Sec. 3. Community shelter assistance program
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Title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq. ) is amended— by striking section 322 and inserting the following: There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subtitle B $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subtitle D $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 30 days after the date on which amounts become available to carry out this subtitle, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (referred to in this subtitle as the Administrator ) shall award a grant for the full amount that Congress makes available for the program under this subtitle to the National Board for the purpose of providing disaster supplemental food and shelter grants to needy individuals through private nonprofit organizations and local governments in accordance with section 333.
Interest accrued on the balance of any grant to the National Board under this subtitle shall be available to the National Board for reallocation. Total administrative costs shall be determined based on the total amount of funds available, including interest and any private contributions that are made to the National Board. Grants to the National Board under this subtitle may be used— to supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food, and supportive services for any area for which the President declares a major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ); to strengthen efforts to create more effective and innovative local disaster response programs by providing funding for those programs; and to conduct minimum rehabilitation of existing mass shelter facilities, but only to the extent necessary to make facilities safe, sanitary, and bring facilities into compliance with local building codes. The National Board may only provide funding provided under this subtitle for programs that are— carried out by private nonprofit organizations and local governments; consistent with the purposes of this title; and administered within an area for which— the President declared a major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ) during the 12-month period immediately preceding the grant; and assistance has not been provided with respect to the major disaster under section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5174 ). The National Board may not carry out programs directly. Not more than 10 percent of the total amount made available for the program under this subtitle for each fiscal year may be expended for the costs of administration.
Any amount made available by appropriation Acts under this subtitle unobligated by the National Board before the expiration of the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the amount becomes available shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury. . The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11301 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 322 the following: Subtitle D—Disaster and Supplemental Food Shelter Grants Sec. 331.
Grants by the Administrator. Sec. 332. Retention of interest earned. Sec. 333. Purposes of grants. Sec. 334. Limitation on certain costs. Sec. 335. Disbursement of funds. .
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