[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7196 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7196

   To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to expand the 
 authorized activities under the Continuum of Care program to include 
  activities that address barriers to transitioning families in rural 
          areas to permanent housing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2022

 Mrs. Axne (for herself and Mr. Lucas) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to expand the 
 authorized activities under the Continuum of Care program to include 
  activities that address barriers to transitioning families in rural 
          areas to permanent housing, 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 ``Flexibility in Addressing Rural 
Homelessness Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES UNDER CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM.

    Subsection (a) of section 423 of subtitle C of title IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(13) Projects in rural areas that consist of one or more 
        of the following activities:
                    ``(A) Payment of short-term emergency lodging, 
                including in motels or shelters, directly or through 
                vouchers.
                    ``(B) Repairs to units--
                            ``(i) in which homeless individuals and 
                        families will be housed; or
                            ``(ii) which are currently not fit for 
                        human habitation.
                    ``(C) Staff training, professional development, 
                skill development, and staff retention activities.''.
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