,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bc1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,meng 7for herself and ,mrs4 ,beatty7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
provide for the availability of         
menstrual hygiene products for homeless 
individuals under the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency emergency
 food and shelter grant program1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,menstrual    
,equity ,for ,the ,homeless ,act4  #b4  
,menstrual hygiene products availability
 for homeless individuals under         
emergency food and shelter grant program
 ,subsection 7a7 of section #caf of the 
,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless ,assistance 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aacdf7;a77 is      
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#e71 by    
striking and at the end2  7#b7 in       
paragraph 7#f71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     

7#c7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#g7 guidelines that    
ensure that amounts provided under the  
program to private nonprofit            
organizations and local governments may 
be used to provide sanitary napkins and 
tampons1 except that all items provided 
shall conform to applicable industry    
standards4  4