,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dagg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #b1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,brown1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1
 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4  
,klobuchar1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4      
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,casey1    
,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4        
,blumenthal1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize supplemental   
funding for supportive housing for the  
elderly1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,emergency ,housing ,assistance for 
,older ,adults ,act of #bjbj4  #b4      
,supplemental funding for supportive    
housing for the elderly  7a7            
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#a1bjb1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbj for
 assistance for supportive housing for  

the elderly1 of which-- 7#a7            
#hde1jjj1jjj shall be for rental        
assistance under section #bjb of the    
,housing ,act of #aiei 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4   
#agjaq7 or section #h of the ,united    
,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f71 as appropriate1 and 
for hiring additional staff and for     
services and costs1 including acquiring 
personal protective equipment1 to       
prevent1 prepare for1 or respond to the 
public health emergency relating to     
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic for-- 7,a7       
projects for which assistance is        
provided under a project rental         
assistance contract under section       
#bjb7;c77#b7 of the ,housing ,act of    
#aiei 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #agjaq7c77#b772    
7,b7 projects for which a direct loan   
under section #bjb of such ,act was made
 and for which assistance is provided   
under section #h of the ,united ,states 
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adcg;f72 and  7,c7 projects for which  

project-based assistance is provided    
under such section #h in which more than
 #hj percent of tenants are #fb years of
 age or older2  7#b7 #ej1jjj1jjj shall  
be for installation of1 and service fees
 for1 wireless internet services in     
projects and individual units described 
in paragraph 7#a72  7#c7 #g1jjj1jjj     
shall be for a #a-year extension of the 
,supportive ,services ,demonstration of 
the ,department of ,housing and ,urban  
,development authorized under the       
heading housing for the elderly under   
the heading housing programs under the  
heading ,department of ,housing and     
,urban ,development in title ,,ii of the
 ,department of ,housing and ,urban     
,development ,appropriations ,act1 #bjad
 7,public ,law #aac-gf2 #abh ,stat4     
#fah72 and  7#d7 #cjj1jjj1jjj shall be  
for grants under section #fgf of the    
,housing and ,community ,development    
,act of #aiib 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acfcb7 for
 costs of providing service coordinators
 for purposes of coordinating services  

to prevent1 prepare for1 or respond to  
the public health emergency relating to 
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai74  7b7 ,eligibility of     
supportive housing for persons with     
disabilities ,for purposes of subsection
 7a71 section #fgf7;a7 of the ,housing  
and ,community ,development ,act of     
#aiib 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acfcb7;a77 shall  
be applied by substituting 7,g71 and    
7,h7 for and 7,g74  7c7 ,service        
coordinators  7#a7 ,hiring  7,a7 ,in    
general ,in the hiring of staff using   
amounts made available pursuant to this 
section for costs of providing service  
coordinators1 grantees shall consider   
and hire1 at all levels of employment   
and to the greatest extent possible1 a  
diverse staff1 including by race1       
ethnicity1 gender1 and disability       
status4  7,b7 ,report ,not later #abj   
days after the date on which the        
emergency declared on ,march #ac1 #bjbj1
 by the ,president under the ,robert ,t4
 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and        

,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #daba et seq47 relating to the
 ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai            
7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic terminates1 each 
grantee described in subparagraph 7,a7  
shall submit to the ,secretary of       
,housing and ,urban ,development a      
report describing compliance with that  
subparagraph4  7#b7 ,one-time grants    
,grants made using amounts made         
available pursuant to subsection 7a7 for
 costs of providing service coordinators
 shall not be renewable4  7#c7 ,one-year
 availability ,any amounts made         
available pursuant to this section for  
costs of providing service coordinators 
that are allocated for a grantee and    
remain unexpended upon the expiration of
 the #ab-month period beginning upon    
such allocation shall be recaptured by  
the ,secretary4