Public Law 111-22/Division B/Title V

TITLE V—REPEALS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

SEC. 1501. REPEALS.

Subtitles D, E, and F of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11391 et seq., 11401 et seq., and 11403 et seq.) are hereby repealed.

SEC. 1502. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

(a) Consolidated Plan.—

Section 403(1) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (as so redesignated by section 1101(2) of this division), is amended—

(1) by striking ``current housing affordability strategy´´ and inserting ``consolidated plan´´; and

(2) by inserting before the comma the following: ``(referred to in such section as a ‘comprehensive housing affordability strategy’)´´.

(b) Persons Experiencing Homelessness.—

Section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302), as amended by the preceding provisions of this division, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

``(e) Persons Experiencing Homelessness.—Any references in this Act to homeless individuals (including homeless persons) or homeless groups (including homeless persons) shall be considered to include, and to refer to, individuals experiencing homelessness or groups experiencing homelessness, respectively.´´.

(c) Rural Housing Stability Assistance.—

Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended by redesignating subtitle G (42 U.S.C. 11408 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this division, as subtitle D.

SEC. 1503. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Except as specifically provided otherwise in this division, this division and the amendments made by this division shall take effect on, and shall apply beginning on—

(1) the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this division, or

(2) the expiration of the 3-month period beginning upon publication by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of final regulations pursuant to section 1504, whichever occurs first.

SEC. 1504. REGULATIONS.

(a) In general.—

Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this division, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall promulgate regulations governing the operation of the programs that are created or modified by this division.

(b) Effective date.—

This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this division.

SEC. 1505. AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 note) is amended by striking the item relating to the heading for title IV and all that follows through the item relating to section 492 and inserting the following new items:

``TITLE IV—HOUSING ASSISTANCE´´.

``Subtitle A—General Provisions´´.

``Sec. 401. Definitions.

``Sec. 402. Collaborative applicants.

``Sec. 403. Housing affordability strategy.

``Sec. 404. Preventing involuntary family separation.

``Sec. 405. Technical assistance.

``Sec. 406. Discharge coordination policy.

``Sec. 407. Protection of personally identifying information by victim service providers.

``Sec. 408. Authorization of appropriations.

``Subtitle B—Emergency Solutions Grants Program´´.

``Sec. 411. Definitions.

``Sec. 412. Grant assistance.

``Sec. 413. Amount and allocation of assistance.

``Sec. 414. Allocation and distribution of assistance.

``Sec. 415. Eligible activities.

``Sec. 416. Responsibilities of recipients.

``Sec. 417. Administrative provisions.

``Sec. 418. Administrative costs.

``Subtitle C—Continuum of Care Program´´.

``Sec. 421. Purposes.

``Sec. 422. Continuum of care applications and grants.

``Sec. 423. Eligible activities.

``Sec. 424. Incentives for high-performing communities.

``Sec. 425. Supportive services.

``Sec. 426. Program requirements.

``Sec. 427. Selection criteria.

``Sec. 428. Allocation of amounts and incentives for specific eligible activities.

``Sec. 429. Renewal funding and terms of assistance for permanent housing.

``Sec. 430. Matching funding.

``Sec. 431. Appeal procedure.

``Sec. 432. Regulations.

``Sec. 433. Reports to Congress.

``Subtitle D—Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program´´.

``Sec. 491. Rural housing stability assistance.

``Sec. 492. Use of FHMA inventory for transitional housing for homeless persons and for turnkey housing.´´.