,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ae1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,harder of ,california        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,budget1 and in addition to the         
,committees on ,financial ,services1 and
 ,transportation and ,infrastructure1   
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
authorize the ,president to declare a   
homelessness emergency1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,homelessness       
,emergency ,declaration ,act4  #b4      
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,homelessness in the ,central    
,valley and across the country is a     
threat to public health and safety4     
7#b7 ,one-third of people in the ,united
 ,states experiencing homelessness are  

families with children4  7#c7 #a4b      
million children under age #f experience
 homelessness4  7#d7 ,sixty-nine percent
 of ,california's homeless population is
 unsheltered4  7#e7 ,there are #ab1cif  
homeless children and #aa1jjj homeless  
veterans in ,california4  7#f7 ,one in  
#e ,california ,community ,college      
students is homeless4  7#g7 ,the rate of
 increase in homelessness is cause for  
national concern and action4  7#h7      
,incidences of homelessness grew #ad    
percent in ,california between #bjad and
 #bjah4  7#i7 ,on a given day1 #dj1jjj  
,u4,s4 military veterans experience some
 form of homelessness4  7#aj7 ,the      
experience of homelessness is damaging  
to a child's mental health and          
development1 as evidenced by the fact   
that #dj percent of homeless children   
experience mental health challenges4    
7#aa7 ,homelessness is a deadly         
condition1 decreasing life expectancy by
 up to #cf years4  #c4 ,assistance for  
homelessness emergency declaration  7a7 

,in general ,upon the request of a      
,governor1 or other appropriate agency1 
of a ,state under subsection 7b71 the   
,president may declare a homelessness   
emergency4  7b7 ,request from ,governor 
,the ,governor1 or other appropriate    
agency1 of a ,state that is or will be  
affected by a significant number of or  
increase in the number of homeless      
individuals may request a declaration   
under subsection 7a74  7c7 ,assistance  
,if the ,president declares a           
homelessness emergency under subsection 
7a71 the ,president1 acting through the 
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
and other appropriate ,federal agencies1
 may provide homelessness emergency     
assistance1 including housing vouchers  
and increases in fair market rents under
 section #h of the ,united ,states      
,housing ,assistance ,act of #aicg 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f71 to ,states and local
 communities that are or will be        
affected by the homelessness emergency1 
including resources for establishing    

temporary or permanent homeless         
shelters1 emergency food assistance1    
transportation1 access to physical and  
behavioral healthcare1 and access to    
,federal employment and job training    
programs4  7d7 ,authorization of        
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be     
necessary to carry out this ,act4  #d4  
,budget adjustment for homeless         
emergency assistance ,section           
#bea7;b77#b7 of the ,balanced ,budget   
and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of
 #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ija7;b77#b77 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,h7 ,homeless emergency    
assistance  7i7 ,if1 for any fiscal     
year1 appropriations for discretionary  
accounts are enacted that ,congress     
designates as being for homelessness    
emergency assistance in statute1 the    
adjustment for a fiscal year shall be   
the total of such appropriations for the
 fiscal year in discretionary accounts  
designated as being for homelessness    

emergency assistance4  7ii7 ,for        
purposes of this subparagraph1 the term 
homelessness emergency assistance means 
assistance provided under a             
determination under section #b of the   
,homelessness ,emergency ,declaration   
,act4  7iii7 ,appropriations considered 
homelessness emergency assistance under 
this subparagraph in a fiscal year shall
 not be eligible for adjustments under  
subparagraph 7,a7 for the fiscal year4  
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