United States · Law · HR
H.R. 4352 (100th)
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988
Introduced
31 March 1988
Last action
7 November 1988 · President
Status
Became Public Law No: 100-628.
Sponsors
Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4], Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7], Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5], Rep. Coelho, Anthony Lee [D-CA-15], Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Wylie, Chalmers P. [R-OH-15], Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20], Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5], Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20], Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Leland, Mickey [D-TX-18], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18], Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19], Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42], Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19], Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14], Rep. Crockett, George W., Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6], Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3], Rep. Flake, Floyd H. [D-NY-6], Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1], Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-18], Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20], Rep. Gray, Kenneth J. [D-IL-22], Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1], Rep. Hubbard, Carroll, Jr. [D-KY-1], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8], Rep. Kostmayer, Peter H. [D-PA-8], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-19], Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-17], Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27]
Subjects
Housing
Source updated
3 June 2026
Summary
Omnibus McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1988 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (the Act) to require the Comptroller General to make annual audits of Federal emergency management food and shelter and housing assistance programs. Title II: Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1990 for the Interagency Council on the Homeless. Extends such Council through FY 1990. Title III: Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1990 for the Federal emergency management food and shelter program. Title IV: Housing Assistance - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1990 for the emergency shelter grants program. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to report annually to the Congress regarding the supportive housing demonstration program. Authorizes program appropriations through FY 1990. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for supplemental assistance for facilities to assist the homeless. Increases budget authority for section 8 assistance (low-income housing) for single room occupancy dwellings. Makes religious organizations or organizations with religious affiliations meeting specified conditions eligible to receive housing assistance under this title and community development block grants under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Title V: Identification and Use of Surplus Federal Property - Amends the Act to require the Secretary to identify Federal properties to use to aid the homeless within two months of collecting such information. Title VI: Health Care for the Homeless - Subtitle A: Categorical Grants for Primary Health Services and Substance Abuse Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit Federal matching funds after the first fiscal year to 66-2/3 percent of service costs with regard to grants for health assistance for the homeless. (Current law provides for 75 percent Federal funding.) Authorizes the continued provision for up to 12 months of certain health (including mental health) services to former homeless persons currently living in permanent housing. Includes persons living in transitional housing within the definition of "homeless individual" for purposes of such grants. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY 1991. Subtitle B: Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1991 for community mental health services block grants. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations for Community Demonstration Projects - Amends the Act to authorize additional appropriations through FY 1991 for mental health services for homeless persons with chronic mental illness. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1991 for alcohol and drug abuse treatment for homeless persons. Subtitle D: General Provisions - Sets forth effective dates for specified provisions of this title. Title VII: Education, Training, and Community Services Programs - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1990 for the following programs for the homeless: (1) adult education; (2) education for children and youth; (3) exemplary education programs and related information dissemination; (4) job training, including a specified obligation for veterans' reintegration projects; and (5) the emergency community services homeless grant program. Title VIII: Food Assistance for the Homeless - Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to make excess Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) flour, cheese, and cornmeal available through 1990. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for the temporary emergency food assistance program (TEFAP) including storage and distribution costs. Increases amounts obligated for emergency feeding organizations. Extends the termination date for such programs from September 30, 1988, to September 30, 1990. Title IX: Veterans Programs - Authorizes additional appropriations through FY 1990 for veterans' medical care, including specified amounts for domiciliary care and for chronically mentally ill homeless veterans. Authorizes additional appropriations through FY 1990 (to remain available through FY 1991) for veterans' job training. Title X: Aid to Families With Dependent Children and Related Programs - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce Federal matching aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) in a jurisdiction where substantial progress is not being made toward reducing the number of AFDC families living in commercial or similar transient accommodations. Authorizes the Secretary to approve demonstration projects through FY 1990 under which States encourage landlords to make permanent shelter available to families receiving AFDC housing assistance by paying rent for such shelter for the first year at the rate paid for comparable commercial or similar transient accommodations and for the remainder of the lease at the applicable AFDC housing allowance.
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Timeline
31 March 1988
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Source: IntroReferral
31 March 1988
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
31 March 1988
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 April 1988
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition.
Source: Committee
15 April 1988
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
Source: Committee
3 May 1988
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Source: Committee
5 May 1988
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
17 May 1988
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Source: Committee
17 May 1988
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
25 May 1988
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
26 May 1988
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
26 May 1988
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
3 June 1988
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Source: Committee
3 June 1988
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
21 June 1988
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
21 June 1988
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
22 June 1988
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 100-718 (Part I).
Source: Committee
22 June 1988
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 100-718 (Part I).
Source: Committee
29 June 1988
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. Report No: 100-718 (Part II).
Source: Committee
29 June 1988
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. Report No: 100-718 (Part II).
Source: Committee
14 July 1988
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Source: Committee
14 July 1988
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
27 July 1988
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
27 July 1988
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
28 July 1988
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Ways and Means. Report No: 100-718 (Part III).
