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 PUBLIC LAW 100-628—NOV. 7, 1988

102 STAT. 3229

SEC. 206. ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATE INVOLVEMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title n of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: SEC. 210. ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATE INVOLVEMENT.

"(a) STATE CONTACT PERSONS.—Each State shall designate an individual to serve as a State contact person for the purpose of receiving and disKseminating information and communications received from the Council, including the bimonthly bulletin described in section 203(a)(7). "(b) STATE INTERAGENCY COUNCILS AND LEAD AGENCIES.—Elach

State is encouraged to establish a State interagency council on the homeless or designate a lead agency for the State for the purpose of assuming primary responsibility for coordinating and interacting with the Council and State and local agencies as necessary.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 101(b) of the Stewart B. McIQnney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 prec.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 209 the following new item: "Sec. 210. Encouragement of State involvement.".

TITLE III—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM SEC. 301. REPORT ON EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER GRANT PROGRAM.

Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress on the emergency food and shelter grant p n ^ a m administered under subtitle B of title III of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11341 et seq.). The report shall include— (1) proposed l^islation for a minimum of 2 alternative statutory formulas incorporating the criteria on which the distribution and disbursement of such grants is based, including utilization of data that reflect the number of long-term unemployed workers in the States involved (including those whose unemployment benefits have run out and those who have been out of work so long they are no longer actively seeking employment); and (2) supporting evidence for each alternative formula and criteria that explains how each formula would be effective in targeting such grants to the areas in the Nation that have the greatest need. SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 322 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11352) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 322. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

"There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $129,000,000 for fiscal year 1989 and $134,000,000 for fiscal year 1990.".

42 USC 11320.

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