Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1667 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1667 To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to meet the needs of homeless children, youth, and families, and honor the assessments and priorities of local communities. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2025 Mrs. Britt (for herself and Ms. Alsobrooks) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to meet the needs of homeless children, youth, and families, and honor the assessments and priorities of local communities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT. (a) In General.--The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 103 (42 U.S.C. 11302)-- (A) in subsection (a)-- (i) in paragraph (5)(A)-- (I) by striking ``are sharing'' and all that follows through ``charitable organizations,''; (II) by striking ``14 days'' each place that term appears and inserting ``30 days''; (III) in clause (i), by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon; (IV) by striking clause (ii); and (V) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii); and (ii) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows: ``(6) a child or youth defined as homeless under any other Federal program who, without further action by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been verified as homeless under any other Federal program by the director, designee of the director, or other person responsi