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HR 29 111th Congress House Housing and Community Development Child safety and welfare Homelessness and emergency shelter Poverty and welfare assistance

Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2009

Introduced: January 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Mar 6, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Financial Services
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to redefine "homeless" or "homeless individual or homeless person" to include: (1) a child or youth who has been verified as homeless by a local educational agency (LEA) homeless liaison, and the family of such child or youth; (2) a youth verified as homeless by the director (or a designee) of a program funded under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; (3) a child verified as homeless by the program director (or designee) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the child's family; and (4) a child verified as homeless by the Head Start program director (or designee) under the Head Start Act, and the child's family.

What's happening now March 6, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Oct 6, 2009
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Carson, André
Indiana · Jan 6, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 29: Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-29/
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"H.R. 29: Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-29/.
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