,i #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #fga ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #bc1 #bjbe,mr4 ,connolly 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and ,ms4 ,ansari7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the ,committee on ,financial ,services1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to establish an interagency task force to increase vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,vital ,documents ,access for ,unaccompanied ,homeless ,youth ,act of #bjbe4 #b4 ,establishment of ,interagency ,task ,force on ,vital ,documents ,access for ,unaccompanied ,homeless ,youth2 reports 7a7 ,interagency task force 7#a7 ,establishment ,not later than #ij days after the date of the enactment of this section1 the covered ,secretaries and the ,commissioner of the ,social ,security ,administration shall1 jointly1 establish the ,interagency ,task ,force on ,vital ,documents ,access for ,unaccompanied ,homeless ,youth 7referred to in this section as the ,task ,force7 to coordinate efforts and share best policies and practices to increase vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth4 7#b7 ,membership 7,a7 ,in general ,the ,task ,force shall be composed of-- 7i7 the ,chair of the ,task ,force2 7ii7 the ,commissioner of the ,social ,security ,administration2 7iii7 the covered ,secretaries2 7iv7 three directors of ,state departments of human services1 or equivalent ,state officials1 of whom-- 7,i7 one shall be appointed by the ,president2 7,,ii7 one shall be appointed by the majority leader of the ,senate1 with the concurrence of the minority leader of the ,senate2 and 7,,iii7 one shall be appointed by the majority leader of the ,house of ,representatives1 with the concurrence of the minority leader of the ,house of ,representatives2 and 7v7 three representatives from national nonprofit organizations that work on youth homelessness1 who shall be appointed by the ,president4 7,b7 ,requirements for certain ,members ,the members of the ,task ,force appointed under clauses 7iv7 and 7v7 of subparagraph 7,a7 shall each-- 7i7 have not attained the age of #cj2 and 7ii7 have lived-in experience for youth homelessness4 7,c7 ,terms ,each member shall serve for the duration of the ,task ,force4 7,d7 ,vacancy ,in the case of a vacancy on the ,task ,force1 such vacancy shall be filled not later than #cj days after arising and in the manner in which the original appointment was made4 7,e7 ,staff 7i7 ,chair ,the ,chair of the ,task ,force shall be chosen1 jointly1 by the ,commissioner of the ,social ,security ,administration and the covered ,secretaries and shall lead the ,task ,force in executing the duties described in paragraph 7#c74 7ii7 ,support personnel ,the ,task ,force may appoint additional support personnel as it considers appropriate to assist in executing the duties described in paragraph 7#c74 7#c7 ,duties ,beginning on the last day of the first fiscal quarter after the date on which the ,task ,force is established under paragraph 7#a71 and quarterly thereafter1 the ,task ,force shall meet to-- 7,a7 assess and discuss-- 7i7 the progress each ,task ,force member has made on increasing vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth2 7ii7 each policy and practice implemented by a ,task ,force member that increased vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth2 7iii7 each challenge faced by a ,task ,force member while working towards increasing vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth2 and 7iv7 each method used by a ,task ,force member to refine each policy and practice implemented to improve vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth2 7,b7 establish a framework for collecting data on the effectiveness of each policy and practice implemented by a ,task ,force member to increase vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth2 7,c7 using the data collected under subparagraph 7,b7-- 7i7 formulate policies and practices to increase vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth2 and 7ii7 evaluate the success of each such policy and practice in increasing such access2 and 7,d7 develop policies and practices that can be implemented by ,federal1 ,state1 and local agencies to improve vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth4 7b7 ,reports 7#a7 ,initial report 7,a7 ,in general ,not later than one year after the date on which the ,task ,force is established under subsection 7a77#a71 the covered ,secretaries and the ,commissioner of the ,social ,security ,administration shall1 jointly1 submit to ,congress an initial report on how to increase vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth4 7,b7 ,elements ,the initial report required under subparagraph 7,a7 shall include the following3 7i7 ,the covered ,secretaries shall1 jointly1 provide-- 7,i7 a detailed analysis of each challenge that unaccompanied homeless youth without vital documents face in accessing all programs under the separate and joint administrative jurisdictions of the covered ,secretaries1 including programs related to housing assistance1 homelessness prevention1 health care1 child welfare1 or other social services2 7,,ii7 any recommendations for legislation and administrative action the covered ,secretaries determine appropriate to increase access to each such program by unaccompanied homeless youth without vital documents1 including enhanced training requirements for agency staff and increased collaboration between the agencies of the covered ,secretaries2 7,,iii7 a list of each ,state and local policy that increased vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth1 as determined by the covered ,secretaries1 and recommendations for legislation and administrative action to expand such ,state and local policy2 and 7,,iv7 a detailed assessment of each such policy identified by the covered ,secretaries under subclause 7,,iii7 and any suggestion the covered ,secretaries determine appropriate to expand or replicate each such policy within the ,federal ,government4 7ii7 ,the ,commissioner of the ,social ,security ,administration shall provide-- 7,i7 a detailed assessment of each policy related to issuing social security cards to unaccompanied homeless youth1 including any discretion the ,commissioner has to waive any documentation requirement in the social security card application process2 7,,ii7 any recommendation the ,commissioner determines appropriate to increase social security card access for unaccompanied homeless youth1 including enhanced training requirements for ,administration staff on how to better assist unaccompanied homeless youth2 7,,iii7 any proposal for issuing new educational materials1 or expanding upon existing materials1 to assist unaccompanied homeless youth with the social security card application process2 7,,iv7 a plan to enhance outreach and collaboration efforts among ,federal1 ,state1 and local agencies1 as well as community-based organizations1 to increase social security card access for unaccompanied homeless youth2 and 7,v7 any recommendation that the ,commissioner determines appropriate for ,state legislation and administrative action to increase social security card access for unaccompanied homeless youth4 7#b7 ,final report 7,a7 ,in general ,not later than three years after the date on which the ,task ,force is established under subsection 7a77#a71 the ,task ,force shall submit to ,congress a final report4 7,b7 ,elements ,the final report required under subparagraph 7,a7 shall include the following3 7i7 ,each change undertaken by a ,task ,force member based on recommendations made in the initial report under paragraph 7#a74 7ii7 ,the effectiveness of each change described in clause 7i7 in increasing vital documents access for unaccompanied homeless youth4 7iii7 ,a detailed assessment of the merits of making the ,task ,force permanent4 7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,covered ,secretaries ,the term covered ,secretaries means-- 7,a7 the ,secretary of ,housing and ,urban ,development2 and 7,b7 the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services4 7#b7 ,unaccompanied homeless youth ,the term unaccompanied homeless youth means an individual who is-- 7,a7 a homeless child or youth 7as defined in section #gbe of the ,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aadcd;a772 and 7,b7 not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian4 7#c7 ,vital documents ,the term vital documents-- 7,a7 means any ,state or ,federal document issued to an individual that can be used to establish the identity of such individual2 and 7,b7 includes a social security card and a birth certificate4 7d7 ,termination ,the ,task ,force shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date on which the ,task ,force is established under subsection 7a77#a74