Text of Senate Amendment 4361

Text of Senate Amendment 4361

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S898] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4361. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Padilla) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 6644, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. LIMITATIONS ON REDUCTIONS IN CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING. Subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 422 (42 U.S.C. 11382), by adding at the end the following: ``(k) Limitation on Reductions of Grant Amounts.--The total amount of funds awarded under this section to applicants in a State for a fiscal year shall be not less than 95 percent of the total amount of such funds awarded to applicants in the State for the preceding fiscal year unless applicants in the State do not submit enough eligible projects for the fiscal year to meet that minimum funding amount. ``(l) Limitation on Reductions of Existing Housing.--In making annual awards for a fiscal year under this section, the Secretary shall renew each grant that the Secretary awarded for the preceding fiscal year under this section at a funding level that ensures that no existing tenant will lose access to housing funded by that grant, provided that-- ``(1) the applicant includes the project funded by the grant in the applicant's submission to the Secretary; and ``(2) the project complied with the requirements of the notice of funding opportunity for the preceding fiscal year.''; and (2) in section 429(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 11386c(b)(2)), by striking ``as determined by the Secretary'' and inserting ``as required by applicable statutes and regulations''. ______