Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2019
Latest action · Apr 1, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2019
This bill modifies definitions relating to homeless individuals and homeless children or youth as used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to verify eligibility for HUD homeless assistance programs and to align them with the definitions of "homeless" used to verify eligibility for other federal assistance programs. The definitions are amended to increase access to federal homeless programs by homeless children, youth, and families.
The community-wide homeless management information system shall be made publicly available on HUD's website.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2019 to Jan 27, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | Apr 1, 2019 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | May 20, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 20, 2019 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | May 20, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Aug 20, 2019 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Aug 20, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Nov 14, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 2019Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Crimes against women
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Family services
- Government information and archives
- Health care coverage and access
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Mental health
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.