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[CITE: 42USC11376]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 119--HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--HOUSING ASSISTANCE
 
                Part B--Emergency Shelter Grants Program
 
Sec. 11376. Administrative provisions


(a) Regulations

    Not later than 60 days after July 22, 1987, the Secretary shall by 
notice establish such requirements as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this part. Such requirements shall be subject to section 
553 of title 5. The Secretary shall issue requirements based on the 
initial notice before the expiration of the 12-month period following 
July 22, 1987. Prior to the issuance of such requirements in final form, 
the requirements established by the Secretary implementing the 
provisions of the emergency shelter grants program under the provisions 
made effective by section 101(g) of Public Law 99-500 or Public Law 99-
591 shall govern the emergency shelter grants program under this part.

(b) Initial allocation of assistance

    Not later than the expiration of the 60-day period following the 
date of enactment of a law providing appropriations to carry out this 
part, the Secretary shall notify each State, metropolitan city, and 
urban county that is to receive a direct grant of its allocation of 
assistance under this part. Such assistance shall be allocated and may 
be used notwithstanding any failure of the Secretary to issue 
requirements under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Minimum standards of habitability

    The Secretary shall prescribe such minimum standards of habitability 
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to ensure that emergency 
shelters assisted under this section are environments that provide 
appropriate privacy, safety, and sanitary and other health-related 
conditions for homeless persons and families. Grantees are authorized to 
establish standards of habitability in addition to those prescribed by 
the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 100-77, title IV, Sec. 416, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 498; Pub. 
L. 101-625, title VIII, Sec. 832(f)(7), (g), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4361; Pub. L. 104-330, title V, Sec. 506(a)(6), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 
4044.)

                       References in Text

    The emergency shelter grants program under the provisions made 
effective by section 101(g) of Public Law 99-500 or Public Law 99-591, 
referred to in subsec. (a), means the emergency shelter grants program 
authorized by title V of H.R. 5313 [Department of Housing and Urban 
Development--Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987], as 
incorporated by reference by section 101(g) of Pub. L. 99-500 and 99-
591, and enacted into law by section 106 of Pub. L. 100-202, which is 
set out as a note under section 11361 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-330 struck out ``Indian tribe,'' 
after ``State,''.
    1990--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-625, Sec. 832(f)(7), inserted 
``Indian tribe,'' after ``State,''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-625, Sec. 832(g), added subsec. (c).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-330 effective Oct. 1, 1997, except as 
otherwise expressly provided, see section 107 of Pub. L. 104-330, set 
out as an Effective Date note under section 4101 of Title 25, Indians.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-330 applicable with respect to amounts made 
available for assistance under this subchapter for fiscal year 1998 and 
fiscal years thereafter, see section 506(c) of Pub. L. 104-330, set out 
as a note under section 11371 of this title.
