[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5177 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5177

To amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to permit services provided 
   by grant recipients to include provision of sanitary napkins and 
                                tampons.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2019

 Mrs. Beatty (for herself, Ms. Meng, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Cohen, 
   Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Ocasio-
   Cortez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to permit services provided 
   by grant recipients to include provision of sanitary napkins and 
                                tampons.

    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 Youth Menstrual Product 
Access Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 311(a)(2)(C) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 
U.S.C. 11211(a)(2)(C)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (iv) by striking the period at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) provision of sanitary napkins and 
                        tampons that conform to applicable industry 
                        standards.''.
                                 <all>