[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4361. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Padilla) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 6644, a bill 
to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. LIMITATIONS ON REDUCTIONS IN CONTINUUM OF CARE 
                   FUNDING.

       Subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 422 (42 U.S.C. 11382), by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(k) Limitation on Reductions of Grant Amounts.--The total 
     amount of funds awarded under this section to applicants in a 
     State for a fiscal year shall be not less than 95 percent of 
     the total amount of such funds awarded to applicants in the 
     State for the preceding fiscal year unless applicants in the 
     State do not submit enough eligible projects for the fiscal 
     year to meet that minimum funding amount.
       ``(l) Limitation on Reductions of Existing Housing.--In 
     making annual awards for a fiscal year under this section, 
     the Secretary shall renew each grant that the Secretary 
     awarded for the preceding fiscal year under this section at a 
     funding level that ensures that no existing tenant will lose 
     access to housing funded by that grant, provided that--
       ``(1) the applicant includes the project funded by the 
     grant in the applicant's submission to the Secretary; and
       ``(2) the project complied with the requirements of the 
     notice of funding opportunity for the preceding fiscal 
     year.''; and
       (2) in section 429(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 11386c(b)(2)), by 
     striking ``as determined by the Secretary'' and inserting 
     ``as required by applicable statutes and regulations''.
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