[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6890 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6890

  To authorize the use of certain homeless assistance amounts to rent 
             hotel and motel rooms, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2020

 Mrs. Beatty introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the use of certain homeless assistance amounts to rent 
             hotel and motel rooms, 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 ``Ensuring Safe Housing for Homeless 
During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CARES ACT ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES.

    The matter under the heading ``Department of Housing and Urban 
Development--Community Planning And Development--Homeless Assistance 
Grants'' in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
136) is amended by inserting before the final proviso the following: 
``Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts made available under this heading may be used to provide a 
voucher for rental of a hotel or motel room for a homeless individual 
or household without regard to any existing requirement under law or 
regulation conditioning such use on the unavailability of an 
appropriate emergency shelter:''.
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