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§11311 Establishment

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 119— - HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS › § 11311

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness to coordinate the federal response and partner across government and the private sector to end homelessness.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §11311

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There is established in the executive branch an independent establishment to be known as the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness whose mission shall be to coordinate the Federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government in contributing to the end of homelessness.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2009—Pub. L. 111–22 inserted before period at end “whose mission shall be to coordinate the Federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government in contributing to the end of homelessness”. 2004—Pub. L. 108–199 substituted “United States Interagency Council on Homelessness” for “Interagency Council on the Homeless”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2009 Amendment Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, § 1004(b), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1668, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by subsection (a) [enacting section 11318 of this title, amending this section and section 11312, 11313, and 11315 of this title, and repealing former section 11318 of this title] shall take effect on, and shall apply beginning on, the date of the enactment of this division [May 20, 2009].”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 11311

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73