US Congress House Bill 5191 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-3)
Status: Introduced on November 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-28 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 582.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modifies and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, which provides community-based services for runaway or homeless youth who are in need of temporary shelter, counseling, or aftercare services. Specifically, the bill makes grants for centers and services for five-year terms and such grants must include trauma-informed and culturally-competent services, as appropriate.Grant recipients must make services accessible to runaway or homeless youth who are victims of sexual abuse, exploitation, or trafficking. Grant recipients also must collect, and keep confidential, specified aggregated data about the demographics of program participants. The bill requires grants for home-based services to (1) include suicide prevention, (2) provide staff training about trauma-informed care, and (3) ensure eligibility for youth at risk of separation from their family. The bill also revises and expands the transition living grants program to provide five-year grants to support long-term residential services for older homeless youth.Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate with specified agencies to deliver programs for runaway and homeless youth and provide five-year grants for technical assistance to regional nonprofit organizations to implement trauma-informed programs for such youth. Further, the bill authorizes five-year grants for the sexual abuse prevention program and the national communications system to connect runaway and homeless youth with their families and service providers.The bill also prioritizes grants for research and evaluation projects that examine the intersection of human trafficking and youth homelessness populations, among other provisions.

Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2020

Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-28	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 582.
2020-12-28	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-699.
2020-01-14	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 19.
2020-01-14	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-11-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-11-20	House	Introduced in House

SB2916 (Same As) 2019-11-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5191/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5191/BILLS-116hr5191ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5191/BILLS-116hr5191rh.pdf