Homeless Assistance Act of 1983
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 24, 1983)
Homeless Assistance Act of 1983 - Authorizes a State formula grant program for assistance to the homeless. Bases funding on a formula which includes the numbers of persons below the poverty line, unemployed, evicted, and deinstitutionalized. Requires 70 percent of a State's grant to go to municipalities with populations over 250,000. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to draw up a list ranking all States according to need for such assistance. Provides for State comment on such list and for its annual revision. Prescribes grant application procedures.
Authorizes a separate program of matching grants to States and local governments for assistance to the homeless, for which local governments may apply directly.
Establishes a one-year Homeless Assistance Advisory Committee in the Department of Health and Human Services. Authorizes appropriations.
Authorizes grant appropriations through FY 1986.
What just happenedMar 7, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition.
Who’s behind it
- Mar 7, 1983CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition.
Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition Subcommittee - Mar 2, 1983CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 24, 1983IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 24, 1983IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Financial Services Committee - Feb 24, 1983IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture Committee - Feb 24, 1983IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 24, 1983IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House