123STA T . 1 6 6 8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 22 —M A Y 2 0, 200 9al l Fed e r ala g e nci e s and c om mi t tees o f t h e H o u se of R e p resent - ati v es and the S enate having j urisdiction over an y Federal program to assist homeless individuals or families , local and State governments, academic researchers w ho speciali z ein homelessness, nonprofit housing and service providers that receive funding under any Federal program to assist homeless individuals or families, organizations advocating on b ehalf of such nonprofit providers and homeless persons receiving housing or services under any such Federal program, and home- less persons receiving housing or services under any such Fed- eral program, at which meeting such representatives shall dis- cuss all issues relevant to whether the definitions of ‘ homeless ’ under paragraphs (1) through ( 4 ) of section 1 03 (a) of the M c K inney- V ento Homeless A ssistance Act, as amended by sec- tion 1003 of the Homeless E mergency Assistance and Rapid T ransition to Housing Act of 2 00 9 , should be modified by the C ongress, including whether there is a compelling need for a uniform definition of homelessness under Federal law, the e x tent to which the differences in such definitions create bar- riers for individuals to accessing services and to collaboration between agencies, and the relative availability, and barriers to access by persons defined as homeless, of mainstream pro- grams identified by the G overnment Accountability O ffice in the two reports identified in paragraph ( 7 ) of this subsection
and shall submit transcripts of such meeting, and any majority and dissenting recommendations from such meetings, to each committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate having jurisdiction over any Federal program to assist homeless individuals or families not later than the expiration of the 6 0-day period beginning upon conclusion of such meeting . ’’. (4) in section 203(b)(1) (42 U .S.C. 11313(b)) — (A) by stri k ing ‘‘Federal’’ and inserting ‘‘national’’; ( B ) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘and pay for expenses of attendance at meetings which are concerned with the functions or activities for which the appropriation is made;’’; ( 5 ) in section 205(d) (42 U.S.C. 11315(d)), by striking ‘‘prop- erty.’’ and inserting ‘‘property, both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Council.’’; and (6) by striking section 20 8 (42 U.S.C. 11318) and inserting the following
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‘ SEC.208 . AUTHORIZ ATIO N O F A P PROPRIATIONS. ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $ 3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2011. Any amounts appropriated to carry out this title shall remain available until expended.’’. (b) E F F ECTIV E DA TE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on, and shall apply beginning on, the date of the enactment of this division. 42USC1 1 3 11 note.
