,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fejc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ad1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,jackson ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,appropriations  ,a ,,bill
  ,to provide housing support services  
to the elderly and individuals with     
disabilities living in ,federal         
,government housing or federally        
subsidized housing during the ,pandemic 
or ,declared ,public ,health ,emergency4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,pandemic and ,public      
,health ,emergency ,support for the     
,elderly and ,persons with ,disabilities
 ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 
7#a7 ,,covid-#ai emergency period ,the  
term ,,covid-#ai emergency period means 
the emergency period described in       
section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 of the       
,social ,security ,act4  7#b7           
,,covid-#ai public health emergency ,the
 term ,,covid-#ai public health         
emergency means such emergency declared 

under section #cai of the ,public       
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bdg;d74  7#c7 housing support services 
,the term housing support services      
includes delivery of medicines1         
groceries1 meals1 and household         
supplies4  7#d7 ,secretary ,the term    
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,housing and ,urban ,development4  #c4  
,funding for multifamily service        
coordinators and service coordinators in
 public housing  7a7 ,appropriation     
,there is hereby appropriated to the    
,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development1 out of any money in the   
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1   
such sums as are necessary during the   
,,covid-#ai emergency period to provide 
housing support services in response to 
the ,,covid-#ai public health emergency 
to support the ability of elderly       
individuals and individuals with        
disabilities living in ,federal         
,government housing or federally        
subsidized housing to live independently

 and free of fear of contracting the    
,,covid-#ai disease4  7b7 ,use ,the     
,secretary shall expend amounts         
appropriated under this section for--   
7#a7 grants under section #fgb of the   
,housing and ,community ,development    
,act of #aiib 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acfcb72   
7#b7 grants under section #cd of the    
,united ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcgz-#f72  7#c7 capital
 advances1 project rental assistance1   
tenant-based rental assistance1 and     
other assistance under section #haa of  
the ,cranston-,gonzalez ,national       
,affordable ,housing ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #hjac72 and  7#d7 providing other      
housing support services for the elderly
 to delay or avoid the need for nursing 
home care4