[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6608 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6608

   To provide for the availability of menstrual hygiene products for 
  homeless individuals under the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
   emergency food and shelter grant program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2020

 Ms. Meng (for herself and Mrs. Beatty) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the availability of menstrual hygiene products for 
  homeless individuals under the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
   emergency food and shelter grant program, and for other purposes.

    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 `` Menstrual Equity For The Homeless 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS AVAILABILITY FOR HOMELESS 
              INDIVIDUALS UNDER EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER GRANT 
              PROGRAM.

    Subsection (a) of section 316 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11346(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) guidelines that ensure that amounts provided under 
        the program to private nonprofit organizations and local 
        governments may be used to provide sanitary napkins and 
        tampons, except that all items provided shall conform to 
        applicable industry standards.''.
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