,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1         
#bjai,mr4 ,menendez introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to modify the minimum          
allocation requirement for the emergency
 solutions grants program4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,local ,solutions to ,end ,homelessness 
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,minimum allocation 
requirement for emergency solutions     
grants program ,section #dad7;b7 of the 
,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless ,assistance 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aacgc7;b77 is      
amended to read as follows3  7b7        
,minimum allocation requirement  7#a7   
,in general ,if1 under the allocation   
provisions applicable under this        
subtitle1 a metropolitan city or an     
urban county would receive a grant of   
less than 4#je percent of the amounts   
appropriated under section #djh and made

 available to carry out this subtitle   
for any fiscal year1 such amount shall  
be reallocated to the ,state in which   
the metropolitan city or urban county1  
as applicable1 is located1 except that--
  7,a7 in the case of the metropolitan  
city1 such amount shall be reallocated  
to the urban county in which the        
metropolitan city is located1 if the    
urban county--  7i7 has previously      
received and administered assistance    
under this section2 and  7ii7 agrees to 
receive such amount2 and  7,b7 in the   
case of the urban county1 such amount   
shall be provided to the urban county if
 the urban county has previously        
received and administered assistance    
under this section4  7#b7 ,exception    
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a71 a      
metropolitan city shall receive the     
grant amount described such paragraph if
 the metropolitan city--  7,a7 is       
located in a ,state that does not have  
counties as local governments2  7,b7 has
 a population greater than #dj1jjj but  

less than #ej1jjj as used in determining
 the fiscal year #aihg community        
development block grant program         
allocation2 and  7,c7 was allocated in  
excess of #a1jjj1jjj in community       
development block grant funds in fiscal 
year #aihg4  7#c7 ,amounts reallocated  
to urban counties ,an urban county that 
receives amounts reallocated under      
paragraph 7#a77;,a7 shall expend those  
amounts for the benefit of metropolitan 
cities located in the urban county4  4