[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7133 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7133

 To authorize use of amounts from emergency solutions grants under the 
   McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide safe overnight 
    parking facilities for homeless persons, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2024

 Mr. Carbajal (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Vargas, and Mr. Valadao) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize use of amounts from emergency solutions grants under the 
   McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide safe overnight 
    parking facilities for homeless persons, 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 ``Naomi Schwartz and Susan Rose Safe 
Parking Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. SAFE PARKING AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS 
              GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 415 of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11374(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
        (5) and (6), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(4) Maintenance, operation, insurance, and provision of 
        utilities related to safe parking.''.
    (b) Definition.--Section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (24) through (35) as 
        paragraphs (25) through (36), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (23) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(24) The term `safe parking' means an activity that--
                    ``(A) provides homeless persons living in vehicles, 
                including motor homes, with a safe place to park their 
                vehicles overnight to facilitate a transition to more 
                stable housing; and
                    ``(B) provides re-housing and supportive services 
                to such homeless persons.''.
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