Housing for Persons With AIDS Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to revise the formula and terms for allocations of grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for housing programs for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (as under current law), as well as those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5640 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5640
To amend the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to modernize the formula and
terms for allocations to prevent homelessness for individuals living
with HIV or AIDS.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2014
Mr. Price of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Quigley,
Mr. Bachus, and Mr. McDermott) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To amend the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to modernize the formula and
terms for allocations to prevent homelessness for individuals living
with HIV or AIDS.
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 ``Housing for Persons With AIDS
Modernization Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FORMULA AND TERMS FOR ALLOCATIONS TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS FOR
INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH HIV OR AIDS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 854 of the AIDS Housing
Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) is amended by--
(1) redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and
(2) striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the
following:
``(1) Allocation of resources.--
``(A) Allocation formula.--The Secretary shall
allocate 90 percent of the amount approved in
appropriations Acts under section 863 among States and
metropolitan statistical areas as follows:
``(i) 75 percent of such amounts among--
``(I) cities that are the most
populous unit of general local
government in a metropolitan
statistical area with a population
greater than 500,000, as determined on
the basis of the most recent census,
and with more than 2,000 individuals
living with HIV or AIDS, using the data
specified in subparagraph (B); and
``(II) States with more than 2,000
individuals living with HIV or AIDS
outside of metropolitan statistical
areas.
``(ii) 25 percent of such amounts among
States and metropolitan statistical areas based
on the method described in subparagraph (C).
``(B) Source of data.--For purposes of allocating
amounts under this paragraph for any fiscal year, the
number of individuals living with HIV or AIDS shall be
the number of such individuals as confirmed by the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, as of December 31 of the most recent
calendar year for which such data is available.
``(C) Allocation under subparagraph (A)(ii).--For
purposes of allocating amounts under subparagraph
(A)(ii), the Secretary shall develop a method that
accounts for--
``(i) differences in housing costs among
States and metropolitan statistical areas based
on the fair market rental established pursuant
to section 8(c) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)) or another
methodology established by the Secretary
through regulation; and
``(ii) differences in poverty rates among
States and metropolitan statistical areas based
on area poverty indexes or another methodology
established by the Secretary through
regulation.
``(2) Maintaining grants.--
``(A) Continued eligibility of fiscal year 2014
grantees.--A grantee that received an allocation in
fiscal year 2014 shall continue to be eligible for
allocations under paragraph (1) in subsequent fiscal
years, subject to--
``(i) the amounts available from
appropriations Acts under section 863;
``(ii) approval by the Secretary of the
most recent comprehensive housing affordability
strategy for the grantee approved under section
105; and
``(iii) the requirements of subparagraph
(C).
``(B) Adjustments.--Allocations to grantees
described in subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted
annually based on the administrative provisions
included in fiscal year 2014 appropriations Acts.
``(C) Redetermination of continued eligibility.--
The Secretary shall redetermine the continued
eligibility of a grantee that received an allocation in
fiscal year 2014 at least once during the 10-year
period following fiscal year 2014.
``(D) Adjustment to grants.--For each of fiscal
years 2015, 2016, and 2017, the Secretary shall ensure
that a grantee that received an allocation in the prior
fiscal year does not receive an allocation that is 10
percent less than or 20 percent greater than the amount
allocated to such grantee in the preceding fiscal year.
``(3) Alternative grantees.--
``(A) Requirements.--The Secretary may award funds
reserved for a grantee eligible under paragraph (1) to
an alternative grantee if--
``(i) the grantee submits to the Secretary
a written agreement between the grantee and the
alternative grantee that describes how the
alternative grantee will take actions
consistent with the applicable comprehensive
housing affordability strategy approved under
section 105 of this Act;
``(ii) the Secretary approves the written
agreement described in clause (i) and agrees to
award funds to the alternative grantee; and
``(iii) the written agreement does not
exceed a term of 10 years.
``(B) Renewal.--An agreement approved pursuant to
subparagraph (A) may be renewed by the parties with the
approval of the Secretary.
``(C) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
`alternative grantee' means a public housing agency (as
defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b))), a unified funding
agency (as defined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)), a State, a
unit of general local government, or an instrumentality
of State or local government.
``(4) Reallocations.--If a State or metropolitan
statistical area declines an allocation under paragraph (1)(A),
or the Secretary determines, in accordance with criteria
specified in regulation, that a State or metropolitan
statistical area that is eligible for an allocation under
paragraph (1)(A) is unable to properly administer such
allocation, the Secretary shall reallocate any funds reserved
for such State or metropolitan statistical area as follows:
``(A) For funds reserved for a State--
``(i) to eligible metropolitan statistical
areas within the State on a pro rata basis; or
``(ii) if there is no eligible metropolitan
statistical areas within a State, to
metropolitan cities and urban counties within
the State that are eligible for grant under
section 106 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306), on a
pro rata basis.
``(B) For funds reserved for a metropolitan
statistical area, to the State in which the
metropolitan statistical area is located.
``(C) If the Secretary is unable to make a
reallocation under subparagraph (A) or (B), the
Secretary shall make such funds available on a pro rata
basis under the formula in paragraph (1)(A).''.
(b) Amendment to Definitions.--Section 853 of such Act is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or `AIDS''' before
``means''; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(15) The term `HIV' means infection with the human
immunodeficiency virus.
``(16) The term `individuals living with HIV or AIDS'
means, with respect to the counting of cases in a geographic
area during a period of time, the sum of--
``(A) the number of living non-AIDS cases of HIV in
the area; and
``(B) the number of living cases of AIDS in the
area.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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