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House Bill 924
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Southern Border Communities Reimbursement Act of 2021
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H. R. 924 (Introduced-in-House)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 924


To provide funding for humanitarian relief at the southern border of the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 8, 2021

Mr. Cuellar (for himself and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

A BILL

To provide funding for humanitarian relief at the southern border of the United States.

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 “Southern Border Communities Reimbursement Act of 2021”.

SEC. 2. Funding for humanitarian relief at the border.

(a) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated for the emergency food and shelter program under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), for use only under subsection (b) of this section, $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023.

(b) Use.—

(1) ELIGIBLE COSTS.—Amounts made available under subsection (a) may be used only to reimburse costs related to providing humanitarian relief to aliens, including the cost of emergency preparedness activities.

(2) DISBURSEMENT DEADLINE.—Notwithstanding sections 315 and 316(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11345, 11346(b)), the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board shall begin disbursing the amounts made available under subsection (a) of this section not later than 60 days after the date on which the amounts become available.

(3) DISTRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available for a fiscal year under subsection (a), the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board shall distribute—

(A) $25,000,000 to jurisdictions or local recipient organizations serving communities in the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas; and

(B) $5,000,000 to jurisdictions or local recipient organizations serving communities in States not located along the international border between the United States and Mexico.

(4) ELIGIBLE PERIOD.—Amounts made available under subsection (a) may be used to reimburse jurisdictions or local recipient organizations described in paragraph (3) of this subsection only for costs incurred on or after October 1, 2020.