Sec. 701. STATE LITERACY INITIATIVES

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## SEC. 701 STATE LITERACY INITIATIVES **[**[42 U.S.C. 11421](/us/usc/t42/s11421)**]** ###

(a)General Authority 27Section 199(a)(5) and (b)(1) of Public Law 105–220 (112 Stat. 1058–59) made amendments to this Act as follows: SEC. 199. REPEALS.

(a)General Immediate Repeals.—The following provisions are repealed:

(1)* * * * * * * * * *

(5)Subtitle C of title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11441 et seq.), except section 738 of such title (42 U.S.C. 11448). * * * * * * *

(b)Subsequent Repeals.—The following provisions are repealed:

(1)Title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421 et seq.), except subtitle B and section 738 of such title (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq. and 11448). * * * * * * *

(c)Effective Dates.—

(1)Immediate repeals.—The repeals made by subsection

(a)shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

(2)Subsequent repeals.—

(A)Stewart b. mckinney homeless assistance act.—The repeal made by subsection (b)(1) shall take effect on July 1, 1999. * * * * * * * ####

(1)Grants The Secretary of Education is authorized to make grants to State educational agencies to enable each such agency to implement, either directly or through contracts and grants, a program of literacy training and academic remediation for adult homeless individuals within the State, which program shall— #####

(A)include outreach activities; and #####

(B)be coordinated with other agencies or organizations, such as community-based organizations, nonprofit literacy-action organizations, and recipients of funds under the Adult Education Act, title II of the Job Training Partnership Act, the Youth Fair Chance program under part H of title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act, the Volunteers in Service to America program under part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, part C of this title, or the Job Opportunity and Basic Skills program under part F of title IV of the Social Security Act. ####

(2)Estimates and amounts The Secretary of Education, in awarding grants under this section, shall give special consideration to the estimates submitted in the application submitted under subsection

(b)and make such awards in whatever amounts such Secretary determines will best serve the purposes of this section. ###

(b)Application Each State educational agency desiring to receive a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary of Education an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such application shall include an estimate of the number of homeless individuals in the State and the number of such individuals expected to be served. ###

(c)Authorization of Appropriations For the purpose of carrying out the adult literacy training and academic remediation programs authorized by this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1999. ###

(d)Definition As used in this section, the term “**State**” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau (until the effective date of the Compact of Free Association with the Government of Palau). ## subtitle B Education for Homeless Children and Youths28 28Part A of title IX of Public Law 114-95 amends subtitle B of title VII extensively. These amendments were carried out to this version as if they took effect on date of enactment (December 10, 2015); however, pursuant to section 9107 of such Public Law, such amendments shall take effect on October 1, 2016.

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