[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 32 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 32

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2011

 Mrs. Biggert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


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

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Homeless Children and Youth Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION.

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