Source: Committee
28 July 1988
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Ways and Means. Report No: 100-718 (Part III).
Source: Committee
2 August 1988
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.508 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
2 August 1988
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Open Rule Providing Two Hours of General Debate.
Source: Floor
3 August 1988
Floor
House Incorporated H.R.5110 in This Measure as an Amendment.
Source: Floor
3 August 1988
Vote
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 333 - 80 (Record Vote No: 257).
Source: Floor
3 August 1988
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 333 - 80 (Record Vote No: 257).
Source: Floor
3 August 1988
Floor
Called up by House by Rule.
Source: Floor
3 August 1988
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
8 August 1988
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
28 September 1988
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
28 September 1988
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
28 September 1988
Discharge
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Discharge
28 September 1988
Committee
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Committee
30 September 1988
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
4 October 1988
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: and House requests a conference.
Source: Floor
4 October 1988
ResolvingDifferences
House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hawkins, Williams, Martinez, Jeffords, Gunderson, Dingell, Waxman, Leland, Lent, Madigan, Brooks, Collins, Horton, Montgomery, Penny, Hammerschmidt, Gradison, Downey (NY), Rostenkowski.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 October 1988
Passed
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 October 1988
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
5 October 1988
Passed
Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Cranston; Riegle; Sarbanes; D'Amato; Heinz. From the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
5 October 1988
Floor
Senate insists on its amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
6 October 1988
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
12 October 1988
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 October 1988
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 October 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 100-1089 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 October 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 100-1089 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
18 October 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 October 1988
Passed
House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 October 1988
Passed
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 October 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 October 1988
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
27 October 1988
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
27 October 1988
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
27 October 1988
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
7 November 1988
Became law
Became Public Law No: 100-628.
Source: President
7 November 1988
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
7 November 1988
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 8 November 1988
Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 13 October 1988
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Reported to House amended, Part III
summary · EN · 28 July 1988
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Reported to House amended, Part I
summary · EN · 22 June 1988
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 31 March 1988
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Sponsors
- Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Coelho, Anthony Lee [D-CA-15] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Wylie, Chalmers P. [R-OH-15] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Leland, Mickey [D-TX-18] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Crockett, George W., Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] · D · Sponsor
- Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Flake, Floyd H. [D-NY-6] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-18] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Gray, Kenneth J. [D-IL-22] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hubbard, Carroll, Jr. [D-KY-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kostmayer, Peter H. [D-PA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-19] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] · D · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → H.U.D. Income Verification Act of 1987
- related to → A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to promote the welfare of homeless families by affirming the right of States under the AFDC program to provide simultaneous multiple shelter allowances or special need allowances to reflect differences in the types of housing in which the recipients reside, by removing the 30-day limit on emergency assistance insofar as it involves shelter, and by making it clear that a State need not specify the maximum amounts of assistance to be provided for the various types of emergency identified in its State plan.
- related to → A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to preserve and improve existing provisions and practices relating to special needs allowances and emergency assistance for the homeless under the AFDC program, to limit the use of welfare hotels to provide shelter for homeless families, and to establish a demonstration program to encourage the provision of permanent housing for needy families that might otherwise require emergency shelter in welfare hotels.
- related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H. R. 4352) to amend the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless, and for other purposes.
- related to ← McKinney Housing and Shelter for the Homeless Reauthorization Act of 1988
- related to ← Omnibus McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1988
- amends ← An amendment to allow the contracting out to private attorneys of judicial foreclosure litigation on properties secured through Farmers Home Administration Section 502 loans (rather than the current requirement that all such litigation be handled by U.S. Attorneys).
- amends ← An amendment to combine the following three housing assistance grants for the homeless under the McKinney Act: Emergency Shelter Grants; the Supportive Housing Demonstration Program; and Supplemental Assistance for Facilities to Assist the Homeless. These programs would be rolled into one block grant effective in FY 1990, and benefits from this grant would be distributed to states, counties, and cities according to the formula used in the Community Development Block Grant Program. Authorization level for the block grant would be set at such sums as may be necessary for FY 1990.
- amends ← An amendment to provide that the Territories of the United States may participate in the provisions of the bill as designated in Title VII. Such inclusion was inadverdantly omitted from the original text of the bill.
- amends ← An amendment to provide that operators of transitional housing programs for the homeless can use funds under the Supportive Housing Demonstration Program for the employment of residents in the operation and maintenance of the transitional housing, as well as for the payment of transportation costs of residents to places of employment.
- amends ← An amendment to provide that, when a borrower defaults on a HUD-insured loan, the lender may receive at least partial HUD insurance benefits on the defaulted loan without first going through foreclosure and conveying the property over to HUD.
- amends ← In the nature of a substitute; the "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments of 1988".
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