S.Amdt. 4993

SA 4993. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Brown)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4983
proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Shelby)) to the
bill H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater energy
independence and security, developing innovative new technologies,
reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers,
increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our
energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and
energy conservation; which was ordered to lie an the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. HOMELESS ASSISTANCE.

(a) Appropriations.--Section 726 of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11435) is amended by
striking ``$70,000,000'' and all that follows and inserting
``$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and such sums as may be
necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.''.
(b) Emergency Assistance.--Section 722 of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(h) Special Rule for Emergency Assistance.--
``(1) Emergency assistance.--
``(A) Reservation of amounts.--Subject to paragraph (4) and
notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the
Secretary shall use funds appropriated under section 726 for
fiscal year 2009, but not to exceed $30,000,000, for the
purposes of providing emergency assistance through grants.
``(B) General authority.--The Secretary shall use the funds
to make grants to State educational agencies under paragraph
(2), to enable the agencies to make subgrants to local
educational agencies under paragraph (3), to provide
activities described in section 723(d) for individuals
referred to in subparagraph (C).
``(C) Eligible individuals.--Funds made available under
this subsection shall be used to provide such activities for
eligible individuals, consisting of homeless children and
youths, and their families, who have become homeless due to
home foreclosure, including children and youths, and their
families, who became homeless when lenders foreclosed on
properties rented by the families.
``(2) Grants to state educational agencies.--
``(A) Disbursement.--The Secretary shall make grants with
funds provided under paragraph (1)(A) to State educational
agencies based on need, consistent with the number of
eligible individuals described in paragraph (1)(C) in the
States involved, as determined by the Secretary.
``(B) Assurance.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this paragraph, a State educational agency shall provide an
assurance to the Secretary that the State educational agency,
and each local educational agency receiving a subgrant from
the State educational agency under this subsection, shall
ensure that the activities carried out under this subsection
are consistent with the activities described in section
723(d).
``(3) Subgrants to local educational agencies.--A State
educational agency that receives a grant under paragraph (2)
shall use the funds made available through the grant to make
subgrants to local educational agencies. The State
educational agency shall make the subgrants to local
educational agencies based on need, consistent with the
number of eligible individuals described in paragraph (1)(C)
in the areas served by the local educational agencies, as
determined by the State educational agency.
``(4) Restriction.--The Secretary--
``(A) shall determine the amount (if any) by which the
funds appropriated under section 726 for fiscal year 2009
exceed $70,000,000; and
``(B) may only use funds from that amount to carry out this
subsection.''.
______