
        (5) The Secretary of Labor.
        (6) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
        (7) The Executive Director of the United States Interagency 
    Council on Homelessness.
        (8) Project sponsors and recipients of homeless assistance 
    grants serving rural areas and rural communities.
        (9) Individuals and families in or from rural areas and rural 
    communities who have sought or are seeking Federal homeless 
    assistance services.
        (10) National advocacy organizations concerned with 
    homelessness, rural housing, and rural community development.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this division.

               TITLE V--REPEALS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

SEC. 1501. REPEALS.
    Subtitles D, E, and F of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11391 et seq., 11401 et seq., and 11403 et 
seq.) are hereby repealed.
SEC. 1502. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
    (a) Consolidated Plan.--Section 403(1) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (as so redesignated by section 1101(2) of this 
division), is amended--
        (1) by striking ``current housing affordability strategy'' and 
    inserting ``consolidated plan''; and
        (2) by inserting before the comma the following: ``(referred to 
    in such section as a `comprehensive housing affordability 
    strategy')''.
    (b) Persons Experiencing Homelessness.--Section 103 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302), as amended by 
the preceding provisions of this division, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Persons Experiencing Homelessness.--Any references in this 
Act to homeless individuals (including homeless persons) or homeless 
groups (including homeless persons) shall be considered to include, and 
to refer to, individuals experiencing homelessness or groups 
experiencing homelessness, respectively.''.
    (c) Rural Housing Stability Assistance.--Title IV of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended by redesignating subtitle G 
(42 U.S.C. 11408 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of 
this division, as subtitle D.
SEC. 1503. EFFECTIVE DATE.
    Except as specifically provided otherwise in this division, this 
division and the amendments made by this division shall take effect on, 
and shall apply beginning on--
        (1) the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the date 
    of the enactment of this division, or
        (2) the expiration of the 3-month period beginning upon 
    publication by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of 
    final regulations pursuant to section 1504,
whichever occurs first.
SEC. 1504. REGULATIONS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this division, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall promulgate regulations governing the operation of the 
programs that are created or modified by this division.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this division.
SEC. 1505. AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 note) is amended by striking 
the item relating to the heading for title IV and all that follows 
through the item relating to section 492 and inserting the following 
new items:

                     ``TITLE IV--HOUSING ASSISTANCE

                    ``Subtitle A--General Provisions

``Sec. 401. Definitions.
``Sec. 402. Collaborative applicants.
``Sec. 403. Housing affordability strategy.
``Sec. 404. Preventing involuntary family separation.
``Sec. 405. Technical assistance.
``Sec. 406. Discharge coordination policy.
``Sec. 407. Protection of personally identifying information by victim 
          service providers.
``Sec. 408. Authorization of appropriations.

            ``Subtitle B--Emergency Solutions Grants Program

``Sec. 411. Definitions.
``Sec. 412. Grant assistance.
``Sec. 413. Amount and allocation of assistance.
``Sec. 414. Allocation and distribution of assistance.
``Sec. 415. Eligible activities.
``Sec. 416. Responsibilities of recipients.
``Sec. 417. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 418. Administrative costs.

                 ``Subtitle C--Continuum of Care Program

``Sec. 421. Purposes.
``Sec. 422. Continuum of care applications and grants.
``Sec. 423. Eligible activities.
``Sec. 424. Incentives for high-performing communities.
``Sec. 425. Supportive services.
``Sec. 426. Program requirements.
``Sec. 427. Selection criteria.
``Sec. 428. Allocation of amounts and incentives for specific eligible 
          activities.
``Sec. 429. Renewal funding and terms of assistance for permanent 
          housing.
``Sec. 430. Matching funding.
``Sec. 431. Appeal procedure.
``Sec. 432. Regulations.
``Sec. 433. Reports to Congress.

        ``Subtitle D--Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program

``Sec. 491. Rural housing stability assistance.
``Sec. 492. Use of FHMA inventory for transitional housing for homeless 
          persons and for turnkey housing.''.


                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.