[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 256 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 256

 To provide funding for humanitarian relief at the southern border of 
                           the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2021

 Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Lujan) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide funding for humanitarian relief at the southern border of 
                           the United States.

    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 ``Southern Border Communities 
Reimbursement Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AT THE BORDER.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for the emergency food and shelter program under title III 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et 
seq.), for use only under subsection (b) of this section, $30,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023.
    (b) Use.--
            (1) Eligible costs.--Amounts made available under 
        subsection (a) may be used only to reimburse costs related to 
        providing humanitarian relief to aliens, including the cost of 
        emergency preparedness activities.
            (2) Disbursement deadline.--Notwithstanding sections 315 
        and 316(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
        U.S.C. 11345, 11346(b)), the Emergency Food and Shelter Program 
        National Board shall begin disbursing the amounts made 
        available under subsection (a) of this section not later than 
        60 days after the date on which the amounts become available.
            (3) Distribution.--Of the amounts made available for a 
        fiscal year under subsection (a), the Emergency Food and 
        Shelter Program National Board shall distribute--
                    (A) $25,000,000 to jurisdictions or local recipient 
                organizations serving communities in the States of 
                Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas; and
                    (B) $5,000,000 to jurisdictions or local recipient 
                organizations serving communities in States not located 
                along the international border between the United 
                States and Mexico.
            (4) Eligible period.--Amounts made available under 
        subsection (a) may be used to reimburse jurisdictions or local 
        recipient organizations described in paragraph (3) of this 
        subsection only for costs incurred on or after October 1, 2020.
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