[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8297 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8297

 To amend the HOME Investment Partnerships Act to establish a Project 
 Turnkey Program to leverage vacant hotels and motels for housing and 
      enhance shelter capacity nationally, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2024

   Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Ramirez, Mrs. Watson 
Coleman, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. 
Castor of Florida, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Jacobs, and Mr. Carson) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the HOME Investment Partnerships Act to establish a Project 
 Turnkey Program to leverage vacant hotels and motels for housing and 
      enhance shelter capacity nationally, 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 ``Project Turnkey Act''.

SEC. 2. PROJECT TURNKEY PROGRAM.

    Subtitle E of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 
12821) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 272. PROJECT TURNKEY PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established a Project Turnkey Program 
through which the Secretary shall award amounts to eligible entities to 
use for eligible activities.
    ``(b) Use of Amounts by Eligible Entities.--
            ``(1) Administrative and planning costs.--An eligible 
        entity that receives amounts under this section may use not 
        more than 15 percent of such amounts for administrative and 
        planning costs.
            ``(2) Operating expenses of other organizations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An eligible entity that receives 
                amounts under this section may use not more than 5 
                percent of such amounts to cover the operating expenses 
                of community housing development organizations and 
                nonprofit organizations carrying out activities 
                authorized under this section.
                    ``(B) An eligible entity may only use amounts in 
                the manner described in subparagraph (A) if--
                            ``(i) such funds are used to develop the 
                        capacity of the community housing development 
                        organization or nonprofit organization in the 
                        jurisdiction or insular area to carry out 
                        activities authorized under this section; and
                            ``(ii) the community housing development 
                        organization or nonprofit organization complies 
                        with the limitation on assistance in section 
                        234(b).
            ``(3) Contracting.--A grantee, when contracting with 
        service providers engaged directly in the provision of 
        supportive services as defined by section 578.53 of title 24, 
        Code of Federal Regulations shall, to the extent practicable, 
        enter into contracts in amounts that cover the actual total 
        program costs and administrative overhead to provide the 
        services contracted.
    ``(c) Subgrants.--Any eligible entity that is a public entity may 
subgrant any amounts received under this section.
    ``(d) Supplement Not Supplant.--As a condition of receiving amounts 
under this section, an eligible entity shall use such funds received 
under this section only to supplement the level of State or local funds 
that would, in the absence of the receipt of funds under this section, 
be made available for activities described in this section.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts 
otherwise available under this Act, there is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000,000 annually.
    ``(f) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
this section shall remain available until 2034.
    ``(g) Allocation of Amounts.--
            ``(1) Formula assistance.--Except as provided in paragraphs 
        (2) and (3), the Secretary shall allocate amounts appropriated 
        under this section to grantees that received allocations under 
        section 217 in fiscal year 2024.
            ``(2) Technical assistance.--$25,000,000 of any amounts 
        appropriated under this section may be provided by the 
        Secretary to be used to increase capacity building and 
        technical assistance available to grantees receiving amounts 
        under this section.
            ``(3) Administration.--Not more than $50,000,000 of any 
        amounts appropriated under this section may be used by the 
        Secretary to cover costs related to the administration and 
        implementation of this section.
            ``(4) Waivers and alternative requirements.--The Secretary 
        may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision 
        of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
        U.S.C. 12701 et seq.) and titles I and IV of the McKinney-Vento 
        Homelessness Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq., 11360 et seq.) or 
        regulation for the administration of the amounts made available 
        under this section other than requirements related to fair 
        housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 
        environment, upon a finding that the waiver or alternative 
        requirement is necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of 
        amounts made available under this section.
    ``(h) Special Rules.--The cost limits described in section 212(e), 
the commitment requirements described in section 218(g), the matching 
requirements described in section 220, and the set-aside for housing 
developed, sponsored, or owned by community housing development 
organizations required in section 231 shall not apply for any amounts 
appropriated under this section.
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Qualifying individual or family defined.--The term 
        `qualifying individual or family' means an individual or family 
        that is--
                    ``(A) homeless, as such term defined in section 
                103(a) of the McKinney- Vento Homeless Assistance Act;
                    ``(B) at-risk of homelessness, as defined in 
                section 401(1) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1);
                    ``(C) fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic 
                violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or 
                human trafficking, as such terms are defined by the 
                Secretary;
                    ``(D) a homeless children or youth, as that term is 
                defined in section 725 of McKinney-Vento Homeless 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a); or
                    ``(E) a youth experiencing homelessness as that 
                term is defined in section 38723 of the Runaway and 
                Homeless Youth Act (34 U.S.C. 11279).
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a State, city, county, regional government, 
                or territory government;
                    ``(B) a public housing agency;
                    ``(C) a project sponsor receiving amounts under the 
                Continuum of Care program under title IV of this Act, 
                or any combination of such entities;
                    ``(D) a nonprofit that provides housing;
                    ``(E) a Community Development Corporation; or
                    ``(F) a Community Development Financial 
                Institution.
            ``(3) Eligible activity.--The term `eligible activity' 
        means--
                    ``(A) rental assistance, including--
                            ``(i) providing rent payment assistance;
                            ``(ii) providing security deposit 
                        assistance;
                            ``(iii) providing utility deposits and 
                        utility payments; and
                    ``(B) any eligible use of investments described 
                under section 212(a);
                    ``(C) supportive services as defined in section 
                578.53 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations 
                including--
                            ``(i) activities listed in section 401(29) 
                        of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
                        (42 U.S.C. 11360(29));
                            ``(ii) housing counseling; and
                            ``(iii) homeless prevention services;
                    ``(D) the acquisition, development, and operation 
                of non-congregate shelter units or affordable rental 
                housing;
                    ``(E) the rehabilitation, retrofitting, and 
                conversion of newly acquired or vacant properties, 
                including motels, hotels, schools, hospitals, and 
                office buildings, for the purposes of providing 
                affordable housing or shelter;
                    ``(F) the repair and expansion of shelters and 
                preservation of bed capacity; and
                    ``(G) any other purpose as determined appropriate 
                by the Secretary.
            ``(4) Hotel.--The term `hotel' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 301(7)(A) of the Americans with Disabilities 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181(7)(A)), that are no longer 
        affecting commerce (as such term is defined in such section 
        301).
            ``(5) Motel.--The term `motel' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 301(7)(A) of the Americans with Disabilities 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181(7)(A)), that are no longer 
        affecting commerce (as such term is defined in such section 
        301).''.
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