119-hr3319

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3319 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3319

To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act with respect to the 
 definition of homeless individual, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 9, 2025

 Mr. Gimenez (for himself and Mr. Torres of New York) 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 with respect to the 
 definition of homeless individual, 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 ``Women's and Family Protection Act of 
2025''.

 TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO HOMELESSNESS DEFINITIONS

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Section 103

    (a)

    (5) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11302) is amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking ``and'' at the end; 
 and

    (2) by inserting at the end the following:
 ``
            (D) may reside in indigenous, rural or 
 marginalized communities as defined by the Secretary; 
 and''.

    (b) Section 103

    (a)

    (6) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
is amended--

    (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by striking 
 ``unaccompanied'';

    (2) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (3) in subparagraph
            (C) , by striking the period at the end 
 and inserting ``; and''; and

    (4) by inserting at the end the following:
 ``
            (D) may reside in indigenous, rural or 
 marginalized communities as defined by the 
 Secretary.''.
            (c) Section 103

    (b) of the of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Within the domestic violence definition, the Secretary shall 
specifically include women, women with children, survivors and other 
persons at risk of gender-based violence as a recognized term and 
subpopulation as that term is currently defined in applicable Federal 
statute and regulations.''.

 TITLE II--WOMEN'S AND FAMILIES' EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM

SEC. 201. EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS PROGRAM SET-ASIDE.

 

Section 412 of the of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11372) is amended to read as follows:

``

SEC. 412. GRANT ASSISTANCE.

 ``

    (a) Grant Assistance.--The Secretary shall make grants to private 
nonprofit organizations defined in subsection

    (b) for the purpose of 
carrying out the activities described in subsection
            (c) .
 ``

    (b) Eligible Entities.--The Secretary shall make direct grants to 
private nonprofit organizations as defined in 42 U.S.C. 11360 serving 
high needs populations including women and children who are homeless 
and pregnant, chronically homeless person, families children and youth, 
victims of gendered-based violence or trauma, and other special needs 
populations defined by the Secretary including seniors and other 
homeless persons with a history of gender-based violence or trauma; in 
accordance with 

Section 101 of this Act.
 ``
            (c) Eligible Activities.--Assistance provided under subsection

    (a) may be used for the following activities:
 ``

    (1) Operating costs defined in 42 U.S.C. 11360.
 ``

    (2) Outpatient services, including mental health, 
 substance use, and related services defined in 42 U.S.C. 11360.
 ``

    (3) Supportive services including childcare, employment 
 services, case management, food, child and family therapy and 
 trauma counseling and victim services defined in 42 U.S.C. 
 11360.
 ``

    (4) Housing relocation and stabilization services for 
 homeless persons or families or individuals at risk of 
 homelessness.
 ``

    (5) Such other services as the Secretary may designate.
 ``
            (d) Application.--An eligible private nonprofit organization 
defined in subsection

    (b) above seeking a grant under subsection

    (a) shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
 ``

    (e) Evaluation.--A private nonprofit organization seeking a grant 
under this title shall prepare and submit an evaluation of activities 
carried out with funds received under such grant to the Secretary at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may reasonably require, including a process and outcome 
evaluation. At a minimum, such evaluation shall include--
 ``

    (1) an unduplicated count of the number of women, 
 children, seniors, victims of gender-based violence and other 
 special needs populations receiving services under the grant;
 ``

    (2) an unduplicated count of the number of homeless 
 individuals and families receiving house relocation and 
 stabilization services;
 ``

    (3) an unduplicated count of the number of individuals 
 placed in transitional or permanent housing; and
 ``

    (4) information on coordination between the recipients of 
 grants under subsection

    (a) and State, local and Tribal 
 entities; victims of violence Continuum of Care collaborative; 
 and solo applicants; under 42 U.S.C. Subchapter IV Part C.
 ``

    (f) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall make available 
technical assistance to private nonprofit organizations on the special 
needs of victims and survivors of gender-based violence including best 
practice trauma informed service delivery, staff training, recruitment 
and retention techniques and state of art coordination activities with 
Part B and Part C entities, and applying for and obtaining funding for 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of 
Health and Human Services, and related social services programs 
operated by State, county or local governments.''.
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