,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjbj,mrs4 
,beatty introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
authorize the use of certain homeless   
assistance amounts to rent hotel and    
motel rooms1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,ensuring ,safe ,housing for    
,homeless ,during the ,,covid-#ai       
,pandemic ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,use of   
,,cares ,act assistance for homeless    
families ,the matter under the heading  
,department of ,housing and ,urban      
,development--,community ,planning ,and 
,development--,homeless ,assistance     
,grants in title ,,xii of division ,b of
 the ,,cares ,act 7,public ,law         
#aaf-acf7 is amended by inserting before
 the final proviso the following3       
,provided further1 ,that notwithstanding
 any other provision of law1 amounts    
made available under this heading may be

 used to provide a voucher for rental of
 a hotel or motel room for a homeless   
individual or household without regard  
to any existing requirement under law or
 regulation conditioning such use on the
 unavailability of an appropriate       
emergency shelter34