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§11303 Funding availability and limitations

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 119— - HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 11303

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Summary

Authorized funds add to any money already provided for the programs before July 22, 1987 and remain available until spent. Spending must follow the 1974 Congressional Budget Act and must not raise the Federal deficit for fiscal year 1987 above the limits set by the 1985 Balanced Budget law.

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Title 42, §11303

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(a)The amounts authorized in this chapter shall be in addition to any amount appropriated for the programs involved before July 22, 1987.
(b)Any amount appropriated under an authorization in this chapter shall remain available until expended.
(c)Appropriations pursuant to the authorizations in this chapter shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which prohibits the consideration of any bill that would cause the deficit to exceed the levels established by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, such that it shall not increase the deficit of the Federal Government for fiscal year 1987.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 100–77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482, known as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 11301 of this title and Tables. The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 93–344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 621 of Title 2, The Congress, and Tables. The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (c), is title II of Pub. L. 99–177, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1038, which enacted chapter 20 (§ 900 et seq.) and sections 654 to 656 of Title 2, amended section 911 of this title, section 602, 622, 631 to 642, and 651 to 653 of Title 2, and sections 1104 to 1106, and 1109 of Title 31, Money and Finance, repealed section 661 of Title 2, enacted provisions set out as notes under section 911 of this title and section 900 of Title 2, and amended provisions set out as a note under section 621 of Title 2. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 900 of Title 2 and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Budget Compliance Pub. L. 100–628, title I, § 101, Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3227, provided that: “(a) In General.—This Act and the

Amendments

made by this Act [see

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of 1988 Amendment note set out under section 11301 of this title] may not be construed to provide for new budget authority, budget outlays, or new entitlement authority, for fiscal year 1989 or 1990 in excess of the appropriate aggregate levels established by the concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year for the programs authorized by this Act and the

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made by this Act. “(b) Definitions.—For purposes of this section, the terms ‘budget authority’, ‘budget outlays’, ‘concurrent resolution on the budget’, and ‘entitlement authority’ have the meanings given such terms in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622).”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 11303

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73